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xanadu

collins, Edge Hill, Queensland, Australia
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Ranked #4 of 4 restaurants in Edge Hill
Cuisines: Chinese
Dining options: Reservations
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- 17 May 2013
Restaurant details
Dining options: Reservations
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Cairns, Australia
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25 reviews 25 reviews
11 restaurant reviews
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2013 NEW

arrived at the restaurant on mother's day late in the evening.. with booking... light meal of dumplings and chicken in xanadu special sauce... dumplings were superb.. a separate menu offering here and perfectly unctious... not so sure about the xanadu special sauce... more like sweet and sour and not quite how it was described.. tasty, however it's not my rave...... More

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Cairns, Australia
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 May 2013

As a veggie, the choices here are ok, there's more than say non Asian places. But asked for extra spice and the food was bland, service helpful but had to ask several times for the fresh chillis we had asked for in the beginning. The wrong noodles were brought, but they did say sorry and brought the right ones. Will... More

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Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 April 2013

Just one word of advice. If you are VEGETARIAN. The 'V' on the menu means you must assume the meal has meat in it! BUT you can ask for it to be vegetarian. So just note you do need to ASK, otherwise it is actually served with meat (ie. mapo tofu, v.). I made the assumption that tofu and a... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 March 2013

We were going to the theatre and decided that this was a good choice as close to the Rondo and a newbie for us. Thanks to the reviews on tripadvisor. It was well worth the visit. The service was fabulous nothing was too much trouble. The food was better than some of the big name chinese restaurants in the city... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 December 2012

This place has the best salt and pepper quails - service good. We heard about their famous quails and decided to stop in at lunch just after 2pm, owners were due to close at 2.30pm but were very accommodating with our requests and short notice in placing this order. I would visit this place again.

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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 November 2012 via mobile

This was our first (and last) visit to xanadu. After weeks of hearing good reviews we were disappointed with both the food and service. While the salt and pepper quail was delicious and well cooked, the radish pancake was burnt underneath. The sugar cane prawns were also over cooked and chewy. the pork and prawn dumplings were almost indelibly salty.... More

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Cairns, Australia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 October 2012

good Chinese, Cantonese cuisine down by Edge Hill. Me and my wife are suckers for Asian food and we saw this restaurant down the road we jumped on it. We ordered fish maw, chicken and some rice to go with it, it was excellent.

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Cairns, Australia
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31 restaurant reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 October 2012

This is a great place for a family or business get-together, particularly if you are sharing dishes. The service was friendly, though a little slow, though the food definitely made up for it. The amount of Chinese people in this restaurant at 11am on a Saturday is a pretty good illustration of how good this place really is. (Make sure... More

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Melbourne, Australia
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36 restaurant reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 September 2012

Once a month or so, we venture to Xanadu. A friend at work on Friday said, "that's a funny name for a Chinese restaurant". It is if you are think Olivia and impossibly beautiful people on roller skates in a mediocre movie .. but there's nothing vanilla or mediocre about this Xanadu. (Trivia, Xanadu was by the way a Chinese... More

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Cairns, Qld
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26 helpful votes 26 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 September 2012

Loved the calm decor and the excellent food. Staff were very friendly and made the 6 year old at our table change his mind about Chinese food - its now his favourite restaurant! Won ton soup to start was lovely (only $6) and the special chicken wings suggested by the waiter were delish. For mains the chicken and pan choi... More

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