New Royal Garden

I am really conflicted about this place. Lovely venue, friendly wait and serving staff, absolutely delicious food and the experience of cooking your own hotpot with fresh ingredients was great. What was wrong you ask? When my 80yr old father went to pay (he insisted) the woman (I can't bring myself to call her a lady) sensed an opportunity to take advantage of an old man. Luckily I pushed him to tell me how much the dinner for 3 was. When he showed me the receipt, she had charged him for the table with 6 people next to us. Easy mistake right? Well he queried her three times before paying as he thought it was high, and she told him 3 times it was because of Chinese New Year fixed price of $55 per head. I talked to the excellent young waiter who had served us and he was shocked and immediately had her rectify the situation. She refused to credit the amount back to my dad's credit card (I assume as this would show up in the statements and be queried by management) and paid the refund in cash. The grand total of this was over $70 difference, nearly double the actual price of approx $80. She refused to make eye contact and was very surly at having been caught out. If the owners or management wish to contact me to discuss and get more information please let me know. Be wary when paying and triple check your receipts. Such a shame as I would love to have this awesome food and convenient location as a regular eatery.

We came here for lunch on boxing day. The place was full and we were lucky we made an earlier reservation. Out of the dishes we ordered, pecking duck was good though it was less crispier but more meatier. Special fried rice was really good. The diced chicken fried rice and singapore fried noodles could have been prepared in a better way in my view. The portion sizes of all were quite generous. The place had nice ambience and seating. Parking was ample.

Very good place, food is tasty and always cooked well. When dining inside they are usually very attentive as they seem to want to give you a full service. Takeaway orders are generously sized and feels good value. I'm only sad they are closed for renovations because I don't know anywhere that has the quality of this place.

The food is awesome, very good indeed. Price is pretty standard for yum cha too, so not too expensive. The egg tarts are amazing! And the chicken feet was nice as as well (if you're scared to eat chicken feet, just give it a shot, I'm an Australian and I have never regretted my first taste). Service is normal for a yum cha, actually probably a bit better than usual. If you're used to Western dining, you'll find the service bad - but believe me, there is much worse.

My goto Chinese restaurant, I've been going here for over 30 years and still love it. Very friendly staff some of whom I've know all that time. 3 seatings of Yum Cha and a fantastic a la carte menu, which includes two of my favourite meats Emu and Crocodile. They also sell all the usually BBQed meat by the kilo. Being non Asian, but willing to try new and exotic foods, I often tell the waiter what meat I'd like and let them decide how it is prepared (ie off the menu, well the English one at least) and I've never been disappointed.