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  We.visited the Chinese restaurant Cheeky Chopstix with some friends which is situated inside the Cabarita Bowls Club after hearing great things about it from friends and online reviews.From the moment... read more we walked into the Club we were greeted by a lovely friendly lady who helped us sign up to become members then proceeded upstairs to the restaurant. It was beautifully fitted out and the staff were attentive with what we wanted. The food was excellent. The wine was good and reasonably priced but the starers were the stand out. We had lots of things to try and was not disappointed. Our only criticism was the batter on 2 of the dishes we had was just a bit too thick, but that's just being picky. We will definitely go again and we know now not to order dishes that come in batter. Other than that it was a lovely enjoyable evening with friends. Definitely worth a visit if you are in the area.

  Extremely disappointed in our take away meal from Cheeky Chopstick. We ordered multiple items from the menu and there was not one that was even decent. ... read more The mixed entree items tasted like they were from a frozen packet. The chicken dishes were tough and chewy....The pork was bland. We struggled to find anything more than just rice in the fried rice. More

  Friendly and efficient staff and no problem in ordering. Ordered a special fried rice right just on opening for dinner hours. Very fast to receive my order. Upon opening to... read more eat basically rice, 2 very small prawn( shrimps) , 1 bit of chicken and no bean shoots as advertised. Very disappointing, no flavour or taste.

  The restaurant has recently undergone new management and is open seven days a week. Mondays is run by the club itself and have chicken schnitzel or steak both with chips... read more for $#10.00. The rest of the week it's chinese, one of the best I have tasted, just wonderful. The staff are the most friendly I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with and for those folks who don't want to drive there is a courtesy bus.

  We booked a table for 9 last Saturday night at 6pm, 6 adults, 3 children. We ordered and after ordering the waitress came back and asked if we would like... read more prawn crackers before the meal. Yes please.

The meals arrived at random well over an hour later. The Mongolian beef was very nice, combination chow mein and sweet and sour pork quite nice too. The other meals were ordinary at best and weren't finished because of this. We ordered 3 special fried rice. It looked like plain brown rice with no extras to make it special. I'm 60, retired now but spent all my life in the hospitality industry, some in Chinese restaurants. That fried rice was the worst I've ever had. $11 each for special fried rice like that was ridiculous.

It was very hard to get the attention of the wait staff, 3 on the floor for a Saturday night was shocking. They cannot be expected to provide good customer service because the simple logistics of how many people they had to care for was impossible. We ordered desert after repeatedly chasing someone to take the order. Three banana fritters with caramel topping. Eventually the waitress came out saying 2 of them had accidentally been covered with chocolate topping, would we accept that? No, we couldn't. A while later one banana fritter came out, no topping, cold and ice cream almost completely melted. Obviously one of the original ones. 10 minutes later the other 2 came out, freshly cooked and looking as they should.

This whole experience took several hours. I was astonished to see we had been charged $10 on our bill for prawn crackers. Never in my life have I paid for prawn crackers, they are always complimentary. They are inexpensive to provide, and considering the prices of the meals they definitely should have been complimentary.

Which brings me to the prices of the meals, way overpriced and lacking in quality. It was ordinary at best, but the prices didn't reflect that. In addition, the meal was a marathon lasting several hours. It's noted upon booking that you have 90 minutes to eat and vacate the table for the next group. If you expect that you must ensure the service is commensurate with being able to do that. It isn't. It's not the fault of the wait staff, they were amazing given the enormity of the challenge they were presented with being so severely understaffed.

Being presented with a bill of over $300 NOT including drinks, no entrees, one child didnt order a meal and 5 deserts! The food quality, the pricing and the lack of staff available would not make me want to come back or recommend you to others.

Overpriced, underwhelming food and insufficienty staffed.

  Welcoming staff seat you and make you feel relaxed. We enjoyed a nice cold beer and a cocktail while choosing from the amazing menu. We enjoyed our entrees (Steamed dumplings... read more and San Choi Bow) and ordered wine to accompany our mains. The prawns wrapped in bacon was sensational. The Pad Thai was great but needed an extra chilli for our tastes. The pumpkin sauce and Barramundi was delicious.
No one would be disappointed with the food, service or the price.

  We actually went here because they were advertising a $12 lunch that looked really nice however, when we arrived on a Sunday for lunch we were disappointed to find that... read more it wasn’t available. However, we were delightfully surprised to find that the food was exceptional. We will certainly return & btw our waitress Vicki was great.

  Visited twice as it was recommended as a reasonable place to eat. First visit was the 'cafe', really just a cooking spot behind the bar. Had the 'snitty', turned out... read more to be rather small, a few chips and pieces of lettuce - disappointing. So second time went to the Chinese restaurant. Arrived, place basically empty but they said they were fully booked? we were there as it opened, 6pm. Had to order take away, we did and then told it would be 30-35 minutes. Walked home and I came back to pick up and the restaurant at 7pm was still basically less than half full. I wonder where the bookings are?? Had the Combination seafood hot pot - not recommended. It had a few prawns, 1 little bit of fish etc mostly vegetables not tasty at all. Will not bother with this place again.

  We found the Cheeky Chopstick Chinese whilst on a weekend break a year ago and since Recently moving to The Tweed reckon the food at this local club is unbeatable... read more ... friendly staff, fresh & well cooked food that will please any critic of this cuisine.

  We used to be regulars here but hadn't been for quite a while. The place has had a makeover and looks really nice. I was able to book online and... read more we were happy to see Arlene and Vicky - they looked after us very well, as always. The food was excellent. Looking forward to returning.

  What a fantastic night tonight at the Cheeky Chopstick. The food was absolutely delicious and plentiful. No left overs to take home. We ate the lot. Great service by Arlene... read more and Ryan. Would highly recommend this venue for good food and ambiance.

  We had eaten at the Cheeky Chopstick on 4 separate occasions previously and had always been more than satisfied both with the service and food quality. Since then, almost a... read more year ago, something has drastically changed.
Last night we ordered takeaway, and we were extremely disappointed in the quality of each of the dishes.
The ‘special’ fried rice was anything but! Apart from a couple of tiny prawns in a container of gluggy brown rice there was nothing to commend it as special.
The barramundi was quite tasty, however the soggy lettuce that accompanied it spoiled the dish.
The flavour of the beef with special sauce was nondescript.
At $67 for a takeaway meal for two people we feel that the food is overpriced.
Having read a number of other negative reviews about the restaurant, that were posted recently, we are no longer confident enough to return.
I hope that the Club will take these reviews, and well meant comments, on board and rectify what appears to be a staffing problem in the kitchen

  We visited Cabarita Bowls Club for the first time in over a year, having recently moved from Brisbane to Tweed ... the staff throughout are welcoming & helpful.
The Cheeky... read more Chopstick again has THE BEST CHINESE in a very wide area ... the staff are courteous & professional, the new restaurant chef & staff create wonderful meals & is very highly patronised (no wonder ) and Kathryn who looked after us is exceptional in her hospitality prowess.

  Back again for a mid week early dinner. I'm glad we booked as the restaurant fills fairly quickly, even on a Wednesday night! I asked for a different sauce on... read more my roast duck and the chef had no problem. We had the pork spring rolls as an entree, roast pork with plum sauce, sweet & sour roast duck and a special friend rice. All the dishes were so delicious, we also took leftovers home as the portions were generous. I had a beautiful lychee cocktail too. Everything we had was memorable. This time I was a member & loved the discount! Thank you Cheeky Chopsticks for another great night!

  Very dissapointing. Have visited this club on many holidays over the years & enjoyed the food. Visited again after the Covid restrictions & very dissapointed to find that the menue... read more is now totally Chinese. No traditional Australian food on offer at all. We will not be back & will find somewhere else to enjoy a meal.

  We would never in a million years have considered coming to a bowlo Chinese restaurant on hols (not snobbery: rather that the bowlo or RSL usually where we end up... read more when no other options & the food usually ordinary at best...) had it not been for the TripAdvisor reviews!

The lunch special of satay chicken with fried rice sensational whereas the chicken pad Thai ordinary. The prawn taps spectacular ( once we had added some salt from our BYO salt grinder).

Our waitress a delightful Canadian lass, whose service was efficient without seeming rushed. During the time we were there she had 18 customers across 7 tables and just her on service. That’s pretty impressive.

The only negative which was club-related was the lack of wifi.
It’s actually advertised outside of club and inside if you ask, provided with the password but despite the wifi connecting it clearly dated no internet connection.
I alerted the front desk person at 11:15 but it still had not been resolved by the time we left at 12:50 Pm with no one coming back to apologise or check.
For a local this wouldn’t be a big deal but for a visitor staying in accomodation without wifi it was an issue because that wifi was also a draw card with me needing to upload some work files that my phone hotspot ( 2 Telstra network bars) was unable to do.

  We had entrees of fried dumplings and vegie spring rolls. Both were very tasty. Our mains were lemon chicken and bacon wrapped bbq prawns. Again, both excellent. They have a... read more great selection of beers and wine as well. Service staff were attentive and helpful. Great value for money.