HAPPENINGS
We celebrate the Lunar New Year with a selection of auspicious dishes across the festival. Representing good fortune, abundance, prosperity and wealth, these bring good tidings for the Year of the Horse.
For pre-orders with your reservation – 48 hours required
Ora King Salmon Yee Sang – $88
Julienned vegetables, fried wonton crisps, seaweed, Ora King salmon, raw Japanese scallops, smoked salmon caviar
Whole Rainbow Trout, Grilled Capsicum Sambal, Coriander and Green Tomato Sambal (500g) – MP
Grilled & butterflied rainbow trout on the bone, belacan-seasoned smoky capsicum sambal, jalapeno, coriander & green tomato sambal
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Available in limited quantities across the Lunar New Year
Longevity Noodles, Spring Onion, Fried Shrimp, Garlic Chives
Wok-tossed egg noodles, infused soy
16 – 28 February
Private Dining
Ensconced away in Aru is our private dining room, Banda, which fully closes up to the rest of the restaurant. The rich, timber-encased space seats 12, with doors that offer seclusion.
Banda opens up onto The Terrace – an impressive landing with a view of our cellar. Here, you’ll find a grand long table set-up, a favourite amongst wedding parties, birthdays and celebrations of all sorts. The Terrace is separated from the dining room by a mesh curtain and seats 30. Both spaces can be booked separately or together.
We are delighted to offer additions for event bookings, including a wood fire grilled signature black rib eye MB4, and a Fire & Grain whisky pairing experience, where a special menu is paired with premium whiskies from The Balvenie. Both of these additions require advance notice.
In The Press
The Age Good Food Guide 2026 – Two Hats
The Age Good Food Guide 2025 – Two Hats
Australia’s Wine List of the Year 2025 – Three Glasses
The Age Good Food Guide 2023 – Two Hats
The Age Good Food Guide 2023 – Victoria’s Restaurant of the Year
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants – 50 Best Discovery
Gourmet Traveller – Review
The Age Good Food – Review
About
Named after the group of islands which ancient seafarers frequented as part of the Sino-Indonesian-Australian route, Aru draws on the cuisine of the three regions. Asian dishes deftly flecked with native Australian ingredients, grilled or finished over the wood-fired hearth.
In this beautiful, moody space of marble, mesh, wood and brick lies some of the city’s most renowned dishes and an impressive cellar list – a destination for a coming together of cuisines and cultures.
Gift Cards
Gift a dining experience at Aru with our digital gift cards, sent immediately to you or a recipient of your choice.
Gift cards are valid for 3 years from the date of purchase.