Harmony Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Ulladulla

I do not like writing reviews like this and was not expecting to have to. In 2024, on every occasion eating at or from the Harmony, the food and service were always excellent. Based on this, my family and I went there for dinner last night. The experience was beyond disappointing. The night started off ok, with the one entree ordered and shared by my husband, Mum and sister (fried calamari) provided in a good time frame and all said it was tasty. 35 minutes later, our mains had not arrived despite a full table behind us, who came in 25 minutes after us, being served their meals. We had to ask where our meals were. The meals them selves were way below any quality expected from a restaurant: the vegetables on the three mains (Mum had an entree for a main as she can't eat much), were not much above raw. The squid in my husbands meal was yellow and rubbery and tasted slightly 'off', as did some of the onion in my meal: it actually tasted off. My scallop meal came out last and well after all the other meals were served. It was supposed to be ginger and shallot scallops: it was not hot enough and the scallops looked like they might have been from a plastic bag - no ginger at all and no shallots and absolutely no flavour whatsoever. The meal did not even have a nice smell to it. Both my sister and husband agreed that the seafood in their dishes was not of good quality, tasting like it was old and past freshness. As for the service: two young serious-looking girls (possibly family judging by their approximate ages) and neither seemed thrilled to be there, so the service was robotic. Girls that age should be out doing something else they enjoy- not serving in a restaurant - my opinion. The fried rice was good and the only real saving grace. With wine, the cost was $168.00 and most of that was not well spent. Thoroughly disappointing and unexpected, so much so, we asked the girls if it was under new management, to which they said no. Maybe there is a new chef who needs to lift his or her game massively. Based on this experience, we will not be returning, which is a shame. I did not eat my meal. And that never happens! it was put in a takeaway dish to be chopped up and given to my chooks - I hope...

We came from interstate and was confirmed a booking at 7.30. We were not served food till 9.15, after the restaurant closed. We kept enquiring after the delay and saying we need to start on our journey back. No updates were given. When we were finally served, the kids meals were still pending and was not served for another 15 minutes! Needless to say, the kids were starving. Upon complaining they said they were very understaffed! They should had then not accepted a booking from large group as ours! They should had been upfront with us when they accepted our booking and warned us of possible delays instead of making us wait nearly 2 hrs! The food itself was very average and rather overcooked and dry. I don’t recommend this restaurant to anybody unless you are prepared to be kept waiting for your food...

We visited Ulladulla for the first time and read some good reviews so decided to check Harmony out. It's a very quiet restaurant inside but many takeaway orders, so figured it must be good. The prawn toast was average and the lettuce underneath had a random deep fried prawn tail that looked like someone had bitten off the rest; we suspect the lettuce was recycled from a previous order as it's only there to soak up the oil.. but still.. it was a bit random and unpleasant to see. Other than that, the rest of the dishes were OK, we had the beef and broccoli in oyster sauce and combination chow mein. The chow mein had celery which I've never had before and could really taste the difference. Overall the restaurant and food didn't seem that authentic. At least the waitress was...