Blog · 2026-11-11
Lunch at Woden: What to Order from the Container
A practical guide to lunch at Two Sisters Street Food in Westfield Woden — what is on the board, what travels well back to the office, and how to order without holding up the queue.
Woden is our street-food store: a container inside Westfield Woden, open seven days from 11:30am to 9:00pm. It runs a shorter menu than the Dickson restaurant, and it is built for exactly what a shopping-centre lunch needs — food that comes out fast, travels five minutes back to a desk, and still tastes like something.
What is actually on the board
The menu at the front of the store is the accurate list, and it is reproduced in full on the menu page. It is organised into two halves:
Street starters — the fried and grilled things. Lao-style chicken spring rolls, cheese curry puffs, vegetarian spring rolls, and chicken satay skewers with peanut sauce. This is the half of the menu that gets ordered "just to try" and then ordered again.
Street big bites — the noodle plates. Pad thai and pad kee mao, both built on rice noodles, both available with vegetables and with meat. Pad kee mao carries fresh chilli and basil; pad thai is tamarind, peanut and lime.
The board is also marked for dietary needs: several items carry a GF note, and the store displays a halal certification badge. If a dietary marker matters to you, confirm it with the team when you order rather than relying on a website — the kitchen is a shared kitchen.
Ordering for a desk lunch
Noodles travel better than fried rolls. If the food is going back to an office, pad thai and pad kee mao hold their texture for the walk; spring rolls and curry puffs are at their best in the first couple of minutes, which is a good reason to eat them standing up.
If you are ordering for a group, the fastest approach is: one noodle dish per person, then a shared plate of starters for every two people. That ratio keeps the queue moving and means nobody ends up with a plate of plain noodles and nothing to pick at.
The lunch window
Between about 12:00 and 1:00 the centre is busy and the queue is real. Coming at 11:30 — the moment the store opens — or after 1:30 gets you the same food without the wait. If you are collecting for a group, ordering through Square ahead of time is the difference between a five-minute stop and a twenty-minute one.
Where to find us
Westfield Woden, Bradley Street, Phillip ACT 2606. Phone 0438 167 141. For the full restaurant — bookings, banquets, dinner service — that is Dickson on Woolley Street.
FAQ
Q. What are the Woden opening hours? +
Woden serves seven days, 11:30am to 9:00pm. You will find the container inside Westfield Woden on Bradley Street, Phillip.
Q. Do you deliver at Woden? +
You can order and pay through Square for the Woden store — pickup or delivery depending on what is available at the time. The safest answer is always the live Square menu, not a website page.
Q. Is the Woden menu the same as Dickson? +
Not exactly. Woden runs the street-food side of the menu — the board at the front of the store is the accurate list. Dickson is the full restaurant.