Review Paradish - Auckland

Good food but a bit pricey

good food, good services

very nice restaurant

7ven Excellent

這裡乾淨明亮，餐點很好吃

Came here for a work meeting. We were so happy to have found another decent Chinese restaurant!<br/><br/>The venue was so beautiful and elegantly decorated, it was also very spacious, perfect for a wedding reception dinner or something.<br/><br/>Even the side dishes/entree of salted peanuts and pickles were tasty. For the main items, both the presentation and the flavours were on point. I do not normally like egg plants, but this restaurant has definitely changed my mind due to how juicy and soft they have cookies it down to, which was heavenly accompanied with the thick sweet sour sauce.<br/><br/>Have no complaints for this place, perhaps with the exception of its price :p Best reserved for special occasions.

A good venue for group celebrating or business dining. Price was not lovely, but reasonable. Most of dishes are tasty with good looking. I have to insist that nothing for nothing, a little bit for half a penny.

I was looking for a chinese restaurant with a little more than the usual canto cuisine. That was fine as Paradish definitely was Northern rather than Cantonese but there was diffculty in getting a balance at least some for those in our group less accustomed to spicy foods. At ordering time no off-menu dishes were permitted so i had to switch some canto favs eg salted fish chicken tofu was replaced by ma po tofu, steamed drunken chicken with king pao chicken; seafood basket with beef and assorted mushrooms.<br/>I'd last been to P. About 5 years ago for a wedding banquet and I returned with friends a little after that. It may have been a more assorted chin. Cuisine then I don't recall.<br/>So if u you're wanting chinese with a difference p. Is a good option. Come wanting canto then you will be disappointed.<br/>Service ?? haha well it was Saturday night and while I counted numerous different waiting staff they didnt make a point of lingering and generally moved from the kitchen to serve food and return. Catching their attention was difficult to order extra drinks. At any one time the restaurant was about 30% full. Others in our group highlighted this and were probably a little surprised by the poor service.<br/>Dishes of note both good and bad well I'd recommend the sweet n sour pork as a very strong sour versus sweet canto-styled sauce I enjoyed the variation. 5/5 The prawn with black fungi and snowpeas was a little sweet but ok. 4/5 Ma po tofu well this basic was done very well. Fresh tofu and not over-cornflour-ed (if there is such a word!). 4/5<br/>Our other dishes beef with assorted mushrooms had no dried shittake or straw mushrooms. Solely kiwi te mata varieties! 2/5<br/>King pao chicken a little spicy 3/5 ; wok fried choy sum seasonal veges 2.5/5 same dish I order at jade dragon the previous night. The bucket of rice ead not fresh possibly leftover from lunch and reheated possibly yesterday's.<br/>The kitchen paused our dishes after the first four were served. The break was too long maybe 20 mins before the 5th dish and maybe another 15mins for the remaining two including the veges that I'd requested come earlier so the baby could chomp on a stick or two of veges. Kitchen needs to reorganize or have more staff. I hope waiting staff were not doubling in food prep. Note all were males apart from the maitre de who took the order. She was well trained in suggestive selling .<br/>Also situated near the busy ponsonby end of newton parking was in some of the poorly lit back roads.<br/>Overall come for chinese without the hong kong canton cuisine for a change without too much spicy food common with sichuan but there was no taiwanese cuisine influence of note. On food alone rated 3.5 but service at 30% occupancy and poor rice offsets decor.<br/>

We came here for a birthday...restaurant white clean, not full, though Chinese new year..hmmm this  may have been a clue. Anyway nice staff , smiley, take your order....then the wait. 4 dishes each dish took 1/2 how each to come out....how can you enjoy your meal when the meat dish comes out...then  it's cold by the time you get the rice....we had to stop the last order of vege,s. The staff did however after a little discussion did not charge us for the  vege dish even though ' just another 5 minutes it is coming,"... Good try but no....so the moral of the story...this was a poor choice...try somewhere else ...the only great thing here is the decor ...

The dishes are quite creative. It combines with jiangnan and Taiwanese style cuisine. We enjoy the private room service. A good place to serve my clients. <br/><br/>

We enjoyed this place. The decor is different to what you would expect for a Chinese restaurant, which is nice.<br/><br/>The food was honest, real food that seemed to be made from scratch rather than relying on spice mixes and the like. Portions were large (don't get one each unless you're very hungry!). Good value.<br/><br/>Staff were pleasant and efficient.<br/><br/>All up, a very good experience!

We were invited to dinner at Paradish Restaurant last night. Ordinarily, we would not have chosen to go there based on the mostly negative reviews of the restaurant. We were pleasantly surprised at the quality, presentation and size of dishes. Although the prices are slightly higher as compared to other restaurants of similar standing, the former made up for this. The size of the dishes (mains) were huge and can easily feed a table of up to 8 (average appetite). The environment was pleasant...clean &amp; conducive. We were served by a waiter who was quite pleasant but cannot say the same for the waitress who took our orders. Although she was not rude, there was not a trace of smile on her face and she did not sound friendly at all. The food arrived quite quickly, in succession. The pleasant waiter who served us earlier finally lost all his brownie points when one of our friends requested for the sweet soup to be served hot. He looked a little reluctant but did say he will try or something like that. The sweet soup arrived, at room temperature. When our friend made a comment about her request, there was no response from the waiter. By 9.15 pm, we were the last table left and that was when lights were switched off/dimmed. Our friend had paid the bill earlier and we decided to leave at this juncture. Although we were not told to leave but thought the action was both rude and blatant. I hope the restaurant owner/s checks the online reviews of the restaurant so that s/he/they are aware of what improvements/adjustments to make. We do hope to return to the restaurant in the near future, to try the other food. One last thing, please do something about the rusty base of your water tanks. It is definitely an eye-sore in the otherwise nice environment. Besides, this is the very place where you place your prized food items...live seafood. :)

Im a kiwi, when I think chinese restaurant I think average this place blew me away, decor is really clean and welcoming 5 star presentation, the food was not like anything I have tasted before, top quality and huge meals. Initally I thought it was expensive but the owner told us not to order as much food aswe tried to. NOTE the meals are massive and definitely worth every cent. Been again and again since highly recommended, just be prepared when you go this is authentic chinese and yes their will be a slight language barrier, worth it all day long.

Will not be eating here again, staff were very rude, I speak Chinese but am German, I ordered in Chinese and I was replied to in broken English, the waitress refused to speak Chinese to me even though she could clearly understand me, her English was horrible and she got the order wrong. We also waited a very very long time for the meal, we even considered leaving, and when we complained I was finally spoken to in Chinese and told in a rude manner that complaining will not make the food cook faster. horrible.

the food was ok some was great. but....... the service in this place made me feel like i was just some stupid european in a chinese restaurant, absoultly no customer service had to order drinks at the bar and they couldnt understand english..<br/>wont go back and dont reccomend.

Went here late on a Friday night. Food was superb !! my new favourite Chinese in Auckland. Not sure what service is like when they are busy but the staff were super friendly to my girlfriend and I. Lots to choose from on the menu with some dishes that you would struggle to find elsewhere in Auckland. Ordered 3 dishes and some fresh shellfish and had to take some home for lunch today as there was still plenty left after we had satisfied our bellies. Recommend!

If there could be a 0 rating I would rate that. <br/><br/>The appalling service left our table of four flabbergasted. The head waitress stood by our table asking us what we would like to order, as we were replying she decided she needed to "manage" the "busy restaurant" (four tables seated including us and one VIP room) through her headset completely ignoring us. She did not bother to say excuse me and did this a couple of times until I was completely fed up and actually asked her if she could please finish speaking to her staff before asking us for our order. Either she has no grasp on customer service or this is really her style, she replied a "yes" and continued to speak into her mic while hovering over our table. With no apology she again asked us for our order. <br/><br/>Four of the dishes we wanted to order were not available. We then wanted to change one of the vegetables to accommodate their lack of choices. We asked if the price would be the same with the expectation that this is the lesser option. She told us not in the polite manner that you would expect from a head waitress, in fact not from any waitress at all, the dish is more expensive than the original because vegetables are expensive now. She added that most of the vegetables on the menu are now at the price of $28 instead of the $22-$26 range in a rather matter of fact and totally unacceptable tone. <br/><br/>We finally completed our order after much hassle. We ordered one entree and three mains. As the food arrived, our rice was still not served. When they were, the rice was cold. For a Chinese restaurant, I cannot comprehend how this could have been allowed to happen. The basic of basics. <br/><br/>I took all three bowls of rice to the counter where the head waitress was now sitting and ask nicely if our cold rice could be exchanged for hot rice. Again no apology. <br/><br/>After a long wait, we were already half way through our meal, our rice arrived again, lukewarm on the outside and still cold in the middle of the bowl. I imagined they stuffed all three bowls on rice into the microwave at the same time to achieve this effect? My fellow diners convinced me that they would not be able to achieve any better even if I did return the rice yet again. So we ate cold rice. <br/><br/>I cannot say the food tasted bad, but it was definitely not great cuisine. Matched with one in a million kind of service I recommend people to stay away. If you already have bought vouchers like we did and had no option but to spend them, order takeaway. You will be so much happier. <br/><br/>On a side note, we noticed that she was not only rude to her customers, she was rude to her staff too, so at least we know she was not discriminating. <br/><br/>Anything thing that could have been great in this restaurant has been unmade by their own doing. No matter how pretty the atmosphere, you simple cannot see past the atrocious service.

Food was excellent and a very modern Chinese restaurant. will be back again to try rest of their menu.

I'm a Chinese. The food was great. Difference kind of food you can not find at any restaurant in Auckland. We been there 4 times . Will come back this Saturday. For prices you pay for what you get. Not some takeaway foods. Staff service are great too.

very average and over priced. i am chinese and know what to expect from chinese restaurants.<br/><br/>cannot recommend this restaurant.<br/><br/>the food was just like one could cook at home and not very cheap.

Excellent meal, will definitely return. Wide range of food, well presented and good service. Will look forward to a return visit.

Every aspect of this restaurant was superb!<br/>The interior design was stunning and so exciting and fashionable - quite a contrast to most chinese restaurants.<br/>The service was very attentive &amp; caring.<br/> We were the only non-chinese eating there and made to feel very welcome.<br/>the food was so delicious and so reasonable!!!!<br/>If Paradish can do all these things- why cant other restaurants??<br/>Cant wait to return!!!

Had dinner on friday night.Nice and Clean Chinese restaurant i have ever seen.<br/><br/>Fantastic food and will back again. <br/><br/>Staff need more trainning for service at a busy time.

Expensive. However they have unique items on the menu and foods delicious. More of a place to go as a group though since servings are huge. <br/><br/>Be warned they have shark fin on the menu so if that's something you feel strongly about, may want to reconsider.