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Flower DrumvsCafe Di Stasio
Both Flower Drum and Cafe Di Stasio are endorsed by expert reviewers. On balance, Flower Drum ranks significantly better than Cafe Di Stasio. Flower Drum ranks #1 in Melbourne with praise from 8 sources such as Time Out, DK Eyewitness and Travel + Leisure.
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.
Cafe Di Stasio Fodor's
Lonely Planet Time Out DK Eyewitness The Infatuation Time Out
31 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182, Australia
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Fodor's "This upscale bistro treads a very fine line between mannered elegance and decadence." Full review
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If the amazingly delicate crayfish omelet is on the menu, do yourself a favor and order it.
Lonely Planet "Capricious white-jacketed waiters, a tenebrous Bill Henson photograph and a jazz soundtrack set the mood. The Italian menu has the appropriate drama and grace." Full review
Time Out "Café Di Stasio: the St Kilda Legend where the long lunches of the '80s never quit." Full review
DK Eyewitness "Muted lighting, views onto Fitzroy Street, impeccable and friendly service in a small and cosy dining room."
The Infatuation "Cafe Di Stasio is one of the Melbourne restaurant big guns, but also off the radar of most tourists." Full review
Time Out "You could go a buttery chardonnay from Di Stasio’s own vineyard, but you’re also sitting on one of the best wine lists in town. That’s the beauty of this bar...they serve that pasta so proper-Italian" Full review
