THE BEST 10 Sichuan Restaurants in Melbourne Victoria 2023

Forget the cutlery and sink your teeth into the star of the menu— our grilled Shanghai-style skewers packed full of soy and Sichuan pepper flavours. Secret Kitchen brings you to the City of Melbourne exquisite Chinese dining experience – Yum Cha by day and seafood dinner by night. It's a match made in heaven when you bring your own bottle of wine and enjoy it with some wood-fired pizza. As far as we're concerned, Ferdinand meets all of his objectives in a spectacular fashion.
They are also more than willing to encourage those who are more hesitant about their more experimental dishes. These are our recommendations for the best sichuan food in the Victorian capital. This restaurant has built a cult-following for a reason. You may have to queue to get in but it is well worth any wait.

Experience the exotic, zingy flavours of contemporary Chinese cuisine at Tasting China, a restaurant fusing old favourites and a cool new vibe in the bustling Bunda Street precinct of Canberra. For contemporary Chinese cuisine in a stylish setting, Canberra locals head to Dumpling Social on Bradley Street in Phillip. Located in Westfield Woden, a brick façade with red accents and potted p... Located at the top of Little Bourke St, the ‘original’ Shark Fin Restaurant offers customer Hong Kong style Yum Cha and a variety of live seafood.
Knows exactly what it is and its lo-fi simple interior provides the perfect blank canvas for the array of expertly crafted Cantonese cooking, seamlessly streaming from the kitchen at the back of the restaurant. You could spend an entire evening exploring this split-level Japanese restaurant and sake temple. Don't expect a cheap feed though—this is as fancy as Melbourne gets. Let’s round this out with one more Asian restaurant because Melbourne's CBD does Asian food better than almost anywhere.

You may expect to pay $50 to $70 per person for an a la carte supper, with  entrees averaging $10 and meat mains around $30. With no menu and one-of-a-kind ambiance, the cafe in Collingwood is an experience in itself. It would be an understatement to describe Greek cuisine as lively; maybe boisterous would be more appropriate. As soon as Jim's Greek Tavern opened in the 1970s, it quickly rose to the top of the list of most popular BYO restaurants in Melbourne. David’s Hot Pot arrived in Melbourne in 2017 and expanded to Doncaster East and Point Cook last year.
Fish and Pickles Shan Cheng Wai's carefully-guarded secret recipe combines fresh, locally-sourced fish with traditional pickling methods to bring an exciting and novel experience to Melbourne. Known by the locals as 'Suan Cai Yu', the much-loved hot and sour fish stew with pickled vegetable is a dish meant for sharing. Elevate your evening at these cult-status eateries, degustations and luxe fine-dining spots. There is no better place to be a vegetarian than Melbourne. We wear the crown for plant-centric dining that is exciting, inclusive and delicious, from fancy degustations to cheap eats, every day of the week. It's always a good time to drop in to The European, for style and taste of times gone by; it truly is one of the Melbourne CBD's best restaurants.

Yet, there's a knack for lifting the nominally prosaic to the level of poetry, too. The tiered dining room is a fitting stage for Melbourne's glitterati, but standout floor staff ensure everyone at Gimlet feels like a star. A sneaky mimosa with brunch might be a weekend ritual for some Melburnians, but it’s easy to forget that yum cha is “brunch” for many people in East Asia. With corkage being the same price as today’s flat white ($7), swap out the BLTs for barbecue pork buns and the mimosas for a bottle of good fizz.
Suited for any occasion, from a glass and a bite at the bar to a private dinner party, you can expect classic European dishes with a twist. The 100-seater bistro is ensconced in a rich palette of dark green, checkerboard tiling and dark timber, emulating old-world charm and opulence of La Belle Epoque. Antique brass and textured gold details are featured throughout. After a bunch of successful pop-ups the lobster roll-hawking Pinchy’s has finally found a permanent home in Bourke Street’s Mid City arcade. An eternally humming bistro opposite Parliament House, The European is something of a Melbourne institution, where diners go to order some snacks and a bottle of wine.
Alongside celebrated chef Ian Curley, Martinez is serving Josper-fired peri-peri cauliflower, steamy tamales and “blood” sausage plus spicy Latin American inspired cocktails. An elegant, produce-driven menu by a former Vue de Monde and Eleven Madison Park chef is the draw at this soaring European bistro on the ground floor of the Capitol Grand building. Plus, there’s a 200-bottle wine list and botanical-heavy cocktails from a former World Class Bartender of the Year.

First things first, as the name eludes to, they take their meat seriously with much of it aged in-house. Dine with friends on all-you-can-eat dumplings, seafood share plates and more. Where to find halal Chinese food, halal snack packs and halal hot pot in Melbourne. We had the chong quing chilli chicken, cumin lamb, and a pork and mushroom dish. There’s nothing quite like sipping a beer amid a menagerie of taxidermied creatures at Natural History Bar.
With its shared tables, bar seating and stacked shelves of natural wine, Serai feels like instant fun – of the fire-fuelled, Filipino-flavoured kind. Clever cocktails mix Pinoy staples such as calamansi, pandan, coconut and ube into all kinds of thrilling new combos. A Ponso Sour, for example, shakes gin, toasted coconut, chardonnay, lime and egg white into a shiny pandan-green treat. A kinilaw of kingfish and calamansi is a winner, as are fried noodles topped with spanner crab and pineapple. Drawing on his heritage, chef Ross Magnaye's take on lechon is a platter of pork belly – crisp on the outside, fatty within – covered in funky, sweet-sour smoky palapa sauce.