Shimbashi Soba & Sake Bar - Carlton North

4.7

7 Reviews

$40 and under

Japanese

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2 people

Mar 11, 2025

7:00 PM

Booked 1 time today

Gluten-free-friendly
Healthy
Vegan-friendly

"Bringing Gluten-Free Soba to the People"

The Japanese word “soba” refers both to the buckwheat plant as well as the noodles made from buckwheat flour. Soba is typically served in a hot aromatic broth topped with chicken, tempura prawns or a selection of vegetables or served cooled on an elegant bamboo tray with delicate dipping sauce.

Soba is one of the world’s most nutritious food and an abundant source of protein. Containing a well-balanced combination of amino acids, it has the highest protein make-up than any of the grains and is also rich in vitamin. Additionally, soba is low in fat and high in dietary fibre.

Soba’s long and slender shape has come to symbolise stability and longevity. It is traditional in Japan to eat soba (toshi-koshi soba) on New Year’s Eve to acknowledge the passing of the old year and to welcome in the new.

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Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$40 and under
Cuisines
Japanese, Asian, Vegetarian / Vegan
Hours of operation
Lunch Tue–Sun 12:00 pm–2:30 pm Dinner Tue–Thu 5:30 pm–8:30 pm Fri–Sun 5:00 pm–8:30 pm
Phone number
(03) 8060 6595
Website
https://www.shimbashisobamelbourne.com.au/
Payment options
Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress

Location
344 Rathdowne St, Carlton, AU-VIC 3053
Neighborhood
Carlton
Parking details
None

What 7 people are saying

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4.7

4.7 based on recent ratings

4.7Food
4.7Service
4.5Ambience
4.6Value

Noise • Energetic

7 Reviews

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Lipika
Melbourne13 reviews
5.0
Dined on January 11, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Very tasty food and lovely service. Everyone is very accommodating. It's an excellent place.
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Silvia
Victoria1 review
3.0
Dined on January 11, 2025
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 3
The service wasn't orderly (no proper systematic approach to customer service). We book a table and opted to seat outside. Upon seating, the waiter didn't give us menu for a while. No water served. Hard to get their attention so we went in and get the menus ourselves. Nobody check on us if we were ready to order. Again, hard to grab their attention. Took them quite a while to serve a pot of tea. They seemed to forget about my cold soba noodle order... It came as last dish..I had to eat it by itself coz the side dish were pretty much nearly finish. As mentioned, they don't seem to have a systematic approach when it comes to serving customer. Otherwise the food is not bad. The cold soba was enjoyable.
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Rana
Melbourne7 reviews
5.0
Dined on November 30, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
The staff were very pleasant and the service was great. The food was exceptional!
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Christina
Melbourne3 reviews
5.0
Dined on October 18, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
This is one of my favourite places to have dinner in Melbourne. Great ambience, food, and service - they are always so lovely. Lots of options to accomodate people with dietary requirements.
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Sarah
Melbourne1 review
5.0
Dined on October 16, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Amazing experience for someone with coeliacs disease, delicious food thats not limited to choice, so glad i visited on my holiday, if there was one in perth id be there so often
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Terrie
Melbourne2 reviews
2.0
Dined on August 4, 2024
1. Overall 2
2. Food 2
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 2
Although we have dined here a number of time this particular experience did not show the cafe at its best. Perhaps an off day but I found our meals ( presentation, quality, temperature) were not up to the usual standard. Very disappointing as we had taken friends there due to our previous great experiences.
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OpenTable Diner
Melbourne1 review
4.0
Dined on June 29, 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
The food is delicious and the soba noodle is excellent. The servings are good size. It gets very noisy though when the restaurant is full.
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Shimbashi Soba & Sake Bar - Carlton North is rated 4.7 stars by 7 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

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2 people

Mar 11, 2025

7:00 PM

Booked 1 time today

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344 Rathdowne St, Carlton, AU-VIC 3053

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Neighborhood
Carlton
Hours of operation
Lunch Tue–Sun 12:00 pm–2:30 pm Dinner Tue–Thu 5:30 pm–8:30 pm Fri–Sun 5:00 pm–8:30 pm
Price
$40 and under
Cuisines
Japanese, Asian, Vegetarian / Vegan
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
None
Payment options
Mastercard, Visa

Website
https://www.shimbashisobamelbourne.com.au/
Phone number
(03) 8060 6595

Shimbashi Soba & Sake Bar - Carlton North

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