Excellent Cantonese food! Didn’t expect everything to be so good, but it really was. Big portions but without skimping on quality - everything was done well except for maybe the pork belly/taro, which was a bit underwhelming.
Duck pancakes was a highlight, with homemade pancakes that were delightfully chewy. Salted duck egg shrimp balls were super egg-y and satisfying! Big fan overall 🥳
I didn't used to like this place so stopped coming here, but recently it's gotten a lot nicer. Even though the staff still get feisty, the quality of the dishes offsets this. Today we ordered chasiu pastries 叉烧酥, deep fried taro dumpling 芋头角, cow reticulum 牛肚, white sugar cake 白糖糕, steamed prawn vermicilli roll 虾肠粉, chicken feet 凤爪, and egg tart 蛋挞. The best part about these dishes were their pastry, it's fresh, crispy, light, fluffy, and not at all oily, which is hard to find in many yumcha places. Their white sugar cake and the vermicilli part of the vermicilli roll were springy and not mushy, also a hard find. The flavours, needless to say, were authentic and everything was well seasoned. The bill came to be ~$50, so pretty good pricing as well.
Love this little hidden spot locked away behind the foodcourt. Be warned, it still gets busy. To be honest, we prefer this yum cha over the the other neighbouring places in botany. We in particular enjoy their Lo Mai Gai glutinous rice - theirs is white unlike brown in the other yum cha places. Also prefer it’s xiao Mai pork dumplings over other places.
This rating is for the durian tarts only as we went there specifically to purchase them to go. Their durian tarts are so good even when they are no longer warm.
Pretty good crayfish and roste duck. Crayfish was alive and still very fresh when it cooked. Noodles were pretty flavourful too, staff more friendly than morning yumcha time.
Patronised this restaurant quite frequently.
Their stir fried lobsters with yee mee at the bottom was really very toothsome! The lobsters were very fresh, fleshy, spongy and yet chewy. The way the chef cooked this dish was just superb!
The roast duck was marvellous too. The roast duck was so flavourful, juicy, fleshy and succulent. It was just heavenly! I always miss these two dishes very much.
The rest of the foods were tasty too. Customer service was average.
Food & Beverage : 8/10 (9 for both their stir fried lobster with yee mee, and roast duck)
Service : 5/10
Price : 6/10
Ambience : 6/10
CS and Hygiene,To be honest, I did not expect any customer service or Hygiene from a Chinese restaurant.. this place is NOT too bad...
Food,
I have been living East Auckland for years, and NOW this restaurant is the best yum cha place in east Auckland. (just now, not sure about later)
I frequent here a lot around 11.00-11.30 on weekends. This ensures I get nearby parking (unlike the city n Newmarket) and a ground floor table. A sunny spot by the windows is my favorite. The food is good here and piping hot this time. Everyone has their favs when it comes to yum char so I wont harp on about what is best? I enjoy the atmosphere here as alot of elderly groups eat this time of the day along with "mom n the kids" Great yum char here. I'm gone by 12pm before the masses arrive and clog the doorway. Worth a shot here and then you wonder off to buy appliances and furniture!
My family always comes here for yum char. Their dishes are delicious and inexpensive, the servers are all very friendly for a Cantonese restaurant.
It's always busy though, be sure to come early or book a table
Ive been here a few times already and I absolutely love it. Ive recommended it to family anf friends who have only now realised that this is proper chinese food. Such an awesome range. I suppose its the best yum cha Ive been too in south auckland. Five stars my new friends. 👍🏼
The Chinese cuisine here is really good. All the dishes we had were top quality and 100% tasty. Service was very good with the waitresses being very attentive and polite.
Quick service. Pleasant staff. About 15 tables. Please reserve a table if you are a large party. Hot house soup was served to all customer & we had a tasty lotus soup. Prawn fishball was a lovely sight. It was freshly made and has a springy bite with natural sweetness. Sweet & sour pork was crunch coating and tender meat on its inside. A surprisingly crispy tofu coating with soft melting centre. The tofu is a must have recommendation. Fried French beans with salty marinated pork mince was slightly over salted. Rice was served in a refillable pot. Complementary coconut milk cooked with sago & bits of pumpkin was delicious. A good place to dine
Good yum cha. Very busy - therefore the lack of atmosphere. Food is good. Enjoyed a good feed for the price I paid.
Rizzaej Nelson-SinghVirdi
+5
went there, for a new taste, wow we order three different dishes from three shops that was open all perfect and so delicious we love it, from the Asian Great Chef, and Thailand and the Malaysian was so perfect. we definitely come back.
Good customer service and food. I always came here ... good environment. Always full house. I will recommend to my friends and relatives.
For me shu mai is the best ever. So fresh and no pork smells. All dumpling I had I can feel fresh and texture great great great. Will visit more.
Best yamcha place in East Auckland! Been there 5 times already :)
Amazing food have gone here for awhile now and the food is always top teir I highly recommend this place! It's consistent and fresh!
Cam here with friends the other night by accident. We enjoyed our evening food was good and made quite quickly so we didn't have to wait long for our meal to arrive. They are huge platters so we each grabbed one dish each to share amongst 4 of us.
Went here with the Mrs ,had the chicken feet ,pork buns ,prawn & corriender ,pork plus vegetable siu mai ..nice big servings & flavours ,came out pretty quick too ..decor needs a freshner but overall pretty decent
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