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, and every price was copied from the page it was published on.
This guide is for anyone choosing a sit-down restaurant in Melbourne CBD and wanting to read the menu before they arrive. It covers six places, all in the CBD: two Japanese, one Korean, two Thai and one Vietnamese.
Each one was matched against two independent sources. Hours are given only where a named listing prints them, and we say whose listing it is. Only one place had prices we could copy from its own menu page, so two prices appear, each beside its dish.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Order this | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese, with site hours | Superhiro | see below | not printed here |
| Japanese small plates, priced | Izakaya Domo Eastend | Two pieces of Deep Fried Oysters | $12 |
| Korean on Swanston Street | Samsam | see below | not printed here |
| Thai with live music listed | Khaosan Lane | see below | not printed here |
| Thai on Little Collins Street | Dodee Paidang | see below | not printed here |
| Vietnamese on Hardware Lane | Hawker Boys | see below | not printed here |
Superhiro — 211-213 Swanston Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Superhiro is filed here as a Japanese restaurant at 211-213 Swanston Street. Its own site lists Sunday to Thursday 11:00 to 21:30 and Friday and Saturday 11:00 to 22:00. An OpenStreetMap tag gives different times, so check before you go. We could not find a menu with prices.
Menu says: we could not find a published menu, so start with the hours on its site.
Izakaya Domo Eastend — 118 Little Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
An izakaya is a Japanese casual drinking place built around small plates meant for sharing. The menu on Izakaya Domo’s site prints Two pieces of Deep Fried Oysters at $12. It also prints Enoki Mushroom Pork Belly (2pcs) at $18; enoki are thin, pale mushrooms. The hours below come from an OpenStreetMap tag only and may be out of date.
On the menu (copied from izakayadomo.com.au/menus on 5 October 2026):
- Two pieces of Deep Fried Oysters: $12
- Enoki Mushroom Pork Belly (2pcs): $18
Order this first: the OpenStreetMap tag lists weekday lunch and dinner sessions and later starts on Saturday and Sunday.
Samsam — 207-209 Swanston St., Melbourne VIC 3000
Samsam is filed here as Korean, at 207-209 Swanston St. Its web address is samsamchicken.com, and that site prints a separate set of hours for each day of the week. We could not find a menu with prices, so none are printed. Check its site for current hours.
Region: filed as Korean, but we could not find a menu that names a regional style.
Khaosan Lane — 350 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Khaosan Lane is filed here as a Thai restaurant at 350 Bourke St. Its own site says live music starts at 8:30 pm every day. This page gives no opening hours for it, so check its site before you go. We could not find a menu with prices.
How to order: we could not find a menu, so read the site first and ask the restaurant what suits a first visit.
Dodee Paidang — 353 Little Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Dodee Paidang is filed here as a Thai restaurant at 353 Little Collins Street. An OpenStreetMap tag lists hours for every day of the week, including Sunday. It is the only hours source we have and may be out of date, so confirm before you go. We could not find a menu with prices.
Menu says: nothing we could read, so check the restaurant’s site or ring ahead before you go.
Hawker Boys — 85 Hardware Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000
Hawker Boys is filed here as a Vietnamese restaurant at 85 Hardware Lane. Its own site prints that address. This page gives no hours for it, and we copied no menu prices, so this entry stays short. Check its site for what is on offer.
Decoder: the menu was not available to us, so there is no dish to decode yet.
Quick answers
Which Melbourne CBD restaurants on this page have prices we can read?
Only Izakaya Domo Eastend. Its menu prints Two pieces of Deep Fried Oysters at $12 and Enoki Mushroom Pork Belly (2pcs) at $18. We could not find prices for the other five places.
Where can I find Thai food in Melbourne CBD?
Two places here are filed as Thai: Khaosan Lane on Bourke St and Dodee Paidang on Little Collins Street. Khaosan Lane’s site lists live music every day. Dodee Paidang’s hours come from an OpenStreetMap tag only, which may be out of date, so check it.
Is there a Korean restaurant in Melbourne CBD to check out?
Samsam, at 207-209 Swanston St, is filed here as Korean. Its site, samsamchicken.com, lists hours for each day of the week. We could not find a menu with prices.
Which Japanese restaurants in Melbourne CBD publish their hours?
Superhiro’s own site lists its hours, though an OpenStreetMap tag shows different times. Izakaya Domo Eastend has hours in an OpenStreetMap tag only, which may be out of date, so confirm with the restaurant.
How we checked
We checked every place on this page against at least two independent sources on 4 October 2026: OpenStreetMap and the places’ own websites. Every price is copied exactly as printed on the page linked under Sources, on 5 October 2026. 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
- Superhiro: openstreetmap.org/664317454, superhiro.com.au/contact
- Izakaya Domo Eastend: openstreetmap.org/13851210614, izakayadomo.com.au, izakayadomo.com.au/menus
- Samsam: openstreetmap.org/645573442, samsamchicken.com
- Khaosan Lane: openstreetmap.org/13893164960, khaosanlane.com
- Dodee Paidang: openstreetmap.org/9748242972, dodeepaidang.com
- Hawker Boys: openstreetmap.org/4740684528, hawkerboys.com.au
