Eaton Restaurant Ashfield, Sydney

User Reviews of Eaton Restaurant, Ashfield

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8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 7 Service 8 Value 9

Went last night for late dinner at 9.30 pm. Had rice congee with fish fillets, fried dough sticks and chilli fillet steak with rice. Congee was lovely, could serve two, and dough sticks were crispy and hot.

Loved the complimentary salty peanuts at the beginning and fresh fruit platter and coconut milk jelly dessert at the end.

Friendly service, as it is one of the few late night diners in Ashfield (opens 3 pm, closes 2 am), the restaurant was getting full by 10 pm. Staff were attentive despite their own staff dinner getting cold. Wish they translated their Chinese menu on the wall into English. Other tables were eating freshly cooked prawns, mud crab and drinking soy milkshakes.

Very limited takeaway menu, maybe 8 dishes all up. This place concentrates on the dine-in crowd.

Aug 22, 2008

Noodle Gal
120

7.8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 6 Service 9 Value 8

Just ate here and still enjoying the buzz. We were having a quick weeknight dinner - we arrived at 9.00pm and ordered three dishes (Fillet steak Hong kong style - a bit sweet for me but my partner loved it, singapore noodles - lovely and the Szechuan prawns which were delicious).

The food arrived quickly, hot and fresh, the service was fantastic and for $45 we thought it was good value too. Not to mention we were out of there just after 9.30 with full tummies. We thoroughly enjoyed it!! A nice change from the (lovely but plentiful) Shanghai style restaurants. Will definitely go back!

May 15, 2008

Merrin
12

7.8 Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 6 Service 7 Value 9

To get the excellent food here, you need to know what dishes to order. And they aren't on the menu and I'm not sure if they're on the wall menu either. My friends and I have been travelling the distant to get to this place for a decade, because there's no other restuarant in Sydney that can cook these dishes as well as these.

Vermicelli and XO sauce oysters, deep fried eggplant chips, XO sauce pippies on fried vermicelli, pigeon.

Jun 17, 2007

dcheah
1

7.3 Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 7 Service 6 Value 7

They open at 3pm. And they're open until the wee hours of the morning. If you're after fresh, quality food, it's here. The seafood is consistently good. Seafood and fresh fish is definitely their speciality although you can't really fault any of their other food.

The menu items listed on the walls are generally found in the menu, you only have to know where to look. And as for the english vs chinese menu, I'm not sure. I've ordered off both, and they seem pretty similar to me.

The service isn't the greatest, but certainly I've not encountered intentional rudeness. The staff aren't very good with noisy or demanding customers.

The restaurant is tiny and serves quality, fresh classy food to a discerning eater.

Nov 23, 2006

frank_frank
13

5.5 Average

Food 8 Ambience 3 Service 4 Value 7

I've been here 3 times in the last 4 months. The food is consistently good here on my palate and well priced, and for me it's worth going to despite the consistently below average service level and ambience (tables need to be close together because the interior space is just so small).

Oct 28, 2006

u3
3

1 Not Recommended

Food 1 Ambience 1 Service 1 Value 1

I didn't even bother ordering here. I walked through the door and to my left (I could have touched it if I wanted to) was a large fish laying in a too-small styrofoam box with water only filled part-way - water didn't even cover its eye and it was laying on its side (and yes, it was still alive, though barely!). I found this cruel, even if it was going to become someone's dinner later on, they could have at least kept it out the back where the weak-stomached of us didn't have to see the torture.

I then asked for a takeaway menu and was hastily shoved to the front of the store (dodging patrons chairs that were almost butting against each) finding the menu was tacked to the bench. The end result was that there were not many items on the menu (maybe 8) so I walked out, passing that poor darned fish again.

My whole Eaton experience lasted approximately 5 minutes - 5 minutes too long!

Jul 15, 2006

please my palate
3

4.8 Average

Food 7 Ambience 3 Service 3 Value 6

Don't order off the "Western Menu", ask what's on special. The pigion is always good as is the chilli crab. I enjoy this place, it's honest food. I have found the staff to be helpful and you just don't have to be shy !

Jun 30, 2006

Geordielad
1

1 Not Recommended

Food 1 Ambience 1 Service 1 Value 1

The food is quite ordinary to those who know Asian cuisine. We came there primarily to have peking duck, only to be told it was not available and that we should have called to let them know in advance. Service is quite poor, ie. waiters don't speak or understand English, they're rude and what is the point of making a booking if it's not honoured when you arrive. Not sure why every other table got their free soup at the start and dessert at the end while we didn't. We think they had simply forgotten about us (service not consistent). Price is relatively expensive as you could get a similar menu in a restaurant in Chinatown for a little less. You have to experience it yourself to know how bad this restaurant really is.

May 20, 2006