15/12/2011

Everyone knows I'm a sucker for yum-cha. How could you not be? Even before you sit you've already picked four to five dishes from the cart that's hardly pulled up to you're table. This includes pretty much all of the deep fried dishes, all the dim sums, steamed pork buns and anything else on that trolley.

I don't return here for the service, that's for sure. On many occasions they bungle up the drinks order. After the exhausting conversation about fixing it up, I usually give up and drink whatever they give me because, why ruin the rest of the eating experience.

This is a great place for lunch and for dinner. There is plenty of space and if you needed it for a function they're available for that too.

If you like Yum Cha, then you've got to visit King of Kings.

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3/12/2011

YUM CHA indeed!

Looking for a great place to chew down on a nice bit of Chinese? Then by all the heavens, come to King of Kings. It's badass. You can order straight up or just order a la carte. Their selection is impressive but I have to say their pork puns are incredible. I could be banished to some island where all they served would be their pork buns and I'd be more than content.

So their selection is great, the price is reasonable and the service is -ok-. It's nothing really outstanding; it's just a place that caters for a boozy dinner or lunch.
Last time I attend King of Kings, I found it surprisingly busy for a Tuesday night. It's a fairly decent place, interior wise, and it certainly has a nice ambience to it. I found it was quite aesthetically appropriate for the food that I was consuming too, so that's a nice bit of consistency there.

Perfect to bring friends, too, as their BYO selection is fairly decent (though the corkage is $2.50, so ensure you factor that in to the bill). They don't do split bills, so make sure you bring cash.

5/12/2014

It's everything you'd expect and a bit more. Great place for large groups, but when we were dining on Friday night, it did get quite rowdy, with groups yelling and cheering with every round of shots. The food was tasty and came out fairly quickly. Couldn't seem to get table service for drinks, so did have to keep going to the bar. Great atmosphere for a fun night out.

18/4/2015

Pretty good yum cha restaurant. Food is of good quality and reasonably priced. I'd recommend it if you're in the mood for some yum cha.

27/1/2012

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Two stars only. It was only a bit better than simply OK - not great. I read the yelp reviews which are usually reliable, so with high expectations and much salivation I went there with my man to try 'the best yum cha in Brisbane!'  OK it was nice. But the best? Surely not. If it is the best then I'm feeling a bit sorry for Brisbanites - cos this ain't great yum cha. Maybe down in Sydney we're spoilt for great choice. I've had SOOOOO many great yum chas and just about every one of them was better than this. Sorry but had to say it. OK I admit the prawn dumplings WERE beautiful - and so we had two serves. And the short soup was delicious and delicate. But everything else we had was not up there. Plus we were offered two types of pan fried dumplings - prawn and pork. We chose the prawn. When the pork dumplings arrived and I questioned another waitress she told us a different story - "sorry we only have one kind of panfried dumpling - the pork!!!  No we don't have a prawn!  Grrrr. My husband is so nice and hates creating a fuss in restaurants (as if sending back the wrong meal is a fuss) so we did not send it back. I would have!  And we had to ask for tea FOUR times. This time the yelp reviews were spot on!  I read that the drinks are always wrong and slow and they make lots of errors. All in all an average experience for me this rainy Brisbane day.