This place came highly recommended by many. Quick easy simple meals at reasonable price…read more The place- spacious, decent amount of seats, but won't make you feel claustrophobic like many Chinese restaurants. The lighting could be a bit brighter. The food- can't really classify them into any particular style. They serve pretty much every style of Asian dishes including Japanese, Koran, Chinese, Thai. Has pretty much the most popular dish from each region. I went with the rule of don't try random stuff and go for the dish that's recommended. The beef noodle soup was for sure a good choice. The broth was hearty, hint of spiciness, good amount of noodles and thinly sliced beef. Very well cooked and essentially melts in your mouth. The chicken laksa was not as good as what you can get from a Malaysian restaurant north of Bombay. The drinks- bubble tea.. The service- friendly, no complaint.

I think my cousin found this restaurant on Trip Advisor or something so we made a stop here on our…read moreway to the hotel on our first night in New Zealand. Although this is more an Asian restaurant as opposed to being specifically Chinese, we were pleasantly surprised by the taste of the food since the selection was so broad and not as specialized/specific. We ordered a variety of dishes to share amongst our party of 6 and everything was pretty good. The servers were nice and pleasant, the food was pretty good, and the prices are reasonable. I would recommend checking this place out. (My mom and aunts wanted to come back again the next night which was a no-go considering we were in Rotorua by then and were not going to drive back).

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.

There are a lot of restaurant choices in Tauranga. Bamboo's menu looked interesting, so we stopped…read morethere for lunch. We really enjoyed the food; I was surprised the restaurant was not busier on a Sunday afternoon. Food: We enjoyed all the dishes we ordered -Five Spice Roasted Pork Bao, Honey BBQ Chicken Bao, Vegetarian Spring Rolls, Chicken and Mango Salad Service: The employees were friendly but not very attentive. Although the restaurant was not very busy, they did not check on us at all and never refilled the water glasses. Ambiance: Casual, bright space.

Bamboo has only been open for 4 weeks at the time of this review. It draws you in with cool music…read moreplaying, and several outdoor tables in a cool, new setting. We had plans to walk up the whole main ave to check the town out on our first night, but Bamboo looked so much fun that we stopped immediately. Service was super friendly. We had a great server named Maria who chatted with us and gave us tips on the town. She also gave more service than were used to receiving in New Zealand, checking to see if we liked our food after we ordered and making sure we were good. The food was mostly a hit too. We loved the Korean fried chicken wings, and both Bao that we tried. The Bao is only served by the each, but each one is HUGE. Not like the typical small Bao we're used to getting in orders of 3 small sandwiches. The only miss was the Detox Turmeric Soup. The noodles and dumplings were good, but the broth had no flavor. It definitely was missing salt, and some kind of fat. I added a bunch of hot sauce and soy sauce to mine to make it a little more flavorful. Fortunately, everything else was so yummy that I would easily come back and try something else! We saw so many other delicious plates go out and wanted to try everything. The cocktail and wine list was good too. This is a great, hip place that would be perfect for a get together at night with your best mates, cocktails, and bites.