Let me start off that I am not a Chinese food fan so take that into account (add a star if you…read moreare). With that said, the fish & vegetables that I ordered was very bland and did not come with rice. The chicken and fried rice that my wife ordered was only slightly better but still bland. There was only one waitress who was not very friendly but I blame it to how busy she was - I.e., service was not quick. Like I said before, it may have been better if I liked Chinese food more or order something different but I will not be going back again.

Smell from the street at this restaurant what's good. I can smell the duck. As I entered the…read morerestaurant, I was greeted by a very sweet Chinese lady who sent me down and offer me a pot of tea. The tea was really good. I asked her what was her favorite soup and she said the shredded duck soup. the aroma smells worse, correct, duck! I ordered have a duck, and I ate the whole thing and it was delicious. If you're ever in Auckland, New Zealand, and you feel like having authentic Chinese duck, this is the place.

It was a tad bit over the average of a dim sum spot in regards to their flavor of the dim sum…read moredishes! Siu mais and ha gows were on the dot. Steamed black bean pork ribs were made well. Their cow tripe steamed was cooked well and flavored tenderly nice! Shrimp roll was not too doughy textured, but on point. Steamed egg roll was sauced up and filled up nicely. The decor and service of this place could have been better. Hot sauce lacked the chili peppers and they didn't have my hot mustard that I tend towards these days instead of hot sauce! Other that that, spot on place for good dim sum in this part of town!

Good yum cha and also night menu is good. But if you want to order specialties like medicine duck…read moreyou need to make the order 2 days before.

Food: 4.7/5 Service 4.2/5…read moreValue 4.1/5 This restaurant was highly recommended by my Kiwi friend and it didn't disappoint. The four of us got the full roasted duck, fried rice, roasted pork, shiu mai, and shrimp dumplings. I will start by saying that this restaurant was really expensive, even the green beans were almost $50NZ so just be weary that you will spend a lot here. However, the food was amazing! Roasted duck: definitely the highlight of the meal. For $80 NZ, I felt like it was the best value for the price. Super tender meat, great texture on the skin, and wonderful taste overall Fried Rice: Great base for all of the other dishes. Also came with a spicy chili oil that put this dish over the top! Roasted Pork: I personally wish the skin was a bit thicker and crispier but my friends all thought it was good. There were also complaints about the pork being relatively fat heavy, but I thought it was a great balance. Shiu mai and Shrimp dumplings: Pretty basic but still delicious! Recommend if you enjoy. 1/4 of the shrimp dumpling peels fell apart when grabbing it. Overall would definitely recommend coming here for great food but expect to spend a pretty penny! All of this was about $250NZ

They are large and spacious and classy enough inside, although clearly classy from a few years ago…read moreas opposed to more recently. The outside is deceptive, they don't look nearly that large, but clearly they get big crowds and are used to it. Got there early so hard to properly evaluate service (which was excellent, even a little overbearing) as they were virtually empty when I walked in. The dim sum itself was from so-so to just okay, the har cheung fun (shrimp rice noodle roll) was a good example: skins too thick, shrimp not memorable at all. Beef tripe (ngau paak yip) is usually a pale white but well seasoned, this one was off in color and perhaps a tad over-steamed as the texture wasn't perfect. It was adequate if you need your dim sum fix.

Bad service and for a yum char restaurant the bringing around of food is sporadic to say the least…read more Wated for almost 5 minutes between seeing a cartcwith food. Do not recommend this place. There are far better yum char restaurants in Newmarket

One of the worst experience I've had, awful service! I was asked to get up, stop eating my meal to…read morego up to the register to pay because they're closing the register and go back to my table to finish my meal. I paid their over priced items on the menu! Walked out. I would never go back nor recommend this hell hole to any one!!! The food also tasted like they cooked them in cloth rag stench! They don't deserve any star but it's only way to post this review! Hell hole!!!

Have been here before, but later on in the day and at that time was so busy we had to wait a while…read more This time it was so early that there was no waiting time , went straight to a table and then into the eating. The trolleys came round quite regular and we ended up taking some sesame balls, spring rolls, pork buns , tofu skin with mushroom and pork filling and blue egg porridge, ( one of my favourite ) and a few other delights. No complaints on the tasting side, nor on the service as the girls were quick in keeping the trolleys come round as well as being pleasant and the bill wasn't too bad either. As we had been before more than likely we will be back again.

The most horrible restaurant you could ever been, and the most disgusting service you can't even…read moreimagine! Not only talk about the customers behind their back, but when you heard and confront of them nothing but denial! When you question them about their customer service, not only they started arguing at you either their way or no way; or if they really mad do watch out the food that you about to eat, you might get some spit all over your food by the chefs as a bonus! Welcome to aroha restaurant & bar! Good luck ~

At first Browns Bay has the restaurant Asian Wok serving Yum Cha & Cantonese cuisine, and now the…read moreowner has opened up the same on Lincoln Rd in Henderson. The sign stood there for several months stating " Yum Cha coming soon "...and we waited ..and waited..and now just last night it opened. At last!! Tucked in the back of the building at 130 Lincoln Rd it has a lot of parking , so no worries in regards to that. Upon entering just now you would notice the walls are pretty bare of any form of decoration, but i would think that they would want to " jazz " it up sometime soon. The welcome was good and we were shown quickly to a table. It was quiet when we arrived but upon leaving it had picked up quite a bit, including in two of the three private rooms they have. Anyway looking at the menu we ordered the Beef with cashew nut, cumin  lamb with pancake ( or bun if you rather call it that ) and as even at 7pm some of the Yum Cha menu was still available we ordered the blue egg porridge, bbq pork bun and custard bun. The porridge was the best i have tasted for a long time...sssoooo delicious!!...but don't forget them buns ... definitely tasty too. As for the other dishes... the beef was okay , but the lamb was far better. Maybe it's because i am partial to the dishes where you eat the meat wrapped inside the bun or pancake. They don't have a liquor licence yet, but you can still BYO. So anyway overall service was great, food was good ( the porridge being outstanding! ), atmosphere inside despite lack of decoration was very good and price reasonable. We will definitely be back again at the proper Yum Cha time!

I came here with my family when we actually were meant to go to a café but instead walked past this…read moreplace and had a huge craving for yum cha. So we uplifted our plans for lunch and went there instead. It was nice and quiet compared to most Yum Chas, which was nice to begin with but we soon found out why there wasn't that many people there. I can't say that the food was bad, but I also can't say it was good either. It was just a little too strange for my liking. I think it's definitely down to the time of day we went there. It was quite late in the afternoon so they had probably had their lunch run and were just giving us what was left over. Never the less, it's good having a yum cha over on the shore to be there to instantly satisfy your yum cha cravings.

By far the best prawns around and the best chicken sweetcorn soup…read more This is a true authentic Asian restaurant situated in Browns Bay.

Royal Dumpling and Noodle is my local dumpling joint however in the past it has been over looked in…read morefavour of the Dominion Rd restaurants. It was only after reading a recent review by Cheap Eats that I remembered how much I used to love it. I had a re-read of the review I wrote back in 2013, "After driving past Royal City Dumpling many times I finally tried last week and I am very glad I did, it will now be my go to restaurant in Auckland for dumplings as they were truly delicious. Their pork and fennel dumplings were particularly amazing. I look forward to going back to try the noodles which also looked great. The owners are friendly and prices very reasonable." Their menu has changed since then. They now have a yum char menu as well as a full dumpling menu and full sized Chinese menu. I have since been back twice in one week which is always a good sign. The first time was to try their yum char menu for dinner. We were excited by all the options and low prices but knew we couldn't order everything this time. We went with the Steamed Coriander and Shrimp Dumplings ($5.30), Deep Fried Squid ($6.50), Deep Fried Spring Rolls ($6.50) and the Stir-fried Chinese Veges ($11.80). This was more than enough for two people. The squid was extremely large for $6.50 and while it was delicious we really needed another 1 or 2 people to help us finish it. The spring rolls were probably my favourite. They were FULL of shrimp and were crispy and delicious. But everything was good. I then went back to get some takeaway dumplings for dinner. Pork and Fennel pan-fried. As Royal Dumpling is across the road from Pak n Save I thought I would pop over while the dumplings were being made. I may have left them for too long as when I got them home they were a bit chewy, luke warm and not that great. This was entirely my fault, I just want to warn people so they are not tempted to do the same. I was a sad dumpling eater that night.

Everyone likes a good Chinese dumpling and these guys make a very good pan fried dumpling. Their…read moreother items like fried rice and sweet and sour pork are just ok for me but their dumplings are worth the trip. Also double check your bag before you leave as we had to return because they forgot to pack everything we paid for. Sorry no pics, they were devoured before I could take any.

The most amazing squid rings and prawns one can get to taste on the shore. Different ways of…read morepreparations if u r a sea food lover from just steamed, to garlic , to spicy u name it. Not at all pricy and excellent quality. Peking duck a must try but book in advance not to be disappointed. A proper Chinese restaurant and a cut above the rest on the shore :) heaps of parking off site and seating for around 50-60 at least....enjoy

My favourite cheap eat anywhere, bar none!! Don't come here for the decor unless you're into white…read morewalls, and don't come here for a panoramic view unless you're into carparks and Blockbuster video rental stores. However, if it's damn tasty Chinese food in massive portions for sweet bugger all money, then you've definitely come to the right place!! Judging by how full this place gets these days, word of mouth has spread - plenty of people are down for cheap and cheerful! Gather your friends or family, bring a bottle down (BYO only, no drinks menu - no corkage!!!), and get a few of the big dishes to share. Everything's great (and nothings more than $10-$15), but I recommend the salt and pepper squid, the beans, the satay beef (comes out sizzling!) and the sweet and sour pork. Awesome awesome place, just make sure you book ahead on a Fri/Sat night and don't expect great service or ambiance.