Melbourne's finest Cantonese restaurant for nearly 50 years, celebrated for creative market-driven dishes, pristine live seafood (especially Peking duck and abalone), and impeccable service in a sophisticated, timeless setting.
“ They’re known for their peking duck, but regulars will always get an order of abalone in there as well. ”
– The Infatuation
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
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"
"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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