Oatley Chinese & Malaysian Restaurant — Restaurant in Sydney

RIP-OFF! RIP-OFF! RIP-OFF!

Recently 7 of us had dinner at Taste of Tang (Oatley Chinese & Malaysian).

The dishes we ordered from the menu were normal Sydney pricing and the food was average, not bad but nothing to rave about.

We had also decided to order some Malaysian dishes that weren’t on the menu. HUGE mistake. Okay, perhaps we had to bear some blame for not checking the prices before we ordered; but since the other menu prices weren’t outrageous, how far off could other dishes be?

Crispy chicken on the menu was $25, our off-the-menu crispy chicken with a red fermented beancurd sauce (sauce on the side) was $88!

We already ordered too much for 7 as it was (9 dishes including desserts), and I feel like the restaurant deliberately shoved unreasonable number of servings in the off-the-menu entree and desserts in order to con an appalling amount of money from us.

14 pieces of otak otak @$8.8 for $123.20 and 42 pieces of sweets @$3.5 for a whopping $147.00!!!

To be honest, the desserts felt like store-bought and reheated in the microwave unevenly, hence some had a runny centre and some didn’t.

The total spent on the night was nearly A$600 !!!

The way they swindled us, it was criminal, the owner should be...

Service is excellent - 5 stars (a bit slow though)

HOWEVER... Tiger Prawn (likely size U8 - big one but not U6 the largest) is selling $22 each. At a minimal, the restaurant should at least or somewhere advise the price becasue this kind of rate is much higher than the other food in the menu. No such item and price listed in the menu at all. Came out with a rendon price when pay the bill.

And please remember this is FROZEN seafood not fresh. The price is absolutely ridiculous. Does not match the taste, atmosphere and location at all.

RIPPED OFF for a dinner pricing at $425 (no alcohol), also the food is way too normal. It is more like Malaysian restaurant but definelty not for Chinese stamach.

OK for a casul meal. But I think any proper Chinese restaurant in nearby surburb such as Bevely Hill or Hurstville would be more cost-effective with better taste.

Very...

Also known as Taste of Tang I had their Vegetable Tofu Hotpot after speaking to a second server and clarifying that I wanted it vegan, and having to double check they understood. I was pleasantly surprised by the meal they served, although it wasn't in a hotpot, it was piping hot to eat, with lots of fresh veg (baby corn, wong bak, broccoli, zucchini, green beans, carrot, shutaki, straw mushrooms, black fungus), water chestnuts and freshly deep fried silken tofu, the only fault was the zucchini was a little under.It was a very large serving and I could have taken half home, but it was so delicious, I ate it all.. If I was in the area again I would definitely have it again.It was fairly easy to find on street parking on a Friday night and we were seated upstairs. Felt safe that the restaurant was pretty...