Quality/Quantity - Meat and pork dumplings - Good, but the…read morebest ones would be able to retain their soup/juices inside the dumplings. Shredded pork with pickled vegetables - Someone was craving soup, I did not try, but they seemed to like it. Shanghai pan fried pork buns - My favorite. Good proportions with bread and filling. Shanghai salted pork and veg fried rice - Not good or bad, the dish did not stand out, fairly plain but good enough as a comfort dish. String beans with dried shrimp - Gotta have some veggies, same as above. Shanghai stir fried noodles - Another one of my favorite dishes, love those noodles. Tea from real tea leaves, see picture. Atmosphere - Medium size restaurant. Some portions of the restaurant sectioned off, potentially for private events. Open kitchen & open kitchen counter seating. Cool decor. Open 7 days a week from 11am to 8:30pm or 9pm; website hours differ. Direct competitor next door, you might be putting them out of business? Service - Okay, went out of our way to get the waitress and manager attention to let us pay. Our guests are aggressive, and we wanted to make sure we paid. The team was slightly confused, so I had to check with the waitress and manager several times to get their assurances that we were paying. Membership, loyalty program. See website. Price - After all that fighting for the bill, I signed the check in a hurry and did not even know what I paid. I'm guessing $150AUD, $100US...? Which I believe includes tax and tip? Sorry, can't remember. I just remembered being frazzled... Reasonable price for what we got. Owner Comment - Congrats on your 12 locations and growing! Oh, are you a franchise system? Just noticed it on your website.

I've been lucky enough to be in Shanghai for the past month. Before I left Sydney my friends…read moredecided to take me to New Shanghai for a lunch catch up. Funny that I was leaving for Shanghai but we went to eat Shanghainese food. Anyway now that I've been to Shanghai I can make a better assessment of the authenticity of the food at New Shanghai. FOOD The big attraction to Shanghainese food is the dumplings so here is my verdict on the xiao long dumplings and pan fried dumplings. Price: You can't beat Asian prices where you can get a whole basket of 12 xiao long dumplings for $1.50. That being said for Sydney standards $7.50 for 8 xiao long dumplings and $9.50 for the pan fried ones is a pretty good deal so tick for price. http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/iTZWCiW1AVHc8-RLS5s-JQ?select=OjEe11tYUiIX8Y_fSQX8uA http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/iTZWCiW1AVHc8-RLS5s-JQ?select=5Qs_tg4toJWNgV9rxEur9g Flavour: The same soupy goodness still flows through these dumplings that causes me to burn my tongue time and time again. I thought the pan fried dumplings were actually nicer than some of the ones I've had in Shanghai. Not over burnt at the bottom which is good. Other: Other things we tried were the zha jiang mian (pork mince noodle), drunken chicken and fried calamari with egg yolk. Noodles were average, definitely had better, chicken was nice but nothing special. Fried calamari with the salted egg yolk was a unique combination which gave it an interesting flavor and taste. I have yet to come across this dish in Shanghai. http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/iTZWCiW1AVHc8-RLS5s-JQ?select=7TFljrQ6DEJrpJfn7AgN1Q http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/iTZWCiW1AVHc8-RLS5s-JQ?select=jwl305l0mvRC4JxrHKNgog http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/iTZWCiW1AVHc8-RLS5s-JQ?select=Hvf3XRALdPKPo75g82HFqQ SERVICE Service here is also similar to Shanghai - all based off a fast turnover of customers. Not looking for atmosphere when I come to these places, just looking to get my food as fast as possible so I appreciate the speed of service. VERDICT I think the food here is pretty much as good as what you can find in Shanghai. Of course everything always tastes better when you don't have to pay as much for it so the Shanghainese food in Shanghai will always win out.

Unassuming, and the smell doesn't waft to the street..but it's full of new and wonderful dishes…read morethat are hard to come by. Try the intestine noodles, you won't be sorry. It's not as well presented but for the price, I can see why it was super full when I ate there.

Granny's Noodle is a new Chinese restaurant on Burwood Road to the right of the Palm Breeze Cafe…read moreand opposite Canton Noodle House. The restaurant has its influences from Jiangnan style food which contrasts light and sweet against Shanghainese food which is usually oily and uses soy sauce and sugar in cooking. The stand out dish for me was the cucumber salad which had a delicate balance of sweet and salty. On the other hand, for the Granny's signature beef soup noodles, I liked the noodles but I did not enjoy the soup as it was a bit too light for me and lacked flavour which may have been because I ordered it not too spicy. The beef was tasty but it was a little on the tough side. The other standout dish for me was the cabbage and pork dumplings. I also had the braised beef and potato noodles in spicy sauce but again I found the beef was of similar fare whereas the noodles were slightly better. The beef noodle soup was better and the dumplings are pretty on par with Beijing Station up the road.

Solid place for handmade noodles, large portions, and wow did we order too much food. Service is…read moretypical Chinatown, friendly and efficient enough, and the ambiance quite ordinary for a newer restaurant - you're here for the food. Both noodles were good but clearly the same noodle used - and was fun to find nearly meter long noodles in your bowl. Cucumber salad had tomato and soy, I enjoyed, my dining companion did not quite as much (but we still ate it all). Fried meat buns were pretty good but by the time they arrived we were pretty full so hard to say we gave a fair assessment.

This place is always packed, and when you pay your bill, you will know one reason why :). A lot of…read moreplaces in Burwood are a total rip off, but this place is great value. It's pretty crowded inside, lots of close tables, and the decor is very basic - but I'm pretty sure most people are there for the food, not the atmosphere. We usually go for flavour noodles (it's like a pork spaghetti bolognese but with noodles), black fungus with egg (tastes better than it sounds!) and either steamed or fried dumplings. The steamed dumplings can take a while to come out though. Other food comes out really fast! The hot and sour soup with chopped noodles is also pretty good, and comes in a huge bowl that can be shared between about 3-4 people. Also, the tea is free, which is always nice. The only downside to this place is the cleanliness. It's not dirty, but the bowls are often wet, as are the chopsticks or cutlery. It might make you wonder how well everything has been washed... If that bothers you, this might not be the place for you :). There are a few places in Burwood with a similar setup, and they all seem very popular, so I'm not too concerned about it. I would definitely recommend Seabay if you are looking for good value and a quick meal in Burwood. I have seen another Seabay in Eastwood, which I think is the same (the signs look the same, I didn't go in though).

So this place is awesome...best place to get pho outside of the Sydney CBD (pho in the CBD is meh)…read morebesides Pho Tau Bay in Cabramatta. Between 4 of us we had two large bowls of pho, carmelised pork belly, lemongrass beef, and fried eggplant. Everything is high quality and affordable. The coconut juice is awesome, as was the pork belly, lemongrass beef, and fried eggplant...each dish was exploding with flavour with no misses here and plentiful portions as well. Don't order a large bowl of pho unless you have a big appetite...made that mistake because we were used to large sizes not being so large here in Australia, but DAYAM this bowl is LARGE. You could share a large bowl with 2 people if you both aren't exceptionally hungry and not order anything else. We had plenty of leftovers because we misjudged the portion sizes. Definitely plan on coming here again.

As a Vietnamese, I have to say that Pho here is very authentic, delicious and tasty. I really like…read moresoup of the Pho. The sweetness comes from beef bone and other herbs. I normally put a lot of hoisin sauce into Pho at other places but I don't do it here because I want to taste their delicious soup. Rice paper roll with pork skin is also good. Very crunchy, fresher and taste better than at Pho Gia Hoi. Salad with prawn is also OK. But capsicum doesn't belong to this kind of salad and it never exists in this salad in Vietnam.

$11 for a nice bowl of Pho. The broth is up to par and I love their chili sauce on the side. I…read moreordered the sate beef noodle which has a thick sate broth. Since the sate was thick it trapped the heat in and I burnt my tongue trying to slurp down the tasty noodles. The consistency of the noodles were good, not too soft and soggy. The meat slices were OK, but it crumbs up too much in my opinion, leaving only a couple of "larger" pieces and the rest so small it's difficult to really taste the meat. However, the portion size was large, even though we only ordered the small sizes. This place definitely satisfied our cravings. Service was just ok, just flag the staff down when you need them. Verdict: A-OK, will visit again if in the area

So happy to find this local Vietnamese restaurant. - Quick &…read morefriendly service. - quality , fresh & flavoursome food - clean modern interior - menu has the usual Vietnamese favourites (eg Pho, Crispy skin chicken, fresh spring rolls ) and a few interesting ones which I will definitely come back to try. One of these we did order - Crispy white bait salad, which was the perfect balance of fresh ingredients using carrots , green apple, Spanish onion, mint and crispy fried white bait - finished with sour-salty-sweet dressing and peanuts . - big servings and very reasonably priced , definitely value for money.

Macau Noodle Kitchen (澳門小廚) is located on the street corner of Burwood St and George St. The…read morespacious and simple interior is that of a typical Chinese restaurant where you would expect to find authentic food at. The service is a bit slow, with the abundance of locals and the few staff outside the kitchen. We ordered the Char Siu Low Mein (叉燒撈麵) , Seafood Congee (海鮮粥) and Stir-fried Chinese Kale with Ginger (薑汁芥蘭). The roasted pork is cut into generous slices, laid atop the hill of noodles. The Char Siu has the signature crimson glaze, charred on the edges and soft in the middle. The pork isn't particularly juicy, but the right balance of sweet and salty makes up for chewiness in some pieces. The blanched noodles and cabbage are not seasoned at all - the low mein is supposed to be glowing with a rich coat of soy sauce - providing only texture and confusing taste of rawness. While we are provided with table-side salt, pepper and soy sauce, the flavoring is still missing. The seafood congee has the same issue; while both the rice and the various seafood ingredients are cooked to the right degrees, the complete lack of flavoring can't be overlooked. The stir-fry has a nice, mild undertone of ginger, but the stems are fiber-y and undercooked (result of being stir fried with the leaves without being separately blanched first), forcing us to leave behind the stems in a locust-swarm style. Overall, the serving sizes are quite huge for the price, good for gluttonous eaters and those who want a undemanding meal with some good char siu pork.

Very disappointing. It's my first time there and I don't think I would ever go again. The customer…read moreservice was bad and the pho noodles are not as good the ones I had before....

My favorite Chinese restaurant without a doubt, I have tried others and although they were good, I…read morealways come back to Croydon Park Chinese, no one does Chicken Chow Mein with crispy noodles they way they do, I absolutely love it and my daughter always orders their special fried rice, her favorite. I would definitely recommend them to anyone.