Billys Dumplings - Surry Hills

We came here for dinner on Sunday night, looking forward to some nice dumplings and kung pao chicken. Sadly the kung pao chicken tasted like it had been made with a packet sauce bought from woolies, so didn't taste very genuine. Dumplings were ok, however, some combinations I wouldn't normally expect from a dumpling bar, e.g. lamb and zucchini dumplings.

Dumplings were tasteless and chicken dish (Kung Po) was very average - small pieces of chicken outweighed by a pile of peppers and onions. Atmosphere was non existent. Plenty of better places

MNote this is now called Beijing Dumplings. Great cheap Chinese cuisine, with fabulous dumplings, at a budget price. I have now been here 3 times and had several differentdumplings ( Lamb & Rosemary, Chicken & Pine Nuts, Prawn with Egg), honey prawns, ginger chicken stir fry - all were fantastic! And it's cheap.

Great venue. Attentive and polite staff. The owner is very nice. We only ate ravioli of all types and qualities. All very fresh and good. Honest prices is a wonderful choice of excellent Chinese beers !!!!

I found this simply by googling 'dumplings surry hills', and it didn't disappoint. Staff were friendly when I walked in. I went for the steamed prawn dumplings which were light and tasty, but the standout for me was the fried pork and fennel dumplings. The crispness and the pork filling was good enough, but I'd never had fennel in a dumpling before and it was quite unique and a surprising taste.The kung pao chicken buns were quite doughy, but I guess that's why the place has dumplings in its business name as it seems they specialise in them and make them well. Would definitely make an effort to go back for the dumplings, quite inexpensive as well.It's quite small and assuming from the street, and walking from Central train station you have to walk past Porteno with its unmistakable lure of barbecued meat, but it's worth a visit.