Sri Mahkota East Tamaki 满金香 — Restaurant in Howick

Been here a frequently over the years and can say the same waitress that is there most of the time who's a middle aged women still has not learn even basic english after so many years. Please teach your waitresses basic english because it's so bad. Considering New Zealand is a diverse country with different cultures you cant expect them all to know Chinese. I asked "has the bill for this table been paid?" because a relative who i bumped into paid for my bill and told me after she left so just to double check before i leave i asked the waitress that incase. The waitress replies in mandarin when i clearly spoke english and doesn't even try to understand and just blankly stares at you, its so awkward and i ask the same question again and she does the same thing but started giving me the bill. She starts mumbling in Chinese and the other tables are staring at me because the restaurant was quiet everyone could hear. I had to go though the hassle of contacting that relative but in the end i wasn't able to contact her so I paid for the bill. Still don't know if my table was double charged and no one there bloody speaks english. They also have terrible service even though they have the most basic job in such a small restaurant. Never coming...

We were very disappointed with our visit this evening. Their fish noodle soup used to be my boyfriend's favourite dish, and he was absolutely thrilled that we could come back and eat it. The portion size was very big, which is worth it for the price, but there was a lack of seasoning(i.e.salt). I was born and raised in China so I understand how some dishes are meant to have minimal seasoning so the natural flavour of the ingredients could pop out. Unfortunately this was not the case for the fish noodle soup as even the fish broth itself tasted bland. We also ordered fish clay pot fired tofu, it was decent, but both the portion size and the taste does not match the price. The service of the restaurant was good in that the manager/owner was very responsive and friendly. We are not picky people but if we are to be honest we would not come again based on this experience. Hope the management can make some improvements to their...

Haven't been here for a long time, today we went for dinner, The fried rice was pretty awful with rice lumps and the fish noodle soup was too salty!! The worst thing is On a busy Tuesday evening there is only one young waitress serving in the whole restaurant, There is a man who just stands in front of the computer He doesn't care about the guests at all! After the waitress finished her work she came over and said sorry The table would be ready after she finished cleaning the things on the table (it can be said that she was very polite). We were very disappointed with our visit this evening. Hope the management can make some improvements to their...