Correction (5 October 2026): an earlier version of this page listed places and details we could not stand behind. It has been rewritten from scratch: every place below was confirmed at two independent sources on 4 October 2026.
Where do you eat Chinese food in Melbourne CBD when the choice is wider than a single street? This page covers six Chinese restaurants, all in the CBD: three on Little Bourke Street, and the rest on Market Lane, Flinders Lane and Centre Place.
Each place was checked against two independent sources: OpenStreetMap plus either the venue’s own site or the Australian Good Food Guide (AGFG). Hours appear only where a named listing carries them, and we say whose listing it is.
We copied no menu prices in the sources we checked, so none are printed. A regional style is named only where a source names one.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Lunch and dinner hours listed | Shark Fin Inn | 50 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Dumpling bar on Market Lane | HuTong Dumpling Bar | 14-16 Market Lane, Melbourne |
| Dumpling house, Little Bourke Street | Shanghai Village Dumpling House | 112-114 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Hours on an OpenStreetMap tag | Red Emperor | 131 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Weekday takeaway on Flinders Lane | Kim Sing | 310 Flinders Lane, Melbourne |
| Delivery, takeaway, vegetarian options | ShanDong MaMa Mini | 5 Centre Place, Melbourne |
Shark Fin Inn — 50 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Shark Fin Inn is at 50 Little Bourke Street, an address its own site and OpenStreetMap agree on. OpenStreetMap tags the hours as every day, 11:00 to 15:00 and 17:30 to 22:00, which may be out of date. We found no readable menu prices, so this page prints none.
How to order: read the venue’s current menu on its own site before you choose, since we copied no dish names or prices.
HuTong Dumpling Bar — 14-16 Market Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000
The name says dumpling bar and the address on its site is 14-16 Market Lane. We copied no menu text, so we cannot say which dumplings it makes or which region its cooking follows. We found no hours for this place.
Decoder: xiao long bao on a dumpling menu means soup dumplings, so bite a small hole first, sip the broth, and then eat the rest.
Shanghai Village Dumpling House — 112-114 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Shanghai Village Dumpling House lists its address as 112-114 Little Bourke Street on its own site. Shanghai appears in the name, but we copied no menu text naming a regional style, so we make no claim about it. We found no hours and no readable prices for this place.
Decoder: dumpling menus are often grouped by cooking method, such as steamed, pan-fried or boiled, so check which headings this one uses.
Red Emperor — 131 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Red Emperor’s site gives its address as 131 Little Bourke Street. OpenStreetMap tags the hours as Monday to Friday 11:30 to 15:00 and Saturday and Sunday 11:00 to 15:00, and that tag may be out of date. We found no readable menu prices.
Region: none is named in the text we copied, so we name none.
Kim Sing — 310 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000
Kim Sing is at 310 Flinders Lane; AGFG files the address under East Melbourne with the postcode 3002, while OpenStreetMap tags the suburb as Melbourne and this page prints 3000, the postcode of nearby addresses on OpenStreetMap. AGFG lists Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM, with Saturday and Sunday closed, and those hours may be out of date. AGFG also tags it Child Friendly and Takeaway.
How to order: AGFG tags Kim Sing as Takeaway, so a takeaway order is listed as an option.
ShanDong MaMa Mini — 5 Centre Place, Melbourne VIC 3000
The name points to Shandong, but we copied no menu text making a regional claim. AGFG lists Monday to Saturday 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM and Sunday 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, while OpenStreetMap tags every day 11:00 to 21:00, so the two differ and the hours may be out of date. AGFG tags it Delivery, Takeaway and Vegetarian Options.
Order this first: we have no listed dish to point to; AGFG tags Vegetarian Options, so ask the venue which dishes those are.
Quick answers
Where are the dumpling houses in Melbourne CBD?
This page has two places with dumplings in the name. HuTong Dumpling Bar’s site gives 14-16 Market Lane. Shanghai Village Dumpling House’s site gives 112-114 Little Bourke Street. We copied no menu text from either, so we cannot say which dumplings they serve.
Which Chinese restaurants in Melbourne CBD do takeaway or delivery?
AGFG tags Kim Sing as Takeaway and ShanDong MaMa Mini as both Takeaway and Delivery. We did not find takeaway or delivery stated for the other four places in the sources we checked.
Where can I eat Chinese food in Melbourne CBD on a Sunday?
Shark Fin Inn is tagged on OpenStreetMap as open every day, 11:00 to 15:00 and 17:30 to 22:00. Red Emperor’s OpenStreetMap tag has Saturday and Sunday 11:00 to 15:00. AGFG lists ShanDong MaMa Mini on Sunday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Kim Sing as closed on Sunday. These listings may be out of date.
Does this page show menu prices for Chinese restaurants in Melbourne CBD?
No. We copied no menu prices in the sources we checked for Shark Fin Inn, HuTong Dumpling Bar, Shanghai Village Dumpling House, Red Emperor, Kim Sing or ShanDong MaMa Mini, so we print none. Check each venue before you go.
How we checked
We checked every place on this page against at least two independent sources on 4 October 2026: OpenStreetMap, the places’ own websites, shanghaivillage.com.au and the Australian Good Food Guide. We copied no menu prices from these places’ own pages, so this page prints none. Menus, prices and opening hours change, so check with the venue before you go. The cover photo is illustrative, from Unsplash, and does not show any place on this page.
Seen something out of date? Email [email protected] with the page link and what has changed, and we will check it again.
Sources
- Shark Fin Inn: openstreetmap.org/836036965, sharkfin.com.au
- HuTong Dumpling Bar: openstreetmap.org/2166249394, hutong.com.au
- Shanghai Village Dumpling House: openstreetmap.org/2217914918, shanghaivillage.com.au
- Red Emperor: openstreetmap.org/2217929550, redemperor.com.au
- Kim Sing: openstreetmap.org/2296798888, agfg.com.au/kim-sing-restaurant-91768
- ShanDong MaMa Mini: openstreetmap.org/13281958001, agfg.com.au/shandong-mama-mini-83311
