Flower Drum

Melbourne CBD 3000 Chinese - A long-time inclusion in most best restaurant lists.

Restaurant	Flower Drum
Street address	17 Market Lane
Suburb	Melbourne CBD
State	VIC
Postcode	3000
Phone	03 9662 3655
Website	flower-drum.com
Style	Chinese
Awards Fairfax Good Food Guides	2016 GFG 2 hats; 2015 GFG 3 hats
Awards Gourmet Guide	2 stars
The Australian Top 50
Restaurant & Catering Awards
Other Awards	3 hats Gault&Millau 2015
Reviews & Notes	"Four decades is a long time in this fine dining caper, yet Flower Drum remains as essential as ever. It's the little things that make this veteran not just our top Cantonese restaurant but a standard setter in all sorts of other ways."
Reviewer	Gourmet 2015 Restaurant Guide
Reviews & Notes	"The menu is brimming with top-class Cantonese dishes, each of which emphasises quality produce. ... Chef Lui's fabulous dishes..."
Reviewer	Gault&Millau 2015 15/20
Reviews & Notes	"Flower Drum is so far from world class it’s an insult to our best restaurants that it’s still mentioned in the same breath. It’s trading on — and charging for — the goodwill of decades of made memories."
Reviewer	Dan Stock Herald Sun 16/6/2015 10/20
Owner's note

Earlier reviews and awards:

Reviews: The Age Good Food Guide 2010 - For fans of its straight up Cantonese it's a byword for superb produce ... For its detractors , it sticks to a fault to the tried and true ...
Awards - The Age Good Food Guide: Two hats
Crikey readers Award 2009 Best Fine Dining Restaurant, Melbourne