Dear Customer. An update of Hawker Inn Restaurant. The new owner, John -took over this establishment, in December 2021, which was previously known as as " Peters Chinese Restaurant"* John originated Shanghai and has 20 years experience, in Asian cuisine. John's style of cooking, differ's vastly from the previous owners Hawker Inn, is trying to establish itself in the Bay Area, however, some customers still think that Hawker Inn is one and the same as Peters Chinese Restaurant, but we are not. Our menu is different, and slowly but surely, we are gaining a favourable response from old and new customer's. Thank you Hawker Inn Restaurant.

Peters Chinese is where it’s at. There is a pretty mixed bag of reviews on here. As a food fanatic, I have to say this place is fantastic and 100% would go back. The beef was great, veggies hit the spot, impeccable prawn crackers and tea was generous and hot. There’s some disparaging reviews on here re: decor and if you are after Chinese food in a setting fresh out of ‘Country Living’ magazine then you might want to try somewhere else. However, Peter’s Chinese is completely unique and refreshing with an eclectic selection of artwork, furniture, signage and plants alongside a delightful home garden. A true jewel. Thanks Peter and family.

Jun 2018. Typical no-frills cantonese home restaurant in a foreign country. For a health conscious person like me, i thought the dish were done right, not too oily nor salty. Although not offering Michelin starred palate, it would satisfy crave of Asian travellers who missed Chinese food.

Called to order take away right before closing time and our food was cooked fresh while we waited. The portions were very generous, very tasty and the chef was more than happy to give my girls a drink while we waited. Amazing service, awesome food. Will definitely be back. Thank you

We've had dinner at The Hawker Inn several time and have never been disappointed. The food is always delicious. Most recently we had the shallot pancakes and steamed dim sims followed by schezuan combination noodles. The garlic chilli basil sauce (I like it with chicken) is also great. It's not licenced which helps to keep prices down. There are 3 bottle shops nearby so that's not really a problem.

My partner and I were in Nelson Bay last weekend and he got the small curry prawns lunch special. He got extremely ill not long after and it derailed the plans for our weekend. Very disappointed.

Adore the husband and wife duo they just wprk and work to make us happy beautiful food .

Very simple place but food is excellent and very reasonable priced.

Fantastic food, been going there for many years.

Certainly a quirky little restaurant that seems to get some good reviews - so after many years visiting NB (25+) we decided to give it a go. Was a bit of fun but our experience was somewhat underwhelming. Service was pretty slow and if there’s a difference between Satay beef and Mongolian lamb then we couldn’t taste it which was odd. Yep, Honey Chicken was pretty good. Overall, prices are a little cheaper but not by much. We’d definitely rate other local Chinese restaurant options higher.

Tasty home style cooking - been here many times eat in or take away Never had any issues with the wait time or food quality. cheap, tasty n great value Highly recommended!

Terrible, tasteless food!! Very underwhelming experience.

Thought I would give it a go as some good reviews online. Dont go here! Very average. Waste of $45. Fresh it was not.

Fantastic cafe, great coffee and the tacos we had for lunch were delicious! Definately worth a visit if you are in Port Stevens.

Coffee is ok. A half an hour wait for a takeaway is ridiculous. If it's going to be that long you need to let people know before ordering

no bike racks, didn't actually buy any food

A brilliant breakfast service out to 2pm...

Beautiful place with a great atmosphere. Food was full of flavour with generous portions.

Like stepping into the 1970’s cute Chinese couple cooking your food in the kitchen. Adorable. Looking for live tanks and spinning tables. Wrong place. Looking for a place open on a Monday night 🔥💥🙏Reminds me if the backstreets of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 I went back and edited to 5 star after I had the friend rice and short soup 🍜 good work guys 👍

Nice ambience, it will be great if there is more variety of food.

4 of us went last night service was excellent and we really enjoyed the food especially the Sichuan combination with flat rice noodles its really cosy inside and the new owners have done a great job redesigning the decor. Also it is not licensed which means byo wine, spirits and beer which is a great saving we will definitely be going back

Cool looking place. Ok good. Over an hour after sitting down my partners meal came out. I had to go and ask where mine was. Apparently the chef was ‘cutting up the vegetables?’ Ummm ok? The place wasn’t even busy. $70 later for two ok meals (one was veg) and two soft drinks, they forgot the rice entirely. Won’t be back. What seemed to be the owner didn’t even apologise. It’s only a three because they had such cool decor

Food are served less than 10 minute, big portion, and reasonable price. The honey chicken was delicious. The Sezhuan sauce on stir fry veggies also good. Very friendly family business restaurant. Must try.

Nice fresh vegetables, good value lunch specials. Delicious.

Absolutely disgusting.Worst Chinese ever.we ate in.waited over an hour.rude owners.felt sick in stomach.after eating there.bland tasteless food.spring rolls absolutely disgusting.heated up in microwave.steam dim sum just awful..and mains horrible too..dont go there its just awful

Good food. Worth it for the price.

Well designed cafe with quality coffee. Staff are friendly and efficient.

Excellent food. May be slow when busy but good food takes time. Open very convenient hours. Disregard decor.

Did not have good experience. Only 1 old chinese couple working lady on the floor and man in kitchen which is fine. But very small amount of food were served in each dish. Request for piece of leman for fish and chip but did not provide one. Tasemte was average..

Amazing food, i have been coming grom last 10 years and aleayd get served fresh food and amazing taste

Wow, what a gem ! Classic small town Chinese takeaway... they nailed the classic honey chicken and sweet n sour pork. No bells n whistle’s just great tasting chinese. Lovely venue, cosy and feels very local . Will definitely be back 💯✔️

A little place with no pretences and a soul from a time gone by. It's little balcony, plastic tables, and simple, tasty food make it a pleasure to eat here. Byo a wine, and enjoy the atmosphere of something that just is.

Not good.

Cash only, a 30mins wait turned into 50mins as there were about 20 people in the restaurant but food was pretty good

Great honey chicken

Good food

Fairly quick service and reasonably priced

Good food reasonable price

Looks dodgey, taste amazing. Couldnt recommend enough. Lush garden out back

Good tucker.

Delicious! Salt and pepper squid was especially amazing. Definitely reccomend!

Fresh tasting food and great prices! We always go to Peters and have never had a bad experience

Very disappointing beef. My grandma became sick and almost threw up. Horrible.

Pete and Lynn are the best, the food is 10/10 every time, they grow all the ingredients in their backyard so fresh. I LOVE PETE'S

Worst food ever $55.down the drain

Food tasted disgusting!!! spring rolls tasted off my kids chose not to eat I do not recommend this place

Great place love it

Very nice food well worth visiting!!

Tasty food, the chicken dishes are delicious. Quirky place, very basic decor but traditional .Our daughters LOVE this place and every time we visit Nelson bay it's the first question 'are we going to Peters chinese' Recommend to non food snobs, give it a try! BYO also which is a bonus but it's self serve when asking for wine glasses 😉

Fine fresh food at amazing prices will go again and again. If you like it spicy just ask Peter he will do man.

Do not buy from this place it is the worst Chinese I have ever had, I wouldn’t even feed this to my dog, the fried rice was bland and dry and don’t get me started on the Mongolian lamb 🤮my husband and I felt really sick after eating this, the dim sims and spring rolls were heated up in the microwave I’m sure because the were soggy and awful very disappointed

Great $10 lunch meals.

don"t judge by its old dinggy look this is the best Chinese food in the bay- try the honey chicken*****

Great coffee, nice food, lovely service, comfortable seating and tables. Bought a gorgeous bouquet of flowers there too. Came here twice during our trip.

Friendly service and good coffee. Highly recommended spot for a quick bite in the Bay.

Went for breakfast on our way home . Staff were very pleasant . Had a delicious coffee and fruit toast . My husband and friends had bacon and eggs . All very delicious .

Food great. Service great. Nice atmosphere. What more could you want

Order bacon and eggs. The bacon was burnt and not be eaten. Order some more bacon and it was burnt as well. Pathetic.

Food delicious and service great.

Quirky cafe, a bit cluttered and looked like the place could do with a spring clean..but cakes looked yummy.

I called in this morning for breakfast I I met the chef and let him know how nice his males were I recommend this place to everybody the staff was friendly there's plenty of room for seating and the food is 10 out of 10 thank you for a lovely breakfast from mwh

The food not only tastes amazing but is also well presented, amazing coffee too. It is pretty busy in the mornings, so book online on their website.

Nice cosy atmosphere. Always pop in for a coffee or meal. Covid compliant, great service.

Another breakfast here and another delicious, creative meal. Worth the wait. Despite very average coffee and slow service, the in house kitchen surprised us with absolutely amazing meals. We'll be very happy to return.

Just to get a gift for a friend today. Great selection of items for gifts and your own home. Always find things I didn't know I needed til I there? 😁

The slowest service i have encountered. 25min wait for a coffee.

Very busy during summer holidays but still good service, food and coffee. Cafés by the water are much too busy and often of questionable quality. Better to step back. Still busy but better food and coffee.

Excellent

Great Hot Chocolate served here. The meals on offer are also yummy. A great selection to test the tastebuds 👍🤗.

Coffee was ok. I had the eggs Benedict and It was really poor. Sauce was old and served Brioche toast an inch thick. Presentation and flavours were terrible

Nice place, I’d just give people a heads up before they order if it’s a 25 minute wait for take away coffee.

Beautiful decor, quick. Attentive and genuine service! Looking forward to trying more on the summer menu!! Yummm

Very nice food with quick friendly service.

Coffee not so great...

Food is ok but overpriced and food portions are tiny. Coffee is garbage

Fast, Great Service & Well Designed Cozy Cafe

Pleasant

Great food, great coffee and great service

Good food and coffee. Bit pricey. Staff very friendly.

Wow. Great coffee!

Coffee is ok

The food is tasty. Shame my poached eggs were over done.

Very nice food with great coffee. Friendly staff. A little more expensive than some of the other cafes in the area, but worth it. Can get busy which will definitely increase wait times.

They are extremely busy all the time, yet the food was always delicious and very quick! The staff were friendly and accomodating. I highly recommend them.

Great coffee, great service & great atmosphere.

Waited 30 minutes for an OJ. They forgot about it. I didnt realise it was $9 and the girl said it came from a bottle. Pretty poor. My meal was yummy but a bit disappointing in the portions. My bread had a huge hole in it so couldn't even put avo on it anyway. My meal came with a small slice of avocado and when I asked for some more the girl said it would be $5. It would be good for chefs and waiters to look at the food before it comes out and check if it's okay. I doubt they would have wanted that meal if they were the customer.

Lovely

Delicious food

Nice food, friendly service, skip the coffee - bitter

Food was served hot and well-cooked. Honey chicken is crispy even after being slathered with honey while the meat in fillet steak is flavourful and easy to chew (you wouldn't believe how rubbery it is in other restos). Would defintely be back next time we're in the area.

Really nice restaurant, the interior had been recently updated (since the photos), such a wonderful vibe with piano music,plants and lovely art peices! The food was good, we had fried rice, beef in black bean and the chilli fish (fish was average). The menu needs to be updated as there's alot of dishes they no longer offer on their menu.

The Food at The Hawker Inn is sensational! Beautifully fresh with just the right amount of sauces. The portion sizes are large and the menu is varied with noodles, traditional Chinese favourites and a great selection of entrees and “Aussie” favourites. The staff are lovely, very friendly, but as it is a staff of two, be aware that during busy times service can be understandably slower. The dining room is gorgeously eclectic with a definite Hong Kong 1960’s vibe. We have been to the Hawker Inn a few times now including a party of 10 in the private dining room. Located upstairs above the cafe in Donald St, you’ll be really pleased you made the trip to Hawker Inn.

This is a great casual Asian food restaurant. The decor is a bit quirky, but the food is good and the servings are plentiful. BYO is accepted and generally easy to obtain, not too far away. We went with friends and all enjoyed the accompanying blues music. Can be busy around 6-8. Eat in or takeaway.

Absolutely delicious honey chicken/Mongolian lamb/fried rice. They had a new coffee machine out the front weighing shots in Vs out. Consistent coffee also delicious. Will be getting takeaway more often

Excellent quality food at a reasonable price. The quality is certainly a cut above the average country Chinese restaurant. We usually buy the Malaysian dishes here. The owner has supported local musicians with some excellent blues and jazz to be heard here. Nice decor too.

As a returning customer I am beyond disappointed in my experience tonight. Waited half an hour to have our order taken, the waitress ignored us and served multiple other tables that sat down after. My partner and I then waited an hour for only one dish to come out, after another 25 minutes and no sign of the other dish we walked out. The food is usually amazing, the tall gentleman that sat us down was lovely, but the incompetent older woman with the short choppy hair, honestly go and enjoy your retirement and stop making life harder for everybody else. How do you not realise you’ve taken a dish to the wrong table. No apologies, just complete ignorance.

The food was excellent, especially the honey chicken, sweet and sour chicken & fried rice. We didn't make a booking so had a fairly long wait, and we had to sit at a table in the courtyard. Staff were friendly and helpful, and we hope to be able to update the ratings after a return visit (with a booking this time).

Amazing place. Staff we extremely friendly and the place has an excellent atmosphere. One of the most fun restaurants I've been too.

Honestly the absolute best Chinese we have ever had! Staff are lovely and the eclectic Decor felt Cosy. The owner puts so much love in what he serves up, it must be commended. We definitely recommend and will be coming back.

Pleasantly surprised by this quirky little gem. Had a takeaway order of 3 dishes, all were fresh and tasty. Loads of fresh vegetables which was a nice surprise. Portions were generous also. Next time we’re in the Bay we’ll be sure to visit!

What a marvelous find! Great atmosphere. So welcoming and comfortable! Excellent Peking duck and a broad menu that you can tailor to suit your taste buds/level of heat etc. A visitor to Nelson Bay, I loved sitting on the balcony under heaters and chatting to convivial locals. Also keen to dine inside next time as I spied a corner round table for 4-6 persons. Sublime and quirky decor. A plus that you can BYO wine. This place is the entire package! Thank you for a fine time :)

Came at an extremely busy time during the dinner rush, but was greeted by friendly staff and a lovely atmosphere. We ordered the laksa, sweet and sour pork, honey chicken, teriyaki noodle, and veggie omelette. All the food was great with good serving sizes, and there was complimentary prawn chips on the side. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone in the area looking for an asian food restaurant or just a nice meal.

The atmosphere is so quirky, And yes you will be waiting for your order. However...... It's absolutely worth the wait and very fair on price. Definitely ordering from them again and again and again. Wow. The food is absolutely delicious.

Peoples working there are lovely and very friendly :) !! The food was actually pretty yummy We loved it ! They can get very busy so don’t be in a rush ….. good things are you can bring your own booze so drink more and enjoy your night!!

Had lunch here today, the lady who served us was just lovely. We had lunch specials sweet and sour pork, Szechuan chicken and fried dumplings. Portions were big for lunch, took home leftovers. Lots of fresh vegetables, good quality food. We will be back for an evening Byo wine and beer. Happy days 😉

Staff and chef were very accommodating as we ordered a dish not in the menu. Prawn and squid dishes were cooked perfectly and very generous. It's our favourite Asian restaurant in the area.

I had duck pancakes and combination short soup for dinner. Both were delicious:) Sunday night walk in was fine and the service was quick and nice.

This restaurant has a great boutique aura about it. The staff are super friendly and very accommodating. The food is absolutely terrific. They cater very well for big groups with no issues, we have enjoyed this on a few occasions. We now have decided as a big group to go once a month. Between then just as a small gathering as well. Well done guys. You Rock.

Awesome food. Excellent staff, so friendly even though they were flat out busy. Food took a little while to arrive as ìt was so busy, however it was more than worth the wait. Treat yourself to their gorgeous food. We highly recommend.

Went to the Hawker inn last night for dinner. Booked online and it was very easy. We were running late for our booking as we drove up from Sydney and got caught in long weekend traffic. Rang to say we might be late. They said no problem your table is waiting for you. Greeted with a warm friendly smile. This is the second time here. The last time we came we love that it’s not your traditional Asian restaurant. It’s quirky and great decorating is inviting and you can’t stop looking around while waiting for your dinner. Now the food. It is the best Chinese food we have had in a long time! The best honey chicken we have ever had. Crunchy hot and tasty. The special fried rice full of flavour and not oily. Last time Mongolian beef. Not chewy and also full of flavour. Expert chef in the kitchen, takes pride in his work so be patient or take an extra bottle of wine! Enjoy 😊

Horrible waitress, ruined any chance at eating here before we were even seated. She was rude, stressed for no reason and seemed almost confused that we were here to eat. Do not support a business that treats their customers like this.

We just went in at a very busy evening. Rst'er were grateful enough to arrange a table. Had a courtsey free starter as mains were taking time. Decor was nice and beautiful. Food quantity, price and taste was awesome. Can't expect more. Must visit restaurant at Nelson Bay. Felt very friendly and genuine. I will visit again.