Bournville Lane Chinese Restaurant and Takeaway in Birmingham

The google page says it's open today until 10pm, but when I went there at 6pm it was all locked up and looking like it hasn't been open for a long time.

Have to agree with previous comment. Lovely family run business with incredible vegan options. The Salt and pepper chips are the best around and they always give good portions. Hoping they re open as soon as possible

I wouldn't give them any stars as I went tonight to get dinner from there. It says on Google maps they are open till 10pm, when I got there by 9pm only to find they are closed. So I had to walk else where to a nearest Chinese take away for my dinner. These are not really desperate for money to live take it off the maps completely

food from here is lovely but the only problem is they are closed a lot ! No idea why

First of all they are such lovely people. Very sad that they are having to close due to the energy crisis! We normally have the vegan mock chicken which is amazing, as are the veggie spring rolls. Hopefully they open again soon because they are great!

Always check google and it says it’s open but the two times I’ve turned up the shutters are down the the lights are off so it’s not open ?

Ordered from here tonight. Order was wrong as we ordered dry noodles not wet. They overcharged us. £36 for 5 items, two of which were spring rolls. The food was luke warm and as we began eating, noticed the sauces the dishes were cooked in were thick and gelatinous. Also there was very little meat in the dishes. We barely ate any if the mains as they were barely edible. We are the spring rolls and 2 hours after eating, me and my partner bith feel unwell with bloated stomaches. Used yo love this place but will never order from here again and would adivse others not to either.

Really delicious food and very friendly people.

Was my first time ordering from this take away and the food was really delicious and the people were very friendly. Would recommend.

Be careful and check the price of your order as was over charged by £10 and I am still waiting for the driver to drop it back to me 40 mins so far !

Ordered 5 dishes all were great quality and quantity this is only the second time we have used this take away so are experimenting with the menus but so far from 2 experiences we are very happy. We have eaten crispy chilli beef, sweet and sour pork, lemon chicken, king prawn fried rice, pork dumplings, and crispy one tons.

food quality is awful very greasy and bad customer service

Friendly staff and good.bfood. I will definitely be going back more often.

Love this place! Does a great crispy salt n chilli "mock chicken", we get it extra crispy. Always super friendly and great price!

Tryed this place and it was beautiful My new fav chinese

Worse yet! Peking soup poor very guppy not very tasty. Sweet n soup sauce like wallpaper paste, poor overall flavour. BBQ Spare ribs not good not were the prawns king po had no taste. Overall very poor meal & a waste of money. My advice is don't use this restaurant!

So, got a takeaway from this place on Friday evening because it was on my way home.... never again. £11.20 For a prawn curry , fried rice and a bag of chips. When I then stated it was expensive I then got more than I paid for.... which was a lecture from the owner/worker there, saying she shops in sainsbury's. Well I will not be returning. As this price was double the price of my local and was not as tasty. In fact the curry was tasteless.

£35 on a Veggie selection which had slobbery pork skewers in it and chicken Schezuan rather than King Prawn. Ordered on Just Eat, arrived at pick-up time to be told not to order on Just Eat because they don't check it. Waited another 15 minutes. Chaotic, expensive and for a Vegetarian - inedible.

Just ordered Singapore chowmein was very tasty but were was the meat only had 4 prawns and hardly any meat had this before and there was a plenty of meat what has happened this time

Beef tasted rotten, after got food poisoning from a different Chinese a week ago I didn't risk it and binned the lot. More expensive than other Chinese takeaway so not impressed at them using rotten beef. Waste of money. Don't recommend at all.

We had our first takeaway from here last night. The food is absolutely gorgeous. Lots of meat in the Curry, very tasty too. The spicy chips my daughter ordered with veg in them were amazing. Definitely will be ordering again soon

If you order curry cost £5,50 they then charge you £2.60 to have it with chips or rice so that's £8.10 for 1 meal not reasonable prices as other Chinese chart around £6.50 - £7.20

Best Chinese I've had for ages tasty and friendly take away service

love this place still after ordering from here for years

Good food. Good.service. well worth a try if your looking through reviews deciding if you should try lol

Amazing massage by a Chinese practitioner and only £19.00 for an hour

Absolutely enjoyed our special chow main and chicken curry. The meat was so tender and tasty and really tasty prawns. Will definitely use this takeaway again.

it actually is only a take away now. food didn't seem to fresh tbh.not to my taste. there ar3 no tables to eat in

Love the food and love the people

Used to be really nice food. Just had chicken in satay sauce which now includes a couple of mushrooms and chopped chillies. No where near as nice as previous. Plus everything was wet.

Standard takeaway nothing special

Very nice. Beautiful. Excellent

Lovely people, excellent service and very tasty food! Having recently moved nearby, we didn't know where to go for a tasty takeaway.. thankfully the restaurant came highly recommended, and quite rightly! Haven't had the full menu yet, but if it is all as good.. hope to accomplish this in no time :-)

Had a few take outs from there now and the food is crazy good and the portions are always pretty big too :)

Overall average food and disappointing. On the plus side the chilli ribs were very good. Unlikely to use again.

Terrible soup lacking meat and any substance! My partner who has an allergy to msg had a mild reaction to it! Rolls and prawns were greasy and unappetizing! Wouldn't order from here again

We ordered a takeaway from here very late and night and were surprised how fast it was delivered. However, the food it's self wasn't very nice and neither of us are very much heifer throwing it away. Wouldn't order again.

Not a brain cell between them Ordered a takeaway, they undercharged me, the nonsense that then pursued over £5 is just ridiculous. I would even go as far to say as they have harrassed me this past 24 hrs, via voice messages and phone calls hilarious. I would have happily paid if I could have eaten the rice and the portions were full portions not mini ones. Idiots. Avoid.

Good quality take away food and service - would go there again! Lots of meat in the rice dishes and volume of food also good.

I have had takeaway meals from here before which were average, but this time I went for a sit down meal with my wife, sister and brother-in-law nd nephew. To make it interesting we opted for one of the set menus for four people as we knew that my nephew would not eat very much. We went at about 5pm on Saturday 29th Aug. Going at this time was a big mistake because a lot of the food we were served was obviously left overs from the previous night. Were asked if we wanted any drinks so I asked for a small Cider but was told that Cider was only served in pints, but that I could share a pint with someone else, so my brother in law said he would share, then my wife asked for a small Lager, again it could only be served in pints so she shared a pint with my sister. When the waitress went to get the drinks I realised why they only served pints, because the drinks came from CANS and were poured out of sight below the counter, about five minutes another of the staff came into the restaurant bearing packs of cans of Cider and lager which she had just popped out and bought from the nearby wholesalers. So onto the food. The starter was Yuk Sum which was a mixture of chopped vegetable matter which looked a bit like brown rice served in a lettuce leaf, and mini crispy Spring Rolls. The Yuk Sum was Ok and the Spring Rolls were nice and crispy and not too bad, but reminded me of the sort you can buy frozen in Farm Foods or Iceland. Then came the main course which consisted of Sweet and Sour Chicken, Char Sui Pork and Beef in Black bean sauce. The chicken came in two styles, firstly as Chicken Balls in Batter with a Sweet and Sour Sauce Dip an also served on a platter as shredded pieces of Chicken in batter covered with the Sauce with chopped red and green peppers and onions and carrots. The Chicken balls when you cut into them were obviously made of reconstituted and reformed chicken again like the sort you buy frozen, but the chicken on the platter was fresh shredded chicken and wasn't too bad. The Beef in black bean sauce was terrible, it was very chewy and rubbery and the flavour was heavily masked by the sauce, and was again served with loads of chopped peppers and onions, and the Char sui Pork was even worse, The meat was grey and black and was hard and tasted like cardboard, It had obviously been cooked more than once, and I would venture to say more than twice and just warmed up and served to us, again it was covered in some kind of sauce and served with peppers onions and beansprouts. It was inedible !! We had also ordered tho portions of chips, the portions were served in small dishes and the chips were obviously frozen chips and had also been cooked more than once, they were quite hard with very little potato in the middle. Like all British people we were too reluctant to complain about the poor quality of the food, but I now wish I had. When I got the bill I was surprised to see that the drinks and the two portions of chips had cost an extra £20 on top of the £12 per head for the set menu. Needless to say we shall never go to this Restaurant again, the only positive thing about our experience was that the waitress was very cheerful and helpful, but the she would be when charging £68 for a load of rubbish like that !!!!

1st time I have used this restaurant, I know you can sit down in the restaurant but I thought I d order a takeaway before we pay a visit for a sit down meal. When I collected the meals the Staff were friendly enough but no customers in the restaurant said it all really. It seemed a bit dark and old fashioned for a chinese restaurant and when I ate the takeaway meal it was very tasteless and not well flavoured. I m afraid a repeat visit is very unlikely.

Calidad.La comida estaba bien caliente.Precio razonable.La entrega siempre es rápido y eficiente.Son en última noche y, de nuevo, la comida estaba caliente, servicio atento pero no es exagerado y el personal muy amable.El único aspecto negativo es que normalmente es bastante frío.En general calidad!

I've just had a takeaway meal which was very tasty and generous portions of chicken. What I find not satisfactory is although I only live in Reaside Crescent (1.7m) they tried to charge me £2.90 delivery, but on their menu it states £1.90 within 3m radius. Only by having a discusion with the manager he said he wouldn't charge me the full £2.90 as a one off, then the driver also tried to charge me £2.90, totally dis-gracefull. summing up :- Food - very tasty + honest portions. Managment - very dis-tastefull + dis-honest (NOT SATISFACTORY). I would love to use this place as my regular Chinese takeaway but for reasons above I can't!

Ordered takeaway. Chicken curry tasted fishy and the chicken was really slimy and rubbery. Disgusting, couldn't eat it.

I went here with my best budgie, the food is outstanding, I had the full bosh, budgie had small bosh, we and ate the lot. I needed a wheelbarrow to get me back home. Top restaurant, I'd highly recommend eating here and giving it the super boost. A++++

Pedimos comida para llevar de esta china mientras viajábamos por después de leer los comentarios en Tripadvisor. Pedimos varios platos para compartir y todos eran de un alto nivel y sabroso.

Consistently good Chinese. I've only ever ordered takeaway from here but meals are always good. Staff are very friendly and prices are reasonable.

Being so close to the students in Selly Oak there is a huge choice of Chinese restaurants around, but having tried many we have definitely found our favourite. I wouldn't choose to eat in but the take away is delicious. I particularly hate it when the dishes are greasy so I love their meals; always perfectly flavoured but without the accompanying oiliness that you often get with Chinese takeaways. We have yet to be disappointed by anything we've ordered :)

Paper peeling off the walks, cobwebs! Need a damn good clean, regretted ordering the moment I sat down to wait for my take outShame as it's my local but food was below average and if that's how the restaurant is I don't want to see the kitchen

chicken undercooked, sweet and sour souse was just sour too much vinegar, egg fried rice was hard to find any eggs inside. terrible

Great place, went with a large group and ordered the all you can eat menu. The food was ace, especially the starters which I had a lot of!

If the Cantonese Express accepted debit cards I wouldn't use Bournville Lane. Second best choice in this area so not too bad.

I only ever order chinese food from Bournville Lane Chinese. The staff are polite and helpful on the phone and the food always arrives within the specified and time. I am a vegetarian and my fella is a meat eat eater but the menu has enough options to suit both tastes. A double thumbs up from me :)

I always order food for delivery. The staff are polite and helpful on the phone, delivery is within specified time and the food is excellent. I am a vegetarian and my fella is a meat eater and there is plenty of food on the menu to suit both tastes. This is the only chinese takeout I use!!

This is my absolute favourite Chinese restaurant with great food and very friendly, attentive staff. My family has been using this place for about eight or nine years and we have never had a bad meal or experience. On the contrary, it has always been a thoroughly good time. It has an extensive choice and the buffet menu is exceptional. The food is cooked fresh and is not left hanging around on heated trays like in the majority of buffet meals.I recently celebrated a significant birthday there with my husband, children and grandchildren. The staff could not have been more friendly or helpful. They let my son and daughter-in-law get there early and allowed them to decorate around our table with banners and balloons, even helping them put them up. Katherine and Leo, who are the owners, even gave me a bottle of wine on the house in honour of my birthday. Their son, Rico, is equally as friendly and polite. They always take an interest and come to say hello whenever we eat there.It is small and intimate, probably in need of a spruce up with the decor, but I cannot recommend this venue highly enough.

Popped in to try our local Chinese and unfortunately it was our first and last visit. Choice was fine. Service was five but sitting down to wait at one of the many empty tables for our take out u start to notice the wallpaper peeling off the walls. Cobwebs everywhere. Thick layers of dust and grime below the dining table. Eurgh

Been before and it was excellent - however ordered delivery yesterday and the chicken was disgusting almost no chicken - all fat. It was so foul we couldn't finish it. They seem to have gone down hill badly. Real shame...

This is a family-run restaurant and takeaway. The decor is quite dated but don't let that put you off, the food is where it shines. The menu is very expensive and great value for money, it's my favourite Chinese takeaway and has become my regular. It's also just a short walk from Cadbury's World so is a good place to stop and try if you're in the area and need something to eat.The staff are also very friendly.

The food is good and cheap, can't ask for much more from a takeaway I guess.

Very extensive menu and, most importantly, great food. Very tasty and above the norm. Prices are quite cheap although the décor could do with a refresh. Licensed. [Ignore the photo on Google: this place used to be Mangos - Caribbean cuisine - but that was 8 years ago!]

I found the restaurant when I was visiting Cadbury’s World just down the road. We were looking for a good Chinese restaurant to eat at and this was the closest. The food was really nice and the staff were friendly. Would recommend it to anyone visiting Cadbury’s World or the area.

Regular on weekends and the food is great. Easily my favourite Chinese takeaway. The restaurant has friendly staff and reasonable prices to top it all off.