Hungry Ape Asian Restaurant is a Chinese restaurant at 3 Water Street in Whangārei, holding a 4.8 rating on Google.
The best Chinese kitchens are usually built on a handful of dishes done properly rather than a menu that tries to do everything, so it pays to ask staff what's strongest that day. Ordering is meant to be shared — several plates for the table, a green vegetable dish, plenty of steamed rice — rather than one dish each. Regulars tend to judge a place on its wok work: a bit of smoky char, vegetables with bite, sauces that cling instead of pooling. In smaller centres like Whangārei, Chinese restaurants are often long-standing family operations with a loyal local crowd, which is usually the surest sign of quality.
On Water Street in Whangārei, Hungry Ape gives locals and visitors a well-rated place to put all that to the test.