When you arrive at Chans Canton Village, you enter into a late 80's Chinese restaurant vibe…read morerestaurant. Decor is mostly red and busy Asian prints. We ordered five dishes to share at which point the waiter said "you need to order more. there's a $20 per head minimum". I found this quite wierd, if I go to restaurant I'll order what I can/want to eat. I can't be forced to over order/eat just because they want to make more money. Mind you the restaurant had 1/4 of patrons. Restaurants that have conditions are not my thing. Food arrived and it looked alright. Trying the fried rice you could tell it's cooked in a big batch, that they scoop out serves from, it's not cooked fresh to order. We ordered sizzling beef, after serving a portion in a bowl, water started to pool and it became clear that this was possibly frozen beef or pre cooked meal reheated or in this case put on a sizzle pan. The honey chicken was okay, more dough batter than chicken. The chow mein was bland. For an authentic looking Chinese restaurant there wasn't any quality Chinese food being served, all dishes need a major revamp. It feels like after years of being opened, the chef/cook has lost their passion to cook and serving up below mediocre food. Let's be honest, from the overall experience, I won't be back.

Was sadly disappointed tonight at chans which i usually like…read more Had salt and pepper calamari which was so thick with batter and had fried onions and capsicum?????? Weird and awful really. Pork in bbq sauce was ok but sizzling sate beef was so damn sweet i just could not eat it at all nor the gai lan in oyster as it was so damn dalty i drank half a jug of water after it. Weird that everything was so sweet no balance at all tonight. Waster 90 dollars not sure what happened here tonight. Great atmosphere and deco and service.

When traveling in a foreign country we wanted to experience the finer foods the city had to offer…read more This was meant to be a 3 star review. The food tasted decent. Not the best. However, the cashier did not give me a receipt. When I went back to her requesting one, she rudely said she can't. She then ignored me. Someone told me that if you want a receipt you need to ask for it. Now I know.

I had the seafood soup with rice noodles. The fish was squid, shrimp, white fish and a couple…read moreother fish that I could not recognize. All the fish was fresh and tasty. It had a lot of vegetables and they were prepared just right. The total cost was $13 cash (au). Great place to go in Chinatown. ( City Market) Back again today after a great day

3.5 it was good, there's air conditioning. We sat down and a lady was nice to put some seats…read moretogether for us to unload. We eventually got teapot of hot water (requested). We got beef fried rice and dumplings. A bit of MSG after effects. The eggs in the fried rice was slightly orange in color. Pretty. Got the taste just right with saltt and oil. Beef was tender. Dumplings had shredded "mok yee" and shrimp. There were 10 dumplings. Very generous. Other tables had duck. I noticed they recognize white people faster than non-white. Seat them faster and more attention.

Food quality terrible Staff rude and dismissive…read more Awful Experience Will not return or recommend

Despite making a reservation online through their website, my name was not on the list. Thankfully,…read morethe restaurant was pretty empty (7.30pm on a Friday...hmmm), they seated 7 of us at a big table in a corner. FOOD -- One can choose either the buffet ($25pp) or the ala carte menu. Note that the buffet does not include the soup base (ranging from $12-$16) or sauces (about $1.20 per type of sauce). We (bunch of finance geeks) spent over 15 mins debating if it was cheaper to do the buffet. In the end we chose not to. It turned out to be a good decision, cause the meal cost each of us around $21pp (excluding softdrinks). We ordered about 20-22 plates of veggies/meat. The food was pretty good, everything was quite fresh. My favourites are probably the spam & beef rolls. Who knew spam tasted so good when boiled in spicy broth ? :) SERVICE -- A.R.G.H. This is the only reason why Im giving this restaurant a 3 star instead of a 4. Ordering through the iPad is a stupid idea because you can only see 2-3 items per "page", so it was time consuming to "go-through" the menu. (especially when i am HUNGRY, A.R.G.H) Getting the attention of a waitress/waiter was the worst. Maybe because we were sitting in a corner but it was almost impossible to catch their attention. We gave up and took turns to walk over to the cashier counter each time we needed something from them. A.R.G.H They should consider doing what some korean restaurants do - putting an alert/bell system on each table. Lastly, I heard from my guy friends that the male bathroom was NASTY ! (boo!!)

Can't comment on the service (other than a few unique things) because we came when it was during…read moreits quieter times (Tuesday night) so it was as expected but as a hotpot lover I found the food to be very good compared to the other buffet hotpots around the city. The unique thing about this place is that they gave protective sleeves for your jackets because hotpot smells tend to stay with clothing for some time. Average spend is around $30 for the all you can eat menu (and also unlimited softdrink, but don't fill up on soft drink) which is very fair when there are other places which charge about $35 (without the drink thing).

#76 for 2021 My…read morewife and I got hungry and wanted something to eat to hold us over before meeting my cousin for dinner. Chef's Gallery was across the street from the mall we were shopping at making it convenient. It wasn't busy coming in after the lunch rush. We were waiting for awhile before getting acknowledged. Finally a lady came and asked if someone was helping us. I said "no" and her reply was ok I'll get someone for you. Ended up waiting a little longer before seating at a table a few steps away. Just deal with it I said. Remember this is Australia I said. They don't accept tipping here I said. And service is not a big thing here I said. I said all that. To myself. It helped a little. The restaurant is large with decor from mainland China. Cultural and historical pieces gave an enjoyable ambiance. Chefs can be seen working at their stations in the kitchen through large windows separating the dining area. The station for the hand made noodles drew the most attention especially the pulling. They make it look so easy. It certainly enhances the dining experience. Dishes are meticulously crafted with color and aesthetics to appeal to all senses. The decor, traditions and flavors of China were balanced in harmony. It is a mystical journey worth the journey. I so wanted the noodles but we just needed something a bit lighter to make sure we had room for dinner in only a few hours. The food is served family style. Large portions meant for sharing. Luckily there were small dishes we could order. We decided to share the Hot Sour Soup and Sweet Sour Pork. I would eat most of the soup. One of my faves. The soup was elegant. Fresh green onions came through the thicken broth. Mushrooms had a lite crunch in contrast to the soft egg texture. This was good. And equally good was the pork. Crispy battered outside but tender and juicy on the inside. I wish there was more sauce with this. Dessert buns were brought out complimentary. That was nice. Next time I'd like to try the hand made spinach noodles. The green color drew envy from everywhere. Many tables ordered these noodles. That's a sign of "that good" huh. Maybe pair that with the rock lobster. The noodles are definitely the signature dishes. Dim sum and hot pots are available. Small sharing dishes, main sharing dishes and roti selections include quality ingredients of wagyu beef, lobster, lamb, pork, shrimps and other beefs. The menu is amazing and wonderful to look at. I wanted to try everything wishing i had 3 stomachs to fill. Water was brought to our table in a large cola type bottle. It went down fast. while waiting for the food. I was trying to flag down someone to get more. Couldn't see our waitress. It took awhile but finally got it. Sheesh. Same thing happened with the check. I was flagging anyone who looked my way. And that was hard because it seemed like no one wanted to look my way. Well, we finally got out. The food is excellent. I so loved it and want to try more off that menu. The service, however, leaves something to be desired. I would come back but will need to make sure I have extra patience on hand. I was about to leave a tip then I remembered.

This is meant to be a good restaurant as I have previously tried this place multiple times in…read moreSydney CBD. We ordered 4 very straight forward dishes on their lunch special menu - dishes which will be easily completed and served. You would think..... We enquired about it twice (after waiting for 15 and 20 minutes). Ambience is not the best.... I would prefer to comment on the quality of the food except that we waited around 30 minutes and none of those populate dishes had arrived! I would NOT recommend CHEFS GALLERY MACQUARIE to anyone.

HOT POT! Who doesn't…read morelike hot pot? (I didn't before, but now I do.) Hot pot is similar to fondue, except instead of cheese you have broth, and instead of dipping items in the cheese, you cook food in the broth. I discovered this little gem via my local Asian Aussie friends. You know this place is legit when the patrons are mainly FOBs (Fresh Off the Boat/immigrants so to speak.) For those unaware, there's a big difference between Asian FOBs and Asian Aussies/Asian Americans. This was my second time here, and it was just my buddy and I on a Saturday evening. We arrived around 7pm and we were promptly greeted by a massive line. This place gets so busy on Saturday that they have a few rows of chairs outside the restaurant for people to wait. When we spoke to the hostess, she asked us if we wanted a smaller hot pot or the regular sized hot pot. The former was a wait of 15 minutes, the latter a wait of 30-40. We opted for the latter. This place offers cooked food as well as hot pot, but people pretty much come here for the hot pot. When you enter you notice several hot pots just cooking the various assortment of thinly sliced meat, seafood, vegetables, and the like, with the wonderful smells wafting to your nose. You order by making marks on a sheet they give you similar to when you go to a yum cha restaurant, and this goes for drinks too. On the sheet you can opt for a chicken broth, spicy broth, or half-half. You can also mark how spicy you want it and how salty you want it. If you opt for the spicy broth, I recommend getting it mildly spicy...because normal spicy made me sweat buckets, and I kind of regretted it this morning, if you know what I mean. We ordered the Wagyu beef, smoked pork belly, tasty mushrooms, oyster mushrooms , and handmade noodles (don't bother with egg or rice noodles.) We also got sides of sesame oil + garlic to dip the meat. They should rename this place Skittles, cause I was tasting the rainbow with all the colourful flavours in my mouth. That's all you really need to know about this place. Come here, and come here with friends...though you can get a personal hot pot of your own and sit at a counter if you want. No one will judge you because they will understand that this place is that good.

Best hot pot in my life. TOO MANY OPTIONS (NOODLES, MEAT, TOFU, ETC), TOO DAMN GOOD. This is my…read morecousins' favorite place to go. And sadly one of them didn't get to eat here before the went back to Asia for several years (he was totally dying to get some). You could always do half half soup for non-spicy folks. But I prefer spicy.. the clear one could be mixed with the spicy one in my opinion, but the clear one was definitely great if you wanted some herbs and to kill some of the spiciness down. GET THE FISHCAKE WRAPPER THING WITH THE FISH EGGS INSIDE (BUT TIP: bit a bit the top off first and let it cool a bit or you'll burn your poor mouth from the steam).

My wife and I are visiting Sydney and staying by Darling Harbour, and our hotel is right by…read moreChinatown. While walking back from Hyde Park, we came across Chef N Wok. It was very nice inside and receives high praise on Google Reviews. We shared the Mongolian Lamb. It was fabulous. We don't have any Mongolian Lamb in the Chinese restaurants near us in Arizona. Very tasty Mongolian sauce and the lamb was very tender. Rice doesn't come with the entree's here, but a small bowl was only $4 AUD. If we would be in Sydney longer, we would go back.

Looks like this place rebranded itself to Chef n Wok. Based on the previous reviews, we had high…read morehopes, but I guess the quality went down with the name change. The best part of our meal was the bottled beer. The Mongolian beef was not cooked well, it was just soft and soggy in its sauce, which was overly sweet. It came out on a fajita platter sizzling, so truly impressive that it turned out as mushy as it did. There was a lot of potential for that dish to taste better. The stir fried noodles tasted like they had been cooked well at one point, but then frozen, reheated, and rinsed with water to remove any potential flavor that once existed. Despite the restaurant being mostly empty when we arrived, we were seated right in between two other occupied tables, which made it feel like we were all at one big dinner together instead of on our own separate date nights. The people working were very nice - just wish the food was better! This meal was one of our first meals in Sydney and made us really worried that all of our meals here would be overpriced and tasteless - thankfully, there are better options out there.

Decent xiao long bao. They have the crab and pork version…read more The roast duck, however, was quite salty. Located on the B floor of a shopping centre building in CBD

Not bad for just the XLB pork and crab orders. The others are just mid taste, but perhaps I am too…read moreused to DTF (Din Tai Fung) standards. Not bad ambiance but there are flys that hovered the food and one fell into the plate lol