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A Guide to Springvale: Melbourne’s Best Multicultural Eats, Shops and Markets
Discover Springvale’s best restaurants, markets, bakeries and specialty stores, from pho and bánh mì to Cambodian dishes, yum cha and Asian groceries.
Springvale is Melbourne’s go-to suburb for Vietnamese and Cambodian food, known for its bustling markets, no-frills eateries and generations of family-run businesses. Within a handful of busy streets, you’ll find bakeries, restaurants, grocers, temples and community institutions that have served local families for decades, alongside Chinese, Indian and other migrant communities that have also shaped the suburb’s multicultural character.
For many Melburnians, Springvale is a place to reconnect with the flavours, languages and traditions of home. Come hungry, of course, but stay long enough to appreciate the stories, rituals and connections that make Springvale unlike anywhere else in Melbourne. This guide brings together the best places to eat, shop and explore in Springvale.
Where to Eat in Springvale: The Best Vietnamese, Cambodian and Chinese Restaurants
Pho Hung Vuong Saigon
Pho Hung Vuong Saigon has long been one of Springvale’s most enduring dining institutions, with a menu centred squarely on pho. The day starts with market workers grabbing an early bowl before their shift, rolls into families settling in for lunch, then visitors trickling through chasing their celebrated bowls of pho. A no frills dining space and no fuss service; just a broth so good it’s kept people coming back for generations. Some places don’t need a gimmick.
2/15 Balmoral Avenue, Springvale
Suburb: Springvale
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Best For: Traditional beef pho
Need To Know: Finish your meal with a strong Vietnamese iced coffee
My Cambodia
Step into My Cambodia and you’ve found the unofficial capital of what locals call Springvale’s ‘Khmer Town’ – one of the best-known destinations serving traditional Cambodian food. Signature dishes include lok lak (Cambodian-style shaking beef), Phnom Penh noodle soup and other family recipes rarely found elsewhere. While Vietnamese food has become synonymous with Springvale, My Cambodia is a reminder that the suburb’s multicultural story runs deeper than one community.
28 Buckingham Avenue, Springvale
Suburb: Springvale
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Cambodian
Best For: Traditional Khmer dishes and Phnom Penh noodle soup
Need To Know: Try a signature Cambodian dish such as fish amok or green papaya salad
Gold Leaf Restaurant
Gold Leaf Restaurant’s Springvale outpost is the original and most iconic location of the Melbourne yum cha institution. The sprawling first-floor dining room inside Springvale Shopping Centre is everything a great yum cha experience should be: loud, lively and slightly chaotic, with families gathering around lazy Susans as trolleys weave between tables laden with dumplings and buns, followed closely by multi-tiered dessert carts. For many Melburnians, weekend yum cha starts here.
1/F, 46-58 Buckingham Avenue, Springvale Shopping Centre, Springvale
Suburb: Springvale
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Cantonese Chinese
Best For: Yum cha and large groups
Need To Know: Beyond yum cha, Gold Leaf is also known for its banquets and seafood dishes
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Where to Shop in Springvale: Specialty Grocers and Asian Supermarkets
Lien Hung Asian Grocery
Tucked inside Springvale Shopping Centre, Lien Hung is a go-to for fresh produce and ingredients you won’t find at the major supermarkets. Shelves are stacked with specialty sauces, snacks and frozen goods sourced from across Asia, while the fruit and veg section stays consistently fresh and well-priced. It’s no-frills and functional rather than flashy, but for locals doing a weekly stock-up, that’s exactly the point.
Shop G34, 46-58 Buckingham Avenue, Springvale Shopping Centre, Springvale
Suburb: Springvale
Price Guide: $
Best For: Weekly fruit and veg stock-ups and hard-to-find Asian ingredients
Need To Know: There’s easy access from the ground-floor car park
Mr DoDo Wholesale Supermarket
Mr DoDo Wholesale Supermarket is Springvale’s go-to for bulk Asian snacks, drinks and pantry staples at wholesale prices. It’s less a shop than a warehouse-sized rabbit hole, with towering shelves of instant noodles, childhood favourites and drinks by the carton, all begging to be thrown into your orange trolley. Bring a friend, bring patience, and don’t be surprised if you find a new favourite for movie nights at home.
Shop 6/134 Springvale Road, Springvale
Suburb: Springvale
Price Guide: $
Best For: Imported snacks and an extensive instant noodle selection
Need To Know: Start in the snack aisles, then head to the rear warehouse shelves for pantry goods, instant noodles and drinks
Grandpa Chen’s
Grandpa Chen’s is a treasure trove for kitchenware, homewares and traditional cooking essentials sourced from across Asia. Whether you’re searching for chef’s knives, cleavers and steamers, or something more decorative like glazed claypots, teapots and beautifully packaged chopstick sets, the shelves are packed. If you’re looking for advice on everything from rice cookers to hibachi grills, the family-run business is known for its friendly service and a level of specialist knowledge that’s becoming increasingly hard to find.
Shop 60-63, 268 Springvale Road, Springvale Central, Springvale
Suburb: Springvale
Price Guide: $–$$$
Best For: Asian kitchenware, cookware and appliances
Need To Know: Check TikTok and Instagram for useful product demonstrations and buying advice
Springvale Market and Beyond: Destinations Worth the Trip
Springvale Market
Centred on Buckingham Avenue, Springvale Market is less a traditional market hall like South Melbourne or Prahran and more an entire neighbourhood devoted to food. Shopping centres, arcades and pedestrian walkways are lined with butchers, fishmongers, greengrocers and specialty traders, with every turn revealing another ingredient, snack or meal worth stopping for. Visit on a weekend and you’ll find trolleys piled high, multiple languages drifting through the walkways and the benches of Multicultural Place filled with people pausing between errands.
34 Queens Avenue, Springvale
Suburb: Springvale
Price Guide: $
Best For: Tropical fruit, fresh sugarcane juice and snacks on the go
Need To Know: The best experience comes from wandering, with some of the precinct’s most interesting traders found inside arcades and side walkways
Thanh Thien Springvale Fresh Market
Located within Springvale Central, Thanh Thien Springvale Fresh Market is one of the precinct’s most eye-catching produce traders, with racks of fruit and vegetables spilling into the walkways beneath a canopy of green and yellow awnings. From durian and custard apples to bitter melon and bundles of fresh herbs, the shelves brim with produce that ends up everywhere, from soup pots to that plate of cut fruit handed to you without a word, the quiet love language of so many Asian households.
Shop 18-20, 268-274 Springvale Road, Springvale Central, Springvale
Suburb: Springvale
Price Guide: $
Best For: If your cookbook calls for it, it’s likely here
Need To Know: The seasonal fruit displays are worth slowing down for, particularly when samples are available
A2B Melbourne
Known for its South Indian vegetarian menu, A2B Melbourne draws just as many visitors for its impressive selection of traditional Indian sweets. Behind the glass counters you’ll find colourful trays of laddoo, barfi, jalebi and milk-based treats sold by weight, making it easy to sample a little of everything. Located outside Springvale’s main hub, it’s a destination worth seeking out.
Shop 7, 754-768 Princes Highway, Springvale
Suburb: Springvale
Price Guide: $
Best For: Indian sweets, snacks and vegetarian dining
Need To Know: Open until 10pm, making it ideal for a post-dinner sweet treat
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Bun Bun Bakery
Few places sum up Springvale’s banh mi scene better than Bun Bun Bakery, where loyal customers travel from across Melbourne for the extensive range on offer. From crackling roast pork and barbecue chicken to meatballs, shredded pork and traditional cold cuts, there’s a filling for every craving. Behind the counter, staff work at remarkable speed as colourful paper bags are filled and passed across the bench, keeping the queue moving from morning until afternoon.
1/288 Springvale Road, Springvale
Suburb: Springvale
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Vietnamese bakery
Best For: Bánh mì in all its forms
Need To Know: Don’t be discouraged by the queue; the team behind the counter keeps it moving surprisingly quickly.
Golden Age Bread & Cake
Golden Age Bread & Cake is a longstanding Springvale favourite, known for its colourful display cabinets packed with cakes, pastries and traditional Asian sweets. Alongside brightly decorated sponge cakes and jelly desserts, you’ll find red bean doughnuts, sesame balls and other fried treats that draw a steady stream of regulars throughout the day. Equal parts bakery and sweet shop, it rewards a slow browse before you decide what is coming home with you.
Shop G5B, 46-58 Buckingham Avenue, Springvale Shopping Centre, Springvale
Suburb: Springvale
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Asian bakery
Best For: Savoury and sweet treats
Need To Know: Satisfy your immediate hunger, then fill the trolley with desserts to take home
Springvale Winter Fest
Springvale Winter Fest transforms Buckingham Avenue into a vibrant multicultural street festival packed with food, music, dance and culture. The annual event brings together performers, traders and community groups from across the region, reflecting the many backgrounds that call Springvale home. Lion dancers, drumming troupes and food stalls line the street. Somehow, it’s even busier than a regular Sunday on Buckingham Avenue, which is saying something.
Buckingham Avenue, Springvale
Suburb: Springvale
Price Guide: Free entry
Best For: A snapshot of everything that makes Springvale unique
Need To Know: The annual event each June draws a large crowd and surrounding roads close, so public transport is often the easiest way to arrive.
Springvale rewards those who arrive hungry and leave time to wander. Keep exploring Melbourne’s food scene with our guide to the best markets in Melbourne, then continue the search for excellent broth with our edit of Melbourne’s best pho.
