Rose Garden BBQ

Rose Garden Chinese BBQ is a legendary spot, especially among uni students, and for good reason! The food is consistently delicious, with generous portions and a great variety of classic BBQ and stir-fry dishes. Despite prices creeping up over the years, it still offers reasonable value given the quality and portion sizes. The service is famously brisk—efficient but not exactly friendly —which somehow adds to the charm of the place. If you’re after no-fuss, tasty food that keeps you coming back, this spot is hard to beat!

Best roasted pork omelette rice with gravy. Generous portion. Long time standing restaurant. Service can be rude at time but I can understand their efficiency to turn around the business quickly.

Who needs Karen's Diner when you have this place? Brace yourself for a unique dining experience where the lady server (probably the owner) dishes out more sass than your food! It's oddly entertaining to watch her scold anyone who dares to displease her. Once you finish your meal, don't get too comfy—they'll whisk away your plates and expect you to vacate the premises pronto. The tables are tiny, so prepare to get cozy with your neighbors. But hey, the food arrives quickly and out of the 10 dishes we tried, 8 were absolute winners. Definitely coming back for a speedy lunch fix!

Recommended!!! Mix BBQ pork - Roast Pork, the best Very juicy…. Soy chicken also nice… But the lady was temperament…

The lady is rather temperamental, when we just arrived in Melbourne we directly go to this restaurant and order the famous dishes and I asked her about any other recommendations but she told me just to look at the menu list. Overall taste is great and yummy, the interior and ambience look like the common small restaurant in HongKong.

No frills Chinese food eatery. Came in just after 12pm and place was busy but not full. Managed to get a place but was asked if I was willing to share if seated at a table for 4 pax. Be prepared to or the waiting game beckons. About the food. Ordered the top ten Omelette with Crispy Roast Pork rice. Pros : - Generous portion. Lots of large meat pieces in the omelette. Cons : - Omelette was too oily for my liking. - egg was overfried that you could taste that it was burnt, not the taste of "wok hei" - the additional glaze sauce that goes over the egg was tasteless, don't know what it is. I would do without it - nothing crispy about the pork skin but taste was alright Free flow of Chinese tea at the table. Chilli oil was just to add some heat, pretty much tasteless as well. Order and pay immediately at the entrance counter before being seated. Cash only if bill is below $40. Would I order it again? No. Might come to try other dishes though.

The food is amazing here. I see a lot of comments which talk about the lady. Actually she is very lovely, just very efficient. She wants you to enjoy and for the next people to enjoy too

The old ladies with glasses super annoying.. but i have to admit, the food was good. Love the taste & not too oily. Nice food but not too nice for the person

Recommended by several family members of mine and I'm glad we went ! Not only it was perfect for rainy day, but all of my family is very satisfied about all of the dishes. I think we over ordered it lol but we finished it! The place is easy to find , I use Google map a lot whenever I travel. The food came out so fast, we were very surprised. Their staff are fast! The interior is homey too, very authentic old school restaurant in Asia. Their pork and duck are good, and their infamous omelette is awesome. We love a good fried tofu so we also ordered that. Overall, I'd recommend someone who's visiting Melbourne!

I went here for lunch. I ordered 1. Egg chiffon with pork belly (4/5) 2. String beans (4/5) The auntie was very fierce. The food was incredibly fast prepared. When i ordered, few minutes later they were ready. Services were super fast. It might get crowded during lunch or dinner time. CONCLUSION = RECOMMENDED!!!

Janky place but what a freaking gem! Rose Garden filled all my criteria for an authentic Chinese spot: Cheap-ness, filling-ness and CASH only! One of local favorite for delicious and affordable Malaysian/ Hong Kong style home food. Some of the things to look forward here are their chiffon omelette rice with BBQ pork (get the crispy pork skin when you can, those ran out fast!) - Succulent and so so good! The deep fried spicy chicken ribs was also stunning! Crunchy, savory and laced with chili oil. The default saltiness, was a bit salty for my taste, which is a good excuse to eat more rice haha. Service was very fast paced and accurate. A hidden treasure in downtown Melbourne, this small restaurant is relatively unknown to tourists, but certainly a place I would happily recommend!

Its been a little while since I was last here. The price seems to have increased. I had a salted fish and chicken vermicelli which I thought was too soggy. The roast duck, which we were given the part with not much meat so I wasn't impressed and the thai red curry, which was ok. I am not sure I will be back in a hurry!

This busy diner has the usual Cantonese style roast/BBQ meats and other dishes (fried rice, noodles etc). The portions are generous, the food is good, the service is quick and the prices are extremely reasonable. It's a really busy spot though - and we found it very crowded and noisy even on a Tuesday night.

I was looking for a place to have dinner when I noticed how crowded and busy this place was. That seemed like a good sign. But I ended up kind of disappointed. I ordered the fish fillet and bean curd with rice noodles for $10. The dish came extrememly quickly. (I would say under 5 minutes?) But all I could taste was the sauce. I couldn't really taste the fish fillet or the bean curd or the rice noodles because everything tasted the same! I did feel full in the end, but I did not feel satisfied. It's true that this place is cheap and fast, but I am not convinced that I would come back again.

Absolutely love this place. My favourite chinese restaurant to get take away from. Fast. Cheap. Super tasty stuff. They have a Top 10 list of their most popular rice/noodle dishes and these include a crispy skin pork omelette, spicy fried chicken ribs (which in my opinion is some of the best fried chicken around), spicy green beans with pork, stewed beef brisket.. They also do the usual BBQ dishes like roast pork/duck, soy sauce chicken, BBQ pork. All the rice/noodle dishes are really reasonably priced, most of which are under $10 and the portions are very generous. They can get quite busy at lunch/dinner times and you may have to wait a while to be able to get a table, so take-away would be a better option at those times. Just a note: they are closed on sundays.

They used to have better food. However, with the price, speed and food quality at a city location that's less than 5 min walk from Melbourne Central. I am happy to give them a 5 star. This place is certainly not for people that look for a restaurant with great ambience. It still doesn't stop this keep very busy throughout the day.

The old man/ chef owner passed the business to a daughter. The roast ducks are not made the old way ( air blown ) .. Of course , it's less authentic. The new chefs are fast food experts though: fast, still tasty and value for money. 3 stars.. Cheap and fast.

I feel they might have changed their chef .. Their foods were much nicer ,now it was just ok ok.

Great portion of Chinese comfort food. Typical student meal for taste, price and portion. Try their famous egg chiffon rice. It was good and satisfying, their Chinese gravy is bit spicy but tasty. It's very good with their rice dishes.

Terrible exprience. Cash only place that you to pay before you get your food. Ordered the duck and rice, there was no duck in sight... beyond that, my buddy's food looked like the worst part of the chicken and tasted terrible. If you are thinking of eating here, don't.

Always tasty. Always quick. One of my favorite Chinese spots in the city. In fact I might go there now...

Super fast, heaps of tasty dishes. Must try the eggplant and tofu, spicy chicken ribs, special fried rice, mapo tofu. The roast duck, crispy skin pork, roast pork and chicken are also the best I've had in Melbourne -- this includes basically all of Chinatown, Box Hill and Glen Waverley areas that serve these roast meats. Highly recommended. Just don't expect a quiet, peaceful ambiance. This place is always busy and deservedly so.

I have been on the hunt for an amazing BBQ joint comparable to this one place I go to all of the time back at home. I found Rose Garden and was excited to try it. I got what I usually get at a standard BBQ joint, which would be crispy pork, BBQ pork & chicken on rice. My meal was $10 and left me feeling full after, but quality and flavours of the meats were lacking.