Billy Lee's

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Billy Lee's Chinese Restaurant
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Roe Street entrance to Chinatown
Billy Lee's
Location of Billy Lee's within Chinatown
Restaurant information
Food typeChinese
Street addressShop 15, 68 Roe Street, Northbridge
City Perth
State Western Australia
Postal/ZIP Code6003
CountryAustralia
Coordinates 31°56′56″S115°51′26″E / 31.948869°S 115.857125°E / -31.948869; 115.857125 (Billy Lee's Chinese Restaurant) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Website billylees.com.au OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Billy Lee's is a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, a small precinct in the Perth suburb of Northbridge, Western Australia. [1] [2] [3] Serving Cantonese cuisine, [4] the restaurant is popular for revellers in the nightlife district of Northbridge looking for Chinese food during the early morning hours. [5] [6] [7]

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Description

The menu has been described as "typical, simplistic yet lovable". [8] Service is quick, and portions of "old fashioned MSG-Chinese", differentiated from complexities like adaptations or fusion-style restaurants, tend to be on the larger side. [8]

The interior of the restaurant is simple, with white tablecloths covered in plastic, and a large number of tables crammed into a small space. The clientele of the restaurant tends to be a mix of Chinese and non-Chinese Australians. [8]

Reception

Student reviewers have praised the restaurant. [8] [9] Other reviewers have described the restaurant as 'not the best rated', and 'not the classiest or flashiest option for Chinese in Perth'. [5] Dishes to have received specific praised from reviewers include the spare ribs with Peking sauce, and sizzling Japanese bean curd. [9] Another reviewer praised the 'Snow Peas and LaLa in XO Sauce'. [6]

Evaluations of the restaurant are not universally positive. One reviewer complained of a lack of spiciness in the Chilli pepper chicken, an over-reliance on tomato sauce for flavour, overly battered or flavourless soft shell crab, and sizzling beef that had been served at room temperature. [10]

Billy Lee's neighbours the similarly named Chinese restaurant Uncle Billy's. That similarity has sparked a faux-rivalry in Perth culture. [3] [10]

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