Rainy day called for comfort food. Restaurant was empty in our arrival, but slowly filling up as…read morethe meal progressed, thus making me feel better about not being the only crazy ones to eat Chinese food in NZ. Family operated restaurant, a literal child brought some of our food out. Food was good, relatively speaking. Veggies were super fresh. My tummy was happy.

I was visiting New Zealand with my Mom and just rolled into Rotorua, extremely hungry…read more.. practically starving. I was recommended Eat Street for a variety of restaurants, so I check it out. There was a good selection of restaurants there, and definitely lots of happy hour choices, but nothing intrigued us. My Mom was after veggies, so I Yelped for Chinese food. There was only a few selections (only a handful of people use Yelp here). The one we chose was closed for a month for family holiday. Luckily, while I was driving to check out another spot, I came across an entire street of Chinese restaurants (Amohau St, Rotorua). There was 3 to be exact and we wandered into each one to have a peek at their menu. We chose to eat at Golden BBQ Seafood Restaurant and I'm super gad we did! The restaurant was well lit and spacious. The staff were friendly and helpful. The dishes were a good sized proportion. We ordered 2 dishes with a bowl of rice and were super stuffed after. 1. Four Season Green Beans w/ Beef & Mushrooms 2. House Special Deep Fried Tofu w/ Green Onions Everything was DELICIOUS!! Being Cantonese myself, I must say, they had their flavors on point! Bravo. It's rare to find good traditional Chinese food when on vacation. Overall, we were very happy with it dinner experience here :).

The menu is very authentic, the following by the clientele shows that…read more The atmosphere is rather cold and stark. Fluorescent cold lighting, white walls with just a few enlarged pics of dishes, hanging red paper lampshades (?) and pictures of dishes lining the lower half of all the windows bring down the ambiance of the place. It feels like a cafeteria in a museum or a large convenient stores turned into a restaurant. The napkins have a nice red logo although they are way too small, they only give you one and then you have to go up to the counter on your own to get more. They bring your food and don't ever check in with you again to see how your meal tasted or if you want more. The pricing is quite high relative to the ambiance and amount of food served. We ordered the dry chili chicken (D2) and shallow pan fried prawn, pork and chive dumplings. The chicken was served piping hot with plenty of chopped dry red chilis however there wasn't enough garlic or ginger. The bowl was monstrous however it was maybe 35% chicken by volume and the rest was dried chilies and you can only eat so many of those! The dumplings were amazing with slightly crispy bottoms and well seasoned although slightly dense filling. They appear to be handmade and the dipping sauce you have to make yourself with the soy sauce and vinegar on the table With only 1 serving of rice added the bill was $74. Both dishes were tasty however the chicken was not worth the menu price, the dumplings were worth it.

We got the close time incorrect (it's 9pm, not 10pm like Yelp currently says!) and stopped in about…read more8:45pm on a Monday night. Once we realized our error we offered to take our food to go but the woman at the front said we could stay and eat our food. So kind! Husband got C3 (pork with bamboo shoots and mushrooms) and devoured the whole thing. I did the chicken potstickers and WOW! Delicious. We're so glad we stopped in and recommend others to do so as well!

I'm on the trail of Malaysian cuisine ATM. This place has a totally unassuming front to it. Inside…read moreit is cosy and intimate. It's not upmarket - rather a very well presented comfortable. The menu is limited to a single page of dishes - though I did go at lunch so maybe this is different at night? We ordered Rendang - which was very tender. The flavour was stronger than I liked with dark soy perhaps? But still totally delicious. My mum and son enjoyed it very much. The roti's and Curry's were excellent both in terms of value and taste. Dumplings were fresh tasting. Hawker Chicken was super yum too. $49 for 3 people including a glass of wine! Char Kway Teow was yummy too. Gobbled up by my partner when we got home.

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*** Not a dine-in establishment. Being famished at 9 pm on a Sunday night when your accommodation…read moreis not close to the city center may be challenging. Stumbled upon this very delightful Chinese takeaway restaurant and almost passed it up, as there was some enthusiastic kareoke going on outside the store. So pleased we tried it! The decor is very simple- there are no tables, only a couple benches. The menu is quite diverse. There is Chinese food, but the popular cuisine here? Fish and chips. They have a number of specials such as $10 gets you 3 fish. In addition, they sell burgers, chickwn tenders, potato wedges... the menu is three pages long. I ordered wonton soup for $10 and my husband had cashew chicken and rice for a bit more than that. The food came packaged in a cardboard box ready to go. The food is fantastic! Fresh ingredients and exceptional flavor. The broth of the wonton soup is particularly delicious. The cashew chicken is also very flavorful! They accept cash and credit cards. The staff is friendly. As a customer, you can watch the food being prepared in the kitchen.

Simple but great tasting noodle dishes. Chicken Fry Noodles was tasty and the noodles had a great…read morechew. We asked for wide noodles for the Pork Noodles. They made them fresh. The proprietress was very nice and provided great service. Restaurant is basic but food makes up for it.

We had an outstanding meal at Fresh Noodles! We received a very warm greeting by a friendly and…read morecharming host who seated us quickly. Food came out very fast and was absolutely delicious! We ordered the chicken noodle stir fry, the beef soup and the chicken/ shrimp dumplings. The food was extremely fresh and flavorful. Portion sizes were generous and the service was excellent. This was easily our best meal in Rotorua! Would highly recommend.

We grabbed lunch here after our visit to Hamilton Gardens…read more The menu mounted on the wall included dumplings, ramen, rice and noodle dishes but also a hot pot soup/stew section that was not part of the online menu. Off to the side were refrigerators filled with fresh soy milk and other items that could be taken as to go including bags of their frozen dumplings. We grabbed our own seats inside. It took us awhile to figure out what to order and then we went to the counter to place our order. Service was good and friendly. That day we tried the following: Pan fried 20 piece assorted dumplings - Nicely crisped wrappers. The pork & prawn with chives was our favorite. Steamed pork and shrimp dumplings - Large and coated in their spicy garlic sauce. Spicy fish fillet in hot & spicy stock - Good size with lots of veggies and heat. Very reasonably priced dishes.

Handmade authentic dumplings at a mom and pop restaurant. Got the dumplings and pig ears. Didn't…read moreget a chance to get other dishes even though everything looked great. Note: The shop opens from 11am to 8pm daily and is closed on Mondays.

We've eaten Chinese food all over the world & we enjoy it (USUALLY). This food was totally…read moreinedible. We both had literally just one bite of every dish and threw the rest in the trash as soon as possible! It was a total waste because the cost was very expensive, but we couldn't eat another bite. It was absolute garbage! I see from the other reviews that the fish and chips got good ratings. I guess we should have tried that instead of the Chinese food but since the workers there were Chinese, we thought the Chinese food would be at least edible. Boy were we wrong!

My friend and I are Americans and were craving fish and chips on our last night in New zealand. I…read moreordered the snapper along with some scallops. The scallops were moist on the inside with a light crisp batter on the outside. The snapper was also flaky and moist with that amazing crisp batter. The fries were subpar and unfortunately there was no American style ketchup to go with them. I would have liked a little more salt on the French fries and cut a little thinner as well. It was a little mind boggling that a Chinese restaurant would have such good fish and chips, and I am so glad we decided to put our biases aside to try it!

Our party entered Spring Festival Dumpling in Rotorua at Level 3 hunger, low on morale, and with…read moreone member already threatening to "just get chips," because apparently every adventuring party needs a malcontent who only eats beige food. Everything was amazing. Literally. Even the beige food eater was sated. At the end, our server placed before us a side quest: Fried Sweet Potato & Taro Balls with New Zealand Wild Berry Sauce. I have tasted heaven. Natural 20. Golden, crispy little treasure spheres. Warm and soft inside. The berry sauce hit like a carefully timed spell: sweet, tart, dramatic, and frankly better organized than most governments. One bite and the whole table failed its saving throw against joy. The dumplings were excellent. The service was friendly. But these sweet potato things? Legendary item. Rare loot. Possibly enchanted. Our cleric wept. Our rogue tried to steal the last one. The bard immediately began composing something annoying. Five stars. Would accept this quest again. Would fight a mid-level swamp monster for another plate, assuming the swamp monster had decent table manners.

Best recommendation is all the Chinese-speaking people here. If I'm in Rotorua, I'm sure I'll eat…read moreat least one meal here!