You’ve heard the hype.
Friends have told you, TikTok has told you, maybe even your stomach has told you – Sunnybank is where Brisbane goes for the real deal when it comes to Asian food.
But walking into a precinct with over 60 restaurants for the first time can be genuinely overwhelming. Where do you start? What do you order? How do you avoid spending twenty minutes staring at a menu you’ve never seen before?
We’ve done the thinking for you. Here are three dishes – from three different cuisines – that will show you exactly what Sunnybank is all
Landmark Restaurant – Yum Cha, Sunnybank Plaza
If you only do one thing at Sunnybank, make it yum cha at Landmark. This is the quintessential Sunnybank experience – the one that regulars have been coming back for week after week, year after year.
Walk in on a Saturday morning, and the scene unfolds around you: sprawling tables of families and friends, tea being poured from every angle, and a constant stream of dishes arriving from the kitchen – bamboo steamers stacked high, plates of golden pastries, bowls of steaming congee.
The energy is infectious. The menu is enormous – over 100 different types of dim sum – but the beauty of yum cha is that you don’t need to overthink it. Glance at what’s landing on the tables around you, spot something that looks incredible, and order it.
Start with the prawn dumplings (har gow) – translucent skin wrapped around plump, juicy prawns. Add some siu mai, golden spring rolls, and fluffy char siu bao (BBQ pork buns). Feeling adventurous? Order the chicken feet in black bean sauce – they’re a dim sum classic and far more delicious than you’d expect.
Landmark’s all-Hong Kong chef team takes pride in every dish, and the roast duck – with its impossibly crispy skin – is carved fresh from the hanging racks. End with their famous egg tarts: flaky, buttery pastry filled with a soft, wobbly custard.
Yum cha at Landmark isn’t just a meal – it’s a Saturday morning ritual, and the single best introduction to what makes Sunnybank special.
That Viet Place – Special Beef Pho, Sunny Park
Cross the road to Sunny Park and you’ll find That Viet Place – a family-run Vietnamese restaurant where the pho alone is worth the trip.
The Special Beef Pho arrives as a big, generous bowl of deeply fragrant broth – simmered for anywhere between 12 and 24 hours with herbs and spices until it reaches that rich, clear, soul-warming depth that only time and patience can produce. The bowl comes loaded with rare sliced beef, beef balls, tripe, beef tendon and silky rice noodles, alongside a plate of fresh bean sprouts, coriander, basil, spring onions and lemon for you to add as you like. It’s the kind of bowl that warms you from the inside out and makes everything feel right with the world. Still hungry? They offer free noodle refills – something you won’t find at many places.
The restaurant is run by husband-and-wife team Quang and Mai Dinh, who’ve spent more than 20 years perfecting their recipes. Mai’s homemade fish sauce – based on a family recipe passed down over two decades – is so popular that diners buy bottles to take home, and some even ship it back to Vietnam.
For a first-timer at Sunnybank, a bowl of this pho is a beautiful, accessible entry point into the precinct’s depth of flavour.
Omupapa – Volcano Omurice, Sunnybank Plaza
If you want a dish that’s equal parts delicious, affordable and genuinely fun to watch, Omupapa’s Volcano Omurice is your answer.
This Japanese-Korean fusion spot at Sunnybank Plaza specialises in omurice – Japanese-style fried rice topped with a soft, fluffy egg omelette and your choice of sauce. The standard version is a crowd-pleaser, but the Volcano is the one that’s gone viral: a mound of seasoned fried rice sits beneath a perfectly cooked egg that, when sliced open, spills down the sides like golden lava. It’s pure theatre, and the videos have racked up thousands of views on TikTok for good reason. Add a drizzle of curry sauce for an extra layer of warmth. Beyond the omurice, the menu runs to tonkatsu (crispy pork cutlet with house-made sauce), takoyaki, bento boxes and sides like panko ebi and cheese-stuffed bites.
Most mains sit around the $10–$15 mark, and portions are generous enough that two people can eat well for under $30 – making it one of the best value meals in the precinct.
Your first visit starts here
Yum cha at Landmark, pho at That Viet Place, omurice at Omupapa – three dishes, three cuisines, and three completely different ways to fall in love with Sunnybank. The best part? This is just the beginning. With over 60 dining and entertainment options across Sunnybank Plaza and Sunny Park, there’s a lifetime of eating still ahead of you. Welcome to Brisbane’s home of authentic Asian eats.
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