Melbourne Comedy Festival 2024 to RuYi:

“Where the laughs continue in your belly!”

27 March - 21 April 2024.

Join the Laughs at RuYi during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024

RuYi Modern Chinese

Est. 2013

Family dining at RuYi Modern Chinese Melbourne
 
 
 

Tucked away in a quintessential Melbourne laneway is our relaxed fine dining restaurant. RuYi Modern Chinese represents a new style for Chinese restaurants in Melbourne. Its interiors are elegant, its cuisine delicate and its service seamlessly attentive.

 
 
 
 

Relaxed fine dining at Melbourne’s best modern Chinese restaurant

We welcome groups of any size to our stylish Asian restaurant; from an intimate dinner for two to a large family gathering or an important client meeting. We have only one wish for those dining with us; that they may find a sense of comfort and joy in this simplest of past times.

 
 
Interior design of RuYi Modern Chinese restaurant in Melbourne Laneway
Chinese modern fish dish served on a black plate with a glass of wine
 

EAT @ RUYI

Our food and drink menus have been carefully crafted to celebrate the best of Chinese cuisine and provide the perfect pairing. We source the highest-quality Australian produce to bring our modern retellings of authentic recipes to light.

 
 

DRINK @ RUYI

Our food is flavoursome, delicate and fresh – with plates designed for sharing. While our signature cocktails and boutique wine list provide the ideal complement to every meal.

 
 
Cocktail served on a table
Young couple clinking their wind glasses dining at RuYi Modern Chinese at night
 
 

SERVING YOU MEMORABLE MOMENTS

From our award-winning interior design to our artfully-plated cuisine, we aim to transport you beyond Melbourne’s city streets. With delicate cuisine and attentive service, RuYi is an aesthetic experience you won’t soon forget.

 
 
 

EVENTS @ RUYI

RuYi Modern Chinese restaurant is the perfect backdrop for elegant corporate events and social celebrations. Private functions may be booked any day of the week with packages available for both seated dining and cocktail parties.

BOOK YOUR EVENT

 
 
A tray of champagne glasses carried by a waitress during an event at RuYi Modern Chinese
 

THE SPIRIT OF RUYI

RuYi is a Chinese spiritual object, passed down through generations. It is said to bring good fortune and make everything in life ‘as you wish’.

Our fine dining restaurant is the culmination of a lifetime of searching for RuYi in the everyday.

MORE ABOUT US

 
 

RUYI MODERN CHINESE

RuYi Modern Chinese is located on Liverpool St in the heart of Melbourne’s theatres and nightlife. We are open for dinner from Tuesday - Saturday.

Book your table online or call (03) 9090 7778.

RuYi also welcomes private functions any day of the week.

 
 
Two bartenders behind the bar at RuYi Modern Chinese mixing cocktails

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