Shu Restaurant
Readers' Choice 2025 - Chinese - Metro
Best Known For
10 course vegan degustation - a unique set menu journey through the bold, iconic flavours of Sichuan cuisine.
About Shu Restaurant
Ten years in Collingwood and Shu Restaurant on Johnston Street has never stopped evolving — a vibrant, plant-only Chinese kitchen and bar that continues to redefine what plant-based dining looks, tastes and feels like in Melbourne's inner north. Inspired by the bold, complex flavours of China's southwest Sichuan cuisine, Shu brings together a spacious industrial dining hall, an intimate cocktail bar and an eclectic atmosphere buzzing with good people energy and genuine culinary excitement. The signature ten-course vegan degustation is a breathtaking celebration of plant-based creativity — deconstructing the traditional Chinese banquet through dishes like Yu Xiang roasted eggplant, kohlrabi wrapped dumplings and preserved mustard greens with Asian herb butter.
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Steamed Eggplant with Sichuan Chilli Relish - Chef Recipe by Shu Liu
This is a household staple that is enjoyed on a hot Summer day, best with beer and rice! Tender and mushy eggplant flesh topped with aromatic and spicy chilli relish really brings out the intricate flavours of the vegetable.
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Twice-cooked Yu Xiang Eggplant - Chef Recipe by Shu Liu
Mouth-watering and rice smashing Goddess dish of all Sichuan food.
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Features & Facilities
Payments Accepted: Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Eftpos
Seats: 45 Chef: Shu Liu
Opening Hours
Groups & Functions
- Up to 45 Guests
- Birthday Party
- Christmas Party
- Cocktail Party
- Conference
- Corporate Function
- Dinner Party
- Engagement Party
- Product Launch
- Banquets
- Canapes
- Degustation
- Finger Food
- Set Menu
Just one amazing experience. The food, hospitality and culture were superb. The venue 10/10
I live and travel all over China and have extensive personal research on Sichuan food and this little rockstar restaurant produces, seriously, the best Sichuan fusion in Australia!!! You WILL NOT be disappointed with the food...
Just came here with overseas friends from switzerland, hongkong and japan, and the verdict was - perhaps the most amazing modern chinese everyone has ever tasted!! Shu has deconstructed traditional flavours then reconstructed them into food that is refreshing, clean and still capturing the essense of sichuan cuisine!!!! I would choose shu over spice temple, way more affordable and humble!!!