Review Sunnybank Oriental - Brisbane

Great Chinese food and variety and reasonable priced. This place is my little guilty pleasure for Chinese good especially salt n pepper soft shell crab which is just addictive. Not the most glamorous dinning experience but the food makes up for it well and truly. Definitely worth checking out and trying a variety of dishes if you can finish the portions as they are very decent.

@sunnybankoriental.bne is a Hong Kong style restaurant is located in the Sunnybank Plaza and it’s an absolute gem! I have walked past this restaurant so many times but never got the chance to try it out until this time and I gotta say, I’ve been missing out 😭 I realised Google maps didn’t show the location correctly - it’s located where the CBA ATM is 😌 The restaurant is quite spacious and got a lot of seating, so if you have a bigger group don’t worry, you’ll be fine! And remember, Chinese food is always best shared 🥰 The menu is HUGE! So many options to choose from! Here’s what we got : • Peanut butter toast • Chicken w Chinese wine • Yummy pork ribs in clay pot • Preserved egg congee • Dry stir-fry beef ho-fun • Oriental Char kway tiew • Bread sticks • Salt and pepper quail • Salt and pepper calamari • Marinated duck • Water spinach w oyster sauce Not all these dishes are pictured but you can see how good everything was! We loved the food. The flavours were great and the portion size for the price was very good! 💯

✨SUNNYBANK ORIENTAL✨ @sunnybankoriental.bne Location: 358 Mains Rd, Sunnybank QLD 4109 Rating: 4/5✨ ‼️looking for delicious, flavorful cheap eats in Sunnybank? you must try @sunnybankoriental.bne 🤩🤤our feast filled our table to the max oh my- we got (not listing all or it would be an essay🤣)✨🍽: ✨preserved egg & pork congee ✨marinated duck ✨chinese wine chicken claypot ✨yummy pork ribs claypot ✨peanut butter toast ✨salt & pepper calamari ✨salt & pepper quail ✨lemon ribena and lemon tea 🤩🤤my favs were: the congee omg, such a comfort food, i haven’t had preserved egg in a while and was a little scared i wouldn’t like the taste but it wasn’t overwhelming as i thought it would be! so so delicious, i will go back just for this congee🤤🥰dipping the deep fried bread sticks in this was another level-🥳 the chinese wine chicken was so flavorful and tender, i was very surprised how soft the chicken was, all soaked up in the delicious sauce, incredible🤤 the peanut butter toast oh my- i mean the visuals look🤩just layer upon layer, beautiful, i do recommend eating this last though since it will fill you up quickly!🥰 i wasn’t expecting the calamari to look like that, but it was so good🤤perfectly seasoned and deep fried, wasn’t as oily as it looks which was amazing! a lovely dish to accompany everything else🥰 okay the drinks were HUGE oh my, you truly get your money’s worth, my lemon ribena was 💯 such a nostalgic drink!🥺🥰 overall, i really recommend @sunnybankoriental.bne a long time restaurant at the plaza, definitely underrated for their delicious cheap eats!🥰🥳

We really love to go there with the 2 dishes special meal which Including two bowls of soup and rice. Extra one dollar for the fried garlic vegetables. You can choose 2 dishes from the wide range of option. All the seafood like Pipi, softshell crabs or calamari are my favourite. Besides, their tea time special is from 5-6pm. The early bird dinner including a drink as well. Highly recommended. Never make me disappointed.

Not very Pricy and a lot of choice of Hong Kong cuisine in the menu, however the restaurant do need to have some deep cleaning as the floor is very oily and slippery.

This is my go-to for delicious well-portioned cheap-ish food! The staff are attentive and efficient and the food is flavourful

Good restaurant atmosphere, but unfortunately the chicken was undercooked. They couldn't offer a refund because the eftpos machine had already been turned off for the night. I recommend going to another restaurant in the area, especially one that takes food health and safety more seriously.

Came here for breakfast to try it out. It's a cheap option for Asian style Breakfast. The food comes out fairly quick and it's a no frills kind of affair. Congee was nice, tad bland for my liking but it's cooked to a good consistency. The plain ricen noodles are very average... If probably pass on them in future if i came back. Beef brisket was actually a highlight, very tender, full of flavor and a big portion size. Honestly not sure whether if I would be back for the breakfast

It was one night last month to have a dinner in a group of three here.<br/>We selected the dinner package for four, which included steamed chicken, steamed vegetable with oyster sauce, pipi in black bean sauce, Peking pork spare ribs and steamed fish fillet.<br/>CP is very high compared to the price charge and the food that is served. Overall taste is good and so as the portion. Heroes should be the pork ribs and the steamed fish fillet. Pork ribs are tenderized with balanced sweet and sour sauce. Love to see the fish fillet that it serves. Importantly, it is not the bland bass fillet! If the chicken can be more tenderized then full mark is really deserved.<br/>Rating: 4.5/5<br/>Previous rating: Dec 2019 3/5; Mar 2019 3/5; Aug 2018 3.5/5; Jun 2015 4/5<br/>

The food is always delicious here, we are regulars! We always get the hainan chicken rice, seafood hot pot or hofun or chow mein. The gai lan with garlic I ordered tonight was very good!

The staff won't even attend to me, after 1 min standing in store. Need to ask can we be seated, then not even a menu or any help from staff. Walk straight out

Had Honey King Prawns as take-away on Tuesday night. It was terrible. Not only were they not king prawns but it was all batter and only 3 SMALL prawns. Won't go there ever again.

Very unhygienic condition, the husband and I both got food poisoning from the braised beef breakfast.

Have been dining in this place for almost 15 years - it was one of our favourites however over the years the price of dish have increased while quality and quantity have both dropped - now we only visit when nearby restaurants are closed -

Personally didn't enjoy the food - a bit too sweet but not enough savory - applies to all the dishes. <br/><br/>But it's probably a very personal thing - I'm a northerner. I won't go back again.

Went here with the family for a weekday dinner.<br/><br/>We ordered an oriental laksa, chicken laksa, hainanese chicken, braised tofu hotpot and kung pao spicy chicken with peanuts.<br/>The laksa broth was flavourful with generous servings of seafood/chicken and a good mix of thick egg noodle and thin rice noodle (my brother reckons it's one of his favourite laksa dishes).<br/>Hainanese chicken was moist and delicious - a definite classic.<br/>The hotpot was warm and filling - generous amounts of beef, mushrooms and tofu.<br/>The kung pao chicken was good, although was missing the spice that we were looking forward to.<br/><br/>Reasonable prices. Service was a little slow - it took awhile for someone to notice us ready to order. Casual ambience. Pour your own water and hot tea services near the counter.<br/><br/>Overall, a reasonable restaurant for Chinese cuisine - recommend the laksa and Hainanese chicken.

Was looking for a Chinese breakfast with Dad and stumbled across here. Menu is simple with the usual offerings (chicken sticky rice parcels, radish cake, BBQ pork buns etc). congee comes in 3 choices and includes an egg noodle side dish, bread/dough stick and a warm drink for about $10. Exactly what we wanted and it had plenty of seating. Will definitely be back again.

Reading a review by Ronnielui2003 last month reminded me to return here to update my February ‘18 review. Sunnybank Oriental is popular with patrons needing a quick, simple and cheap Cantonese meal. So if you are after live seafood you are in the wrong restaurant! <br/><br/>There are good wholesome meals to be had for under $10 but Phuong Tran and I decide on a Set Meal for 2 at $37.90. We get to select two main meals and it is served with a House Soup, Blanched Choy Sum and two bowls of rice. <br/><br/>*Hainan Chicken is a deboned Size 12 chook and is poached perfectly. It’s their Signature Dish and is very popular. I have rated this dish 4.5 for two years for taste and value. <br/><br/>*Black Bean Pork Ribs is a tad bland. It needs more seasoning and as a personal preference, more sliced chilli. Unfortunately, the Pork has been tenderised too long in sodium bicarbonate and the meat has lost its texture. I end up eating most of this dish as it’s not to PT’s taste. <br/><br/>The House Soup is tasty and is served warm, not steaming hot. The blanched vegetables with a side of Oyster Sauce is good. Overall, a decent meal at a reasonable price and we will be back.

Our go to yummy weekday quick dinner. Cheap, plentiful and delicious. We love the chow mein and pork spare ribs. Quantity for price is brilliant.

I am a longtime customer of Sunnybank Oriental and have been eating here for over 8+ years with my family. I have noticed that recently there has been much discussion over a management change, so I decided to go for dinner and see for myself if anything had changed.<br/><br/>My family and I ordered six dishes: the dry fried ho-fan with beef and bean sprouts, the beef brisket chow mein, the beef and vegetable chow mein, the char kway tiew, the salted pork and preserved duck egg congee and the 京都排骨 (not sure how to say in English). <br/><br/>I judged my review on 3 things: speed, taste and price. Firstly, I timed how long it took for our food to come out - it took only 8 minutes for the the first 2 noodle dishes to arrive! My family and I were very impressed at the kitchen’s efficiency. The other dishes shortly arrived, however the congee arrived about 10 minutes after the last dish had come.<br/><br/>The food was very flavourful and nice, my family and I enjoy eating here because it tastes like home style cooked food. At dinner I particularly enjoyed the congee - a staple in our family.<br/><br/>Lastly, the price was very affordable. With the (mostly) $8.90 tea set menu in action from 5-6 and the majority of dishes pricing at under $20 - this place will not break the budget. <br/><br/>I would recommend Sunnybank Oriental to people who enjoy quick, efficient and tasty cooking. Some of my dish recommendations would be the char kway tiew, salt and pepper squid and the combination chow mein. I feel like this is a little piece of Hong Kong in Brisbane! Enjoy 😊

unprofessional service and poor quality food.  We order Hainan Chicken  which is plain, not enough flavour and sauce.  Singapore noodles is very plain and salty, would not come back.

Much has been written of this old time favourite. Sunnybank Oriental - also know as Doong Fawng in Cantonese, meaning Eatern Direction - is a place of understated wonder. There is no pretentious, no trying too hard and no attitude. Just food. <br/><br/>Meals here are large in size and low in price. The fare is of particular appeal for expat Hong Kongers: my father, who has been living here in Australia for the last 40 years, was particularly surprised with the food and how it reminded him of some of the dishes of old that he had when he was back in HK. <br/><br/>Service: prompt and no nonsense. Help yourself to hot tea or cold water from the drink station near the kitchen window. There is also a further counter with a few choice condiments. <br/><br/>Menu: extensive yet not the usual blandness of the typical suburban Australian Chinese restaurant. You also have the choice of combination meals consisting of dishes from two different set lists that come with soup, rice and a veg dish ($37 for two people). <br/><br/>Food: generally speaking the food is a little underseasoned, which is fine as is not hard to add a little salt or soy sauce. The flavouring on all of our meals was subtle and pleasant with good wok hei (or wok 'breath': the smokey flavour imparted from stir frying on hot seasoned steel). <br/><br/>Steamed chicken with dried lilly flowers (gum jum) and wood ear fungus (mook yii) - great texture on the chicken; my only complaint/ needs more lillies and fungus. <br/><br/>Fried fish and tofu braise - firm fish, Chinese mushrooms and fried tofu braised in a velvety sauce. Served piping hot in a clay pot. Simple and delicate in flavour. Very wholesome. <br/><br/>Plain stir fried noodles, with garlic chives and bean sprouts ($9) - food for the masses: comforting, aromatic and easy to eat. Filling and no frills. <br/><br/>Pei daan sau yuuk jook - a HK classic: congee with preserced egg and pork. This was served in a claypot and garnished with deep fried noodles flakes. Clean tasting and rich in flavour at the same time. Just delightful! According to my dad, cooking in the claypot enhances the silky texture of this dish. <br/><br/>Hainamese Chicken - the chicken was velvety smooth and with just the right amount of chew to the meat. Sauces were basic but pleasant. Rice was not as flavoursome as it could be and the accompanying soup was fancy (contained some wun yii/cloud fungus) but plain in taste.<br/><br/>Verdict: excellent value for money. Great for a walk down memory lane for Hong Kong people. The food may not suit people with Western tastes.

A HK style cafe we dropped by for Friday lunch. Ambience was pretty casual. The hainanese chicken was succulent and tasty but served up a little more chilled than I'm used to. The accompanying soup which is not in the photo because it came half way through our food seemed to be a vegetable soup. Again I've always had chicken soup with it back in Melbourne. The cha kway teow was quite standard, not bad. The filling of the vegetable spring rolls could do with some improvement, the flavour didn't seem quite right but overall not bad either. Would have opted for the prawn and pork spring rolls but apparently they ran out.

Haven't visited this place for a while and breakfast menu has changed a little! They now have pretty organised photo menu at the counter!<br/>Ordered Buk Kuh Teh meal which comes with fried bread and a drink. Also ordered steam rice roll.<br/>Buk Kuh Teh was honestly the worst Buk Kuh Teh...soup was bad and weirdly sweet which is the most important part. Pork was okay but it soaked up badness of this weird soup which killed everything.<br/>Rice roll was okay but it was bundled up in oily mess and was not the best.<br/>Milk tea was great on the other hand which helped a lot.<br/><br/>I really can't rate this Buk Kuh Teh as if I am to rate then it will be less than 1.<br/><br/>However, this place has been feeding me reasonably good food before this therefore considering all that I will rate it 3/5.

This is great, cheap, lively and tasty - like being in Hong Kong without all the yelling 😂 I always get beef brisket, either with sounp, noodles or rice. The brisket has bits of tendon in there too which is good for you! Also like the hainanese chicken. They have some good value meal sets for families and tea time specials too.

My sister mentioned this place to me and said it was decent food. This restaurant is located outside the shops next to CBA. We were greeted by friendly staff and offer menus as we wanted takeaway.<br/><br/>Large menu but went with the oriental laksa, seafood ho fun, and gai lan with oyster sauce.<br/><br/>The layout feels more like a dining hall rather than restaurant. Square tables and chairs. It was busy being a Wednesday night and only just on 6pm.<br/><br/>Our food came out in about 20 mins.<br/><br/>The gai lan was nice fresh crunchy and went well with the oyster sauce. The laksa was ok, the thin vermicelli noodle with thick noodles gave it a nice texture. Good splash of seafood.<br/><br/>There are plenty of other items as well as a yum cha option which we will try next time. Wife hasn't eaten her meal yet.

I have been there two times, and happy with every single dish I ordered. Except for the salt n pepper calamari, tasted bland. Their hainanese chicken rice is really authentic, so is the beef brisket noodle soup, got plenty of beef that I couldn’t even finish. Second time ordered laksa, again generous serving size, and great flavour! It’s a great place for some comfort food with reasonable pricing as well.

Had just left work feeling sick so thought I’d make a quick stop to grab some chicken congee for dinner. Ordered at 8.10pm to have waited for almost 30 minutes.. should 100% not take that long. Will not be back.

Fantastic pricing. Great portions and lovely and vibrant flavours. Prompt and professional service and lively atmosphere. Nice decor! Love the giant photos on the walls. You could feed a family for a very afforable cost. I will be back.

Food 6/10<br/>Price $$ average <br/>Service 5/10<br/>*** if you allergic to MSG then this place is not for you. Tasty food if you don’t mind MSG once in a while.

Since the new cook started, the taste has improved with new breakfast menu and the usual lunch and high tea. Not as overly salty like before. When ordering, the wait staff used to ask if you would like 2 prawns for $2. It used to be part of the dish but now they will add the surcharge for what used to be normal. We were there recently as told the lady not to include the prawns and she said OK but on paying the bill the cashier still imposed a surcharge. When you look at the menu there is nothing there to imply the surcharge. Disappointed that even regular patrons get rip off by their false advertising.

TL;DR: It is pretty much adequate here, with the service and decor being appropriately not a major focus of the entire area, but all relying on decent home-style fare. That they manage to deliver pretty well, with portions that are decent and filling. Extra points are definitely given to it changing its tune throughout the day to trial all sorts of offerings, and therefore getting more clientele in that might be interested. While it is not high up on the list, it is still given notable credit that it earned, and like any outlet around here, definitely deserves to be tried on its own merits. <br/><br/>Coming here was something of an oddity with the story, and basically the end result of what seemed to be a wild goose chase. Remembering some time back, there was a location nearby that both me and my house mate took to quite kindly; it was a Taiwanese breakfast (recommended thoroughly regardless, so just find one in where-ever you are in general), and while breakfasts out are often one of the best and most memorable meals, after a while many of the places become a bit the same offering the same kind of fare. That is where the odd foreign breakfast comes in, and one week that was sort of at the back of my mind. Just a new place to eat at, with interest if there was another kind of place like that in town - to what I managed to find, it was possible. <br/><br/>That is just the first part of the story, as after trying to go back and forth around Sunnybank Plaza, it seemed to be amiss until after observing what one of the photos looked like, that we were to be headed under cover at the car park. At this moment, desperation as starting to kick in and any kind of food was going to be good with a number of options on the table - after looking here and seeing there was a breakfast menu, with a final check and finding the original place not open on Sunday mornings, it was a U-turn to here. It was more or less giving the look and having a shrug of the shoulders thinking "what is the worst could happen". Sometimes a new place is just the thing you are looking for, and other times it ends up being pretty adequate. I would put this place as the latter if I had to be most honest. <br/><br/>Among a number of other outlets here, there is a bit of a rougher and more grungy aesthetic to them, due to the combination of being within the carpark and also having a lot less sunlight streaming into the restaurant. That being said, the sun can still seep in and brighten up the place when the weather is fine outside. As for the decor, it is adequate. Maybe not the most flashy, as it has that grimy look to it a bit like a dining hall. It was early morning on the weekend, so not many people were quite out yet, which made it a bit sparse; rumour has it that it can get rowdy and fill up during peak hour, and not dining during then might have missed part and parcel of eating here. Ah well, it still was pretty good to see all the tables set up well, spread out quite well, and what definitely looked good were the big pictures of Hong Kong's cityscape on the wall. <br/><br/>What is definitely not going to be getting any extra points is the service. Don't be mistaken, it is not because it is horrible by any real means, but it is the usual standard of service that is done with Chinese waitstaff. From a customer service perspective, they could hardly care less lest they try, but this is in exchange for it being at an utmost efficiency - though it was a bit slower here than usual, they got it done regardless. They bring it to your table without much of a look on their face, and plonk it down on the table. The tip is to never take offense to this; it is just the way it is, and to here more or less adds to the atmosphere. How it goes here is just up to the counter, place your order and pay followed up getting a number and taking a seat. Next, they will come to you. Any extras like water or cutlery are up to you to collect. <br/><br/>Now we get onto the menu, where it is a pretty small one. It is Chinese cooking, regional Chinese that is. Here we are talking about Hong Kong, and the menu overall reads a bit like the standard local take-out, alongside having a small yum-cha selection and clay pot specials. There is the range of favourites there, a good lot of seafood, a reasonable vegetarian selection, and plenty of rice and noodle dishes, then to drink it is the general sodas, as well as frappes and Hong Kong style teas. It is a bit eclectic from the vantage point location, and needs to be observed for itself.  <br/><br/>In addition to all of that, what was also noticeable about the place was the Honk Kong style breakfast which is being trialed out as of this writing. Most of the dishes were consist of congee, though there is also a range of soups, and noodle dishes as well plus various bits of yum cha fare to have on the side and really beef out your meal - think dumplings, or sticky rice and whatnot. You could definitely get a decent meal here without having to fork out a huge amount of money, and to me that is always something in a restaurant's favour. <br/><br/>When it came to doing the order, what I managed to get was completely by randomness. Whatever the name of it was called, it seemed interesting and it ended up being a pork rib stew of sorts that came with dipping bread and some rice. That may well be one of the strangest combinations that I have ever seen. It was nice, not too big on the flavour going for the more subtle taste. The pork meat was definitely tender, and there was the chicken noodle soup that my dining buddy ended up ordering with the meat being nicely poached, and some tender noodles as well. <br/><br/>Looking at all the extras, what was hard to go past was getting a side of sticky rice, plus the usual beverage on the side being coffee. No point are being added or subtracted - per se - when it comes to the coffee, however it is duly noted that it is basic-boned right here. In observing a couple of spoons going in, it was definitely instant and while instant is no go-to option for me, as long as it ain't decaf you are in good hands with me. The milk was creamy, the taste was nice, and it was both warming and perked me up. Again, when needing caffeine as long as it ain't decaf. <br/><br/>As for the sticky rice, I have always loved it going way back to when I was a kid, and it still manages to hold up as one of the best snacks. Here it was served in the traditional banana leaf, and there were two to a serve (bonus!). The rice was hot and sticky, with plenty of flavour in it, especially the bits of chicken throughout it. As always, it is pretty delicious and well worth a go. <br/><br/>Overall, Sunnybank Oriental is definitely not an awful place, nor is it really one that would stand out among all the choices present around this area. It is sort of the hidden place in the back that some would like, that is a little rougher looking than usual, though if the food is alright and the vibe is there than it is good enough. That being said, the vibe is pretty chilled and relaxed, coming in just for the food and that is what they manage to do well, with portions being decent and food not being too bad, but definitely don't count too much on the service. <br/><br/>It is for that reason that after some thinking about it, a 4.0 rating is what it stands at. Perhaps overstated in part, this is to show that there is definitely aspects which make it stand out or are notable when trying to make a comparison, but what does get given credit is how it is distinguishable when the food is alright. While some aspects are a bit rough, maybe it is mostly the service, all that really does is add to the whole vibe and atmosphere. Competition for what is the best around here is fierce, and Sunnybank Oriental - with no fault of its own - might not stand out too far ahead; but in saying that, like almost any place within this short radius, it is worthy in part to go and search for it, to find its charms, and make your own mind up about it. <br/><br/>That is possibly the gold star for why this is a gourmand's mecca.

I have lived here in this area a long time . This is a very well established restaurant for many many years now. The staff are run off there feet the combination chowmein has gone from being awesome packed loveing into a spectacular mix of prawns scallops tender calamari rings fish " The whole Enchilada " to now it has no prawns ( u r asked if u want prawns but don't tell u at the time it's extra $$) no scallops, cheap fish and what looks like manufactured seafood stick cut and seafood balls that you can buy on any of those 3 corners of the intersection in the frozen section of the Asian stores. A real pity, it was so authentic Hong Kong food but something has changed Alice Grace Lung

As a customer that's been going to 'sunnybank oriental' for years, I just want to say I'm just rating this as a regular customer and not some pro critic or what not<br/><br/>Firstly its a good place, it's Hainanese chicken rice is amazing and probably the best, and if you want a simple dish to eat i would recommend this. However the place needs some changing, their 'yao tiew', (if you don't know what i'm talking about its the chinese fried dough eaten with congee) isn't very good. This is NOT fresh, its very dry and absorbs oil. It should have some chewy texture, its not, it's like its been prefried<br/><br/>What I also don't like is that the combination chow mien has gone down in quality through the years, it use to have scallops/fish/calamari. Now you have NO scallops, NO fish, and i think calamari is gone too, the fish is replaced with a cheap seafood stick kind of substitute<br/><br/>NOW its gone to the point where they charge you extra for prawns, yes its kind of them to ask if you want prawns or not and that it costs extra so there are no hidden costs, but seriously? i have to cough up more just to add 2 prawns? why?<br/><br/>Their deep fried calamari is not crispy enough and doesn't absorb any of the flavour, I couldn't finish it and took it home and let me tell you its worse cold, it taste like flour with no flavour. Then sometimes they go overboard with the salt. They need to improve the quality of their cooking quality alot. Apart from that I guess I would recommend them.

Nothing to complain of our seafood laksa and combination Hofan with egg sauce. Both were orientally yummy and served in generous portions. Only disagreed when being told of $2 extra charge for prawns for each dish. We wouldn't have minded at all if it had stated on the menu. When prices were changed, it would always be better to correct them on the menu.<br/><br/>The only girl one who served in this restaurant was pretty efficient. She ran around everywhere. Actually she got us a table and menus very quickly and gotta wait to order. Saw a few table waiting to place their orders as well. Food was fast though.

Another Chinese hongkong style resto that I always dine during my visit to Brisbane. <br/><br/>They have high tea package menu costs below $10 so better come for early dinner before 6 pm. My favourite dishes here are Hainam chicken rice, beef brisket egg noodle and salt pepper pork ribs. All high tea menu come with choice of hot/cold HongKong milk tea. <br/><br/>Service was quite good. Food came out very fast specially the chicken rice. But all of this will be much better if they also serve free long soup just like the hongkongnese style

This is a reliable place for a meal. Lots of families and people from Hong Kong eat here... Always bump into someone. <br/><br/>It's not particularly glamourous, but just decent, tasty southern chinese food. The Laksa is not bad here actually too. The Hainan Chicken Rice is not the most authentic or best I've had but it's good enough... More Hong Kong style.<br/><br/>When my parents visit they like eating the breakfast set menu. Lots of good options.<br/><br/>You have to be a bit assertive here to get the waitstaff's attention. It is very busy during lunch / dinner and it is largish restaurant. It's pretty normal for these sorts of eateries though. Efficient, straight forward. Self serve water, tea and extra cutlery / bowls.<br/><br/>Eftpos min. $25 so watch out for that. There is a CBA ATM outside though.

Nice food but nothing too special. Just a ordinary Chinese restaurant. Serving sizes are alright but you might need to order an extra dish if you dine with a family.

I've been coming to Sunnybank Oriental for several years now and have usually been happy with the quality of their food. The wa tan hor is always a good choice and some of the best available in Brisbane and the hainan chicken rice thankfully comes with fragrant rice and both the typical red and green sauces. While the service is unassuming, it causes no significant issues and Sunnybank Oriental is worth visiting if one is in the area and looking for some good Chinese cuisine.

<br/>Seriously, get in my bell y！！！<br/>The food is best ever.They have standard Hong kong style food. If you are looking for those kinds of food,Oriental is the best place to go and wont get dissappoint it！！

GOOD！The food was amazing！Highly recommend it♡♡GOOD！The food was amazing！Highly recommend it♡♡GOOD！The food was amazing！Highly recommend it♡♡

I've been to Sunnybank Orientals too many times that I've lost count. Here they serve up mainly Hong Kong style dishes. Not only do they provide main meals but they also offer  Asian breakfasts (7am-11am daily): Congee, Steamed Rice Noodle Rolls w/ Prawns or BBQ Pork, Deep Fried Bread Sticks and the list goes on. The staff here are quick-witted, as per service, I'd say it's very casual :)<br/><br/>Coming to the realisation that I've been over indulging the good old bacon and eggs the past weeks/months, I thought today would be a good day to tone it down and have something a little different. For breakfast today, I ordered the Preserved Egg w/ Shredded Pork Congee, Siu Long Bao (Steamed Buns) and a Hot Honey Lemon Tea. The food here is normally served quick. Around 10 mins later the Congee is on the table. Steam buns generally take a bit longer :) The Congee is average with a generous amount of shredded pork and preserved egg. Steam Buns were served piping hot. Dipping them into red vinegar gives some additional flavour to the buns as well as a nice tingle to the taste buds. Mmm.. I've definitely missed these buns, I ended up ordering another batch :) <br/><br/>If you're seeking generous serves with decent prices, Sunnybank Orientals is a must try! :)

We dine at Oriental regularly. They are incredibly inconsistent. Sometimes the food is good, other times, mediocre.<br/>But there is a serious problem with the way they serve meals to the diners. We have observed this problem over the many times we've been there.<br/>Instead of serving by TABLE (first come first serve), they serve by DISH. I was in a group of five. Three got their meals first after 20 minutes, the other two got their meals 20 minutes after that! By that time, the first three had finished! And some other diners who arrived at the restaurant later got their meals earlier!<br/>An example:<br/>If you order chicken rice and the kitchen staff happen to be preparing that dish, you'll notice waiters will come out holding only chicken rice and distribute them to different tables. Maybe you'll have waited 20 minutes, while another diner who arrived later will get it in five minutes. <br/>Say your friend orders laksa. But the kitchen staff are preparing beef ho fun. Waiters will come out holding only plates of beef ho fun and distribute them across different tables. Your friend will be waiting for another 20 minutes until the kitchen staff prepare the laksa. Meanwhile, another diner who arrived much later and ordered laksa only waits for five minutes. By then you've finished your chicken rice and your friend will only just be starting on her laksa.<br/>And so on and so on. Madness. <br/>My group of five had arranged to see a movie after. The first three made it in time, while the other two missed the beginning, because their meals took so long to arrive!<br/>This has to be the worst way to serve diners. I've NEVER seen this happen at other restaurants.<br/>One more thing. They've started charging $2 extra for prawns. WITHOUT TELLING YOU ON THE MENU OR OTHERWISE. If you order a dish that has prawns in it, you'll be charged $2 more than the price stated on the menu. Is this even legal? When they don't tell you about an extra charge? I wonder what Fair Trading will say about this.<br/>

Usually stopped by for weekend lunches/high tea when out and about. However, recently we noticed a certain rather strange paradigm which the cooks use. Made this observation over several weeks - if you happened to place an order for a dish which the cooks are rolling out at the moment, then you will get served quickly. If what you order is not on the current 'rotation' out of the kitchen, then be prepared for a very long wait. They don't serve by tables but by dishes. If one were to watch how the food come out, you will notice that say for eg. fried beef hofun will be rolled out and everyone who ordered this dish will be served. So, if you are in a party of 3 or 4 or 5 one of you will be served your order first and the rest will usually have to wait for theirs to come out according to the rotation, which means  either the person wait for the rest to be served before eating or be more than half way through his meal before the others in the party get theirs. Have observed that at times, the difference in food being served to the same table could be as much as 30 mins! Very annoying. Been eating in restaurants around the world but have never seen this sort of pattern!

Tonight we got chicken cashew nut and chicken kung pow in takeaway containers both were great sized serves and prity ok value little in the pricey side at 14.90 each the inside of the restaurant was ok very basic but nice comfy seats and good size eating area service was very fast only 10 minutes for the food to be cooked the girl who took my order was nice as well

Been here a few times with friends who like this place, and it serves some pretty decent Chinese fare. I found their Hainan chicken, gai lan and claypot dishes to be quite decent. Perhaps not the best Chinese in town, but the taste, price and portions are competitive.

Used to come here once a week. A traditional HK style cafe restaurant. Give the brekkie specials a try, they are located on the side of the walls of the restaurant. Their menu is in Chinese and English which gives it a bonus for locals and first time visitors. Wish they had staff with more professional training. But I do enjoy that they have TVs in the restaurant with HK dramas/news. Give it a bit of HK vibe

Good value. Food quality and customer service standard are both generally considered high, given the prices you would pay for the dishes. Their Hai-nan Chicken is the best amongst any restaurants of similar class in the Sunnybank area.

Called at dinner time for takeaway. Order ready in 20 minutes, which was great, but the good bits stopped there. The salt & pepper pork was nice and the fried rice was as expected, but downhill from there with the food. The Chow mien noodle was half dry and all the meat and sauce was at the bottom with no easy way to serve. Kung Po chicken had no kick at all, very bland flavour, no heat. The Sichuan Prawns was sweet, not at all sichuan at all, no spice, no heat, extremely poorly done. No heat what so ever and mostly red capsicum and about 4 prawns. Overall, there was no flavour, it was all very boring and generic.

Basically I like nothing about this restaurant. The food doesn't taste good, the decoration of the restaurant is simple, service is bad, just a big NO for me. I did try their breakfast once, their 肠粉 was disgusting. Never am I returning again.

Did you think I was serious in that last post? I dunno, I'm just not feeling the blogging bug like I used to, I'm trying to push through and do a little bit per day but I've been crazy keen on weight lifting recently. At the time of writing, I can deadlift 65kg and squat the same! That's crazy considering last October I couldn't handle the weight of the bar!

Incredibly bad service! After being seated, it seemed no one wanted to take our order. After waiting 15 mins, and trying to get the attention of a number of staff members, being ignored by many, we we're finally able to place our order. We we're told it would be about 15 minutes. Now I understand restaurants get busy, especially on a Saturday night, but when you wait at least 40 minutes for food or drink to appear and at the same time see numerous other customers arrive, have their order taken, eat and leave before you, that's getting a little ridiculous. I'm a very patient person, but this was too much. We left after almost an hour of waiting, and only got a 'sorry about that' when we explained why we were leaving. Very disappointing.

It's not bad, not bad at all, for what we're paying. Fresh and authentic chinese food (Hong Kong style). Go and have a try and they won't disappoint. Some of the dishes are very traditional and may not suit the aussie taste, please do not try the unknown.

We came on a Thursday night and it was my first time here. We ordered the pork and seafood congee, sweet&sour pork ribs and fried tofu, all delicious, flavoursome and cooked to perfection! The sauce on the ribs was so amazing and the crispy salty tofu was to die for. Lost some points since the tea was really bad (HK milk tea). Will definitely return

Serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with many options to choose from. Normally very busy, decor is average and service is quick and prompt. Cheap for the size of dishes.

Breakfast is okay - good for if you want a Hong Kong style breakfast. <br/><br/>On this occasion (dinner), the rice was much too hard and overcooked, making it difficult and unpleasant to eat. The beef brisket was nice and as well as the noodles that we had. It's good value for money for a set meal.

Thumbs up to the breakfast!! Authentic Hong Kong style congee with a little bit others like sticky rice wrapped in lotus leave or with some fried noodle with premium soy source is brilliant. The fried dough with meal might be a bit not crunchy enough but it won't affect my appetite. HK Style milk tea is always rich, smooth and tasty.<br/><br/>Reasonable price  and prompt delivery satisfy me. some people might ask for a better service though , for me it is fair enough. I would not seek for the smile on the waitresses' face if they could keep making fair breakkie deal with quality meals just like what they are doing now.

Fresh tasty food at reasonable prices. Noisy cafe environment, very reminiscent of dining in Asia. Must try steamed pork buns! Laksa is also good.

Lousy cheap food. Price is fairly cheap and food served in big portion but I find the quality of food is pretty bad. If you just want to fill your stomach that's ok. But I find the food lousy till I cannot even eating half of it. I wouldn't go here again.

Hong kong style breakfast was affordable and value for money. The taste was authentic and reminded me a lot of hong kong (in a much cleaner environment). Had two brekkie sets (D & G) between my wife and I and we were extremely full and satisfied. The service was okay and can't say much about decor as it's really basic with no features. Although aesthetics was boring and poor, but I rate the breakfast food 8/10 and highly recommend it for a taste of HK.

Come on ppl it's simple home style food get over the bad reviews!. I'm reading bad reviews about this place and just want to scream if you want a 5 star experience maybe you should go somewhere that charges more than $15 a dish!<br/><br/>We go here all the time - and appreciate good Chinese food. It's great for kids - soy sauce chow mien is great, I'm addicted to the beef brisket rice noodle and I can feed a family of 4 big eaters on 2 breakfast dishes!<br/><br/>Service is fast. I've never been yelled at. <br/><br/>Simple, hot, tasty, cheap.

This place used to be great. Now its just meh. The steam rice roll is chewy. Not the Han Solo kind either.

Liked because the food is ok. I've been going here for several years, service use to be terrible but it's a bit better now. So glad that loud, rude and barbaric lady is gone. I think she use to work at Yuens market or something. had super thick vietnamese canto accent....<br/><br/>The reason why I chose to 'like' this place is because the food has never been totally rotten. It is fairly consistent with its quality of food. There some stages where we got pretty bland food but thats because we have ordered things off the A and B set specials. But if you stick to your mains then it should be fairly decent.

B E S T I N S U N N Y B A N K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I would like to counter the comment made by jonwugo, about the service and the Management of Sunnybank Oriental, and say I totally disagree with the comment, and feel it doesnt do any Justice to this great Restaurant..........................<br/>I have been a regular customer of Sunnybank Oriental since its change from a Seafood Restaurant to now the Hong Kong Style High tea Restaurant and can honestly say there is no other place in Sunnybank, even in Brisbane. Which has the high Quality taste in its food and the fairness of it's prices!..........<br/>$13.00 for a Combination noodle big enough to feed 2 people lol!<br/><br/>Their Banquet menu, its the best in Brisbane, wit many choices of dishes to choose from!!!!!....<br/>I have been in the Hospitality industry for over 20years and i can tell you that a normal wait time is between 20-30minutes for food to come to your table. Especially when an Establishment is as busy as Sunnybank Oriental.<br/><br/>In Western style Restaurants, it is normal to wait this amount of time for the entree or soup to come to the table...............<br/>So i feel the comment from jonwugo was Unfair!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br/><br/>There is a saying you pay peanuts and you get monkeys, well at the Sunnybank Oriental you pay peanuts but get high quality taste and a large quantity of food as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.................<br/><br/>It is also interesting that he calls the Management Amateurs, given that Sunnybank Oriental is one of the most busiest Restaurants in Sunnybank, something a lot of other Restaurants would like to copy?<br/><br/>I doubt that others, who are quick to make negative comment, can do a better job at satisfying the current loyal patrons of Sunnybank Oriental.

Great restaurant. Great food, great service. The food here was excellent and even at a low price too. Even though it was a busy night, the food came out in a short amount of time and it tasted great. For anyone who is a Chinese food lover, I recommend this place as I am a regular customer. I come here often and they produce the same great quality every time! Love it!

Worth it. Good chinese food for a good price. The staff members are always friendly and their service is good. The food is always delicious and arrives at a reasonable amount of waiting time. Sunnybank Oriental is my favourite restaurant at Sunnybank and I will continue to keep coming back. There is also an extensive menu filled with a variety of dishes to choose from so you won't be bored with the choice of food.

Pathetic Management!!!!. Always! go to this place for their cheap banquet..... cos its Good Value....... large Quantity. you can choose from the long list of dishes on the menu and you can substitude other dishes not on the banquet menu and just pay the differences, which is cool! B U T last week! the staffs told us we can no longer choose dishes outside the banquet menu! ok --- thats fine !!!! if thats the new policy. but then my friends went in for dinner and were able to choose other dishes outside the banquet menu!!!!! <br/>............... so where is the consistent to that? So i guess the new policy of this place is monday, wednesday, friday you can change , and the remaining days you cant change! haha! they must think they are the only restaurant in sunnybank, people willing to line up for then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. havnt mention it usually takes 30-40minutes for their meal to come out! I guess the manager or owner of this place just started in the food industry, ONLY AMATEURS WOULD DO THINGS LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Average food, bad service. Breakfast is no good. Lunch is better compared with breakfast, depends on what the dish is. However you have to wait for a bit long time for food. If your time is tight, don't risk it. You'll be late. <br/><br/>Service is none and I can say it's bad sometimes. Let say , I asked for lunch takeaway, they didn't tell you beforehand that it doesn't include soup when the lunch is taken away. And it costs you a bit more.<br/>The girl on the counter gives you the changes by just dropping on the desk and seldom say thank you.<br/>If you need wait staff, you have to yell rather than they come to serve you actively.

Prices gone up. When there last week! just notice they had new menu and of course with that would be a price increase! we always go to oriental cos they are cheap and large quantity, so that would substitute for the long wait for their food, but now an increase of $2.00 for the char kway teow and the same amount of time waiting, good luck to them! i will be sure many will notice the same issue as me, that day i also saw two tables just walk out cos the food just took too long! malay corner busy then oriental, just take 20 minutes for the food, and prices the same now!

W O R S T D I M S I M. Went to this place on Saturday morning for breakfast! for the first time, we went pass the restaurant, saw a crowd inside! thought it must be good! What a let down! The breakfast menu were pretty cheap we thought! we order the pork chop with black bean sauce, worst in brisbane, no taste, the pork had a strange weird taste, like they didnt even wash the pork, fishy taste, the chicken feet wasnt much better, hard and stale, and the bbq pork buns were all crack in the middle, that tells me, its been in the fridge for so long! and the lady taking the orders, so rude and loud, avoid the pork chop in black bean sauce, WORST IN BRISBANE

Slow. After the the bad experience we had at oriental yum cha! we thought we should try their other restaurant, sunnybank oriental! this place wasnt much better! their prices were cheap compare to the other places in the area, but 40 minute wait for a combination noodle, and hainan chick rice, must present them with the 1st prize reward for the longest wait! the old lady at the bar, just rudely drop the drinks on our tables, although the quantity of the food was large portion, the waiting turn us off! dont go there on sat and sundays, long long wait!

Average food poor service. Food is very average in the area. decently priced. Service poor comparison to other restaurants in Sunnybank. Ignorant staff.

Average as average can get. Dont expect high quality food or service... its the culture where the service is always low (i'm from hk). No it doesn't come close to the originals back in HK... the closest thing is the milk tea. service is what i'm use to, busy talking, and rough serving to tables, no smile not even eye contact... <br/><br/>BUT... considering the only place who has set HK breakie meals, sometimes a bit of change is nice... so yea it naturally tastes better cause its something you don't usually eat.

Waste of time. Bad service flagged 3 guys. Got acknowledged but no one to take the order. Seems like only the black polo crew are capabale of order taking-very flustered. The rest are just servers talking to each other on the floor passing responsibilities.

OK for Breakfast. I've been going to Sunnybank Oriental for breakfast regularly, the food is passable for a a traditional chinese breakfast, but nothing to write home about. The few times I've tried lunch or dinner there have been disappointing, the service is bad, the wait is long, and the food again is nothing special. The specialty hot pot dishes are overrated. The service is generally bad, but for breakfast you order at the counter, and the wait stuff only has to plonk the dishes on your table. (usually just thrown at the other end of where you're sitting).

Terrible.

Outrageous experience. Were there recently with whole family order a few dishes and one of them did not come after over 40 mins when everyone had almost finished the food. Asked the waiter who did our order. He came back and told us that it will be served in just a few minutes. 20mins passed, still nothing. I went up to the manager and politely said that we wish to cancel that order since we had all finished. He said nothing but went to the kitchen and magically served our dish in no time. I said to him again that we said we wanted to cancel that dish because we waited for like an hour for it and were told that it would be served in 'a few minutes' but wait for another 20mins. Guess what? He asked us to leave!!!... Never ever experienced this before in any restaurant in the world...

Very disappointed. I was a regular diner at Sunnybank Oriental last year because I could always find a table here even when the other restaurants in Sunnybank were packed and the food was ok. I came here again a few days ago after several months and I was extremely disappointed. The food was awful from the taste to the appearance. My friend ordered Hainan Chicken Rice and got a a bowl of rice which seemed like consisting of 2/3 normal rice and 1/3 burnt rice. We could not believe how they could give customers this when it was extremely obvious the rice was old and burnt. The sauces were all mixed up and looked very messy. I didn't try the chicken so no comment on that one. I ordered Singapore Fried Noodle, which was sort of ok at first, but the more I ate, the less flavour it got and it was just full of MSG.<br/>I've never liked their free soup as it doesn't seem clean and tastes bland and bad. Again, full of MSG (but this is the same for most Asian restaurants anyway). <br/>Their service also got much worse. The waiters were very slow and they all seemed sleepy although it was only 6PM. Something we noticed is that they seem to be losing customers or something. Back then, they were always very busy, but on our last visit, which was on a weekend and all other restaurants nearby had a long queue of customers lining up outside, but this one was not even half full. Another table next to us also complained that their congee was tasteless and was offered to have more salt added it if they want stronger taste.<br/>All in all, very disappointed and such a waste of money. Will not come back.

Stick to breakfast. They're the only guys in town serving up Hong Kong style breakfast, served daily. I think they're not bad. They do some things better then the others. Do try the rice noodle rolls though, I think their versions are some of the best you'll find in Brisvegas. Nice and thick congees, big servings for not too much money since it comes in set meals with other stuff, but quickly deteriorates in texture and becomes watery if you don't eat it fast enough. The made-to-order steamed yum cha appetizers are also surprisingly good and the quality puts many Brisbane yum cha restaurants to shame.<br/><br/>I've been here for dinner once long ago, and I think it was just ok. From memory, there was a whole fried sweet and sour which was way too sweet and sour, and a claypot chicken dish which was nothing to write home about.

Good Value. I think this is best place to eat in Sunnybank Plaza and cheaper over this side I have found. If you hop over to Market Square it can be a bit more pricey.<br/><br/>I come into this busy place every fortnight to have chow mien and whatever that is on happy hour. The clay pot dishes...I won't order again cause it's too much rice not enough meat.

Was quite disappointed with sunnybank oriental. They seem to specialise in claypot dishes with a vast amount of these dishes being on the menu. Ordered the pig trotter claypot and the wined chicken claypot and both were rather disappointing . The broth for both dishes either had no flavour or tasted unappetizing. The pig trotter it self was great but the chicken was bland. I will return soon to try other dishes outside of the claypot repotoir.

Good selection of dishes. This will depend on which chef is working on the day you dine there.<br/>The laksa is good but beware of the salt content. After learning the hard way, I reminded the waitress to tell the chef to reduce it by half but guess what? It was extremely salty. The beef brisket is very tender and melts in your mouth.<br/>However, like all the others, the portions have become smaller and the prices have also increased slightly.

Service here is swift and you need not wait long for the claypot dishes to arrive. Last night, we ordered the Chicken and Lap Cheong claypot rice

When the claypot beef brisket arrived, I was in shock at the portion. For AUD 14.90, the claypot can easily feed two plus the bowl of rice that is filled to the brim. Full of flavour and not overly spiced, even the Wife who will usually shy away at the dish was picking into it happily.

Haven’t been to Sunnybank Oriental for months but lately I’ve heard lots of negative feedback about the poor food quality and impolite service. Unfortunately we experienced both during a recent visit for a Hong Kong style breakfast. We arrived at around 9am and it was pretty deserted to our surprise. We expected minimum service but the lady at the cashier was very rude. Anyway we sat down and waited for my favourite Hong Kong style breakfast to arrive but the food was simply devastated!