Vegan
Thai
Beer/Wine
Delivery
Take-out
Asian

Vegan restaurant serving mainly Thai cuisine as well as a small number of Indonesian, Malaysian, Chinese and Japanese dishes. Fully licensed, serving beer and wine. Est 2012, vegan since 2013. Planning to add meat to the menu in the near future. Open Tue-Sun 5:00pm-9:30pm.


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64 Reviews

First Review by bendrum72

Tiggy

Points +13793

Vegan
26 Oct 2024

SAVE 🌱VEGAN🌱 MADAME K’S‼️

MADAME K’S IS PLANNING TO START SERVING MURDERED ANIMAL FLESH 😱

PLEASE LET THEM KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT ANIMALS 🐷🐮🐔🐣🦆🦐🦞🐟AND ABHOR ANIMAL ABUSE.










5⭐️ Oui Madame
Madame K’s has become a mainstay of the Melbourne vegan restaurant landscape. At one stage it was successful enough to have three restaurants in Greater Melbourne, but alas Covid and the recession shut down the one in Williamstown. The flagship restaurant has a warm and attractive ambience. It’s often quiet and on the few occasions I’ve booked, at least in the last few years, it hasn’t been necessary. After years of living in the neighbourhood there isn’t a thing in the menu I haven’t tried, but standouts for me are the green curry, with whatever meat, but preferably tofu; the lamb sliders (a hot favourite I believe). The massaman curry, while bit sweeter, has the delicious and chunky mushroom l*mb in it, which makes it a treat. The salads are good too, most of them pretty spicy. I enjoy the roast chick*n and crispy pr*wn ones particularly, for reasons apparent in their names. Madame’s nasi goreng is not only deliciously umami, but comes with trademark skewered meat I haven’t seen anywhere else. Desserts are good too, particularly the mango sticky rice and the banana fritter, or ‘t*rd on the lawn’ as I affectionately know it in reference to its colour, shape and banana leaf platter. Prices are lower than just about any comparable place I know. If you’re dining out in the Fitzroy area, come here and keep this essential Melbourne vegan restaurant open.

6/11/2021
Oui, Madame ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
It was a treat to eat out again at Madame K.'s after the lockdown and we've been here a couple of times since it opened up. We were surprised we got a seat fairly easily, particularly the first time when we went early on the first evening restaurants were open again. The updated menu has a few new items I hadn't tried before like the crispy chicken and the Japanese tofu - both delicious - as well as hot favourites like the green curry, the pork and Chinese broccoli, and, of course, the nasi goreng: it was great to eat the satay chicken off the skewer again. Prices and serving sizes are decent; staff are lovely in spite of sometimes being run off their feet; and the pleasant setting makes very nice dining experience.

crispi_1971

28 Oct 2024

I thought they had already closed and changed hands?

Seitanicveg

Points +853

Vegan
27 Sep 2024

Flavour bomb!!

Wow! The best Massamum curry I’ve ever had! Creamy sauce with perfectly puffed tofu, cashew, carrot, potato and pineapple to balance the spice! Perfect!!!

Kittybiscuit

Points +8616

Vegan
30 Jul 2024

Excellent food

I went on a Saturday night so I booked a table but there were a few tables available. My friend and I shared entrees of duck pancakes and the chive dumplings, both favourites of mine. They were delicious as usual. I had the tofu with red curry paste and capsicum. I liked the tofu, and the flavour was nice but it wasn’t my favourite curry from there. It is served with rice too. Staff were nice and the restaurant is comfortable

Updated from previous review on 2023-01-09

Rohan808

Points +44

Vegetarian
16 Jun 2024

Super fresh, full of flavour and yum!!!!

Top quality ingredients masterful cooking super yummy = delicious!!!

If you are a fan of Thai food made with the fresh ingredients Melbourne has to offer you will not be disappointed.

I highly recommend this place.

Pros: Flavour, Freshness, Authenticity

SaraNorlin

Points +3541

Vegan
10 Feb 2024

Decent spot for dinner

The food was very good but the service was kind of slow. 25 minutes passed between finishing dinner and being served dessert even though I was one of only three occupied tables in the restaurant. It was in a fun neighborhood to visit

TJC

Points +64

Vegan
06 Feb 2024

Highly recommend

We had food delivered to our hotel twice. We eat vegan gluten-free and we’re thrilled with the food we had. Fresh, tasty, good variety. We had laksa, miso glazed eggplant, Tom Yum soup, coconut rice and the Gado Gado. Highly recommend.

Pros: The food, The service, The delivery

Cons: No cons

chatreuse

Points +3044

Vegan
20 Nov 2023

YUMM!

Came back and everything we chose was delicious.
The pad thai was SOO GOOD, not overly sweet like most places.
Rad Na was new on the menu and delicious, kind of like a Hor Fun.
The duck wraps were delicious as always.
Sadly, they were soo quiet, I hope it picks up, as it's the best Thai place.
- pad see ew: DELISH, amazing pork slices, nice charring
- tom yum: DELISH, perfect flavours, lemongrass etc
- pork mince w/rice (pad krapow moo): strong bamboo flavour, don't like it, bit spicy, prefer it with just pork
- green curry fried rice: ok, very subtle, hainese chikn looking pieces
- Banana roti w/ice cream: the icecream had pieces of fresh coconut throughout and omg it was SO GOOD
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It's been years since I've eaten at Madame K's in Brunswick St (have been to the city, and now defunct Williamstown location in the meantime).
I used to love it so much, especially their duck wraps.
I tried something I'd never heard of, Nam Sai Moo Noodle, as upon Googling, found it's meant to be similar to pho. The broth was too salty, I would have liked to have more of the other flavours shine through. The thin glass noodles, tofu, and vegetables were really nice though.
We also got the roti with satay sauce, which was quite spicy!
For dessert, we had the banana tempura, which was not very good at all. The batter was fairly thick, the bananas were incredibly soft, like a mashed banana texture, and there was barely any taste to it, and only a TINY drizzle of maple syrup which was the only flavour. I had to really scrape the plate to soak up the maple syrup.
I would still come back to try other noodle dishes.

Updated from previous review on 2023-11-20

Pros: friendly service, affordable, Pad thai, Pad See Ew

alexandradewinter

Points +64

Vegan
07 Nov 2023

Amazing Food

They have been one of my favourites for a decade but my visit last week was incredible. They have many exciting new dishes as well as our old favourites. Service was excellent, food was phenomenal. I recommend the chicken satay skewers, Thai spicy salad and the Massaman Curry. We also had the new pork belly dish. Wildly realistic!

Pros: Service, Food, Decor

Cons: Not a large selection of drinks, If it's busy it can be a bit loud

ChintanSoni

Points +13

Vegetarian
26 Apr 2023

Super tasty food

The restaurant has really good Chicken curry and Massaman curry

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Excellent taste

Valeriazwow

Points +1050

Vegan
07 Apr 2023

Exceptional

I ordered everything as a takeaway using Menulog. The food was incredible!! So fresh, big portions and I loved the extra caution put into packaging my Thai green curry so it wouldn’t leak everywhere hehe

I ordered the
-Thai green curry with tofu and tempeh: the tofu and tempeh were soooo flavourful, just wish there was more tempeh. I ordered extra steamed veg on the side to add to my curry too. Rice came with it too.
-Marinated wheat protein “chicken” skewers with Satay sauce. This was incredible, so original and filling. Not very oily either!!!
-duck pancakes: these were good too! The sweet hoisin sauce was yum

I’ll be back to check out the restaurant in person soon! Thank you :))

Pros: Original and exciting dishes, So many mock meat alternatives, Very good value for money

Richard Myers

Points +765

Vegan
01 Mar 2023

Very Tasty Indeed

Went to the Madame K’s Fitzroy and had an excellent meal. We don’t often get to eat mock meats and so this was a treat. We each had a separate dish and shared. Service was friendly and the place was attractive except the noise carried a bit. May go again before we leave Melbourne.

Updated from previous review on 2023-03-01

Pros: Excellent food, Good atmosphere, Positive staff

Tasty.Plant.Based

Points +818

Vegan
17 Aug 2022

Delicious food but smaller portions for delivery.

We ordered a couple of soups from here, the Tom Yum and the Tom Kha. Both of these were absolutely delicious! Mushrooms, enoki, tomato, mixed tofu in the Tom Kha were all very tasty. My only issue is I wish the portions were a bit bigger as I'd like to have had a soup as a main rather than an entree.

We also ordered the Cashew and veggie stir fry which came with mixed veggies, tofu, cashews and a sweet sauce. They also include rice with this dish which made it a little more filling. Again, I wish the potion size was a bit more generous, we only got 4 pieces of tofu and the dish was only half full of veggies, which is a shame as it was absolutely delicious.

We did order a side of steamed veggies too which had extra veggies not included in any of the other dishes such as cabbage and baby corn. Baby corn worked well in each of the dishes (as we split the veggies between them) and I wish came in those dishes as standard.

On the side we got the lamb sliders - mock lamb with salad mix and a tangy and slightly sweet cashew sauce with crushed cashews all wrapped up in a roti. These were so good. So good I wish we'd ordered two portions. I think a portion of sauce to go with them would have been perfect, either a cashew or spicy satay type dip.

We also tried the crispy prawns - delectable. Usually fried foods are soggy on delivery however these has such crispy crunchy tempra style batter on and were still warm with great texture when they arrived. They went very nicely with the vegan mayo.

All in all a very delicious meal, however I do with either the portions were bigger or the prices were slightly less. We were feeling delicate so the food lasted a little while however on a good day we would have smashed it all in 10 mins. Perhaps done in option has more generous amounts.

Pros: Delicious flavours., Travels well for delivery food.

Cons: Smaller portion sizes.

Valeriazwow

07 Apr 2023

Beautiful photos 🤩love the close ups hehe can really see the textures

Orangetoupee

Points +432

Vegan
24 Apr 2022

Spot on

Great food. Probably the best entree I've ever had with the 'lamb' sliders. Every dish we tried tonight was fantastic

The place was packed and with only one floor person she did an unbelievable job serving us quickly and professionally. I can't recommend this place more

Pros: Fully vegan food, Delicious, Service was excellent

Cons: Some beers aren't vegan according to waitress

Tiggy

10 Mar 2024

Oh I’ve never had a beer here, so wasn’t aware they might not be vegan. That’s pretty disappointing to here if it’s the case.

HelenLiu

Points +239

Vegan
15 Jan 2022

Great taste and service

We had a great time eating at Madame K’s. The service was fast and food was delicious. We had the pan fried dumplings, mushroom and basil stir-fry and massaman curry. The price is reasonable as well!

Pros: Good taste, Fast service, Reasonable price

izycreate

Points +24

Vegan
01 May 2021

Amazing

We underestimated our GPS and ended up walking for an hour ...... would do it again in a heartbeat, great food, warm atmosphere and beautiful people x

Karen🌱

Points +130

Vegan
29 Jan 2021

Delicious & great value

Came with a friend and we decided to get the gado gado and 4 entrees... all to share. The entrees were f-duck pancakes, wontons, spring rolls and roti with satay sauce. All were absolutely AH-MAH-ZING !! Can‘t even pick the favourite. Fantastic value at $25 a head for all that food.

Pros: Lots of small meals to choose from , Awesome variety

AndrewWalton

Points +100

Vegan
02 Jan 2021

‘Chicken’ Satay Skewers

For -$10 these delicious skewers were just the perfect late, light meal I was looking for. It’ll be hard to go back and resist the temptation to order them again instead of trying something new.

Pros: Lots of vegan options

YohanⓋ

Points +6082

Vegan
28 Mar 2020

Great food and nice staff

Always delicious food, but in my experience over the years, the Thai dishes are much better than the non Thai. Stir fried cashew and veg curry is delicious!

Pros: All vegan , Tasty food , Lovely atmosphere and staff

ChelseaHollins

Points +96

Vegan
21 Mar 2020

I LOVE THIS PLACE SO MUCH

Their food is the best out of every other vegan resteraunt nearby. Always delicious. Their tables are a bit xlose together but who cares.
I always take non-vegans here and they think it's amazing. They have other locations too.

Pros: AMAZING food, Staff are always super friendly

wils

Points +96

Vegan
28 Feb 2020

Disappointed chefs recommendation

Had chefs recommendation spicy pork with Chinese broccoli and vegan oyster sauce which was basically what it was but didn't taste much. Starters was really good though (Madame K's pancakes).

Pros: 100% vegan

CFBL

Points +344

Vegetarian
25 Feb 2020

Average. Don’t order curry

I had the lamb slider and the penang curry with tofu. The lamb slider was good (decent roti) but the curry was below average. I didn’t bother to eat it. It’s good to have thai curry without shrimp paste but it was very watery and not very authentic tasting. Pretty bland. I can make better at home which is a bad sign!

If you go here maybe try the ‘duck’ in banana leaf or share some smaller plates - they looked better.

Wasn’t busy when other places in the area - e.g. vegie bar - had plenty of customers.

Pros: Small plates looked good

Cons: Too much mock meat on menu, Watery curry

ChalkyWhite

Points +172

Vegan
14 Feb 2020

🍜🍜

The best pad Thai I’ve had outside of Thailand, been here a few times just for the pad Thai. The starters are also amazing.

JadeTL

Points +41

Vegan
12 Jan 2020

A new one for my favourites list!

Fantastic food. Great flavours!

Pros: Everything on menu is actually vegan , Amazing curry and salads

Nathan

Points +2089

Vegan
25 Nov 2019

Delicious Thai food

Just ate dinner here. Had their Thai green papaya salad and green curry. Both were very tasty. I can highly recommend these dishes.

sharavg

Points +62

Vegan
18 Nov 2019

Great 100% vegan restaurant

Great selection of food, all vegan/plant based and tastes amazing. Came here with my friend who isn't E vegan or vegetarian and they thoroughly enjoyed the food also. Great customer service, highly recommend!

Menu confused me as refers to vegetarian dishes but waitress assured me it's all vegan.

Pros: All vegan options, Great food

Cons: Menu unclear as refers to vegetarian meals

mike1980

Points +37

Vegetarian
12 Oct 2019

Great place for dinner

A great vegan restaurant that even non vegans should enjoy. A good selection of dishes, using faux meat in some and just veg or tofu in others. Great service and well priced.

Pros: All vegan. All tasty.

Nicked

Points +35

Vegan
03 Aug 2019

Delicious

Fresh and delicious food. Went with a group of six people. Fast and friendly service

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Fresh food with lots of flavour




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