The best 10 restaurants and places to eat in Essendon, April 2024

"Our old long time favourite, for many years Andy's Yum Cha house is literally like having Yum Cha in your own house! The staff are friendly, the food..."

Kim Pietka

"For a quick and delicious mid week meal, Andy’s is one of our favourites. Always..."

David Hilton

"Love this place. Great food at a reasonable price. Plus it's..."

Pete Start

"The food was fresh and delicious. Would certainly visit again...."

Kerry Jane Allison

"Great authentic food cooked to order friendly service and byo really good..."

Rob Pritchard

"Crispy pork dumplings + fried prawn rolls + Shanghai pork dumplings + comforting tea+ lovely ambience = for the..."

Yssa Fider-Hui

"I've eaten here many times and have always been most impressed with the food and the sevice. Their takeaway service is excellent..."

John Palermo

"Ace!!!. Fast, fresh and friendly. Highly..."

Roxie Sunderland

"Amazing service, food and atmosphere. Thank you for a lovely..."

Alexandra Renda

"Best Yum Cha, always fresh and super tasty! We are..."

Lisa Anne

"We have been eating at Andy's Yum Cha for ages and it never fails to..."

Margaret Moran

"We had yum cha today and it was better than our favourite china town restaurant due to the food being cooked to order. Particularly loved the prawn..."

Tracey Lewis

"Small and cosy local Yum Cha. Hong Kong style ordering system, where dishes are ordered and cooked on order, so no carts being pushed around.The..."

Jaimee Trang

"Went for some lunch with a few colleagues as we were craving some yum cha. This place, we found out........its not exactly your traditional yum cha..."

Kishore Mitra

"A quaint little place which seems to be a humble family business. It doesn’t offer all the varieties that a classic Yum Cha House would BUT the..."

The Street Foodie

"Andy's Yum Cha House is a little, quaint store that is located in Essendon. There is plenty of parking available on Napier Street to allow peace of..."

Lincoln L ► Lincolns Scholarship House

"This is one of the best dumpling & yum cha restaurants in Melbourne. It is easy to observe and appreciate the food that is being made fresh onsite..."

Nicko Mills

"NO TIME FOR LONG REVIEWS! I'M HERE TO EAT!! SUMMED UP IN 14 WORDS OR LESS!!!---Everything is yummy. One of the best Chinese takeaway..."

Im Here To Eat

"Great dumplings for a good price. Better then most I’ve had around Melbourne. Selection a little lacking but what they have they do really..."

Janetzou2606

"From the outside it looks unassuming and a little understated. The friend that took me there have been here before and I trust his taste. The food is..."

Food Junkie

"Love this place! They have all the essential yum Cha classics without having to tackle china town. All cooked to order so everything is super fresh,..."

Billie George

"Andy’s is a nice little dumpling house with fairly reasonable prices. The dining room is cosy but cute; you can takeaway or dine in. Salt and..."

Ravenous Melbourne

"Grabbed takeaway from Andy's late on a Sunday night and was really impressed! Ordered Prawn Dumplings, Shanghai Pork Dumplings, BBQ pork buns,..."

Dale Zeinheiger Culpin

"I visit there few days ago and the food taste pretty nice and nice service:) eventhough its small place in the suburb but its recommended to have a..."

Yoo Ji Yah

"Pretty good yum cha. Particularly the dumplings were fantastic. I think they may have been home made. I could have just had the dumplings all night,..."

Gusnorton21

"Food: small portions of food, like a yum cha!. All the dishes we tried we really enjoyed, though nothing specific worth mentioning. They do a great..."

Dieter

"Not traditional yum cha i guess since there are no trolleys but on the plus side, the dumplings are steamed or fried to order, so they're always..."

Anh Nguyen

"A popular and great standby for us who live in local area. The food is consistently good. Dumplings are tasty, but we particularly like the fried..."

Pamela

"Never knew this place existed if it wasn't for this app. Thought I'd give it a crack and was very tasty! The servings were a little small but I'd..."

J_cinta

"Loveeeeeee this place! Been coming here for years and always feel very welcomed and looked after. No idea why people have negative reviews as this..."

Rose

"Average service, tasty food, small portions (for the price). Overall, decent experience but nothing to write home about. There are so many places in..."

Fussy Eater

"My bf and I ended up around Essendon because of DFO and since I was starving I desperately wanted to find a decent place to eat around there. I found..."

Ta.be.tabi

"Has dropped off since previous owners left. But still good food. No warmth or soul. But great dumplings & garlic chicken is amazing. just need staff..."

Gary D

"Really nice yum Cha! We loved the steamed pork buns and the steamed pork dumplings. We will definitely be coming back for dinner again! :)..."

Emma Louise

"Came here for the first time last night, really good dumplings I must say. I lived in Hong Kong for 9 years and in terms of taste and freshness this..."

Az

"Thumbs up. Good food, good service, what else? my favorite would be the pan fried pork dumpling and the scallop dumpling! the lemon chicken is really..."

Tannn

"Fantastic food and service. I don't know what some of these bad reviews are. They must have gone to the wrong place. We went for Yum Cha this morning..."

Magilla Gorilla

"Delicious!. I came here with my friend and we had a delicious meal. We ate some lovely prawn and pork dumplings, sui mai and vegetarian dumplings, as..."

Spicy Delight

"The homemade dumplings here are soo delicious.Best yum cha I've had in ages will be coming back for..."

Trini Cao

"Even Better Than Before. We have always loved the food at Andy's (maybe not the service so much) so we were a bit worried when we went last night..."

LNK

"My husband and I decided to try Andy's last week as they are under new management. Their prawn dumplings were delicious and we found out from the..."

Queenie Chan

"Yuuuumm! New management, disregard everything before!. Just moved into the area about half year ago. I know Andy's has been under new management..."

Beverleychin

"Delicious delicious delicious!. I came with my boyfriend last week and the food is ridiculously good!Having tried yum cha at a lot of different..."

Ariyana

"Yummo!. Best Yum Cha i've had - hands down. This place is fantastic. I little pricey - but worth..."

Ally Smith

"Would definitely return. Took the wife and two young'uns there for a Sunday brunch, and really enjoyed the food. We were first customers there at..."

Dward

"This used to be one of my dead-set favorites. Unfortunately I am writing this while waiting for my take away (of 3 simple yum cha meals). 45 minutes..."

Eilish

"Regulars to Andy's, the food is so fresh, we have tried most items on the menu, never disappoints and have taken many friends to share the experience..."

Mona Lisa

"Lovely. Great small snacks....food really nice...small and intimate place we enjoy...although staff try to push you out very quickly due to the small..."

Pickle

"YUM cha!. This place is lovely!The dumplings here are amazing and very affordable!people are lovely too!highly..."

Rhedawg

"Solid little dumpling joint.food is fresh, quick and tasty. Will be..."

David Murphy

"Just so authentic and fresh. Lovely famy business that I stumbled upon before work one night. Prawn dumpling soup delicious - Ill be..."

Bill Birdsall

"What a great, fast, amazing dinner.. Really great prices, not a big place so ur meal is out in record time.. Must be family owned - well I hope so..."

Tanya Smith

"Food is excellent. Service very good. Great that's it's BYO wine and beer. Ambience is lacking needs music or something else. Def will visit..."

Yum Cha Rocks

"Bloody awesome! Clearly the best Chinese food this side of town. We had dumplings, steamed broccoli, spicy calamari and the homy beef which was..."

Lunch Lady

"Yum cha = yum yum! The veggie spring rolls were lovely and fresh, you could tell they were handmade. The veggie dumplings had a wonderful mix of..."

Queen Of Food

"Satisfying. You shouldn't come here for the service, but I was already expecting this so it didn't bother me that much. I got the vego dumplings..."

Jesspo

"Love this little place, the service isn't fantastic but they are lovely people and the food is fantastic, best yum cha in essndon that's for sure ,..."

Dc007

"Yummmmm. Andy's Yum Cha is beautiful - they have the best yum cha - may not be authentic but who cares as long as it tates good. Front door is broken..."

Sunday Mason

"Our love affair with the dumplings continue! Can't get enough of their offerings..... Sooooo good! Need to get that door fixed though.... Too much..."

Chocolate.Factory

"T64. Love it, love, love it. Have been here many times since the opening, so many favorites, too many to mention. Let's just say I can't eat wanton..."

Terri Runting

"Very casual Cafe style restaurant with less than friendly service but the food was very good. A lot more expensive than larger places but I guess..."

David

"Andy's Yum Cha. Excellent. First visit today for Yum Cha lunch. Extremely impressed with fresh and tasty food delivered pipping hot to the table. BYO..."

Maz

"Very Cute and Humble. Great Service, authentic Chinese Yum Cha cooked fresh on the premises. Very, very friendly lady who owns the restaurant is very..."

Jennha

"Where do i start, the food or the service? Both were absolutely fantastic! Our waitress (who was the only waitress there as it's quite small, though..."

bignella

"Great atmosphere, attentive and lovely staff, and good food! I'll definitely be back to sample some more of their menu. Their appetisers are very..."

M Stewart

"generally very pleased. very quick delivery. staff accommodating. just alittle pricey but oh well, this is not asia ordered statay skewers, sambal..."

gom gomm

"Ordered delivery via menulog for the first time, food arrived stove hot and 20 minutes earlier . The food was fantastic and fresh.excellent sized..."

peter buzes

"Ordered Mongolian Beef, extra spicy, and got exactly that! 2nd time here and both times I liked the food a lot. Only thing is the music is..."

Johann Lim

"Recently under new management. Tried it out and the staff were super friendly. Would recommend the Chinese style eggplant..."

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