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The Best Restaurants in Box Hill

Updated 8 months ago

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Box Hill is one of the most dynamic and diverse suburbs in Melbourne, and it has the eating to show for it. It’s home to Sichuan hotpot restaurants, Korean barbeque joints, sushi trains, Taiwanese hawker stalls, hole-in-the-wall canteens and more. Outside the CBD, it’s the best place in this city to find great Chinese food from a host of regions (although Springvale and Glen Waverley come close). And it also has a handful of Vietnamese restaurants, including longstanding Tien Dat, which opened in 1983. They’re joined by a constellation of diners serving Taiwanese, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian and more. These are some of the best places to eat in the vibrant suburb, curated by Broadsheet’s food and drink editors.

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  • Tina's Noodle Kitchen

    Restaurant

    This casual diner – by the Dainty Sichuan crew – is dedicated to Chongqing-style noodle soup. So everything here is hot, spicy and slurpable. Make sure to get here nice and early, because it gets busy fast.

  • Magic Cuisine

    Restaurant

    This stall in Box Hill has got cooked meat, entrees and vegetable dishes pre-packaged in takeaway containers, ready for you to grab and take to work or reheat at home. Just add rice.

  • Little Sichuan

    Restaurant

    This “little” sibling of hotpot institution Dainty Sichuan uses the same rich broths and variety of ingredients, but specialises in malatang style – or hotpot for one.

  • Zero Mode

    Cafe

    Visit this day-to-night spot for inventive takes on Asian cuisine. Come early for fried chicken and waffles (with Sriracha-maple bacon) or stay back for Wagyu skewers. People visit from around town for its internet-famous cream cakes.

  • Roast Duck Inn

    Restaurant

    Look for the crisp red ducks in the window. Enter for a sumptuous feast cooked by Cantonese chefs who have more than three decades of experience. There are two dinner sittings and the restaurant is BYO.

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  • Tien Dat

    Restaurant

    Tien Dat opened in 1983 as the first Vietnamese restaurant in Box Hill. It is still owned by the same family.

  • Katori

    Restaurant

    Charcoal grilling is the focus here. Either on a grill in the kitchen, or the one built into your table. Think tuna belly tataki with yuzu, seared foie gras and top-grade Wagyu cuts from here and Japan.

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Master Lanzhou Noodle Express, Box Hill
Lanzhou, the capital of the northern Chinese province of Gansu, is famous all over the country for its springy hand-pulled noodles (lamian), served in a clear, consommé-like broth with slow-cooked beef. They’re the main draw at this smooth operation in Box Hill Central, where you can watch noodles being hand-pulled in the front window. Choose from several broths and wheat noodle styles, which come in a glistening bowl studded with hunks of chewy Angus shin meat.

Haidilao Hotpot, Box Hill
This Sichuan hotpot giant offers a more memorable dining experience than most. Across manicures, singing waitstaff, board games and a children’s play area, there’s plenty to keep you entertained – before you even get to the food. For your hotpot, choose your adventure across your base (including spicy oil, mushroom, tomato and pepper), protein (with options such as tofu, Wagyu, ox tongue and marbled pork belly) and the self-serve condiment bar. And for extra theatrics, order the “dancing noodles” – waitstaff will stretch and pull the noodles tableside before dropping them into your hotpot.