food and service were not great Not overly clean…read more Drab atmosphere they brought the wrong order which felt kind of like an upsell. We asked to just have what we ordered but they charged us for their mistake. can't recommend

One of the worst meals I've had on my whole trip through New Zealand…read more Poor quality meats and they put tons of mayo on everything that was fried. It was so bad that I didn't even feel like I should be paying for my meal.

Pretty great location for those of us having a hard time with city streets and driving. Loved the…read moreHot and Sour Dumpling Soup!! So good!! Service was polite, appreciative and pretty fast too. Looks like it's a little hole in the wall, old school (from American coffee shop) appeal and color tones. Clean and fairly comfortable seating. Kitchen looks clean and you can see the cooks hard at work. We had soup, spring rolls, sweet and sour pork, black bean beef, mixed combo noodle. And a pot of tea!! So good!! Sweet-and-sour pork wasn't overly sweet like you'd find in America. It was sweet without being excessive. Everything was super fresh and well prepared.

My wife and I are visiting from the US. She is chinese from Wuhan and loves her noodles and…read moredumplings. We found this place and the reviews were very good. We ordered spicy dumplings and pork rib noodle soup. I have to say that the food was delicious and very filling. The staff was very friendly. The atmosphere is plain but comfortable. We left feeling very full and satisfied with our cravings fulfilled. Thank you very much

After watching a movie, we were looking for a late night spot to grab some dinner. We walked up…read moreCuba Street and eventually settled on Top Kitchen. They're one of those Chinese places that do ALL the Asian cuisines (Singaporean, Malaysian, Szechuan, etc.). We dropped in on a Sunday evening (around 9:15pm). The place surprisingly had people in it along with several others that grabbed takeout. The food comes out lightning quick! The menu is huge; entrees, soup, BBQ dishes, soup, hot plate, meats (chicken, pork, beef & lamb), vegetables & tofu, rice, fried rice, fried noodle and noodle/soup. Like I said, typical massive menu. - Beef tendon hot & sour noodle soup (N.7) ($12.90 NZD) - this was the best dish. The hot & sour soup had a nice kick to it. Bits of chili flakes. The cellophane/clear noodles had a great bite to them. There was a few peanuts and cilantro thrown in too. Beef was a tad dry. - Singaporean fried vermicelli (M.12) ($12.90 NZD) - it doesn't look like your typical Singaporean noodle dish but the flavour was pretty close. Only bad thing was the amount of MSG in this dish. Way too salty. Totally unnecessary as the wok hei was there. - Szechuan style chicken with vegetables (F.11) ($15.80 NZD) - I wouldn't necessarily call this Szechuan style (no heat or numbness to it) but it was tasty. Good mix of vegetables including broccoli, cauliflower, wood ear and button mushrooms, zucchini, onion and carrots. Chicken was tender. Solid but pretty standard dish. Too many types of Asian dishes on the menu but I was a fan of the noodle soup.

Get number 3 on the menu!! Roast duck with noodles. Amazing…read more Savory and not too salty/flavord. Just right.

Ordered a Tom yum soup and it tasted great. I requested chili's on the side and out them in the…read moresoup and wow, they gave it a great flavor. Service was amazing. Dude even provided several things and attractions to do/visit.

This is my favourite Asian eating house in Wellington even after 20 years!!!…read more And always their food quality and fast service has always been consistent. My favourite dish is always number 19 Spicy Red fish Vermicelli Noodle Soup

Came here with one thing in mind - my craving for hot and sour soup. While it seemed a little…read morepricey compared to prices in NYC, they do have more ingredients (they add bbq pork) in this hot and sour soup and also a bigger portion. This more than satisfied my craving and I was definitely tempted to come here again. It is more of a hole in the wall (but bigger) locals place. Service was quick and they understand at a minimum, English, Cantonese and Mandarin, from what I've noticed when people watching.

Excellent noodles. Worth it. Authentic. Friendly and fast. Simple sit down set up. Generous…read moreportions. And takeaway.

Solid dim sum. Duck and sesame balls was very good. Har how was nicely done. Rice in lotus leaf…read morewas a little sweet.

The star rating is predicated on the fact that Wellington just doesn't have much selection of…read morereally good dim sum/yum cha restaurants. On the one hand you have Grand Century, which is mediocre at best with not much variety. There are also the other Asian-fusion type places like Ancestral where there's just as much SE Asian influences. For variety, freshness and taste I'd give Majestic 4 stars. I wish there were more traditional items like braised chicken feet or steamed/braised mixed offal or sticky rice with chicken wrapped in lotus leaves or even jellyfish salad. However, this place does a good job to satisfy the dim sum craving whenever I have them (and I have them a lot).

This was our very first stop in Wellington - we had heard great things and seen Mr Go's in a few…read more"top places to eat" articles about Wellington, so were excited to "go". I was expecting a more casual, grab your bao and dumplings and "go" style - but this was a more fancy, sit down restaurant vibe. The space is stunning, and I'm sure they're packed for dinner! The menu felt a bit pricey, but that could have also been us adjusting to the NZD prices. We just wanted a midday bite, so opted for the bao and dumplings. The chili oil on the dumplings were divine - we loved the rich spicy flavor. My partner enjoyed his bao. We got some hand pie recommendations from our kind and friendly waiter as well. We didn't get any drinks but their cocktail list was enticing!

Drinks and food are both delicious. We had the popcorn chicken, cream cheese wontons, and the…read morechicken bao. Drinks we had: - Punchy the Panda punch (deliciousness that's served in a cute panda ceramic cup, what's not to love?) - Dr. Mango (tastes almost like an alcoholic mango lassi) - Young, Rum, and Sour (the first sip hits a bit sour but it's smooth sailing from there!) Service was great! Music was great!

This place is in dire need of a more recent yelp review. I had never heard of the place before…read moredespite being a Wellingtonian, was recommended by my two asian mentees so I had to try it out! Tiger can be a bit of a confusing restaurant because there's actually 2 restaurants! There hasn't been anywhere that clarifies well what the difference between the two restaurants are, so thought I'd give my two cents for each - especially since I'm guessing a lot of people who hear about Tiger want to go for the hotpot! I went to both restaurants in February 2020 with a fortnight in between the two visits: * The Tiger restaurant on the left has warm meals you can order from a menu and also offers karaoke (however my party of people and I didn't do that so I can't say what the quality of it is in comparison to other karaoke bars in Wellington). If you need to book beforehand, you can just give them a ring. * The Tiger restaurant on the right does bubble tea and the current replacement for the hotpot. Unfortunately as of late 2019/2020 they no longer do hotpots, however they now do a 'make your own' noodle soup with toppings you choose from the 'ingredient buffet' - a lot like genghis khan on Majoribanks Street. They don't offer anything else besides the 'make your own' noodle soup and bubble tea. You don't need to order, you just walk in, take a table and start grabbing your ingredients. Food (4.5/5) I really enjoyed the meals on both restaurants! I went with two friends to the left restaurant after work and we ordered a few plates to share instead of individual meals. We ordered dumplings, a sizzling beef plate, sweet and sour pork and some congee / egg porridge which all tasted really great. Portions were huge (especially the congee!). Splitting the bill in three got the total up to about $23 which was really worth it! If you go to the first restaurant, I'd definitely by a couple of meals to share and split the bill rather than each buying individual meals! The second restaurant on the right I had a late lunch with a different friend. Making your own soup was quite simple and straightforward, but could be better directed (refer to service below). I crafted myself a simple seafood noodle soup with ramen, crab sticks, prawn, shrimp, bok choy and spinach, weighed it on the scale and passed it to the cook on the other side of the window (he asks you how spicy you want it!) . The cook spent about 10-15 minutes cooking it up before it was brought over to our table. It's important to note that for every 100, the price of your soup is $3.80. Mine came up to $18 (and I was worried I'd placed to much), but the end result was much bigger than I had expected - very worth it! The friend I was with didn't like his as much but it was due to the combo of ingredients he chose. Atmosphere (3.5/5) Unfortunately can't judge this the restaurants' atmospheres well as both times I visited were not busy. The first restaurant, while we came starting 5:30-6, it was Tuesday and rather quiet. Only other party came to have dinner and a few took food away, but overall it was quite cozy and a few cute decorations. I preferred the second restaurant much more. Wide open windows and space with cute furniture. Much more casual and a good place to meetup with friends! Service (2.5/5) I feel this is where for previous reviewers on other sites that Tiger was let a bit down. The service for both restaurant sides felt a little slow and ... awkward so to say. It could also get a little hard to talk to the staff as well. Sometimes we couldn't catch their attention to order because they were in the kitchen most of the time, or watching the Chinese drama on the tv. The second restaurant also felt a little awkward. It wasn't quite clear if you were supposed to sit down first, go to the counter, talk to the staff? It's a place that really needs instructions for newcomers as the server wasn't clear enough when explaining and would wait a little bit too long before he decides to help us. That being said, he did help us when he believed that we were putting too much of an ingredient on the plate e.g noodles. It was quite obvious seeing other people who had obviously been here before that they new to just grab a table and go straight to the ingredient buffet. Think they just need to improve the experience fore new customers who don't know what they're doing. Overall, I enjoyed the food and experience dining at Tiger and would definitely go for a round two!!

Great restaurant. Having read the other reviews talking about bad service, we went to this…read morerestaurant anyway. If you have been to a hot pot restaurant in China, this place will suit you perfectly. If you are not familiar with the process, I can see how it would be confusing though. Essentially this is a fully self service hot pot restaurant. That means you get your plates, bowls, food and sauces. For $25 all you can eat per head it is a pretty great deal. Not the full range of foods to cook as you would expect in China, but given that we are half the world away they have done a good job with locally available product. As to the service issue, the staff were very friendly and helped us with everything we asked for (we've done hot pot a lot in China, so basically just needed more meat, extra heat in the soup and the bill). If you expect too much service, perhaps try a full service hot pot restaurant instead of a self service one. I recommend these guys to anyone wanting a great and economical meal.

I had a very tasty dish and found the staff friendly and polite and patient when I couldn't decide…read morewhat to eat. It a relaxing place to dine

Consistently good food. This place serves up a range of…read moreAsian fusion dishes. About 8 different dumpling options, 3 types of bao, lots of sharing options. The roti is amazing, the blue cheese dumplings Devine. Would come back for those 2 things!! Also good: satay, Vietnamese summer rolls (nice and fresh and crunchy), and also the chicken wings. All tasty. Good cocktails on offer too. Solid place. Would recommend

Came here with friends who recommended this place. There weren't any dining tables left so we were…read moreseated at a table by the bar which we didn't mind. Service was a tad slow here but picked up as more people started sitting at the bar. We ordered the following: -combo platter (summer rolls, peppered squid, krishna pakhora, three cheese naan, and SFC) - all items were pretty good and my favorite was the krishna pakhora vegetables and SFC chicken which is surprising since these are usually not my favorite meats/veggies -firecracker slider - friends said it was very spicy and I had to try it. This was the right amount of spicy for me and I wish I had ordered it as my main -nasi goreng - good amount of meat but not really extraordinary -lamb curry - good, doesn't come with rice but my partner just ate it as is since he's allergic -krakatoa fire bowl - love the fire element to the drink and it was tasty and didn't taste very alcoholic (even though it's made of a lot of liquors) but it's pricey -bartender's choice - THIS is what I would 100% come back for and surprisingly very affordable. I told them that I like whiskey/bourbon and love yuzu citrus (the more citrusy the better) and they made me a drink that tasted amazing! According to my friends, the food has less spice now compared to when they've had it previously. Overall, I would come back here at least for the drinks and the firecracker chicken.

This place was a surprise since I was expecting much less in terms of flavour profile but the food…read moreturned out to be amazing! The service was quick and efficient and we arrived for an early dinner. The ambience is good enough but a felt a little dingy to me. We tried multiple dishes and they were all very flavourful, especially the beef main dish on the menu. Would definitely recommend trying this spot in Wally!