My favourite restaurant that we keep coming back to again and again. Excellent food, service and ambience. We celebrated my birthday and I was so happy with the complimentary bubbly & desserts with a little candle. Thank you so much for another great experience!! read more

Oriental Tea House - Salt & Pepper Tofu, mixed vegetables & rice. - Chinese Near Me - South Yarra, VIC

The most delicious food, lovely ambience (I prefer South Yarra location to the City). Great service from Emily. A lovely night out. if you havent tried this place you're missing out! read more

Great new layout and great food. Super attentive staff as well. Good variety of food and fresh ingredients adds to the flavours and overall experience! read more

Thought I'd try something different.. it's been awhile since I've tried anything new... had my doubts and I should've listened to them.. overall I found the food here to be average unless you like salt! There were a few items that were interesting in desert but overall thought the menu items were over priced and is targeted at a different market. The ones who drink Champaign and not tea with a steam dumpling. Each to their own I guess... no chicken feet with caviar on the menu here. It's not fine dining and it's not ur food hall ... and the staff struggle to get this in between balance right .. over 10min to get tea or water! me looking at waiter ... waiter looking at me.. and no food!! If you want the yum cha fan fair, this place is not it as the menu is limited ... as always YMMV this is my experience only.. read more

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I've been to Oriental Tea House on 2 previous occasions, and it's been spectacular each time. The ambience is terrific, and the excellent food quality is fresh and clean. The service was outstanding, food came out within 10 minutes so we didn't have to wait long. Leave room for desert. It's the best Asian restaurant in South Yarra and would definitely recommend it. read more

Having visited this place multiple times and ordered home, this place constantly delivers. Pretty much every single thing they make tastes awesome and their cocktails are great. It gets a bad rep for not being "authentic" Yum Cha/Chinese because it doesn't have trolleys, white linen and rude staff shouting everywhere but honestly guys, these days that scene has crashed, and I prefer the freshly made trays they bring out here and cocktail options over any of the city's tired 90s Yum Cha trolley hangovers. It does come with a bit of a price tag though, but not one that feels unjustified. Will keep returning. read more

After years of walking past Oriental Tea House I finally made my way inside to try dinner here on a Sunday night. Being a solo diner on this night, I sat in a window seat to watch Chapel Street pass by, I love this seating option! I decided to try two entree size portions which for one person was more then enough, I selected the Sang Choy Bow which is an all time favorite dish of mine and the Chilli Wagyu Beef Dumplings which came at the recommendation of my waiter. I have had better Sang Choy Bow it was still nice just a bit different to ones I have had in the past. The dumplings were awesome, I will order these the next time I make it back to this little eating spot. A chilli hit to the lips and submerged in just the right amount of soy to quell the burn! I would definitely recommend this dish. I ordered a Tiger Beer, but there is a vast selection of beer, tea and wine on the menu! There is something for everyone. The food menu is extensive and it would be impossible to get through everything you like the look of even on multiple visits. I see they do Happy Hour Specials and All You Can Eat Yum Cha at certain times of the day/week and this would be ideal if you wanted to trial the broader menu. Great food and great service. I would certainly recommend a visit here. read more

Oriental Tea House - Chilli Wagyu Beef Dumplings - Chinese Near Me - South Yarra, VIC

My ideal Chapel Street adventure is dinner at Oriental Tea House and a flick at the Jam Factory. Love this place for its chicken dumplings and special fried rice. I've only ever had positive experiences during my numerous visits here and I've never waited longer than 15min for my food to be served. There's tea tasting at the front and their tea Bible boasts both hot and cold recipes. I always walk out with a pack of pre-made dumplings that you can easily steam at home. Follow them on IG to enter their 'Customer of the Week' competition. Winners receive all you can eat yum cha for two! read more

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Dumplings + Happy Tea = Bliss. Great selection of dumplings! Pearl dumplings, Vegetarian dumplings, BBQ Pork Rolls, Prawn & Pork dumplings and dessert dumplings! Yes you heard correctly, dessert dumplings. Chocolate filled with a fried dumpling shell & steamed white chocolate dumpling with a gooey shell. Oriental Tea house is a great place to bring groups, family, friend or clients. Its Yum Cha menu is detailed and will also offer you a selection of fine tea's to accompany you food choices. I have always found the quality of food here a notch or two up from the standard Yum Cha venue. I've come to notice that the staff are always very attentive and helpful and will be more than happy to offer a recommendation or an accompaniment. Oriental Tea House also has an in store selection of teas, tea pots, strainers etc. which you can purchase after your meal. A great initiative to continue drinking your favorite selection at home or a perfect gift idea! read more

Oriental Tea House - Chinese Near Me - South Yarra, VIC

I would never have thought of pairing Yum Cha with Oriental Tea flavours, but I certinly am glad I came across this tasty little combination. At the Oritntal Tea House on Chapel Street they offer daily Yum Cha with dining indoors where you can get an education into what tea goes with which type of dumplings. The food really is something worth tasting you can choose from a whole range of fried as well as steamed dumplings, with fillings like Seafood, Chicken, Pork, Veggies, Mango and Custard, Chocolate white and dark! The friendly staff will then tell you which tea variety will best compliment your meal. The Oriental Tea House also has tea and tea related products available for purchase. There is a selection of gift boxes and personal prezzies making it great if you want to pick up something extra special for a friend or want to take some tea home to enjoy yourself. read more

Oriental Tea House - Chinese Near Me - South Yarra, VIC

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I would not recommend going there with a large group for the "feasting" menu, you only get 1 hour of food service so if it takes 15 to 20 minutes for group to decide what to have this takes away from your 1 hour servicing time, they say you have 1.5 hour seating but we got told by the waitstaff in broken english through a face mask that "last orders" for our table 50 minutes into first 1 hour, she explained that you get 1 hour to eat and 1/2 hour to finish and pay the bill. $500+ bill for 40 minutes of food for 8 people is a very poor dinning experience. read more

Oriental Tea House is now established as one of the best dim sum places in Melbourne... for non-asians. Not saying that the food is bad, as I actually really like the food but it seems that the amount of english used on the menus and type of service is for the Australians. We ordered prawn dumplings, chinese brocolli, steamed chilli fish, friend noodles and crispy tofu. Crispy Tofu is an absolute winner here, very crispy on the inside and so soft in the middle it melts in your mouth. All the other dishes were excellent and worth trying, I would like to come back one time for Yum Cha. What can I falter? The chinese tea cups are so small they last for one mouthful! TIP: Look out for celebrities here, my last two trips I have sat on a table next to Dane Swan (Collingwood AFL) and Josh Gibson (Hawthorn AFL) read more

Dumplings! Cute spot. Great yum cha selection and perfect if you want to have a quick meal before a movie. read more

Quick, easy and super tasty. If you want dumplings this is the place to go! I really loved their speciality dumplings, slight twist on the traditional! read more

So you don't know what to do with that psychology degree you got in uni? Put it to good work and use to set up a tea house. You can train your staff to sell or coerce your staff to peddle all your food options by in your face suggestion. This works particularly well if you manage to trap the masses of tired and hungry shoppers into your store who are a bit slow off the mark and will ultimately take any suggestion of food that is given to them. You have to be careful here, otherwise you will be ensnared into trapping of food every 20 or so seconds. It would be a bad idea to take a date here, as you are constantly assaulted and interrupted by offerings of food on a tray. Read you won't be able to have a proper conversation as the flow will be broken up. With no way of knowing how fresh any of the food is, or when it was made, trays of food are constantly going around. They could have been out in the open for minutes upon minutes. Fierce sales tactics employed here; those of which prey at vulnerability, suggestibility and weakness. Essentially all decisions are removed in the eating process here, and if you say yes, under the pressure, which usually happens, as one wants to be polite, the food will be forced upon you. So in essence this is a great place if you want to sit back and not make any decisions or have any choices, or even order from the menu and have anything done for you and brought directly to you. It's a nice place and all but a little unsettling. There doesn't seem to be a cooked to order option here. read more

Love this restaurant. Really cute layout especially upstairs Great service here, really lovely staff who are very helpful. Chicken dumplings in quinoa are my absolute favourite and I highly recommend. read more

Very good consistent yum Cha. Although when my daughter who is vegan ordered the vegetarian fried rice without egg, it came with it . Service is good and a staple place to go if you like yum Cha. A good selection of specialty teas as well. read more

Great place for groups, share platters aren't very generous for price so you'll need to order a few of them. Pretty attentive service and our orders arrived within 10 mins or less! Delicious food. read more

This is an average dumpling shop and for the price I would recommend going elsewhere. I came on the weekend which had a good yum cha selection so there are ample things to choose from. Stand out dish was the salt and pepper calamari but I honestly can't remember much else worth noting. Service to the table was quick as it was yum cha and our tea quickly arrived. However paying the check took some waiting as they lost our bill and ran around for several minutes. That aside I would only recommend coming back for some tea as there are far better dumplings nearby. read more

Wow wow wow I needed a phone charge I was an hour early for a dinner for 8 and Yep a venue that gets connectivity! A phone charger, great staff Aidan and Bianca giving first class service at a funky pre dinner drink zone! You have me at 'phone charge, yes sir' great $5 Tsing Tao too read more

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Love this restaurant. Always makes me very happy! Money well spent. I love chapel street shop the best. Very inviting, staffs very attentive and service is excellent no matter when we visit. Great dinner place for a big group of just two of you for a date or by yourself for lunch. read more

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Food was overpriced. Ordered three plates of food and only two came out. No one saw the third plate come out and the waitress couldn't remember who exactly it was brought out to, but they demanded I pay it anyway. Not coming back again. read more

Excellent! Went here for a casual dinner with my husband, mother in law and sister in law. It was close proximity to our AirBnb and fit the bill for the "Asian fusion" that we were looking for. Everything was fantastic! We had the kimchi noodles, vegetable stir fried rice, prawn dumplings, chicken and quinoa dumpling salad, and BBQ pork buns. We all had a hard time deciding which one we liked best - all of it was fresh and delicious. The noodles in the kimchi were perfect and not to be missed. The service was prompt and polite and the food bill totaled $59. I was very happily do it again, maybe tomorrow! read more

Make sure to leave enough space for the dessert dumplings - white chocolate rocks :)

Had a great Girls night out here on the weekend! Shared Cocktails in teapots.... very cute and novel. Food was lovely! My picks are the 'Shanghai Pork Dumplings' and the 'Crispy Beef'. Pricey.. but great meal read more

Scrumptious food at decent prices. Huge variety of different teas with a take home option on boxes of tea. Service has always been good although occasionally a tad slow. A must try for anyone in the neighbourhood. read more

I would like this place more if there weren't so many other excellent dumpling options out there, at more reasonable prices. I will, however, give this place props for friendly service, good presentation and delicious tea. I also really like the intense little man eating yum cha on their business cards. read more

Not too bad. Trendy little spot on Chapel Street. I had an OK wonton soup here and shu mai dumplings. Nothing blew me away. There are white chocolate dessert dumplings which are supposed to be amazing. I didn't have any. The salt and pepper tofu is just OK. Huge selection of fancy teas because well... it's a teahouse!!! Not bad, but not special for me. read more

Mother's Day yum cha with a small family group. Great experience. And better that sister restaurant David's for yummy yum cha, based on having eaten there a couple of weeks earlier. read more

Average food though really poor service. Waited for over an hour at a quiet lunch for dumplings, and had to spend ten minutes correcting the bill. I love yum cha but this place was pretty poor! read more

Ordered some food from the Chapel street Tea House... Waited 30minutes... Then asked about the order and found out the order hadnt been put through... Then left! Same thing happened to me at the Chadstone Tea House. All in all, the crappest service i've ever witnessed!!!!! I wudve rated it zero stars but it wouldn't let me read more