Forget your folks, Melbourne’s dumpling scene absolutely slaps — the only bad news? There’s so many awesome spots for a potsticker.
Lucky for you we’ve spent hours upon hours traversing hidden laneways, bustling Chinatown and even jumped into the car and headed out into the suburbs to sample the city’s best dumplings.
From juicy pork xiao long bao that burst with flavor to crispy pan-fried gyoza that crackle with goodness, Melbourne's dumpling game is seriously strong.
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So without further ado, get your chopsticks ready, this is your ultimate guide to the most delectable dumplings Melbourne has to offer in 2025:
Chiki Chan
2/6 Centreway, Mordialloc
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Inspired by the Melbourne’s love affair with Asian flavours and creative fusion, Mordialloc’s Chiki Chan & Hiki Bar on Centreway is all about pushing the dining boundaries. Expect plates like Italian-style burrata drizzled with Szechuan chili oil, or classic grilled chicken with a Malaysian inspired twist. But it's their dumplings menu you can't go past, chicken siu mai or scallop and prawn, pick your (delicious) poision.
New Shanghai
CBD & Chadstone
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Melbourne dumpling house New Shanghai handcrafts some of the most delicious parcels, stuffed with various fillings from pork and Chinese cabbage to chicken and prawns. New Shanghai's dumpling masters make all of the Chinese restaurant's dishes from scratch, sourcing the best local ingredients and freshly blending sauces and spices each morning.
If you're after a banquet of some of the best dumplings in Melbourne, check out New Shanghai's expertly prepared prawn wonton with their mouth-watering signature dipping sauce with peanut sesame sauce and chilli oil.
ShanDong MaMa
Melbourne CBD
Like the last dumpling in your chilli oil soup that you don’t expect to find, ShanDong MaMa is truly a hidden surprise tucked away in Bourke Street’s Mid City Arcade. Now steeped in popularity, Shandog has risen to become one of the key spots to head to for the best dumplings in Melbourne. The menu comes from a long lineage of traditional cooking techniques imported from the tip of China’s Shandong peninsula, so it’s understandably seafood-focused. With that in mind, a serving of the ‘fish’ dumplings is a great place to start. Can't get a table? There's also the ShanDong MaMa Mini in the iconic Centre Place.
Chotto Motto
287 Wellington Street, Collingwood
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Tomoya Kawasaki, the owner of local favourite (who would have thought) opened up the doors to gyoza house earlier in 2019, and it’s quickly become a staple for some of the best dumplings in Melbourne.
The team serve up a specific type of gyoza from a small, central region of Japan called Hamamatsu. They’re crispy, they’re cheesy (if you choose so) and the flavour kicks with a healthy serving of ginger, cabbage, kimchi and mushroom. The drinks selection is unapologetically Japanese, with several highball options available along with the occasional Strong 9, a 9% premix found in the many convenience stores of Tokyo and beyond. Please, do yourself a favour and take home their chilli crisp oil, it's a pantry-must.
HuTong Dumpling Bar
14-16 Market Lane, Melbourne CBD
is a Melbourne staple. Ask anyone if they want to go out for dumplings and they'll likely suggest this CBD staple. You can't go past the XLB, accompanied by a mixture of black vinegar and ginger they’re a multi-texture revelation; if you’re after something with a little more heat, the wontons in chilli oil here have been hailed as some of the best dumplings Melbourne has to offer.
Ruyi
16 Liverpool Street, Melbourne CBD
Taking an ultra-refined approach to Modern Chinese cuisine, is a worthy mention when discussing the best dumplings in Melbourne. The sleek tiled diner on Liverpool street in the CBD took out the award for the best Chinese restaurant for 2017, and after tasting their dumplings there is no surprise as to why. Their widely popular pork and crab xiao long bao burst full of flavour with each bite and then there are their house-made pork wontons which come swimming in a signature Ruyi chilli sauce which alone is out of this world.
Juicy Bao
Shop 2/178-190 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne CBD
A Chinatown all-star, has all the key characteristics of a stellar dumpling diner, including a display window into the kitchen so you can see each dumpling come to life.
The CBD haunt is probably best known for its chilli wontons and signature steamed Juicy Bao dumplings (a crab and pork Xiao Long Bao). The popular dish is typically stuffed inside bamboo steamers which are stacked head high on waiters as they make the rounds to each table hungrily waiting.
Oriental Teahouse
Melbourne CBD & South Yarra
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Oriental Teahouse has been a go-to for dumplings and Yum Cha in Melbourne for quite some time. The drawcards of delicious authentic Chinese-style cuisine and their vibrant atmosphere has propelled the venues to institutional status. Their range of all-star dumplings including their knock-out chilli Wagyu beef and pulled pork combinations which have helped them cement themselves as some of the best dumplings in Melbourne.
If you’re more of a sweet tooth you can get a plate of their signature chocolate dumplings that come in both milk and white chocolate, quite the decadent affair. If you're after something less picky but still as delicious, check out their other restaurant David's, and if you're an absolute bougie legend you can jag some of their dumplings takeaway in Brunswick these days too.
Dumplings Plus
Melbourne CBD, Malvern & Highpoint
Here you'll find some of , and the hardest decision is whether to have the Northern Chinese-style pan-fried pork and chive dumplings (they're like gyoza on steroids—bigger and with thicker skin), the delicately steamed prawn and chive dumplings, or the xiao long bao. Squeeze in a sweet bean-paste-filled sesame ball for dessert—the glutinous rice dough is pleasantly chewy, while the sesame seeds add flavour and crunch.
Tao Dumplings
Camberwell, Northcote & South Yarra
Nothing if not reliable, consistently impresses with its well-executed range of dumplings that are delicious visit after visit. Although now a chain operation, you can visit any Tao venue and sit down to a spanking spread of home-style dumplings with over 25 options to choose from; their steamed wonton with Szechuan chilli sauce absolutely slams, and their pan-fried vegetarian dumplings offer an incredible flavour explosion of salty goodness.
Immi Dumpling Bar
562 Main Street, Mordialloc
The incredibly quaint and charming in Mordialloc has won the hearts of many with its self-described ‘Simply Fancy’ approach. Specialising in the wondrous culinary category of dumplings they’ve fused traditional techniques with modern flavours, putting their own spin on each parcel of joy.
The barramundi dumpling for example is a hefty example with the rich white-flesh fish accompanied by spring onion, ginger and eggplant oil. Thoughm you’ll still find the favourites like potstickers filled with pork and wombok, or chicken and king prawn. Resting on the main drag in Mordialloc, this very well could be some of the best dumplings in Melbourne’s southern suburbs.
Supernormal
CBD
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Whilst this is technically not a standalone dumpling destination the menu at Andrew McConnell’s Supernormal features some of the best dumplings in Melbourne. Kick off with the prawn and chicken dumplings that are bathing in a perfectly mouth-numbing black vinegar and chilli sauce, then move on to the potsticker dumplings which are a classic pork and cabbage combination with a grilled lattice that provides plenty of crispiness with each bite. They’ve also got incredible vegetable dumplings with ginger vinegar covering all dietary preferences.
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