Canton Chef in Nottingham

Special fried rice gave us food poisoning ;(

10/10 Generous portions, fast service, friendly customer service. - amazing food too

To be honest, the price is cheap, but the taste is not very good. The locals should be happy eating it, but it is not the taste of Chinese people.

came to get takeaway from here with my partner this evening, the guy serving was so friendly and even gave us some free fortune cookies after we placed our order. it was ready to take away within 15 mins. the food was absolutely amazing, they put loads of meat in and even gave us some free spring rolls too! this is definitely our new favourite chinese spot.

The food is always piping hot, and is really good value for your money! And the family who run the place are always so nice. Delicious food at a good price, which is why we always go back and won’t go anywhere else!

I have been going to Canto ln Chef ever since it opened some 24/25 years ago. The food has always tasted amazing and the value for money is also great. What is also amazing is that the menu has always been extensive and has grown over that time period too. Some things have changed over time, not for better or worse just different. One of the only places to do crispy shredded chicken, and the sauce it is cooked in has evolved over time from one with a hoisin plum type flavour to slightly more sweet and sour style. Both taste great. I have moved several times since I first visited but even now the 30 mile round trip is worth it in my books Long may "The Chef" continue

I HAVE USED CANTON MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS, I PLACED A ORDER TODAY FOR ME AND MY NEIGHBOUR THEY MISSED PART OF THE ORDER SO I PHONED UP AND THEN THEY SENT THE SAME PART OF THE ORDER I ALLREADY HAD,SO I PHONED BACK AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW,I SHOWED THE DELIVERY DRIVER WHAT WAS MISSING AND HE SAID HE WOULD TELL THEM ,BUT WHEN I PHONED THEY DIDN'T CARE AND WOULDN'T HELP, SO I WILL NOT USE THEM AGAIN

Love this place . Food is lovely and staff brilliant and very friendly

We ordered food tonight I got the crispy shredded chicken with chilli and Garlic, nasi Goreng, chips and curry sauce it was absolutely incredible, Probably the best Chinese I’ve ever had. We got free chicken wings and spring rolls which were 10/10. The portions are massive too will probably be eating for days 😭 cannot recommend enough!

Food came fast was hot and amazing the free spring rolls and wings were so good everyone is happy love this place will be ordering again💖

by far the best chinese takeaway in notts!!! person on the phone and person who delivered our food were so nice. 10/10 honestly would recommend to everyone. even got free food and drinks with our order!

I cant say enough good about this place, everything is awesome in my opinion. Food, price, service, staff....did I mention the food is really really nice? I don't want to ever move out of delivery distance!

Lovely food, really big portions. Quick service and lovely staff! Even gave us some free spring rolls with our dinner! Will be coming again :)

Great food last 6 orders.large portions tasty clean and hot.what more can you ask its a ten from len.& gaza,liked the Duck.

I went back to Canton Chef and the Yuk Sung was not as good. I also had the king prawn Kung po which was not very good, a lot of chunky carrots

Very good delivery time. Food was lovely and we'll 100% re- order from this business. 👍🏻👏

A good Chinese takeaway. Variety of options. Pocket friendly prices. The only problem with this place is they accept only cash.

We order from here regularly. We would highly recommend Canton Chef. The portions are plentiful and well priced. Delivery is timely and we’ve never had any issues with the quality of the food. I don’t often leave reviews but Canton Chef deserves a good one ◡̈ thank you all at Canton Chef for some lovely dinners.

I’ve been coming here for probably 10 years now and it’s perfect every time.

Excellent service and delicious food

The food, absolutely terrible. My family were spending new years all together and because of this we ordered takeaway. Somebody recommended canton chef because they had saw good reviews on Facebook and because recently 'tins' had retired. When we had received our order (spent about 27 pounds) the wonton soup DRIPPED DOWN LIKE SLIME, it was also severely oversalted AND IT TASTED DISGUSTING AND ABOVE ALL THAT IT WAS GREASY!!. THAT'S NOT EVEN THE WORST PART, the worst part of our whole order (except for the wonton) were the vegetable spring rolls! They tasted store bought and were wet! The vegetables inside were undercooked, we ordered the mini and the Cantonese style ones and both were terrible. Everything else was severely oversalted, undercooked and belonged in the trash. We waisted good money on this restaurant and we were disappointed we threw everything in the trash because it was uneatable, i don't understand how people could recommend something this vile. Find a different restaurant to spend your money on, this one is not worth it. Somebody should send somebody over there to check their stations, this is a health hazard. DO NOT RECOMMEND

Yesterday, I made a large order to this takeaway because on the first day of December my family and I decorate the Christmas tree as a tradition. With everyone in attendance, we decided to order out and my sister recommend this restaurant. We made a large order, so I made sure to ask the takeaway to repeat it back to me a few times via the phone to ensure everything was noted down correctly. Upon delivery, they failed to include a few items. As a result, we rang them to kindly let them know we’d not received those items we paid for, the cashier then dismissed us, the same person answered the phone upon second call to pretend to not speak English after she spoke to us previously. After this, she dismissed us, spoke rudely and said she would get her daughter to call us back as she is only the chef… she later noted it wasn’t put on the order after being confirmed it previously, because as I said I made the gentlemen repeat the order back to me multiple times to ensure everything was perfect and correct. They failed to fulfil the order then tried to give us multiple bags of prawn crackers in the box in replacement of items we paid for. These include crispy beef, egg fried rice, prawn toast and more. As a family, we will not be dining with them again due to their dishonesty and bad intent. I have left this review to inform others about how they have acted and let us others know so they know not to act in such a way again.

Best Chinese by far. Never had a bad takeaway from here.

Good food, Large portions (they arent kidding when they say their containers are 20% larger than standard), food was Hot when i got it home after a 20 min walk, they were polite when dealing with my request to swap an item out from one of their set meals. My only negative is that I didnt like the batter on their chicken balls, but thats just personal taste as my partner liked them. Definetly ordering again!

Hated it - ordered chicken chow mein and spare ribs. The chow mein had no flavour or seasoning and the chicken was so white. The spare ribs sauce was thick like jelly and the ribs were more like belly pork. I called Canton as soon as I got my order to state I was not happy. He gave me a refund two hours later but asked for the food back! I gave the half eaten contents back to him in the containers so it will be heated up I'm sure and coming to you soon!

Tried this place last week after giving it a miss for a while, nothings changed it was rubbish, won't be going again.

I am currently in the qmc hospital across the road and ordered myself a Chinese for a treat. I ordered chicken sweet and sour Cantonese style,egg fried rice and yung chow chow mein. It was nice and warm however the chicken sweet and sour was unlike anything I’ve ever tasted from a takeaway, there was barely any sauce (no dipping!!!) and the chicken itself was a yellow battered chicken breast sliced into strips, very much like a battered chicken fillet you would buy from the supermarket. Becuase of this the coating was extremely soggy:( this is such a shame as there was a lot of meat in there. Please correct the ratio and use normal battered chicken chunks it will be perfect. The yung chow chow mein was good quality and the meat was neither rubbery or gelatinous however needs more flavouring as it was slightly bland! The egg fried rice was lovely and hot however once again slightly bland! No where near the worst tasting Chinese ive had but below average:/ I’m sorry canton chef!!!

first time buyer excellent service speedy delivery and the food was lush will be ordering again

Very good and local food all cooked to standards.

I've been going to this place since 2005....and honestly it's the best take away in Nottingham. Although I've always travelled to it...it's always worth it... If you're a veggie like me the Cantonese sweet and sour mock chicken is fabulous...Yes this was truly a delicious mouth watering Christmas Eve treat..

DON'T trust the advertised closing time of 11:30pm. If they aren't busy they will shut early. VERY annoying if you are looking for a meal. I've often passed by at 11:10 or 11:15 and the place is all in darkness.

We have had takeaways from Canton chef for many years. Absolutely lovely food. The service is excellent.

Worst place ever , they gave us the wrong order after waiting one hour. Don't waste your time

Ordered a vegetarian chow mein but it came with shrimp and chicken

The food is very tasty especially some of their non veg curry flavours are mouth watering . I slowly became a regular customer for them. I would say, its a touch expensive for students.

Had to wait a little longer than told but the food was amazing

It's very good and cheap as well

Canton Chef is our go-to takeaway. We have ordered so many meals here and we are always pleased with the quality, portion sizes and taste (if you're going for something crispy, best to ask for the sauce to be separate).

Yummy food! Seems a good English Chinese takeaway! The lady on the phone was a delight to ^^

Food is excellent, very good delivery times. Highly recommend

July 2020 - OPEN! UPDATED Original review: Great food, good prices... As mentioned before, don't be put off by the looks of the place, it is only a takeaway. Update: Okay, so we've been going here for a few years now and, as can be expected, the prices have risen a little (by pennies), the roads gotten busier and it can be hard to park right out front. Given all that, it's still our number one Chinese takeaway - and I would literally drive to one twenty minutes away if it was better. Thankfully, I don't need to. What keeps us coming back every week, and sometimes twice? The CONSISTENTLY high-quality food, and friendly service.

Cheap and fast service. Food is decent.

lovely food for the price and quick delivery, however i rang up prior to ordering to confirm that a meatless dish was vegan, only to find small traces of meat in it, assumably due to cross contamination

Local for me and the best around. Good prices and tasty food

Just had a takeaway from Canton chef and can honestly say the meat if thats what you call it was awful it was tasteless soggy processed chicken definitely will not order from here again.

Best chinese take away in nottingham

Always a good take away from here with decent service

Lovely food and great service, generous servings will definitely be ordering again

Food is tasty great service and very valued for money x

Would give 5 stars if I didn't feel really poorly after eating here

Food is very nice but i had a very bad customer service experience. I ordered some food which never turned up the driver rang me and i answered but then they immediately put the phone down tried to ring back and he blocked my number then my friend tried off her phone and it rang. Rang the store and driver several times no answer! I rang the store the following day and explained this to the woman who then said the store closed and the guy was off duty at 23:30 but the delivery driver rang me at 23:36 so was still on duty the woman was then very rude and ignorant who then started speaking to collegaues and arguing whilst i was on the phone and didnt apologise for any of this incident. Bad customer service and used all possible tricks to get out of a sitaution that was their fault.

Tasty food. Good and friendly service. Food cooked very well xx

best Chinese takeaway ,,,,,,,,, great food .. love the curry dishes

Good food and prices. Would recommend

Good portion sizes and nice Chinese takeaway

Food sub standard doze not taste not looks the same every time you go to get food stop going

So so disgusted by the attitude by the woman on the phone!!!! She got our order wrong!!!! But tried to make out it was our fault!!!! Been using them for around 14 years never again, please don’t ever order food from these dimwits!!!!

Excellent food, very quick delivery, quality chef with many years experience,must try

Good cheap Chinese food. Takeaway only

Best Chinese takeaway by far! Amazing service especially if you order over phone . Got everything I asked for , high quality food and enjoyed by everyone ! The building looks a bit but rough don't let that fool you , it's still amazing

Lovely food salt and pepper chips are beautiful . Plenty of meat in the food 👍👍👍

great delivery service, very cheap prices for quite good quality food

I wish I could give them less than one star. They are very arrogant. They would not even accept their mistake nor offer to refund or replace the dish. Very unhygienic. Found hair in the food.

Walked a 20 min round trip to collect. Chicken chow mein: No proper bits of chicken, just cheap low-quality pre-frozen strips, also asked for no beansprouts twice and the lady who took the order said 'yes' but when I got home and it was half beansprouts. Curry sauce looked strange and the egg fried rice was average. Most of it went in the bin, waste of time and money, will definitely not order from here again.

I had a pretty good experience. I rang and the call went right through, to the cashier on the line who was very pleasant and friendly and didn't hurry me on the phone. I ordered the student offer - egg friend rice and shredded crispy beef and it tastes pretty good, like what i've had at other chinese takeouts. Delivery was supposed to be 45 minutes, came in about 20.

Ordered 2 fillet steaks,terrible tough and chewy,ordered portion of onion rings and got a box of fried onions will not be getting my custom again total waste of 20 quid

This place doesn't deserve any stars but you have to put 1 star in to comment, the phone line is always busy and if they get your order correct you will be very lucky, very disappointed in this take away

Not even open today like it says on website been ring for 40 mins it's a joke

26/02/2016 One of the best Chinese takeaways I've had in a while! Don't be put off by interior/exterior. Had the nasigoreng ( Singapore fried rice) curry sauce and house special chow mein. Tasty, top quality meat and enjoyed by all.

Great food, but slow service however its worth the wait.

Good taste with value for money