Red Emperor - Southbank

The food was great and the service was excellent. Would highly recommend.

Staff hovering around waiting to take plates away! Very rushed

Its always perfect. Food amazing wait staff grrat always friendly

Excellent food and drinks. Lovely balcony seating and atmosphere and staff

Food, staff were all wonderful, this was our second visit at the China Town restaurant and will be a long time repeat outing.

Very nice food and good service together with a pleasant environment.

This is the restaurant we visited a few times before and the experience is constantly good. The food is delicious and the service very high quality. In addition the restaurant settings are beautifully decorated. Good place to take your visitors to showcase modern oriental food!

Booked online, no where on line to request a table on the balcony as per our daughter’s choice for her birthday. Asked when we arrived as we had tried to call, alas no answer. Arrived early to ask this question, when I did my request was totally ignored and were given a table in the centre of the restaurant. Stated softly and calmly to the wait staff that we were there for our daughter’s Birthday with her request for the balcony whilst I was looking at a vacant table on the balcony which seated three. He mumbled quite abruptly, and aggressively “you never ring me to ask, come through here” and literally stomped off ahead to the vacant table and said, “sit here”. The restaurant was extremely busy and I didn’t want to spoil my daughter’s birthday by questioning this childish, inappropriate behaviour. Time to order our meals, he dismissed one of the entree’s requested verbally. The meat dish came out excessively peppery almost inedible. The rice dish was served with extra prawns after requested not many please. Have eaten the same dishes previously, never had the quantity of pepper on the steak previously. Have felt ill since eating this food. Will never return. Husband was going to book his Corporate Christmas lunch for his employees at this restaurant after we finished dining. This business has lost a large corporate bill, due to this employee’s tantrum!

Took overseas travellers with us from UK. They were stunned by the food and said they had never had anything like it before. We enjoyed the new, to us, decor and enjoyed our meal on the balcony overlooking the Yarra.

Dined with my Partner and she requires Gluten Free options. There was such a great variety for us to eat. Tasty dishes and the staff ensured we were looked after. Great service and location. Highly recommended!

Amazing service! Absolutely delicious food. Two very happy Coeliacs… the gluten free food did not disappoint.

Great food and service great atmosphere and very polite service

Great venue staff were very efficient and the food was amazing

Great food, great balcony seats, Steph (waiter) was amazing!! Best lunch of YumCha

Good selection of dim sum ala carte but there was also an AYCE option when we visited. Very busy but service was great and attentive. The dim sum was well made with quality ingredients.

Excellent food and service. Best choice if you are in Southbank.

Amazing gluten free selection, especially if you love prawns. The fried pork dumplings are to die for.

Service was fantastic and the food was delicious!! Will be back!

We really loved the food and service was great. We waited abit for all our pre dinner drinks to arrive. Otherwise it was all good.

Service throughout was flawless—attentive, knowledgeable, and discreet. The staff guided us through the extensive menu with confidence, and their wine and tea pairing suggestions were impeccable. The pacing of the meal was perfect, allowing us to savour each course without feeling rushed. Red Emperor is not just a meal; it is a destination. It understands that true luxury lies in the harmony of exceptional food, a stunning location, and seamless, polished service. It refuses to compromise on quality or tradition, and in doing so, delivers an experience that is both grand and deeply satisfying. For anyone seeking the pinnacle of Cantonese dining in Melbourne, a table at Red Emperor is not just a reservation—it is an essential pilgrimage.

Two staff members, Derek and Young, were outstanding as usual

Amazing food, service great. Loved it will certainly go again

Red Emperor is our go-to for yum cha. Always a treat!

Great food and service. So well looked after. Vegan options good too.

Amazing food amazing attentive staff great atmosphere just really fantastic

It was an enjoyable lunch, great venue, service and amazing food

The food and the service at The Red Emperor is fabulous. They asked us if we had a Show to get to and as we did our drinks & meals were on the table in a flash. Beautiful meals and beautiful wine. Thankyou.

Fantastic service, quality food and pleasant surroundings. Would highly recommend

We have dined here a few times and the staff, service and food is always outstanding. We enjoyed a lovely meal with extraordinary service and will certainly return. Service is perfect, not intrusive and always pleasant & friendly.

Food very good nice and hot. Service was very good

one guy really push for tips. the was was delicious but I left unhappy

Great food, excellent and fairly priced wine list and good service.

The manager pressured and demanded all customers to give tips, he gets upset if you do not meet his demand or give less than what he asked for.

A great night! No complaints. We will be back again.

Very lovely birthday experience for my 93yo mother. A tradition in our family

Fantastic personal service and great food as always. Must visit for best Chinese food in Melbourne

Food is of consistently good standard here and service is very good

The food here is of a high standard. This was a pre-theatre meal so we have only tried a very limited range of dishes and on this and previous visits all have been very good!

Always a pleasure A true Chinese experience Great service Well done

Lunch was excellent! Charlotte our waitress was fabulous and we had a lovely time. It could have been warmer in the restaurant but overall it was terrific! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A delightful relaxing lunch with a terrific team of wait staff. Our meal was stunning and the setting obviously very smart!

Excellent service and excellent food. We will definitely return soon. Our guest from Sydney was impressed

The staff were very helpful and attentive . Professional. Food was delicious and dietary requirements catered for easily

Loved it, defiantly recommend this restaurant. Food and customer service was great.

Excellent service as always. Food quality is consistently above average.

Food was amazing delicious service was excellent and atmosphere beautiful

Food was good and service was good 👍 Reasonable prices

Today, we had a wonderful lunch with friends and celebrated my wife Fay 70th birthday.

Thank you for a lovely evening. Food and service was impeccable.

Service was excellent and staff were very friendly and keen to do the best for us. Our order was filled promptly. Food quality was excellent as was at the table service. We would not hesitate to recommend this restaurant to anyone. Thanks for a great night.