Which is better for fried chicken in Melbourne: Belles Hot Chicken Melbourne CBD or Chickorea?

Belles Hot Chicken Melbourne CBD ranks higher on BestDish (78 vs 64 points). Pick Chickorea if its raw Google rating is higher (4.6★ vs 4.3★) or you're closer to North Melbourne.

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Belles Hot Chicken Melbourne CBD vs Chickorea

the top two for fried chicken in Melbourne, compared properly

● Updated September 2026

The verdict: Belles Hot Chicken Melbourne CBD beats Chickorea for fried chicken in Melbourne — it leads our ranking by 14 points (3 community mentions · 3× called the best · in 1 youtube review · seen in 2 tiktok/ig posts · dish praised in 3 of 5 recent google reviews). Pick Chickorea if its raw Google rating is higher (4.6★ vs 4.3★) or you're closer to North Melbourne.

Belles Hot Chicken Melbourne CBD vs Chickorea — fried chicken in Melbourne (September 2026)
	Belles Hot Chicken Melbourne CBD	Chickorea
BestDish rank	#1 🥇	#2 🥈
BestDish score	78	64
Google rating	4.3★	4.6★
Google reviews	1,999	212
Price tier	$$	—
Suburb	CBD	North Melbourne
Known for	—	—
Community mentions	3	3

Go deeper: Belles Hot Chicken Melbourne CBD dossier · Chickorea dossier · the full Melbourne fried chicken ranking

How we score: Google review strength (rating above a 3.8 baseline weighted by volume), blended with community-consensus mining on high-traffic pages. No pay-to-rank.