Wah Hing Restaurant — Restaurant in Adelaide

This is the worst FAKE Chinese restaurant I've ever had in Australia!! 中国食客注意：这是我目前为止在澳洲吃过的最烂的假中餐厅！！

We came in for dinner on 26 Dec, 2024. Google review was 4.4 stars (not that we totally trusted it but it was a reference), so we thought it was probably okay at least. After we sit down, the first thing I noticed was the round metal chopsticks on the table. Anyone from East Asia would know that Chinese don't use metal chopsticks, only Koreans do. Both Chinese and Japanese use wooden ones with rectangular handles that are far better in every way. But this is another topic entirely, so I'm not gonna go into it. My point is it raised my suspicions. So I looked across at another table that's already been served, and noticed that the food was contained in a couple of western style bowls. Immediately I thought don't tell me this is one of those westernised Chinese-fusion style restaurants because they're never any good and always expensive. Another thing I noticed was that there were no Chinese sitting there eating except us, usually that's not a good sign in case you're wondering. But still I decided to give it a try. So we ordered a soup, a couple of dishes and some rice. Pretty quickly they were served and my worst nightmare came true the moment they arrived at the table. As you can see from my photos, that was literally the amount of food they gave out and the status they arrived in!! And they have the audacity to call them food and serve them to customers!!!

If you go on their website and click on any of the menu links, it takes you to a third party page that's full of ads and click baits (yeah, that's how professionally low budget they're, so always check their online menus first). I highlighted two of the dishes we ordered. Now, go back to the other photos and tell me which one is "Red Pepper Kangaroo Fillet 回锅袋鼠肉"？Does it look like "回锅肉” at all？In case you don't know what the Chinese name says, it means "twice cooked". Also, does it look anything like their official dish photos which I also posted?? (not the same dish, but should look similar right?)

About the soup, usually soups are served in big bowls in large quantities for at least two or three people. NOT in a tiny bowl that's barely large enough for the spoon you're using. And even if you do single serves, you need to tell your customers, yet nothing on the menu and nothing from the waiter too!

You know sometimes you encounter fake Japanese restaurants that run by Chinese. And I have to say they're pretty freaking bad (not just to Japanese, but to anyone). This is the same thing, only that it's a fake Chinese restaurant run by people who obviously haven't got the faintest clue about Chinese food, however somehow this place miraculous gained 4.4 stars on Google?!! That just shows you how accurate the ratings are and who puts them there. If I maybe so bold, probably by people who also have no idea about Chinese food (or edibles in general).

That was just the food, I haven't even started with the environment yet. The restaurant was not big at all, yet like many restaurants, they just mindlessly play loud music that's not suitable for the place at all. The interior is all black, yet the overhead lights are so dim that you can barely see the food on the table if you're away from the window during the day (and at night?). Again, it was nothing like their official photos AT ALL!

Lastly the price. For "all that good food" (let's just call it that for now), we paid $88 dollars. For the same amount of money in real Chinese restaurants, you can literally eat 4 times and each time get more food in way better quality. I'm not exaggerating one bit, walk around and see for yourself, there's no need to believe me.

So the moral of the story is that, if you walk into a "Chinese restaurant" and find metal chopsticks on the table, leave right away; if you see western style bowls containing food instead of plates, leave right away; if you see no Chinese sitting in a Chinese restaurant, leave right away, because it's...

I've been coming here for years, food and service is always spot on and I really love their ever changing wine list.

The recent reviews by Jennifer Zhao, Maria Pham and Tristan Dang (all the same person) are not exactly how it went down. How do I know? because I was in the restaurant at the time.

What I witnessed was Ms Pham abusing staff, shouting, waving her fingers at the staff behind the bar's face.

She ordered Peking duck ... which is more than one course, and takes time. She actually had food before she carried on in such a rude fashion, that eventually the owner (who happened to be in the kitchen that shift) had to intervene and asked her to leave. Then she has the audacity to write, not one, but 3 reviews!

I witnessed this appalling behaviour and I was just about to ask her to leave myself! I'm glad she won't be back, she certainly won't be missed.

Let me be clear I don't work for Wah Hing and I wasn't asked to write this review, I'm just a loyal customer, of what I consider to be fantastic Cantonese food in Adelaide (I was raised in Hong Kong and know the...

Not one to write negative feedback, but the customer service at this restaurant on a busy night is non existence, and expect long wait times where we waited over an hour for our dishes to come out with 2 children under 9 years old, who ultimately didn't enjoy the experience.

There was no proactiveness from staff on checking in on customers, or asking if they wanted more drinks. More walk ins were being accepted when clearly the kitchen could not maintain the number of orders coming in. The owner started turning patrons away around 8:45pm but by this time the damage had already been done.

The cashier lady didn't like it when I started providing negative feedback and instantly told me to speak to the owner, and kept saying it was busy which I had acknowledged.

On a positive, the chef was fantastic and delivered great food, but should consider working elsewhere if the owner pushes the kitchen to the brink and doesn't care about customer satisfaction. The front of house staff clearly...