[T2DMan]

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Contact Details:
17 c Link Drive
Glenfield
Auckland
ph. 0-9-443 6898

[stephhyk]

My review is based on the dim sum / yum char served at Star Cafe Chinese Restaurant (Wairau Park, Glenfield).

We went to again last Sunday (17-Feb-08), after a long time. Only when we tasted the food and service again did we remember why we didn't bother with this restaurant for such a long time.

Food: Poor - Suspects the chef left, as most of the food are pretty tasteless compare to their previous standard. Their signature dishes like "siew mai" (pork dumplings) and "har gow" (prawn dumplings) are way below quite a number of yum char restaurant's standard.

Service: Average - Customer who speaks English would no longer have the option to choose the type of tea they prefer, instead they will be serve the "standard" Jasmine tea. When I commented this to the service person, he just put the teapot down and left without an explanation.

** Note for all yum char / dim sum customers, especially non-Chinese customers: For the price you are paying at Star Cafe Chinese Restaurant (Wairau Park, Glenfield), your tastebuds will be more thankful fif you try the yum char / dim sum at Dynasty Chinese Restaurant (57-59 Wakefield St, Auckland City).**

[Garden21]

My review is based on a dinner Sunday 17 Jan.

Food: Average to Poor: They ran out of squid and the replacement prawn dish did not arrive despite trying to charge for it. We ordered a crayfish from the tank and despite showing us the specimen, they cooked up a different cray, a pack-horse crayfish. They thought we could not tell the difference but one of us is a fisherman and dives for Crayfish. Appalling.

Service: Greeted by a waiter who was more keen on negotiating a price for crayfish than seating us as per our booking.
Food came out slowly, 30 mins after we ordered, we received roast pork and rice and then nothing for another 30-45mins. This is very slow for a chinese restaurant. They said they were busy but everyone was leaving by 8.30 and we didn't get food til after this.
When it came to bill time, they were trying to convince us they took 12.5% off the bill when clearly that was not the case. They prices were the same as the ones on the menu.
My overseas visitors were just unimpressed as us.
The night felt like Fawlty Towers with everyone running around but food never came and when it did, it was not what we ordered.
I would not go back and happy to tell others the same.