Good food, good service on a voucher with entertainment! The entertainment was carving ducks and…read morefood preparation at the table plus buckets of live crabs brought out to tables for approval before cooking. We did not have the crab on the set menu but they were being enjoyed on the other tables. The four of us decided 5:30pm on a Sunday night for our dinner, thinking it might be quiet. It turned out we just beat the crowds. The restaurant is one of a few on the outside of Westfield shopping centre near the entrance to the movies. There is a playground for kids near the outdoor eating areas. The row of restaurants was packed with families as we were leaving and so was this place.

This is an old time family favourite Chinese restaurant with friendly service and great tradition…read moreChinese food having a good range of delicious dishes on the menu. The only negative is that the decore is looking a little tired now and needs updating to give it a fresh modern look and feel. Apart from this, you wont be disappointed.

Terrible flavorless food. A Seafood Combination for $28 was so disappointing. The stir fry chicken…read morewas watery and sadly our family will not be eating from the Lotus Inn again. An $8 dish from Sussex St food court has 10 times the flavor!

Good option to the food court. It seems aimed at…read moreCaucasians, but food is good. We had separate lunch menus, good price and friendly service. You can do worse I guess.

Humble restaurant, delicious chicken, food came out extremely fast. Good prices too. Friendly staff.read more

Friendly staff and great food make this one of the best Chinese restaurants in Hornsby!read more

So my experience had been mixed. But all in all I been quite happy…read more The congee here in particular is what it's known for so they are generally quite good. Fried dishes also quite good and for the price is quite reasonable actually. I have to agree with 1 of the 1 star google reviews though where I feel I got cheated by the lobster weight...

A chinese restaurant overcrowded with chinese people must have a good kitchen. It is reasonable…read morepriced and does what you expect from such an establishment. You won't find friendly service or a clean bathroom, but the dishes are generous, traditional and well seasoned. They have set menus for different size groups and are fairly fast. Also, one of the few chinese restaurants where the credit card function of the eftpos machine is not always coincidentally broken when you want to pay. Quick lunch with family, or a nice dinner which is not too expensive. Plenty of parking on the weekend in the garage underneath too. And you can always use the bathroom next door at McDonalds.

Been to this Teochew / Chiuchow restaurant a few times now. Always wonderful food and super lovely…read morepeople . It does get a tad understaffed during peak hours, but I always enjoy it nonetheless.

I'd been here before with my family and had a wonderful meal. With mother's day looming and…read morerelatives visiting us we had a big family dinner here. FOOD We got the set mother's day menu for 8 plus added on a few extra dishes. The quality of food that day was very sub-standard. A full restaurant meant the chef's probably weren't on their best game and were just trying to mass produce the set menu items. They missed out crab as well which we forgot about because there was already too much food. The boss was nice enough to come over himself to apologise and ask us if we wanted them to cook it to take it home with us or he'd take off the $70 from our bill. OVERALL Disappointed that day but I'll be back on another Monday night when the chef's can pay more attention to my food.

We picked up a take out on our way back after a good walk along the Cliffs in Sydney. I noticed…read morethat many come here for a full sit down dining experience. So there was a large dining area with many large round tables for groups of 6 to 10, and reservations are required. We decided to try their Chicken Curry Kapitan, Roti Canai, and Stir-fried Tofu with Mixed Vegetables. We order two types of rice - Hainan Chicken flavored and Coconut rice. In all the food was very tasty and pretty authentic. It's also one of the few places that offers a greater variety of food choices - from chili crab dishes to steamed fish. Definitely more for a sit down Malaysian meal instead of just the hawker or street food variety. So if you are looking for a more serious sit down Malaysian meal. This is a good choice.

I haven't been to Istana in years as I don't really find this food authentically Malaysian. So…read morewhen my friends decided to go there for dinner my expectations were low. Very low that Istana had a good chance of proving me wrong FOOD We ordered 4 dishes, 2 of them very Malaysian dishes. Funnily enough it was the belacan kang kong ($17.80) and kapitan chicken ($17.50) that impressed me. Not the best I've had but pretty good for suburban Sydney. The tofu combination hotpot ($24.30) and squid with spiced salt ($18.50) were disappointments though. SERVICE We had to wait a little while for a table because it was so busy but as soon as we were seated and ordered the food came out in no time. Highly recommended you book on a weekend to avoid the inevitable wait as this place is popular. OVERALL Istana... a Malay word meaning palace. Whilst this place isn't really a food palace it's still manages to pass this review.