China Bar Burwood One

"This place gets very busy during the night and early morning. Dining inside or outside meals are very good and service excellent. It is now 24 hours a day! Update today 13/6/23, food and service still excellent. Staff excellent at register, and there is exceptional waitress with ponytail that doesn’t stop running around, very friendly."

"My first experience with China Bar a few days ago. Store front entry I noticed the what I assume is traditional in Chinese restaurants, the hanging of meat to be used in the dishes in the window. I quite liked this touch, however can see how some may be put off by it. It also made me question how fresh these displays are? Are they just for aesthetics or are they functional? It did make me think my order would be very full of lots of delicious fresh pork, to a different standard than other places I have eaten Chinese meals. I stood at the counter for a little while with no idea who was doing what. I wanted to order but didn't know how. Within a few minutes a very courteous employee attended to me to ask if I wanted to order. He handed me a menu which I looked through briefly before deciding on the China Bar special rice (I think this was the name of the dish) due to the 5x large prawns on top. I think a special fried rice can tell you a lot about a Chinese restaurant. I wasn't underwhelmed or overwhelmed. It was just okay. I thought the prawns didn't exist until I got to the bottom of the container (I ordered take away) and they were okay. The rice itself at $16 in a regular size takeaway container seems pretty steep. I had expected something pretty special not just fried rice with 5 prawns but it was really quite average. Not any extra bbq pork or flavour than anywhere else. There was some fresh spring onion/shallots which I liked. I ordered a mango drink which came from the store next door. It was also okay. At $8 it was only $2 more than a regular soft drink in store so not bad value. I wouldn't go out of my way to eat here again but it wasn't so bad I'd avoid it either. Perhaps they have other dishes which are better."

"The service seemed to be quick but actually not. My friend got their food couple minutes after we ordered while i got my main dishes shortly after as well but the rice had never arrived. I had to follow up for the rice 2 times and it took another 15mins to wait. Obviously my food went cold already. The taste is alright but we had stomachaches the day after."

"Food is always great there. Fast service, big serving and very yummy. Always very busy with dine in as well as take away."