Tom Phat

Ph: (03) 9381 2374; 184 Sydney Rd, Brunswick 3056

pan-asian, $
Open wed-mon 9am-10pm; Licensed, BYO, Corkage $5 bottle; AE MC V EFT

Other published opinions

The Age Cheap Eats 2008 "It's not everywhere that a pork chop is considered an essential brekkie side but that's part of what makes Tom Phat so PHAT"

The Age Cheap Eats 2007 "This spunky little eatery harnesses all the hallmarks of Sydney Road's reinvention as a hipster haunt. There's the retro wood-panelled walls, modular furniture, mismatched but handsome crockery and, of course, cute young staff and a student clientele."

Age Epicure Unexplored Territory, Matt Preston, 2-5-06 "This could make Brunswick's Tom Phat either an oasis or the most annoying place in the world. Especially as those crossed-legged young women sitting on the wide, low, padded bench by the window lounge for hours, looking as if they haven't got a care in the world. Bloody students, probably- or even worse, dole bludgers judging by the ragtag and bobtail outfits that look as if theve been assembled by a colour-blind, opshop granny."

The Age Cheap Eats 2006 The Sydney Road revolution is upon us! Brunsniks are keeping it real, creating a utopia ... secure in the knowledge they're living in a multicultural bohemia