Reliable, fast, affordable hair services. I've never had my hair coloured here so can't vouch for that but I've had several cut and they always do a good job. Friendly, capable staff who don't spend the whole time trying to sell you additional products. Discounts for children and school students.

Busy medical service providing a good range of services with excellent staff and long opening hours. An important facility for any suburb and deserves its popularity. My experiences here have all been positive.

Don't be fooled by the less-than-attractive exterior - this little Thai restaurant is a fab find amongst the restaurants of Liverpool rd. A great selection of dishes, fantastic lunch deals and really fresh, tasty meals. Also, you can order entrees by individual pieces (at good prices, too) - great if you're in a small group and only want one spring roll / curry puff etc each before your delicious stir fry :)

Approximate cost: $7-12

A fail safe Yum Cha option in Sydney, I think - the variety of dishes is fantastic and the constant stream of trolleys means there's always something yum to drool over and try. Remember to come early, though, as yum cha is traditionally at an early-lunch sort of time many of us aren't familiar with and you can fall into the trap of arriving too late and missing the trolley rush.

The $4 boat noodle soup is what keeps people coming back to this place. For a crazy $4 you get a lovely noodle soup in a rich stock with pieces of meat, meatballs and greens. Beef or pork options available. There are also other items on the menu (at more normal prices) that look fab when I've seen them on others' tables, but by far the most popular dish here is the $4 one!

Approximate cost: $8-12

great yum cha , the large size of the restaurant means a huge variety of dishes - yum! Great for a big gathering - the more people, the more food you can try!

An unexpected little Chinese restaurant hidden in the street that is so full of them. We dropped in after seeing the $5 special that's running at the moment - a plate of dumplings and a noodle soup at $5 each was just too tempting! The dumplings were good but the soup a bit bland and not as clear/fresh as I like. There's way more space in this restaurant than its tiny shopfront would suggest, the food is good (ordering off the regular menu brought us even nicer dishes for only a few extra dollars than 5) and the guy who runs it is lovely and very enthusiastic to help us despite limited English language (don't worry, the menu's all in English too!) The xiao long bao here give the pricer ones over at Taste of Shanghai a run for their money.

Approximate cost: $7-9

The menu looks fantastic, the food sounds delicious, the website is attractive, the location is beautiful... and yet the the food was an absolute disappointment! I couldn't believe how bland and unappealing the pizza and pasta we ordered were. Tiny, tiny serves (at $15+ each - and they're not designed to share) that don't even look close to being authentically Italian. More like something I'd get at a school canteen or the freezer aisle at Coles. I cannot understand the enormous contrast between the menu/atmosphere/history of this place and the food they served us. Perhaps the chef was away or something? It just did not make sense at all!

Approximate cost: $15-$25

Beautiful, large and tasty dumplings are definitely this restaurant's highlight, but it offers a few other options too, which are also good. The noodle dishes are served in general portions which kind of explains the price hike but I find it hard to justify spending quite a bit more on the dumplings than most places nearby. Still, definitely worth a try.

Approximate cost: $8-12

Crazy cheap $6 lunch special (with loads of options: meat/veg stirfries, noodles, curries, bbq, satay) available till around 3 or even later if you're lucky (I had dinner there just after 4 once and paid only $6). As expected, it's extremely popular with the uni students, but personally the food just isn't quite up to scratch for me. I prefer the fresh, sharp flavours of authentic Thai food and to be honest this food is just a little too oily and bland. But for only $6 (and an enormously generous portion size), it's a very decent and popular feed.

Approximate cost: $6 (lunch) 8-12 (dinner)