Below is a list of the top and leading Chinese Restaurants in Tauranga. To help you find the best Chinese Restaurants located near you in Tauranga, we put together our own list based on this rating points list.
Tauranga’s Best Chinese Restaurants:
The top rated Chinese Restaurants in Tauranga are:
- Kwangchow Restaurant – the first restaurant in Tauranga that offered a buffet menu
- Eastern Ocean Chinese Restaurant – traditional Chinese meals with a Kiwi flair
- Chinatown Restaurant – popular Chinese dishes cooked without MSG
- Sichuan Style Restaurant Tauranga – handmade goodness with fiery Sichuan charm
- Noodle Canteen – specializes in noodle soups free of artificial flavourings
Kwangchow Restaurant
Kwangchow Restaurant is the idea of John Lim, a Chinese entrepreneur. He wants to further promote world-renowned Chinese cuisines to the New Zealand community. His dream was brought to reality in 1989 when Kwangchow was opened in Mount Maunganui, Tauranga. It was the first Chinese restaurant offering a buffet service. From its founding up to the present time, the restaurant remains a family-owned and operated business. The buffet menu features soups, salads, Chinese delicacies and desserts. A popular pick is their sliced pork in kwangchow sauce, egg foo young, spring rolls, deep-fried wonton, lemon chicken and the chicken and cashew nuts.
Products/Services:
Buffet Lunch: Chicken & Sweet Corn Soup, Deep Fried Wontons, Spring Rolls, Egg Foo Young, Yangchow Fried Rice, Sweet & Sour Pork, Lemon Chicken, Chicken & Cashew Nuts, Beef & Black Bean Sauce, Combination Chopsuey
LOCATION:
Address: 241 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui 3116
Phone: (475) 755-063
Website: www.kwangchowrestaurant.co.nz
REVIEWS:
“Best Chinese restaurant in the BOP. Gold card discount. Spoilt for choice here. Staff polite and attentive.” –Malcolm Wallace
Eastern Ocean Chinese Restaurant
Eastern Ocean Chinese Restaurant is a Tauranga-based eatery operating six days a week from 10 am to 10 pm. The classic Chinese cuisines are available for dine-in and takeaway options. Their best-selling dishes are chicken fried noodles, chicken with cashew nuts, prawn Siu Mai, sweet & sour pork, steamed or barbecued pork bun and combination fried rice. Set meals are available for families and groups of friends. The yum cha A is perfect for 4-6 persons, while the yum cha B suits 6-8 people and finally the yum cha C and D can feed 8-10 and 10-12 guests respectively.
Products/Services:
Appetizer, Bbq, Set Meal, Steamed, Buns/cake, Kitchen, Rice Roll, Desserts, Congee, Fried Rice, Fried Noodles, Dessert, Meat, Seafood, Vegetarian, Vegetable, Casserole, Egg
LOCATION:
Address: Shop 3/100 Grey Street, Tauranga 3110
Phone: (475) 799-777
Website: www.eastoceanchinese.co.nz
REVIEWS:
“We’ve come here nearly every day during our stay in Tauranga, sampling quite a few lunches, dinner and dim sum dishes. Without exception, they were all authentic and very tasty. We’re from NYC, and Eastern Ocean would definitely be able to hold its own in New York’s Chinatown. That’s high praise, indeed. The service is great – the owner is exceptionally friendly, and seems to know all her regulars by name. We’ve tried a number of other Chinese restaurants in Tauranga, and this is definitely the place to come for an authentic Chinese dining experience.” –Aleksey Gring
Chinatown Restaurant
Chinatown Restaurant offers delicious Chinese dishes without MSG. All are cooked using canola oil and dietary specifications are always welcomed. The Chinese restaurant is located in Tauranga, New Zealand. It presents a mouth-watering menu of popular Chinese meals like chop suey, noodles, fried rice, egg foo young, sweet and sour and black bean sauce-infused dishes. Chop suey orders can be a pure vegetable, pure meat or a combination. Fried rice can be made up of just eggs or a choice between chicken, pork, beef, and seafood. The same choices apply to black bean sauce and the sweet and sour menu.
Products/Services:
Chop Suey, Sweet & Sour, Delicacy Dishes, Fried Rice, Fried Noodles, Black Bean Sauce, Egg Fu Young
LOCATION:
Address: 229 Fraser Street, Tauranga South, Tauranga 3112
Phone: (475) 790-989
Website: www.facebook.com/Chinatownrestaurantfrasercove
REVIEWS:
“I went here last night & my family went here the previous night. My family told me that it was really good! I happened to stumble across this place. Their workers are lovely especially Sona we had a few chats in between her working. The food was all delicious especially the desserts. The price is really good & I will definitely be back 😊 I loved the nice oven ham, honey chicken, pavlova & deep-fried banana. So yum 😋 This place is Chinese food with a bit of everything else, it has a really wide variety.” –Karina Teegra
Sichuan Style Restaurant Tauranga
Sichuan Style Restaurant Tauranga specializes in Chinese classic recipes. The eatery serves dishes flavoured by liberal amounts of Sichuan peppers and garlic for that fiery taste. Their most-prized offering is their Chongqing style noodle and snacks as well as the special handmade noodle menu. The Chongqing style dishes include the spicy noodle soup with beef brisket, Chongqing dan dan noodles, sour & spicy noodle salad, tasty spicy noodle soup with stewed pork guts, Chongqing style noodle soup with lamb offals, vegan dan dan noodle, dumpling in Sichuan style, steamed and fried dumpling, steamed pork buns, peach-shaped steam bun with red bean paste filling, chicken stew with ginkgo nuts noodle soup, noodle with pork mince and soybean paste ( Sichuan style), fried noodle with mixed seafood, cold noodle salad with shredded chicken and the fried noodle with chicken, cashew nuts & Chinese sausage.
Products/Services:
Cold Dish / Appetizers, Chicken, Pork, Beef & Lamb, Fish & Seafood, Tofu, Chinese Vegetables, Chinese Soup, Chong-Qing style Noodle & Snacks, Rice Noodles, Rice, Steamed Dishes, Sweet Dishes, Porridge/Congee, Special Hand-Made Noodle
LOCATION:
Address: 81 Devonport Road, Tauranga 3110
Phone: (475) 713-198
Website: www.sichuanstyle.co.nz
REVIEWS:
“If you’re a foodie, this is a total hidden gem. The manager was lovely. Normally local Chinese joints have below-average restrooms but this place took the cake. Amazing service. Hands down best (non-commercial) Chinese place around especially if you like Schezuan(spicy) style dishes.” –VJ Chand
Noodle Canteen
Noodle Canteen serves an irresistible menu of freshly prepared meals. They operate in Tauranga, New Zealand covering the Chinese cuisine cravings of the entire Bay of Plenty region. Their meals are prepared without the use of artificial flavourings and enhancers. By using the freshest ingredients available locally, diners get to experience a burst of mouth-watering flavours free of MSG. Their menu has combination noodles, black bean beef, sweet box and hot box as its main dishes. The sweet box is a mix of chicken, beef, pineapple, roast pork, fresh veggies and tomato served with a sweet sauce and the hot box contains roast pork combined with beef, fresh vegetables and chicken topped with Thai chilli sauce.
Products/Services:
Rice Dishes, Soup Based Noodles, Wok Tossed Noodles
LOCATION:
Address: 65 Chapel Street, Tauranga 3110
Phone: (475) 786-186
Website: www.noodlecanteen.co.nz
REVIEWS:
“Tonight we ordered Garlic Prawns (16) and Tai Chicken Curry(14) very nice but the Garlic Prawns are amazing, everything was delicious, large juicy fresh prawns, healthy ingredients and the flavour was strong and flavoursome, nice and hot too. Highly recommend this dish for a healthy yum, fast dinner!! Thanks, guys will definitely order again!!” –Rach Pirere