Beijing Impression Ashfield

As a Beijing born Chinese, I recommend this place. However, if you have no idea what Beijing food is like, kindly advise you don’t try it until you’ve been to Beijing. I personally still can’t stand to have beetroot after 15 years living in Australia. So it is one of those things you either love it or hate it. The portion size is small, but it gives me room to have more variety of food. I recommend 卤煮，烤鸭，烤肉，炒红果。

We had to wait 30 mins before being seated but for here on everything changes the service is impeccable, once being seated we had to change table so they can fit a three person table to ours the owner decided to give us the pear soup on the house (a really nice gesture and a bonus since my girlfriend wanted to order that anyways).

We ordered a cold mixed dish that consisted of picked cabbage with wasabi, hawthorn fruit in vinegar, beef slices and a pork jelly dish. Everything from that dish was delicious and with small portions of Beijing snacks this is the best of them all.

Next came the crispy prawns which both myself and my girlfriend considered a little too sweet although the prawns were fried to perfection.

Followed from that is the fried mushrooms with beef this dish is really nice in however nothing exceptional from it (although it's more mushrooms than beef that isn't really an issue)

Followed from that came the dessert (weird that they served dessert midway through the meal) the consistency of the dessert is that of a sweet bean cake that's just hard enough to be picked up but not so soft that it's crushed before it enters your mouth. The bean is grounded into a paste that cannot be picked up when eaten. I highly recommend this dish.

Following that is a deep fried bread/dough dish that is served with a garlic dip (it's not a thick dip rather a watery liquid dip) although not to my liking but is one of the traditional Beijing snacks which I do recommend to try should you want that experience.

And finally comes the big finale dish that everyone that goes here for the Peking duck which is roasted in house so none of the pre-purchased and reheated stuff. Beijing impression has 3 different sets you can chooses from 1. Is there signature set that consists of the whole duck and extra sides for $78. 2. A whole set but doesnt come with extra sides and 3. A half duck that just comes with the standard sides.

We had the half set considering the amount of food we ordered. The duck was crispy on the outside and moist and soft on the inside the meat absorbed most of the juices and seasoning when it was cooked so great to be eaten by itself. (cannot recommend anymore)

THE BONUS PEAR SOUP it's served as more of a drink rather than a traditional soup although not to my liking it is also a traditional Beijing food.

This is one of my shortlisted eateries in Ashfield. I have friends from Beijing who often ask to have a gathering at Beijing Impression, as the food is the closest to those in their hometown. This place has received their seal of authenticity.

Roast Beijing duck is unsurprisingly the most popular dish, so is the flambé sticky rice dish (蜂窝煤，can’t remember its formal name in English but there is a flambé performance at your table when you order it).

However, if you are not in a big group or are just interested in a light dinner for one or two, then try the Beijing fried sauce noodle (老北京炸酱面) and you’d be amazed that a bowl of noodle that is so simple can effortlessly entertain your tastebuds and bring you full gastronomic satisfaction.

First, do your ritual of noodle-mixing. Throw the vegetables and sauce (came in a special serveware) into the freshly made warm noodles and give it a really good stir, after which you will observe the fried sauce happily clings to every strand of this floury wonder. The vegetables come in the set (carrot, spring onion, edamame, sprouts) really compliment the taste of noodle by adding texture, flavour and sophistication to the dish, when mixed into the noodles.

Chewy, flavoursome and satisfying. I could have it every day!

There are many other dishes I repeatedly order on different visits. Quality is consistent throughout. Price is reasonable. I have been there over a dozen times but have never been disappointed!

Came here for some working duck, heard about the line being really long but we waited anyways because good food is worth waiting for~ as expected the duck was juicy, fat and so delicious. And really awesome hospitality too! Came here on mothers day they were giving out free roses for each table, so lovely! Definitely recommend for a family Peking duck night

Very tasty and delicious dishes. I loved everything but yoghurt except my my friends liked it. We friends ate lot of foods here, we had Chinese New year package or something.

Great food, atmosphere, and service. The wall deco at the waiting area depicts Beijing slangs, making the wait interesting. We ordered the famous full course Peking Duck which came with the full experience - chef carving the duck in front of you, staff commentary with the gong (literally banging it in front of you), and the condiments to go with the duck. My favourite is to eat the duck skin with sugar. The Majong dessert was also a famous dish I wanted to try for ages - definitely didn’t disappoint!

21 century Chinese food with a menu from the great Emperor's themselves. Traditional Chinese cooking and not a sweet and sour in sight. This place was a revelation and rekindle my love of this cuisine. You will need to book weeks in advance as it's extremely popular and rightly so. Cannot recommend highly enough...a great to experience at least once in your life time.

Absolutely wonderful lunch. Everything we ordered was delicious, but our favorites were the Peking Duck and prawns. We had a wonderful experience and appreciated the great service, music and atmosphere.

Feel sorry for the poor rating - This restaurant is 4 stars in every way. The only downside is the long waiting time for roast ducks. Just heading to other places if you can't wait but what's the point of complaining.

Best Peking Duck in Sydney

Wonderful place, the duck is exceptionally catered, but the audio could be improved. The music was trashy and annoying, either don’t play music, or make it better. Other than that, everything was delicious.

A little slice of Beijing - the menu is fascinating with many artistically created dishes. Lots of Beijing items of interest. It's definitely worth a visit if you are in the area.

Authentic Beijing cuisine. Generally excellent especially the duck. Try the sweet pear tea. Delicious.

Great service, excellent roast duck. Strongly recommend the Chinese cabbage salad in mustard sauce, perfect with duck!

Always great tasty food.
The Beijing Duck is awesome - order 1 day in advance

Definitely the best Peking duck in sydney.
cheap price with good food.
Worth to try.

Surprisingly good food and though not all of the staff were attentive, one was. would definitely come back

Price of food is reasonable and taste is very acceptable. 10/10 will eat again.

Get the Peking duck!!!!! Would go back just to have this. We had to preorder though, to avoid any disappointments.

The best peking duck I’ve ever had in Sydney