North & South Gourmet — Restaurant in Christchurch

I was so excited when I found that North & South opened on Greers Road. As we used to go the original in Addington. And it didn't disappoint. Very beautifully decorated and clean. Staff were very friendly. Food was amazing! The 4 of us were starving so ordered crispy chicken wings for entrée, hot and sour soup medium (the best we have had so far), beef brisket with bean curd sticks (so yummy, just way too much bean curd sticks), steamed blue cod (omg, this was so good) and large white rice. On hindsight, the soup, cod and rice would have been enough as we were way too full, and couldn't finish the food. Spent about $40 per person, but thats cos the Blue cod was expensive. We are definitely coming back. Can't wait to try the dim sum.

Went back today for lunch Dim Sum/Yum Cha. 16/9/2023. The above review was from about a month ago. 4 adults and 1 tween this time. Large quantities, very yummy, fast and friendly service. Food was served very quickly. We ordered Roast duck porridge which just had duck meat and lots of it, I've never had that before. Usually it's all the bony bits. Century Egg and pork porridge. Lots of huge chunks of century egg and pork pieces. Beef ho fun. Very good and not too oily. Chicken feet, again generous portions Beef tendons - could have been more tender but still good. Crispy chicken wings cos my son loved it so much last time, he had to have it again this time Pork stomach Xiao Long Pao Bbq pork buns Radish cake in XO sauce Deepfried eggplant Prawn Chiong Fan We spent just under $118. Could have maybe ordered a couple of dishes less as we were all way too full. Restaurant was busy, luckily we booked, as walk in customers had to be turned away. We arrived at 11.45am and left at 1pm. And it was full the whole time. And we got a $10 off our next visit voucher. Which was a nice surprise.

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I wanted to share my recent dining experience at your restaurant, North and South Gourmet, which unfortunately left me with some concerns.

My family and I visited your establishment two days ago out of curiosity for a dinner experience. Regrettably, I must express my disappointment with the quality of the dishes we ordered. Specifically, the brisket beef we ordered was disappointingly high in fat content, and the portion of meat in the chicken curry was notably sparse, being overshadowed by an excess of corn. Additionally, the curry sauce seemed excessively thick.

I frequent Chinese restaurants often and, by comparison, found the prices at North and South Gourmet to be relatively high. This, combined with the issues we encountered with the dishes, left us with an overall unsatisfactory experience. I must emphasize that this was our first visit to your restaurant, and unfortunately, it will be our last.

I believe constructive feedback is essential for improvement, and I share these comments with the hope that they can contribute to enhancing the dining experience at North and South Gourmet. I understand that every establishment can have off days, and I appreciate your attention to this matter.

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Really Bad experience....we come here quite often for yum cha. But this time, it is quite bad. We asked the staff at least 4or 5 times to chase up our dishes, but they always say it is coming. At the end, they say one of the dish has not been cooked and they will cancel it for us. The tong like they give us a bonus... we didn’t ask you to cancel the dish, and I have ask your staff to chase up on our dishes many times and you now tell me the chef did not cook it..... so we decided to take the frozen fish with us, and take away all the other dishes that come late. Having a bloody lunch for almost 2 hours and they can’t get our order right. We take our little boy with us today, and he can cop with the long wait. The staff told me that a take away box will cost me $0.5. She asked me a few times and make sure I will pay for it.... OMG your chef’s fault and you want me to pay for it.... don’t want to waste my bloody time to argue with the counter girl. Besides when I got home to cook your frozen dish, are you going to reimburse my gas bill???? The staff here are arrogant, if you know you are in the wrong you should not have done the...