Ling Nan Chinese Restaurant

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.

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!

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!

We went to Ling Nan for dinner and even though they were super busy on a Saturday night we managed to only wait for about half an hour for a table. We ordered their special fried rice, scallop congee w Chinese donuts, roast duck, prawn vege stir fry, Chinese broccoli, pipis & fried chicken ribs. The roast duck with its delicately crispy skin was the most flavourful one, followed by the special fried rice. The congee was pretty good too as it wasn’t too watery, but the rest of the dishes were pretty average. The fried ribs could have been tastier with (more) msg, some pipi shells were closed, both vege dishes were very bland. Service was quick, however, and staff were friendly.

Service is pretty poor as they squeeze us in a table. But I have to say the food is pretty good. Serving is big and ended up to be about $30/head. Great place for a late snack but just don’t expect good service. Will I return? Probably not unless I come with someone who knows what to order :p

10 July 2023 (8 Pic) Ginger Ginger Lobster egg noodles 8/10 XO sauce Lobster egg noodles 8/10 spicy But I prefer crab than lobster. Clams 8/10 Mongolian beef 7/10 Stuff beancurd 7/10 Steam fish 8/10 Vegetables 7/10 6 Feb 2023 - 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3 Pic) Crab with egg noodles 10/10 Clams 8/10 Veggie 2/10 can see from the picture 😪 Gonna try others' dishes next time 🤤🤤🤤

This is a standard chinese restaurant that serve typical cantonese styled menu. I feel that the utensils and furnitures are really old. Some of the chopsticks and porcelain spoons are even cracked, that my children almost got cut in their inner lips. Nevertheless, food we order come fast enough and taste was as good as any typical restaurant. Nothing really was special as it was a standard chinese restaurant. Its a buzy one where people are queing outside. So its best to have reservation prior to dining here. O yeah the chinese dough is way too oily soggy and its too stiff, unlike the typical chewy mode. We have ordered 2 serves, ans we cant even finish 1🤣