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 Juana - July 09
Yum Cha Dragon was fantastic! The Chicken and sweet corn soup was the best i've tasted, and the calamari in the crispy duck dish was so tender. Food was excellent. So was the service. We will be back again soon. - Ruben & Rachel
Great wasabi prawns and cocktails - E. Newman
Friendly service and excellent food and cocktails - P. Newman
The best Chinese food I have ever had! I wont be able to dine in any other than this one. Kelly was the best waitress ever!! - P. Harris
Kelly deserves to be congratulated on her outstanding customer service. Food is the best I've had in the same category. - Darren
Victor great entertainment! Good service! Thank you!
The food was great and victor was very entertaining, beautiful!
Loved the variety of food. High quality and fresh food. Great service by all staff. Loved the custard buns - M. Cuamo
Really enjoyed the authentic chinese cuisine - Mdm C. K. Kee
I met my wife in your restaurant and were happliy married - Daniel
Attentive and friendly staff, generous portions of food and great quality. Overall a wonderful excuse to return again and again - J. Matthews
I love Yum Cha Dragon - Darcy
Waiters very cheerful and welcoming - P. Dilks
Staff extremely friendly & efficient. Great experience - Donna & James
Original, fresh and delicious. Definitely the best Chinese we have experienced. - N. Smith
Great food, excellent atmosphere. Facilities lovely and clean. Highly recommend this restaurant - S. Brown
Great food, good value, great location, nice ambience, pleasant setting - M. Kellehar
The service was fantastic and the food truly superb - O. Finucane
Very enjoyable evening. Super food, staff excellent - L. Hey
Dragon dance wonderful, crackers loud and exciting. Had a great time. Thankyou - J. Gray
Really enjoyed the Lion Dance and well done - S. Carroll
Loved the service, great food especially the prawns and singapore noodles. - A. Ilett
Service was fantastic, very friendly and courteous. Love coming here! - K. Bell
Angela did a wonderful job. The service was great. So was the food. - K. Brown
Exceptionally amazing. Great lovely good nice.
Excellent service and food. We will be back for sure. That’s for a good night! - O. Tehan
The staff at this restaurant have inpeccable manners and make you feel like a valued customer! - S. Croci
Lovely food, lovely service, nice décor and good value - D. Clark
Thank you for the polite, kind service. It is nice to be remembered - J. Comben
Service was outstanding. Michael was exceptional - M. Olenizu
Brian was fantastic! Quality of service, patience and friendliness was exceptional. - A. Borg
We liked that you could order yum cha at dinner and only 4 peking duck, not a whole duck. Thanks. Next time we are in Melbourne, we will visit you.
Lobster platter is a must - G. Parsonage
We thoroughly enjoyed our food, the décor and appreciated excellent service
We came here for the first time. We were greeted by Angela, who is the most professional hostess in the business. I will bring all my future business here. - R. Shepherd
The food and service was exceptional. Thank you.
Beautiful food, will definitely visit again. Well done!
Angela was an excellent Matride - J. Tsoukatos
Excellent food and hospitality - R. McFarland
Thanks for the fantastic service! - Derek
We were made extremely welcome thanks to Angela and June. Food was superb - P. & M. Sproule
Squid / calamari was the best we ever had!! - S. Vettorello
Cantonese beef was the most tender I have had for a long time. Well done to all especially to Angela and Brian. Keep up the good work - D. Sanders
Jenny was very polite and friendly. She was excellent and helpful. Food was excellent also. Very welcome and efficient - Dobson
It was a wonderful dining experience. The best we've had in a long time.
Thank you for great service and quality of food - L. Stephanou
Lovely evening, great food, wonderful, friendly amosphere - S. Morris
Angela is a perfect host and we look forward to dining with her in the near future - P. Herreen
Felt very welcomed and Angela was extremely hospitable - S. Hamilton
Service and food was exceptionally good - T. Sulliavan
Excellent service, great food - made to feel very welcome. We will be back! - I. Hofsteede
Wonderful atmosphere and presentation. Staff are just fabulous. Thanks so much.
Very friendly staff. Excellent food - Katrina
Just a note to say thankyou for making our Wedding Anniversary such a special evening. It was our first visit to your restaurant, and it most definitely will not be our last.
The food was delicious and the service professional yet friendly. Our compliments to the chef; who added interesting and subtle flavours to all the dishes we chose.
Looking forward to bringing the rest of our family with us next time. - T & P Manning
Thanks to Amelia and Jun for looking after us and our guests over the weekend. Never have I received such a warm hospitality from any Chinese restaurant in Melbourne as what came from YCD --- from arrival to completion of our dinner. Beautiful food and location as well. Will definitely come back for more! - N. Deomano
We visit many restaurants, and were immediately aware of the friendliness of the staff and the environment. The true elements of hospitality are understood at this place. We truly enjoyed the experience. - R. Laffan, Wallan
Best singapore noodles I have eaten. - Mel
A fantastic experience. Will be back with friends soon. Thank you Angela. - Mary, Bundoora
Excellent Service. - M. Gilligan
Excellent décor, very ellegant.
Angela's service was excellent and very delighful! - N. Yeap
Really good! Tasty, friendly and fast. - J. Mackay, Williamstown
Very good meal and wonderful service. - M. Keronew, Attwood
We loved it! Service was excellent! - C. Berry, Cheltenham
Beautiful food, great service. - M. Pantili
Very pleasant alfresco dining. - P. Nilsson
unbelievable. 10/10.
We enjoyed our night and dinner was fabulous. - H. Grosman, Cheltenham
Excellent service, very friendy, good atmosphere. - Vatsana
Staff service exceptional. Food quality very high. - M. Wilde, Bright
Love the roast duck and pork belly!!
Excellent service, great food, wonderful atmosphere. - John and Christie, Taylors Lakes
Best Chinese food I've ever had. Better than Flower Drum!!! - F. Han, Brunswick
Fanastic food. Brilliant service and overall friendliness was superb. - R. Manunzio, Strathmore
Great service, yummy food.
Already booked next reservation!
Thank you. The food was lovely. Excellent Service.
Would recommend to friends for quality of food and service. - B. Lawrence
Delicious and peaceful. - C. O'Brien, Camberwell
Fantastic food!! - A. Wallis
Wonderful food and service by Angela was fantastic - M. Glenister, Baxter
Brilliant and delicious - N. Wiseman
Excellent service and very welcoming - Anonymous
It's very nice to re visit a restaurant where the staff remember you so well! Angela is very efficient and friendly. - S. Eccleston
Great food and service. Highly recommended! - P. Debelak
Great food, great atmosphere. - S. Cockburn
Just
some feedback on Yum Cha Dragon. The team and I popped for dinner
last night. Apart from the great food and atmosphere, everyone
commented on the superb service. Both the manageress and the waitress
were tremendously friendly and attentive to our needs throughout.
- Fredric, Melbourne
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Finally, dim sum with a sea view. Well, almost.
The long, wide windows at Yum Cha Dragon frame Victoria Harbour, but you’re not here to look at masts and marinas. You want to unwrap sticky rice parcels with minced pork and Chinese mushrooms in a black bean sauce, and chew through some Chinese sausage rolls.
Wash these morsels down with ice cold Tsingtao beer or a glass of wine from the Dragon’s impressive cellar. - Simon Plant, Herald Sun, 24 June 2008 View article
A
recent newcomer to the waterfront is Yum Cha Dragon… comes
with the added bonus of James Tan (The Duck, Magic City) in a
head chef and consultant role. His influence is noticeable in
the modern, user-friendly restaurant that combines nicely cooked
and plated Chinese staples with a decent wine list, a smart room
and obliging, friendly service.
The dining room is a simply, airy space that keeps overt oriental
references to a clean lined minimum – theme rather than
theme park. There are stone dragons at the front door, a dragon
water feature at the back of the rooms, some coloured lanterns
and shelves containing Chinese ceramics. Warm mustard and burgundy
tones, a carpeted floor and comfortable black chairs make the
room as cosy as it is smart, with..water views providing an impressive
backdrop.
The
menu is cleverly constructed. Yum Cha is available all day and
while the list includes the usual dumplings and spring rolls,
there are also pint-sized versions of many dishes from the a la
carte menu so that you can create your own banquet. For those
who like to share and sample many dishes it is ideal (there are
multiple platter and banquet options, too) but there is also plenty
for the “I want my own plate of food” demographic.
Yum
Cha Dragon adds another excuse to brave the Docklands. Its relaxed
attitude and tasty fare could even have you adding it to your
list of favourites
The Emerald Weekly Hill / Melbourne City
Times, Michael Harden.
8-14 August 07 View
full review
"..I
stumbled into Yum Cha Dragon expecting wondrous things: I was
not disappointed."
The
Herald Sun "The magic Dragon", Bob Hart, July 07
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The
menu in this new restaurant is wonderfully inventive and offers
surprises on many levels.
Chef
James Tan has broken the tradition of only serving Yum Cha at
lunch, providing flexibility by also serving it at dinner. Gone
is the traditional cumbersome Chinese menu which has been replaced
with the simple headings of Entrees, Chinese BBQ & Grill,
Platters to Share, From the Wok, Yum Cha, Sweets & Treats
and Cheese. James has reworked the presentation of Chinese cuisine
to create both a modern visual treat and a taste sensation. He
has introduced the art of the Chinese BBQ and grill, where meats
and seafood are prepared with exotic ingredients to create special
flavours that are unique from region to region.
If
it takes your fancy, you can choose your own degustation of favourite
dishes - which is what I did - and enjoy a banquet to beat all
banquets. Some of the dishes included are freshly shucked oysters,
large Queensland tiger prawns, creamy lobster and crab bisque,
Cantonese style boned roast duck, and “live from tank”
whole barramundi barbecued with spicy tomato jam and lime.
Add
to this the wonderful waterfront setting with its expansive views
over the city skyline and you’ll have a very special time.
- Where Melbourne Magazine July 07
...Yum
Cha Dragon, with a completely new fit-out that speaks of its Chinese
heritage with strong colours and dragon water feature, but tasteful
lack of extra glitz. ... Obviously yum cha should feature strongly,
and it is served at both lunch and dinner. Trays are circulated
regularly but, thankfully, you can order from the menu. In the
unrushed smaller format here this is a relief, and a delight to
enjoy dishes without threat of missing out. The various gow gee
are exemplary, with soft translucent wheat starch skins and crunchy-fresh
fillings of sparkling purity of flavour. Sui mai was of similar
quality....From the grill, the twice-cooked quail meat is haunted
by star anise and a master stock sauce, a simply lovely rendition.
Unlike most Chinese restaurants, care and attention has been given
to the sweets.
Staff
are so friendly I started to expect they had sussed me out but,
watching the room, there was a consistency of attentive service
that showed no favour to any table. The proprietary service from
all the staff gave added warmth and enjoyment to a relaxing afternoon.
The yum cha menu carries enough options to create a full Chinese
degustation - from delicate seafood dumplings to duck and suckling
pig. But venture into the wok and grill for more options that
introduce some modern creative touches from a chef who obviously
likes fine produce, and handles it well. Yum Cha Dragon has been
open only six weeks but already lifts the prospects of the Docklands. - CHRISTOPHER
HAYES
Excerpt taken from mX Newspaper 20 Jun 07
Christopher Hayes is principal of Eat & Drink, www.eatanddrink.com.au
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