Lanterne Rooms

The interior design of the restaurant was beautiful! I appreciated that when I mentioned having a toddler with us, they quickly brought steam rice to keep her entertained while we were still looking at the menu, definitely helped avoid any crankiness while waiting for our meal. Although the food was fine by Canberra standards, as a Hongkongese, I didn’t find it particularly impressive, and we all felt it was a bit overpriced for the quality. To add to the experience, we all ended up feeling quite thirsty after the meal, which was a little disappointing.

Adrian and Irene provided exceptionally attentive service, and the food at this restaurant is among the best in Canberra. We held an important life ceremony here, and Adrian was incredibly helpful throughout the entire process. Irene was amazing as well, capturing numerous professional-quality photos for us. We are deeply grateful for their dedication and professionalism.

Phenomenal experience. Not just the food, but also the way the staff took care of us. We had a LOT of food allergies at the table, and they were able to prepare us the most amazing dishes that catered for everyone. They very quickly figured out who was allergic to what, and made everyone feel special (unlike some restaurants that will make you feel like a weirdo and an inconvenience). Highly recommended!

Our ‘ABC’ dinner group chose this restaurant for one of our alphabet inspired dinner dates. We all thoroughly enjoyed experience with delectable food and excellent service. We had a very charming and attentive gentleman serve out table and he was very helpful in ensuring the one member of our group who is vegetarian and allergic to crustaceans was provided with excellent alternative dishes when required. Sophisticated modern Malaysian is how I would describe the menu. There is a fixed 3 course menu for $90.00 and a degustation menu. BYO is acceptable with a $25.00 per bottle corkage fee. The restaurant is tastefully decorated and not too noisy - rare these days! Tablecloths! Also rare. I’d say an ideal choice for special occasions. 5 ⭐️

This place provided an amazing dining experience! Very classy and professional while still providing generous servings that had us more than satisfied. Would definitely recommend going here while they have the Tom Yum Prawns and Whole Fish with Singaporean Mud Crab Sauce on the menu. They also changed my mind and I'm now a fan of Zucchini, thanks to their Duck Breast dish. Excellent service provided by Adrian and the gentleman whose name we unfortunately did not catch but looked after us well, including offering us extra rice!

Lanterne rooms has always been on the to try list of a little more upscale restaurants in Canberra. Firstly I must say the venue atmosphere and vibe was very nice, cozy yet lively. The inner decor was also was modern yet classic. The staff were friendly and service was pretty quick and smooth. We had the tasting menu. The food overall was tasty with the highlights being the entree bean curd skin wrapped sausages and Tom yum prawns. The dessert was basic but definitely had quite a few elements within. The mains were ok, nothing too special or unique. Overall good experience and recommended for those that don’t eat much Chinese style food.

We dined here and chose the Christmas set menu and it was unreal. They certainly lived up to their standards of large serving sizes for mains. The starters were amazing and so was the dessert. All round perfection. Deserves a chef's hat for sure. Yours truly @fooderarri

The wait staff was attentive. Food and presentation were lovely. Portion was bigger than we expected. We couldn't finish and they packed the leftover in nice ecopaperboxes for us to take home.