Uncle Billy's is a
Chinese restaurant
A Chinese restaurant is a restaurant that serves Chinese cuisine. Most of them are in the Cantonese cuisine, Cantonese style, due to the history of the Overseas Chinese, Chinese diaspora, though other Chinese regional cuisine, regional cuisin ...
in
Chinatown
Chinatown ( zh, t=唐人街) is the catch-all name for an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting. Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa, O ...
, a small precinct in the
Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...
suburb of
Northbridge, Western Australia.
Serving a Hong Kong style cuisine,
the restaurant is popular among those seeking late-night food in the
nightlife
Nightlife is a collective term for entertainment that is available and generally more popular from the late evening into the early hours of the morning. It includes pubs, bars, nightclubs, parties, live music, concerts, cabarets, theatre, ...
district of Northbridge.
Description
Around 100 different dishes are available for order.
Dishes that have been specifically praised by reviewers include the pork ribs with mayonnaise, the green kai lan in garlic sauce, and the sizzling Japanese tofu with salted fish and chicken.
The front of the restaurant is adorned by aquarium tanks containing snow crabs and crayfish.
Decoration within the restaurant is minimal.
The entrance is adorned with photographs of the restaurant's owner with various celebrities that have entered the restaurant.
Reception
Reviewers have described the restaurant as having decor that is 'nothing special', service merely 'humorously perfunctory', and the food not being 'what you'd call delicate'.
Nevertheless, professional reviews are generally favourable.
However, praise for Uncle Billy's tends not to be in relation to its food, nor its quality. As one blogger noted, popularity owes to the notions of "reliability, consistency, and availability", especially for late-night revellers.
Uncle Billy's neighbours the similarly named Chinese restaurant
Billy Lee's
Billy Lee's is a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, a small precinct in the Perth suburb of Northbridge, Western Australia. Serving Cantonese cuisine, the restaurant is popular for revellers in the nightlife district of Northbridge looking for Ch ...
. That similarity has sparked a faux-rivalry in Perth culture.
See also
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William Street Bird
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Picabar
Picabar is a bar and music venue located in Perth, Western Australia, within the Perth Cultural Centre. It is situated adjacent to the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) for which the bar is named.
Description
The venue features an o ...
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Nine Japanese Bistro
References
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Chinese restaurants in Australia
Restaurants in Perth, Western Australia
Northbridge, Western Australia