Empress Garden Restaurant is truly one of the premier Chinese restauants in Auckland, and has a fearsome reputation to match! When you speak of Empress Garden Restaurant, you tend to talk about its signature dish of Peking Duck - accompanied with a fair bit of stomach rumbling and longing looks.

Empress Garden Restaurant really makes you feel like you’re in a beloved relative's home in Chinatown – the restaurant is warmly decorated and is divided into a variety of sections and rooms.

Products and specialities

Chinese cuisine
Lunch
Dinner
Licensed
BYO

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A hidden gem of Chinese Restaurants. Been in Herne Bay for over 20 years and delivers a great range of Chinese dishes - fantastic duck banquets. A must for big groups.

BYO and has Yum char which I always find to be great value! The duck is amazing!!!

Great Restaurant Great Yum Cha!

Great place for a group, BYO and the duck is second to none.

For some reason Yum Cha seems to be a Sunday lunch activity. As it was a Sunday afternoon we got amongst. We ordered a pile of dumplings, a couple of noodle dishes, some buns and a red bean pancake. The food arrived promptly and was promptly eaten. Everyone rolled away from the table satisfied and plans were made to do it again the following week!

Comment by KL
Sounds yum :)

We had our work party the other night and the theme was Chinese. We got heaps of wontons, spring rolls and fried rice delivered. All the food was a massive hit everyone enjoyed the food and raved about it. Thanks heaps empress garden!!! we highly recommend you!!

Comment by KL
Awesome :)

Yum!  When you head to Empress Garden, you absolutely must eat their duck.  And I mean that in the kindest possible way.  They do the most amazing duck meat pancakes, along with a wide range of other dishes of course.   This is what one would call up-market Chinese food, at one time they were judged the best in Auckland (so I hear).  However, with so much competition around these days it’s hard to say who rightly deserves that title.

Comment by KL
Superb review :)

A little off the beaten track this restaurant is rightly famous for their duck pancakes and well worth the visit. makes sure you pre-order the duck when you book as you can't just order it when you are there. 

Loads of parking, always open, scrummy crispy duck pancakes (be sure to pre-order). Lemon chicken is also a favorite.

Comment by KL
Sounds good :)