Sea Bay Restaurant

Ph: 9267 4855; 372 Pitt St, Sydney 2000

chinese, $$ -
Open Mon-Sat 11.30am-10.30pm; Unlicensed, BYO; No Cards

Mietta's Review
Almost out of Chinatown Sea Bay specialises in hand made noodles, dumplings, hot and sour soup with beancurd and cold cuts. It's a bright little place with mirrors and strong colours. Very good value nrthern dishes.

Other published opinions

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2009 "China's far north-west is famous for its handmade wheat-flour noodles (han mian)"

Sydney Eats 2008 "It's Sydney's hallowed home of dumplings, steamed, fried, braised or boiled - just ask the hordes who pack the place at lunchtime"

Sydney Morning Herald Joanna Savill, 20-6-2007 "A lot of thumping, stretching and pulling goes into turning a fat white ball of wheat flour dough into long, slender noodles. Seabay owner Robert Guan comes from China's far north-western Xinjiang region and shows off his skills in an extensive handmade noodle (lian mian or lo mein in Cantonese) menu."

Sydney Eats 2006 "Ignore the cheesy decor and wall-to-wall mirrors and pay attention to the dumplings. On a recent quest to find the best, we gave the Golden Dumpling to Sea Bay for their boiled offering"

SBS Eating Guide to Sydney 2005 "Handmade noodles are their thing; plus hot-and-sour soup with tofu, lamb buns and a selection of cold dishes like jellyfish salad or cold spicy chicken salad full of shallots and crunchy cucumber."

Sydney Eats 2005 "Sea Bay is a funny little place on the outer reaches of Chinatown - all gaudy decor, mirrors and artwork reminiscent of The Sound of Music. That said, a visit is an absolute must for anyone interested in finding some of the best-value and tastiest northern Chinese food in town."

SMH, good living, 23/9/03, Pat Nourse,'Strong-nothing's more than $12 and most can be had with change from a $10 note'

Sydney Morning Herald, goodliving, Eat Up, Keith Austin, 14/5/02. "Go the dumplings, can't go wrong with the dumplings."