Melbourne has one of Australia’s strongest Cantonese dining scenes, shaped by Chinatown institutions, yum cha dining rooms, roast meat shops, seafood restaurants, banquet menus, and refined Chinese restaurants that have become part of the city’s food culture. Cantonese food is especially important in Melbourne because it works across so many occasions: a quick roast duck lunch, a family dim sum meal, a seafood banquet, a special occasion dinner, or a late city meal built around rice, noodles, barbecue meats, and shared plates.

This guide brings together some of the best Cantonese restaurants in Melbourne, from fine-dining landmarks and Southbank dining rooms to casual barbecue spots and long-running Chinatown favourites. Whether you are looking for yum cha, roast meats, live seafood, noodles, dumplings, polished service, or a classic Chinese banquet, these restaurants show why Cantonese food remains such an important part of Melbourne dining.

Flower Drum

Flower Drum is one of Melbourne’s most famous Cantonese restaurants and one of the city’s great dining institutions. Tucked into Market Lane in Chinatown, it has built its reputation on refined Cantonese cooking, polished service, and a sense of occasion that makes a meal feel special before the first dish arrives. For many diners, Flower Drum represents the more elegant side of Cantonese dining in Melbourne.

The restaurant’s strength is in precision. Cantonese cooking often relies on balance, freshness, technique, and restraint rather than heavy sauces, and Flower Drum has long been known for treating seafood, meats, vegetables, soups, dumplings, and banquet dishes with care. It is the kind of restaurant where the service, pacing, wine, tea, and room all support the food.

Flower Drum is best for special occasions, business dinners, visitors, refined Cantonese food, and anyone who wants a classic Melbourne restaurant experience. It opens this guide because few restaurants have done more to define Cantonese dining in the city.

Address: 17 Market Lane, Melbourne 3000

Barbeque & Cold Appetizers

Sample menu only, subject to change without notice.

Jellyfish

$20

Marinated jellyfish with sesame dressing

Turnip in Sweet Soy

$18

Pickled turnip marinated in sweet soy and sesame oil

Cucumber in Chinkiang Vinegar

$18

Smashed cucumber and garlic in black rice vinegar

Beancurd and Shiitake Mushroom Roll

$6.50

Beancurd skin pastry with a filling of shiitake mushrooms

Roast duck

$100

Cantonese style roast duck served with a sour plum sauce

Char siu

$28

Sweet marinated barbecued pork tenderloins served with plum sauce

Roast Suckling Pig

$1,150

Hand roasted whole suckling pig (Requires 2 days notice for preparation)

Squab

Drunken

$140

Barbequed

$140

(Requires 45 minutes)

Dim Sum Selection

Seafood Soup Dumpling

$30

Large dumpling of handpicked mud crab, scallop, prawns, woodear mushroom and bamboo shoots in superior chicken broth

Scallop siu mai

Prawn har gao

$5.50

Prawn & chives har gao

$5.50

Berkshire pork siu lung bao

$5.50

Berkshire pork & prawn siu mai

$5.50

Vegetarian fun gor

$5.50

Duck wonton with tangerine peel in roast duck reduction

$18

Jiaozi

Shanghai style pan-fried dumplings

Pork

$5.50

Chicken

$5.50

Egg rolls

Chicken

$12

Vegetarian

$12

Appetizers

Fried Blue Cod Crackling

$18

Dried and fried skin of blue cod, tossed with salted egg yolk and curry leaves

Pearl Meat

$36

Paspaley pearl meat sautéed with spring onion, garlic chives and asparagus

Stuffed Boneless Garfish

$40

Fillets of garfish stuffed with a vegetable filling and served with shiitake mushroom sauce

Sauté Crayfish Omelette

$72

South Australian crayfish wok cooked with fresh cream and egg white into a fluffy omelette.

Silken Seafood Parcel

$25

Steamed silken egg tofu pocket stuffed with scallop, prawn, shiitake mushroom and water chestnut

Dragon Boat Prawn

$25

Whole king prawn topped with minced prawns and scallop meat with water chestnuts, capsicum and in a spicy prawn bisque.

Crispy Garlic Ribs

$36

Garlic marinated pork ribs fried and served with a crunchy golden garlic crumble.

Scotch Century Egg

$22

Whole century egg encased in quail meat, water chestnut, then crumbed and fried.

Potato Pear

$18

Fried pear shaped potato croquette with chicken, quail, duck liver sausage, asparagus, mushrooms and water chestnuts

Lamb Spring Rolls

$18

Spring rolls with a filling of braised brisket of Bultarra saltbush lamb, spinach ginger and served with a lamb gravy.

Soups

Wonton Soup

$26

Prawn and pork wontons, garlic chives, clear chicken broth

Crab and Fish Maw Soup

$36

Hand picked blue swimmer crab, fish maw and egg white

Crab and Spinach Soup

$32

Hand picked blue swimmer crab, spinach and egg white

Chicken and Sweet Corn Soup

$25

Sweet corn, chicken and egg white

King Prawn and Tofu Soup

$25

King prawn, tofu, mushrooms, spring onion and egg white

Hot and Sour Soup

$25

Tofu, chicken, bamboo shoots, wood ear fungus chili and chingkiang vinegar

Roast Duck Soup

$25

Roast duck, bamboo shoots and shiitake mushrooms

Westlake Beef Soup

$25

Diced Black Angus beef with coriander, spring onion and egg white

Seafood

Crayfish (Live)

Mud Crab (Live)

Snow Crab (Live)

Snow Crab Sautéd in Foie Gras

Sea Scallops

$64

King Prawns

$66

S.A. Calamari

$30

Whole Fish (Live)

Steamed with seasoned soy, spring onion and coriander

Coral Trout (Live)

Morwong (Live)

Fillet Fish

Steamed, wok fried with seasoned soy or sauté with garlic chives

Coral Trout Fillet

“Glacier 51” Patagonian toothfish

Seafood cooking methods

Our seafood can be cooked a numbers of ways. Please engage our wait staff as to which you prefer:

Ginger & spring onion

薑葱

Garlic

蒜

Chilli

辣椒

Spicy Salt

椒鹽

XO chilli with Conpoy

瑤柱XO醬

Black Bean

豉汁

Sweet Chilli

甜辣汁

Garlic Butter

蒜蓉牛油

Typhoon Shelter (Fried Garlic & Chilli)

避風塘

Abalone

Green Lip (Braised with oyster sauce)

$2,450

蠔皇青邊鮮鮑魚(原隻或鮑片)

Green Lip (Live)

$390

游水青邊鮮鮑片

Tiger (Live)

$245

游水小鮑魚

Poultry & Meats

Peking Duck

$22

Roast duck, wrapped in pancake with cucumber, spring onion and plum sauce

Crispy Skinned Chicken

$60

Fried chicken served with lemon juice and spicy salt

Chicken with Moutai

$60

Sauté Chicken fillets with ginger, spring onion, shallots, basil and finished off in a claypot with a shot of Moutai Baiju wine

Honeyed spare ribs

$68

Pork ribs slow braised in a sweet honey, soy and onions

‘Typhoon Shelter’ Lamb Cutlets

$64

Flinders Island saltbush lamb cutlets stir fried with fried crispy garlic, chilli and scallions (4 pcs)

Lamb Pockets

$34

Sauté Bultarra saltbush lamb from the rack, leek, ginger and garlic served with sesame bread pockets

Braised Lamb Claypot

$70

Bultarra saltbush lamb brisket, slow braised with ginger, water chestnut, red date and baby spinach.

Black Angus Eye Fillet

$60

110g of O’Connor grain fed Black Angus eye fillet served with seasonal vegetables and your choice of sauce (Cantonese, Black Pepper or Sichuan)

Braised Wagyu Cheek

$50

Cobungra Station Wagyu beef cheek slow braised in ginger, garlic and baby spinach leaves. (Marble score of 9+)

Wagyu Striploin

$115

Lockyer Valley Wagyu striploin, with choice of sauce and seasonal vegetables. (Marble score of 8-9)

Vegetables

Thousand Leaf Tofu

$24

Thinly sliced tofu with sauté vegetables, mushrooms and a pumpkin sauce

Eggplant in Spicy Salt

$24

Fried eggplant in spicy salt stuffed with carrots, yam, pine nuts and served with crispy enoki mushrooms

Vegetarian Pocket

$24

Diced mushrooms, peas and bean shoots stir-fried in miso sauce and served with a sesame bread pocket

Spinach in Superior Broth

$30

Baby spinach and goji berries poached in superior chicken stock

Shiitake Mushroom and Tofu in Oyster Sauce

$28

Braised shiitake mushrooms with fried beancurd in oyster sauce

Lo Hon Braised Vegetables

$45

Braised vegetables with cabbage, snow peas, bean shoots, mushrooms, fungus and vermicelli noodles

Sauté Mushrooms

$28

Daily selection of mushrooms, sautéed with pine nuts

Sauté seasonal vegetables

$30

Sautéed daily selection of green vegetables

Rice

Seafood Fried Rice with Black Truffle

$48

Fried rice with Italian black truffle pesto, scallops, prawns, Chinese broccoli and spring onions

Roast Duck in Lotus Leaf Fried Rice

$30

Stir fried rice of roast duck, shiitake mushrooms, taro, egg and then wrapped in lotus leaf and steamed. (requires 30 mins)

Hokkien Fried Rice

$50

Egg fried rice topped with a sauce of prawns, scallops, chicken, roast duck and shiitake mushrooms (Serves 2-3)

Steamed rice

絲苗白飯

Yeung Chow Fried Rice

$30

Special fried rice with prawns, BBQ pork, egg, asparagus and spring onion

Conpoy Fried Rice

$45

Fried Rice with dried scallop, egg white and spring onion

Noodles

Roast Duck Vermicelli Noodles

$32

Sliced roast duck and rice vermicelli noodles braised with pickled cabbage

Braised E-Fu Noodles

$28

E-Fu egg noodles braised with shiitake mushrooms, bean shoots and garlic chives

Singapore Noodles

$36

Stir-fried rice Vermicelli noodles with prawns, BBQ pork, snow peas, shiitake mushrooms, onion and chilli

Black Angus Hor Fun

$34

Hong Kong style stir-fried rice noodles with sliced Black Angus eye fillet, bean shoots, garlic chives and ginger in soy

Dessert

Bird’s Nest in Almond Cream

$150

Sweet ground almond soup with bird’s nest

Almond Tofu with Fruit Salad

$20

Chilled almond pudding with fresh fruit salad

Ice Cream Selection

Banana Fritters

$22

Fried banana fritters with ice cream and maple syrup

Fried Ice Cream

$24

Deep fried ice cream with crushed berry sauce

Baked Chestnut Sago Crumble

$24

Custard pudding baked with chestnuts, sago and topped with a cookie crumble

Almond Cream with Sesame Dumplings

$20

Almond sweet soup with black sesame glutinous rice dumplings

Red Bean Soup with Sesame Dumplings

$18

Red bean soup with black sesame glutinous rice dumplings

Ice Cream Selection

Lychee sorbet

荔枝雪葩

Mango sorbet

芒果雪葩

Vanilla ice cream

雲呢拿雪糕

Cinnamon ice cream

肉桂雪糕

Pistachio ice cream

開心果雪糕

Lunch Banquets - Autumn Tasting Lunch

Sample menu only, subject to change without notice. Courses may differ when dining in. Not available for private dining room bookings or large groups in the dining hall. Two Courses – $60.00 per person. Three Courses – $80.00 per person. Four Courses – $100.00 per person.

Seafood Rice Paper Roll

Fried rice paper roll with a filling of scallops, king prawns, mussels, calamari, garlic chives, king oyster mushrooms and Chinese broccoli. Served atop enoki mushrooms in spicy salt.

Quail Sang Choi Bao

Minced quail meat cooked with Chinese sausage, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots and spring onion, served in a lettuce leaf.

Peking Duck

Roast duck, wrapped in pancake with cucumber, spring onion and plum sauce.

Stir Fried Rock Flathead Noodles

Fillets of rock flathead made into noodles along with finely diced Chinese pork sausage, sun dried tangerine peel, stir fried with garlic shoots, shiitake mushrooms, bean shoots and capsicum.

Crispy Skinned Chicken

Crispy fried free-range chicken served with fresh lemon juice and spicy salt.

Sauté Eye Fillet w/ Superior Soy

Black Angus eye fillet stir fried with mushrooms in seasoned superior soy.

Banana Fritters w/Ice Cream

Lightly battered banana with maple syrup, served with Rickett’s Point organic vanilla ice-cream.

Baked Chestnut Sago Crumble

Custard pudding baked with chestnuts, sago and topped with a cookie crumble.

Hand-made almond cookies, Chinese Tea or Vittoria Coffee

Lunch Banquets - Chef’s Signature Banquet

Sample menu only, subject to change without notice. Courses may differ when dining in. SIX COURSE – $250 PER PERSON. WINE MATCHING – +$80 PER PERSON.

Baked Crab Shell

Hand picked mud crab, cooked in a creamy turmeric sauce together with onion, garlic and baked in a blue swimmer crab shell.

Wok Fried Patagonian Toothfish

“Glacier 51” Patagonian toothfish lightly battered then wok fried and accompanied by spring onions and seasoned soy.

Sauté Seafood with Ginger

King prawns, scallop and pearl meat, wok tossed with ginger and spring onion.

Peking Duck

Roast duck, wrapped in pancake with cucumber, spring onion and plum sauce.

Grain Fed Eye Fillet w/ Sichuan Sauce

Black Angus eye fillet, cooked medium rare or to your liking and dressed in a Sichuan sauce. Served with seasonal vegetables.

Upgrade to Lockyer Valley Wagyu Striploin (MS8-9)

$60

+ $60 add on

Special Fried Rice

Choice of Dessert

(excludes Bird’s Nest Soup)

Hand-made almond cookies Chinese Tea or Vittoria Coffee

Dinner Banquets - Autumn Tasting Banquet

Sample menu only, subject to change without notice. Courses may differ when dining in. FIVE COURSES – $175 PER PERSON.

Tiger Abalone with Crystal Noodles

Pan seared tiger abalone served with mung bean crystal noodles in a toasted sesame sauce.

Wok Fried Coral Trout Fillet

Fresh fillet of coral trout from Cairns lightly battered then wok fried & served with shiitake mushroom sauce.

Peking Duck

Roast duck, wrapped in pancake with cucumber, spring onion and plum sauce.

Sauté Eye Fillet w/ Superior Soy

Black Angus eye fillet stir fried with mushrooms and spring onions in seasoned superior soy.

Upgrade to Lockyer Valley Wagyu Striploin (MS8-9)

$60

+ $60 add on

Special Fried Rice

Choice of Dessert

(excludes Bird’s Nest Soup)

Hand-made almond cookies

Chinese Tea or Vittoria Coffee

Dinner Banquets - Chef’s Signature Banquet

Sample menu only, subject to change without notice. Courses may differ when dining in. SIX COURSES – $300 PER PERSON. WINE MATCHING – +$80 PER PERSON.

Mud Crab w/ Flying Fish Roe

Hand picked Queensland mud crab, wok tossed with finely diced Chinese sausage, spring onion, dried shrimp, celery, enoki mushrooms, vermicelli noodles and topped with flying fish roe.

Wok Fried Patagonian Toothfish

“Glacier 51” Patagonian toothfish lightly battered then wok fried and accompanied by spring onions and seasoned soy.

Sauté Seafood w/ Ginger

Fresh crayfish, king prawn, scallop and pearl meat, wok tossed with ginger and spring onion.

Peking Duck

Roast duck, wrapped in pancake with cucumber, spring onion and plum sauce.

Grain Fed Eye Fillet w/ Sichuan Sauce

Black Angus eye fillet beef cooked medium rare or to your liking and dressed in a spicy Sichuan sauce. Served with seasonal vegetables.

Upgrade to Lockyer Valley Wagyu Striploin (MS8-9)

$60

+ $60 add on

Special Fried Rice

Choice of Dessert

(excludes Bird’s Nest Soup)

Hand-made almond cookies

Chinese Tea or Vittoria Coffee

Secret Kitchen Chinatown

Secret Kitchen Chinatown is a major Cantonese and yum cha restaurant on Exhibition Street, offering the kind of large, group-friendly dining experience that works well for families, celebrations, and weekend lunches. It is known for dim sum, seafood, banquet-style meals, and a busy dining room that suits the energy of Chinatown and the CBD.

Yum cha is a major part of the appeal. A good meal can move through dumplings, buns, rice rolls, fried items, turnip cake, seafood dishes, roast meats, vegetables, noodles, and sweets, with the table gradually filling as people order and share. Secret Kitchen also works for dinner, where the menu can shift toward seafood, larger plates, and Cantonese banquet-style dining.

Secret Kitchen Chinatown is best for yum cha, family lunches, group dinners, celebrations, and diners who want a broad Cantonese menu in the centre of Melbourne. It belongs in this guide because dim sum and shared banquet meals are central to Cantonese restaurant culture.

Address: 222 Exhibition Street, Melbourne 3000

Yum Cha Menu - POPULAR DIM SUM

Signature Dim Sum Platter

$19.50

Crispy Garlic Prawn Spring Roll

$14.50

Steamed Red Rice Crispy Prawn Rice Roll

$19.50

Steamed Rice Roll with Scallop & Black Truffle

$19.50

Stir-Fried White Radish Cake in XO Sauce

$10.20

Assorted Seafood Dumpling Soup

$21.80

Scallop, Prawn, Sea Cucumber, Shark Fin, Abalone, Bamboo Pith

Steamed Custard Bun

$12.20

Steamed Golden Cheese Lava Bun

$14.50

Yum Cha Menu - Steamed Dim Sum

Assorted Seafood Dumpling Soup

$21.80

(Scallop, Prawn, Sea Cucumber, Shark Fin, Abalone, Bamboo Pith)

SK King Prawn Dumplings

$12.20

Black Truffle Prawn Dumplings

$14.50

Black Truffle Siu Mai

$14.50

Steamed Scallop Dumplings

$14.50

Prawns & Chives Dumplings

$10.20

Spinach & Prawn Dumplings

$10.20

Vegetarian Dumplings

$10.20

Steamed Shark Fin Dumplings

$12.20

Steamed Prawns with Ginger & Shallot Dumplings

$12.20

Abalone Siu Mai

$14.50

Scallop Siu Mai (

$14.50

Steamed Siu Mai with Tobiko

$10.20

Hot & Spicy Siu Mai

$10.20

Chicken Siu Mai

$10.20

Steamed Shanghai Pork Dumplings

$10.20

Steamed Chicken Feet with Black Bean Sauce

$10.20

Steamed Pork Ribs with Black Bean Sauce

$12.20

Steamed Baby Beef Ribs with Black Pepper Sauce

$14.50

Beancurd Rolls with Oyster Sauce

$10.20

Steamed Beef Balls

$8.20

Steamed Beef Tendon

$12.20

Steamed Bible Tripe with Ginger & Scallion

$10.20

Steamed Honeycomb Tripe with Satay Sauce

$10.20

Steamed Savoury Glutinous Rice with Chicken

$10.20

Honey BBQ Pork Bun

$10.20

Steamed Custard Bun

$12.20

Salted Egg Yolk Custard Bun

$12.20

Steamed Golden Cheese Lava Bun

$14.50

Steamed Cantonese Sponge Cake

$10.20

Yum Cha Menu - Steamed Rice Roll

Steamed Plain Rice Roll

$10.20

Steamed Rice Roll with BBQ Pork

$12.20

Steamed Rice with Beef & Coriander

$12.20

Steamed Rice Roll with Fresh Prawn

$14.50

Steamed Rice Roll with Chinese Donut

$16.50

Steamed Red Rice Crispy Prawn Rice Roll

$19.50

Steamed Rice Roll with Scallop & Black Truffle

$19.50

Yum Cha Menu - Dessert

Sweet Bean Curd

$8.20

Mini Egg Tart

$10.20

Mango Pudding

$10.20

Green Tea with Osmanthus Cake

$10.20

Steamed Honey-Combed Sponge Cake

$10

Durian Pudding

$14.50

Durian Puff

$14.50

Yum Cha Menu - Weekend Special

Suckling Pig

BBQ Duck Korean Style

Macau Style Roasted Pork

Mango Mochi

$12.20

Yum Cha Menu - Other Specialties

Fried Pork Dumpling

$8.20

Pan-fried Radish Cake

$8.20

Crispy Honey-Comb Taro Crescents

$10.20

BBQ Roast Pork Puff

$10.20

Baked BBQ Pork Bun

$10.20

Pan-fried Pork Dumplings

$10.20

Crispy Taro Julienne Spring Roll

$10.20

XO Sauce Fried Radish Cake

$10.20

Crispy Garlic Prawn Spring Roll

$14.50

Fried Beancurd Roll with Prawn

$14.50

Beef Offals & Radish

$14.50

Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce

$16.50

Deep Fried Calamari Tentacle

$19.50

Deep Fried White Bait

$19.50

Supreme Soy Sauce Fried Noodles

$16.50

Pork & Century Egg Congee

$10.20

Dinner Menu - ENTRÉE

SK King Prawn Dumpling

$14.50

Steamed Pork & Prawn Dumpling

$12

Steamed Shanghai Pork Dumpling

$12

Assorted Steamed Dim Sim

$26.80

SK Seafood Dumpling Trio

$14.50

Pan-fried Pork Dumpling

$12

Crispy Garlic Prawn Spring Roll

$13.80

Crispy Taro Julienne Spring Roll

$11.80

Traditional Peking Duck

$16.80

(2 pcs)

Seafood San Choi Bao

$16.80

(Lettuce Cup) (gfo)

Minced Chicken San Choi Bao

$13.80

(Lettuce Cup) (gfo)

Dinner Menu - SOUP

Pork Broth with Dried Scallop & Cordysep Flowers

$16.80

gf (serve)

Pork Broth with Himematsutake Mushroom & Truffle

$16.80

gf (serve)

Ginseng & Quail Soup

$16.80

gf (serve)

Pork Broth with Conch, Chinese Yam & Goji Berries

$19.80

gf (serve)

Seafood Hot & Sour Soup with Mung Bean Noodles

$14.80

gf (serve)

Dried Scallop & Seafood Tofu Soup

$14.80

gf (serve)

Crab Meat & Sweet Corn Soup

$14.80

gf (serve)

Chicken & Sweet Corn Soup

$12.80

gf (serve)

Seaweed & Tofu Soup

$10.80

gf (serve)

Dinner Menu - RICE & NOODLES

Secret Kitchen Fried Rice

$32

(Diced scallop, tomato & Egg) (gfo)

Special Fried Rice

$30

(BBQ Pork & Prawn)

Fresh Mushroom Vegetarian Fried Rice

$28

(v, gfo)

Dried Scallops & Egg White Fried Rice

$42

(gfo)

Seafood Fried Rice with Black Truffle Paste

$46

(gfo)

Foie Gras Fried Rice with Diced Chicken

$45

Steamed Jasmine Rice

(gf) bowl

Fried E-Fu Noodles

$27

Stir Fried Noodles with Salted Chinese Ham & Greens

Red Emperor Chinese Restaurant

Red Emperor Chinese Restaurant brings Cantonese dining to Southbank, with a riverside setting that makes it especially useful for family meals, city visitors, pre-theatre dinners, and special occasions. Located at Southgate, it has the advantage of city views and a polished dining-room feel, while still keeping the menu broad and recognisably Cantonese.

The restaurant is well suited to yum cha, seafood, banquet menus, roast meats, soups, noodles, rice dishes, and shared plates. Cantonese food works particularly well in this kind of setting because it can be casual or celebratory depending on how the table orders. A simple lunch can become dumplings and tea, while a larger dinner can become a full seafood banquet overlooking the Yarra.

Red Emperor is best for Southbank dining, yum cha, group meals, celebrations, and diners who want Cantonese food in a more scenic Melbourne location. It adds a useful contrast to the Chinatown restaurants in this guide by showing how Cantonese dining works just as well by the river as it does in the CBD laneways.

Address: M10, Mid-Level, 3 Southgate Avenue, Southbank 3006

Soup

CHICKEN, EGG & TOMATO SOUP

$12

雞絲番茄蛋花湯

CHICKEN & SWEET CORN SOUP

$12

雞絲粟米羹

WONTON SOUP

$14

Prawn & pork dumplings in chicken stock 鮮蝦豬肉雲吞湯

HOT & SOUR SOUP

$14

With shrimps, shredded chicken, beancurd, preserved vegetables, bamboo shoots, black fungus & egg 酸辣湯

SHREDDED DUCK SOUP

$14

鴨絲羹

SEAFOOD & BEANCURD SOUP

$16

海鮮豆腐羹

DOUBLE BOILED HERBAL SOUP OF THE DAY

$22

精選燉湯

RED EMPEROR CONSOMMÉ DUMPLING WITH LOBSTER & ABALONE

$28

龍蝦鮑片灌湯餃

SHARK FIN SOUP (Loose form)

$65

Choice of crab meat or shredded chicken 紅燒魚翅 (蟹肉或雞絲)

SUPREME SHARK FIN SOUP (Comb form)

$168

紅燒大包翅

Seafood Entrees

STEAMED SCALLOPS WITH VERMICELLI (Minimum 3 pieces)

$6.50

Ginger & spring onion/ black bean sauce/ XO chilli sauce 蒸帶子（薑蔥,豉汁或ＸＯ醬）

FRESH ST. HELEN OYSTERS (Minimum 3 pieces)

Steamed with ginger & spring onion/ black bean sauce/ XO chilli sauce 蒸塔省生蠔（薑蔥,豉汁或ＸＯ醬）

CRISPY PRAWN SPRING ROLLS (2 pieces)

$15

脆皮蝦春卷

SEAFOOD SAN CHOY BOW

$16

Diced seafood, water chestnuts & bamboo shoots in lettuce cup topped with plum sauce 海鮮生菜包

FRIED SOFT SHELL CRAB WITH SPICY SALT & PEPPER

$18

椒鹽炸軟殼蟹

PRAWN WONTONS IN CHILLI OIL, VINEGAR & GARLIC GRANULES

$18

紅油抄手

SIGNATURE ENTRÉE PLATTER

$18

Steamed scallop dumpling, steamed prawn, coriander & water chestnut roll, crispy beancurd skin prawn roll and spicy salt & pepper calamari 錦江上承特拼

STIR-FRIED SCALLOPS

$18

With ginger & spring onion 薑蔥炒帶子

CALAMARI WITH SPICY SALT & PEPPER

$18.50

椒鹽鮮魷

Cold Platters

Serves 2 - 4 people

WOOD FUNGUS WITH CHILLI, GARLIC & BLACK VINEGAR

$18

涼拌木耳

SMASHED CUCUMBER & GARLIC

$18

手拍黃瓜

JELLYFISH

$24

海蜇

DUCK TONGUE

$24

滷水鴨舌

DUCK WEBS WITH CHILLI OIL & SESAME SAUCE

$26

麻辣鮮鴨掌

OX TONGUE WITH SESAME SAUCE

$26

麻醬牛脷

Poultry

PEKING DUCK (2 pieces)

$20

北京填鴨 (兩件)

SICHUAN SMOKED TEA DUCK

$60

樟茶鴨 (半隻/全隻) Half $60.00 Whole $110.00

CRISPY ROASTED DUCK (Boned)

$44

脆皮燒鴨 (半隻) Half $44.00

EIGHT TREASURE DUCK (2 days notice required)

$168

八寶鴨 (全隻) 兩天前預訂 Whole $168.00

CHICKEN WITH MANDARIN SAUCE

$38

Stir-fried chicken breast fillet with tangy sweet blend of plum and grounded bean sauce 美味雞

Provincial Specialities

MA PO TOFU

$38

Spicy Sichuan style diced beancurd with minced chicken & capsicum 麻婆豆腐

SICHUAN EGGPLANT (Claypot)

$38

Eggplant, minced chicken, spring onion, diced red & green capsicum with chilli prawn reduction 魚香茄子煲

STIR-FRIED LONG BEANS WITH MINCED CHICKEN & PICKLE VEGETABLES

$38

乾煸四季豆

“PEI PAR” BEANCURD

$42

Mixture of beancurd, prawn mince, water chestnut, Chinese sausage, shiitake mushroom & spring onion, fried and topped with oyster sauce 琵琶豆腐

PORK BELLY COOKED 3 TIMES

$42

Infused with master stock, steamed until tender with herbs & spices then fried, sliced and served with Chinese broccoli 崑崙排骨

LAMB WITH BLACK PEPPER, GARLIC & SHALLOTS

$46

香蒜黑椒羊肉

LAMB WITH CHILLI (Dry Style)

$46

辣子爆羊肉

LAMB CUTLETS WITH SICHUAN SAUCE (4 pieces)

$48

川汁羊架

Traditional Vegetarian Main

SICHUAN BEANCURD

$36

麻辣豆腐

BRAISED BEANCURD & SHIITAKE MUSHROOM WITH OYSTER SAUCE

$36

紅燒豆腐

KUNG PO BEANCURD

$38

Stir-fried beancurd, diced red & green capsicum, onion, dried chilli and peanuts with a blend of grounded chilli bean sauce 宮保豆腐

FRIED BEANCURD AND LONG BEANS WITH SPICY SALT & PEPPER

$38

椒鹽豆腐及四季豆

BUDDHA’S CHOICE

$38

Chinese vegetables, shiitake mushrooms, beancurd & Chinese fungus 羅漢上素

VEGETARIAN “PEI PAR” BEANCURD

$42

Mixture of beancurd, water chestnuts, shiitake mushroom, bamboo shoots snow peas, spring onion and coriander, fried and topped with vegetarian oyster sauce 素琵琶豆腐

VEGETARIAN FRIED RICE

$13

齋炒飯

Rose Garden BBQ

Rose Garden BBQ represents the everyday roast-meat side of Cantonese dining in Melbourne. Located on Elizabeth Street, it is more casual than the city’s formal Chinese restaurants, but that is exactly why it belongs in this guide. Cantonese food is not only about banquets and polished dining rooms. It is also about roast duck, crispy pork, barbecue pork, soy chicken, rice plates, noodles, and quick meals that people return to again and again.

The appeal of Rose Garden BBQ is direct and practical. Diners come for generous plates, roast meats, rice, soup, noodles, and the kind of food that suits a fast lunch or an easy dinner. Cantonese barbecue shops have a special place in Chinese dining because the best dishes depend on timing, texture, glaze, skin, meat, and sauce. When done well, a simple plate of roast duck or pork over rice can be as satisfying as a larger restaurant meal.

Rose Garden BBQ is best for casual lunches, quick dinners, roast meats, student meals, city workers, takeaway, and anyone who wants Cantonese comfort food without a formal setting. It adds an important everyday option to this guide and balances the more polished restaurants with something simple, affordable, and full of flavour.

Address: 435 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne 3000

Eat-In

燒鴨

$56

燒味, Roast Meat

燒鴨

$52

Mixed

Mix Bbq Pork And Crispy Pork

$25

Mix Duck And Pork

$31

Minimum Purchases

Bbq Pork Or Crispy Pork

$15

Mix Bbq Pork And Crispy Pork

$26

Top Ten

干燒四季豆飯

$17.50

Chicken

四川雞球飯

$17.50

Spicy Green Beans With Minced Chicken On Rice

$17.50

豬肉, Pork

時菜叉燒飯

$18

牛, Beef

新疆香辣牛肉飯

$17.50

魚, Fish

梅菜火鴨絲炒飯

$19.50

菜, Vegetables

蠔油小白菜

$19

Salt And Pepper Fried Tofu

$19

Fried Rice

揚州炒飯

$17.50

炒面/河/米粉, Fried Noodles

星洲炒米

$18

飲料, Drinks

Sprite

可口可樂

Coke No Sugar

芙蓉, Omelette

雞肉

$17.50

Roast Duck

$20.50

菜

蠔油小白菜

$19

Salt And Pepper Fried Tofu

$19

Egg Chiffon

雞肉

$17.50

Roast Duck

$20.50

Vegetarian

時菜豆腐飯

$16.50

Eggplant And Beancurd On Rice

$16.50

Spicy Green Beans And Beancurd On Rice

$16.50

Vegetarian Thal Green Curry On Rice

$16.50

Vegetarian Spicy Black Bean On Rice

$16.50

Mushroom And Bean Sprouts With Egg Noodles

Extras

加蛋

Others

Vegetarian Fried Rice

$17

Egg Chiffon Vegetarian On Rice

$17.50

Vegetarian Spicy Black Bean On Rice

$17

Mushroom And Bean Sprouts With Egg Noodles

$18

Liption Ice Tea - Lemon

Liption Ice Tea -Peach

Vita Lemon Tea

Vita Lychee Tea

Teh Kotak

Bbq Pork & Vegetables With Egg /Rice Noodles

$18

Crispy Pork & Vegetables With Egg/Rice Noodles

$19

Vegetables & Beancurd With Egg /Rice Noodles

$18

蝦菜炒麵

$22.50

Sweet Corn Fish Fillet On Rice

$17

Black Bean Fish Fillet On Rice

$17

Curry Fish Fillet On Rice

$17

Fish Fillet With Preserved Vegetables On Rice

$18

Black Pepper Fish Fillet On Rice

$17

Fish In Spicy Peppery Sauce With Rice

$18

Beef And Vegetables On Rice

$16.50

Curry Beef On Rice

$16.50

Beef And Black Bean On Rice

$16.50

Beef With Egg Gravy On Rice

$16.50

Beef With Black Pepper Sauce On Rice

$16.50

Honey Black Pepper Beef On Rice

$16.50

Mongolian Beef On Rice

$16.50

Beef Omelette On Rice

$17

Beef And Preserved Vegetables On Rice

$17

Bok Choy With Oyster Sauce

$18.50

Chicken And Sweet Corn Soup

$7.50

Shark Fin Inn

Shark Fin Inn is a long-running Chinatown Cantonese restaurant on Little Bourke Street, known for yum cha, banquets, seafood, and classic Chinese restaurant dining. It has the feel of an old-school Melbourne institution: large dining rooms, busy tables, families, groups, and a menu built around the shared pleasures of Cantonese food.

The restaurant works across lunch and dinner. At lunch, yum cha is a natural choice, with dumplings, buns, rice rolls, fried items, sweets, and tea. At dinner, the menu can move into seafood, roast meats, noodles, soups, vegetables, clay pots, rice dishes, and banquet-style meals. This flexibility is one of the reasons Cantonese restaurants remain so useful for groups.

Shark Fin Inn is best for yum cha, family gatherings, Chinatown meals, group dinners, and diners who want a traditional Cantonese restaurant experience.

Address: 50 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne 3000

BANQUET

Banquet menus and set menus visible on the menu PDF.

BANQUET

$62

$62 per person (for 4 persons or more)

FORTUNE TELLER’S MENU

$68

New Dishes Weekly (for 2 persons or more)

SIGNATURE BANQUET

$59

$59 per person (for 2-3 persons)

SIGNATURE BANQUET

$59

$59 per person (for 4 persons)

ENTRÉE

Minced Seafood Wrapped in Lettuce (2 pcs)

$16.50

Deep Fried Crab Claw Stuffed with Minced Prawn Meat

$10

Crispy Spring Rolls (2pcs)

Steamed Chinese Sausage

$15.50

Stir Fried Scallops in Ginger Sauce

$10.50

Beef & Chicken Satay en Brochette (1 of Each)

$14.50

Salt & Pepper Quail (Each)

$15

Sesame Prawn Toast (2 pcs)

$15

Minced Delicacies Wrapped in Lettuce (San Choi Bow) (2 pcs)

$19.50

SOUP

Consommé of the day (for 2-4 pax)

$38

Shark Fin Soup with Shredded Chicken

$38

Shark Fin Soup with Crab Meat

$38

Dried Scallop & Combination Soup

$10

Chicken & Fish Maw Soup

$10

Fish Maw & Sweet Corn Soup

$10

Minced Chicken & Sweet Corn Soup

$10

Diced Seafood & Bean Curd Soup

$10

Combination & Vegetable in Clear Soup

$10

Won Ton Soup

$10

Szechuan Hot & Sour Soup

$10

Shredded Roasted Duck & Combination Soup

$10

SEAFOOD

Salt and Pepper

Fisherman Shelter Style

Deep Fried with Golden Egg Yolk

$15

Black Truffle Pâté

$30

Goose Pâté

$25

Steamed with Spirit Wine & Egg White

$15

Tasmanian Lobster

Please Ask Our Friendly Staffs for Assistance On The Selection of Combinations. Additional Egg Noodle +$8 / E-fu Noodle +$25 / Rice Noodle +$16 / Rice Vermicelli +$16 / Vermicelli +$16

CHEF SPECIAL

Braised Chicken with Thousand Chilli Sauce

$29.50

Satay Seafood Combination on Sizzling Plate

$36.50

Deluxe Combination in Bird’s Nest

King Prawns with Thousand Chilli Sauce

$32

Mongolian Lamb

Fish Maw, Sea Cucumber, Chinese Mushroom, Dried Scallop

Market Price

Sautéed Seafood Combo in Homemade Barbecue Sauce

$36.50

Pan Fried Scallops with Minced Prawn Meat

$43

BEEF

Diced Eye Fillet Beef with Black Truffle Sauce

$31.50

Sliced Beef with Satay Sauce and Vermicelli

$29.50

Sliced Beef with Oyster Sauce

$29.50

Beef with Cashew Nuts & Diced Vegetables

$29.50

Beef with Szechuan Chilli Sauce

$29.50

Sliced Beef with Curry Sauce

$29.50

Beef Short Ribs With Homemade Barbecue Sauce

$36.50

Honey Glazed Beef Short Ribs with Black Pepper Sauce on a Sizzling Plate

Braised Sliced Beef with Black Bean Sauce

$43

Eye Fillet Beef with Honey Mustard

$29.50

Sliced Beef Stir Fried with Seasonal Vegetables

$32.50

West Lake Style

POULTRY

Deep-Fried Deboned Duck with Sweet & Sour Sauce

$36.50

Steamed Duckling with Seafood Combination & Vegetables

$29.50

Deep Fried Crispy Skin Chicken (Half)

$29.50

Chicken with Seasonal Vegetables

$29.50

Sautéed Sliced Chicken with Black Bean Sauce

$29.50

Sautéed Sliced Chicken with Curry Sauce

$29.50

Sautéed Sliced Chicken with Satay Sauce

$29.50

Stir Fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts & Diced Vegetables

$29.50

Lemon Chicken

$29.50

Mongolian Chicken

$29.50

Chicken with Szechuan Sauce

$29.50

Crispy Fried Deboned Duck Stuffed with Yam

$34

PORK

Sweet & Sour Pork Ribs

$29.50

Sweet & Sour Pork (Traditional)

$29.50

Pork Spare Ribs with Salt and Pepper

$29.50

Pork Spare Ribs with Vintage Port Wine Sauce

$29.50

Sliced Roasted Pork with Bean Curd, Chinese Mushroom & Vegetables

$29.50

Pork Spare Ribs with Peking Sauce

VEGETABLES

Dried Scallop on Silky Bean curd & Vegetables

$36.50

Baby Spinach in Stock with Salted Egg & Century Egg

$31.50

Chinese Broccoli with Ginger & Chinese Wine

$31.50

Snow Peas with Garlic

$31.50

Law Hon Jai (Dish for Monks)

$29.50

Mixed Seasonal Vegetables

$29.50

Spicy Minced Beef & Bean Curd

$36.50

Pipa Bean Curd

$39

Stuffed Bean Curd with Minced Prawn Meat

$55

Wok Tosses Scallops & Baby Spanish cover Golden Pumpkin Sauces

$32

Stir Fried Long Green Beans & Minced Pork with X.O. Chilli Sauce

$29.50

Braised Bean Curd with Mixed Vegetables

$29.50

Spicy Deep Fried Bean Curd with Salt & Pepper

$26.50

RICE & NOODLE

Prawns & Black Truffle Fried Rice

$36.50

Seafood & Combination with Fried Noodle

$29

Singapore Fried Noodle

$36.50

Combination & Vegetables with Fried Noodle

$29.50

Chicken & Vegetables with Fried Noodle

$29.50

Beef & Vegetables with Fried Noodle

$39

Prawns & Vegetables with Fried Noodle

$42

Hokkien Fried Rice

$32.50

Dried Scallop & Egg White Fried Rice

$28.50

Diced Chicken & Salty Fish Fried Rice

$18.50

Special Combination Fried Rice

$14.50

Vegetarian Fried Rice

$14.50

Fried Rice with Creamy Prawns & Shredded Chicken in Tomato Sauce

$45.50

Mango Pudding

$12

Special Deep Fried Ice Cream

$10

Lychee & Ice Cream

$10

Pineapple Fritter & Ice Cream

$18

Red bean paste pancake

$10

Osmanthus & Red Bean Pudding

$10

Dessert of the Day (When Available)

$10

Banana Fritter & Ice Cream

$10

Final thoughts

The best Cantonese restaurants in Melbourne show the full range of the cuisine. Flower Drum represents refined Cantonese dining at a high level, while Secret Kitchen Chinatown and Shark Fin Inn keep yum cha and banquet traditions alive in the CBD. Red Emperor brings Cantonese food to Southbank with river views and a polished dining room, and Rose Garden BBQ shows the everyday comfort of roast meats, rice plates, and quick Cantonese meals.

Together, these restaurants show why Cantonese food remains so important to Melbourne dining. It can be elegant or casual, quick or celebratory, centred on dumplings or built around roast duck and seafood. Whether you want yum cha, a family banquet, a special occasion dinner, a riverside meal, or a simple plate of barbecue pork over rice, Melbourne has a Cantonese restaurant for the occasion.

Best Cantonese Restaurants Near Me In Melbourne

Flower Drum

Barbeque & Cold Appetizers

Squab

Dim Sum Selection

Jiaozi

Egg rolls

Appetizers

Soups

Seafood

Seafood cooking methods

Abalone

Poultry & Meats

Vegetables

Rice

Noodles

Dessert

Ice Cream Selection

Lunch Banquets - Autumn Tasting Lunch

Lunch Banquets - Chef’s Signature Banquet

Dinner Banquets - Autumn Tasting Banquet