Reviews Fu Lin

Don't let the simple decor fool you, this is a great place to eat. Fair prices and generous portions. Some of the best authentic Chinese available in Adelaide.

This is my favourite place in Adelaide for authentic Hong Kong food! Everything is so affordable and delicious to boot. Staff are really friendly and great at recommending dishes to suit your fancy!

Unassuming Little Gem. We have frequent this family restaurant for the last 15 years. First impression of this place doesn't really make for a lasting one due to its outdated interior and fittings. There is little ambience, saved by the warm lighting. It is a very 'typical' Chinese restaurant with live seafood in tanks, tacky decorations and scattered Chinese ornaments / pictures which doesn't flow well throughout the space. Personally it is a little haphazard and doesn't bode well in the trendy category against some of the newest restaurants in the hospitality scene.

Interior aside, lets talk food.
It is the primary reason for our repeated return. We come here for the seafood with the cheesy lobster dish being a favourite of ours.

Service is slow, so, if you can order in advance, you should, especially for takeaway and traditional highly prized dishes such as lobster, king crabs, mud crabs, Peking duck, drunken chicken.
We returned for a belated Mother's Day celebration. Lobster was the star tonight. An almost 2kg lobster was turned into two dishes; one being the cheesy lobster noodles and the other was a spring onion and garlic noodle dish - both were equally amazing, as expected.

Additional dishes included: salt and pepper prawns (without shells), kou shui ji (saliva chicken, the translation doesn't do the dish justice, I promise!), jellyfish tossed in sesame oil and green chilli and oyster omelette.
Every dish was lovely. No complaints on the quality, quantity or taste.

Be prepared to wait, even if they aren't busy. The restaurant owner is also the chef. His wife works with him in the kitchen and his son looks after front of house. Regardless of the number of patrons, this workforce remains the same.
Despite the long waits, we always return for the food. In addition to the quality, price point wise, it is very reasonable.

'Home cooked' Chinese. For those in the know, this family-run is one of the best Chinese restaurants in Adelaide..... for the food. The restaurant itself is dowdy and the table service below average. And, for a Chinese restaurant, the wait can be interminable... particularly if another table orders the lobsters or giant crabs that they serve in season. But ultimately it’s worth overlooking these shortcomings, because the cooking is extraordinarily good and the value-for-money superb. My advice is to ignore the menu and ask them what they can cook that’s different and interesting, because the ‘Aussie’ style dishes on the menu you can get anywhere. Dig under the surface of this place a bit – the surface is pedestrian but underneath is some of the best Cantonese food in Adelaide.

A solid go to cheap eat. I live in the area and takeaway in general is expensive compared to when I lived in the western suburbs. but this place is great value. I get the black pepper beef and large fried rice for $14.l (enough for 2 people) Next door at the thai resturant you would get half the food for double the price. never eaten inside, but people who do seam happy enough. basic decor, no fancy dinner date would be had here :) have eaten many dishes here, but the beef and fried rice has become my standard.

We left a nearby business at 5.00pm last Wednesday and walked past Fu Lin. Decided to have an early dinner before driving home. Bitterly cold walking along Goodwood Rd. Welcomed by chef and host, genuinely friendly Simon who explained changes to menu and meal delivery due to Covid - 19 restrictions. We dined - in. Lovely, hot food at reasonable prices. Quick service. Rest rooms clean. Drove home, quite happy. Anticipating our next visit and hoping other people continue to support Simon's Fu Lin.

Been coming here for a couple of years now, it is true about the wait times, but as the food is absolutely beautiful, we just ensure we order an hour ahead. Thats not always possible to plan for I know, but it is worth the wait for the closest thing to authentic I have had around the area. The honey chicken is the best I have had in Adelaide. The only issues I see are the inside layout and atmosphere, not very compelling to dine in hence we take away. Overall though its the food we go there for and it makes this a 7/10.

Food was superb. Our family keeps going back for more - great for banquets and for entertaining large groups especially. Generous portions too. Keep up the good work !