Aplus Oriental Restaurant in Manchester

I've given the service 2 but don't need put off.. The staff are lovely and work very hard and very fast. The robots are cool It's just that at lunchtime on a weekend this place is BUSY It's great place.

The food was not bad, but the environment gave the feeling of dirtiness..

Definitely A plus. Lovely staff . Great selection for hot pot.

delicious food! karaoke experience is amazing! worth to have a try, recommended

A good and fine dining hot pot place for family and friends gatherings and special events. The hot pot based soup is quite various and you can choose 1 to 2 of them each time. The food for the hot pot is very authentic and fresh too. The portion is quite decent as well. Overall, I would recommend it!

After ordering, we waited for almost 40 minutes and still no food was served. The one at the back was almost done with the food we ordered after. The entire texture of the scallop and radish cake was batter, and it also tasted of stale oil. The shrimp dumplings tasted bad, very soft and not hot. The clerk also lied to us and said it was because there were too many orders. If that was true, why were the shrimp dumplings almost frozen and not yet arrived? I ordered chicken feet and pork ribs rice, but when they were served pork ribs rice with black bean sauce, I was even disdainful and said I would wait for you to change it, or just eat this. The steamed buns I ordered were supposed to be served with condensed milk, but they were served with salad dressing. I didn't realize until I had already dipped the salad dressing in my mouth and put it in my mouth. We were so disappointed with their attitude that we ended up not ordering the steamed buns. When the clerk learned about it, his attitude immediately became extremely bad and his words were full of sarcasm.

At that time, my friend and I ordered the BBQ platter, stir-fried beef river, pan-fried dumplings, shrimp dumplings and chicken feet. I felt like I was back in China. There was a lot of beef and the BBQ platter was also very tasty. If you miss domestic food, you can try it.

The environment of this restaurant is very good, very clean and tidy. The food not only looks beautiful, but more importantly, tastes great, with good color and taste, fresh and refreshing. Moreover, there are many choices of dishes and the prices are not high, so it is suitable to go with the family. It's really good, the color is better, and the price is affordable, the service is attentive, and it's praised! It tastes great, and it makes people feel appetizing at first glance, but the portion is not big, and it is a more delicate type. The best thing is that the dishes are also very fresh, the taste is moderately salty, the heat is just right, and the food is served very quickly.

Good hong kong food. Large portions

High quality food and good service

Very delicious Hong Kong style food. This restaurant has excellent service and does not fail to make customers feel happy and welcomed.

Very good quality Chinese dim sums. Very good service.

Very good hotpot and restaurant food services and quality

Good service and wide oriental food options :) Also there is this machine that delivers your food to the table that has cat-like graphical features. This machine isn't sentient and therefore has difficulties routing so don't expect it to work! Food still arrives in reasonable time thanks to the staff :)

Today, I went to this restaurant in the Chinese Market with my friends for lunch. The atmosphere of the restaurant is quite pleasant, with relaxing decor and ambiance. However, unfortunately, our experience was not as good as we had hoped. The prices on the menu were quite high compared to similar restaurants, so our expectations for the taste were also high. After placing our order, the service speed was decent, but the taste of the food did not meet our expectations. I believe there were issues with the use of spices. One of the key elements of Chinese cuisine is balanced use of spices, but we couldn’t find that balance in the dishes here. Additionally, some dishes lacked salt, which negatively affected the overall flavor. I believe the food could be much better with more balanced salt usage and the right spice combinations. In summary, while the atmosphere and service were positive aspects, considering the taste of the food and the price-performance ratio, I don’t think I will be returning. Given the high prices and lack of flavor, there are better alternatives to consider.

A tea gathering with my friends in this Aplus Oriental Restaurant, had a feeling of very traditional Chinese upholstery in a kind of tables packed closely together. The dim sums are yummy of numbers of selections. The marvelous one is the "Stir Fry Beef Noodles". The beefs were leen and tender, but noodles were a little bit oily Fortunately, this wasn't sticky to your mouth. If you want to know the cooking art and quality of a Chinese tea house, order the "Stir Fry Beef Noodle. This can examine the cooking art of the chefs. The " Red Date Cake in ginger juice" and egg tarts are the ones I highly recommended. The cake sweetened the fragrant ginger tast and the egg tarts were in soften crust that you must try. Nevertheless, you must know the bill is not cheap in any "Chinese Yim Chat". It costed me £150+ for a company of 8 people. Ha Ha! In the last "Yim Chat", thanks for £130 for 8 people again . Can't help because I have to repay people who offerd me numbers of helps when I needed.

Not really a fan of burnt roast duck :( Good and quick service. Busy but not cramped during popular weekend hours!

So delicious! Authentic hometown food! Ordered today Spicy Chicken Three combinations of BBQ flavor! (roasted duck, barbecued pork, roasted pork) Three Cup Chicken Chicken Feet with Black Bean Sauce

05/10/24: Deceptive good reviews. We had the Special Banquet B: £35.90 each, but soup would have been an extra £4 each. Mixed starter, duck and 1 main each with egg fried rice. There were 1 each of the starters which is disappointing, at least 2 would have been better and a small portion of seaweed to share. It was only a 1/4 duck, not a half and 2 pancakes each. This was also disappointing DESPITE the food tasting great! From us finishing the duck, we asked the waiter 3 times for our main course. Eventually the floor manager, an older chap realised we'd been waiting a while and came over to say he'd get our mains started. We waited in total for the main course about 45 minutes. In total we were in there for about 90 minutes. Other tables all seemed to get prawn crackers too, we didn't. Service wasn't good at all and the price of the banquet was expensive for what we received. Quite disappointing! Didn't take a photo of the small 1/4 duck, or the main course which was supposed to be sizzling beef, but because they'd rushed it out, the skillet wasn't hot enough and wasn't sizzling. The wait for food ruined the atmosphere, service poor, food great. I can't say I'd recommend here unfortunately.

Decent. Nice restaurant. Friendly staff. Good fresh hot food. Worth a visit

This restaurant is highly recommended, and the Cantonese people around me also like it. It tastes good, has large portions, is affordable, and is conveniently located. 🥟Wonton rice noodles: This is the staple food I choose every time I eat Cantonese food. It has a light taste and is suitable for matching with various dishes. Large shrimp-filled wontons, which can be paired with noodles/ho noodles/udon. The portion is large enough for two people to share👍 🦆Three Platters of Roast Meat: As someone who is very confused and has difficulty ordering, I love all platter dishes. This three-piece roasted pork dish from my old place directly helped me make the choice less difficult. The platter includes roasted pork, barbecued pork and roasted duck. The crispy skin of the roasted pork is really delicious. 🦪Fried oysters: If you want to experience multiple textures in one bite, please order this fried oysters! The fried coating is crispy, the oyster meat is fresh and tender, paired with the sticky Thai sweet and spicy sauce and the faint umami flavor unique to seafood. You will fall in love with it immediately after eating one. 🦐Shrimp dumplings: This is a snack I order every time I come to my old place to eat. The skin of the shrimp dumplings is thin, revealing the shrimp meat inside, which can be called crystal clear. The shrimp meat is crispy, and each shrimp dumpling is filled with three or four shrimps, and it has a freshly made texture. 🥢Golden Belly: The belly meat is steamed until it is very soft. It melts in your mouth as soon as you chew it. It is then wrapped in the fragrant sauce and delivered to your mouth. This is one of the dishes that I personally think is very representative of the characteristics of Cantonese dim sum. 🥠Barbecued pork buns: If you break it open at any point, you will find a huge piece of barbecued pork, and it will flow out of the buns. The slightly fatty meat filling and the dense starch flavor realize the joy of combining carbohydrates with meat. 🦀Crab roe soup dumplings: A huge dumpling is equivalent to the usual two or three dumplings. It contains real crab meat that can be seen with the naked eye. Friends who love crab will feel satisfied together. It is a snack with the characteristics of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. I heard from a friend that this restaurant also has a KTV‼ ️It has a super clear screen and a rich song request system to fully meet the hardware requirements, and it is open until three o'clock in the morning. It is simply awesome👌

Hotpot is delicious. Recommended

Very authentic Chinese food with nice service, best fried noodles in Man City!

Another great meal from a great restaurant. Thanks again for charging my phone too.

Service was prompt and friendly; our server was knowledgeable about the menu and made excellent recommendations. Plus, the prices were very reasonable for the quality of food we received.

The dim sum is simply incredible—fresh, bursting with flavour, and with a huge variety to choose from. Every dish we tried was top-notch, and everything arrived at the table quickly and efficiently. A special highlight was the robot cat delivery, which added a fun, high-tech twist to the dining experience. The service was friendly and attentive, making the meal even more enjoyable. If you're looking for authentic Chinese food and a memorable experience, this place is a must-visit!

Very nice Chinese food and Karaoke in Manchester！Good place for parties with clean private room. My friends and I quite enjoy the time here. Roasted Duck is really yummy. 👍Strongly recommended!

When it first opened it was good. Now it's really poor hygiene, they don't clean the table properly before sitting you down, plates and bowls are sticky and greasy. Staff are always running around, not giving you proper customer service. The ambience is so chaotic. Don't le me start with the bland and oily food. Used to be our go to Chinese in Chinatown. Unfortunately, with our last visit at the weekend, won't be returning.

I brought my bf there for his first Chinese Cantonese food, amazing experience. Highly recommend, all dish amazing. Staff is lovely and helpful. Table with lots space. And cute robot!!

Nothing says I'm-an-overseas Hong Kong food establishment quite like lao di fang.

My partner and I had an incredible experience here. The staff were exceptionally friendly, and the food was outstanding! It’s a lovely restaurant overall, and we’ll definitely be returning! -Will and Amy

dessert: Steamed Pork Ribs with Black Bean Sauce Medium £5.3 Steamed Chicken Feet with Black Bean Sauce Medium £5.3 Old Place Shrimp Dumplings Special £6.2 Honey Glazed Barbecued Pork Sausage Medium £5.3 Zhuhou Beef Brisket Stew £16.8 Large and tender The menu is extremely rich Not only dim sum/barbecue meat, but also many stir-fried dishes/seafood/vegetarian dishes/fried rice/Sichuan dishes, etc. I am from Jiangsu but I especially like to eat Cantonese food I don’t know if there are any friends like me When I arrived at 11:34 noon, the store was almost full. There is also a KTV upstairs for parties at night

There is a Chinese menu, and the five of us ate together. The waiter also introduced the meals, flavor choices and suitable portion sizes. He also humorously joined in our conversation while the food was being served. The portion size and taste of the dishes.

☁️Old Place Restaurant is a restaurant that I eat once a month. It specializes in Cantonese cuisine. I miss it when I don’t see it for a month. I think his name must be on the must-eat list in Manchester 👍 It’s a good place to eat alone or with a group. ! ! 🥘Main course: 1️⃣Half soy sauce chicken⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This soy sauce chicken is really tender and fragrant. It looks like roast duck, but it is actually roast chicken. The chicken is really tender when you take one bite! It melts in your mouth after chewing a few times, it’s delicious! 2️⃣Dry fried beef river⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The dry-fried beef river exudes a strong pot smell. One plate can be eaten by two people. The beef slices are stir-fried with chicken, and the green bean sprouts and onions are stir-fried together to create a charming aroma! 🥧Snacks: 1️⃣Preserved Carrot Cake⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It feels like eating shredded cured meat, and the aroma of the radish cake is also very rich. Those who like to eat radish cake will especially like it! 🦐Whole fresh shrimp sausage⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2️⃣There are a lot of shrimps. Use chopsticks to cut off the rice rolls wrapped on the outside, and you will get one shrimp in one bite, dipped in special soy sauce. You will feel so happy after taking that bite! 3️⃣Green quicksand buns⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The quicksand is very fragrant and the juice bursts out as soon as you pull it open! ! The taste is even more silky, sweet, delicate and soft, I want to eat it again! 🥬Vegetables: 1️⃣Serve the soup with bamboo rafts and soak the vegetables (choi sum) ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The bamboo fungus is crunchy and delicious, and the soup is delicious and salty just right! The cabbage sum is also a large amount, very fresh and crunchy, the quality is really impeccable! ! Personally, I recommend choosing spinach for seasonal dishes, it will be more delicious!

Amazing service, lovely atmosphere, quite large portion, traditional HK style cuisines, love it💕 highly recommend if you wanna tryout Chinese food with friends, family or business partners 💯

🍚My egg fried rice head loves this bowl of golden egg fried rice! ! The crispy roast duck is also delicious, and I can finally have snacks in the evening! One of the few restaurants that also serves snacks in the evening, the shrimp cakes are huge! Very authentic Cantonese cuisine, you must order the crispy roast duck and garlic water spinach! The service is very good and the price is moderate~

We ordered 4 dim sum and half roasted duck. All of them tastes amazing and the duck was quite big portion as well. We shared with 2 people but took away some, so enough for 3 people. You need to be careful when you eat Lava bun. Recommend: Roasted duck, Prawn roll chun fun, Salted egg lava bun

Very authentic Chinese food, very nice and friendly service. Lots of Chinese guests, quite loud but pleasant atmosphere. Absolutely recommended

Nice food with excellent service and environment. Definitely recommend!

Delicious Chinese food! Recommend the roast duck, very delicious.

Nice authentic Chinese. Defo one of my favorite in Manchester. The service is really nice and the food portion is decent. Highly recommend for friends gathering or business dinner.

Order the shrimp dumplings. The shrimp dumplings are delicious! They are all delicious. Recommended! It tastes almost the same as in China

Authentic and very good food at an affordable price.

The food is incredible from here, great spot to have a date!

Got charged a service charge but the waiter was unable to do the bill for a table of 6. Really bad service. I would never come again it ruined our night. And the service charge was a joke considering he couldn’t add up a bill.

Wow wow wow What an amazing meal. We were walking along, looked at the menu. The manager talked to us. Very engaging. No pressure. We went back and had a very lovely meal. He even wrote down our daughters meal and made a specific note on it. The birthday robot was a nice touch.

Came here at night and the restaurant was full, which is always a good sign! The atmosphere was lively, and the food was absolutely amazing. Everything was freshly made, flavourful, and perfectly cooked. Definitely a great place for authentic Chinese food. Will visit again!

Awful service. Half of the food didn’t arrive but our table was charged for more than double what we ordered. The food is served raw and the server said it’s still edible when we sent it back. Please avoid for safety reasons. No drinks service and there was a forty minute wait for starters. When we spoke to the management to complain they said no one would believe us about how awful it was and that they will be fine. Our order was wrong and staff said it doesn’t matter we will still eat it and charged us. Avoid!!

Amazing food and excellent service.

The services is super slow been waiting for a simple duck rice for 30mins plus

Came here late on a Friday night. This is a no frills restaurant that’s somewhat scruffy, brightly lit but served five excellent dishes. The food was flavourful, well presented and a good portion size. The service was very friendly and made some great recommendations. I would thoroughly recommend this restaurant for a no fuss simple supper. Enjoy.

Not the best food, but okay if other places are too busy. Service was poor with very long waiting times for the food.

The best Dim Sum I've ever had! The flavors are authentic, fresh, and absolutely delicious. The variety of options is amazing, and everything was cooked to perfection. Definitely my new go-to spot for Dim Sum!

Had a decent meal here, late on a Saturday night. Hit the spot.

Came in with my daughter Place was very busy which is always a good sign and smelt amazing, daughter and I are both vegetarian but they has plenty to choose from and it was all delicious and became the highlight of our trip into Manchester we will definitely be coming again

The service and food were phenomenal. The waitress helped us with using chopsticks, even going to such lengths as to make our chopsticks more accessible. Staying true to its name, it truly is an A+ restaurant.

4.0⭐. We are international travelers. Our British friends took us here for lunch, located in Chinatown, almost in the center of Manchester. We ordered siomai, shrimp sausage, and roast duck. I have to say that the shrimp sausage tastes great, with shrimps wrapped in soft dough and some juice. The siomai is pretty good, and the roast duck needs to be eaten with rice so it won't be too salty, so it goes very well with rice. Note that the portions here are relatively large. You can order two portions of rice for three people, and you can also drink a pot of tea. The interior decoration is nice, and the atmosphere feels more like a Hong Kong-style restaurant. There are many Chinese people, and even the menu has a traditional Chinese version. In terms of service, I think the waiters seem to be a little more impatient and move at a fast pace. There is a fatal flaw. We originally wanted to order barbecued pork puff pastry, but the waiter later confirmed that it was no longer available and asked us to order something else. However, the bill did not cross it out, so when we returned to the hotel, we found that we had overpaid for this dish. Money for the food you didn’t eat. We won't do a calculation, but we will check in the future at checkout that the bill is correct. 20240802

Good place for Chinese food. Second visit to the restaurant. Schezwan chef was on holiday second time around so there was no schezwan food!! Which was a downer. Don't expect great service but expect good food.

We all had diarrhoea the next day, and been having same food everyday so this restaurant is the reason why we got it unfortunately.

Just wanted to grab some quick food before event, didn't expect to get such amazing food. I'm a big Chinese enjoyer, and even I, who has visited hundreds of Chinese restaurants across the UK, was surprised at how delicious this totally random place was. Would recommend in a heartbeat

Nice atmosphere good tasty food

Absolutely outrageous prices! Rice is charged twice extra, as is a service fee. No recommendation. Rip off.

Ignore the good reviews. Bland food, poor service, rude manager. Salt and pepper chicken had no flavour and was fried chicken with couple of onions thrown on top. 1/2 duck was greasy the skin wasn’t crispy, I questioned this and was told that’s how they cook it. Fair enough, that’s just not to my taste. Satay seafood had 4 prawns and 2 pieces of squid and was £16. Rip off. We had to wait 45 minutes from the starter being finished to getting the mains. It wasn’t even that busy. We ate at 2.30pm on a Tuesday. I questioned the service charge automatically added on to the bill and the manager refused to take it off saying it was my responsibility to pay his staff that’s how they earned their money with the service charge. He said everyone is struggling with the cost of living crisis and his staff needed the service charge to make ends meet. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. Don’t waste your money.

Foods are average at above average price. We had dim sum, roast duck and signature chow mien. We were charged £1.5 per container to takeaways foods we did not finish, which is unheard of. Restaurant usually gives them away to their customer for free.

BIg portions so ordered a bit too much 🤭 (we took leftovers home). Delicious food, especially the roast meats and dim sum. The braised roast pork with tofu was a bit less...

Food was good. Robot server came out at one point and my kids were quite excited/impressed to see that. Service was good and staff friendly. We also ordered late night food the same night (only place that seemed open till 2/3am). We called in about 11/12am. Phoned in to order, male server on the phone was friendly and advised on dishes when i was unsure. When i arrived at the advised time the food was ready. Delicious and pipping hot. Supplied good quality cutlery sets as i mentioned i was not from the area. Food we had at lunch: Taro meat fried cakes Beef cheung fun Crispy prawn balls Spring rolls Steamed sweet custard buns Century eggs/pork congee Stir fried beef ho fun Our late night food: Fujian fried rice Half crispy aromatic duck Stir fried Vermicelli noodles (cant remember exact one as the waiter made a choice for us when i asked for non spicy). All the food we had was good. Would visit again.

Had a wonderful meal here. Food was very traditional and the service was excellent. Fully recomend.

Good Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, highlighting the lacquered duck. The rest of the dishes were delicious but perhaps the price was a little high.

Everything in this restaurant was the best, I will come again!! (First time here)

Had an amazing experience at this Chinese restaurant! The food was delicious, bursting with authentic flavors, and the service was top-notch. Highly recommend for a delightful dining experience!

amazing authentic Chinese food, my favourites are the fujian fried rice and chilli fried intestines open until early hours in the morning

Delicious and authentic cuisine. We arrived in Manchester at 9:30 pm where most other restaurants were closing, but service here was still fast and the food was great. They even have a robot waiter to help the staff clear the tables of dishes!

very good roasted duck as it should be tasty and good chinese food gets busy at night but worth the wait

On 23/7, I have been eating in 老地方 for the third time. The quality of food is of a very high standard, The staff are very nice, especially Stephen and William, they are friendly and offer good service to all the customers. Moreover, the price of food is reasonable. Every time when I visit Manchester, I will visit this renowned restaurant! I highly recommend this 老地方 restaurant to you.

The waitstaff were friendly. I did find the roast duck to be a little bit bland but other than that food was okay.

The staff treats you like animals and very noisy environment with TV and radio.

The roast duck is seriously expired and smelly

Good service but food was very expensive for what it was. Wouldn’t recommend the platter as was very small for 3 people.

We've just got back from here. I wanted to say that the food was lovely, it was 12 noon on a wet Monday and it was already packed. It seemed like it was mainly oriental families (which is always a good sign). Will definitely go back. My son whose 20th birthday we were celebrating, loves Chinese food. He said it was one of the best he’d had (trust me he’s had a lot). I have IBS and fried food is a no no for me. I had the steamed dumplings which were full of flavour and not watery like you can get sometimes.

Duck over rice it is!! 😋 amazing. Came back for more deliciousness!!! Pork Chop and rice Cantonese style. And West Lake beef soup!

The food was delicious, really good vegaterian options and lovely service.

Authentic place, super delicious food, fast and attentive service. Again and again.

Ate here after Foo Fighters, as I remember the place from my Uni days. Great food which was served by a robot!!! Great fun!

Chinese cuisine. The food was prepared to 3+. The duck is ok, but the meat in sweet and sour sauce is not so good. A robot drives around the hall and delivers food.

My step mum is a pregnant woman and I came in 1 minute late and they refused to serve me any food for example chips. If you have been pregnant before you understand having serve cravings yet they couldn’t give me any salt and pepper chips even 1 minute after they close even though online they said it was open for another half an hour. There was also people inside the restraunt eating and getting served food at the time.

Superb food. One of the only places open late on a Thursday (why Manchester, is it so difficult to have places open late to eat?). Plenty of veggie options and they'll do something special if you ask (nicely). Absolutely loved the spicy tofu and garlic morning greens.

Awesome food. Been here so many times now. Food is always on point. Service is amazing. Super friendly staff and always so attentive. The food is also ready very quickly. This is now my go to place for Chinese food.

Best meal we've had in a long time. Good service and friendly welcome. The Singapore fried rice and sizzling beef tenderloin in satay sauce was superb 👌 😋

Came here on Friday with my mum for a bite to eat. Never been to China Town or here before. The food was tasty, presentation was lovely and shout out to Johnny who was very pleasant and who meet our needs. The prawns wer great as was the duck. Thank you very much.

Went around 11pm on a Saturday night with my wife. Totally enjoyed the food, service and atmosphere. Busy place, but that only enhanced the experience. Will be back next time we are in Manchester. Open a lot later than any of the other restaurants in Chinatown. Had one of the set menus on offer, quality.

The most satisfying Chinese restaurant in Manchester

Went there, food is ok but bit pricey and the compulsory 10% doesn't help

Busy restaurant, but service and food were excellent.

Went here with elderly mother , wife and daughter … first thing i will say is that as white English people we somehow received different treatment and food to the chinese families dining around us. We were given plates, knives, forks and assuming we were unable to use chopsticks (we can!). Numerous dishes ordered including szuechan seafood which we have eaten many times before elsewhere. When it arrived it was seafood coated in a very very sweet sticky sauce. We spoke to the waiter about how sweet it was and ordinarily it isnt like this, only to be told be the waiter that that is how it is served in a restaurant! Yes, we have eaten in chinese restaurants before!! Eventually the waiter said he would get the chef to redo the meal. When it came back it was around 5 or 6 pieces of seafood with a huge amount of peppers, onions and indiscrimiate vegetables with red hot, thin scalding hot watery sauce poured all over it. Suspect the chef wanted his own back by making it inedible. Unfortunately we didnt complain at the time as 21 year old daughter was treating us a thank you present and she pleaded with us not to make a scene. Plus was forced into paying a £15 service charge. Joke!

Friendly service good food ! Yumz

The Service was good, But the food is not worth the money, Sterile, unbelievable noisy restaurant, Tasteless standard food, Chicken noodles not eatable, "Roast Duck" below average, Quite dissapointing.

I could smell the MSG just when I entered the restaurant. The food was a bit more expensive than other Chinese restaurants nearby. Fried dumplings were not crispy as expected.

The food was overcooked and dry... very slow service

Very good service, generous portions.

Hong Kong style restaurant, delicious dim sum