🍜 Best laksa in Australia

14 cities ranked by the strength of their best laksa. Follow any city through to its full ranked list.

● Updated September 2026

The verdict: on the numbers, Sydney has Australia’s strongest laksa — led by Malay Chinese Takeaway (4.6★ across 1,344 Google reviews).

#	City	Its best laksa	Rating	Reviews
1	Sydney	Malay Chinese Takeaway CBD	4.6★	1,344
2	Adelaide	Laksa House CBD	4.4★	106
3	Hobart	Taste of Malaysia Hobart CBD	4.6★	702
4	Melbourne	Laksa King Flemington	4.5★	4,671
5	Sunshine Coast	Dee Den Restaurant Buderim	4.8★	2,205
6	Brisbane	Emily Yeoh Restaurant Paddington	4.4★	638
7	Cairns	Malatang Noodles Cairns City	4.8★	2,016
8	Canberra	Dickson Asian Noodle House Dickson	4.4★	903
9	Perth	My Bayon Northbridge	4.7★	797
10	Newcastle	Light Years - Newcastle CBD	4.7★	1,632
11	Darwin	Moorish Cafe Darwin City	4.7★	1,467
12	Wollongong	At Home Thai Cuisine (Wollongong) CBD	4.7★	280
13	Gold Coast	Fast Wok Mermaid Waters	4.4★	785
14	Geelong	Laksa & Beer Co CBD	4.5★	254

How this national table is built: it is not a separate opinion. Each city contributes the venue that currently tops its own laksa ranking, and the cities are then ordered by that venue’s score — review strength above a 3.8 baseline weighted by review volume, plus community mentions where we hold them. Cities are only listed where we actually rank the dish, so an absent city means no ranking yet, not a bad one. Rebuilt weekly.

City by city: Sydney · Adelaide · Hobart · Melbourne · Sunshine Coast · Brisbane · Cairns · Canberra · Perth · Newcastle · Darwin · Wollongong · Gold Coast · Geelong.