CuisineModern Australian
Price$$$
Neighbourhoodcbd
HoursMon-Fri 7am-11pm, Sat-Sun 8am-11pm

Must order: Whole roasted chicken for the table with grains and seasonal leaves

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Location

Address: 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000

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Supernormal ★ 4.5

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Supernormal on Flinders Lane runs an Asian-influenced menu drawing on Tokyo, Shanghai and Seoul. One Good Food Guide hat and perpetually full since 2014.

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Tipo 00 ★ 4.5

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Grossi Florentino ★ 4.4

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Grossi Florentino holds two Good Food Guide hats. The upstairs room is the classical Italian benchmark; the Cellar Bar serves the same food more casually.

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Chin Chin ★ 4.2

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Order: Stir-fried green beans with holy basil and pork crackling

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Supernormal ★ 4.5

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Supernormal on Flinders Lane runs an Asian-influenced menu drawing on Tokyo, Shanghai and Seoul. One Good Food Guide hat and perpetually full since 2014.

Order: New England lobster roll and slow-cooked lamb shoulder

180 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000 Book →

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Order: Tagliolini al nero with squid and bottarga

361 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Book →

Grossi Florentino ★ 4.4

Italian$$$cbdMon-Fri lunch 12pm, dinner from 5:30pm daily

Grossi Florentino holds two Good Food Guide hats. The upstairs room is the classical Italian benchmark; the Cellar Bar serves the same food more casually.

Order: Hand-rolled pasta of the day from the cellar bar menu

80 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Book →

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Southeast Asian$$cbdDaily 11am-11pm

Chin Chin on Flinders Lane is Melbourne's reference for Southeast Asian cooking: loud, no-bookings, consistently packed since 2011 and the food holds up.

Order: Stir-fried green beans with holy basil and pork crackling

125 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000 Book →

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