LL Wine & Dine - Potts Point

We tried this restaurant using Groupon. The food portions was generous and tasty and found the owner (German guy) to be very friendly. The beef cheeks and steamed barramundi was delicious and had the mussamen lamb pop corn and sirloin for entree. One of the better ones we have tried with Groupon. We were apprehensive when we arrived as we read some recent bad reviews where people gave them 1 star, but before that they have really good reviews. I've never posted before but felt that giving a restaurant one star by other reviewers is so ridiculous and they are a small business and we found the food and experience really good and we are not paid to say nice things. We genuinely had a nice time and it was good value with Groupon.

Probably the worst Yum Cha I have tried in  in Sydney. The service was embarrassingly slow. The serving sizes were minuscule and the food was poor quality. Despite being all you can eat we were left hungry and did not want to order more. Complete rip off! Stick to what you know!! DO NOT GO HERE.

A modern Asian fusion restaurant which marries Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian and Thai cuisine in a glamorous and nostalgic environment, LL Wine & Dine's ambitious attempt to recreate yum cha and other contemporary cuisines falls flatly with a string of mediocre and borderline terrible dishes. The mysterious restaurant in Potts Point features a striking red-and-black interior, colourful wallpapers of old Shanghai/Hong Kong and crystal glasses which shimmer brightly under the candlelight. A raised platform near the bathroom resembles a miniature opera stage although the drum set seems comically out-of-place. I ordered several of their signature dishes, including crispy tofu with black sesame; spicy wok fried Kong Pao chicken with dried chilli, shallots and cashew nuts; and wok fried rice with BBQ pork, egg garlic and shallot. The crispy tofu was rough, tough and resemble those from the Asian supermarket rather than the authentic smooth silky tofu made from yellow beans. The black sesame sauce added to the crispy tofu was peripheral and superficial because the sauce was added last rather than mixed with the tofu. Hence, the tofu was bland and dry. The kong pao chicken was the best of the trio of dishes but the chicken was unfortunately overcooked and the texture became tough and dry. The fried rice was mushy and did not blend well with the ingredients. Similarly, the BBQ pork was dry and tough. Perhaps it will be better if overnight rice was used. It's a pity the food did not match with the awesome ambience.

A modern Asian fusion restaurant which marries Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian and Thai cuisine in a glamorous and nostalgic environment, LL Wine & Dine's ambitious attempt to recreate yum cha and other contemporary cuisines falls flatly with a string of mediocre and borderline terrible dishes. The mysterious restaurant in Potts Point features a striking red-and-black interior, colourful wallpapers of old Shanghai/Hong Kong and crystal glasses which shimmer brightly under the candlelight. A raised platform near the bathroom resembles a miniature opera stage although the drum set seems comically out-of-place. I ordered several of their signature dishes, including crispy tofu with black sesame; spicy wok fried Kong Pao chicken with dried chilli, shallots and cashew nuts; and wok fried rice with BBQ pork, egg garlic and shallot. The crispy tofu was rough, tough and resemble those from the Asian supermarket rather than the authentic smooth silky tofu made from... read more

Not only did this place raid my wallet, it also raided my bum hole too. I have been sitting on the toliet for the past half an hour trying not to cry from all the pain that my bum hole is subject to. I can only hope that i can still lay on my back tonight to sleep with all the fiery action my bum has been through after this meal.