Very nice Chinese/ Malaysian restaurant in the Circular Quay area of Sydney…read more They use Halal standards for food handling and prep. We dined in the upstairs portion of the restaurant ( which is tucked in a multi use building ). Service was friendly and attentive. Food was absolutely delicious. Fresh seafood. Fresh veggies. Portions were decent sized. They do have some pricing quirks to be aware of: There is a minimum spend per person and I believe it varies with party size. They charge a 10% surcharge on Sundays. Not sure if this standard in other restaurants but I doubt it. I'm mentioning it so diners on Sunday are aware. I liked the food enough that I just chalked it up to a vacation u expected expense. I'd eat there again if I had the chance. Notorious MD approved!

Very good Malaysian dishes, though a little bit on the pricey side…read more We had Beef Rendang, Seafood Mee Goreng, and 2 drinks. The foods were very carefully crafted and they were delicious. Big big portions too! Set us back $109 AUD. The restaurant was also very spacious, and located in a business building. The servers were very polite.

Had great assam laksa there, almost like in Penang. They only have assam laksa on Fridays but oh,…read moreso worth the visit!

The restaurant is off of a larger street, I used GPS to get there but I am not from around here and…read morehad no trouble. I went around 4ish (maybe earlier) and there was no line so I was worried they were closed but they were not! I had the Chicken Latska (with chili) as it was recommended by many. The chicken is tender and the broth is spot on. I could not finish it but it was phenomenal and I would definitely go back! The customer service was great. I had trouble counting my coins but she didn't mind helping me! If you don't like spicy maybe go no chili but it wasn't too hot to me. It is a small, quaint restaurant, and was clean as well.

I became familiar with this Chinese restaurant before I went there. Such is the power of word of…read moremouth. It wasn't a terribly exciting or even positive introduction. And it had absolutely no relationship to the food. It was the stools. The red stools that people sit on. And I got word that they were supremely uncomfortable. I didn't follow up on the critique (made by a friend) and in fact forgot about the restaurant altogether. It wasn't until my partner and I happened to be walking around Darlinghurst around dinner time at a later date that I remembered about the comment (which would surely put a black mark on any restaurant's name). And yet, it was delightful. We were the first ones there - so early in fact that we lingered outside like miscreants while the staff were eating their dinner - and avoided the stools altogether, and instead sat at the two person table further toward the kitchen. We ordered the Beijing Dumplings (lamb and vegetarian), the steamed vegetarian buns, hainan chicken rice and the nyonya chicken and potato curry with two pots of brown rice. Mostly everything was outstanding. The only thing that didn't surpass our expectations wildly was the Hainan chicken rice. The rest was so incredibly good that we've gone back twice since (take-away). The staff were also incredibly accommodating and take note that they have a vegetarian menu as well as a Coeliac one. As for those infamous stools, on our last visit there to pick up our take-away we saw Hugo Weaving sitting on one of them at the far end of the communal table eating his dinner. If it's good enough for Hugo Weaving ..

Thinking about the Sang Choi Bao ($13) at Fu Manchu is enough to get me excessively drooling. I am…read moreso glad a friend of mine shared one of hers with me all that time ago because now when I come here I encourage other friends to try them too. Everybody is just as impressed as I am. The fresh prawn rice paper rolls with chilli dipping sauce and Beijing vegetarian dumplings are also staples. The Beef Tenderloin Fillet Fry ($20) is tasty but the Mixed Asian Greens ($10) is uninspiring. The menu is a little pricier than you would find elsewhere and you may find yourself leaving still relatively hungry. But if you order more (like I usually do) or come on a night when you are not incredibly hungry to begin with, then the quality of food should impress you. The restaurant is BYO and also has a coeliac friendly gluten-free menu and options for kids. The only issue I have with this place is the menu layout. I think it would be more successful if the dishes had a bit more description in terms of the sauces rather than just the main ingredient.

Quality/Quantity - Meat and pork dumplings - Good, but the…read morebest ones would be able to retain their soup/juices inside the dumplings. Shredded pork with pickled vegetables - Someone was craving soup, I did not try, but they seemed to like it. Shanghai pan fried pork buns - My favorite. Good proportions with bread and filling. Shanghai salted pork and veg fried rice - Not good or bad, the dish did not stand out, fairly plain but good enough as a comfort dish. String beans with dried shrimp - Gotta have some veggies, same as above. Shanghai stir fried noodles - Another one of my favorite dishes, love those noodles. Tea from real tea leaves, see picture. Atmosphere - Medium size restaurant. Some portions of the restaurant sectioned off, potentially for private events. Open kitchen & open kitchen counter seating. Cool decor. Open 7 days a week from 11am to 8:30pm or 9pm; website hours differ. Direct competitor next door, you might be putting them out of business? Service - Okay, went out of our way to get the waitress and manager attention to let us pay. Our guests are aggressive, and we wanted to make sure we paid. The team was slightly confused, so I had to check with the waitress and manager several times to get their assurances that we were paying. Membership, loyalty program. See website. Price - After all that fighting for the bill, I signed the check in a hurry and did not even know what I paid. I'm guessing $150AUD, $100US...? Which I believe includes tax and tip? Sorry, can't remember. I just remembered being frazzled... Reasonable price for what we got. Owner Comment - Congrats on your 12 locations and growing! Oh, are you a franchise system? Just noticed it on your website.

I've been lucky enough to be in Shanghai for the past month. Before I left Sydney my friends…read moredecided to take me to New Shanghai for a lunch catch up. Funny that I was leaving for Shanghai but we went to eat Shanghainese food. Anyway now that I've been to Shanghai I can make a better assessment of the authenticity of the food at New Shanghai. FOOD The big attraction to Shanghainese food is the dumplings so here is my verdict on the xiao long dumplings and pan fried dumplings. Price: You can't beat Asian prices where you can get a whole basket of 12 xiao long dumplings for $1.50. That being said for Sydney standards $7.50 for 8 xiao long dumplings and $9.50 for the pan fried ones is a pretty good deal so tick for price. http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/iTZWCiW1AVHc8-RLS5s-JQ?select=OjEe11tYUiIX8Y_fSQX8uA http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/iTZWCiW1AVHc8-RLS5s-JQ?select=5Qs_tg4toJWNgV9rxEur9g Flavour: The same soupy goodness still flows through these dumplings that causes me to burn my tongue time and time again. I thought the pan fried dumplings were actually nicer than some of the ones I've had in Shanghai. Not over burnt at the bottom which is good. Other: Other things we tried were the zha jiang mian (pork mince noodle), drunken chicken and fried calamari with egg yolk. Noodles were average, definitely had better, chicken was nice but nothing special. Fried calamari with the salted egg yolk was a unique combination which gave it an interesting flavor and taste. I have yet to come across this dish in Shanghai. http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/iTZWCiW1AVHc8-RLS5s-JQ?select=7TFljrQ6DEJrpJfn7AgN1Q http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/iTZWCiW1AVHc8-RLS5s-JQ?select=jwl305l0mvRC4JxrHKNgog http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/iTZWCiW1AVHc8-RLS5s-JQ?select=Hvf3XRALdPKPo75g82HFqQ SERVICE Service here is also similar to Shanghai - all based off a fast turnover of customers. Not looking for atmosphere when I come to these places, just looking to get my food as fast as possible so I appreciate the speed of service. VERDICT I think the food here is pretty much as good as what you can find in Shanghai. Of course everything always tastes better when you don't have to pay as much for it so the Shanghainese food in Shanghai will always win out.

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.

Quite good Cantonese Chinese restaurant on the 2nd level of The Stockland office building. It is…read morejust across the street from the back door of the Sheraton Grand at Hyde Park...for very convenient for travelers. They do Dim Sum 9:00a - 3p most days. Came Sunday at 9:30, already a quarter full. I had har- gow, chicken feet, trip, lotus leaf sticky rice (lo mai gai). The chicken feet were perfect and the har-gow full and plumb with shrimp. I like the way they do the lo mai gai. Smaller portions, devided between 3 wrappers instead of the usual 2. So you get more filling to rice ratio. Plus they wrap the race in parchment paper before wrapping in the lotus leaf, so it's much easier to peel apart. The trip was a little disappointing however. The flavor was very good but good, but should have been cooked a bit longer, as some of the pieces were still quite chewy. I patiently waited for the egg custard to come out, as they were still baking them. Worth the wait, they were perfect! Light flaky crust, and perfectly light and tender egg custard. Plus, they were the "normal" palm size tart...not those mini ones, that many places switched to, to save money. Honestly, these were the best I have had anywhere! As I was leaving at 10:45, the place was buzzing and almost full. They were also bringing out many more items, such as stuffed bell pepper (with shrimp) and stuffed egg plant (with pork). They also had special carts that would make stir fry noodles or steamed vegy at your table. Makes it feel like Hong Kong, which was the last place I saw these, in the early '90s.

Food was good. We had the pork spareribs, chicken feet, pork dumplings and shrimp dumplings. Very…read moreauthentic flavors. Service was mediocre. Our waitress was a super disappointed we came in right at opening: 9am and was muttering how inconvenient it was we decided to eat so early to her coworker in Cantonese not knowing we could understand her. We are used to big crowds and long lines by opening at our dim sum places so we came in early to beat the crowd. Kitchen took almost 45 mins to prepare our beef noodles and it was a total disappointment. Kitchen is super slow and did not have anything other than a few items by opening. We wanted egg custard to finish our meal and was informed it would take another hour before they would be ready. I guess things are cooked fresh on the day which is good but shouldn't it all be ready by the time you open? The little old ladies pushing the cart were very nice and polite. Ambiance is your typical big city Chinese place.

The (beef) Laksa is amazing! It's like pho with a thicker and heartier broth, almost a cross…read morebetween Thai and Vietnamese in the best way. The portions are massive, enough at least for 2 people, and friendly service. I will absolutely be back. This place is upstairs in a mall, so ambiance is okay, but worth the food

I am writing this for my husband, because I didn't get food from this place. But as soon as we got…read moreto Sydney our Uber driver told us that we HAD to go to China town and get some food. He got some spicy seafood ramen. He said it was really flavorful and full of noodles and food. He would have definitely gotten it again. This place is in the Haymarket located in Chinatown.

Ho Jiak Town Hall was one of the best restaurants I dined in during my time visiting Sydney!…read moreStart to finish, this was an excellent experience. From the staff to the food, the drinks to the ambiance - absolutely top notch! Hubby and I ordered the happy hour cocktail Kuala Lumpur sour. The presentation was beautiful and they tasted amazing, we both really enjoyed this cocktail. We shared chicken satay, beef satay, sambal steak, and typhoon xo popcorn chicken. All the dishes were wonderful! So much flavor - spicy, salty, meaty, tangy, all delicious! Ingredients tasted so fresh and they did a great job of layering flavors. I can't stress enough how amazing Ho Jiak was! I would definitely go back if I visit Sydney again. Highly recommend!

We had a delicious dinner there Can't remember the noodle…read moredish name but it was wide noodles other lots of vegetables in it Service was good the lighting in the restaurant was a bit on the dark side Good for an intimate setting not so good for reading the menu