The Best Melbourne Restaurants for an Excellent Lunar New Year Feast
These are the best restaurants in Melbourne celebrating the Year of the Dragon this Lunar New Year — or putting on fitting feasts all year round.
The Best Melbourne Restaurants for an Excellent Lunar New Year Feast
With the Year of the Dragon officially kicking off soon, Melbourne's Lunar New Year festivities are popping up right across the city. Whether you're looking for an extravagant dinner celebration matched with lion dance performances or a more low-key group feed at a local restaurant, Melbourne has you covered.
We've compiled a round-up of the best restaurants in Melbourne putting on festivities and offering up special meals for the Lunar New Year — and a few more that are simply serving cracking festive banquets all year round. From unconventional Lunar New Year gelato flavours to big yum cha feasts, here's where to head if you want to get into the LNY spirit and be well fed while you're at it.
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Image: Panda Hot Pot
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Hawker Hall
A roomy interior lit by neon signage, a menu packed with hawker-style delights and a standout offering of beers on tap.
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Shu
This is for those after an entirely vegan degustation for Lunar New Year in Melbourne.
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Lagoon Dining
Head to this Melbourne restaurant for Lunar New Year or try some of the limited-edition Year of the Dragon gelatos it has made in collaboration with Piccolina.
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Yulongfu Steamed Buns Restaurant
Xiao long bao steals the show at this Shanghainese dumpling restaurant — especially the luxe black truffle variety.
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Moonhouse
For Lunar New Year, this Melbourne restaurant will have a special banquet menu and be giving away a heap of vouchers.
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Flower Drum
Elegance and attention to detail at one of Melbourne's oldest Chinese restaurants.
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Panda Hot Pot
The former Dracula's site is now home to an international sichuan hot pot chain.
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The Albert Park Hotel
Head to this Melbourne restaurant on Lunar New Year for banquets, lion dances and a traditional Yee Sang Prosperity Salad.
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MING Dining
Head to the Melbourne fine-diner to feast your way through refined dishes that marry contemporary Australian cuisine with Chinese-Canto influences.
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Supper Inn
A long-standing Chinatown institution, where the frills are minimal, the Cantonese eats are generous and the dinner service kicks on till the wee hours.
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Pacific Seafood BBQ House
Your seafood will be plucked right from the huge tanks hidden out back — making for a mighty fresh fish feast.
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Da Long Yi Hot Pot
This hot pot chain has over 210 stores in China, USA, UK, New Zealand and Australia.