The Best Chinese Food in Melbourne
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The best Chinese food in Melbourne, according to the experts: the Australian Good Food Guide and The 50 have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Flower Drum comes out on top.
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Rank 1. Flower Drum
Cantonese
Flower Drum has been a Melbourne institution long enough that regulars book the same table year after year and the staff already know what they want. It's a formal Cantonese restaurant tucked into a lane off Chinatown, white-tablecloth serious, where the roast duck is carved tableside and the service runs like the dining room has something to prove. The Australian Good Food Guide awards it two Chef Hats, and the room's quiet confidence suggests it has never needed to mention that.
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 14/20 · Two Chef Hats
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 1. Lee Ho Fook
Chinese
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 14/20 · Two Chef Hats
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Rank 1. Shu Restaurant
Sichuan
A plant-only Sichuan restaurant in an industrial Collingwood space, Shu has been quietly dismantling the assumption that vegan dining means polite and beige. The kitchen leans into the bold, numbing heat of southwest Chinese cooking, and the ten-course degustation does the convincing. There's also a cocktail bar tucked inside, which helps explain the crowd's relaxed commitment to staying a while. The Australian Good Food Guide gives it two Chef Hats.
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 14/20 · Two Chef Hats