Cathay Cuisine in Glasgow City

Absolutamente RANK!!! ¡No malgastes tu dinero! ¡Nunca pediré desde aquí otra vez! ¡Es inaceptable en esta época repartir comida así!

From ordering via just eat to delivery, we waited two hours for food to arrive. We received a notification 45 minutes after ordering to say food was on the way. This restaurant is less than 15 minutes away. We then received another notification to say the food had been delivered 40 minutes after that. It hadn't, so we called the restaurant who told us it would arrive soon. The order arrived 20 minutes after this, all understandably cold, having been driven around for an hour. If the food had been hot or even warm, some of it would have been great. - the jack Daniels beef has great flavour but as it was thin shredded and deep fried it was incredibly chewy and inedible. The beef curry and rice roll has good flavour but again was cold. We ordered two different flavours (chicken satay and char sui pork) of steamed buns at £6.90 each. Naively we thought we'd either get a large steamed bun or a couple of small steamed buns for this price however we received one small steamed bun per portion that were cold, both of the same indeterminate flavour and no one could convince me they weren't the frozen microwave itsu buns you can buy 6 for £5 from Asda. We also ordered a Chinese chicken satay pizza. We did not expect to receive a cheap store bought pizza, battered and deep fried and then have some chicken satay placed on top. If you're selling a pizza crunch with satay on the top that is fine but you should advertise it this way, and not as a chicken satay pizza. We were seriously misled and disappointed. Would also not recommend the salt and chilli chicken ball and chips spice bag. Only three chicken balls in it and no salt and chilli flavour to any of it. A big order as I had people over but it was overall very disappointing. Big shame as the menu had so much potential.

Food is ok but order home delivery at your peril. It took 1 hour 20 mins to deliver the food had cooled. It needed microwaved. Chips not great because of this. Poor show

There must have been a recent change of ownership. This place used to be called Eastern Legend so been order for many decades and whenever it became Cathay Cuisine it actually got better. However recently the customer service is a disgrace. The guy on the phone is rude and good luck getting him to understand if you are from Glasgow. Like trying to draw blood from a stone. The food came but the salt and chilli chips went in the bin having been tasted by 3 people and all agreed it was covered in black pepper or worse. Avoid as of November 2024 and that's coming from someone who has ordered from here for over 20 years going back to Eastern Legend. Disgusting and will never order again from here.

If I could I would give 0 stars waited nearly two hours for our order for it just not to show up what a disgrace !! Absolute Joke of a takeaway!! Will be at your door tomorrow for OUR REFUND !!

The foods not the same because its closed and foods coming from another branch. Check out Just Eat no collection available only delivery

Updated April '24. This was our favourite Chinese takeaway for years, had a 5 star rating on here to back that up, but not any more. First time ordering this year and the food was terrible. Delivery took well over an hour, food was stone cold on arrival. Salt & chilli chicken was fatty, stringy and the supposed lightly crisped batter was thick and soggy. Spring rolls were swimming in cold, congealing oil, chips were cold and spoiled, rice was stale and tasteless. Chicken & char siu pork dish was drier than a sandal, and less tasty. They have either changed ownership or replaced all of their kitchen staff. The (lack of) quality of ingredients was clearly a big factor in just how poor this was.The poor quality of food was simply unrecognisable when compared to last year. Prices have gone way up, quality has gone way down. Go elsewhere, not worth anyone paying for this rubbish!

Delivery was an hour late after 2 calls to the restaurant each time being promised it was on it’s way. When did you stop adding gravy to the chicken fried rice? It was so dry it was inedible and tasteless. Other dish ordered was awful as well, I used to love this place, never ordering again.

Got a delivery tonight absolutely disgusting no way of contacting them , never again my daughter has just been sick

Food was amazing fast delivery and top quality will be using this chinese from now on

Just eat won’t let me review, £47 spent, absolutely vile food delivered. Yep. Robbed of every penny. Disgusting

Absolutely guff! I don’t know how they get away with it? I’ve not been in years and since “the fifteenth” moved away I thought I’d give it a go again! I should have kept my money, bland boring food, place is a dump too. I’ll have a slice of toast next time

Amazing food, all staff enjoyed, had a superb day, Thank you to all the wonderful staff who prepared the food 😀

Food is ok..but could be improved upon.

Food is good but the people on the phone are clueless saying things aren’t on the menu yet I order that thing every week, constantly asking to repeat things if it’s too loud then move away from the noise use your Brains

Wanted to try but it’s cash only, despite it not being 1987.

My boyfriend and I get a Chinese quite a lot from Cathay Cuisine. We honestly couldn’t fault it at all. From the lovely lovely staff, immaculate shop, and amazing food! We look forward to our Chinese always. Thank you so much guys!

Another tasty meal and great value.

I ordered sweet and sour chicken balls in batter, the batter was doughy, and thi sauce was so thin as to be almost tasteles. Not impressed. I have used them before, their meals were usually a decent standard, but not this time

The best salt and chilli aubergine in the whole of Glasgow, maybe even the whole world

Use it all the time. Best takeaway in the area.

My girlfriends mum thought she'd treat us with a takeout, something we hardly do so we were all throughly looking forward to it. The delivery arrived 5 minutes early so I can't fault that part of the meal in any way. But thats where the positives end. The prawn toast we got was simultaneously soggy and burnt, a throughly disgusting combination that was not helped by the complete lack of flavour. The prawn fried noodles were badly cooked prawns inside bland, deep fried nests of noodles that weren't even so much as salted let alone flavoured in any way, all onto a soggy pile of chips. Finally and worst of all were the dumplings, we got the mixed so not quite sure what the all were, the first ones were okay but the 'meatball'(?) Dumplings were completely raw, we couldn't eat any more of the food after we saw them as we were all digusted. They must have been cooked for all of 5 seconds as they were fully pink inside. The hot and sour soup was okay. I would recommend looking somewhere else to find dinner.

Probably the worse Chinese I've ever experienced. Ordered from them at 1900. At 2100 they tell us they've only just started to prepare our order! Over an hour later still, no order has arrived!

Just got a delivery and was disgusting ,,cold gloop for curry sauce !!!

Meals have gone downhill recently. Probably won't go back.

Meal was awful ,ribs were tough with very little sauce ,meat in the chow mein was dry the sauce that came with it was thick and lumpy ,fried egg was hard dirty looking ,as if cooked in a duty pan , definitely won't be going back

Was greeted with warm friendly smile...The food was/is lovely

The curry is burnt but good delivery

Just had the worst Chinese I've EVER tasted! Congealed curry sauce and tasteless Chicken. Salt n Chilli chips, poor taste, small portion and cold. Never again.

Ordered orange chicken and wow disgusting no orange flavour just bland worst Chinese I've had in years

Their sweet and sour chicken balls with fried rice is top notch, a wee bit dearer than others but very good portions, nice to watch the staff working in the kitchen in this takeaway...

Hit or miss with the standard here

they cross contaminated food for vegatarian and gave spicy chicken in veg noodles and when told i just got a whole load of attitude and when asked for owners contact details phone put down and refund issued no sorry just aggression for girl on phone

The tempura was extremely soggy and inedible. I'd take it off menu as doesn't travel well, alt try a foil container.

Love this place. Great tasting food as always but £4.20 for only 6 pieces of vegetable pakora is ridiculous!

Salt and chilli chips to die for. Not my usual Chinese and I always find it hard to find one that lives upto my usual when it is closed. However, this is definitely a good contender.

Chicken satay tasted good but the chicken, whilst cooked, was inconsistent in temperature. Simply not warm enough. Had no issue with the curry.

Technically can't review it as it's still not here. We ordered at 7.38 it's now 9.42 no joke. Over two hours. Supposed to deliver by 8.50. Phoned repeatedly and it's 'with the driver'. Presumably he's scranned it. The restaurant have confirmed on JustEat that they've delivered and I've had an email through to review the food. I hope 'invisible' suffices. If they'd have been straight up with how long this would've taken we would never have ordered. There's no rage quite like pure starvin on a Saturday night in rage. Never again.

More than two hours since ordering and still no food. We called and were promised 20 minutes after waiting an hour and a half. Last time we ordered over the phone they made a mess of it AND we ended getting stung. We',ve been regular customers of this place for years but will NEVER use them again.

I never even got my damn food to really review because I had to wait for 2hours...2hours. I've never experienced incompetence at this level before.

I asked for one thing: "Your note: Could I have the chicken chopped curry withi no onions please, thank you." I got a curry full of onions which when removed was 3/4 of the curry, I will NEVER order from here again. Horrible slow service who won't read instruction even when politely put.

Great food and on time. Will definitely order again :)

First time I have ordered from here. Really enjoyed the meal. Will definitely be ordering again. Great portions too.

Top quality, value for money and arrived very fast. Great restraunt highly recommend it.

Tasty food, delivered within time, would order again

Amazing chilli and salt onion rings

1 hour 45 minutes on a Tuesday night. Called them after 1 hour 20mins and they said the driver left 10 minutes ago. 25 miuns later he appeared so if had left 35 minutes before getting to my door. Food was very poor quality and very disappointing. First order and last order. Avoid.

Beef was rubbery and curry didn't resemble a massaman as I know it. Chips were fine, has put me off the restaurant.

A great chinese/thai/japanese takeaway

Lovely food, loved the dim sum.

First time ordering from here and it was a bit disappointing. The mushroom curry was ok but the curry sauce was very greasy and separated. The rice and chips seemed a bit stale and one of the vegetable spring rolls tasted mouldy.

Excellent food delivered quickly and piping hot.First time ordering and would definitely use again.

Never fails, customer for life. :)

I re-ordered to the wrong address, they driver was nice about it and went out of his way to bring me my dinner

By far the best Chinese on the south side; quick delivery, never get an order wrong, and the food is delicious.

We have used this restaurant many times and it never disappoints. Meals are always delicious, hot and fresh. Delivery times are also great, pretty sure my last order was in within 20-25 mins. Definitely one of our favourites!

I always order from here. Service and food great. I had a relative staying once who has quite specific dietary needs and they catered for that. Their vegetarian options are extensive also. Would highly recommend.

Impressed as always, food arrived early with special requests all taken care of :)

The food was absolutely amazing- Singapore fried rice was so tasty and massive portion pumped full of huge prawns. The hubby had some special ....he loved it. I tasted the sweetcorn & chicken soup and it was amazing. Will 100% order again!

Food excellent as always thanks

Brilliant quality of food, always piping hot and well wrapped! Estimated to arrive at 20:50 and it arrive at 20:15, fantastic. Really great service, will continue to order food!

Started to think I perhaps didn't like Chinese food as I hadn't found a takeaway I liked in years! However, that all changed tonight! Beautiful food, really impressive menu and everything tasted so fresh. Definitely will use again.

You didn't read my note: NO ONIONS IN NOIDLES!

Really disappointing meal after 2 recent good experiences. Soggy, tasteless food, along with very poor quality pakora. Very disappointing. Arrived early though.

My chicken satay was chicken and curry sauce, the fish was so greasy we couldn't eat it and the salt n chili chips were so soggy and tasteless, so disappointed by this order.

Deep fried garlic chilli chicken is to die for! Sweet and Sour chicken nice....4.5/5. Just not crispy enough though. Singapore noodles nice except for the spam!

Really good, fresh, tasty food! Never disappointed!

Waited over an hour for my order when it eventually appeared order was completely wrong tried to call they did not understand that I had been delivered was incorrect have ordered from.here before and never had a problem will not be using again

Ordered salt and chilli chicken and it's nothing like salt and chilli chicken. Phoned up to complain and they said that's just their style, even though it had no chilli's at all.

Arrived promptly, hot and tasty, good portions

Food on time. Order went thru fine. Ribs not as nice as they used to be, curry different. Not its usual 100%

Great selection- love the kids portion option. Would use again. Delivery did take an hour though.

you are always guaranteed and great meal

Bland. Boring. Disappointment. No flavour at all and was cold upon arrival, which was the plus side because it was only 15 mins.

As always food was great, excellent value for what we got, delivery was within half an hour and the driver was a friendly guy, top marks Cathay Cuisine, cheers 👍🏼

Meals were perfect but the rice was stodgy and sticky . Put me off ordering again

My pakora was the size of a 2 pound coin 😂 honestly don't order from here go somewhere else! Wish I could upload a picture it's a joke 😂

Always order from here always on time fresh hot and lovely delivery drivers.

The food was really good as it has been before when we've ordered, but we waited for nearly 2 hours for it to arrive last night. I appreciate under-staffing happens but when I called for an update 80 mins after ordering I was given no explanation but was just told that our meal was being cooked and would be another 10-15 minutes (it was actually another 35 minutes). Will order from another branch next time.

I found the barbecue gravy was really runny wasn't too nice

Excellent food and quickly delivered 😊

Had to cancel order after waiting almost two hours (and still no sign of food arriving). Phoned restaurant three times and asked where order was and each time they said on its way. They said they'd give me refund so will be interested to see if they actually do.

Decent quality selection of dishes delivered very quickly

The chips and box were moist and soggy, and not as crispy as I thought they would be

Food was warm. Not roasting, probably due to the late notice, however still rather warm. Delivery was extremely quick. Would order again, probably at an earlier time.

1 hr 20 minutes waited for this to come should have just went to collect but thought I'd try it. Had to phone twice.

Ordered mixed seafood red Thai curry. Because I usually love this was prepared to pay £9. No coconut in sight very little seafood hot and bland. Quite disappointefd, feel very ripped off!

Great quality, lovely dim sum dumplings, smashing soup, lovely food.

As always, exceptional food and the delivery was incredibly quick!

We were disappointed with our order. The food was cold and tasteless. Also we left a note for the driver not to press the buzzer as our baby was sleeping, he pressed the buzzer and when I said to him he was completely unapologetic. I don't think we will be ordering from here again.

Really tasty could have done with a few more Prawns for the cost. Special fried rice was quite small too.

Good all round experience, really happy with the quality of the food

Salt and pepper chicken was lovely

Glad I decided to order from here instead of my usual shop on Kilmarnock Road. Was absolutely superb. This shop will definitely be my main shop from now on. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

I ordered my meal to be delivered at 6.40 as I had guests coming and it arrived at 6.10 10 minutes after I ordered it. It was then cold and the chips were ruined by the time my guests arrived.

Delivery driver was brilliant! Thank you.

chicken curry is rotten, chicken is like fake or cheap chicken. will not order again. the delivery time has always been good.

Food was brilliant, delivery really quickly

Waited over 95mins for our food when it advised at order placement it would be delivered in 45mins ... Food was cold & tasteless really disappointed as have tried the other branch in Shawlands and we're hoping for the same standard would not recommend it won't be visiting again

Food was cold ,curry sauce was thick paste it was that cold,no free prawn crackers .robbed blind worst takeaway ever !!