Big Wong BBQ — Restaurant in Hobart

Hobart can be a cold place to visit but a hot delicious meal can assuage a weary and hungry traveller; at Big Wong BBQ I was welcomed, feed and satisfied. When confronted with a choice of places to eat and a list of cuisines to choose from there are always a few good ways of making a decision on the question: what should we have for dinner tonight. The first step is usually via word of mouth of a trusted advisor - a person with a long list of dislikes is to be avoided. Although, what to do if you a new to the area? or your friends are gastronomic sociopath (no sense of food empathy)? Reviews could be a nice place to start but that in itself generates a long list of eateries. The second step, observe the locals. Take a little time and watch who goes into the restaurants. A train of well-groomed hipsters is no guarantee outside a litany of vlog influencing food. I watched the street traffic; I had a dreary meal the night before and was not looking for a repeat performance on my last night. I could have my choice of Asian cuisine; Japanese, Malaysian, Korean, Thai or Chinese are within close distance of each other. I noticed a lot of people getting take away orders from Big Wong BBQ and it is early in the evening. That's was what drove my choice. The restaurant was not over flowing and was given my choice of places to sit by a friendly young man. I took my seat and to the comforting tinking of a wok being worked by a master in the kitchen drew my eyes down the menu. The window had the well-known hanging ducks and I do so love a well prepared duck, in fact I have duck so much on my mind I decide to get sweet and sour pork but what comes out of my mouth is "Half a BBQ duck please". I also mumble a simple side of fried rice; I have seen that there is a list of flavoured fried rice and my young attendant suggests trying the duck fried rice instead. After a short computation my duck driven brain agrees. I am to take my time and nestle into my surroundings. It is a clean and brightly lit dining area. This is not were you would go for a romantic meal or an indulgent night of excess, hence the many takeaway orders. I'm a tourist and the idea of eating in my hotel room seems a bit claustrophobic. So I wait while the sounds of a clinking wok and chopping of a clever play in the background. In a very short time my meal is placed on the table. It is hot, mountainous and supremely delicious. There was way too much for me to consume, I had spent a lot more on a lot less a few places. It was a great decision and the food was splendid. The meal beat back the cold...

We recently had tea here with family who have been multiple times and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately we had a terrible experience. It was a Tuesday night, not overly busy but they only had one girl (she was lovely) on at the front who was doing table service, welcoming guests, answering the phone and reheating and serving food. Alarm bells should of rang straight up when they had hand written notes on each table to "rate them 5* and receive a free can of cordial"....

Special fried rice was very good but came out 25 mins before mains..

Main chicken dish as per picture could probably still of laid an egg, it was that raw, and cold! The chicken was not reheated enough in the microwave! as the lady at the front was unable to undertake the 1000 jobs at once. The sauce for the chicken also came out 10mins later We ordered the Spicy Stir-Fried Pork Belly With Chilli.. came out looking and tasting a lot like chicken, well that's if you could taste anything over the extremely large amount of ginger in it. In fact a ginger root would have less ginger than that dish. It's also has just half a chunk of onion thrown in it and like 300g of rough large chunks of garlic.. practically uneatable and very disappointing. Showed no care or passion from the "chief"

I'm very conversed in Chinese food and the mains would be the worst I've had in Australia. Fried rice wasn't bad 6/10 Also disappointing the careless attitude when honest feed back was give, with no partial or full...

Please don’t be misled by the 5-star reviews. They leave notes on each table offering a free Coke if you give them a 5-star review (see my photos). That explains a lot about their ratings.

We went on Sunday (24.08.2025) around 4:55pm. The sign at the front said it was open, so we went inside and waited 5–7 min. A staff member (looked like a chef) finally came out, just stared at us, and when we asked if we could order, he said “we open at 5pm.” Even though the sign said open, he took our order with no greeting or welcome. After about 15 minutes my husband’s roasted duck and BBQ pork fried rice arrived. It tasted okay but the portion size was small and had very little pork. A few minutes later my meal (chicken fried rice) was served, and both dishes were literally dropped on the table with no respect or basic service.

We felt uncomfortable, finished quickly, and left without even drinking water. We’ve been to many restaurants around Hobart — even when the food wasn’t great, the service was still polite. Sadly, here the service was extremely rude and...