Chun Lai Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Queensland

Great Traditional Style Chinese Restaurant Located On The Main Street Of Laidley. Received Accomodating & Helpful Service From the Young Man At The Counter. Had the Satay Beef With Fried Rice. The Dish Was Very Tasty, With Crunchy Fresh Vegetables, Fabulous Fried Rice & Very Good Satay Beef. Have Seen & Read The 1 & 2 Star Google Reviews For Chun Lai & Some Seem Unreasonably Harsh, Such as Not Picking Up The Phone, Or Not Giving FREE Prawn Crackers !! ?? For My Visit & Meal at Chun Lai, I Was Wonderfully Satisfied With The Entire Experience. P.s Since the First Visit, I Went Back & Dined In With Family. We Had the Satay Chicken Skewers, Short Soup, Sweet & Sour Pork, Beef & Blackbean, the Mongolian Lamb, Special Fried Rice & Steamed Rice. All...

Dined in tonight & the service was very nice. We went early so it wasn't busy. Dishes came out hot & fresh. Dining room is a little old school but large & clean. We had honey chicken, sweet n sour pork, rice & chicken & corn soup. The soup was traditionally made with that lovely thick consistency & not too salty, it was beautiful. The main dishes were a very generous size, with quality meats & very little fat in the pork. Both very nicely cooked. Only criticism is the batter to pork ratio was a bit off, too much batter. The sweet n sour sauce was sweet & nice but a bit too thick. Honey chicken was amazing, the chicken inside the batter was juicy &...

UPDATED Quality has improved, but still not fantastic. Sweet and sour pork now has more pork than batter, and batter has improved. Still not great sauce and has 1 token piece of pineapple. Anything not deep fried is pretty good and is fresh and tasty. The food is perfectly edible, but much better Chinese can be found if your willing to drive.

Quality has gone down since I moved to town. Tried here 3 times and was more disappointed each time. Deep fried prawns are all batter, same as the pork. Spring rolls were very bland. Best part of the meal was the sweet and sour sauce. Wont be coming back unless there are some...