Good enough dumplings. Wouldn't say it's the best but decent enough. The ones we got were a lil…read moresoggy but flavorful. Service was not great though, barely gave us anything to eat with. My order came out wrong (which is fine bc I'll eat anything) and the server never came back to see if we needed anything else. The server also served another table that sat down after us and didn't come our way for probably 10 more minutes and rushed us. I know that's a lot of Chinese places but I wouldn't come back if they're just rude (good enough food) and there are many other options to eat nearby.

The Chilli House is outstanding! It's likely the best Asian fare Hamilton has to offer. Well, there…read moreis this one other place... But still. The food is fresh, the customer service is always excellent and the dishes are to die for. Bring yourself and your partner, your family, or a business colleague. Despite it's size, this restaurant has some big offerings. Also, note that The Chilli House has moved across the street from its original location, which is pictured on Yelp.

It seems no matter where I've lived, there has never been a shortage of Chinese restaurants to…read morechoose from. Hamilton is no different, but I've chosen to review this one, which I've been to several times now. Every time I go here, my family and I are one of very few customers in the restaurant. I might usually find that suspect, but we've been happy with our food every time. My husband is somewhat of a local legend at this restaurant, having been told that he is the only person who ever orders "Chinese hot" food and then eats it all. So, this place should be on your radar if you actually want really spicy food (not "New Zealand" spicy, but actually properly spicy). The chef actually came out to talk to my husband to confirm, and then to joyfully celebrate his eating of really spicy food. He was also cool enough to write down (in Chinese characters) some of the spice seasoning information for what he uses so that we could get it from the Asian market. My husband has been happily having very spicy food at home now, too. The decor is nice and the atmosphere is comfortable. We bring our kids here and have no trouble with it. The menus have recently changed and they do have a $10 lunch menu that has about 8 dishes on it to choose from. I had the Ma Po Tofu (which is tofu and mixed vegetables, though it's described as tofu and beans). My husband had the black pepper beef (really, really spicy). I ordered mine medium and I felt like it was properly spiced at that level. Yesterday, they also brought us out a cold noodle salad with spicy cucumber on top, on the house. Not only was it a nice gesture, it was awesome. For me, the menu options are a bit limited, but like I said, we've always been happy with all of our meals and they seem to be willing to actually kick up the spice, for real, if you're into that sort of thing :)

My husband has been here on a number of occasions, but I finally just got around to coming here…read moremyself about a week ago. We came during the "lunch rush," time. My husband and I usually joke that a good Chinese restaurant has menus in Chinese, only chopsticks and lots of Chinese people eating at it. This place didn't fall short. I will start by saying that you need to get past the exterior of this restaurant and go inside and give it a try. If you were just driving or walking by, it looks like a bit of a dump from the outside. So, I was pleasantly surprised that the inside was much nicer and cute. The menu had tons of options to choose from. I was feeling under the weather, so I opted for a bowl of handmade noodle soup with chicken. It was really tasty. My only qualm is that the chicken was served with the skin on and attached to the bone. I realize this probably really helps the flavor of the soup, but it's a pain when you're trying to eat a bowl of soup and have to fish out pieces to eat with your hands. Also, the bones were jagged in some places and I got a bit fearful of accidentally swallowing chicken bone shrapnel by the end of my bowl. That said, it was really good overall. My husband was very pleased with his beef and vegetable dish and they spiced it almost to his liking (he likes things REALLY spicy). I would definitely return (probably wouldn't get the chicken soup again, but would maybe have the same dish with pork or beef instead). The noodles were great and I look forward to trying some of the other items. What is also great is that the prices are really quite fair and certainly there is a great value for your money here (large portions, low prices).

Holy moly, this place is the real deal! Authentic Sichuan dishes at very reasonable prices. The…read moredownside is there is a wait. But a table of 4 at 6:30pm took about a 30 minute wait to be seated. So not too bad in my book. The E-1 Spicy Fish, Mapo Tofu, and Dan Dan hand shaven noodles were excellent! And the marinated cucumbers in garlic helped cool down my mouth as well.

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.

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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Arrived on a quiet Monday night 25 minutes before closing time but were made very welcome. Clean,…read morewell appointed premises with a view into the kitchen. Unusual but interesting menu. Duck very good indeed. We were informed that the chef had worked in a 5 star restaurant in China. Two well prepared, well presented main courses very good value at $24 total. Recommended.

This unassuming, badly decorated place on the Ham East strip embodies the "don't judge a book by…read moreits cover" statement. I'm not usually a fan of most Chinese food (at least the westernized version), but I was pretty impressed with this "delightful" (haha - get it?) place. I ordered the spicy eggplant - and it actually had some kick to it. (Nice when a dish promised to be spicy actually comes out spicy, and not "white girl spicy" ;) My friend ordered the prawns with vegetables and really liked it, indicating the that the prawns were fresh tasting. A bonus was that the meals were huge (so good value), and so I was offered a (recyclable!) take away container. Score for tomorrow's lunch.

Stopped in randomly with my husband as we were both craving Chinese food. Place is pretty dingy…read morelooking and they have supplies (boxes of serviettes, old tablecloths, plastic covers etc..) out in the open for everyone to see which isn't ideal, but the food wasn't terrible. Not much of a selection for their yum cha service, but had the staples such as steamed pork buns, dim sum, spring rolls & prawn dumplings and free green tea. The guy who served us was friendly & overly chilled out. We had to ask for cups for the tea, even though he came over with the teapot. He wasnt rude --he was quite pleasant, but probably didnt have being a "waiter" as his dream career. Overall, not a bad experience, but not overly great either.

Was excited to try this place but left guttered and disappointed. Two different orders were placed…read morebut pretty much just stir fried in same wok and slapped on plate lacked flavour etc, Best thing was mini rolls and exiting the place.

We were staying for a short time in Hamilton and decided to have an Asian lunch. We saw Mr Panda…read moreand after looking at the fascinating menu we were intrigued. We walked in and the place was empty. After trying to get hold of the only waitress for ten minutes we finally got a table. We ordered two milk teas, a fresh green apple juice and one lemon tea. Then we ordered some food. The waitress was quite rude and ignorant and did not really listen to us. After coming to our table 3 times saying we don't have this and that, we were quite frustrated. We waited 15 minutes and got our drinks. We were very shocked. The fresh apple juice was a clear green drink.(sort of like unset jelly) I tasted this drink and it didn't taste one bit like apple juice. All that was in it was water food colouring and chemicals for flavouring. The milk tea did not taste like milk tea and was just like drinking sugar syrup. And finally the lemon tea was just some cold water with a dab of honey and a pinch of lime. After being very disappointed with the drinks, the food came a long time later. We ordered spring rolls, chicken,deep fried prawns and pad Thai and again were very disappointed. We started with the prawn Spring rolls. They were hard and very stale. Then we had the spicy chicken, the dish was tiny and the chicken was very chewy and was not nice. Then came the pad Thai. I had one bite and I was disgusted. The noodles were hard and the sauce was extremely sour. The prawns were hard and tasted very old. Finally came the deep fried prawns. This was the worst of all. The prawns had a disgraceful oder which was old seafood. I had one bite and felt sick. We went to pay the bill and the waitress was very rude again and said ' would oh give me a minute already!' I looked at the bill and it said 116 dollars! I was shocked! After dinner my whole family felt very sick and all vomited the next day. We had very bad food poisoning. I tried to eat but every time I ate I felt sick. We couldn't sleep at all! This is a message to all of you! NEVER EVER EAT AT MR PANDA EVER!