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Cantonese Restaurant in central Sydney

East Ocean Restaurant is located in Sydney's Chinatown precinct and its large room with Chinese panels on the walls, red patterned carpet and cushioned seats gives way to a busy and friendly atmosphere mixed with authentic Cantonese cuisine. Enjoy the trolleys of steamed and deep fried dumplings, Dim Sum, rice and noodle plates and rolls, barbequed meats and more on the lunchtime Yum Cha trolleys. The restaurant specialises in live seafood which can be enjoyed with the extensive dinner menu. The restaurant is open for bookings and large functions with a banquet meal. The venue is licensed though BYO wine is also accepted and takeaway is available.

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  • Just G   3 reviews
    Sounds like a bit of a hit or miss but i thought their service and food was GREAT. One of my favourite restaurants to eat now.

    2 months ago - 13/03/2013

  • jackyfav  Newbie   1 review
    What a disappointing experience. I took my friends (from Italy) here on the basis of a well know food critic for one of the best Yum Cha.

    Absolutely worst service I have experienced.The service was horrendous, we ordered suckling pig with jelly fish, steamed kai-lan and a bowl of rice, 40 minutes for food to arrive with only one dish and no vegetables or rice, when we finished and asked for the bill I mentioned about the rice and the vegetables, they simply walked away to get them.

    When the bill came the problem began. The restaurant tried to charge me $22 for the bowl of kai-lan (chinese broccoli). As the wait staff had disappeared I requested the senior staff. I explained the situation and instead of discussing it they became rude.

    Staff were unhelpful and stood around either laughing or yawning.
    I was incredibly insulted considering the fact a scene was made and they were treating me like a senseless person.

    Never again will I go back to this restaurant.

    3 months ago - 12/02/2013

  • Mathew Albert   2 reviews
    One of my favourite places, that's for sure.
    Been here few times and this restaurant got my nicely surprised. Atmosphere is just great, the staff being friendly, polite and welcoming improve it even more.
    The food is outstanding, big and delicious dishes, a wide selection in the menu. There's a little thing that bothers me a bit, and that's the place is pretty busy, so it may get hard to book a table, but that's understandable, after all this restaurant is the best!
    Last, but not least, prices are reasonable so that's not something to worry about. Highly recommended!

    4 months ago - 18/12/2012

  • Rachel.1   2 reviews
    Often very busy but the service is great. Highly recommended to eat here, it's delicious.

    6 months ago - 19/10/2012

  • Laura_1   4 reviews
    Great staff, really friendly and the food was great

    7 months ago - 16/10/2012

  • NeilRhoton   3 reviews
    An amazing experience. Service was excellent, food was excellent and the atmosphere was classic. Would recommend this to everyone

    8 months ago - 20/08/2012

  • SmithG   2 reviews
    Fiends invited us as part of some special event. Duck was hard to find, lobster 'old and tough' no taste, prawns were OK, rice was shocking. Overall disappointed. Ordered coffees at 9am to be told they ran out of milk... Great effort, too lazy to stroll 20 meters to a seven 11 to get some. Wouldn't return to this place.

    11 months ago - 02/06/2012

  • 1nik1   34 reviews
    I went for yamcha with my family on weekend. The place is very busy. But the food is nice and I guess it worth for the wait.

    11 months ago - 23/05/2012

  • Tinaeuston   2 reviews
    Great food and service. Love spending my lunch break there. And it's quite affordable I must say.

    02/05/2012

  • TruEnergy   2 reviews
    Fantastic food, we found it a great place to eat when we visit in our travels and my wife is in love with the desserts there..we will be back...

    20/03/2012

  • Nina Bow   36 reviews
    I have been here a few times and the Yum Cha never disappoints me! The chicken feet with black bean sauce and dim sim are my favourites dishes.
    I have also been here a few times for dinner. The Singapore chili crab is more of a curry base which is different to many other Chinese restaurants. Not to my liking unfortunately. The other dishes such as the Pekking duck pancake and the Duck fried rice were top quality though.

    08/02/2012

  • bill thai   8 reviews
    Every time we come to Sydney this is a must. Yum Cha number one. Can not get enough

    15/01/2012

  • Brian_1723   5 reviews
    Very good YumCha, I have eaten alot of Yum Cha in Hong Kong, and this is on par with those restaurants

    05/01/2012

  • Samuarte   2 reviews
    this place is best food in the city! the bes tit gets! I love the soup and cheese things and wine is great too. I would happy reccomend this to everyone! Well done to all the staffs, and all the beautiful waitress!
    Love Samuarte

    23/12/2011

  • Parge  Local Star   242 reviews
    The boss loves this place as we come here for the work Christmas party/diner. I really have no complaints as I am not paying for the food. I will say it is well above average Chinese and the food and service is bloody good!

    Every year we all can't get enough of the Peking Duck & Pippies in Oyster sauce. An absolute must! Of the numerous times we have been here, they still haven't learnt to make a Cocktail, but I guess I am the stupid one for ordering one everytime. We'll be back here again at Christmas, and I can't wait.

    28/09/2011

  • Paulos101  Local Star   94 reviews
    went here for yum cha with the team, even though it was busy it was still pretty good service and also the food was quite good, will definetly be back for sure

    08/09/2011

  • Hanose  Newbie   1 review
    You lost me , East Ocean, the tables were touching each other. The services were not as good as before. Yum cha is supposed to be picked up from the trolley and we had to order from a menu. Hello, Every time when the staff passed by, we had to stand up and move the chairs. They put 7 of us today on a 5 people table, we almost walked out of the restaurant. The quality of the food had been deteriorated. The beef inside the rice noodle rolls had no taste and the salt and pepper calamari are not pepper enough. What is going on? We should have gone to another restaurant but we thought we will try this time. We had been many times before and this time was the worst. Bye, East Ocean, that is our last time there.

    04/06/2011

  • Fish520  Newbie   1 review
    I have been to the restaurant for many times and the food there is good.Recently they got a new supper menu which has seafood congee as well, worth trying if you want to have Chinese food.

    26/03/2011

  • Joanne Lee Phin  Local Star   291 reviews
    I've had yum cha at East Ocean several times - for lunch a couple of times and late at night for supper several other times.

    I like the variety and quality of food, and the service is usually pretty good.

    My one gripe is that they don't push around carts for yum cha at lunch. Instead, you fill out an order sheet and the food gets delivered to your table. While this is understandable at night, it's really not necessary during the day.

    At some stage they used to have carts going around, but they have stopped doing it. Boo - yum cha isn't yum cha when you don't get to peek into the carts of food and pick what you want.

    The plus side is that it's a big restaurant so you're likely to get a table.

    East Ocean - that is, if you can be bothered waiting around.

    11/02/2011 via TrueLocal for iPhone

  • slozenger   52 reviews
    Yum cha here is fantastic - unfortunately, everyone else in Sydney already knows this, beacuse the wait if you arrive later that 11am (esp. on the weekend) is at least 20mins to half an hour.
    The pros and cons of arriving later:
    Con - You have to wait for AGES to get in.
    Pro - The trolleys are well and truly up-and running by the time you enter (if you arrive before 11am the trolleys aren't ready yet and you have to order your food on a slip of paper, handled ingeniously by the waiters who don't write a thing down but miraculously still get the right food to the right table every time, and quickly).
    If you hate to wait, show up before 10:30am.

    22/09/2010

  • Monday:
    10:00 AM-2:00 AM
  • Tuesday:
    10:00 AM-2:00 AM
  • Wednesday:
    10:00 AM-2:00 AM
  • Thursday:
    10:00 AM-2:00 AM
  • Friday:
    10:00 AM-2:00 AM
  • Saturday:
    9:00 AM-2:00 AM
  • Sunday:
    9:00 AM-2:00 AM

All Cards Accepted

Restaurants

Dining Options

Take-Away Eat-in Functions

Cuisine

Chinese

Price Guide

Mains under $50

Licensing

Licensed and BYO

Menu

Lunch Dinner

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