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Glen Waverley's theatrical sea urchin specialist known for roeburi bowls and gold-flake flair.
Seafood Restaurants You Must Try in Melbourne
From The Roe's sea urchin omakase to Cajun boils at Kickin'Inn and Claypots' jazz-backed oysters, every essential seafood experience across Melbourne.
Glen Waverley's theatrical sea urchin specialist known for roeburi bowls and gold-flake flair.
A Chinatown laneway fish-soup hot pot specialist locals rate as Melbourne's best.
Port Melbourne's hands-on Cajun seafood boil, bibs on and Sha-Bang sauce dripping off the mixed bag.
Williamstown's beachfront Basque icon — Wednesday paella, tapas and pintxos, Basque cheesecake.
St Kilda's beachfront icon — sunset ocean views, Modern Australian seafood, and a reputation to match the price tag.
Melbourne's 50-year Cantonese institution — tableside Peking duck, yum cha, old-school service.
St Kilda's beachfront institution - polished modern Australian seafood with sweeping bay views and old-school white-linen service.
Williamstown waterfront pub with harbour views, big seafood platters and weekend karaoke.
South Melbourne Market's $2-oyster seafood institution, with live jazz most nights.
Cajun seafood boil theatre in a CBD laneway — bibs on, gloves up, mess guaranteed.
Glen Waverley's messy, hands-on Cajun seafood boil — crack crab, slurp Whole Sha-Bang sauce.
Hardware Lane's laneway seafood den, loved for sambal stingray, paella and Friday live music.
Bayside Port Melbourne pub with sweeping water views, function rooms, and a famous steak night.
Queen Victoria Market's cult mussel stall - chilli coconut cream mussels with sourdough is the market's most-queued-for $18.
Melbourne's live-catch seafood house — pick your fish, then watch it steamed in a stone pot.
The Curator is the voice behind the Lowdown, Curateria's read on where Melbourne is eating, drawn from the reviews we track.