Food and service couldn't have been better. The management and staff were unbelievably friendly and attentive. Great atmosphere and fun place to go to. 1st time my wife and I have been but we've certainly be back. Just discovered a new favourite place. ��
Yummy made to order food. Good service and nice atmosphere. My family fav place for dumplings. Soy steamed fish is a must try
A must!! So many great nights at this restaurant with quality food and staff. Highly recommend. Maxy is the best!! We love you
Love the Szechuan hot and sour soup and the juicy pork dumplings are super juicy. Great spot for Yum Cha and catch up with friends.
When it comes to dining experience, you cannot top this place. Food was delicious and well prepared and presented, blending modern with traditional Chinese cooking - so well executed, with flavours in every dish that is rich, intense and wholesome. Service was impeccable and OMG that attention to detail they put in - from the decor to the utensils to the setting to even the bathrooms - this place has the complete package. The inviting and warm atmosphere completes the package. Overall the dining experience is just simply flawless. This is what it's all about folks!
Mahjong is the finest Chinese restaraunt in Melbourne, a great place for an all you can eat Yum Cha without the trollies. You order what you want when you want it! The service and staff are amazing!
Their Saturday/Sunday lunch Yum Cha is my ultimate!! You have to order the Rose! best $28 you will ever spend i say
Not your typical Chinese food. Loved it especially the pork belly!! Great meal definitely recommend. Friendly service.
Amazing food. Every dish was brilliant. Service was amazing. I’m hooked
We had the Yum Cha special on Sunday and the food was fantastic. They kindly fitted us in without a reservation (though will definitely book next time), service was great and the place had a fabulous atmosphere!
Was the best experience in Melbourne food wise and now I need more but I’m back in Perth 😭😭
Great service and beautiful food. Yum cha food on Saturday and Sunday and grey value all cooked fresh
Amazing food and amazing service. Cannot fault this place at all.
Fantastic staff - fantastic food, we will be back
Alisha (LifeUnleashed)
+5
Great ambience, delicious food - incredible dinner!
⭐️ I first found this restaurant thanks to the Entertainment Book. This offers a 25% discount on menu items. I am so in love with this place!
📍 Located on one of the main streets in St Kilda, there’s a lot of parking options but a bit of a rare find for free parking.
👥 The staff are so friendly. The dishes were all served very quickly.... BUT not too quickly! I find that at some of these styled restaurants, if it comes out too fast.. I question it a bit. This was the perfect timing, so I knew it was fresh and cooked for us.
🍽 The food quality is fantastic and absolutely full of flavour. Everything was absolutely delicious and I just could not stop eating.. even when I was full.
💚 Delicious flavoursome food
💚 Great ambience and intimate lighting within the restaurant
💚 Offers a bar, and seating at the bar
💚 Friendly staff
💚 Prices are very fair for what you receive
Great service, beer on tap, handmade dumplings, and modern surroundings overlooking Albert Park. And $39 endless yum cha on weekends - can’t go wrong!
Did I mention beer?
Probably the best eye fillet I’ve ever had, so tender! Adding the Guangzhou honey pepper sauce makes it special and a creative way of cooking eye fillet. Other dishes, such as pork belly and beef, are too salty to us. The wagyu baos are ok, I like the outside more than the inside meat, coz a bit oily to me. But overall, I really like Mahjong, shall come over again on a Friday night!
I came here for the celebration of Mahjong's 10th birthday and had such an amazing time , it truly was a testament to hard work paying off as the owner (Max) was telling us in his speech that it was not an easy journey to get to where he was today. It was also wonderful to see so many loyal customers who I would believe have now become friends after continually returning to Mahjong for a decade.
The dumplings that were served that night were all juicy succulent and plump, my favorite behind the signature won ton in chili oil. The suckling pig brought out that night was also a highlight of my night, I literally ate so much that thinking about it brings me great shame.
Thankyou Mahjong for having me a part of such a special moment and I cannot wait to come back and do the all you can eat menu some day
Crab and prawn dumpling was lovely but the chilli beef was mehhhh. Flavour was great but the meat was chewy and unpleasant... could have been amazing if only the meat was soft and tender. Service was decent but i didn't appreciate it when the waitress simply dumped the dumplings on the table and waa off beforw i could ask for soy sauce and chilli. Also orderd the eye fillet which was quite nice and fried ice cream for dessert which was yummy.
Mahjong was a highly enjoyable restaurant to enjoy a birthday at, as the staff were kind and the pricing for the quality and quantity of food was magnificent! Highly recommend the beef in black bean sauce and the peaking duck pancakes! The only negative was how long the food took to serve! But a place I will defiantly be visiting again soon!
Can’t get better Chinese food in Melbourne,
The south gippsland pork is amazing .
Definitely come back and highly recommend.
Best fried rice ever.
Friday night had CBF cooking so skipped down the road to Mahjong for some fried rice. I have walked past squillions of times but never had the urge to go in - this is due to not being a massive Chinese cuisine eater.
My thoughts, firstly the restaurants is nice - lovely decor. The staff were attentive and very nice. My fried rice was nice however the size for the price = not value for $$$. Judging by the other reviews I am not the only one to have this opinion. Also, from the other reviews, It seems the yum cha is the way to go here.
Fancier than your average dumpling house but not quite fine dining Mahjong remains my number 1 dumpling restaurant in st kilda. Come here several times over last two years and quality of food and consistency of service has remained the same. Lau's may be be better food but at all things considered this still comes out on top.
Really nice atmosphere for dining with friends and family! Great food and drink! Really like the graffiti on wall! Nice and friendly staff! my favourite is the juicy pork dumplings and the red hand prawn dumplings! People can even hold events at the back! Nice place! Must visit!
what an amazing restaurant!!! having a great meal in there. the food is great the service is perfect. we ordered juicy pork dumplings, ginger prawn dumpling and mahjong fried rice. very good quality. for the drink, we ordered mahjong shiraz is a half bottle wine, nice and smooth taste but also a glass of pinot gris.
very great dining experience in mahjong!!!!
absolutely recommend! friend service and delicious variety of food! The chilli prawn wonton is make by real prawns without other fill up.
we will defiantly visit again.
A really enjoyable place for yum Cha. The food was fresh and tasty with many varieties to choose from. The service quality and our food came at a reasonable time. Will be back definitely.
We went on a saturday and had the $35 yum cha at lunch time. The food was amazing and it was served promptly. We will definitely be going back soon!
This is a seriously outstanding restaurant. We dine here regularly. The $35 yum cha is unbelievably good value. The food is fresh, tasty and beautifully cooked. The chilli prawn wontons are sublime, and the steamed fish is always perfectly cooked. The chefs here use their black bean to perfection, and the food arrives promptly and without fuss. The service is attentive and personal. The vibe is bustling and vibrant, and the fitout is great. Coco is an amazing host. During summer, the windows open at the front for alfresco dining, which we love.Highly recommended...
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If there was ever a time I was going to need to be rolled out of a restaurant, today would have been that day. I came to Mahjong today with my partner and a friend and we did the $35 all you can eat yum cha. The food is made fresh to order and you are given an extensive menu to choose from.
The restaurant interior is stylish and modern and has some great ambiance.
The service is friendly but can be quite slow, which isn't really too bad for a leisurely yum cha lunch.
The food is phenomenal. Every dish we ordered was made fresh and was delicious. Every dish packed a punch and had a great depth of flavour.
We ate our way through 20 dishes (19 menu items- we had the Peking duck pancake twice!) and the staff brought us each dish, beautifully prepared with enough for all of us.
Drinks were reasonably priced- Beers were around $7.50-8 each and my cocktail (The Jong) was $16.50. The cokes were 4.50 and came in real glass bottles, which is something I definitely appreciated.
I was blown away by the quality and the generosity of the dishes at Mahjong and am already recommending my friends and family go there! I know I will definitely be back!
What can I say? I love Chinese food and since its so difficult to make up mind which dishes to select with so many delicious options, yum cha is a perfect way for me to enjoy it. In Melbourne, we are very lucky to have several locations where to fulfill our yum cha cravings. At Mahjong, we started our journey with a selection of Dim Sums. Dim Sum are little parcels of happiness, Chinese version of tapas that are usually served in bamboo baskets. They have an extensive list of dumplings, starting from ginger prawns, crab meat and prawn, hot and sour pork to vegetarian ones. I found their dumplings to be fresh, tender and steamed to perfection. They were all full of flavors. You just can’t stop at one!
A local fave hard to top. Owner is so lovely, and the food is consistently great, especially the Eye Fillet - do yourself a favour, delicious.
Yum! Best Chinese food I've tasted in the area. Pork dumplings to die for and the duck spring rolls are also excellent. Wish I had ordered more of them as everything was so tasty! 👍🏻
Thanks to the dining experience in Mahjong, 'FORCE' me to create an account on Zomato purposely, just to share my precious moment with someone who are searching for modern dining experience with Chinese cuisine. The first impression of this restaurant changed my previous perspective of Chinese Cuisine. They tried to merge both western culture with Chinese heritage, to deliver a fusion dining experience who never had at other places. The most important is their food was beyond my expectation! As a rice lover I ordered their mahjong fried rice with pork and prawn, it was full of 'wok' aroma and fried perfectly. Pan fried Shanghai Dumpling for the side dish was pretty impressed too, crispy thin skin with juicy filling, six pieces of those are just too less for a Chinese food lover! Would definitely recommend this to those who love to try a different dining experience yet authentic Chinese cuisine!
Terrific restaurant particularly for the Sunday $35 flat rate yum cha. The food is superb. Our party of four tried numerous dishes (see photos) and we loved them all. To us this is superior modern Chinese fare. We couldn't fault one dish. The wine list is great and the service very attentive, efficient and friendly. It added up to a perfect Sunday. There is not a doubt we'll be back and soon.
Dined at Mahjong yesterday and the food was delicious, the service top notch. The venue has great atmosphere with a comfortable setting.
Highlight - Kung fu Chicken, juicy pork dumplings, chilli prawn won tons.
Worth a visit
WOW the smell when you walk into this place, AMAZING!! One of the best smelling restaurants we have been too! It just lures you in off the street and was a great start to the evening!
The service was fantastic all meals come out as they are ready but we weren’t too bombarded with everything at once, which is always nice! Everything was super fresh straight from the kitchen! We will definitely be back, and to top it off, great value for money!
Lovely ambience and the food reminded me of mixed cantonese and northern chinese flavours. Service was faultless.We had a variety of dumplings, peking duck pancake, salt pepper calamari before having fried rice, pepper beef and steamed fish. For my asian palate, the prawn pork wonton with chilli oil and ginger prawn dumplings were really delicious and the pepper beef melts in your mouth literally. The steamed fish was delicate and cooked perfectly. The only let down was the fried rice which was slightly dry. Overall, definitely a place I would return again.
Amazing as always!!
Went to dinner with friends last night. Loved it!
Great service and food! Best ginger prawn dumplings Melbourne!
Been here a few times for lunch and dinner and always has great Yum Cha every time - flavours, freshness and service. Keeps us coming back for more.
Mahjong - what a find!
Had the yum cha on saturday and was blown away. fresh fresh fresh! tasty, few dishes with a bit of kick but not to bad.
be back for sure Liam
Had dinner at Mahjong last night with a friend. Ordered the Mahjong Rose, Cantonese crispy duck, pork belly stir fry and steamed mixed vegs. The dishes were 'light' in flavor, wasn't heavily doused with sauces or salt. I could taste the original flavors of each dish and the duck deserve a special mention. Moist succulent tender meat with just the right amount of crispiness on the skin. Wasn't gamey in terms of smell as well. Pork belly i found was a tad bit over fried, i found the meat to be dry. Would have been better if the meat was cut thicker and shorter. Vegetables was done in a simple manner.....the sweetness of it reflects the freshness of the greens. Would go back to sample the duck and quail.
Sat near the huge marble bar with giant Asian eyes looking down from
the walls. Fun names for cocktails and a small bar menu that was fine
for when you are drinking. Good Friday night crowd, just a nice feel
There’s another dining space for complete meals too.
Slick presentation and gorgeously presented food. Went there on a Sunday recently and I'm not a fan of traditional yum cha with the breaded buns etc.. This is nothing like that. Freshly cooked calamari well spiced, fresh vegetables with delicious sauces to match...
Highly recommended
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Posted by FoodieAboutTown on Monday, April 20, 2015 · Leave a Comment Gotta love dumplings and dumplings after a long walk they are even better, though you tend to avoid the nice fried ones when you have had to do 10kms for the pleasure – trade in fried for a cold glass of Riesling! Mahjong has had a little make over and is now going with a more casual approach to stop by and enjoy a variety of great dishes with a cold beer anytime, less white table cloths and more hawker bar. The staff are still the same lovely peeps and can’t wait to make sure you are sufficiently stuffed with wonderful food and something to sip. The menu is extensive, with plenty to choose from across the steamed baskets of dumplings with prawn, crab, duck, chicken and pork, you can enjoy crispy honey chicken, BBQ pork buns or Peking duck. Larger dishes bring all the favourites including Szechuan Chill Beef, Sweet and Sour Chicken Singapore Chilli Prawn and plenty of rice, noodles and vegetables to go on the side. The Pork Sui Mai were text book lovely, little open dumplings with juicy, aromatic pork filling – happy face! The Spring Onion pancake was a naughty carb treat but it was worth every calories! Little firm slices of doughy, spring onion pancake – would be perfect for mopping up some sweet and sour sauce!! Hot and sour prawn and pork dumplings had the perfect level of heat, swimming in that wonderful sauce, my mouth is watering thinking about it! The mini ‘numb’ Wagyu burgers were a tiny little spicy steak sandwich! They were fabulous, nice generous portion, lovely soft white rolls with plentiful Wagyu and a good pinch of Szechuan pepper for that numbing effect. LOVED!! Top spot, my new fave dumpling house BUT one complaint – they have pulled delivery to South Melbourne on Menulog – come back Mahjong I love having my fave dumplings delivered!! Oh well, just have to get my walking shoes on…..
Went to mahjong on Thursday night with 3 girlfriends , we had set menu, $59 per head . Including 10 different items to share, my favourite was the wagu bun and the high country eye fillet steak. The wine list also well pick by the house semellier and on fare price. Service was spot on, I would say mahjong is the one of the best chinese restaurant in Melbourne. Highly recommended!
New mahjong. Not sure if this is a new place or not, because the staff seem to know people, but anyway it was a good night, delicious meal from the shared table part of the menu and then we chose two regions of China to try dishes from. had the Grandma tofu and the 3 shots chicken, both delicious and plenty. Good wine list and some cocktails for at the start. Rolled out onto Fitrzroy Street very content.
John Sampson. Been going to Mahjong regularly since it opened and have never been disappointed.
The new refurbishment suits it down to a tee with an open comfortable modern look and great atmosphere.
Favourite foods are Ginger Prawn Dumplings (as good as you'll get anywhere), Duck Spring Rolls, Lamb Pockets, Behjing Duck Pancakes etc etc.
Mains are the perfect size with rice or noodles to match - all delicious.
Say hello to Max and Simon when you go.
For those who want a new style of Chinese food experience. Modern new fit out and a modern new menu. Just like some of the hip places in Hong Kong or Shanghai and certainly not "old style" Chinese dining. And about time Melbourne had a place like this.
A full bar, bar food to full dining dishes tho not he usual fare.
Friendly staff who know their customers and the food round out the experience.
Had a craving for yum cha. We headed over to Mahjong (165 Fitzroy St St Kilda) for an early yum cha session after our trip to St. Kilda farmers market . Usual yumcha place is Sharkfin's Inn (new & old) & Plume. Needed a change of environment. The dim sims
Whatever By Mahjong - cool new name and makeover. We called by Mahjong last week and were surprised by a whole new look and menu and bar area. After a long time on Fitzroy Street (Up the pretty end) it was ready for a reinvention. And wow!!!! Beautiful Asian face images on 3 walls. A huge marble bar and high tables to sit and drink at, with a small bar food menu. Then to the right a new dining space with more beautiful images, casual place settings of retro Chinese crockery and menus on placemats. Food was refreshed too, from last time we were here. Some shared items and some dishes chosen by the region. Just a very cool upgrade overall. Will be back - often.
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So after a few years.. I have decided to go back there and have another all you can eat Yumcha.
I was super excited since the last time I was here it was really really good. However I wish I could say the same again.. But wouldn't go that far.
Service for a fair bit better but still forgot a lot of the orders (maybe on purpose since we ordered quite a bit lol).
Peking duck pancakes were super nice. Have to say even better than some restaurant who specialised in Peking duck. The pancake was very soft and it was made to order.
Fried rice was very good. And all wonton in spicy soup was wonderful.
However.. The authentic, simple and must order dishes like shumai or ha gao (prawn dumplings) were not up to par.. It doesn't have enough meat in there and therefore. Doesn't quite hit the spot for us.
For the price we paid..tea were not included as a part of all you can eat (and we were charged $7 for it.. Which was pretty steep). All in all though. Pretty good. But not authentic in anyway.
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Amazing all you can eat $39 yumcha!. Now. I'm a local and I was not expecting anything from this place. I walked pass it like 100 times and I judged my partner for saying "my dad like this restaurant".
We took a shot and tried their yumcha.. Expecting nothing at all because we have our absolute fave in city. And I was pleasantly surprised at what I got!
Menus are hugely wide range. Which is probably for the best because most people that go here are not Asians (so.. Chicken feet wouldn't really doing well here alone without something else). Dimsums are including; some classics like shumai, pork dumplings and so on.. Then.. Fried Calamari (super fresh. We ordered like 3 plays of them..) scallops (super nice) , blue crap (my partner gone cray cray) and peking duck (not so good..) . Wow! I had to asked if all these are really all you can eat!! And we haven't even reach main dishes like fried rice, sweet and sour, broccoli in garlic sauce to Angus beef stir fry!
After crazy eating you can then have their super awesome banana fritter and fried ice cream! (I love it...) which also included in $39!
I have to say.. I left really really really impressed. To the point that my partner called all his family and we ended up there again a week after that (with like 15 more people and they were all pleased because eventhough some people doesn't like dumplings there are 20 more things you can order) and I'm going back again with my friends this week!
I do have to point out that I totally understand some customers will not like the place. When we were there the first time and the place were packed. Their service fallen behind quite a lot and I witnessed table next to me complained and had pretty much no food at all (because they made it per order). Service isn't the best in the world. But I never expect that from all you can eat (unless it's Conservatory! Lol). I think they have potentials and if you ever go, get their chilli chicken with buk choy dumplings. They are amazing :)
Loved it the food was beautiful my partner and I enjoyed our evening just a bit on the expensive side good customer service. We will return
Enjoyed a sunny Saturday afternoon in the company of old friends, delighting in some very yummy yum cha accompanied by bubbles (Moët $128 bottle). Wait-staff were attentive and helpful and we left feeling sated and satisfied, with a little bubbles-buzz to boot.
Very nice. Had a lovely meal here with friends a few weeks ago. We chose a mystery banquet option, where you pay just under $60 per head, tell the waitress if you have any dietary requirements, and then get brought all kinds of yummy food. We had about 5 different sets of dumplings, a number of other entrees and a selection of varied mains. The food was delicious (there was just one dumpling that we didn't like, maybe the football dumpling?), and it was enough to satisfy us. Our only surprise was that the banquet didn't include any dessert or tea and coffee option, so we got to the end of the main meals and were waiting to see if there'd be dessert or something to end the meal. In hindsight, we hadn't asked at the start if there'd be dessert, so that's probably our fault. We thought the food was excellent, and the service was mostly good. I'd eat here again!
Peter N Chris Semetas
+4.5
Very nice food, though expect to pay top $. Honey Pepper beef was our favourite. Though $9 for 1 San choi bau I thought was excessive.
Excellent Yum Cha!. Beautiful decor and fantastic, fresh yum cha! The service was great and the food was wonderful with plenty of vegetarian/vegan options. I went here with family (who are not all vegetarian) who had been to many other yum cha places, such as The Shark Fin, and apparently Mahjong was the best! The consensus was that the vegetarian curry puffs were the best anyone has ever eaten! Highly recommended!
We were a group of 10 people and the staff were great, very attentive from the moment we got in there until we left. The food is always amazing when I’ve eaten here so was glad to share the experience with some of my friends who hadn’t been here before. 100% recommend!
Akosita Marie Sikaleti
+4
We chose this place just randomly, as we walked by. Food was delicious! It's on the pricey side, but we didn't mind.
Food came and everything looked great! We ordered rice, pork belly, some chicken dish, duck and greens.
The waiter recommended the beers and he also recommended the popular dishes, so that was nice.
Very hip Chinese restaurant, with a cool bar and a nice cocktail selection. They do $39 pp all-you-can-eat yum cha on Tuesdays! Will have to try it next time. We had the crab and prawn dumplings, Dan Dan noodles, Kung fu chicken and steamed Chinese broccoli (although they may have given us Asian greens instead). Some items were slightly pricey, so I would probably recommend getting the unlimited "yum cha" next time... But we did not regret having the delicious fried ice cream (they even split one portion into 3 minis for us because we were sharing)! Great service and fab experience!
Beautiful interior, beautiful friendly staff and amazing food. As a coeliac there wasn't a huge variety for me however they DID have gluten free soy sauce which made up for everything.. that and the chilli sauce omg
Probably the best and freshest yum cha in Melbourne. Lost a star for not bringing the desserts even after asking three time, eventually we gave up. Frequent and generously delivered, staff all lovely even on a very busy day. Good options for gluten free although we had to ask a few times. Many different dumpling options, calamari and prawn toast were super fresh and fantastic. All in all delicious and can’t wait to come back.
Absolutely amazing!!! I would 100% recommend. Came for dinner because there was a bit of a wait at Milk the Cow down the road. So glad we did. The place was practically empty; really not sure why, as the food was superb. Pork buns and dumplings were delicious and food came out pretty quickly.
The waiters were very attentive. The house red/Mahjong shiraz also very nice. The clear winner, however, was the duck. Succulent, crispy skin, amazing flavours. We ordered a second because it was so amazing. And I don't eat duck.
Next time I'm in the area I am definitely calling in.
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