Review Golden Harvest Restaurant - Dunedin

Update: revisit with coworkers and the service has been improved. $25 per person for a lot of dishes (yum ha) it was great value. ==== Revisit again aftet new owner. Service was much more improve. Some staff cannot speak English but it is ok though. Service is ok, no chit chat after drop the menu and walked away. Can be expected. If you can't speak Chinese, they tent to drop menu and run lol. We went for yum cha and food was good and fresh. We ordered too much (you will see from my photos) Lol just FYI, they do charged $0.50 for a plastic take away box if you want to take left over home. Which disappointed as we had heaps of food $120 for 3 ppl but got charge for plastic box. Next time I will bring own box, just in case I have left over again. Sauces and water, you have to grab yourself at the counter. And some items only serve on weekend. One thing they could do better is menu is in alphabetical order, as we can't read Chinese - took us long time to find items on ordering sheet.

Best Chinese food in the entire New Zealand and possibly even Australia. Family-owned and they have been here for ages. Food is incredibly fresh, you can taste that the blue cod is not frozen. The lamb is very nice too! Special thanks to the head chef!

This restaurant is inside a shopping mall which serves Chinese cuisine. You can also opt for dim sum for breakfast and brunch. The cooking here is overall really good but be prepared to wait for your food. We waited over an hour for our food to be served....kind of short of workers here. Anyway, it was Christmas Eve and most places were fully booked. We all liked the foods we had....the soya sauce steam fish fillets, mixed vegetables, 'foo yong' Omelette, and the steam scallops.

Amazing food, atmosphere and service! The cabbage dumplings and roasted duck are to die for. Will definitely be back! 😁

The best ever. Very nice and clean ambience, thought the food will be expensive but its just very slightly higher or similar as compared to other Chinese restaurants on the main street. The portion is huge and we ended up had to takeaway the remaining. The taste was fantastic, everything was cook to perfection. Waitresses were all very friendly and professional. Vegetarian friendly as well if needed. Absolutely best chinese restaurant in dunedin!

Visited on a public holiday so there was a 10% surcharge which was expected. However, food took a lot longer and waited 45 mins for our steam fish and was told it would take 20 mins. Was happy with the fish that arrived which was well presented.

Had dinner there a week ago, a party of 4 tourist. Found the restaurant by chance. The food was excellent. We ordered Cantonese dishes. If we had stayed in Dunedin another night, we would have eaten there again.

What's a lovely meal for yum cha on weekend😋 They cook the best Deep fried squid tentacles ever! I don't have a chance to take a photo of it because we've had 10 peoples whose love it badly🤣 Baked BBQ Pork Buns were so big which can fit my whole palm. I would say, their chef done a very good job. In addition, warm atmosphere with amazing services. Thank you, we will come back for sure.

Amazing food and friendly service. This is a must try restaurant for everyone. Our favourite dishes of the night were the delicious Roast Duck that was tender and full of flavour and the Deep Fried Prawns with Salted Egg Yolk which was umami heaven.

we ordered 3 dishes which were all very good! special steamed fish- really great!

My fave Chinese restaurant in town. Great A LA carte menu and fantastic Yum Cha menu too. Their savoury dumplings and the BBQ pork buns and BBQ pork triangles are sublime. Great atmosphere. Good value too

Delicious food, very friendly staff, will definitely go there again, good portions

The restaurant is highly recommended. Love the service and the food the most. Staff are very accommodating as well.

Tried the live paua (abalone) and crayfish from the tank a few nights ago. Both dishes were cooked to perfection! The paua was tender and juicy while the crayfish on the noodles were succulent and flavoursome - the best seafood dishes I've had for a long time! The szechuan pepper scampi, salmon sashimi and the dongpo pork belly were great too! I'll be back for sure!

Very nice chinese food restaurant, friendly and humorous lady boss. She shared about her husband’s Sew Hoy family history with us. We had a pleasant lunch here at Golden Harvest Restaurant.

Stopped by for a quickish lunch to see a friend off. They did have yum cha (that you order) but just went with a la carte instead. We ordered four dishes for four people but didn't end up getting rice as we had a noodle dish. The fried noodle was alright but the kung pao was amazing. The fried bread in the dish was delicious. We noticed deep fried ice cream on the menu and ended up coming back just for that the following day since we were a bit pressed for time. It was worth coming back for. The batter was light and crispy and very moreish. It did take longer than expected to get though but worth the wait. The staff were very friendly and helpful with suggestions. Possibly the best Chinese restaurant in Dunedin.

The fillet steak and sizzling Peking pork were beautiful particularly. My friends and I had a variety of traditional food there and really enjoyed having dinner using a Lazy Susan. Very grateful for the good service we received. Highly recommended!!

Fantastic service from the lovely staff. Great for a family occasion or byo with your friends. Special shoutout to Jo for looking after us so well

Lovely food, awesome staff, I tried food that I would never have normally tried, much to my delight, it was beautiful. Loved the prawn dumplings.

Best Chinese restaurant we have visited in New Zealand, the food is awesome, staff are super friendly and a nice atmosphere. Me and my husband are down here in Dunedin quite often now for work and always look forward to our visit �

All the food we ordered were great. Nicely done. Service is excellent too. Would definitely comeback again

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This restaurant is excellent with helpful, obliging staff and the quality of the yum cha was superb. Particular favourites were the sticky rice and the red bean cakes. Numerous customers and bedlam but nothing was a problem and it was very affordable!

I brought a friend to this restaurant, and was very impressed with the food on offer. Much of it was food I've never tried before - I was very impressed with how well the food was cooked, how it was presented, and definitely the excellent service we received. This experience is why I should go to restaurants more - I got excellent value for what was paid, I wouldn't hesitate to come back in the very near future :).

Portion size is perfect for a big guy. The food tastes very good!! Within First visit and I am in love with this place!!

What a beautiful lunch could not fault it wonderful

The evening was wonderfull. Superb food,terrific service. We were spoilt. Attention to detail and taste spot on and presentation great.just as well we had a student with us as didn't want to waste any.

Thanks Aunty Leah and Uncle Duncan. Our Auckland Easter tournament contingent had a very enjoyable meal on Sunday.

Love this place!! Great food great price and great atmosphere~ the manager is so nice!!

Beautiful food, beautiful people. Feels like home. Love you golden harvest XXXXXX

Been here several times already and have always been happy with the food

Awesome food and great service! We'll be back! Cheers for a great night!

个人超爱金和阁烧鸭和咕老肉~还有辣子鸡！roast duck ~sweet sour pork n deep fried chicken haha

Food 3.5/5<br/>Ambiance 3/5<br/>Service 3.5/5<br/><br/>Food was generally ok. I had the Szechuan deep fried squid which was not overly cooked or greasy. Prawn dumpling was ok, wrapper did fall apart when you picked it up.Fried rice lacked a bit of flavour so we have to add a bit more soy sauce. Restaurant felt a bit clinical-just a typical yum cha dining hall, tables and chairs, nothing to making it more unique about the place. Staff were very smiley. The main down side to the dining experience is finding red lipstick on one of the teacups (must have been one of those long lasting kind, LOL). Staff was apologetic and quickly changed it.

Ordered the spicy pork belly slices which were really delicious, comparable to chopsticks101 but differs in price and quantity. My only complaints are the steeper prices for the same quality, smaller portions and one of the dim sums I always want (water chestnut) is never in stock. Simply remove it from your indoor menu please!<br/>I’ve also had the custard buns which are average yum cha buns. Delicious still!

Stopped by for a quickish lunch to see a friend off. They did have yum cha (that you order) but just went with a la carte instead. We ordered four dishes for four people but didn't end up getting rice as we had a noodle dish. The fried noodle was alright but the kung pao was amazing. The fried bread in the dish was delicious.<br/><br/>We noticed deep fried ice cream on the menu and ended up coming back just for that the following day since we were a bit pressed for time. It was worth coming back for. The batter was light and crispy and very moreish. It did take longer than expected to get though but worth the wait.<br/><br/>The staff were very friendly and helpful with suggestions. Possibly the best Chinese restaurant in Dunedin.

Good variety of menu to choose from. Would definitely go here again. Very friendly staff and great overall service! <br/><br/>Taste: 4.5/5<br/>Portion: 5/5<br/>Location: 5/5<br/>Price: 4/5<br/>Service: 5/5

Not hongkong style.It should be Rating ，each dish tasted very very very bad，even dont know how to describle my feeling.It was a horrible experience.<br/>

We read the reviews and decided to give the Golden Harvest ago despite the adverse comments about Mrs Golden Harvest over the last 7 year’s or so.<br/><br/>We were joined by 3 of our friends and we settled in for an early dinner on a quiet Saturday night.<br/><br/>We tried a variety of dishes - roast duck, crispy chicken, eggplant and pork but the highlights were the green beans with Chinese sausage and the prawn dumplings.<br/><br/>Mrs Golden Harvest was charm personified.<br/><br/>We took our own wine so the bill worked out at a reasonable $45 per person.<br/><br/>It is worth a try but there are better Chinese restaurants in Dunedin.<br/><br/>

This is a fine chinese restuarant. Well presented, clean and welcoming. We've been here twice in the 5 days while in Dunedin. Food was great and could have been a 5 star but sadly the 2nd time round staff and owner were ignorant or simply didn't want to accept that a lemon lime & bitters bottled drink they served us was flat and tasted 'off'. I tried to explain but they're attitude was 'well we didn't make it, it came out from the bottle that way'. Although this was a 3rd party product I would have excepted a little more concern esoecially when we couldn't even finish the drink. Although it was just $5 each a simple acceptance and partial refund would have made us feel valued, especially when you've been there the 2nd time and spent nearly $200. I hate to steroetype here but its typical of such cultures to take feedback poorly and become defensive. It did spoil our dining experience and sadly we may not return to dine in, maybe would takeaway.

Amazing food and the friendliest staff! Went there for dinner and was over whelmed by how delicious and affordable the food was. $117.00 for 3 people which included 3 starters 3 drinks and 3 mains. Super great! Going to tell everyone I know.

Fried rice is really good but the "dim sum" or "yum cha" is very average in my opinion and its really expensive. My wife and I ate maybe 4-5 "yum cha" dishes with Chinese tea and it costs us $62.<br/><br/>Durian dessert puff is decent.<br/><br/>Service was good.<br/><br/>Go to this restaurant for their dishes, not their "yum cha".

horrible service and manner,I  wanted to dine in once and the waitress messed up and gave me a takeaway, I told her  I dont want takeaway, but she just threw a spoon at me and told me to eat!! Horrible place, will never go again

Great food, great staff. Awesome place for a byo in Dunedin. Decent size meals and decent sized menu. Always a good time had at golden harvest

Love this place! They have the best yum cha in Dunedin. They have my all time favourite durian puff that tastes really nice and not too sweet. Their price are really good and cheap compare to those in Auckland, which I'm really surprised of. This place has a nice interior which a good restaurant should have. The service is also really good and quick. Looking forward for coming back here soon

Stumbled across this restaurant by mistake on an Easter long weekend when many restaurants were shut. What a great find. <br/><br/>First impression was of a clean well decorated Chinese restaurant. We were greeted immediately by a staff member and shown a table. They had a good selection of Chinese dishes specialising in Sizhuan cuisine.<br/><br/>We choose 6 dishes. Without exception all dishes were very tasty and well presented. Vegetables were cooked perfectly being crispy and not soggy. Meats and sauces very tasty. Service was attentive with staff being able to advise on the different dishes. <br/>We left full and very happy having experienced good food and hospitable attentive service at a reasonable price. WE also booked a table for next day Yum Char before leaving Dunedin.<br/>While I can read a number of negative reviews of this restaurant, we did not experience any of this at all. Thank you Golden Harvest for a great evening.

On second thoughts, this restaurant doesn't even deserve 1 star!!! Hands down the worst Chinese food I've ever had. Not only were the soups watered down, but the Chinese Tea was too! How do you stuff up tea??? It honestly tasted like dish water. The mains were completely average. The meat in the dishes were cut too thick, and the flavours were either sickly sweet or too over powering. If you're looking for good Chinese food, keep walking past!!!

Read some reviews about a not so hospitable Mrs Golden Harvest - I got a smile out of her so all good. There was so much food and was so filling and tasty we had plenty of leftovers for lunch. Nice and quiet - location perhaps, tucked in the back of a small mall. Good place to eat just make sure you don't eat all day then you might have a chance to finish some of the dishes. Peeking Duck OMG yum!

I love Dim Sum and this place has the best Dim Sum in Dunedin. They have various dishes for you to choose. The atmosphere of the restaurant is good and not too noise. The staffs are nice and very helpful. The price is not expensive.

My family and I went there with friend's memo. It shows this is the best chinese restaurant around here. Sadly some reviews told me bad guys in here. But I've never seen that kind of staff. I saw only smiling mother and staff. Not to mention that, any dish was delicious. I strongly recommend sauteed vegetables and Char Siu Bao. My daughters love Char Siu Bao. But, unfortunately, I cannot find that juicy Char Siu Bao in Singapore and somewhere. I hope a lot of travelers try it.

I have been to Golden Harvest quite a few time and the food never disappointed me. Good selection of dim sum and other dishes are in good portions (and tasty!) which is what you expect from Chinese restaurant. The price is reasonable and their services are always pleasant and prompt.

We ordered take out from Golden Harvest I would have preferred to eat in but with dogs in tow we were unable to. Our meals were prepared quickly and ingredients were fresh. We ordered the prawn dumplings which were nice,the ginger beef with steamed rice which my friend enjoyed and the assorted veges and tofu with chillies which was my choice and I thought were okay but could use more chilli and seasoning ( but that's possibly just my preference as I like hot and spicy!) <br/>I thought the meal was a good size and of average price. All in all I felt it was an average meal but I would try there again and choose to eat in insted.

Golden Harvest is my top choice when I crave for Chinese food in Dunedin. Pretty good range for the dim sums and a wide range of selection for dinner. When it gets too hard to choose I'd just ask the waitress or owner lady for their recommendation

Look if your in for the best Chinese in Dunedin, there is no better place. If your after the Dunedin's best service, well this is probably not the place to go. But when do you ever go to Chinese restaurants for the service?? Highly recommended, as good as we get in KL.<br/>

Craving Chinese we were told that Golden Harvest was the best place in Dunedin. It definitely didn't disappoint.  Great service and yummy authentic Chinese food.  The owner was extremely sweet and helpful, even walking us out and directing us to where we wanted to go next. Would recommend!

Unexpected surprise! The food was both light and tasty. The prices are fair and the service was friendly. I'd recommend this restaurant to my friends.

As mentioned many times, the food in this restaurant is alright but the service is horrible. Especially the "Mrs. Golden Harvest", she makes you wonder why bother come here to endure her horrible attitude and bad services. Not only me but when I talked about this place with my friends, they all have similar experience with her. I feel sorry for the workers there that have to work under her.

I've been going to this restaurant for the past 3+ years since I relocated from Auckland, and I must admit this is probably one of the most authentic places to have yum char in Dunedin..It's really hard to find the same quality of food similar to what I'm used to back home in Asia. I would recommend this place to anyone who craves good authentic Chinese food.

Golden Harvest is the best Chinese in Dunedin. We have been eating here for more than a decade and in the early years, we tried other Chinese restaurants in Dunedin but none were as good as Golden Harvest. The food is consistently good. I love the Schezuan dishes. Great Yum Cha as well. Nice atmosphere and great service.

The food is always on par. Service is off the chain, you can do no wrong in going here and ordering the BBQ pork buns. Crave them every time I'm back in Dunedin. Best chinese in town. Love it here!! The service is amazing and the staff are so welcoming

My husband and I have been going to the Golden Harvest for our weekly meal for the last 2 years, we have gone almost every week, we have not found a more authentic place to go, the chicken and sweet corn soup is the best ( and we have tried other places in and out of Dunedin), we love the salted fish and chicken rice, it is really yummy, we have tried a few different things on the menu and have not been really disappointed in any of them, and favourite is the sweet and sour chicken and the deep fried boneless blue cod in soy sauce when stunning to eat and when presented, we always have the Chinese tea while we are waiting and have found both Staff and Management always to be polite and helpful and we have found if you are friendly and pleasant they always show you the courtesy of being friendly and pleasant .

Technically speaking, it’s a -1 star, and here’s why!!!<br/>Being a patron of this establishment for so long, we (my sisters and I) have come to the conclusion that we could no longer endure the treatment we have been receiving from the owner. And tonight, my dear readers, is the final straw. When I say we have been a long-time fan of this restaurant, it is not the service that brings us back again and again, but the food itself because we simply love Yum Char. Tonight, however, is different. Tonight, the service, more specially, the owner (and those who have been to this restaurant regularly knows who I am talking about), is simply put, beyond appalling. Now mind you, I do not write review on restaurant I’ve been to, but after this horrid experience, I simply could not contained myself and must warn others. <br/><br/>As we entered the restaurant, the owner whom I shall simply call Ms. Golden Harvest, gave us a glance which was followed by a dark frown. I understood her expression clearly which meant, ‘It’s these girls again’. And my thought at that time? Dear Lord! She hates us. She doesn’t want to see our faces in her establishment. However, I made an excuse for her, reminding myself that she was probably tired. It is a Sunday night, after all. Next, she asked us, “Three people?” We replied, “Yes.” Her response was a rude point at a table behind her. Then she returned to her rather loud conversation to another customer, ignoring us completely. We meekly made our way to the pointed table and proceed to settle in. The loud conversation behind us continued for another ten minutes, as we patiently waited for our menu. All this time, we endured the ear-blasting (no exaggeration here) tete a tete behind us. Then finally we did received the menu, by Ms Golden Harvest herself. She rudely threw the Yum Char menu and a bright green ballpoint pen onto the table in front of us. The pen landed on the table with a thud, drawing my attention to it. I glanced at my sisters. They were simply too shocked to say anything. We knew she threw items (pen, menus, and cutleries at the customers) and in fact have seen it done numerous time to others, but never to us. Then again, she had never served us, and most of the time, she had always ignored us. At this point, we were tempted to just walk out, but thought it was too rude to do so since we were already settled in. Thus we made the minimum order and ate as quickly as we could. Here I must say that after we have been rewarded with such bad service, the food itself did not taste good. In fact, it was bland and not at all to our liking. We simply forced ourselves to eat because we’ve already ordered. We’ve paid and left with a horrible after-taste and our tummies still begging for food. Thus we went to our other favourite restaurant where the owner smiled pleasantly at us and her food made us sighed with that warm, fuzzy satisfaction and simply makes us want to come back for more. Thank you, Golden Harvest, for treating us like a second class citizens. <br/><br/>

Very bad experience! Went here because I saw an ad in the Dunedin guide. I am a huge fan of yum cha and wanted to treat my partner to a nice evening. Big mistake.....<br/><br/>We arrived at 7:30 at night and only two tables were occupied. Which in general is fine. But soon after that the two other tables left and me and my partner were on our own. I know that that's not the restaurants fault, but it doesn't really add to the atmosphere. Anyway from this point it all went down hill. <br/><br/>The girl that helped us was friendly, but there's not a lot of hospitality in this restaurant. There was some music playing in the background and me and my partner were chatting untill suddenly the music stopped. And then there really is this dead silence when you are the only guests in the room. Not soon after that a lady, what I presumed to be the owner, decided to have this Skype conversation on her tablet in the same room that we were eating in. This all was quite an akward experience because I wanted a nice romantic night and good food together with my partner, but instead we were listening to someones private and very loud skype conversation and eating very average food. The steamed buns were ok, but the beef dim sums were really not nice at al. A huge lack of flavour. The spring rolls were really oily. We both definitely had much better yum cha at other places.<br/><br/>After the skype conversation finished the music was put back on. At this point I was completely over the whole experience and I just wanted to leave. Too bad I didn't have the lady balls to speak up and complain. Anyway, I wouldn't recommend going here. They have potential but they just have to work a lot on their hospitality and their food a lot.

Being a regular visitor to Dunedin, I have a number of favourite eating places. Golden Harvest ticks all the right boxes - great tasty Chinese dishes, fresh scrumptious vegetables and loads of choice. It's always a busy restaurant when we eat there, which is a pretty good sign it's popular place for locals and visitors!

After walking up and down George St in Dunedin we decided to flag La Porchetta (which was right next door) a cuisine we know very well and try Golden Harvest Restaurant. Upon arrival, we were greeted by a staff member and seated. After browsing through the menu we were most impressed and couldn't decide what to choose from as there were so many different choices. I love Asian cooking but was very disappointed at the presentation of the dishes for starters. We ordered Pork (Peking style), seafood fried rice (prawns) and Beef done in black bean sauce &amp; veg. I have eaten at many a Chinese restaurants in the past. Unfortunately, the pork was tough as was the beef and I was most disappointed with the fried rice (how can you get fried rice wrong?). It was very bland &amp; lacked ooomf! However, I did like the steamed prawn dumplings but came with no condiments such as a dipping sauce. Overall experience sadly the food was bland. I would never review bad comments but felt for what we paid on the night was a huge let down.<br/>Signed very disappointed :(

Always enjoy a visit to Golden Harvest when I'm in Dunedin. It's the most genuine Chinese I've found in town. Yum Cha is a must. Nice atmosphere and friendly service.

The Golden Harvest is a very nice restaurant in the heart of Dunedin, with great food, friendly service and a nice atmosphere. We went there many times already and always enjoy their Asian food. We highly recommend their dim sum, which offers many different choices. <br/>We have travelled all over Asia and to us the Golden Harvest always reminds us of our trips. 

Just enjoyed the most amazing dinner at the Golden Harvest. I would recommend the garlic prawns! Chicken Gong Boa, Singapore Vermicelli, and Chinese vegetables? The sparkling wine also was a real treat. Service is excellent. I thoroughly recommend.

The Golden Harvest is a special dining experience. A keen fan of Asian cuisine, I regard the restaurant as Dunedin's top Chinese restaurant. The food is always tasty with an extensive and varied menu to tantalize the diner.<br/><br/>The service is great and the friendly and welcoming atmosphere created by the hosts make the Golden Harvest a must do when dining out in Dunedin.

I've been to Golden Harvest Restaurant many times now over the years with family and friends. Selection is great and I can see they are putting in a lot of effort to introduce new dishes from time to time to offer something new, something different in the local Chinese dining scene (the menu comes with organized description and photo which helps a lot for deciding which dishes to choose).<br/><br/>Both lunch and dinner are consistently served to good standard. And contrary to some of the comments before this, I actually find the service team quite friendly to be honest. The sight of many returning regulars (including ourselves) speaks for itself.<br/><br/>If you are looking for authentic Chinese food in town where you can sit comfortably in a nice oriental atmosphere, I'd highly recommend Golden Harvest Restaurant.

We went there last week (while travelling NZ) due to a recommendation from locals saying it was an institution in Dunedin - worst decision we made while in NZ!<br/><br/>I've been around Chinese and Asian food all my life; the menu showed great promise and included some typical family dishes rarely ever found on a menu.<br/><br/>Only 1 dish, an entrée of squid actually met the menu description. The other entrée of spring rolls was over cooked in old oil judging by the colour and taste.<br/><br/>The main I had was supposed to be based on pork belly - it was bacon, obviously bacon. Bacon is a pork belly product but the waitress took me for an idiot and tried to tell me that it was specially cured pork belly- it was barely edible. My wife's Crispy Skin Chicken was served cold, the dish of Chinese vegetables in garlic was bitter - indicating that the garlic had been burnt.<br/><br/>We only drank one beer each and had a pot of Pu Erh tea.<br/><br/>The only dish we finished was the squid entrée, the rest were unfinished as they were not worth bothering with. I deliberately paid the bill (approx. $95) prior to making a complaint, I was given the poor excuse that we're under staffed tonight. If you're under staffed then don't accept more diners, simple!<br/><br/>Don't waste your hard earned money at this place, it is simply not worth it.<br/><br/>To use report card parlance - shows much promise, can and must do better.

Although Chinese restaurants are not renowned for their service, Golden Harvest Restaurant is bad even as far as that goes. Very cold, inattentive staff (particularly the old woman there). The food is OK, if a little slow to come out.

It was horrible. We were the only table in the restaurant we arrived at 12 pm didn't get food until almost 1 pm and we had a toddler with us. I asked if I can get a spoon for a child, the owner said go and get it yourself and pointed at the back near the kitchen... Only big spoon I couldn't even put into my mouth.. so I ask for smaller spoon, answer was "NO.." <br/><br/>Staff are also unfriendly, almost thrown the food on our table.. Just slam the dishes to our desk.!!!! <br/><br/>Food is very expensive and quite disgusting. Fried rice was soaky and no taste. Sweet Bun - the custard just like they made from premade package. <br/><br/>We didn't finish eating there, we had 2 big plates of fried rice left. Asked for takeaway boxes (I'd love to get at least 2-3 boxes) hope gave us a small box and won't give us any more. <br/><br/>Not recommending to anyone. Waste the time and money really!

By far my worst dining experience in Dunedin. As several have stated already, the service is poor -- there was no sense of hospitality and the owner was rude. The menu was quite expensive and the food took a long time to arrive. And what did arrive was strictly average. I was persuaded by a friend to give the restaurant a second chance and, of course, the same problems emerged. Go to Kwangchow or Chopsticks instead.

This is a rather late review; they may have changed a few things. <br/>Went there a few times both as a large group and small group of 3. The staff were average, not overly helpful or friendly, just there to do their job i guess. The owner lady was very rude. Constantly yelling at people, complain about customers and staring at diners. The yum cha was average at best and overpriced. The dinner menu shared equal attributes and took ~40 minutes before the first dish arrived. <br/>Had better expectations but was sourly disappointed.

After a previously good review I returned to this restaurant and I will not be going back again.<br/><br/>The menu is the most authentic I've seen but you get terrible value for money. The only dish our group enjoyed was the spring rolls starter, and that was heavily overpriced for 3 small rolls.<br/><br/>The waitress greeted us comfortably but gave us dirty water glasses which we quickly changed. She took our order quickly and the food was brought out not long after. Unfortunately some of it was cold and the rest was incredibly bland. The biggest flaw was the service, a member of our group (3 of us) had not finished eating before the waitress decided to clear the tables - a BIG no-no. Restaurant only had us and 2 other tables eating so there was no need to rush us out of the door.<br/><br/>After a payment of $120 (!) we left and we shall not be returning.

Probably one of the worst if it is not the worst restaurant I have been to in service wise. Staffs including the owner lady were rude. Yum cha is good but over priced. The dinner meals are overpriced but not a good value for money.<br/>To sum up, even though the price for the food is set somewhat as a fine dining restaurant range, the service is probably worse than a takeaway shop.

My family and I, 2 adults and 2 young ladies, arrived to have a taste of Chinese cooking. we asked the waitress what would be best to have and she recommended a dim sim platter. Drinks were average, nothing great. The food was very good but took at least 30mins to arrive. Would not go there again though.

Excellent food, best asian in Dunedin. Horrible service though - the waitress sat us at a table while she was on the phone and the food was about a 30 minute wait for 2 people while we were the only ones there