Kam Fook

Address:	Westfield Bondi Junction Shop 6010 Level 6 500 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction, New South Wales, 2022
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Phone:	(02)9386 9889
Website:	Kam Fook
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Emperor's Garden

Address:	96-100 Hay St Haymarket NSW 2000
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Phone:	(02)9211 2135
Website:	Emperor's Garden
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Fu Manchu

Address:	249 Victoria St Darlinghurst NSW 2010
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Phone:	(02)9360 9424
Website:	Fu Manchu
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Fook Yuen Seafood Restaurant

Address:	Level 1, 7 Help Street Chatswood NSW 2067
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Phone:	(02)9413 2688
Website:	Unknown
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Zilver

Address:	Level 1 477 Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2000
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Phone:	(02) 9211 2232
Website:	Zilver
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Emperor's Table - North Ryde RSL

Address:	Cnr Pittwater and Magdala Rds, North Ryde NSW 2113
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Phone:	(02)9878 4766
Website:	Emperor's Table - North Ryde RSL
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Fat Buddha Restaurant

Address:	Level 2, Queen Victoria Building, 455 George Street Sydney NSW 2000
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Phone:	(02)9264 9558
Website:	Fat Buddha Restaurant
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Green Gourmet

Address:	115-117 King St Newtown NSW 2042
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Phone:	(02)9519 5330
Website:	Green Gourmet
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Golden Harbour Restaurant

Address:	31/33 Dixon St Haymarket NSW 2000
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Phone:	(02)9212 5987
Website:	Golden Harbour Restaurant
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Great Century

Address:	23 Greenfield Parade Bankstown NSW 2200
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Phone:	(02)9796 3366
Website:	Unknown
Review from The Sydney Morning Herald:
The run-down carpet and worn red chairs may not be promising but when the Beijing duck trolley comes trundling, greed wins over aesthetics every time. An affordable suburban option (next to a free car park), Great Century does decent snow-pea dumplings, pork siu mai, lotus leaf sticky rice and cold beer - but it's the carved-to-order duck in mandarin pancakes ($5.50 per portion) that really puts the yum into the cha. Best bet: Wu gok (fried taro dumpling).
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Manly Phoenix

Address:	Shop 22-23, Manly Wharf/East Esplanade, Manly NSW 2095
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Phone:	(02)9977 2988
Website:	Manly Phoenix
Review from The Sydney Morning Herald:
This Manly outpost of the highly regarded Phoenix Group (which reopens Sky Phoenix in the Westfield Sydney redevelopment in November) comes with a slick fit-out that's chopstick chic. And as well as wave after wave of dim sum trolleys, you also get wave after wave of waves, via up-close harbour views. On weekends, the usual pandemonium breaks out as warring tables vie for new arrivals of golden ham sui gok (deep-fried football-shaped pork dumplings), fluffy char sieu bau (steamed pork buns) and steamy pork and prawn siu mai. Midweek might be more civilised and sedate but it's never going to be as much fun as the weekend bunfight. Best bet: The flaky, lard-rich, custard-filled daan tarts.
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Golden Unicorn

Address:	Level 2 193 Maroubra Rd Maroubra NSW 2035
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Phone:	(02)9344 9278
Website:	Golden Unicorn
Review from The Sydney Morning Herald:
What a jolly, happy place this is - all a-hustle-bustle with hungry families queuing up the stairs, hailing trolleys and peering enviously at the choices on the table next to them. The har cheung faan (fresh rice-noodle roll with prawn) is moreish, while the fried wu gok is ravishingly good, with a fright-wig of crispness around a soft, rich, creamy taro filling. Lots of innovation, too - look out for the cute ma lai goh cupcakes. Best bet:The flawless rice congee, studded with preserved egg and soft, shreddy pork.
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Sunny Harbour Seafood Restaurant

Address:	9 Crofts Avenue Hurstville NSW 2220
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Phone:	(02)9585 1633
Website:	Unknown
Review from The Sydney Morning Herald:
This vast, chaotic daily bunfight of a restaurant must be Sydney's busiest yum cha. Even on Mondays, you'll have to take a raffle ticket and wait for a table on one of the two upstairs floors. It's worth it, though, as the high turnover means that everything is fresh and brightly flavoured, from stir-fried egg noodles to golden fried calamari, sweetly tender pork ribs, king-size chicken feet and silky cheung faan rice-noodle rolls. Best bet: Fun gwor dumplings of pork, shrimp and coriander. Read more...
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LL Wine & Dine

Address:	42 Llankelly Place, Potts Point, Sydney, NSW 2000
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Phone:	(02)9356 8393
Website:	LL Wine & Dine
Review from The Sydney Morning Herald:
It's a sign of the times we can take yum cha in a Kings Cross back alley with cocktails, coffee and cool music. Brothers Matthew, Chris and Tim Barge run a laid-back, post-hangover list of home-cooked favourites, from pai gwat (steamed pork ribs) to fat little siu long bau (Shanghainese soup dumplings) and steamed gai laan with oyster mushroom sauce. Team them with a jug of Big Trouble in Little China (42Below Vodka, fresh coriander, vanilla and pineapple juice). Sundays only. Best bet:Prawn and pork wontons with chilli oil and Chinese black vinegar, topped with shredded egg and pickled mustard greens.
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Bodhi Restaurant and Bar

Address:	Lower mezzanine, Cook and Phillip Park, 2 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
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Phone:	(02)9360 2523
Website:	Bodhi Restaurant and Bar
Review from The Sydney Morning Herald:
Bodhi serves up Sydney's only vegetarian yum cha, seven days a week. Not just vegetarian but Buddhist vegan, which means, among other things, no onions, no chives and no garlic. Adding to the charm is its appropriately tranquil setting in Cook and Phillip Park, with a lovely alfresco terrace tucked away under giant Moreton Bay fig trees. While some of the dishes (barbecue gluten buns, potato croquettes, satay tofu, adzuki bean buns) taste a little ersatz, you can understand why vegetarian yum cha lovers are grateful this place exists. Best bet:The spring gau vegetarian dumplings, filled with baby corn, peas, carrot and tofu.
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Din Tai Fung

Address:	Level 1, World Square Shopping Centre, 644 George Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
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Phone:	(02)9264 6010
Website:	Din Tai Fung
Review from The Sydney Morning Herald:
While not at all a Cantonese yum cha restaurant, this wildly popular Taiwanese-based global noodle chain has enough dim sum on its regular menu to make it a great alternative. Spend the time waiting for your table watching the gloved and masked chefs at work, like surgeons in an operating theatre, then hit the wasp-waisted prawn and pork siu mai; light, steamy barbecue pork buns; spicy pork and prawn wontons; and steamed, sweet red-bean buns. This is no leisurely, all-day exercise, however - you're in and you're out again. Best bet:The pinch-topped, purse-like xiao long bao (Shanghainese pork dumplings), miraculously containing a spoonful of piping-hot soup, served with ginger vinegar. Read more...
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Sky Phoenix

Address:	Level 6, Shop 6001 Westfield Sydney, 188 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
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Phone:	(02)9223 8822
Website:	Sky Phoenix
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Palace Chinese

Address:	Shop 38, Level 1, Piccadilly Tower, 133-145 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
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Phone:	(02)9283 6288
Website:	Palace Chinese
Review from The Sydney Morning Herald:
This smart-looking Cantonese devotes itself to yum cha by day, stealing the business from its Chinatown colleagues' more lacklustre offerings with a lively line-up of trolleys tended by motherly female staff. Endless variety and some rarely seen dishes (sticky-rice spring rolls, for instance) make for a fun experience, rounded out by caringly assembled gai laan with soy and oyster sauce, delicate dau miu gau (pea-sprout dumplings) and tender braised tripe. The dessert trolley of jellies and fruit puddings would make a kids' birthday party look dull. Best bet:The dazzling scallop siu mai (steamed pork and prawn dumplings), crowned with sparkling roe. Read more...
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Marigold Chinese Cuisine

Address:	Level 5, 683 George St, Haymarket, NSW 2000
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Phone:	(02)9281 3388
Website:	Marigold Chinese Cuisine
Review from The Sydney Morning Herald:
The steam seemed to go out of this one-time Chinatown yum cha pacesetter but the recent relocation of staff from its just-closed sister restaurant, Regal, has put a bit of life back into the old girl. Staff are more eager to peddle their wares and the dumplings are well made, although often a little flabby from over-steaming. Braised dishes are popular and the stuffed eggplant, gelatinous fung jao (chicken feet) and lotus-leaf-wrapped sticky rice (nor mai gai) all hit the spot. Beware the lifts - they have minds of their own. Best bet:Fresh, puffy char sieu bau (steamed bun) filled with caramelised, un-dyed roast pork. Read more...
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East Ocean

Address:	Level 1 421-429 Sussex Street Haymarket NSW 2000
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Phone:	(02)9212 4198
Website:	East Ocean Restaurant
From the owner:
Sydney's Leading Chinese Seafood and Yum Cha Restaurant. Must Come and Taste !”
Review from The Sydney Morning Herald:
The trolleys recently disappeared from this long-time Chinatown favourite but the picture menu and order-card system have an upside, in that what you order is freshly steamed and generally comes hot. Neat little bite-sized siu mai dumplings make a refreshing change from the flabby, overblown king-size versions more often found on Dixon Street. The legions of waiters are run off their feet but the kitchen keeps up both quality and variety, the dumplings not overly sweet and with none of that nasty ammonia or iodine taint in the prawns that spoils many a har gau and prawn rice roll. For a delicious finish, try the sweet beancurd in almond syrup. Best bet: Har gau - delicate, bite-sized, clean-tasting steamed prawn dumplings.
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