Omg the best salt and pepper squid ever! Great pho and dozens of dishes to choose from…read more Lovely interior very very busy place. The service is excellent and the food to die for! Last time had hainese chicken it was delicious and that squid is to die for. Also a tbone cooked on stone cheap and delicious get down there and try it out. Great pricing too! Btw try the fried wontons and sofa chahn yum Almost forgot my favourite dish high in fibre is water spinach stir fried in garlic and I get them to add chilli to it.

Great place to get Pho. I usually order the one with all the trimmings #52. They also have the…read moreprawn rice rolls I like with peanut sauce.

I stumbled across this hidden gem when I was living in the area last year. I now travel back here…read morefor absolutely no fuss, delicious authentic Vietnamese food. I usually order Cha Gio - 6 hot,crispy spring rolls - $8.50 or the more healthy cold version - Goi Cuon. This is chicken and prawnmade in a rice paper roll. My favourite dish is the Bun Ga Nuong. Lemongrass grilled chicken served with vermicelli noodle and fresh mint, carrots, lettuce, shallots and roasted peanuts. Yum! This is only $11.00 - a bargain. All dishes are served with fresh tea. Nest time I come I want to try the Vietnamese pancake.

Top notch Vietnamese joint just a couple of minutes down the road from Redfern station. Has an…read moreauthentic feel, which is partly to do with the great food, and partly to do with the slightly underwhelming decor more seen in Vietnam than downtown Sydney. Had the pho, which at $10 is amazing value. Served with a significant side of fresh chillis and your standard fare of fresh green produce. BYO booze is also a significant plus.

Came all the way from Canada and went to Thai Essence for a family supper, and all I can say is we…read moreenjoyed every meal served!! From their refreshing watermelon juice, crispy entrees (my son could not stop eating their eggrolls and their battered soft shell crab) to the soup and main meals. All were super tasteful and well presented. They have an extensive menu with a lot to choose from. Despite their busy evening, you could feel the staff was attentive to each clients present. Easy to find free parking on a saturday and baby friendly atmosphere. Really nice decor which made great family pictures souvenir. Definitely worth a stop, you won't be disappointed!

Beautiful restaurant! We visited from the States and the chef surprised us with her specialty…read moredishes. We had the seafood fried rice, fried fish, papaya salad and other fabulous dishes. The smoothies were so good. The mango smoothie is now my children's favorite drink. I don't think we'll be able to find the same drinks in the states. We returned a second time before our trip ended. Must try the fried ice cream and sticky rice mango coconut dessert. So delicious. Compliments to the chef(s), all the employees and the owners. Everyone was so welcoming to us. Highly recommend for authentic Thai food with great ambiance. Everyone needs to try this place out. You'll love it and will never want to go to any other Thai restaurant in Sydney.

YUM! Come eat here…read more I'm a hard-marker when it comes to Chinese cuisine but this place passes the test! I typically order seafood - things like XO pippies with vermicelli, steamed fish, fried squid, crab etc. - it's always tasty, consistent and worth returning for. If you're unsure of what or how much to order, ask the waitstaff. A guy called Andrew helped me out but the whole team in general are so friendly and give great suggestions. I've trusted their advice several times, and have never been disappointed. Late at night & this place is still busy, a testament to the food and fast, friendly service. Check it out!

Came here last night with my gluttonous partner-in-crime and BFF for a crab feast…read more Not sure about "old" crab, because as per tradition at this type of establishment, Mr Crab was escorted to our table to say his final goodbyes before being put in the pot. I also had a wonton soup (very average) and we ordered some type of glass noodle stir fry with shrimp and veges. Everything was gobbled up! I kept cracking jokes about the waiter giving us the side-eye thinking to himself "would you please look at these two white chicks?!! have they never seen food before? they're fucking animals! they're out of control!"... we were kind of out of control, lol. Greasy mouths, greasy fingers. Yummy, yummy in my tummy! The Crab was A+++++++ 10/10! Bravo! Mr Crab, your sacrifice was not made in vain. Shrimp stirfry... good, nothing remarkable. I didn't like the taste of the pork in the wontons or the stirfry. It tasted too plain and unseasoned. Veges, good, good, unremarkable. The staff were actually super nice and attentive. Even the waiter I was semi-making fun of. My bestie was pissing her pants laughing, guffawing. Well, I guess really, we were making fun of OURSELVES. The point of the whole dinner was the crab and that was the best and very, very good. I'm a happy camper. Would definitely come back again.

I was so excited when I discovered little Saigon plaza @ BANKSTOWN. The plaza has Papparich, Oliver…read morebrown and of course Chefs Gallery. The food here was so nice and service was impeccable. We had wonton soup, dim sims with avocado, crab spring rolls, Singapore noodles, oxtail and surf and turf (fish fillets with pork belly). And the grand finale was a pot plant dessert. The food wasn't presented as well as the one in the city but it tasted just as good. We also had a really nice Pinot Gris which was worth a mention. Parking was a breeze which is the best part of eating out in the burbs.

It's not bad. This is my uncle's favorite place. You can see them make the noodles (in certain…read morelocations), they handmake all of the noodles. Are the noodles that great in my opinion = no. But, there's plenty of other options that I love. I really enjoy all their different tofus. But yeah, some things are great and some not so much. I've gone to a few different locations, and they're practically all the same. I'd give this a 3. But, since some love it, I'd say at 4. Would I recommend this as a place you HAD to go when in Sydney, no. You can skip this place, but if you're interested in taking a chunk load of your family out to eat: go for it: something for everything.

The best Cantonese restaurant in Hurstville. Very local. Never disappoints. Always on point. Prob…read morehelps that I send my friends ahead to get table and order. I don't go anywhere else but here and every visit, albeit far and few in between is ALWAYS GOOD. EVERYTHING on menu is good!!

I still remember my first visit to this place. I was very young and had no idea where I was. Then I…read moregot a little older and revisited to place. Bad experience. Bad food and bad service. Over recent years you see this place getting more and more packed and queues usually signifies a must try - or it could be just a hype. Have always heard my parents say how good the place is now with reasonable prices and good services. I'm the type that's "see it to believe it and to be innit to winnit". So went there tonight and ordered steamed scallops with vermicelli, mushrooms and veggies in fish broth and steamed eel with black bean sauce. Was I amazed and did mums words live up to standards? Ah hell yeah man! Great food and service was fabulous - always remember Chinese restaurants don't give A class service. And they kept saying thank you when we left lol. Will come back after 8:30pm one night for the specials!

5/5 better than expected the soup is sweet&fresh…read moremeat is good will come back hard to park but you can park at wws and walk here

This place seves up some delicious vietnamese dishes with style. The pho is delicious with big…read moreserves and s nice depth. Spring rolls are to die for. Itgets really packed at night so het in early. Its fast its fresh and deliciously good

Screw the old "don't grocery shop hungry" adage - you *really* shouldn't Yelp when you're hungry…read more As I think about my tender and fragrant chicken rice, my jowls are literally pooling with saliva. A small child could drown in there. Or a average size chicken foot. (Vivid. Sorry.) This easily-missed takeaway does a heap of business, and it's easy to see why. Cheap, delicious Malaysian food, served quickly and in abundance by the aunties and uncles themselves behind the counter. There's a small patio where you can soothe your soul with some creamy laska, pretend to be healthy by slurping up a side of asian greens or burn your face off with some wok-fried noodels (extra spice, please). Sure, it's no Singapore hawker stall, but it'll certainly do the trick until your next trip over there.