Yong Feng Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Sydney

Yong Feng is an Achilles in the Chinese cuisine scene. Illuminated by a fluorescent sign, its fresh and diverse seafood is showcased against the glass as you enter inside to the unadorned walls, porcelain and round tables fitted with Lazy Susans. Just by sight alone, the restaurant is authentic in more ways than one. They specifically cater to a Chinese crowd with a Chinese-only menu so it will be difficult for non-Chinese patrons to construct their order. But with such a wide range of dishes, classics such as beef chow fun (干炒牛河) and Yangzhou fried rice (扬州炒饭) are guaranteed to be available. No matter your ethnicity, you will get great, cheap prices followed up with great, sizeable plates of food that can produce leftovers to last you days.

For Sunday lunch, we ordered a char kway teow (炒贵刁), beef chow fun (牛肉炒河) with the prawn and Chinese kale fried rice (生虾蘭粒炒饭) being the last plate to come to the table. The fried rice possesses a tantalising fish sauce taste and wok hei with a slight, crispy char on the grains of rice. But the ingredients were sparse with bits of egg, tiny broccoli stems substituting for kale and the majority of scallions lifting the aroma of the elegant fried rice. So I was heaving mouthfuls of rice with no change to the savoury flavour profile. The beef chow fun were more enticing as the slippery noodles were coated in a thick, starchy yet satisfying gravy. Paired with nutritious bok choy, snow peas and succulent slices of beef for additional texture and you've got yourself a tasty bite. The char kway teow was unexpectedly extraordinary, a mountain of rice noodles and miscellaneous vegetables and meats stir-fried together united by the right amount of curry spice. Never have I encountered capsicum, carrots and spam in char kway teow. In fact, this is it's own dish in itself, completely brand new in recipe and deliciousness and I praise it for that.

What could their Achilles' heel possibly be? The service. A long time ago, we used to frequent their restaurant because of the generous portions, cheap price and proximity. But each time, we were always met with aloof and unresponsive servers who couldn't care less about our needs. This was because we are a family of three, a small group not as profitable as their usual tables of five or more. Their specialty is seafood and the more customers at the table, the more likely they'll buy a crab or lobster alongside other foodstuffs. Now there's nothing wrong with optimising your money-making but ensure that you don't discriminate against customers who just want a simple dinner made up of less extravagant dishes. Throughout our time there, we felt that the service we received was lacking and unwelcoming, even sometimes compelled to hurry with our dinner to make way for bigger groups. Thus, we stopped going and our Sunday lunch marks our awaited return to Yong Feng. Not the most courteous place but its heroism lies within the fulfilling and delectable food, a promising leader for Chinese cuisine...

Came in and the first thing I saw was a tank filled with unfiltered green water. As I looked closer I could actually see a dead crab. Now that was a big safety issue. What was even more worse was that the other crabs were feeding of it, I asked the owners about this and they told me it was nonsense, so I let it slide. When I finally sat down I got shocked as the waiter took a customers order. Her voice when talking to the customers was bizarre. I couldn’t believe they talked to customers that loud. When my food came it looked okay. I ordered fried rice some and stir fry. Surprisingly it tasted alright I finished it all with my friends. When we finished I went up to the counter to pay and the next thing I saw disgusted me. The chefs were shouting mould was everywhere and a lady even picked lettuce that fell on the oily floor back up. I decided to just pay my bill and leave. My experience there was really bad. I would recommend a thorough cleaning of this place and some training for workers. In the meantime I don’t think...

Will never visit this restaurant again (OVERPRICE)... their chef super slow motion, it took 1/2 hour to cook a super simple stir fried vegetables which only need 10 minutes to prepare include cooking time. They only good in deep fried food, other like fish soup taste weird (too much pepper and with stinky taste), weird bitter taste pipis (if you insist to visit this restaurant don’t order pipis really taste superb bad), vegetables too oily(almost like fried vegetables). Bear in mind this short lady boss charge super expensive and they serve small portions. Floor are very oily and dangerous to old people and pregnant women ( I almost fall at the restaurant and the toilet area). Anyway I will not visit again. STRONGLY RECOMMEND NOT TO VISIT THIS...