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AnadavsFlower Drum
Both restaurants are highly recommended by professional travelers. On balance, Flower Drum ranks significantly higher than Anada. Flower Drum comes in at 89 with approval from 7 reviews including Lonely Planet, Time Out and Fodor's.
Anada
Fodor's
Time Out
197 Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria, Australia
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Fodor's "A chalkboard on the exposed brick wall lists eight dry and six sweet sherries to start (or finish), and there are Spanish and Portuguese wines to accompany your selection of tapas." Full review
Time Out "Fitzroy’s Andalusian is the perfect venue for a special dinner date." Full review
Flower Drum Fodor's Time Out
DK Eyewitness
Rough Guide
Travel + Leisure
The Infatuation Travel + Leisure
Frommer's
17 Market La., Melbourne, Victoria 3000
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Fodor's "Superb Cantonese cuisine is the hallmark of one of Australia's truly great Chinese restaurants, which is still receiving awards after opening in 1975." Full review
Time Out "The restaurant is almost four decades old, but this is still Cantonese for the here and now." Full review
DK Eyewitness "This Cantonese restaurant is often rated the best in Australia, let alone food-mad Melbourne."
Rough Guide "This capacious restaurant is quite simply the finest Chinese restaurant in Melbourne, if not Australia."
Travel + Leisure "Live seafood is a specialty, and there are dishes offered here, like pearl meat (the flesh from a pearl oyster, an Australian delicacy) lightly sautéed with spring onion." Full review
The Infatuation " They’re known for their peking duck, but regulars will always get an order of abalone in there as well. " Full review
Travel + Leisure "A crown jewel in Melbourne's dining scene for over 45 years, the Flower Drum offers Cantonese cuisine at its finest, with first-class service to match"
Melbourne Travel Guide
August 16, 2021
Frommer's "The chefs are extremely creative and use the best ingredients they find in the markets each day...the atmosphere is clubby and a bit old-fashioned, but the service is beyond reproach." Full review
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A smart idea is to put your menu selections into the hands of the waiter.
