Empress Restaurant

I was unable eat my meal a "Grilled Lemongrass Chicken Salad" $23.80
stated to be "Tender thigh fillets marinated with pounded lemongrass, grilled and served over a bed of Asian salad drizzled with a zesty
dressing. " for the following reason. As per the picture there was no bed of Asian salad. There were only a few herbs and small pieces of salad. The chicken was not skinless and had small pieces of chicken hairs on the meat. I didn't like the taste compared to what I am familiar. I appreciate that the manager did not charge my meal, and offered an alternative meal or a free desert. However I refused those genuine offers as I didn't want to be seen as a free loader (only ate 5% of the meal) and so I added $25 cash to the bill. I didn't want a free meal I just wanted a good meal in a good restaurant.

The environment, the service, the speed and the tastes are so impressive, more than what I asked for. First time here, enjoyed the dinner and now posting a real-time review, because it is a pleasant dining experience, can’t wait to let you know.

Amazing food and friendly staff, one of those venues that is just consistently great quality! Try the Dry Chilli Chicken with Peanuts, it is fantastic if you like a bit of spice!

Takeaway service is so bad! Placed an order in the afternoon for a 530pm pickup, when I arrived, they forgot my order and waited 30 minutes!

Kudos to the chefs and 5 stars to the amazing food! Sauce and meat were separated too. Thanks for that!

But management, please do something to improve your takeaway service

I have been to several Chinese restaurants and most of them have been great but I wasn't mind blown here. Most of dishes we ordered were okay and some were good but I wasn't mind blown. I am not sure if it was the food we ordered or maybe it was one of those days were things weren't going right. I did not really enjoy the food as there was lack of flavour is some of their dishes and was really hard to taste if I was eating pork or something else. Also we did not get menu except for an order sheet which was hard to determine how much it was or the quantity for each order. The waiters did not really explain how the menu works. There was bit of miscommunication around how long we had to order food which was one hour and after that we couldn't. We did get our dessert and we ate it very quickly, again the mango custard was slightly overcooked which wasn't pleasant to eat.

Very good food, at the restaurant it comes quickly and staff are efficient, do not recommend take-away though

Consistently delicious food, good service and ambiance for yum cha lunch and a la carte dinner.

Without a doubt the best and most consistent take away Chinese food that I’ve enjoyed on the East side of the city. Service is always excellent for both pick up and delivery. High quality food - super fresh and always tasty. And generous with portions, too. Highly recommend.

I am a regular at this place and there is no better yum cha in Adelaide for sure. The ambiance is fabulous too.

Decent yum cha but prices nowhere to be found, service was good, food was delicious, cannot complain. Spotlessly clean.

Impeccable service with some of the best Chinese food in Adelaide
5star you won't be disappointed

Ordered yumcha on the phone and was told to pick up the food at 1pm. Showed up at 12: 58pm and the receptionist had no clue about my order. Showed them my phone call history that I did call them to make an order. The receptionist went in and I waited another 20 mins under the sun just to be told that they found my order but forgot about it. What a terrible experience and waste of time. Would not recommend.

We had yum cha there, foods are delicious and services are great. We loved it very much and will go back again.

- Pan fried pork buns:
- Prawn and scallop siu mai:
- Diced chicken and peanut dumpling:
- Prawn rice roll: (rice roll is too thick)
- BBQ Pork Pastry: ️
- Beef and tendor noodle:
- Custart tart:

It requires booking in advice or you might wait too long. The interesting experience is that you can order in menu or grab any dish in trolleys which will go around with many dishes from dim sim, fried dish and dessert. Note that if you order in menu, you should grab the same dish in trolleys, which will count 2 dishes.

Overall, the restaurant is good for me to come back because of the variety of dim sim menu, the trolley experience, some delicious dishes and the good price.

So surprised at this bustling suburban spot. Just seriously good quality locally-sourced flavoursome food, cooked well. Much better than the average take-away joint.

I highly recommended you come to this restaurant, you have got to see this crazy rude waitress for yourself. Her grumpiness and unhappiness is at first surprising, yet somehow the lack of manners on behalf of the waitress becomes more amusing as the night goes on. An experience for all Adelaide foodies that simply cannot be missed.

The best yum cha I've had in a long time. Excellent food great Chinese tea. And friendly service.
Affordable for the high quality as well.
Thanks guys.

Absolutely wonderful food!: and fantastic staff I now have found my favourite Yum cha destination. Thank you so much

Food was excellent as usual; this is a very consistent restaurant with service and food quality which is why it is very popular, hence the need.to book.

I have had takeaway from here twice recently. Really tasty food. I haven't been in the restaurant so no opinion for that. But the food.yum.