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

Gold Leaf Restaurant

76/100 (729 ratings)

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Wheelchair Accessible

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Parking Available

Highchairs Available

Full Bar

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"Ahhhh....Gold Leaf, Springvale. It’s your typical Chinese restaurant that has been around since the dawn of time. It's a bit old, it's a bit..."

Sunny Days Melbourne

"3.5*Was extremely busy when I came today (so luckily we had made a booking). Sometimes it takes a while for the different foods to come around,..."

S Zinger

"I’ve been to a lot of places but this place will always be my go to place for yumcha. I believe it is expected that customer service is not always..."

Melbourne, Let’s Eat

"Decent yum cha in Springvale. They have a good variety and flavours are always consistent. Service is a bit rocky. I think it has become better over..."

Amyyyeats

"One of the best chinese food in Melbourne, I went here for lunch and I found the best yum cha here, fast service, good quality of food that I..."

Jula Sihapanya

"I dont know what it is about Gold leaf that I just love so much. When I come to Springvale it is either Vietnamese or yum cha at Gold Leaf , the food..."

Vivian

"Loved this place. Everything a good yum cha place should be... big, bustling, lots of trolleys whizzing past, juicy dumplings and great staff...."

Alcobon

"Basing on dinner sessions, the restaurant is usually a quarter to a third full (whereas their lunch sessions seems packed constantly). They have a..."

Chester

"Seriously the best Yum Cha place in Melbourne. Gotta admit that there’s just something charming about this place with loads of old ladies..."

Ha Nguyen

"Authentic dim sum!! Always busy here. Came here three times and waited 15-25min on average to get a table. Miss the delicious lobster noodles!..."

ZzzPpl

"Gold Leaf is my go-to yum cha restaurant! My favourites are the Taro dumpling, steamed beancurd skin roll with pork and shrimp, century egg and pork..."

Decent Feed

"One of the older outlets for the Gold Least franchise; possibly the first one?Atmosphere: bustlingDecor: antiquey Canto..."

Ian Ho

"We come here regularly as a family for yum Cha. It's great because you can always get a seat quickly and the food is pretty good. My grand parents..."

Justin

"Massive yum cha restaurant on the second floor of the Springvale shopping centre - we came an hour before closing so couldn't fully appreciate a full..."

Annie Zhou

"This place offers some good ol' fashioned yum cha. The hargow is cooked to perfection with a good amount of filing, the Phoenix claws are doused in..."

Leanne

"Liked the sze chuan beef and the Singapore were good. Steamed barramundi was also good too. Unfortunately not as friendly for certain food..."

Lee-Ann Elly

"Never a dull moment eating at Gold Leaf, there's chaos clattering of plates and tea cups and adorable trolley ladies shouting out goods they have on..."

Julie Do

"Gold Leaf (Springvale) is my go-to yum cha restaurant. I've been coming here ever since I was a child and I must say that their flavours have managed..."

Jessica Lam

"Gold Leaf in Springvale is great for the weekend yumcha, but its always busy, so bookings are highly recommended! They offer up all the usual yumcha..."

FOOD TRIP

"Foods are good and seems like a very nice place for families to enjoy their meal here !! Staff are lovely as well !! Although, the hygiene for the..."

Jennifer

"This place almost needs two reviews as its yum Cha offering is quite different from the a la carte menu.Yum Cha is ok, not particularly..."

Duncan Cumming

"Good yumcha, nice and big place. It has crispy baby pork that not many yumcha place has, i also like their mango pudding too. There is always a long..."

Diep Dan

"I love this place, so much activity and choice of food. Love the atmosphere and will definitely we will be coming back. I recently went,..."

Five Star

"Yummy food! But must book as they're very very busy. The service just a little lack like the usual asian restaurant but they're still..."

Vivi Wulansari

"EST! EST! EST! (from the marking of the German vallet in Montefiascone, Italy in 1200).I did not frequent this place for a long while, after it..."

Bruno De Michelis

"One of the better yum cha places in the area. My partner really likes the chinese broccoli. However there was a time I found a black hair in my beef..."

LuckyEats

"Went to Gold Leaf during the dinner session. Great service ! Soups, water spinach, pipi with ginger and shallot sauce, oysters in xo sauce,..."

Luci Nguyen

"Being half Chinese myself, this restaurant never disappoints. Always a go-to-place for comfort food especially when craving for something Asian or..."

Shar Buendia

"Absolutely loved the variety of dim sum and dishes here as compared to some of the other Asian yum cha restaurants . Good quality, tasty and..."

May

"The service was extremely fast. As soon as my family and I were seated down, the servers came in all sorts of directions with their trolleys full of..."

Big Belly Full

"Great place for yum cha. Authentic food, service ok nothing special as you would expect from an Asian restaurant. Be sure to make a booking for..."

Kat_Eats_Mel

"I don't normally write reviews, but I felt the gold leaf deserves one.I take my work team to the Gold Leaf for yumcha about once a month.I..."

Trev Rev

"If you go to yum cha occasionally then you may find that all their dumplings tastes the same and there's nothing more to it than just prawns, minced..."

TweeVy Ngo

"I like Gold Leaf, and have been a loyal and frequent customer for years.I come to the Springvale outlet often, as a precursor to some grocery..."

Tony

"We placed an order for garlic mud crab and Peking duck. The food is pretty good and the service is also excellent! It's one of my favourite..."

The Food Traveller

"Update: Came for dinner. Great tasting food and big portions compared to other similar places with friendly staff. However the menu is in Chinese or..."

Blueberrypie

"The yum cha is great here, but as with all other places if the head chef leaves or goes on holidays the quality of the food goes south. If they had a..."

Mmmsedap

"I found this Gold Leaf a lot better then the Burwood one because the staff were a lot more helpful and I only needed to ask for the Chinese broccoli..."

Sarah Loves Food

"We had a banquet for 6 of us, 4 of which were kids. The food was amazing and the service was even better!! Plenty of food left over and we still have..."

Kristy

"I've come here since I was a little kid (over 15 years now), the place is an iconic establishment in Springvale. The service here is above par..."

Jonathan Qiu

"Located inside the Springvale shopping centre, Gold leaf is home to excellent, crisp, roast duck. We always come here to get roast duck as it is..."

TheTomato

"The food is ok, but the person who answer the phone always is very rude plus the service can be a bit crap when they get too busy. Can be a little..."

Annie Cho

"One of the best yum cha restaurant in town. Gold leaf has the big tables and seating for big group gathering. There's many different varieties of..."

Stevotango

"A fail safe Chinese restaurant in the south eastern suburbs. We had the set menu which included ginger and shallot mud crab, fish, beef and chicken..."

Sue

"Good standard yum cha fare, can get really crowded and chaotic at peak times. Dinner not so great though..... the a la carte items we had we're..."

Hungry Mum

"Yumcha here is good, a lot of varieties and not very expensive, we came in very late before their finish yum cha session and they weren't pushy or..."

John Wang

"Best yum cha found in Melbourne suburbs. Go there most weeks. Service is friendly. Food is good. Variety of seafood dumplings is good. ..."

Penny.dropped

"Not a huge variety of yumcha but my favorite is the suckling pig, chicken feet and salted egg congee. Must go early for suckling pig as its popular...."

CZeng

"Have been coming here for about 15 years, always good we have only ever had yum cha! Best hun cha selection, so you don't have to wait Id suggest..."

Kate Avery

"This is where I get my Yum Cha Dim Sim fix! Decent portion size for the money you pay. Can get really busy during weekends, best toCall n book..."

Bluecat

"My Yum Cha destination! I used to dine at Burwood branch often but this Gold Leaf is better in many ways such as more spacious dining room or even..."

EatToLive

"Service is okay but one of the guys (attached photo) is very good and helpful. Because of the trolley dim sum is slow today, we just tell him..."

Criss Mi

"We were looking for somewhere to eat for the night after having a couple of bad experiences and remembered the old faithful Golden Leaf Chinese..."

Craig Smith

"i normally have yum cha on the weekends with family here but had it on a Monday. it doesn't get as chaotic as it does on the weekend but enough to..."

Lyha T

"Great food and service. I have been here many many times both for dinner and yum cha. Food is authentic, quick and well priced - just the way Chinese..."

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