Mama's Kitchen

Quirky little Chinese restaurant on Warrigal Rd right next to Holmesglen station The welcome was warm and friendly and the place was busy on a Saturday night. Ordered sweet and sour pork, braised pork both a generous serving of rice. Both dishes were good. The pork was rustic. Spring Rolls rounded out a solid meal. Fast service. Four stars a fair rating.

Just ordered and picked our dinner very disappointed. We spent 80+ for the bullfrog unfortunately the amount of bullfrog in the dish is very small. Also tastes really really dry and unfresh. Be aware. We also ordered a veggie dish mentioned multiple times over the phone no spicy no spicy, yet I can still see red pepper in the dish. Please don't call yourself mama if you can only rip people off. It's a family birthday dinner and I'll never come back.

Mamma Kitchen serves Hubei-Wuhan style cuisine, which is flavourful and not too spicy. The owner of the joint and the staff members were very helpful and friendly. For English speakers, I would suggest ordering / seeking recommendations from the younger waiter. [You could also show them photos of the dishes posted on Google reviews to order.] I also saw the owner giving out lollies to patrons with children which I thought was a nice gesture. We received a plate of nuts as an entrée before the dishes came. We ordered the below. -Chicken and sea-snails -Pork belly with potato -Eggplant dish -Noodles with sesame sauce -(Not in photo but highly recommended!) Fried beancurd / tofu skin with rice and mushrooms inside. It’s sort of a wrap. -(Not in photo) Vegetable dish The portion was generous. We ordered 6 x dishes for the 3 of us and we definitely could not finish them. Had 3 x boxes for take-away. Hubei style cuisines are typically not too spicy. It wasn’t spicy at all for me but you can request how spicy you want the dishes you order to be. [If you eat in this area regularly, chances are you would have eaten at Yangcheng (serves Hunan style cuisine and one of my favourite Hunan restaurant). I find Yangcheng’s food spicy.] Also, I left the joint not feeling thirsty which probably means no MSG in the food. This isn’t your typical Chinese restaurant. They specialise in Hubei-Wuhan style cuisine and have all the typical meat (i.e. pork, beef, chicken, etc.) and vegetable cooked with their unique style. Would recommend!