Kingsgrove Chinese Restaurant

Food is nice but I can't believe they charge for sweet and sour sauce with your entrees

Having recently revisited Kingsgrove Chinese again (we have very persistent friends ;) I feel it is only fair that I re-review this restaurant. I don't know if the chef has had a revamp or change over but the food was wonderful on our last visit. Again, we ordered the Mixed Entree, Hot & Sour Soup and Sesame Prawn Toast which were spot on. The soup was not watered down at all and full of flavour. The fried rice was tasty and the portion larger than expected. Our main meals (Mongolian Lamb, Beef & Black Sauce, Sizzling Seafood Combination and Combination Chow Mein) was plentiful for 4 people and again very tasty. I'm not sure if the prices have come down or if we may have been overcharged the first time but the bill was quite reasonable for how much we ordered. They were quite busy being a Saturday night so the service was a little slower this time but the waitresses are very friendly and worked well under pressure to divide their time between tables. Overall, ...read more

Food was very tasty. When it arrived. Service was shocking and bordering on rude while it took on average 45 minutes between each dish (of simple items like steamed bun). Argument upon leaving with waitress due to "have to charge you more because you didn't eat all the food"



Won't ever go back.

As we were visiting our friends down South we all decided to have dinner here as it was not too far from their home. The restaurant is vintage inside but clean and it wasn't too busy so the service was spot on. We ordered a Mixed Entree each and hubby ordered his usual Hot & Sour Soup - unfortunately was very watered down and lacked any real flavour. The entrees were ok but the flavour was basic. My general experience from other suburban chinese restaurants that I have been to is you usually get the authentic home-taught chinese flavours in the food for alot cheaper than the City counterparts where you pay for the decor. Unfortunately Kingsgrove just did not meet that criteria. The meals were quite expensive considering the portion sizes and each main meal did not really have much flavour to it at all. Overall, I think I enjoyed the vegetables the most. Such a shame because I love chinese food and I left feeling quite disappointed by the food. On the flipside I ...read more