Belly Bao is a located ion King Street, Newtown - Sydney's cultural hub.
Sydney's first dedicated home of Bao, we specialise in hand made Bao creativity. It's important to us that you enjoy our love for food paired with great drinks and friendly service in our fun, casual restaurant that offers a hint of old Chinese restaurant nostalgia.
Taking from the traditional chinese pork bun (pork bao), we pride ourselves on our hand made bao, and introducing our asian heritage to our Australian home.
We hope you enjoy our love for Bao as much as we do.
Belly Bao reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.
Overall ratings and reviews
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4.7
4.7 based on recent ratings
4.7Food
4.6Service
4.7Ambience
4.3Value
Noise • Energetic
Loved For
Inner West
Best Overall
Inner West
Best Food
Inner West
Best Ambiance
Inner West
Innovative
Inner West
Great for creative cocktails
Inner West
Healthy
Inner West
Vegetarian-friendly
Inner West
Lively
Inner West
Most Booked
Review summary
AI-generated from verified diner reviews
Belly Bao delights with "delicious food" and "yummy cocktails," offering a vibrant ambiance perfect for gatherings. The baos and baogers are crowd favorites, especially the "classic pork belly bao." While some note a rushed dining experience, the "friendly service" and "great vibe" make it a must-visit spot.
341 Reviews
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Tobie
Sydney1 review
5.0
Dined 1 day ago
Overall 5
Food 5
Service 5
Ambience 5
The food was unbelievably delicious. It came out very quickly too.
Service was great and the place was clean.
Bloody sensational.
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Laura
Sydney1 review
5.0
Dined on March 8, 2025
Overall 5
Food 5
Service 5
Ambience 5
Outstanding experience. The vibes were immaculate, the Bao buns hit the spot and the drinks were straight fire. Also the service was perfection, felt really looked after. Will be back soon!
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Tasia
Sydney1 review
5.0
Dined on March 1, 2025
Overall 5
Food 5
Service 5
Ambience 5
food was delicious. Menu is well organised and easy to choose items. Great taste and value. vibe is awesome
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Ilya
Sydney1 review
5.0
Dined on February 14, 2025
Overall 5
Food 4
Service 5
Ambience 5
Sensational flavors of the baos with different kind of meats. Definitely will make your belly full with a heavy but pleasant sensation.
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Angelene
Gold Coast4 reviews
4.0
Dined on February 14, 2025
Overall 4
Food 4
Service 3
Ambience 3
The food was lovely! Didn’t love it was such a fast turn around restaurant.
As you order off a piece of paper it was hard to grab someone’s attention as we didn’t have an allocated to waiter to ask questions on the menu.
We ordered and received the food within 30 minutes
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Kari
Sydney11 reviews
5.0
Dined on February 2, 2025
Overall 5
Food 5
Service 5
Ambience 5
Loved it! The decorations was very nice. Food was nicely presented and priced quiet responsibly. The staff was very friendly and welcoming. Definitely worth the visit
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Marissa
Sydney3 reviews
5.0
Dined on January 7, 2025
Overall 5
Food 5
Service 5
Ambience 4
Friendly wait staff, quick service and the food was really good.
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freeway
Sydney2 reviews
3.0
Dined on December 22, 2024
Overall 3
Food 5
Service 1
Ambience 5
The staff can be very indifferent at Belly Bao. Ive been going there for years and love the room and food and cocktails. The majority of the staff are always great but there is sometimes a cool indifferent attitude that some can adopt there, and I don't know why.
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Iman
Sydney1 review
5.0
Dined on December 15, 2024
Overall 5
Food 5
Service 5
Ambience 5
The service always great. The food was delicious and very fresh. I don’t eat meat, they have lots of nice options to cater for special diets. I loved it all. Especially the eggplant bun.
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Damian
Sydney1 review
5.0
Dined on December 7, 2024
Overall 5
Food 5
Service 5
Ambience 4
Our dining experiences at Belly Bao Newtown have never disappointed. The flavours are mouth watering and the sides ( recommend the curry cheese fries ) leave you wanting more. However the greatest asset Belly Bao Newtown has spare their staff . So warm and welcoming , we feel so at home here.
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FAQs
Belly Bao offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at 0402 826 907.
Belly Bao is rated 4.7 stars by 341 OpenTable diners.
Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.