In spite of the business name, Sea Bay is not a seafood restaurant as the name would suggest. This is actually a Chinese noodles and dumplings restaurant. On a cold evening in Sydney, I decided to give this restaurant a try to warm up from the weather outside. If you haven't visited the restaurant before, it is a little bit difficult to enter as there isn't a typical door entrance here. Upon locating it on the street, I thought perhaps the entrance was in back. Alas the entrance is actually a screen door that you slide open to enter. The decor inside the restaurant is pretty standard. It is not a hole in the wall, but not quite upscale. It rather opts for the feel of a neighborhood Chinese restaurant. The menu is nice in that there are pictures of what the dish look like. Most of the dishes are noodle soups, but there is a sizable selection of dumplings/meat buns and salads as well. Due to the weather, I decided to get the beef with handmade noodles ($13.80) and an order of fried meat buns ($13.80). I liked the freshness of the noodles and appreciated the bok choy in the dish, as I can't seem to eat enough veggies on a trip. While the noodle soup was good, I found the fried meat buns to be my favorite of the two. The fried meat buns are also known as shengjianbao and is one of my favorite items to get when I find them on a Chinese menu. The ones here are nice as the bottoms of the bun are crispy the way I like it. The version here are the best ones that I have had since I tried them at Kao Chi in Taipei several years back. If you are looking for a reasonably priced Chinese restaurant serving noodles and dumplings, Sea Bay is a good choice. The location in the CBD is a little more convenient than heading to Haymarket to eat at one of the Chinatown eateries. read more

Slightly above average Chinese noodle/dumpings restaurant located in the CBD. Try the shengjianbao instead of the dumplings because both are deep fried to the point of crisp and hard, at least the shengjianbao has some juice remaining. read more

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My favourite Chinese restaurant in the whole wide world. The pepper lamb noodles ($13.90) are the stuff that dreams are made of. I mean that literally, for I often daydream, and sometimes even night-dream, about this exquisite dish. The lamb is tender and beautifully seasoned with just the right amount of chilli and spice. The hand-pulled noodles are soft yet firm and deliciously chewy. The shredded cucumber, crunchy and refreshing, adds the perfect finishing touch to this party in my mouth to which everybody is invited. I usually also order a serving of pan-fried pork & chive dumplings ($10.90), which taste great with vinegar and soy sauce. I favour a vinegar-to-soy ratio of 4:1. The only bad thing about this restaurant is the service, or lack thereof, when it gets really busy (which is often). But who cares about service when the food tastes this good and costs this little? The above two dishes together will easily feed two people, or even three if you're all female and/or each weigh less than 60 kg. Other dishes I would recommend are the lamb skewers, the bean pasta salad, the spring pancake and pretty much any of the dumplings (I prefer pan-fried to steamed). read more

Sea Bay Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

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Oh, Sea Bay, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. 1 - Only restaurant in Australia that seats people like sardines that I willfully return to time and time again and don't complain about. 2 - Dumplings are my favorite food group, and these are my favorite dumplings. 3 - Let you or themselves open the door when it gets steamy. 4 - Three words: B. Y. O. 5 - Rice. 6 - Noodles. 7 - Soup. 8 - Veg. 9 - Did I mention dumplings? 10 - BYO + Rice + Noodles + Soup + Veg + Dumplings = Love. Seriously though, nothing to be said that hasn't already been covered but want to emphasize how much I adore this place and what value for money it is. OH. And they take reservations. A rarity in this city, and a life saver on certain nights of the week. read more

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Ignore the fact that there's an adult bookshop next to this place because this place gets you the best dumplings for your money. AND HOW. If you're ever craving dumplings of all kinds (except soup dumplings) you cannot go wrong here. $10.80 for 12 dumplings that can be boiled, fried, steamed, and stuffed into your hungry mouth. These dumplings aren't small either,. You might think to yourself that you could polish off 12 dumplings easily with room to spare so you'll order 24, but once you see the portions you will resign yourself to an afternoon/evening of bellyaches for stuffing your stomach silly with dumplings. This place is also BYO, and the servers here know you came for the dumplings because they give you chilli sauce with no questions asked. How could you not like this place? read more

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Going for Chinese food for lunch with some colleges, sea bay dumpling, pan fried, was awesome, and as usual we ordered deep fried eggplant. Salt and pepper deep fried pork also beautiful read more

Sea Bay Restaurant - Deep fried pork chop - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

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I had never been a fan of trying new foods however, a friend of mine began taking us to try new things. See Bay was his suggestion for our Chinese experiment. The dumplings are phenomenal and my wife absolutely loves the chicken soup with handmade noodles. For me though, nothing goes past the lamb and shallots. The price is great the atmosphere lacks pretension. My kinda place! I underestimated the popularity of this place it's a Tuesday night this place is packed! Now to pluck up the courage and try other things from the menu, I'm sure I won't be disappointed! read more

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"We absolutely must go for lunch together ASAP!" a friend gushed of the cheap 'n' cheerful Chinese diner she'd stumbled upon during a meal break in the CBD. Indeed we pencilled in our future catch up, but the temptation of well-priced, handmade dumplings just metres from my own office was too much to restrain myself until the following week. I caved, and cajoled a colleague into testing out their goods with me the next day. Sea Bay is the definition of no-frills dining. The mirror-walled dining is adorned only with basic table and chair sets, while speedy waitresses scribble orders on pre-written bills ready to take up to the counter when the meal is over. As promised, just one order of the steaming baskets of vegetable and pork dumplings were indeed brimming with goods - so much so we needed a takeaway container later on - along with a generously sized stir-fry of deep-fried tofu, eggplant and capsicum in 'special sauce' (don't ask, just taste) was more than enough for two people. The total came in at about $10 per person, and our doggy bag meant we had lunch ready for the next day. My ad hoc visit was evident upon a later catch-up with my aforementioned friend, my shifty eyes the immediate giveaway to the sneaky site reccy. Was I ashamed of this culinary faux pas? Sure, but the satiety provided by those delicious meaty bundles was enough to numb my bad conscience in the meantime. read more

Sea Bay Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

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I love sea bay. The price is as awesome as the food. The place is always busy, so it is slow to get served. But when you do, it is completely worth it. The lamb with shallots is amazing, and of course the dumplings. I eat here all the time. But you must book of you want a table and not to wait. read more

Sea Bay Restaurant - Best dish! Lamb with shallots - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

This is the place to go for dumplings. Especially if you can't get into Din Tai Fung across the road. Both the steamed and fried dumplings are yummy and to be eaten with vinegar. The soup inside the steamed ones are so delicious. The shallot pancake is good too. I hear the noodles are good so I might try that next time. Atmosphere? There is none :p This is almost street hawker style so you eat then go. No hanging around, even with the renovations. The oldies will remember the old Sea Bay when it was even worse. I used to come here when I had cravings for dumplings served quick smart. But now Din Tai Fung has a takeaway in Westfield. Hmmmm..... read more

Sea Bay Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

Cramped, borderline dirty, lackluster service. Do it. On cold nights you'll have to yank open a garage door type thing to get in and then desperately try to make eye contact with SOMEONE to get on the seating list. You'll take note of the fact that there are about four too many tables in the place and the ambiance leaves heaps to be desired, but everyone is stuffing their faces. Solid picks are pumpkin dumplings (I basically had to be forced to try them and later apologized profusely to my friend for my faux pas), pork buns, pepper lamb with cucumber-- OK, order anything with noodles and anything dumpling and you're good. BYO, so grab a beer at the bottle shop nearby and you're all set for a meal of gluttony. LEGEND. read more

Hand made noodles, duck pancakes, and a delightfully inexpensive spot in Haymarket. There's so much to choose from in the area, and I love a few spots around Chinatown for their inexpensive but rich in flavour options-- Sea Bay gets it right. Also, the kitchen is super tidy. Gotta love that. Unfortunately, I caught a quick lunch here, and didn't have the luxury of sampling much of the menu, but I liked what I had. I plan to come back around with a group to do a family style feast soon. read more

A cheap restaurant on pitt street towards china town. Notorious for its popularity, and cheap price. Considering it wasn't busy, service was slow and non chalant. They even turned the lights out suggesting they were closing. It was 9:30. Basic tables, cash only, easy for a quick dinner. It has a range of soups and noodles, eggs, and dumplings. We ordered the dumplings; half serve of vegetables and pork dumplings. They were ok, nothing to write home about, but satisfied the hunger. read more

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Fried pumpkin dumplings. Eggplant with special sauce. If you are going to eat vegetables, this is the way to do it. Great value too! read more

Complimentary green tea to wash those 12 dumplings down for $11.80..amazing! This happens to be the most affordable, best dumplings you can have in Sydney. U believe they have listened to reviews and made corrections, like reducing the smelly vinegar atmosphere (vinegar/soy for the dumplings) + office lighting, which is why I've changed my rating from a 4 to 5 star. The homemade noodles with chicken is amazing and worth ordering to compliment the dumplings. The fried dumplings I found more flavoursome than the steamed, a little pan fried with a burnt side adds a bit more oomf and flavour. The pumpkin dumplings I found a little too sweet for 12, so I suggest ordering them for a group or ordering more veggie and pork instead (as they tend to be devoured first). This restaurant is BYO with a bottle shop 7 stores down the hill. With no corkage charge, its perfect outing with drinks, food and mates. Usually people crack open ciders and premix bottles, the staff have no problems with drinking and see customers humble in return for this rule. Sometimes you wait long... sometimes you don't, it's unpredictable but thats the fun I guess, never felt disappointed after visiting because once you've sat down, your guaranteed to have amazing meal for an awesome price. This place has become a all time favourite and hope it has become / will become a great favourite for you too. read more

OK I'm just going to out myself as being racist against Chinese food. I just don't like the snot-like substance that it often seems to be swimming in (I believe it's glutenous oysters or something), it isn't spicy and frankly I often just find it pretty bland and uninteresting. I am vegetarian though so there's no crispy-skin chicken or Sang Choi Bao for me. OBVIOUSLY dumplings are the exception to the rule. What do you think I am, crazy? Who doesn't like dumplings? It was a Chinese friend who first introduced me to Sea Bay, and oh Mama. If all Chinese food was like this I'd eat a hell of a lot more of it. You can have your dumplings steamed or fried, and both the vegetarian options (pumpkin, and veg) are packed with delicious non-snotty flavour. I always over-order here because it's so damn good- and walk out stuffed with all kinds of dumplings, Chinese pancakes, eggplant salad and complimentary tea and money still left in my wallet. BYO, no corkage. Bless. read more

From Order To Table: Good timing. Came out as cooked so everything was fresh. Service-ometer: Aluminum service. My table was asked to leave. Admittedly, we had stayed after closing time, however I've never experienced this at a restaurant before... Stomachability: Amazing. Great fried, steamed and boiled dumplings. Perfect with BYO. Digest suggest: Weekday evening chow down. After a long day at work I asked a mate of mine to take me to a "cheap and nasty dumpling house", he knew exactly the place and we ended up here. Thankfully there was nothing "nasty" about this place. It was clean, great ambience, great service and great food. It was also well priced, around 12.90 for 10-12 dumplings. Personally I don't consider that cheap as I've experienced 24 dumplings for 7.90 in Melbourne... The at sea bay are fantastic though and worth the (little) money. The free tea was beautiful. I often judge an Asian restaurant on the quality of the free tea, not sure why, but it does seem to be a good indicator of quality. read more

After reading the reviews on here I opted to go for the dumplings. Well this restaurant is quite small with very lackluster service. It took a while to get my order placed and the wait time for the dumplings was longer than expected. After finally receiving the dumplings I must say that they were delicious! They were definitely worth the wait. I came here for a late lunch meal in the afternoon and the restaurant still had quite a few people eating in. I'm sure it gets very busy here during the peak lunch hour as they pack people in here like no other. read more

My boss suggested this place to me, and I keep going back. I love the pumpkin dumplings, which I can't get anywhere else. I also love the hot and sour soup with hand cut noodles. However the spicy chicken salad has a bit too much sesame seed oil in it- a bit greasy. The atmosphere is great, very busy but you're not too crowded.. Definitely get value for money here. I suggest bringing a bottle of wine, there's a bottle shop right next door. They're happy for you to do this. read more

I love this joint. My buddy brought me here after some drunken shenanigans and now it's high on the rotation for post swim dins. Its small, a bit grimy but always packed, always tasty and always cheap. I love the cold spicy chicken salad - it confuses my face (mmm, refreshing. you're so cold in my mouth! Why is my nose running? So spicy! I'm crying!). When I've been back, I insist on that salad and I don't care what else we order. My buddy loves the lamb noodle thing - it tastes like lamb in taco seasoning so I'm not so in love with it but I agree the noodles are fantastic. So chewy, perfect texture - love it. Great for a crowd or a cheap and cheerful dinner for two. read more

Very affordable, laid back, great location, BYO - what more could you want? Food is great, dumplings are great, get a few dishes to share with friends - you'll satisfy your tummy's desires and won't break the bank. read more

Opening the glass sliding door to Sea Bay restaurant you're faced with boisterous patrons who are laughing loudly, merrily drinking their BYO wine and demolishing dumplings and homemade noodles like they are going out of fashion. The Sea Bay is unruly and that is just the way we like it. This place is loud, cramped, crowded and has poor lighting.. it also has excellent food, average service but a reputation that brings crowds of people from all over Sydney. You can make a reservation for Sea Bay or try your luck and drop-in unannounced. Tea is served to everyone dining in and the waitresses are quick to get your order. The kitchen is just as fast in preparing your steaming hot Chinese food order. We love the steamed dumplings, lamb & shallots and eggplant with special sauce. I don't know what is in the special sauce but it does make this dish extra special. read more

The ORIGINAL Sydney dumpling joint. Still great, still friendly, still there. read more

Sea Bay Restaurant - Canpakes with a bunch of stuff inem - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

I have now been here twice and both times had great service and food. I recommend if possibly going early, around 5pm/6pm on a Saturday just after they open. When we went at this time it was quiet, easy to talk, and we got great efficient service. The second time we went it was on a weeknight (we booked ahead) and it was a great and busy vibe, actually a rather packed house. The only problem was it was extremely hard to talk and we ended up just shouting to each other. Considering how busy they were, the staff were great at taking orders and bringing out food on time. I'd recommend any of the fried or steamed dumplings. They are always cooked to perfection and great value. I'm looking forward to trying more from the menu! read more

Cheap and bad rip-off of the original "Sea Bay" noodle restaurant located in Burwood. They stole the name, but didn't bring any of the quality or flavours. Their pulled noodles lacked the "strength" that you should have in this style of handpulled noodle. Understandable that it's still quite popular, since this cuisine is still relatively new to many. If you want the real deal, either go to the original Sea Bay, or visit Poplar on George St near Haymarket and learn the true meaning of Xinjiang food. read more

Best dumplings I have ever had, love this place. It's not fancy and can be noisy but the food is fresh, tasty and cheap! You may need to wait 10 minutes durning lunch time but trust me wait, it will be worth every minute, you just can't go wrong with this one. read more

Heading to a concert at the Metro and wanted to start the evening off with some dumplings and BYO beverages. This place, located in World Square, was everything we could hope for and more. A group of 4 managed to eat enough dumplings that we were unable to finish our drinks and the combined bill only came to $80ish. The place was packed with businessmen, students and even some couples on romantic dates. The value for money is worth the visit. Also, for those wondering what to bring -a wine bottle or a carton of Tiger - all seemed appropriate and welcomed. A must for those looking for a well priced feed and a bit of atmosphere before hitting the town. read more

I think I went in expecting too much which resulted in some disappointment for their fried dumplings. Overall though the staff seem to be really friendly :) and my friends fresh made noodles were pretty good! It's a good place to check out, but don't go in thinking too highly of it cause it might disappoint you. read more

Not bad, a little pricey for what you get. And I'm pretty sure they use MSG in all of their food. We ordered steamed dumplings which were above average, some average noodle soup, and bok choy which was smothered in a cornstarchy-sauce. So maybe we ordered the wrong things? read more

yea when you go in a big group. you pretty much go with the flow. So that's how a vegetarian turns up at this Chinese place...a little hesitant but pleasantly surprised! the fried veggie dumplings are quite yumm..green salad...fresh!..and some potato salads...not bad at all! must say i wasn't a fan of the pumpkin dumplings though. read more

I'm not a fan of how packed to the brim this place gets.. But the food is pretty decent. If I had to pick one outstanding menu item - the pancake!! read more

My coworkers took me here for lunch, the sliding door to enter this place is very interesting. The food is fairly cheap for sydney standards. I ordered the fried rice with beef, pretty good. We also ordered onion pancakes to share, these are not like I am used to and I could hardly taste any onion, would not recommend ordering that. Overall pretty good value for your money. read more

The Sea Bay Chinese restaurant is a good cheap fun place to grab some, well good cheap Chinese food. And servings are pretty big so there's plenty to go round. It's not the most intimate place so I would go there for a romantic interlude. Not only is it pretty bright and noisy, it's BYO and pretty cheap so you'll actually look like a tight ar$e! The dumplings are good, the fried rice was good, the what seemed like dozens of dishes we ordered were all good and it was a fun night. It gets pretty popular so try book if you can as we did and walking past the line of people queuing up was a good start to a good meal! read more

Great dumplings. The fried pumpkin dumplings and the xiao long bao are delish. Doesn't have the polish of Din Tai Fung, but it is cheaper and faster! read more

Very good chinese food. Cheap and delicious . If you want to try chinese food . Try here read more

Do not miss out on the wonderful experience, the best hand made dumplings in NSW and all of Sydney. Eat here one day and you will return for years as I have to this taste sensation. It is just a little noisy from all the excited diners and say hello to the owner John he is a treasure. Get in early for lunch you would not want to miss out on this eg, 11:50 is a wise move. read more