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Gold Coast
Reviewed by Tim
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Service:
Very good service that was prompt and friendly. The food was served hot and fresh.

Presentation:
Typical Chinese style cuisine. We do give them a "thumbs up" for having nice chopsticks instead of the cheap pull apart wooden chopsticks.

We ordered the Vegetable Spring Rolls and Chinese Short Soup as our appetisers. The Spring Rolls were very tasty, but the dipping sauce was out-of-the-can ordinary. The Spring Rolls are much better on their own with no sauces, having them "au natural". Our Chinese Short Soup was EXCELLENT. It is as good as any you can find in Hong Kong.

For our Main Courses we ordered the Combination Omelette, Honey Chicken, Steak and Black Bean Sauce. Let us tell you about the Combination Omelette and Steak and Black Bean Sauce first. We thought both dishes were VERY GOOD. Both dishes had flavours that were clean and fresh. One thing we noticed was that neither dish was overwhelmed with vegetables, like so many restaurants do to save on costs. Another "thumbs up" for having the highlighted ingredients as the major portion of the dish.

The Honey Chicken was also VERY GOOD. It was not overly sweet as you find with this dish in so many restaurants. The chicken was freshly cooked and was a good balance to the other main dishes.

Wine List:
The Wine List is nothing fancy, but it is good for a family style restaurant. We brought our own wine and the corkage fee is $2 per person. We do not like this new way to subterfuge money from patrons so that is a "Thumbs Down" from us.

Value for Money:
Our rating is 3 glasses. The cost for the three of us averaged $18.40 per person. Really good value for money, especially with the food being plentiful in amount and quality. If you are looking for a family place to go, this is a good bet.

Ambience:
Both Lummy's and Q Center have undergone a major renovation. The old interior of Lummy's was the dark red so popular with Chinese restaurants. Now Lummy's is overly bright and modern. Nevertheless, Lummy's does have a VERY GOOD Family Ambience:.

The feel good factor:
It is a very clean restaurant, but just too bright for night-time relaxing. The servers are very friendly and attentive to your needs. The only drawback was the Broadway show tunes playing in the background, we were hoping for nice relaxing music, not the loud vocal of Phantom of the Opera.