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Australia

Melbourne

The city's best tables, markets and bars, chosen by the writers who live there.

Coffee & sweetMelbourne's Coffee Obsession: Where the Flat White Was Born

Book a table · Melbourne

Chinese & Asian in Melbourne

283 Melbourne restaurants you can book on OpenTable. Pick a cuisine.

  1. Asian · Southeast Asian$$$Salted Egg Melbourne 4.4 · 634 diner reviews509 Flinders Ln, 3000Book a table →
  2. Pan-Asian · Thai$$$Lexy 4.6 · 157 diner reviews377 Flinders Ln, 3000Book a table →
  3. Thai · Asian$$$Boonchoou 4.7 · 109 diner reviews11 Heffernan Ln, 3000Book a table →
  4. Korean · Barbecue$$$Hwadam BBQ 4.7 · 104 diner reviews500 Elizabeth St level 2, 3000Book a table →
  5. Asian · Cantonese$$$Secret Kitchen - Chinatown - Melbourne CBD 4.3 · 1,173 diner reviews222 Exhibition St, 3000Book a table →
  6. Contemporary Korean · Modern Australian$$$$Doju 4.7 · 96 diner reviews530 Little Collins St 9, 3000Book a table →
  7. Asian · Dim Sum$$$Hua Lu Peking Duck 4.5 · 174 diner reviewsShop 1/137 A'Beckett St, 3000Book a table →
  8. Contemporary Asian · Thai$$$Chin Chin Melbourne 4.6 · 120 diner reviews125 Flinders Lane, 3000Book a table →
  9. Filipino · Wine Bar$$$Askal 4.4 · 233 diner reviews167 Exhibition St, 3000Book a table →
  10. Malaysian · Asian$$Ho Liao Melbourne 4.6 · 91 diner reviewsRainbow Alley Level 2, 3000Book a table →
  11. Korean$$SOT 4.6 · 75 diner reviews98 Bourke St, 3000Book a table →
  12. Malaysian · Asian$$$$Ho Jiak 4.7 · 60 diner reviewsLevel 1 Rainbow Alley, 3000Book a table →

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Bars

  1. BarsThe Roof of the City: Melbourne's Rooftop Bars and the Culture That Learned to Look UpFocused guide to Melbourne rooftop bars and culture
  2. BarsThe City Written in Its Lanes: Inside Melbourne's Laneway CultureDetailed laneway guide including coffee and bars
  3. BarsThe Quiet Courtyards Behind Melbourne's Busiest LanewaysWalk through Melbourne courtyards with bar seating notes

Coffee & sweet

  1. Coffee & sweetMelbourne's Coffee Obsession: Where the Flat White Was BornIn-depth history and route through Melbourne's coffee scene
  2. Coffee & sweetPenguins and Palms in Melbourne's St Kilda This NovemberCake shops and penguin colony timing in St Kilda.

Where to sleep in Melbourne: the Melbourne hotel directory

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