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    Ming Garden

    4.4 (13 reviews)
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    Fish numbing
    Zumer K.

    Okay this place will tingle your taste buds . They have two seating dinning tables also. The meats just melts as butter. The food comes in a timely manner with a smile. We were humbled to have tried this place. This is a must in this area not even just town. The bathrooms were okay could be very kept. The food was just to come back for.

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    3 years ago

    Many places were closed at 2:30 due to staffing issues but Ming was open. Enjoyed the sesame chicken, which was made with white meat.

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    6 years ago

    Delicious food, amazing service, and great prices. Would recommend to anyone in Te Anau that's hungry.

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    Review Highlights - Ming Garden

    The menu is varied and offers a lot of authentic Chinese and Cantonese dishes - so great to see!

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    China City - Pretty spacious and clean

    China City

    4.0(2 reviews)
    0.1 km

    Good Chinese food but not the best. Plus the service for us was really slow. And unlink Chinese…read morerestaurants in the states you don't get rice with your meal. I guess have to pay extra for it. We ordered the sesame chicken and the beef and noodles dish. Both meals came out fairly quickly and we ate them right away cause we were starving. The chicken was a little on the bland side but the beef and noodles were very tasty. The waiters never came to check up on us and once their brought us our food and tea, they never came back to even bring us some water. We had to try very hard to flag someone down to bring us water as well as the check when we were done eating. A big group left right before us so it really wasn't that crowded at all. I think they just didn't care about us. What was also strange was that the head waiter and another gentleman at a big table across the restaurant were literally screaming at each other. It was in Chinese so we couldn't tell why they were yelling but even in the US I have never encountered anything quite like it. We were happy to get out of the restaurant. I left it 4 stars because despite all of this the food was pretty good and the price was fair. There were not many food options in this town for dinner and it saved us from going to a super expensive high-end restaurant which we never enjoy.

    Big spot for semi-authentic Chinese food…read more This is your classic colossal Chinese place- you'll find tanks with live lobster and plenty of large tables with lazy susans. It's popular with both Chinese and Western tourists, as the bilingual menu might suggest. That menu includes lots of meat, poultry, and seafood dishes, with vegetables and soups also on the list. Sichuan dishes are prominent, but there are also American Chinese deep fried classics. On to my food- I had the wonton soup, the small bowl which turned out to be a generous portion of broth and three large wontons. The soup was flavorful, although the little floating vegetable bits weren't great. The wontons were nice, ample and beefy. Also had the Chinese sizzling steak, which was nice and juicy but the sauce was a bit sweet. The Sichuan Chicken was good- spicy enough and well cooked. An ample portion of rice is provided when ordered. Service was decently fast though there were a couple mistakes and missed requests. 4 stars

    Te Anau Dairy - Curry chicken, beef noodles, sesame honey chicken and combo fried rice

    Te Anau Dairy

    3.2(5 reviews)
    0.1 km

    Great fast and easy Chinese food takeaway (there are 4-5 tables inside and picnic tables outside)…read morein Te Anau. Right on the main part of downtown, plenty of parking available. We got the combo fried rice, beef noodles, sesame chicken and curry chicken. Meat was tasty and tender, well cooked and flavorful. Don't forget to grab some soy and chopsticks when you checkout!

    Lots of tourists come to Te Anau as part of their tour of the south island and mostly on their way…read moreto Milford Sound and/or Doubtful Sound. If you come to Te Anau in the spring as we did, you'd find that fewer numbers of the local eateries are open as there would be in the summer. We came to check out the Tip Top scoop selections and at the menu at this local dairy. Turns out it's not bad. They do have a pretty good Tip Top ice cream selection and while we enjoyed our cones one evening we noticed that a good number of people stopped in for take out (or as the New Zealanders say take aways). The next night we decided to give it a try. We ordered stir fry vegetables ($12 NZ), the special noodles ($14 NZ), and seaweed soup ($4 NZ). The owner is a couple with their young children. While we waited we watched numbers of people come in and pick up take out. Most of them got fried chicken or fish and chips. Some were obviously locals that were greeted warmly. Don't get me wrong, we were treated very well. As it is not a full restaurant, they don't have hot tea or drinks aside from those in the coolers. As such the rather lightly flavored soup served as a hot drink. There were good bits of seaweed, some carrots, and egg drop to make it interesting. The noodles were special perhaps because it had slices of BBQ pork, chicken, and imitation crab stick. The sauce was fine. The stir fry vegetable dish had broccoli, cauliflower, onion, carrots, and celery. Nothing special, the pieces were a too big, but after too many meals with chips as sides this was a really nice change. This place doesn't serve amazing Chinese food. Someone else will have to comment on the fish and chips and fried chicken, but it is a nice neighborhood place. The Chinese food is fine and the price is right. You can get ice cream for dessert!

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    Te Anau Dairy - Seating area

    Seating area

    Te Anau Dairy - Fried food and Chinese

    Fried food and Chinese

    Te Anau Dairy - Ice cream single scoop for $3

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    Ice cream single scoop for $3

    Madam Woo - Beef rendang with coconut rice

    Madam Woo

    3.9(68 reviews)
    85.4 km
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    We came here for dinner. The service is not that great as it took about 20 minutes for our food to…read morearrive. This is more a Happy Hour place with not too many options for an entree. Still we ordered a few appetizers, like Chicken Satay, Prawn toast, Malaysian cabbage and we added Duck to that meal because it was suggested that the Chicken will come spicier. Anyway, the Chicken Satay is yummy with three skewers. However, the peanut sauce that came with this didn't taste like there's any peanut in the sauce as it was very pale in color. We, also, felt there's way too much sesame seeds and too little shrimp for the prawn toast with the Sriracha mayo.

    So in my haste to make a reservation, I definitely accidentally did it for the Hamilton location…read moreinstead of the Queenstown location, but since I was doing an early dinner, the restaurant was completely empty and it wasn't an issue. Especially considering this is in the downtown area, I can see it getting packed for dinner. I loved the ambiance and decor inside the restaurant. I got the laksa after reading many reviews recommending this dish. It was on the spicy side, and it was good, but I wouldn't say it was outstanding. Next time I would try something else. I was intrigued by the Portuguese custard tarts, as that wasn't expected from a Malaysian restaurant, but I was already planning on getting dessert later, so I skipped them this time.

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    Madam Woo - Interior. So cute!

    Interior. So cute!

    Madam Woo - Fried Chicken Hawker Roll

    Fried Chicken Hawker Roll

    Madam Woo - Prawn toast

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    Prawn toast

    Queenie's Dumplings

    Queenie's Dumplings

    3.5(6 reviews)
    81.8 km

    While we were in Glenorchy, there were only a few dining options available, so we decided to stop…read moreby Queenie's Dumplings since iit was just 30 seconds from the public restrooms. There is a gift shop next door. The menu sign in Chinese characters mentioned handmade dumplings, so I figured, why not give it a try? When we walked in, there were only two staff members and no other customers. I ordered two kinds of boiled dumplings: lamb with carrots, and pork with prawn. My partner had the barbecue pork with noodles, and my friend ordered barbecue pork with rice. Prices were $24.50 for the noodles, $21.50 for the rice, and $19.50 for nine dumplings. Unfortunately, the food was disappointing. The portions were quite small for the price, and the dumplings were all mixed together on the plate, making it impossible to tell which was which. My partner's noodle soup was extremely salty yet bland at the same time. When I asked about the type of noodles, the cashier, who spoke Mandarin told me they were Cantonese egg noodles. Being from Hong Kong and familiar with authentic Cantonese cuisine, I can confidently say they were not egg noodles. Overall, it was a quick stop for something to eat, but given the small portions and lackluster flavors, we ended up heading to Mrs. Woolly's General Store afterward to fill up which was a gem!

    This cute little spot right by the river is a ton of value at $17nzd and you can mix and match…read moreyour flavors. The other person complained you couldn't tell. That's just so minor when you have 6 kinds to choose from and can make any combo you want!!! Post dart boat you can't beat this place! Open till 4pm, they serve grab and go ice cream & drinks too!!

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    Queenie's Dumplings
    Queenie's Dumplings
    Queenie's Dumplings

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    Ming Garden - chinese - Updated May 2026

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