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Gong De Lin

Chinese, Vegan Mock-Meat Menu

Worth ordering: Sweet and sour

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Top tips

  • Share a vegetable dish, a tofu or mock-meat dish, and dumplings or a snack; one reviewer found that plenty for two.
  • Good to know: Book ahead during popular times; the small dining room can get busy and waits may run long.
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  • Try the boiled dumplings, which several reviewers singled out for their filling.
  • Look for the lift entrance and ride up to the third floor; reviewers say it can be tricky to find from the street.
  • The spicy mushroom claypot and tofu dumplings with watercress filling are reviewer favorites.

People mention

Sweet and sour pork, wonton and dumplings.

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Also dumpling, fried rice, wontons in spicy sauce, braised pea sprouts with mushrooms, braised tofu with mushrooms and fried rice with moss and pine nuts.

Good for

The vibe: groups The vibe: families

Praised for friendly service, good value and cozy atmosphere.

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Also praised for affordable, generous portions, attentive service and beautiful interior.

Good to know

  • Lunch, dinner, takeout, quick bites
  • Cards and mobile pay

About

Up a lift to the third floor, Gong De Lin serves a broad menu of vegan Chinese comfort food, including sweet-and-sour mock pork, Shanghai noodles, dumplings and mushroom claypot dishes. It’s a casual, compact dining room with generous portions and generally fair prices; reviews note that service can slow and the room can get hectic when busy.

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3/264 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Opening hours

Monday
11:00–15:00, 17:00–22:00
Tuesday
11:00–15:00, 17:00–22:00
Wednesday
11:00–15:00, 17:00–22:00
Thursday
11:00–15:00, 17:00–22:00
Friday
11:00–15:00, 17:00–22:00
Saturday
11:00–15:00, 17:00–22:00
Sunday
11:00–15:00, 17:00–22:00

the food

4.6 out of 5. Spinach Rating

From recent reviews, out of 5.

  • Great food
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How we rank

eating vegan

Fully vegan

Everything on the menu is vegan.

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