CHINA Bar Gateway Palmerston
R07, Gateway Shopping Centre, 1 Roystonea Ave, Yarrawonga NT 0830, Australia
Open nowToday 11:00 – 14:30, 17:00 – 21:00 · by the venue's published hoursFull hours
A popular Asian restaurant at Yarrawonga near Palmerston in the Darwin region with a 4.2 rating across 373 diners.
Practical details
Opening hours
Open now- Monday
- 11:00 – 14:30, 17:00 – 21:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 14:30, 17:00 – 21:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 14:30, 17:00 – 21:00
- ThursdayToday
- 11:00 – 14:30, 17:00 – 21:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 14:30, 17:00 – 21:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 21:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 21:00
Why it's worth checking out
CHINA Bar Gateway Palmerston brings the China Bar group’s broad Asian menu to the Gateway Shopping Centre in Yarrawonga, Palmerston. The business traces its beginnings to 1996, when its first restaurant opened in Melbourne, and has since grown to more than 20 locations. Its website positions China Bar as a dependable option for a casual meal or supper, with a focus on variety, flavour and accessible dining.
The menu covers a substantial range of rice and noodle dishes, stir-fries and soupy dishes. Named favourites include BBQ Roast Pork with Rice, Curry Laksa and Hainanese Chicken Rice. The BBQ roast offering also includes roast duck, crispy pork and soy sauce chicken, described as being roasted daily. For something to share or add to a meal, the restaurant highlights a sizeable selection of dim sims and side dishes.
China Bar places particular emphasis on the wok flavour of its stir-fries, while its menu is designed to cater to different appetites rather than one narrow style of dining. That makes it a practical choice for a mixed group, a quick solo meal or a casual family visit, especially for diners who want several types of Asian comfort food in one place. The Gateway location is part of the brand’s wider Northern Territory presence, alongside its Darwin CBD restaurant. CHINA Bar Gateway Palmerston is rated 4.2 from 373 Google reviews.
Spot Score
The Spot Score is our composite of five signals — two about the venue's standing with visitors and three about how complete and current this listing is. It is not a visitor rating and not a verdict on the food or the experience. The 4.2 from 373 reviews is Google's visitor rating, shown separately and never altered by us.
About the venue · from Google
- ReputationGoogle star rating, smoothed for review count
- 67
- PopularityHow many Google reviews it has
- 78
About this listing · our record
- Information qualityWebsite, menu and structured details on file
- 30
- Category fitHow well it matches its listed category
- 70
- FreshnessHow recently we last checked our sources
- 30
Last checked against sources 17 June 2026.
Our independent editorial score — not a user rating.
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