101 Kitchen - Varsity Lakes

We were recommended this place but was bitterly disappointed. Firstly, the chicken and sweet corn soup was so watered down with about 1 teaspoon of chicken, hardly no corn and looked and tasted like dirty dish water.The sweet and sour pork looked microwaved, pork was soggy and not crisp and crunchy and the sauce was bland. The fried duck with lemon sauce was so bad we took one mouthful and threw the rest in the bin. The prawn toast tasted like garlic and looked like it had been deep fried a couple of times. The best thing was the fried rice. It actually looked and tasted ok. So do yourself a favour and give this place a wide berth. Oh yes it was a takeaway as well.

Had lunch here for the first time.I decided on the honey chicken and friend the beef and black bean with some dim sims. Both meals presented well. The honey chicken was average, the batter used had zero flavour and only tiny pieces of chicken inside. There was too much batter it was more like eating one of those honey puff things you get from a greek festival. The beef and black bean was better, great flavour, big serving and served very hot. The dim sims steamed were good, good taste, cooked perfectly, no chewy bits and served hot. Service was friendly. You can see into the kitchen and looks cluttered but clean. The actual restaurant appears clean. This restaurant is nothing fancy, it seems to cater for the university students that frequent the area. I gave it 3 our of 5 as it is an average restaurant with nothing special going for it. There are better Chinese restaurants around.

Surprised by some of the previous comments. Yes you can see into the kitchen and it looks pretty messy but for me mess and dirt and two different things. The food I had was very nice and I'm back again to try more recipes. Writing this review while I wait outside. Dumplings were nice though had maybe sat for a while which caused the thicker joins to go a bit hard. Beef and Chinese mushroom dish was excellent. Been very disappointed with Chinese options on the Gold Coast so far with only yum cha robina being a regular. Hopefully this will be another one of they can keep consistency.

I had the misfortune of viewing this restaurant's kitchen from the staff entry on a couple of occasions after I had eaten there. Filthy dirty. I have no idea why the local Government health inspectors have not shut this place down. They smoke in the kitchen and there are hundreds of eggs kept at room temperature and way above room temperature right next to hot gas jets! Talk about salmonella waiting to happen. The food I was served was inedible and boy was there a fuss when I asked for my money back. Because the area is filled with University students, the owners/operators think they can get away with serving slop. Sad. Really sad.

The restaurant is 1 mins walk from my holiday accommodation. Closed at 10:00pm, super convenience. Chinese food tastes good, price is reasonable. Recommended.