bok choy

Dreadful experience! We made a booking two weeks in advance for father's day, confirmed the week before and they called on the day to confirm. You could imagine the shock when we arrived only to find they had given our table away and offered to seat us in the back yard. Heart breaking for my Dad and family on father's day. Everything else in the area was booked out. They could not have cared less and told us to leave. We will never go there again and neither will our friends.

When dining in, I find the decor of the 'Bok Choy' in Brighton rather relaxing and comfortable. It leans firmly toward the fine dining end of the scale, and the staff are attentive to your needs without being intrusive or pretentious. This is a fine balance, and one many restaurants fail to achieve, - but 'Bok Choy' manage the perfect balance of earthiness meets sophistication. Whilst the food can only be defined as fine Chinese dining, the variety in menu dishes is reasonably industry standard. It is the little additional extras in professionalism and presentation which makes all the difference, and attracts the price tag attached. I would say the experience at this restaurant is one that you walk away from contented and satisfied, yet it is not a defining moment in dining experience. Given that the dollar is in the presentation, it would not be my first choice for take-away (economically speaking), but more a dine-in restaurant to be short-listed for special occasions and ...read more

Great food if a tad on the expensive side. This is like a suburban version of the Flower Drum. Highly recommend!