Sea Bay Restaurant - Sydney

In spite of the business name, Sea Bay is not a seafood restaurant as the name would suggest.

A cheap restaurant on pitt street towards china townNotorious for its popularity, and cheap price.

Heading to a concert at the Metro and wanted to start the evening off with some dumplings and BYO beverages.

Food is patchy, but the good is good. No-frills decor, service quick & obliging, full of regulars mostly with beer & dumplings.  - fried pork dumpings were good enough (menu doesn't say so but they have half servings), most of them were properly fried with a crisp base, though 1 was barely coloured. Frying dumplings isnt complicated, please fry them evenly!  - shallot pancake - literally the best I've ever had, usually these are doughy & stodgy. This one was huge, crisply browned everywhere, & fluffy. I'll be back for this alone.   - chopped noodles were fat & with big chunks of many different veges, spoilt a bit by the shredded leftover-type chicken. I'd get this again but would ask for not meat.  - lamb skewers - not my style, I like meat on skewers marinated & well charred. These were just big hunks of greyish meat - it had been cooked through, but had no grill marks or flame marks, with spices sprinkled over it afterwards. Compared to Lamb & Cumin at the Dixon St Friday market these were a fail for me, but other people might like skewers like this. Some of the chicken soups with noodles/dumplings looked like nice winter meals. This is the kind of place where you need to check out the food on the other tables before you order. Overall I'll be back, but will order very carefully.

Un ristorante così elevato, ma un servizio e il cibo molto deludente. La pasta arrosto è cotta e il seno di pollo non è affatto fresco. Gli agnelli sono peggiori di tutti! Grande folla, ma bassa qualità.