TOP 10 BEST Restaurants in Australia - Updated November 2024

Oriental Teahouse

85/100 (3014 ratings)

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"The place was very nice, dimmed lighting, spacious, clean and the staff are really lovely. The food was great, I had the san choi bao, crispy wonton..."

Vivian Vo

"Like a second home, beautiful staff and everything on the menu is delicious. Vibey house music and recommend the strawberry and cream..."

Shanti

"Really enjoy dining at oriental teahouse. Their dishes are beautifully presented with banging flavours. We ordered the crispy pork belly, satay..."

MelbourneLops

"Searching for a spot where you an enjoy good quality tea, with dumplings, wanton and many more. Oriental Teahouse might just be your go to for that..."

M3lissa____

"My absolute favourite dumplings restaurant in Melbs. I think I’ve been here almost twenty(!!) times and have had an incredible experience every..."

Sayeda

"I absolutely LOVE Oriental Teahouse in South Yarra! I have been multiple times and am always impressed with the extensive plant based menu...."

Jessica Sargeant (Unbeleafablefood)

"Loved my experience here tonight. Such friendly staff always wanting to give a helping hand and go that extra distance to make customers happy,..."

Emilia Ruffolo

"We went here for a friends birthday, being a large group we were sat at the back of the restaurant. The venue has changed a lot since I went, it’s..."

Agreekable

"Oriental teahouse has a great setup, with quick and friendly service and reasonable prices. Three of us shared three entrees, two mains, fried rice..."

EK Has

"Always great..."

Parul Aggarwal

"Our experience with Oriental Tea House (OTH) started when we booked our table reservation online. Times to book our table went right up to 11pm which..."

Dine And Dash

"We dined here for the first time last night. Amazing food atmosphere and service. We could have ordered 3 times over! Definitely will be back on..."

S_egelton

"Oriental teahouse is an all time fav.Football dumplings, duck wraps, bao and the green veg are delicious. Iron Buddha tea is lovely and light...."

Ash Bell

"Great spot for a weekend yum cha feast. Service is always quick and the staff are always welcoming and friendly. Food is of course the highlight but..."

Elon Solomona

"The food and drinks here are great! Handy hint.... pop upstairs to Zhou Zhou, a great little cocktail bar that isn’t as busy as the rest of chapel..."

Clarissa Whitehead

"The masters of hand-made dumplings at Oriental Teahouse teamed up with Melbourne Hot Sauce Company, to put tastebuds to the test and tongues through..."

Gastrology

"Great place! Food was delicious and the service was very friendly and polite! Highly recommend this place for a meal and a drink. Also great..."

Leash

"Oriental Tea House served delicious, clean, modern Chinese cuisine and a large selection of both traditional and modern teas. I’ve tried a few of..."

Angel Khong

"Wanted dim sum, no good ones around so decided to pop in here to give it a go! Surprised that it was packed on a Thursday night, and only had big..."

Denise Lim

"This place is delicious! Think dim sum with a modern twist. Do yourself a favour and get Xiao Long Bao, who doesn’t love soupy dumplings?! And omg..."

Erin King

"Usually not a fan of Oriental Teahouse as several other branches I’ve been to were a let down. However my mind changed after the dinner we had..."

Spice Grl

"Evening meal had shredded steak and Salt and pepper calamari and fried rice food good and service also good very busy for a Monday night lucky we..."

Bruce Collins

"The best restaurant ever to have lived. Been there a few times and would not want to go anywhere else for dumplings. AMAZING. Staff is so friendly..."

Crystal Mantoc

"We are loving FoodieFridays these days and Oriental Teahouse’s invite was locked straight in for our next Friday lunch outing. We hadn’t been..."

FoodieAboutTown

"If you are a dumplings addict like me and want amazing dumplings then Oriental Teahouse is the place to go! So fresh and full of flavour, perfectly..."

Emilydarmanin

"The dumplings here are pretty good although pricey. We had a light dinner of prawn and chive dumplings, crispy prawn wontons and mushroom dumplings..."

Nalia

"I've been coming to OTH for years. Their food is consistently good, especially their dumplings. Today I had their satay chicken dumplings with Asian..."

Hungry Tum

"This week we partook in the Oriental Tea house’s latest “dumplings for dating”. For 60$ a head, you and a friend/partner/loved one are provided..."

@twogoodtoresist

"Went for a special event (United Nations Of Dumplings) for MFWF. I’ve been to this restaurant a few times. The service is always enthusiastic and..."

Alan Tse

"Would definitely return! Ordered a few different dishes but my favorite was the sticky steak. It was extremely tasty and such good value for money...."

Roisin Flanagan

"I just went to dumpling heaven. We tried the Ginger Prawn, chili Wagyu beef, satay peanut chicken herb dumplings. All deserved a medal, the dumplings..."

MsConnoisseur

"Ambience: the acoustics are not very conducive to conversation. It can be overwhelmingly loud. Service: the staff are friendly and quick...."

Chrissy Halden

"Came here for a light snack in my travels through St Kilda. We opted for the Pork buns which i always love, and the pork belly. Both meals were the..."

Amber Deambrogio

"Interior definitely shouts oriental. We asked for recommendations & here are the tasty dishes we tried:Salt & pepper calamari Pork spring..."

Who Loves Good Food

"I have now been to Oriental tea house twice and have tried a variety of the vegetarian dishes on the menu. My favorite is the tofu sliders which are..."

Steph

" NEver disappointing... menu continues to evolve..this time we enjoyed lucky prawn & chive dumplings, San choi bao, and the legit special fried rice...."

Angey

"I really enjoyed dining at this restaurant. The food was hot, fresh & fast. There was nothing that we did not love. The pork belly in plum sauce was..."

Susie Demery

"How great is the Yum Cha concept? You sit down and tick what you want on a slip of paper or trollies come to you and you can view and pick before you..."

On The Chopping Board

"Oriental Teahouse opened the doors to its South Yarra venue in 2003, and since then has expanded to Melbourne’s CBD and Chadstone. Aware that..."

The City Lane

"Great food, very tasty, authentic flavours, great combination of oriental flavours, good friendly service very hospitable would definitely revisit..."

WePreferEatingOut

"Dumplings have a long association with tea, but as the popularity of dumplings has increased, the ‘tea’ part has sometimes gotten left behind...."

A Chronicle Of Gastronomy

"Always reliable, love the spring onion cakes, prawn spring rolls, crispy chilli beef and fried rice are an ok version of the classicThanks James..."

James Lawrence

"Flavoursome food! We walked into the Oriental Teahouse without a booking on a Saturday night and the very attentive staff organized us a..."

Svenja Grabo

"This was my first restaurant to eat at while in Melbourne, and it was an experience. The food was excellent, I had the beef which you wrap in some..."

Foodie

"Went with a group who had yum Cha, but we ordered off the menu. Warned that our food might take longer, but it arrived steadily, in a somewhat odd..."

Esptm🍫☕️

" I can't fault anything about this place! The food was served fast and was amazing. I'll be dreaming about those Asian greens for weeks! The..."

Anne Williams

"Out of all shops I found this a exception rating of my highest distinctive favors of yum cha and white teas Positive foods shn bhd was impressed..."

Shrek Oh

"Dined at this establishment on Mother's Day for yum Cha. It was very busy but the staff coped very well. The outstanding offerings were the Peking..."

SusieQ

"I can't talk highly enough about this place! Everything from food to the staff to the new outfit! The food is just so ridiculously good and the price..."

Beccalahern

"Went here with some friends and it pleasantly surprised me! We ordered far too much food but it was all lovely - my favourite was the special fried..."

Cherise

"Since they redid it, holy moly! Amazing. We had the dumplings with prawn, mushroom and bamboo. Best I've ever had. We also got the calamari, mixed..."

Yum

"The food was delicate and delicious! We ordered an assortment of dumplings and small dishes and we were not disappointed. I would highly recommend..."

Natalie Moring

"Love this place, been there a few times and visited last night. Me and my friend shared a few vegetarian dishes and had drinks! Everything was so..."

Zomatoaddict

"Oriental Tea House, Chapel street, South Yarra, cuisine - Chinese. We lived near this place for 6 years and never visited it. Finally went in on one..."

Vegbourne

"This place has never disappointed us. Yes it's a little more pricey than your basic dumpling place but it's still worth it. The atmosphere is great..."

Impress Me

"I came here for my birthday on a group booking which works the same as the function packages but without a bar package or a deposit. In the..."

Rachel Oppedisano

"Choice of yum Cha or a la carte. We chose a la carte. Huge choice of teas both hot and cold. We ordered green tea and special fried rice, steamed..."

Alison Read

"I have incredibly fond memories of this restaurant as it was the place that my partner and I shared our first date.We ordered from the..."

Kat

"We love Chapel St Oriental Tea House esp on Tuesdays! The all-you-can-eat-Yumcha is always our good bonding time with busy friends. Staff attentive,..."

Isle

"I'm always satisfied leaving this place.. you get to try a bit of everything, food is never disappointing.. and it's always a good choice to eat here..."

Bianca Ross

"I liked my experience here better than at the CBD one. I ordered the prawn wontons and the chilli steamed fish. I like the vibe here because of the..."

Shock Nwave

"As the owner of Amigos. We been coming here for a long time and it never disappoint us. 5 stars in every way. Tuesday yum Cha is great..."

Melbourne Fit Foodie

"Friendly and obliging staff, and fabulous vegan options that were so fresh & delicious. The salt and pepper tofu & mock pork buns were particularly..."

Cathy Willmot

"Celebrating birthdays during lockdown could be tricky, and sometimes taking risk pays... Oriental Teahouse made Ozzy's birthday worth every dime and..."

Ozzy Kunnu

"Great atmosphere. Super efficient services. The food was great. I think the squid lacks of sauces. I didnt realise it until seeing pictures others..."

Trang Van

"Our experience dining at the Teahouse was superb from the moment we arrived. The food was excellent . You must..."

Philip Lindsay

"The staff here are amazing. I honestly have never had better customer service in my life. My partner and I came here for Valentine’s Day and it was..."

Teria Badic

"We tried all the different veggie dumpling options here and they are all delicious. Definitely a little on the pricey side but worth it for such..."