Highly recommend for a special night out. The atmosphere and welcome and attentiveness of the staff reminds you of the best Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong, Sydney or Melbourne. As a group of four we decided to go with the fixed menu, costing $88. Arrive hungry, though the menu is very well structured and there are many small courses.
The staff go to great lengths to describe each course.
We started with Kingfish sashimi; crab roe and corn consumme and smoked crab meat.

The Okinawa cuttlefish and scallop toast, with some squid ink had a intense array of flavours. The hand made steamed prawn and pumpkin dumplings with a prawn broth were the best dumplings we’ve ever had.
The hot pot of eye fillet steak and scallops were great. Finally, the sweet and spicy eggplant had an obvious but not overpowering kick.

The meal finished with a light lime type of mouse covered with sesame seeds.

There is a very extensive wine list from small wineries in ACT, Tasmania, Barossa, Victoria, Bordeaux , Alsace. Most wines are from mid $60 upwards. You can BYO for $18 per bottle.
For the quality of food and excellent staff, well worth the price for a special night out.

If anyone just wants a summary, here it is: modern Asian food, ambiance and service all superb. Price very reasonable. Conclusion: a magnificently run restaurant that provides an unmissable experience. If you want additional information, keep reading.

Sometimes life is too much fun. This restaurant is superb on every measure. I rarely give fives, but the Chairman and Yip deserves one. From the moment we entered to the moment we left was outstanding and hugely enjoyable and it made for the most delightful Saturday night out. We booked here because one sage member of our group knew the restaurant was a Canberra institution and pressed strongly that we go here. What a wise person. We loved every part of our experience here and I'll explain why in the paragraphs that follow.

The restaurant space is classy, comfortable and calming. It's subtly lit and nicely laid out. It's a lovely and sophisticated layout. We liked it instantly. The modern Asian menu is nicely composed with lots of innovative and enticing dishes and mercifully the menu is not too long. Someone has put an awful lot of thought into the wine list which seems to have the key bases covered comprehensively.

We were a party of five so we had quite a few dishes. Simplistically, I'd say we loved them all. They were all terrific. Ones that stood out were the kingfish entree, the tofu, the duck pancake, the beef and scallop hot pot, etc, etc. They were all wonderful. We accompanied the food with some lovely wines, a lovely riesling included, and it's a very thoughtful list as mentioned.

We felt the cost of the night was very reasonable given the quality of the food, wine and service. The service was absolutely outstanding. Easily the best service I've personally encountered for many years. Food and wine was served quickly by a succession of servers who were just wonderful at their jobs. Efficient and effective, affable and friendly without ever being intrusive, it would be hard to find better staff than the ones we encountered here tonight. They were to a person, excellent.

Well done to the owners and managers. Well done to the staff. Establishing, running and maintaining a business as good as this takes serious nous and effort and those things are replete here in everything that's done. The structure and the detail are all covered. I'm not a Canberran but if I was I'd come to This restaurant very regularly. Chairman and Yip is at the top of its game and its unmissable.