Events
Mud crab season has begun, bringing with it one of the most prized seafood offerings of the year. This January, Spice Temple is serving premium live mud crabs sourced from Queensland’s pristine northern coastline, where clean tidal estuaries produce crabs renowned for their sweet, pure flavour and firm, succulent flesh. Each crab is prepared to order and served at a minimum of 1kg, ensuring exceptional freshness and to showcase the natural quality of the crab itself.
Guests can choose from five traditional sauces—Four Chillies; Salted Olive and Black Bean Dressing; Black Bean and Salted Chilli; Ginger and Shallot; or XO Sauce. Each reflects the bold, layered flavours of regional Chinese cuisine and is crafted to enhance the crab’s sweetness and richness without overwhelming it.
Alongside our mud crab selection, our live tanks are replenished regularly with lobsters, pipis and other seasonal seafood, all cooked to order.
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Welcome the Year of the Horse with a limited-time Lunar New Year Banquet at Spice Temple, available from February 9 to March 3.
Sydney’s banquet honours the season with a vibrant Pink Snapper Yu Sheng, seafood dumplings and pipies for good fortune, and Coral Trout with long-life noodles for longevity, supported by celebratory dishes like pork belly with rice cake, premium beef, and seasonal greens.
Melbourne’s menu offers its own expression of the celebration — from refreshing beginnings to a bright ocean trout Yu Sheng, followed by greenlip abalone with Black Oscietra caviar, festive seafood, smoky longevity noodles, and Berkshire pork belly with soft gua bao.
As a final touch, every banquet guest will receive a red-packet gesture — a timeless symbol of luck, gratitude, and fresh beginnings.
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Spring calls for long lunches and leisurely dinners over shared plates. Explore our weekend BBQ menu, where every dish reveals the bold, refined flavours of regional China.
Choose your hero – perhaps Hunan smoked pork belly with strawberry sweet & sour sauce, or Sichuan chilli slow-cooked ribs – then build a spread around it. Every bite tells its own story.
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Inspired by Chef Andy Evans’ recent travels to China, through Chengdu, Chongqing, Changsha, Kunming and Beijing, the Peony Banquet captures the depth and diversity of regional Chinese cuisine.
Eleven dishes across four courses highlight the flavours, techniques, and traditions discovered along the way, from delicate pickles and steamed eggplant with aged black vinegar and shallot oil, to twice-cooked pork belly, stir-fried river prawns, and almond cake with jasmine pearl syrup.
A celebration of culinary discovery from Chef Andy’s China tour, designed to share.
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Mark the end of the year with a celebration at Spice Temple. Designed for intimate group gatherings and festive catch-ups, our dining room offers a warm, moody atmosphere paired with bold, regional Chinese flavours. From banquet-style menus featuring stir-fried Wagyu brisket with baby eggplant and chilli paste to spice-driven signature cocktails, every detail is considered.
With private dining rooms available for a more exclusive experience, this season’s celebrations are truly something to savour.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a menu designed for two — from delicately folded dumplings to expressive regional dishes created for sharing.
The evening unfolds at a gentle pace in a warm, low-lit dining room that’s designed for a relaxed and memorable evening.
Valentine's Day
For an evening of intimate indulgence with the one you love, celebrate Valentine’s Day at Spice Temple. Share bold and captivating dishes like Moreton Bay Bug Tail with XO Sauce or Tea-Smoked Duck, served in an atmosphere of refined romance.
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A Transformation at Spice Temple Sydney
I have got some exciting news to share! After we took a short break to refresh Spice Temple Sydney, we are now re-opened with a fresh new look!
While our signature style and flavours will remain, you’ll notice some fantastic new features—two new private dining rooms, a revitalised bar area, and even more dishes to savour. Whether you’re stopping by for your favourites like prawn wontons and lamb pancakes or ready to try something new, I can’t wait for you to experience our refreshed menu and setting.
The Happiest Hours
Spice Temple Melbourne
Spice Temple Bar in Melbourne now offers Spice Hour – a unique spin on happy hour.
Available daily, from 4pm-5.30pm.
No bookings. Walk-ins are welcome.
Entrance is via Level B1, Crown Complex.
*Spice Temple practices the responsible service of alcohol. Drink responsibly.
Lunch Noodles
Spice Temple Sydney CBD
Join us for lunch at the bar, with a dedicated bar menu that includes generous bowls of delicious, authentic Chinese noodles. It’s a quick lunch option that is brimful of premium produce.
Each bowl of fragrant noodles bears Spice Temple’s signature regional Chinese stamp.
In the bar only. No bookings.
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