Loi Loi

This is your pretty standard victoria street venue. Mix of Vietnamese and Chinese with a massive menu. Only been here to pick up takeaway never dined in yet but I’m sure it would be as tasty dining in as taking away. Good sized portions and quality food

Fast and efficient delivery, took about 30 minutes. Food was great and guy delivering food was very chirpy and friendly.

We go here every Friday for work lunch. They are always very accommodating with our group of around 10. Its BYO only, we bring beer and wine. The service is quick. The food is OK, you get what you pay for. Nothing really stands out from all the other Asian restaurants on the street. They are dependable and consistent so we keep coming back.

Had sweet and sour veggies and chicken lemon grass with chili delivered late on a Wednesday night, food was great! Still hot, not greasy. Chicken was good quality.

Seems to be a lot of garlic in there food

My old work is right near Loi Loi and I ate takeaway from here every week for dinner for about two years, along with others who were working late. We didn’t eat here necessarily because it’s the best on the strip, but because they have a large range of dishes that come with rice under around $ 12 — meaning you don’t have to order a dish and then order rice, which costs a lot more at other places.
The honey squid on rice is really decent, as is the prawn and veg on rice. The chilli prawns on vermicelli is a bit oily though, and the sweet and sour is too intense for my liking. Still, great place for dinner on the run and the staff often threw in some free prawn crackers. The spring rolls are excellent here too.

Loi Loi is one of the smaller family run Vietnamese restaurants on Victoria st and it is my favourite. I’ve been eating here since I was twelve and started dance classes right across the road.
The menu, and the flavours of each dish have barely changed in that time. They still serve the best Vegetarian Spring Rolls I have ever had, and I compare all others to these ones. They serve them with leaves of iceburg lettuce whether dining in or taking away, and a delicious sweet chilli sauce. Mmm mmm mmm!
The majority of the menu is of course Vietnamese, but you will also find Chinese, Indonesian and even some flavours of Indian mixed throughout. Any of the duck dishes are to die for, and I love their special fried rice — quite often I will run in just for the spring rolls and the rice and be perfectly satisfied with my dinner.
Service is okay– the food comes out fairly fast, and the staff will communicate in a quick and friendly manner. If you are looking for a quiet dinner in or a quick and delicious take away meal, I’d definitely recommend Loi Loi.

While Loi Loi is far from the best Vietnamese restaurant in the stronghold of this part of Richmond, they deliver pretty consistent and cheap meals. They also have a great sign (see photo), so I give them the benefit of the doubt on an outward aesthetic level at least.
Loi Loi have this crazily extensive menu that covers a whole lot of Vietnamese, Chinese and Indian staples. While the flavours sometimes lack in depth, the produce is always fresh and of the dozen-​or-​so meals I’ve eaten there, I’ve never had something that was bad. But, I’ve never had a meal that I’d call great either, so it kind of falls into a bit of a no-man’s land in terms of Victoria Street Vietnamese.
That said, the Mee Goreng (Indonesian?) is pretty good and the servings are bloody huge. So if you’re hungry and don’t want to line in the more popular and potentially much better places up the street, Loi Loi is a soft option.