The Best Asian Restaurants in Canberra for a Fusion Feast

From sizzling street food to elegant dining experiences, Canberra’s vibrant food scene offers something for everyone.

Whether you’re craving spicy Thai, delicate Japanese, or savoury Chinese cuisine, the top foodie spots in the city bring the rich, diverse tastes of Asia to your plate.

Perfect for food enthusiasts and casual diners alike, these restaurants impress with their mouth-watering dishes and inviting atmospheres. Let’s dig in and explore the best Asian restaurants in Canberra.

Minima

This cosy, moody restaurant and wine bar showcases share plates that celebrate third-culture cuisine — blending the heritage of brothers Mork and Ben with the culture they grew up in. Expect bold, vibrant dishes inspired by the Chinese diaspora and Southeast Asian flavours. 

3/29 Bentham Street, Yarralumla

Akiba

Akiba is one of Canberra’s coolest dining destinations, with the lively restaurant space and service taking inspiration from the buzzing hawker-style food halls of Eastern Asia.

Their famous kingfish sashimi, Japanese fried chicken, gyoza and ramen keep the customers flocking, and the live fuel of wood and charcoal means the flavours are out of this world.

40 Bunda Street, Canberra City 

Lanterne Rooms

Dinner service at Lanterne Rooms offers a tasty four-course spread with authentic Chinese food like seafood wontons and stir-fried tiger prawns, while lunch is a set menu with fewer choices, but just as many punchy flavours. 

Sitchu Tip: If you’ve got a 6 pm booking at Lanterne Rooms, take a short stroll to nearby Paranormal Wines after dinner. The wine shop cum bar closes at 8 pm most nights, but it’s a great spot for an early-ish nightcap.

Unit 139/81 Constitution Avenue, Campbell

WILMA

Home to one of the most exciting foodie collaborations to reach Canberra, WILMA is a progressive Asian barbecue restaurant using rich Australian ingredients to create a crowd-pleasing menu.

Think chilli salt squid, tiger prawn toast, truffle and egg fried rice and scallops with egg noodles, chilli and coriander. Of course, the big winner is their barbecue; they’ve got everything from a pork cutlet with peanut chilli crunch to wood-grilled wagyu and zucchini with whipped tofu. 

1 Genge Street, Canberra 

Lazy Su

Located on Canberra’s food strip, Lonsdale Street, Lazy Su is Hello Kitty meets high-end cuisine, offering elevated dining.

With kimchi fried rice bowls, five-spice duck pancakes and wagyu cheesesteak spring rolls, expect the unexpected at Lazy Su. You’ll want to post this one on socials — the funky interior and friendly service is as distracting as the food.  

1/9 Lonsdale Street, Braddon 

White Chaco

Cooking some of the best Asian fusion in the ACT, White Chaco is the gem hiding in plain sight, with a menu bridging Japan, China, and Korea with flavour-packed dishes.

Swing by for an elevated lunch with a steaming bowl of ramen made with high-quality ingredients to satisfy your salty cravings. Come dinner, take your time with fresh sashimi, steamed dumplings, fried chicken, pork belly, and salmon donburi.

G10/27 Lonsdale Street, Braddon

INKA Canberra 

In the 1900s when the Japanese migrated to Peru, the cultures came together and birthed a new cuisine: Nikkei. INKA is Canberra’s answer to this fun fusion cuisine. Expect Peruvian sashimi, maguro tataki, Nikkei ceviche and mouth-watering fusion eats in an elevated dining room bursting with ambience. 

148 Bunda Street, Canberra City 

Zaab

Serving up contemporary takes on Southeast Asian cuisine in a fun space and with stellar cocktails to boot, Zaab is one of our top picks for the best Asian restaurants in Canberra.

You can’t go wrong with anything off the menu, but we love the scallop ceviche, corn fritters and massaman curry, which comes on a bed of garlic mashed potato.

If you’re thirsty, the Snickers old-fashioned is a delightfully boozy way to finish your meal.

2/9 Lonsdale Street, Braddon

Raku

If you love Japanese food you will love Raku. End of story. One of the best Japanese restaurants in town, you best order the tasting menu if you can’t decide what to eat. (Quietly, their Nasu Dengaku is sublime.) The atmosphere is also quite romantic, making it perfect for a couple’s outing. 

148 Bunda Street, Civic, Canberra

Now that your belly is full from a meal at one of the best Asian restaurants in Canberra, how about exploring more culture around town? With world-class galleries and museums, Canberra is a hotspot for history, architecture and art.