Bayview Szechuan Chinese Restaurant

Beautiful view of the bay in Gibsons Landing, just like the name suggests.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Cheese Wonton, Beef with Vegetable, Egg Roll, Beef with Broccoli

Pricy.3 of us ordered soup,Buddha s feast(veggies) and sze chuan beef and white rice.Soup was ok,veggies was bland,SC beef had more veggies than beef and lots of rice..We ended up with 2 veggies dish.Server gave us 3 bowls but 1 spoon.When we asked for 2 more spoons,he looked annoyed.Ten years ago,we ate here b4,it was not too bad.Today,we tell ourselves we won't come back here again.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

They have the worst costumer service. We are the first costumer who came and ordered food but we waited for 1 hour for the food to arrive . Instead of apologizing they choose to argue with us. It’s 5 us but they only give 2 cups of tea . No common-sense .

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I've been going here even when it was at the old location. The food has always been excellent, for what I've had at least. There was one time where someone I went with got shrimp that still had legs on them, but that was a one time thing. She hasn't had shrimp with legs still on them since that one lunch. The food is quite well made, as well as being consistent and well presented. Food is subjective after all, but I've always left the restaurant feeling more than satisfied.

My favorite meal there was the Combo C for a while. Their chow mein, pork fried rice, sweet n' sour chicken balls, cheese wonton and egg/spring rolls are incredible. Some might find the chow mein heavy or greasy, but I love it. I think it's the right balance of both. In more recent years, I've been having the lemon chicken and it's some of the best chicken I've ever had, period. More recently, the pieces have been a lot bigger. Maybe it was just a temporary batch, but they were at least 25-50% bigger than they were before. Quite filling and delicious. The portions in general are really big. Granted, I'm sure some are bigger than others.

The staff are cordial and clearly care about their customers. Every visit, they come and refill your water. While it is a simple thing, it is an A+ tier thing to do for your customers. At other restaurants, you'll have to ask for a water refill, or even ask for water at all. At Bayview, they bring you water by default, and refill it after you get your food. For the type of food served (dehydrating food lol), water is a must and they more than deliver. They also remember and treat their regulars quite well, which is another A+.

The restaurant itself is nice. The seating and tables are spacious, and I've never experienced a dirty table or chair. Granted, we've always been there right after opening, so who knows how quickly they clean the tables after people leave. The unit used to be a Mexican restaurant, so some artifacts of it exist, but I think they go well with the Chinese theming. I don't recommend eating outdoors, because of the abundance of seagulls. The bathroom is good. All I need to say there. I only rate the atmosphere 4 stars because the restaurant's interior isn't *that* good. It's far from unappealing, however it's not an interior you can lose yourself in. The Chinese zodiacs on the tables are nice to look at though.

If you're considering the place, I highly recommend going right after they open. Most people for the lunch rush show up at around 11:30am-12:30pm. Showing up a lil before that will not only get you your food faster, but you'll be out of there before it gets loud. The few times we've gone slightly later, it would be busy. Not Blackfish Pub levels of busy, but still busy. Especially during tourist season which is at the time I'm writing this review.

If you want to/have to go for dinner, I can't fully recommend a good time to go because I've never dined in the restaurant for dinner. Whenever I've had dinner from there, we've ordered it. In fact, we ordered this evening. We were told an hour and a half until delivery, and it was pretty much spot on. We once ordered during the pandemic, and it took around 3 hours to deliver. They were probably busy that evening.

All in all, a must-dine for any local or tourist that hasn't tried it yet, especially if you love Chinese food. It is a great establishment that I will think about for the rest of my life whenever I see or think about chow mein.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food, highly recommend !!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

bayview has improved so much in the last year, the food is great but the timing on orders is chaotic due to it being busy

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Hot and Sour Soup, Wor Wonton Soup, Ginger Beef

Dont trust a Chinese restaurant run by

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Chow Mein

Love it! We ordered delivery tonight, the girl on the phone was friendly annd upbeat which I appreciate! We drive 20 minutes there and back to get it and it tasted delicious and huge portions. They get a ten from me! My son loved the sweet and sour. Yummmy in my tummy!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

One of our favorite restaurant to go too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Insane price for this fresh ingredients and portion!!
I bet everyone walks out with full happy stomach here.

One person combo can easily feed 2-3 person in my opinion.
We tried lunch special today, it came with a choice of soup, rice or noodle, a cheese wonton, and a spring roll. That's 15 bucks...!

All dishes were made right after the order, soup and main meals were served HOT and all veggies were very fresh.

Crunchy things were crunchy, soft things were soft, hot things were hot.
What do you expect more?
This is my favourite restaurant in Sunshine Coast.

I love their view as well.
Come and try!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place is interesting.... beautiful view, what could be a nice space but is filled with miss match chairs covered in wrinkly dated slips. The service is delayed due to only one server, she's cheerful.
The food being produced is on a scale from mediocre to bad. Portions are outrageous and much to large to fit into an average humans mouth. Mount Chow Main could feed an army.
My chicken was deep fried and dusted with almonds, flavour you ask? Cease to exist. I did however enjoy the spring roll, just wish the plum sauce had better flavour.

Not sure l'll visit again but hopefully they can take this review and produce some better quality food.

Amen

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Outside on the terrace you have a beautiful view. Anyone who REALLY likes Szechian cuisine should not come here. The food is made a bit spicier with a kind of sambal oelek. This has nothing to do with this spicy cuisine from the province of the same name in China! Szechyan peppers are not peppers but flower buds of a special plant, they taste aromatically hot and temporarily paralyze your tongue.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

This place is interesting.... beautiful view, what could be a nice space but is filled with miss match chairs covered in wrinkly dated slips. The service is delayed due to only one server, she's cheerful.
The food being produced is on a scale from mediocre to bad. Portions are outrageous and much to large to fit into an average humans mouth. Mount Chow Main could feed an army.
My chicken was deep fried and dusted with almonds, flavour you ask? Cease to exist. I did however enjoy the spring roll, just wish the plum sauce had better flavour.

Not sure l'll visit again but hopefully they can take this review and produce some better quality food.

Amen

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

A little better than Ok Chinese food?

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Best wonton soup ive ever had. Ginger beef and sweet n sour pork are what you want it to be. Dank af.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Wor Wonton Soup