Rating the food: Average Yumcha (6/10) My family has been here many times for Yumcha but not for a long time. This used to be the best place in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney. We visited again this month and it is still busy, crowded and popular with Chinese families - as it is still the only place in Eastwood that serves Dim Sum. Unfortunately it has gone downhill. It was very disappointing that there was a lack of variety of vegetable steamed dumplings. We ate the Har Gau (Steamed Prawn dumplings) which were poorly made - the skin disintegrated when grabbed with chopsticks. These dumplings used to be made better, but these days there is not enough attention to detail by the chefs. My parents enjoyed the Tripe and the Fung Zhao (Chicken Feet). The Lo Mai Kai (Glutinous Rice) was a bit dry. The Whitebait was unacceptably cold by the time it arrived at our table. The best dish was the Har Cheung (Steamed Prawns in Rice Noodles). This restaurant has traditional decor like many other older Chinese restaurants in Sydney. The wait-service was poor and many of the waitresses were not keen for us to have a closer look at their dumplings in their carts before selection. Suggest that diners ALWAYS ask to look at the Dim Sum as they vary widely between different restaurants. My father surprised us by kindly shouting the meal for the whole family even though us kids were prepared to pay - so I don't know if it was good value this time or the price per person. There are better Yumcha restaurants in the Sydney CBD & Southern Suburbs. See my Food pics on Twitter: @YumchaAddict

We love our Chinese food, and we are so happy to have found a great place for both yum cha and dinner so close to where we live. We've lived in the area for just over 5 years, and have been searching for a yum cha restaurant to add to our selection. We often yum cha at Chatswood, and occasionally at Rhodes, but we are so very pleased to have found King's in Eastwood. We have tried both their yum cha and their dinner menu, and enjoyed both meals very much. The selection of food at yum cha was bigger than I expected. The kids loved their lotus leaf sticky rice - the whole plate of rice disappeared into their eager little mouths. Hubby and I enjoyed the steamed dumplings and other treats. Everything tasted fresh and flavoursome. The price was on par with what I was expecting, which made us want to return again and again. I invited a small group of friends to share my birthday dinner at King's last weekend, and booked ahead for a table of 10. Glad I did book ahead, as the restaurant was full an hour into our meal. I ordered a good selection of food: duck pancakes and sang choy bows, sweet & sour pork, honey king prawns, salt & pepper squid, szechuan beef, stir fried greens and chicken fried noodles for the kids, and all the dishes were amazing. The kids loved the noodles and each of the kids had seconds! The service is a bit patchy, but is on par with what I expected from a Chinese restaurant. The restaurant did try to charge me $15 for white rice for dinner, which was ordered but never arrived at the table. It took a good 5 minutes of checking, double checking, triple checking, humming and harring before they took the $15 off the bill. That put a small bad taste in my mouth on an otherwise enjoyable evening.

Apart from yum cha, we have been coming here for Chinese New Year dinners for several years. There is a choice of a la carte or special CNY menu. Duck pancakes, baked duck with yam, steamed scallops, shantung chicken and Lol Yee Shan (shredded salmon salad) for good luck in the coming year. For good measure, there is always the drum and lion dances performed from table to table to bring you prosperity and good happiness.