Beijing House Restaurant (Relocated as Dumpling Inn Restaurant) — Restaurant in District of Belconnen

This place used to be fabulous when it was the Dumpling Inn. But new name, new management, new staff it’s no longer our favourite local restaurant. We’ve tried it three times since the new ownership, each has been worse than the last and we will not be back. Service was ok but food is terrible. Honey King prawns were in really thick, soggy batter with little honey sauce, our old favourite squid in chilli rock salt was also in disgusting batter and very rubbery making it hard to eat. Sizzling steak, only sizzled in one small spot on the plate. The sauce was a funny colour and looked as though it had flour in it to thicken it but had not been cooked through. Only decent dish was the panfried pork dumplings...

I had a tasteless and greasy bean curd combination that I forced about a quarter of down only because I was hungry after a long hot day. It included a few lumps of meat (beef, chicken, pork) along with bean curd all of which seemed to have been reheated. It looked like something cobbled with leftovers none of which worked with each other. The rice was nice. The service was quick, loud and irritated. The person was obviously busy, but her attitudr made me change from eating there to takeaway. Very disappointing as when I first went in the atmosphere generally was pleasant, but none of it was extended to me in the meal I was given, nor the way I...

This place manages to combine bad food with an ego the size of the Great Wall. The menu proudly announces “Beijing Restaurant” and boasts about its Peking duck — except the duck isn’t roasted, the knife work looks like it was done blindfolded, and the dipping sauce could put instant noodles to shame. Ask them anything about Beijing cuisine and you’ll get a random lecture about their “innovation,” which is apparently code for “we don’t know what we’re doing.” A truly shameful excuse for a Chinese restaurant, hoping that smoke, mirrors, and a sprinkle of arrogance will distract you from the scam...