Red Lantern on Riley

Red Lantern is a Luke Nguyen/ Mark Jensen marvel. It never fails to impress and is always consistent in quality. It’s a superbly ran tried and tested restaurant and the success boils down to the best of everything when you visit. From service, to food, to presentation, to decor, cocktails and even music. One of my all time favourite places to feast.
Full review is now up on Spooning Australia.

Food is pleasant. I found it rather pricey for the portion size but its a wonderful restaurant and the customer service is very good. I highly recommend the rice cakes with pork floss and prawns.

Cruise down Crown St and you could potentially walk straight past this cozy little joint. Despite not having a clear or visible sign, the red hues of the huge Westpac sign made us think it was coming from the restaurant! Anyway, after um-ing and ah-ing about our dinner options, (and having the special cocktail to make things easier (lime & ginger martini, yes please!) my husband and I decided on a Hanoi Hunger tasting plate and did not regret it one bit. The Lightly Battered Squid, is probably the best I have ever had, the dipping sauce (maybe fish sauce & lime juice?) went so well with it and I could have eaten a whole plate of the stuff! The twice cooked pork belly, heart of palm,tiger prawns and pickled bean sprout salad was amazing. I wasn't a huge fan of the Angus sirloin as it tasted slightly burnt, but hubby woolfed it down hungrily. I didn't think we'd get through all 8 courses, but we managed to do so. To top the evening off, the staff was lovely and the ...read more

Went back for a second try and Red Lantern didn't disappoint. Delicious!

Luke Nguyenn was in the house so it was going to be a good one. The renovation of this restaurant (previously a pizzeria) is magical, with a cocktail/waiting area at the rear with to a cocktail list to die for.

We dined for lunch so it wasn't too busy at all, but I'm guessing if its anything to go by the Red Lantern on Crown Street, that this place is a busy one at night.

The service i great and what you'd expect from a fine dining restaurant. The menu didn't look cheap (thank god the boss was paying ;)

But the food was really really amaze, full of flavor, Vietnamese with a modern Australian twist - by no means is this place authentic, but I didn't mind at all as the food was divine.

Great place for a special dinner with one or many people.

Full 5 stars from me :)