Little Gan’s

With only around twenty seats and a 2022 opening that kept the room small from the start, Little Gan’s is the Willetton choice to prioritise when the decision is between familiar suburban comfort and a sharper modern Australian meal with an Asian accent. The reason to go back is not spectacle; it is the kitchen’s range across crudo, pasta and protein mains, which gives repeat diners more room to order differently than at a narrower neighbourhood format.

Modern Australian cooking with a clear Asian accent

The useful way to think about the restaurant is polished mid-range neighbourhood dining rather than concept-heavy chef theatre. Chef-owner Richard Gan returned from Melbourne hospitality experience with the aim of reviving a mothballed family site as a contemporary local address, and that matters because the food is framed around recognisable modern Australian categories rather than a rigid tasting-menu identity.

For someone who has been once, the next order should move across the menu structure: start with the crudo side of the cooking, then use pasta or a protein main to see how the Asian accent shows up in a broader modern Australian format. Dessert is less of a guaranteed closer based on the available note on the Basque cheesecake, so the stronger play is to put the decision weight on savoury courses.

Why the small-room format changes the decision

The roughly twenty-seat scale is the main practical signal. This is a better fit for diners who want a compact, polished local meal than for anyone chasing a large, high-energy room. It also means the appeal is strongest for repeat visits where ordering strategy matters: the restaurant gives enough breadth to make a second meal feel different without needing to explain itself through chef philosophy or ceremony.