Chinese Restaurant Bar

The bar in the Chinese restaurant at the Bankstown RSL sits along the rear wall of the dining room, a short dark-stained timber counter with crimson-vinyl-fronted stools facing it. The bar back is mirrored, the shelves stripped of stock. Above the mirror, a strip of carved timber valance picks up the dragon-and-peony pattern from the restaurant's entrance archway. The bar top is sealed timber with a brass rail along its leading edge. Hanging from the ceiling above the bar are two small paper lanterns in matching red, like smaller versions of the ones across the rest of the room. The lighting is low, warm-white, intended for evening dining service.

The Chinese-restaurant bar at the Bankstown RSL handled the drinks service for the dining room, separate from the bistro bar and the foyer bar elsewhere in the building. The bar was run as part of the restaurant operation; members and guests ordered their wines, spirits, and beers here while waiting for the kitchen or between courses. The arrangement was the standard suburban-RSL pattern of a leased Chinese-restaurant operator working alongside the club's own food service. The Bankstown RSL was demolished in March 2019. The bar, the carved valance, and the lanterns went with the rest of the restaurant.