Chinese Restaurant

The former Chinese restaurant at the Bankstown RSL is a separate dining room on the main floor of the building, standing vacant since the club closed in January 2019. Multi-faceted pendant fixtures in red and white hang in sequence along the ceiling above red and black patterned carpet. A curved grey counter carries a framed picture resting on its surface, and framed artwork runs along the right wall. A wall of glass blocks at the far end draws daylight deep into the room.

The Chinese restaurant at the Bankstown RSL ran alongside the bistro through the latter decades of the club's life, serving members and guests a separate menu from the bistro buffet. RSL clubs across western Sydney often partnered with a Chinese-restaurant operator who leased the dining room and ran their own kitchen and staff while the club handled the bar. The arrangement worked for the club, the operator, and the local lunchtime and dinner trade. The Bankstown RSL was demolished in March 2019. The restaurant room, the pendant fixtures, the carpet and the glass block wall went with the rest of the building.