Hilltop House

Head down to Southgate Street and you'll find Hilltop House doing what a good Chinese restaurant should: honest, unfussy food that actually tastes like something. The kind of place where locals keep coming back because the kitchen knows what it's doing, not because of flash and hype. You're getting genuine Cantonese technique here, the sort of thing that rewards regulars who know what to order. It's become something of a fixture on the Gloucester dining scene, and there's a reason—161 reviews averaging 4.4 stars doesn't lie. Whether you're after proper dim sum or their signature mains, there's a confidence to what comes out that you don't find everywhere. The sort of spot where you'll see families, couples, groups of mates all having a proper night out.