Regal is the pick of the Chinese restaurants clustered around Courtenay Pl, packing in the punters for late-night plates and weekend yum cha. Speed, volume, quality and brassy interior design – just what you want from a Chinese restaurant – plus excellence in the departments of steamed prawn dumplings, barbecue pork buns and spicy Szechuan tofu. Booking advised.


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1. Te Papa

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