Got here after disembarking a cruise ship an hour earlier. It was simple navigating to Chinatown. The shopping mall was not too busy yet, but this restaurant can get really bustling by noon. Dim sum comes out in carts and their variety is good! They also provided yellow mustard, which is one of our dim sum preferenc read more

Great Dim Sum served by friendly ladies pushing their carts. Highly recommended if you enjoy genuine Chinese food and especially Dim Sum.

Grew up in New York going to Chinatown and getting great Dim sum. This place reminded me of that. Food and service excellent.

A great great Dim Sum place. It is located in the Market City shopping mall in Chinatown. Market City has a food court of cheapie places on the first floor. The cheapie places draw a crowd. Upstairs on the third floor are the more deluxe restaurants. Most of those establishments were nearly empty. The Eight was crammed to the gills, With people pouring into the restaurant like water out of a fire hydrant. The inside is cavernous and they can feed a lot of people all at once. And feed a lot of people is what they do. This is typical of what I have seen of great Dim Sum places in Hong Kong and San Francisco. People who love Dim Sum pick a place because they think it is superior - and everyone goes there. We in fact got the recommendation for the Eight from a Sydney local - who was insistent that this was the one and only one place to go in Sydney for Dim Sum. Another note is that virtually all of the customers were Asians. My wife and I were one of the two or three tables of Anglos in the place. * * * The way to do dim sum if you can is to go with twenty of your best friends, so you can share a lot of dishes. When your table only has two people, most of the lovely things on the carts will have to pass you by. There is a limit on how full you can fill a human stomach. * * * That said, most of what we had was completely impressive. Of special note - Mixed vegetable steamed dumplings with some of the heaviest mushroom taste I have ever encountered. Nicely bitter bok choy that was a great foil for all the fried food we were eating. Spectacular scallop dumplings. Samuel C. kills for scallops. But even given my massive pro-scallop bias, I had to admit that objectively THESE scallop dumplings beat any of the ones I have had in other places. Fish cakes. Most of the dim sum places that I go to have turnip cakes or taro cakes. I see fish cakes less often. These fish cakes are super fishy. Super fishy is a major plus here. Sesame balls with a hard egg custard filling that were to die for. There were other goodies too - none of which were bad. But those produced the happiest responses from Samuel C. and his charming partner in crime. * * * There are many negative Yelp reviews of this place. I think these reviews reflect badly on the pettiness of the reviewers in question and do a vast injustice to the restaurant itself. One person complains that they won't seat a solo person. Soon after opening the place was mobbed and filled to the gills. There were lines to get in. I can totally see how management would want to have a rule of two to a table. One person claims you need to order expensive seafood to receive attention. I have no idea what this person is talking about. The carts come and go frequently. Every table gets the opportunity to get a vast amount of food. You will not go neglected or hungry at the Eight. Another writer claims that this is all Aussie dim sum. (No, dear reviewer. This is just the Eight in Sydney.) They then claim that various dishes (notably chicken feet) are prepared better in the U.S. Being an American who eats dim sum, I can assure this reviewer that the quality of dim sum in the United States is extremely variable. Chicken feet in most of the American places I have eaten at are inedible, although I know a San Francisco place with great chicken feet. I saw the chicken feet here at the Eight, although I did not order them. The feet here were much larger than the ones you get in America, and they had more meat on them. I have a hard time imagining what the problem was. One reviewer did notice a waiter laying a new place setting on a table that hadn't been fully cleaned yet. That would have bothered me too if I had seen that. The day I was there, both service and cleanliness were impeccable. * * * Bottom line: The three star rating here is skewed by a number of idiosyncratic and unfair reviewers. The Eight is a great place. read more

We were given the bombs rush, barely enough time to eat food thrown at us, money demanded, and out the door would not recommend this place

We are from the United States, came cuz husband wanted to try Aussie Dim sum. 1) service was good from all the cart ladies. 2) steam squid is good. 3) duck feet was not as good as USA 4) 7 items is $106 aud.. for USA this is pricey. Was a ok / good experience.. BAD experience Dim sum means lots of tea.. enjoy tea as much as eating the dim sum. This guy maybe head of the servers was rude, a lady was refilling the tea hot water.. this guy YELLed at her in front of us in Chinese " go do tea for the new customers, don't do useless stuff" This means we are done and not a customers.. Do come but beware of the verbal abuse to you and the ladies.. the ladies say he is like this don't let him bother u... which makes me even more mad. i enjoy my tea and will not be bully to leave lol read more

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Food and service is good, order simple dinner but the quality it great ! A little busy at night read more

Chaos!!! We wanted lunch. Specifically dumplings. We'd walked all over the market and eventually stumbled on The Eight, located on the 3rd floor. There was a fast moving line and a huge dining room packed with people and dim sum carts, so we had to stop. It was a busy weekend - so busy that the host will tell you to look for the guy with air traffic control sticks to get to your table (not kidding). Before your butt hits your seat the carts will be coming for you - every kind of dumpling, bun, cake and yum cha favorite will be headed your way. Seriously - I bet a cart came by every 2 minutes. Most of the staff and patrons are native Chinese speakers so just point at what looks good. I am pretty sure we had prawn dumplings (good), beef meatballs (good), spring rolls (just ok), sui Mai (my favorite - so, so, so good) and some kind of pork/veg dimpling with corn and other tasty things. The last two were my favorites by far. Every time they drop a dish, the mark your card and at the end it's totaled up for you. All the dumplings we could eat and a couple of beers ended up being really quite cheap. And we really enjoyed an authentic experience as most places just have you order off a sheet and bring items from the kitchen. Loud, chaotic, lots of fun! read more

The Eight - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

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Being from San Francisco, I wanted to compare Dim Sum in Sydney vs San Francisco chinatown. I can honestly say that the Eight does Dim Sum extremely well. Dumplings were very well stuffed and seasoned. There were dishes that do not exist in San Francisco (sesame prawns), and familiar dishes that had surprising flavors (baked cha sew buns). Sadly, I was in a small group of only 3, so we weren't able to try very many dishes, but everything we tried was of top quality. read more

Will not accommodate solo diners. Even with a half empty dining room. Wish I could say otherwise but I would not recommend this establishment unless you have a large group even if they say a 2 top after sending me away. Their loss but writing an honest review. On to the next one, where people are friendlier. Funny thing that happened is I found another spot down the street that was welcoming with open arms even as every table was booked. Lovely! read more

Sooooooo disappointed with all the Cantonese style restaurants failing on every level China mainlanders money is definitely taking over. They are only interested in you if you order their seafood and don't mind forking out the prices. Good business if that's what you do. But there are some ppl like me out there who know better and know when they try and rip you off. Then bc we don't order the seafood dishes, the service level falls below zero Lucky I had the best company so the food was bearable due to that. Not recommended at all. read more

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The Eight is the typical Yum Cha place: Yummy food with The Zero service. Please wait to be seated and they really meant it. Wait as in ignored, stood there for like five minutes before getting some form of ungrateful grimace. Once you get seated, it's another story, the food was fresh and the fried food were still warm even after being pushed around which is always a good sign. No complaints about the food. Everything was seasoned and nothing was overcooked. I'll let the photos speak for this one. Conclusion You really only pay for the food at this place, it's above average but if you're treated like dirt as you step in, the food has to be really exceptional to come back to. Funny thing is, the people earning the least i.e. people pushing the trolley are the friendliest of the lot. If it's a big group and you couldn't care less about the sloppy service it might be actually acceptable to dine here. Don't feel bad if you don't tip. read more

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Very tasty dim sum served here. Staffs are very courteous and professional. I think this place is one the best yum cha place in Sydney Chinatown. The restaurant space is very large for groups and individuals customers here. I will comeback to this place again for lunch. read more

The Eight - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

Maybe after hearing all the rave about this place, I was all hyped up but I used my eyes & tastebuds to be its own judge. We decided we wanted yum Cha & brunch sounded like a great idea. We arrived just before 11. Was a great choice as it was nice & quiet, all the ladies with the steam carts were fussing over serving us. They were offering all the steaming hot dumplings, buns & all the wonderful assortment of steamed goodness. We ordered a variety of dim sums to try. Nothing fancy except the pig's blood(which is normally not available elsewhere). The egg tarts & the chives dumplings stood out for me, they were tasty & were the best live tasted. The rest were ordinary. Missing star 1. The BBQ buns(could have been the star of yum Cha along side Siew Mai) let me down. The Siew Mai's skin were all sticking to one another & when it's served it isn't the greatest look. No excuse even when it's cold. The BBQ pork buns was great on the inside but the surface of the bun is a bit dry. I had to peel off the outer layer. Missing star 2. The lady at the next table had a table full of food by herself & when she left, there was a tiny little mess. Guess what? The waiter ignored the crumbs, placed the new setting on it & its waiting to serve the customers that sits there. Well, first it's not really hygienic. Second, if they wanna put tablecloths, then it's best they change it after each customer. read more

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We had Sunday lunch there. It was kind of a mad house. There was a line to get in but we were seated with dumplings in front of us within 10 minutes. Of probably 500 diners we were probably 10-15 non Asians. That's a good sign in my book. Don't over order as saying yes can get expensive as all the food comes by. read more

The Eight - Parting shot.... Don't go for Sunday lunch if to are looking for somewhere quiet. - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

This restaurant was recommended by the hotel staff. So we gave it a try. Its a pretty roomy restaurant. When we walked in there were about 12 customers. We ordered tea which is $2.50 each person. We ordered 6 dim sum items which have size prices. Not sure which was what size but the prices vary from a medium is $4.80, large $6.20 & extra large $7.20. All the dim sum tasted fresh and the service was good. Here are the items we enjoyed: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/_LmOZKkUOZVCGP-BVya3Qg?select=MuAhq9mU2ndVnRicq5UbdA read more

One of the best yum cha places I've ever been to although a little on the pricier side. The three of us are here and it was $98 no drinks. Their prawn dumplings and Tao fu fa are exceptionally good I think. Generous servings of prawns and pastry is delicious. Most things come in 3 or 4 servings. Their a bit pushy with their service and even after I've put 8 dishes on the table and wanting to eat them all before choosing more the same lady harassed me a couple of times and then later ignored me when I wanted something. If the service was better it would get 5 stars because it's in a great location, food has always been delicious and generous in sizing. read more

The Eight - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

This is the forth time ive been here and i love the kaos and crazy atmosphere as mych as i adore the food. Its fast fresh and deliciously good. Today did not disappoint me. Creamy pork tasting deep fried taro yum and ginger dumplings that glude down your throat into the bottomless pit called my stomach. Fried green beans wirh pork and gai lan in oyster sauce is a must if you delude yourself into thinking your healthy! Bbq pork cheong yummmy and the best was deep fried sesame prawn rolls were a standout. I missed out on a few faves har gow cheong fun and bbq pork but was happy with my duck pancakes. A few more dishes we had were vege dumplings very tasty and a few kore i cant remember. All up 150 bux for 5 of us and drinks it was a great yum cha ince again! Plus free parking with my stamp from ty he restaurant yay. read more

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Delicious tasty fresh food The cart drivers are a tad pushy but if you your ground and wait for dessert you will be rewarded. The mango pancakes and coconut pudding is to die for. read more

I get that numerology is big with Chinese people and that eight is very lucky. I still think its an odd name to the western ear. 'The Eight Modern Chinese Restaurant' But there's only one? What if they want to franchise it, would it be 'Another Eight Restaurant'? 'That New Eight Place' ? What about the French version 'L'Huit Restaurant Chinois Moderne'? I eventually found it after an eight minute search. Its in an arcade in Chinatown near Paddys on top of market city. About eight waiters pounced on me and sat me at table eight. I ordered eight prawn and mushroom dumplings (think I'm making this up? - I took a photo, and I think I was at table eight). The food is good, I also had a snow pea dumpling and prawn har gow, four of each making eight. All good , but I have to say not great. Just good, which is to say, not greight. I think I eight too much and I now need a nap - can someone wake me at about eight?. It would have been nearly a five star place but for three dishes the bill was $30 and I thought that was a bit steep. Call me ungreightful but Mr Wong is worth that, Eight really isn't. read more

The Eight - I ate two before the camera could focus - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

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The Eight was stop number four on our mission to find the best Yum Cha in Sydney and I must say, it will definitely be a strong contender. In fact, we tend to get stuck on a good yum cha restaurant and we have now been to this one three times. Our first visit the host allowed us to choose our table as we had arrived right as the doors open (because that's our yum cha style). We chose a table on what we call "The Dumpling Superhighway" which is the strip of any Yum Cha establishment that gets first access to the trolleys of treaties when they come fresh out of the kitchen. In fact, we even sat opposite the steaming area where fresh veggies and what not are cooked while you wait. The food at the eight was fresh, delicious, didn't make us swell (so what we ate was free of MSG) and the service was perfect. In fact, we got offered more than we could possibly eat, which for us at yum cha is something we never thought would happen. Highly recommended. read more

I have been here twice and the food is delicious although it is pricey. I am from Vancouver originally though so everything is pricey to me but I went here for lunch and it was $100 between 2 of us although we did eat a lot and have a bit leftover and I was with a man for whatever that is worth. The dumplings are all delicious and the egg tarts are tasty too (although I am not sure I have ever had a bad egg...tart). I would recommend that you check it out - just be aware that you will be paying for the quality. I also suggest getting there early as it gets full. We arrived around 11:30am ad we didn't have to wait but there was a line when we left. read more

Scrumptious yum cha feast is what you'll expect here. There is a great variety in food, pretty good atmosphere, not overly expensive either. It's one of the better chinese restaurants in the city and therefore very popular so try to avoid the peak hours if you're really hungry. read more

The Eight - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

This might be because I'm American but I didn't expect the dim sum here to be expensive. Maybe dim sum is just generally expensive here in Sydney? Regardless, the dim sum was delicious. We got chicken feet, shrimp hargow, pork shumai, sesame balls, and 2 others. Service was pretty good and the restaurant was very beautiful, clean, and modern. Overall, it was good but I would come back probably every 2 months at most. read more

The Eight - Chicken feet, shrimp har gow, and pork shumai - Chinese Near Me - Sydney, NSW

The Har Gow are some of the best I've had: translucent dumplings packed with generous chunks of prawn. I also recommend the Ham Soi Gok combination dumplings - I always call these "footballs" and can never remember their correct name. They have a crispy shell around a pocket of pork mince and shrimp. I also tried the taro dumplings with their crunchy feathery exterior. They were nice but not really to my taste. read more

Delicious yum-cha in the heart of Sydney's Chinatown! We were lucky enough to have a regular with us that took care of the ordering and was familiar with the wait staff. We had excellent service and dumplings that just kept coming! We went in with a group of 8 at 11am on a Sunday and didn't have to wait for a table. As soon as we were ready, the food kept coming and didn't stop until we were stuffed. The beauty of yum-cha is that everything comes around on carts, there isn't a particular order for anything, and you can have whatever you fancy at the moment! Some of the highlights were the steamed pork buns, mango pancakes, this delicious fried 'football' that was out of this world, the steamed pak choy, prawn and chive dumplings, bbq spare ribs, pork/chicken/prawn shumai, spring rolls...everything! Each dish was cooked perfectly and was piping hot when it reached the table. We didn't opt for too many fried items, and I'm glad. They are too heavy for my liking. The meal came to $25 a person, including a generous tip. I'd certainly return next time I visit Sydney. So tasty. read more

It's one of the very great yumcha places in Sydney. The beef tripe, beef tendon, and short ribs are my favourite. If you are from southern China you will like how much they put on the plate. If you dont like animal organs and such you can also order the egg tarts. They are light and the pastry is crunchy. We ordered so much that we didn't really have the stomach for desserts any more. But we heard that their mango pancakes are great so next time we are here we will definitely order that. All in all we were pretty content with what we had and we didn't wait long for a table (about 3 min) lol. read more

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After more than I hour waited, finally seated on corner table, doesn't matter, because so very hungry, everything we ordered so good, the only thing let down was the chicken feet, still need more time in steamer, at least 5 more minutes, tendon still hard and not very pleasant to eat.will still come back for sure read more

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I dined here as a group of 8 on a Saturday night during Chinese New Year, needless to say it was PACKED! They were only offering set banquet options (this wasn't advised at the time of booking) and it was lucky our table could all agree on one banquet option. Option A $49 Option B $59 Option C $79 We went with mid range - option B. Food was ok, service was ok (although I do give them some grace as it really was flat out busy!) read more

Decent dim sum ... enormous restaurant. I've been here at 12pm and it's crazy packed. You either have to get in early, like before 11am or later, say, closer to 2pm. Quality wise, it's decent, but like every Yum Cha place in Sydney it's pretty expensive. $50 for two people and we didn't even eat that much. I think it's on par with some of the higher end places for price? If that's the case, I'd rather go super high end and eat at Sky Phoenix in Westfield. Will return but probably not for a looooong time! read more

The food was delicious and fresh, and there was plenty of variety. Service on the other hand, although it was fast, my table felt a little out of place. The servers seemed annoyed to have to speak english to us, and everything was so rushed we didnt really have a chance to look at things before they were thrown upon us. I would try this place again - maybe we were just there on a busy day. read more

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Hate to give bad reviews but any good business owner needs feedback from all clientele to adjust and improve. We came in for a somewhat late dinner (it was 8:30pm) and they were a lot more than 50-60% empty. After a few minutes standing at the front desk, we were seated, and tea and menus were promptly brought to our table...and that's as good as it got! We waited, and waited, and waited, and after 20min of looking around for our waiter and many other waiters walking by our table without even a glance at us, we picked up our jackets and walked towards the front door...and no one tried to ask us what's wrong. So service is a big zero, and food is unknown...Btw their menu prices looked pretty high so maybe they did my wallet a favor. read more

This place is great!!! I was visiting Sydney and this was one of the top 50 eateries per time out Sydney! It had a huge variety and fresh hot dim sum! You cannot go wrong! All your usually suspects for ha how, siu Mai, etc!! read more

Went to yum cha here for a work lunch on the recommendation of couple of real yum cha enthusiasts. I can see why they raved about the place. I have eaten yum cha a lot. It's one of my favourite ways to eat out. This was one of the best I have been to. Big selection of dishes. All the usual ones plus a few I hadn't seen before (mango sago FTW!). Everything tasted great. Their rice noodles with prawns were great - fried rather than the usual steamed and with a really nice XO and peanut sauce. We ate until we couldn't. Best of all, the prices were very reasonable. The 8 of us stuffed ourselves and got out of it for under $25 each. Will definitely be going back. read more

My favorite yum cha spot in Sydney! Yes it's expensive and overpriced as compared to the Hurstville and Ashfield ones, but if you like what I like: char siu sou (BBQ pork puffs), egg tart, spinach har gao (shrimp dumplings), and ja leung (fried dough wrapped with large rice noodle) then this is your place! Always had a good experience with the service too, good for larger parties as you can split the bill better if you know what I mean :) read more

Just paid $12 for 100g of french beans, and they charge $6 holiday surcharge, and charged my 5yo for tea he didn't drink. Oh and parking downstairs has now gone up as well, without notifying customers. Don't even bother coming here unless you're prepared to pay and extra $20 for nothing. Marigold has valet parking at half the cost. read more

Good food but such bad service! Rude workers it just sucks because the food is so nice and fresh! But the service brings it down 2 stars.

I bought deals and went there twice in 2 different times. 1st time I went was they newly open for few months Hmm... Food is normal... And service is no good... I went 2nd time, thought maybe they have improvement. But........ I would definite go to zilver but not the eight, the quality is different. read more

The best Yum Cha we have ever had. Every dish had a specifically different flavor. The stuffed chilies were the best hot food ever of so my husband told me, too hot for me. Everything else I ate and it was to die for. read more

Only visit it for yum cha. Do not even step a foot in this restaurant during the evening hours. First off, service is extremely bad. The wait staffs clearly have not been trained in proper service. Acted as if we owed them something for them having to work. Communication was almost non-existence as most of them do not even know how to speak English. I mean I am fine if English is not the first language but waiters were darn rude. Secondly for the price in comparison with the food, totally not worth it. Seems like it was made with the least effort. Ordered a particular dish which was the steam chicken, it arrived cold like it came out of the fridge. Wondering if it was meant to be served cold, i asked the wait staff if it was meant to be served cold, got a rude response saying it was meant to be eaten cold. After this event, we got cold water and a waiter pointed to it and went " this one cold" came back another time and repeated the same thing. Seriously? Trying to mock us with that poor service and attitude. Damage done to wallet, $180+ Like i said only visit during yum cha service which is pretty good but do not even bother during the evening service unless you like having your mood ruined. read more