Ling Nan Chinese Restaurant

If you want authentic, this is the place to go! It was recommended to me and my coworkers, and we all had a blast trying so much food here. It was quite busy when we went (evening, weekday), and quite cramped, but the food was really good.

Tried this Cantonese restaurant for the first time and enjoyed the meal overall. The stir-fried flat noodles, salt and pepper cuttlefish, and pork dishes were particularly delicious. The stir-fried kai lan and stewed beef were decent but didn’t stand out as much. Looking forward to trying more dishes next time.

This has everything an old school Chinese late night eatery has to offer. Back in my chef days would always come here after work and always hits the spot. One of the only places I order the same thing because it hits my craving and never lets me down. Taken many people here after a long night weather be drinking or working and everybody falls in love. I give it 5 out of 5 because I love what I order. U have to start off with the xo pipis with Chinese doughnuts then get hit up by their famous salt and pepper fried chick ribs, fried rice abd sizzling pepper beef. I know it’s very white boy aussie selection but u just can’t beat it. If u want extra go crazy and order the westlake duck. It’s a bit like sweet and sour pork but much better and is a remedy for any hangover. Open till like 3-4am it’s a hand down winner of Melbourne. Claaaaaasic

One of the best late night eats. And if you know you know. Get the pipis in XO and some Chinese donuts. One of the best hospo late night eats serving the crews past 2am. Cheers guys for the great feeds over the past 15+ years! Institution!

The food itself tasted good. I especially liked the XO sauce pipis. However, the service made the experience stressful. The waiter kept taking plates away while we were still eating and was coughing next to us. I understand that Friday nights are busy, but it created an uncomfortable and stressful dining experience.

GOOD QUALITY CANTONESE FOOD Ling Nan has been around for yeasr and a while back reloacted from Chinatown to Lonsdale St. Service is prompt and polite. Menu fairly extensive. Beware of the "market price" of live seafood. We ordered a coral trout which set us back $200! Fairly exhorbitant for a causal restaurant. Make sure you ask for the pricing before ordering! Other dishes far more reasonably priced and decent serving sizes. Despite being quite busy it's not that noisy. They dont accept bookings (at least not for a group of 4) so go early (~ 6 pm) or expect to queue up as its quite popular. People with mobilty issues will be OK here is it is all on one even floor. Parking in the CBD is pretty horredous on weekends so expect to use paid parking lots or go by public transport. Both Parliament and Melbourne Central train stations are within an easy walk and there are various tram routes that will get you to within a block of the restaurant. 10% surcharge on public holidays. BYO wine (with $5 per person corkage) or a very ordinary glass of house red or white wine for $9.

Have dinner here with friends. Their house signature dish, the pippies with XO sauce is a must order here,we observed every table had this. Food and portions are great for the prices,great for big groups!

Met some friends we haven’t seen for a long time for dinner, because it is near our hotel and based on recommendation. The food was not bad. However the atmosphere is bad as it was very noisy and cramp. Also the elderly waiter insisted that we had to order one dish per person. The most disappointing thing was the service. There was a waitress who had a mask on the whole time, was very grumpy! She rebutted us for asking for an extra pair of chopsticks as we are sharing the food! Even refilling our teapots was asking a huge favour and using up her time!! She “successfully” chased us out of the restaurant so other customers could be seated. My conclusion is, if you need somewhere to talk and enjoy company of good friends, this restaurant is NOT for you!