Sichuan

• Best of

Ten of Melbourne’s best Chinese restaurants from the Good Food Guide

From CBD laneways to high streets, our city is home to an ever-expanding spread of Chinese food. These are our top picks.

• Good Food Guide reviewers

• Review
• South Yarra

Dainty on Toorak

One of Melbourne’s best-loved addresses for spice.

• Review
• Chadstone

Hao Zi Wei

Flaming-hot workout for your tastebuds.

• Review
• Malvern

Sichuan Legacy

Where every table orders the same thing.

• Review
• Sydney

‘Nostalgic but fresh’: This grand Chinese restaurant isn’t always classic, but it’s clever

Grandfathers respects traditional tropes enough to pay homage where it should, then bends the rules without really breaking them.

• David Matthews

• Review
• Haymarket

Spicy Joint

Busy, fiery, group-friendly dining hall.

• Review
• Sydney

This seafood hot pot is some of the best value in the city right now

Our tip: split a steamboat between a group of four at the new-look Spice Temple.

• Callan Boys

• Recommended
• Melbourne

Chef David

Chinese drinking food in nightclub digs.

• Review
• South Yarra

Dainty Sichuan returns with a luxe new look, name and rejigged menu. But is the spice still right?

With more than 100 items on the rejigged menu, it’s easy to get confused – or greedy – at the renovated and rebranded Sichuan stalwart.

• Dani Valent