Cherry Valley in Huntingdonshire

Gone up a bit but no problem portions a bit smaller not enough sauce on mains

This restaurant has no concept of the importance of allergies. I have an allergy to molluscs and the waitress didn’t know what that meant. Subsequently I could not have a single starter as everything is fried in the same oil as the squid; no alternative options were offered. Crispy duck no it’s fried. When I asked what I could eat she didn’t know finally we managed to find a main course I could eat. My friend who is vegetarian was delivered a meat dish. My friends, who could have starters, plates were left on the table when the main courses arrived.

Don't order Spar Ribs. had these as part of takeaway. of the several pieces only one had a "Rib" the rest was tough pieses of pig mainly just the skin and fat. The crispy duck was okay but will not go back.

Booked a table for 7.30 ordered the starters came 15 minutes later ok . Ask for spear ribs half hour later still not arrived.the service was so slow lost the will to live .

I travel from March to St Ives for chinese regularly. Always use another takeaway but they was closed on the Monday. Came here with my usual order which was more than 30% more expensive. Portions allot smaller. Food was Bland and tasteless. Every person in my household got a belly ache. Terrible food. Never again. Big waste of money. Never, ever again! Would think being a sit down restaraunt and more expensive that it would be higher quality. Well I guess not.

Got a takeaway from here and it was the most vile food I have ever eaten My partner got food poisoning Every thing was greasy Chicken was very dry I wouldn’t eat her unless u want food posing

I loved the service from my waiter, young boy earlier this day, he was very polite and excellent. Very glad. You have excellent staff.

********Much better than Dragonboat**** Got a take away from here. Fair enough prices , Very quick delivery and friendly customer service and to top it off the food was really nice and tasty. Best Chinese I've had in a while. Much better than dragon boat . Recommended

A large group of us went for my friends birthday. We had the "All you can eat" buffet, which is not really a buffet. They bring it out to you. The food was excellent and they made sure we had plenty. Its also very good value for money. The staff were really friendly and accommodating. They even bought my friend a mini birthday cake at the end of our meal. Highly recommend. Will be visiting again.

Lovely food , huge portions , friendly staff. Have been going for years ! Good value for money !

My partner and I have enjoyed coming to Cherry Valley for many years now. We moved to Northamptonshire six years ago but still make the trip to St Ives because we love the food, the service and the whole team there - it's a fantastic restaurant which we are lucky we found!!

Worst Chinese I’ve ever had. Poor portions and the food looked like it had been left out for days. I felt unwell as soon as we’d eaten the appetisers. Service nonexistent! Don’t waste your money!

What an amazing little gem of a place, staff friendly and polite, service was spot on and food was amazing, we will be back very soon.

Excellent food when sitting in or taking away. Staff always very friendly and attentive.

Staff are 5 star. So attentive and friendly. So much food. All hot and tasty.

Food is amazing and reasonably priced. A friendly service every time.

Takeaway food is lacklustre and mediocre. There are much better takeaways closer by. Fortune dragon and dragon boat are better. Imo staff are more concerned with the diners indoors paying for the buffet. Orders occasionally wrong and food is just okay. I would say overrated and reviews distorted due to it being a restaurant also. Also rather small menu by comparison to other takeaways close by.

The food is absolutely Devine! The service was quick and with a smile. Very warm and welcoming atmosphere, I will definitely be a returning costumer. I highly highly recommend this restaurant.

We went here for my friends birthday. The food was so yummy and fresh, the best Chinese I've had! I liked how you could ask for more of each item, we had a starter mixed plater and it was so tasty. It was nice to try new things which I wouldn't normally order. At the end they came over with a muffin with a candle in singing happy birthday to my friend, it made her night! I will be returning, I highly recommend!

Had two visits here now, first was very good as in the service, friendliness and relaxed atmosphere. The food seemed very good value and of good quality. Our second visit was not so good, they were very busy, especially with takeaways, food quality and presentation wasn’t so good at all. Not all the food was hot and although staff were friendly etc, service was very slow. It was also very cold in there. The main thing for me - I didn’t feel that well afterwards, for a few days. We sadly wouldn’t return.

Fantastic service, absolutely delicious food. We felt welcomed and looked after. Every single dish was a banger. Thank you so much

Brilliant food no problem with anything very nice staff and food

Bean curd with green pepper and black bean sauce was inedible and ended up in the bin. The beef curry was extremely salty, but edible. The chips were cold and greasy, clearly not cooked to order.

Takeaway was largely inedible... ended up in the bin. Did not respond when sent an email. Just a waste of money.

Great value for money all you can eat £24. Staff friendly. Definitely go again.

Mimi had amazing customer service. She was so kind and informative. The food was very tasty and brilliant portions especially for the price. Will definitely be back!

We have ordered salt and chilli it was very dry ,chilly salt chicken was ok … prawn toast not good, will not order again .

Fantastic food, definately the best chinese in the area! I was there with a group of 7 and it was great that there was a seperate area upstairs for larger groups. The food all came out hot and delicious. There was a great range of food to choose from, I particularly enjoyed the chicken and cashew in yellow bean sauce and the prawn curry. Service and atmosphere was great, I really dont have anything bad I could say about this place! I will definately be coming back!

The food was beautiful, so yummy, left incredibly full & satisfied! Will definitely Be back!

Great food, good price, recommended.

We had the buffet. A couple of the dishes were too salty for me, but mostly good food. The service was excellent. Good value for money.

I was absolutely disgusted by the quality of the duck and sesame seed toast should’ve been called soggy duck, not crispy and soggy seeds not toasted spent £40 on an order and gave half of it to my dog and even he looked a bit dissatisfied and all they could say was sorry no refund or a reorder. Just sorry !!! on a good note. Quick delivery food was still hot prawn crackers were delicious

Booked a table at the last minute and had to wait half an hour but have to say it was well worth the wait. They understood that my daughter had severe allergies and were careful to advise on what she could and could not eat. All the dishes we ordered were hot, delicious and we ate the whole lot. Probably should have ordered another couple of dishes. We had noodles, rice, chicken, pork, beef and duck. Totally yum!

Lovely Chinese restaurant and the all you can eat buffet is by far the best around

Cannot be more pleased with everything 🙌

This is the first time we have been to this restaurant. There are two dining options a la carte or fixed price 'buffet' menu. We went for the fixed priced menu. There are various 'courses' that you order from in turn. You can order as much as you want from each course before moving on to the next course, once you have left a course you cannot go back to a previous course. The food was excellent, all freshly cooked. I had 5 starters and my wife had 4 before we moved on. The food was hot, succulent and very tasty. The portion sizes were just right so that by the time you finished the mains you were full. I don't know if they do desserts or how good they are because I was already full by then. The service was brilliant. Friendly and available but not pushy. We will be going again

Gone downhill these days, everything is full of salt. The mixed starter used to be the highlight and would enjoy having a bit of everything and then re ordering favourites for a second starter course. The first starter is enough now. I remember when the ribs were meat and not just fat. Beer is usually warm from a can and it's Carlsberg, they've even stopped serving with chopsticks. I usually wake up gasping for water all night as I'm so dehydrated from all the salt and vow to never return. This time I won't be back

Young man that served us was great but food was bland, veg garnish was dry and looked days old, could of hydrated it in water to give better look. Cucumber for the duck was about a cm thick and dryed out witch is a surprise when cucumber is mostly water will not return will stick with the welcome round the corner witch I have never had a bad word to say about, only reason we tryed this place is because the welcome is closed Mondays.

Situated in the charming Old River Port town with its holiday atmosphere this lovely venue is small but full of character. The food was amazing and the choice extensive at very reasonable prices considering the quality and quantity served by very efficient and friendly staff.

Good food. Absolutely no atmosphere whatsoever and quite awkward.

Service was not very good, not the best.

Faultless went for a birthday meal for 8 Great attentive staff Beautiful place Outstanding quality of food. Buffet menu everytime. Food served hot and plenty to choose from. A Real Must To Try if you haven't already. Great setting next to the river and bridge. Beautiful bar opposite.

I'm a regular here, and they never fail to amaze me with the amazing food, service and portions. The people who run it are lovely, and they are super quick with their delivery. I highly recommend trying it! I especially love their Pad Thai!

Best Chinese meal I've ever had. Will definitely be back if in the area.

Ordered beef with mixed vegetables take away got beef. Got charged £1 above the menu price for the beef too...

We visited the restaurant on the 6th April 2023 for an evening ‘all you can eat buffet’ with approx. 20 work colleagues. We ordered our starters and after a long wait of about an hour the starter arrived, after this we ordered the duck course which again resulted in long wait of approx. another hour. After the duck course we ordered our main courses, three members of staff had to leave before the main course arrived. Most of the dishes did not arrive and this resulted in one colleague eating a bowl of dry rice. We were in the restaurant for three hours and had a small starter, duck and one small main each, my colleagues were still hungry there was not the time to order more main courses. This was at the cost of £22.00 a person and if I had eaten off the main menu my meal would have been larger and also cheaper. It was felt that the service was slow so we couldn’t eat much. We asked for a partial refund as we were charged full price for a service we didn’t receive and as previously stated some of our party only had a starter and duck. I sent an email complaining on two occasions that were completely ignored and when I chased this I was told the matter was closed as it was too long ago to investigate and the bill had been paid. There was no explanation or apology for the slow service or the fact that many of the main courses didn’t arrive, so we were left to eat and share what was bought to the table.

Can't fault the waitresses, worst Chinese i ever had, the only thing that resembled a Chinese was the plum sauce

First time trying out the little Gem, we will be back. Everything we tried was delish,services was great.

Superb quality and tasty food cooked to order in minutes, with excellent waiting staff. Nothing else required. That's why I keep coming back 25 years later.

We have been coming here for a few years now and the food is always EXCELLENT! The mixed starter is by far the best bit about coming here, just delicious. We are always so full after starters and duck that we struggle a bit with the mains! The only negative I will say is that (certainly upstairs, where we are always sat) there is very little atmosphere. No music playing in the background. Just make sure you go with chatty people who are going to have a good laugh.

Best Chinese around and the staff are wonderful ❤️

I have been coming here for years, and although not of a high class restaurant wise, the food and service have now gone back to being excellent. The “all you can eat” menu is fantastic, with all courses cooked perfectly, and each course has something for everyone. Price is good for this too, as a cheap takeaway would charge more for less with lower quality. Well done for getting back on track after the departure of Peggy and Dan

Like the cherry valley staff are lovely and helpful. Food is good price is good. Keep going back so I think that speaks for itself.

Eaten here before and they have a small but excellent gluten free menu (I’m Coeliac). It was my Birthday meal and was very much up to our expectations. We nolonger live in the area and really miss this place as there is nothing similar where we live now.

Cherry Valley is the best Chinese in St Ives cambs. The food is great, but what really sets it apart is the service which was excellent. Would highly recommend the buffet nights!!!

Perfect. Recommend the tsing tao

Always friendly smiles and great service to accompany the fantastic food.

We had the buffet meal option. Eating in with two children. The staff were great, food was hot and each course arrived quickly. There was a fantastic range of starters which we ended up having two lots of. We skipped the soup. The duck was really lovely and a good portion size for 4. For mains we had noodles, egg rice, sweet and sour, chili shredded beef, and beef in black bean sauce. All was freshly cooked, hot and tasted really lovely.

Not a patch on the previous 15yrs visiting here. This is the second time been so very disappointed, once on an eat in family get together visiting, this time take out for a family birthday family get together! Flavourless, missinging items, and Grease residue! all left a not very nice tangy after taste !!

Ordered from here for delivery quoted 1hr-1:15min. Waited 1:20mins to then say they can't deliver. Enough said.

First time eating here, food was fantastic and great service highly recommend 👌

It was very good even though there weren't many people in there, the food was lovely and the service was brilliant would definitely visit again

There seemed to be a lot of MSG in the food, happy to be corrected though. I spent the night feeling unwell and very thirsty after a visit. I normally don't feel like that after a Chinese. The staff were lovely and great service.

Delicious food and plenty of variety one of my favourite places in St Ives

Always friendly staff, reasonable prices and family friendly

The food was lovely as always.been a few time and never disappointed.

Lovely friendly staff but food not for me I'm afraid.

Went last month and was an amazing experience for the family. We got the A La Carte buffet, since we saw squid (our favourite dish) on the menu and were hoping to have as much as possible of it (we did, and it couldn’t have been better quality!). For those who want to know a little more about the buffet system, first of all they will ask you which starters you want ‘extra’ of - they will give you a large platter of all of the starter items they offer and give you extra portions of the starter items you requested (so beware, you’ll have to try and finish off the rest of the starters you may not necessarily have ordered so keep space for the main courses etc). The staffs were all very cordial and knowledgeable about the food. All the food in general was of brilliant quality - and for the buffet, you’re definitely getting your moneys worth (and more, in my opinion) Would 110% recommend this restaurant!!

Avoid. Service was friendly but food was appalling and no money offered off the bill when we complained about our dinning experience. Massively disappointed

Second visit, good both times. Did the buffet, starters are a mixed plate of about five different choices. Followed by a soup course, crispy duck and then the main. To be honest it's a feast so make sure you are hungry. Food all tasty and fresh

Great friendly service, food was absolutely delicious, quantity was spot on, despite previous comments. Highly recommended! Thank you😎

Very friendly had a lovely meal will be going again

A great restaurant in a great location. Tasty food and helpful, friendly staff. Mimi and new member Kendra in particular. The set menu @ £18.95 pp was excellent value and more than expected. Thank you for an enjoyable evening.

Tasty food, friendly staff, buffet good value

Four of us ordered the buffet meal which was really very filling and ended up being more expensive than ordering off menu. Reading other reviews I was quite glad that the main courses were smaller but I have never ordered from the a la carte so would hope that those portions would be bigger? The food was very good but I probably wouldn’t order the buffet again.

Good food and good value. Good service to.

Was looking forward to having a Chinese. Celebrating a 60th birthday 12 of us. I was made to feel like I was an inconvenience due to my allergies. 1 they could cater for me being coeliac but my other allergies no! Everything was pre marinated. In the end they managed to do me some mixed starters. I refused to eat anything else after. Service was slow and not very good. Parts of it they forgot to bring out the vegetarian aspects of it. They brought a warm bottle of rosè but the other end of the table they brought out a chilled bottle of rose. Waiting staff didn't know if it was beef or lamb in black bean sauce. At the end they tried to charge me £22 for the meal. We questioned it in the end I paid half price. Unfortunately we won't be going back.

Has to be the smallest dishes and plates in the entire world... compared to a typical Chinese restaurant dine in experience the portions were ridiculously small. We asked the server for more of one particular dish which never arrived - given its an unlimited buffet that was a very poor outcome. There are plenty of decent Chinese restaurants in St Ives I struggled to appreciate what they were achieving by such mad small plates that belonged in a dolls house. Food quality was way South of The Welcome Chinese and others in St Ives. They obviously have a strategy with the buffet deal but who knows what that is. We live in St Ives and support businesses as much as we can but this was a poor experience and the quality went hand in hand with it. I'm simply saying the buffet option is perhaps best avoided.

Great hosts and the food was very nice

Meeting up with two ex-colleagues, we had the buffet which was delicious reasonably priced and served efficiently. The portions were quiet large (smaller would have been preferred so I could try more dishes). Very tasty Chinese food and coeliac (gluten free) diet catered for well. Will be returning sometime soon!

Cherry Valley has got to be hands down the best Chinese in East Anglia... I would say the whole country however I haven't been to too many! Always bring the family here for them to enjoy the food! Cherry Valley is on top

Fabulous service, friendly, v helpful, food was delicious v fresh, presentation great. All perfect

Nice buffet style all you can eat meal at a reasonable price. Pity about other patrons being incredibly noisy and the bar across the street pumping out such a loud bass.

Our third visit this year and it was as good as ever. Great service and lovely food, yet again.

First time here. Staff were so attentive and welcoming. We had the buffet, explained very well by the staff. Food was really good, hot, good portions, great taste. Could not fault. Would definately recommend.

Fantastic food. We would go there every week if we could 👍

Love the buffet system they have. The quality of food is just outstanding! Staff is super friendly, kind and helpful. Definitely coming back!

Amazing....once you have been to The Cherry Valley.....you won't go anywhere else...Amazing food.. Friendly efficient staff.... Highly recommend... You won't be disappointed

Had a great meal from the buffet menu. Everything arrived quickly and lovely and hot. Haven’t been here for a little while but so pleased we did. Not sure if they have changed the staff but found them much friendlier so will be back soon

Twice now the buffet has been taken off the menu. This time it was because we were too late……8.40 on a Friday evening too late for a restaurant?When peg and Dan had this place, you couldn’t get a table at 9pm on a weekend.Now the place was dead.Leave this place alone now. New management have run it into the ground in just 6 months.Such a shame, but it’s just finished now

Very welcoming and friendly staff with exceptional fresh food! Will definitely be going back

Amazing quality Chinese food. So tasty and the range and price for the buffet was great.

Firstly, the food was fine once we had it. We were a table of four people and ordered half of crispy duck and pancakes as a joint starter. When it eventually came there was a decent sized plate of duck but only 9 pancakes (2 each and one left over). The hoy sing consisted of a very, very small dish with about two teaspoons of sauce. After requesting some extra pancakes and sauce (a similar amount of hoy sing was provided so a further request for enough for four people) we finished our starter in two shifts. After some delay, two main courses arrived and were getting cold while we waited for the other two to appear. The waitress told us that there would be a delay of around five minutes - we suggested that all four of us would prefer to eat at the same time and asked to talk to the manager. When she arrived, with an apology, she said that they were very busy due to a large party downstairs - this turned out to be a table of eight ladies (hardly unmanageable). The food was OK but eating in shifts was not what we had planned. Drinks were very expensive (£3.40 for 30cl of bottled beer - around half a pint). Overall, not an experience that we wish to repeat. There's a very nice Turkish restaurant on the opposite side of the road.

I love coming here with my partner, the food is always fantastic and the staff are incredibly polite and welcoming. The starter platter is amazing, the squid is my favourite!!!

We had a fabulous meal here last night. The food came quickly and was piping hot with hot plates and bowls. The service was outstanding. We will definitely return.

Fantastic food!!! So tasty and such a lovely staff, always kind and attentive!!

Really good service and every dish we had off the buffet menu was super tasty.

Just had a fantastic meal here, we had the buffet meal. For £20 a head they delivered the tastiest top quality menu we have ever had in any Cantonese restaurant. It was impossible not to want to try everything but since it was all so tasty you couldn’t possibly not finish every single course. Every staff member was super attentive and extremely friendly. Can’t recommend this place enough and the perfect finish to our mini break in St Ives.

What an absolute find! We stumbled across this place at 6.30 on a sunday evening when it was throwing it down and we hadn't booked a table (our intended destination let us book a table for 8 and failed to tell us they stopped serving food at 6). Thankfully Cherry Valley managed to pull some tables together upstairs and after a few short minutes to ensure we were Covid safe we were escorted to our table. I can honestly say this is the best meal I've had in a long time, really fresh, quick and tasty and even the fussy kids ate enough to be rolled home! It's a shame we were only in St Ives for a brief holiday because this place would definitely be our local. Extra little mention for the staff who were really engaged and interested in where we were visiting from and what we'd managed to see while in the area. Customer service really does set such a great atmosphere from the start. The kids were especially grateful for not one but two lollies each to take home! Thank you so much we had a fabulous family meal.

Bring back Peggy!Went here last night, it was busy, but given a table.Went to order, and they wanted us out within the hour.Only would let us have the al la carte menu, so just trying to money grab.This place used to be amazing, but with incompetent staff, this place place will go to the dogs very quickly.You can see it already.The food maybe good, but the staff used to make this place great.Not anymore. If the welcome was open, I’d have gone there and will in future