Neighbourhood guide · Melbourne
Where to eat in Box Hill right now
Hotpot, souffle pancakes and a Malaysian cafe with Melbourne coffee. A one-afternoon guide to one of the city's best food suburbs.
Photos @wendeatz
Box Hill is fifteen minutes from the city by train and has more good food per street than most suburbs have in total. Here's how we'd spend an afternoon there.
Getting there
Box Hill station is on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines. The 109 tram from the city ends right outside.
Lunch
Dwelling
A little taste of Malaysia, the comforting kind. The beef rendang is $17.
Malaysian comfort food. The rendang is $17 and comes with crispy bread, pickles and noodles.
Something sweet
Oski Souffle
Jiggly souffle pancakes, and you can watch them being made.
Jiggly souffle pancakes, made fresh while you watch.
Dinner
Panda Hotpot
Fresh ingredients, deep broth, and a room that feels like a night out.
Fresh ingredients and a broth worth coming back for. Bring friends.
Make it a day
- Start late, lunch at Dwelling
- Walk it off around the shopping centre and Whitehorse Road
- Souffle pancakes at Oski
- Hotpot at Panda to finish