vinh phat

we went there today to have yum cha for lunch. the queue was somewhat 15 m long when we arrived. we waited patiently until our turn to get the table. one third of the restaurant was not used, tables were set, but lights were off. after we got the table, it took some times for us to be served, and while we were waiting, we thought that it would be nice that we helped ourselves with some forks and spoons as some of us don't do chopsticks. my manager went to pick up some forks and suddenly this rude woman in glasses and ponytails yelled on top of her voice from the other side of the room while she was setting up a table for my manager to just sit down and wait to be served. all eyes were on us as the restaurant was full of guests. we were so embarrassed as if we were criminals getting caught stealing something. then, after a while she came and asked what we needed.
towards the end of the 45 minute limit, the same rude woman came to our desk again, telling us rudely that ourtimeis off. then, my manager who was finishing her last pieces of vegies and told her that we will be finishing soon. did not care about my manager's remark, she grabbed the dish and her chopsticks, plates and bowls. we were all aghast! why would a restaurant staff be so rude and has no manners at all??? is this the way vinh phat train their staff???
we know that this restaurant is famous, has nice food, but does that compensate the service? there are lots of people out there who has better manners and wants to work. if this woman has attitude issues, vinh phat management better act fast. we will come again next time, but we will not want this woman to serve us!
and just for your information, by 1.40 we were finishing, there was no one queueing for the table!

ruined my first experience due to biting a stapler in the dumpling!!!. my firsttimeat vinh phat was a bad experience with the siu mai dumplings. i bit into a stapler! yes, a stapler. and i thank god that my teeth were not affected nor i swallowed the stapler. i took the stapler out in front of the staff, and expected them to ask me if i was okay, but they were glaring at me for the whole time. i was going to make a complaint, but cannot believe i let it go this time. this incident affected my appetite afterwards. perhaps, they should be cautious nexttimewith the food handling, because they were lucky that i didn't swallow the stapler.

heard so many great reviews, yet disappointing to see chiefs with such poor hygene. the service is not too bad yet left hanging most of thetimewaiting for the good food as they pass the regulars most likely with the best picks. this is only bad review, although if you go, be sure you look out for what i have mentioned.

our firsttimeexperience here involved us having to wait for more than 20 minutes to get a trolley to notice our table as we were seated in the corner of the restaurant... while trying to get waitress and waiters attention, they never really seemed to want to care. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

on the positive note, the dumplings were definitely full of flavours, fresh and tasty! my favourite is chicken feet, prawn noodles, prawn dumplings and beef tripe! ✨

so i came here before with my group of friends (who were all vietnamese and i’m not) and we had the amazing food and service i loved it.
but how i was so upset this time, my friend and i who are arab we didn’t get served for so long after seating, no one came around to us, we waiting 15-20 mins after each plate!
i had to get up 4 times to ask if we can get food, in total we order only 6 dishes and then they were closing. we came 1 1/2hours before closingtimemind you.

no hate but i don’t understand why people in front of us were being served and staff walking right passed us and us calling out every time. we got 4 differ people take our same order??? and never got it, and only brought one of it and it wasn’t what we ordered........
it’s was a special day and it was really upsetting because we weren’t rude, we waited and didn’t complain until we left.
i’m never come back i’ll go somewhere else, the food isn’t that good to be treated like that
i understand i’m going to cabramatta but not everywhere is like this. i guest if i really have to go, i’ll have to be with my asian friends since i can’t be served👎🏼

the go to spot in cabramatta for yum cha. it's a common sight for the line to wrap around the corner especially on weekends. i love all the dumplings here, it's always busy so you need to be quite patient with the servers. it's not always the best service but food is quite nice.

20/2/20: came here last week and it was my firsttimehaving the dinner menu here. the food was quite mediocre. my firsttimetrying lobster sashimi and i really enjoyed that but there was no standout dish for me.

the place is always busy during lunchtimeso can be some waitingtimebefore you are seated. the food is great and fresh, the only issue i have is that if you’re seated away from the kitchen the food rotation can take quite a while before they reach you and when they do half of the food is gone. if you have the chance sit on the side where the kitchen is that way you get all the good stuff. other than that the food is great and price is quite reasonable as well for yum cha. would recommend to anyone.

one of the original yum cha places i used to go to as a kid got revamped and moved across the road. now queues for this place needs to even be roped off its so popular! totally understand why.. their dishes are plentiful, tasty and packed with flavour from the chicken feet to the simmai to hargow. i’d go here all thetimeif it weren’t for the parking in cabramatta and the queue up here!!

ugh the yum cha here is by far the best...like dont even bother going anywhere else. the rice paper rolls and fried taro are a must try. staff may take a while to get to you and the waitingtimeis quite long especially on saturday mornings, but i always find myself coming back.

2.5/5
expect to wait a longtimefor a table. once you have a table, expect to wait a little bit longer for the food trolleys to come out.
it's busy and very popular because it serves pretty good yum cha, but i think their prices have recently gone up and i don't find it worth the money ($60 for 2 people compared to a max. of $45 not so long ago). 
i'd rather travel a bit further away (parramatta way) for yum cha for the same price and with much better service

used to be my favourite yumcha in the area. not anymore since they timed yumchatimeat max. 45mins lasttimewe went. need to find another yumcha place.

this was great although its what you would usually get at any yumcha place. the only difference was that the food felt clean.
i dare say the wait in line probably made the food taste way better than it may be, because i was soo hungry by thetimewe sat down.
it was quite entertaining to see how fast they managed to clear and set up a table. got to say i could've went to the other yumcha place in cabramatta for a much cheaper price, but more dessert options won me over.

place is nice although it's gets pretty busy at times. i've been a few times for yum cha during the weekend and the line goes all the way out. the atmosphere is like any typical chinese restaurant, noisy and full of chatter but thats how it is. its a bit too dark for my liking but it's not that big of a deal. the place seems very rushed, they expect you to finish eating very quickly and leave straight away. i much prefer taking my time, as yum cha for me is atimeto catch up. the service there is not the best. the workers (waiters and waitresses) seem to be like robots, yes hardworking, but does not seem to have life in them. the food there is pretty good, especially their fried prawn thing. the restaurant's a bit dirty though, i once sat on something sticky and couldn't get it off. overall, it's not that bad, i would go there again but its very hard to find parking at cabramatta.

firsttimewent for yumcha and they have already become one of my favourite yumcha places. they have a very high standard of food at a very reasonable price with good service. went there with a friend on a weekday around 11am, no queues whatsoever, i’m told that they get really busy on weekends.

we ordered 5 dim sum dishes and they were all delicious. we would love to try other dishes but we were already full because of the big portions. definitely will go back sometime soon. the highlights of the meal was the crispy durian cake. it was the best i’ve ever tasted. the outside was flakey & crispy and the inside was smooth & creamy with pungent durian smell. the pastry crust wasn’t greasy or taste buttery. if people like durian, they have to try. it was the perfect dessert to round up a satisfying meal. 😋

terrible service. they didn't have many dishes on the menu. food and drink service was sooooo slow! food was decent but we ate one dish at atime😤