Chinese, Fish, Seafood · $$$

Tongfu Restaurant

Name: Tongfu Restaurant
Address: Phillips Avenue, Belgravia, Harare, Harare, ZW
Telephone: +263 77 345 6789
Price range: $$$

★★★★☆4.3 (271 Google reviews)Phillips Avenue, Belgravia, HarareDaily 11:00–21:00

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Front entrance of the two-storey restaurant with its Chinese-character sign, red lanterns and potted palms beside a brick drive

Photo: Tongfu Restaurant via Google Maps · Menu photos via Google Maps

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Dontmissmyplate reviewed it in Sep 2026

Chinese cooking that restored her faith in the cuisine. Go in a group so you can share lots of plates. The crisp duck and a genuinely fiery Sichuan chicken impressed, and the sea bass was the standout.

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About

What to Expect

Tongfu on Phillips Avenue in Belgravia is built for group dining, with private VIP rooms and a garden patio around a fountain. Tawonga (2025) celebrated a birthday dinner there and enjoyed “the sweet chicken and fried rice”, finding the food “hot and generously served”. Aaron (2025) recommended that “if you are a big group it’s worth booking the VIP rooms”.

Sarah (2023) had trouble reaching the restaurant by phone to book, but once seated found “The grounds and inside are beautiful”, and called “the sizzling calamari” the highlight of a meal served by a waiter, Wellington, who was “helpful but not overly hovering”. Whitney (2023) had heard rumours of bad service beforehand but came away calling “The waiters are really good”.

Quotes are from Google reviews, credited by first name and month.

ChineseFishSeafoodPrivate VIP roomsGarden patio with fountainAmple parkingCasual

Menu & prices

The Menu

Chilled dishes

Okra salad$6

Seaweed salad$6

Fried peanuts$6

Spicy peanuts$8

Cucumber salad with garlic$8

Pork skin jelly$8

Mixed vegetable salad$10

Spinach and nuts salad$10

Chicken frame salad$10

Smoked chicken frame$10

Smoked dried tofu$12

Smoked dried tofu shreds salad$12

Mixed vegetables with soy bean sauce$12

Mixed vegetables salad with sesame sauce$12

Chinese cabbage vermicelli and jellyfish salad$12

Assorted vegetables in seafood sauce$12

Pidan (century egg) in chili sauce$12

Pidan, peanuts, cucumber, pork sausage and jellyfish salad$12

Pork liver salad$15

Roast pork sausage$15

Harbin red sausage$15

Smoked trotters$18

Pork ear slice in chili oil$18

Pork tongue and ear roll$18

Pork ear shreds salad with cucumber$18

Beef tripe with spicy sauce$18

Steamed chicken with chili sauce$18

Boneless chicken feet salad with garlic$18

Sliced beef and ox tongue in chili sauce$18

Beef seasoned with soy sauce$18

Spicy calamari$18

Smoked chicken$22

Jellyfish in vinegar sauce$22

Spicy duck platter$25

Smoked pork shank$28

Mixed smoked platter$30

Crispy chicken$30

Beijing roast duck (whole / half)$48 / $30

Salmon sashimi$40

Tuna sashimi$40

Sashimi platter$88

Coconut milk fruit salad (small / large)$10 / $15

Mixed fruits platter (small / large)$15 / $20

Main: pork

Sweet and sour pork$22

Crisp fried pork$22

Sauteed shredded pork in sweet bean sauce$22

Fish-flavoured shredded pork$22

Stir fried pork with chili and garlic$22

Twice-cooked pork$22

Stir fried pork fillet with chili$22

Stir fried pork fillet with spring onion$22

Dry fried pork fillet$22

Stir fried pork liver$22

Stir fried pork liver with chili$22

Stir fried pork kidney$22

Fried pork liver with chili and pork kidney$22

Spicy boiled pork kidney$22

Fried dried bean curd with smoked bacon$26

Fried smoked bacon with bamboo shoots$26

Twice-cooked smoked bacon$30

Quick-fried pork intestines with brown sauce$28

Dry-fried pork intestines$28

Dry pot pork intestines with chili$28

Fried pork intestines with red pepper and cashew nut$28

Braised pork with preserved vegetable in soy sauce$28

Chinese sauerkraut and frozen tofu with pork belly in hot pot$28

Poached spicy slices of pork$28

Old Shanghai braised pork$30

Braised pork belly with dry green beans$30

Spicy pork trotter$30

Braised pork trotter$30

Fried boneless pork trotter with chili$30

Dongpo pork shank$30

Fried pork ribs with garlic$30

Braised pork ribs$30

Sweet and sour ribs$30

Sichuan style pork ribs$30

Stewed pork ribs with corn, green beans and potatoes$30

Main: beef and mutton

Stir fried beef fillet with coriander and celery$25

Hot and sour stir fried beef fillet$25

Stewed beef with satay sauce$25

Fried beef biltong$25

Spicy fried beef biltong$25

Stir fried beef fillet with cumin$25

Sauteed beef fillet with green pepper$25

Stir fried beef fillet with tea tree mushrooms$28

Spicy boiled honeycomb tripe$28

Sichuan style boiled beef in chili oil$28

Sichuan style boiled beef tripe in chili oil$35

Braised beef belly$30

Beef slices in hot and sour soup$30

Beef curry$32

Braised oxtail$32

Braised oxtail with potatoes$32

Stewed beef belly with tomato and potatoes$35

Beef belly and beef tendon in hotpot$35

Stewed beef belly with tomato$35

Stewed beef belly with radish$35

Crispy beef ribs$38

Stewed beef ribs$38

Stir-fried wagyu beef with king oyster mushroom (pleurotus eryngii)$68

Stir fried mutton with garlic$25

Stir fried mutton with cumin$25

Stir fried mutton with spring onion$25

Poached mutton chops$35

Saute roast mutton chops$35

Stewed mutton in brown sauce$35

Chinese sauerkraut, frozen tofu and prawns with mutton slices in hotpot$38

Roast mutton chop$38

Main: chicken, duck and more

Spicy fried chicken frame$16

General Tso's chicken$20

Kung Pao chicken$20

Crispy fried chicken wings with chips$22

Fried chicken fillet$22

Dry fried chicken gizzard$22

Dry pot chicken wings with chili$22

Curry chicken leg$25

Sichuan style spiced chicken$25

Sichuan style spiced chicken feet$28

Chicken braised with pork trotters$32

Stewed chicken with Chinese mushroom in hotpot$32

Xinjiang big plate chicken with noodles$32

Spicy prawns with chicken crispy bone$35

Spicy chicken crispy bone$35

Dry pot tea tree mushroom with pork belly and chili$28

Roast toadstool with prawns$35

Fried toadstool with prawns$35

Dry pot duck head with chili$28

Dry pot duck with beer and chili$30

Dry roast duck with corn$30

Bullfrog with chili sauce$35

Dry pot bullfrog with chili$35

Chongqing style boiled blood curd, tripe, prawns, fish balls and veg (mao xue wang)$35

Seafood

Crispy fish fillet$22

Sweet and sour fish fillet$22

Steamed bass in seafood sauce$28

Stir-fried flowering cabbage and arctic shell with calamari$28

Belt fish (home style braised or dry fried)$28

Spicy crayfish$28

Garlic crayfish$28

Dry pot calamari with chili$30

Fried lotus root slices with prawns in XO sauce$32

Steamed orange rock-fish in seafood sauce$32

Huizhou stinky mandarin fish$38

Yellow fish (home style braised or braised in soy sauce)$38

Hua Diao wine stewed yellow fish$38

Sichuan style boiled fish in chili oil$38

Boiled fish with pickled cabbage and chili$38

Spicy grilled tilapia$38

Boiled prawns with salt$35

Crispy fried prawns$35

Prawns with salt and pepper$35

Fried prawn meat with bubbles$35

Fried prawn meat with cashew nuts$35

Fried prawn meat with hoisin sauce$35

Dry pot prawns with chili$35

Crispy prawns with salad sauce$38

Steamed prawns with garlic and vermicelli$38

Spicy crab$38

Saute crab with ginger sauce$38

Curry crab$38

Fried crab with chili and rice cake$38

Fried crab with bread crumbs$38

Steamed scallops with garlic and vermicelli$38

Fried eggs with oysters$28

Steamed oysters with garlic and vermicelli$38

Dry fried oysters$38

Crispy abalone with ginger paste$45

Braised abalone with potatoes$45

Braised abalone$88

Braised sea cucumber with spring onion$88

Braised sea cucumber with pork tendon$88

Fried lobster with scallions$158

Fried lobster with bread crumbs$158

Lobster with salt and pepper$158

Steamed lobster with egg$158

Soup and stew

Hot and sour soup (portion / per person)$15 / $5

Beef soup with mushroom, tofu, carrot and celery (portion / per person)$16 / $5

Chicken soup with Chinese date (portion / per person)$35 / $5

Pork bone soup with corn (portion / per person)$35 / $5

Pigeon soup$38

Pork meatball soup (per person)$8

Agrocybe, bamboo fungus and toadstool soup (per person)$8

Assorted mushrooms, abalone and dried scallop soup (per person)$10

Matsutake and fish maw soup (per person)$15

Matsutake and sea cucumber soup (per person)$18

Sea cucumber with quinoa (per person)$25

Sea cucumber and quinoa in golden soup (per person)$25

Sea cucumber rice (per person)$25

Sea cucumber congee in golden soup (per person)$25

Stewed sea cucumber with spring onion (per person)$25

Abalone rice (per person)$15

Bird's nest with rock sugar (per person)$30

Stewed fish maw with flower mushroom (per person)$25

Stewed sea cucumber with fish maw (per person)$50

Shark's fin in golden soup (per person)$35

Braised shark's fin in brown sauce (per person)$60

Sea cucumber, shark fin and fish maw (per person)$60

Buddha jumps over the wall (per person)$66

Healthy seasonal vegetables

Chips$6

Fried fresh mushrooms$10

Hot and sour shredded potatoes$10

Fried Chinese cabbage in vinegar$10

Blanched lettuce$10

Fried water spinach with garlic$10

Fried water spinach with fermented bean curd$10

Fried flowering cabbage$10

Blanched flowering cabbage$10

Fried broccoli$10

Fried Chinese sauerkraut and vermicelli$10

Dry pot potato chips with chili$12

Dry pot cauliflower with pork belly and chili$12

Fried cabbage with chili$12

Mapo tofu with minced beef$12

Fried home-style tofu$15

Steamed egg with prawns$15

Mushroom braised with rape$15

Stir fried lotus root slices with prawns and black fungus$15

Braised tofu with abalone sauce$15

Sauteed fish with green lettuce and black bean sauce$15

Eggplant casserole$15

Fried eggplant$15

Stir fried minced pork with eggplant$15

Stir fried minced pork with sour green beans$12

Stir fried Chinese red mushroom with potatoes$18

Fried vermicelli with sour radish$18

Goose liver paste baked mushroom$18

Fried king oyster mushroom with okra and garlic$18

Fried lotus root with olive oil and broccoli$18

Chinese cabbage with bean curd skin$18

Stewed tofu with sea urchin in stone pot$18

Starch and pastry

Steamed rice (bowl)$1

Spring rolls with vegetables$4

Spring rolls with chicken and mushroom$5

Fried rice with egg$6

Fried rice only$6

Fried rice with vegetables$6

Fried rice with chicken$8

Fried rice with beef$8

Fried rice with pork$8

Fried rice with prawns$12

Fried noodles with egg$6

Fried noodles only$6

Fried noodles with vegetables$6

Fried noodles with chicken$8

Fried noodles with beef$8

Fried noodles with pork$8

Fried noodles with prawns$12

Noodles with bean sauce$10

Cold noodles$10

Beef noodle soup$10

Beef noodle salad with coriander$10

Chinese sauerkraut bun with pork lard (3)$6

Chinese pork bun (3)$6

Chinese beef bun (3)$6

Brown sugar Chinese date flowering steamed bun (each)$8

Fried steamed bun with condensed milk$8

Chinese pork pie$9

Chinese beef burrito$10

Chinese chives, egg and prawn pie (4)$12

Chinese beef pie (3)$12

Green onion pie (4)$12

Pumpkin pie (6)$12

Manchu beef pancake (6)$12

Pumpkin steamed sponge cake$12

Sponge cake (6)$12

Brown sugar pie (6)$12

Black gold quicksand bun (6)$12

Egg yolk crisp (6)$15

Salmon egg tart (6)$15

Swan shaped durian crisp (3)$12

Dim sum platter$25

Pork wonton soup$8

Black sesame sweet soup balls$10

Dough drop, vegetable and prawn soup$15

Steamed dumplings with glass noodle and radish (6)$6

Steamed beef dumplings (6)$6

Fried beef dumplings (6)$6

Steamed chicken dumplings (6)$6

Fried chicken dumplings (6)$6

Boiled dumplings, Chinese chives and egg (20)$15

Boiled dumplings with pork and Chinese cabbage (20)$18

Boiled dumplings with pork and Chinese sauerkraut (20)$18

Boiled dumplings with pork, prawns, Chinese chives and egg (20)$18

Boiled dumplings with beef and onion (20)$18

Boiled dumplings with sea urchin and Chinese cabbage (20)$25

Steamed prawn dumplings (4)$10

From photos of the printed menu posted on Google Maps (Jun 2024). Prices are in US dollars. The photos are more than two years old, so dishes and prices may have changed. Prices change, so confirm when you order.

Reviews

What Diners Say

4.3

★★★★☆
from 271 Google reviews

Tawonga · 2025
★★★★★

An exquisite furnished restaurant ,definitely recommend. My family and I dined here to celebrate my sister's birthday. The area is spacious with plenty of parking . The food is hot and generously served. I personally enjoyed the sweet chicken and fried rice.

Sarah · 2023
★★★★☆

We celebrated a family birthday dinner here. It was challenging as the number on Google was unavailable when you called and when I went on a Thursday to make a booking, the restaurant was closed. However once I got the number to book, everything went smoothly.

Aaron · 2025
★★★★☆

Great place to experience Chinese food, too many options to choose from go with a Chinese person if you can or ask for recommendations. And if you are a big group it’s worth booking the VIP rooms.

Whitney · 2023
★★★★★

The place is very classy and beautiful for romantic dates😻. The Chinese dishes are very wow. The waiters are 5 star. I almost didn’t go because someone said they had bad customer service but I would like to think it’s not accurate.. The waiters are really good.❤️

Shimon · February 2026
★★★★★

Very nice Chinese restaurant, great food and atmosphere Amazing menu and food options Came 2 days in a row

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Tongfu Restaurant

What to Expect

The Menu

Chilled dishes

Sizzling

Main: pork

Main: beef and mutton

Main: chicken, duck and more

Seafood

Soup and stew

Healthy seasonal vegetables

Starch and pastry

Dessert

Coffee

Cocktails and tea

Birthday cakes

Menu photos

What Diners Say

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