China Doll heads west with new restaurant in western Sydney

A new restaurant with a $4.5 million fit-out has opened with ambitions to be the best venue in western Sydney.

China Doll and China Lane owner Steve Anastasiou is behind the Chu Restaurant at West HQ Rooty Hill.

“I haven’t seen anything to its equivalent to be honest, out west or in the CBD, for that matter,” Anastasiou told The Daily Telegraph.

On making the move west, Anastasiou said he “had no hesitation at all.”

“We can’t all fit into the city anymore so we need to naturally progress out west,” he told The Daily Telegraph.

“I think a lot of them are cocooned and forced into an area that they believe is best for them without having and experienced other areas – the west, for argument’s sake.”

The venue channels 1940s Shanghai glamour, with a giant gold Buddha statue the centrepiece greeting guests as they enter.

Leading the kitchen team are head chef Ben Haywood, with China Doll’s Frank Shek and Kristian Vale from China Lane.

Sheridan Randall, 11^th December 2019