Chinatown in New Forest

I wanted to try the New City as I have never been there before, and always use Chinatown opposite. I was disappointed with the food. The pancake rolls were greasy, the pork dish was packed out with vegetables, as was the hot and sour soup. On a positive note the crackers and the rice were good. I will carry on with Chinatown as the food is much better quality.

First time of trying this takeaway and definitely the last!!! The beef was so chewy it was not edible the fried chicken was really dry and the house special fried rice WELL !! The rice was wet it had a really sweet orangey yellow sauce over it with a few pieces of overcooked dry meat and the prawn toast tasted bad cannot express how disappointed we were with this takeaway

I love this absolute gem of a takeaway, we have been going for years and the food is consistently good. In fact it is utterly delicious AND you get free prawn crackers with your order. Once a year New City kindly gift their customers beautiful calendars. The staff are lovely <3. I know I’m guaranteed a warm welcome and friendly service and for this and the quality of the dishes, I go out of my way to buy food here. I recommend beef in black bean sauce and also the Schezuan veggies. Drooling thinking about those dishes.

I HAD been using new city semi regularly purely for the fact they deliver! but if your planning on using this place think again! considering there is a 10x better Chinese directly opposite there shop. the food was cold and not only was it flavourless, what you could taste was unfresh, cheap , poor quality poorly cooked food! after ringing them to complain I was offered a free potion of rice next time I used them! considering I had been using them semi regularly and the potion of rice they offered costs them pennies. I will be spreading the word not to use this place and I hope this review puts you off!!

A just ok meal, batter in chicken balls twice cooked, and very few bean sprouts with my Chinese chicken. A shame as we were hoping to use this place regularly.

After placing an order to be delivered was informed that the price of the meal had increased by £4.00s and their would be a delivery charge of £1.00 . the food was extremely salty and there was far too much curry powder in the special curry. Shall no longer be using New City again.

First time we have used this business. Ordered a meal for delivery, arrived at promised time and food was hot and very tasty Very good. Can’t wait to use again! Thank you x

Really disappointing experience from somewhere well recommended. Bug in the food, late delivery, not hot. Call in an order at 6:10 last night, were told it would be 90 mins, lady was very friendly on the phone. Took a little over 2 hours to be delivered (about 8:15). Food wasn't that hot, presumably as it had been out for delivery for a while, but wouldn't call it cold. Other half found a small fly/bug in her duck (photo was taken on the side, but bug was seen in the tub), which she wasn't entirely sure was duck in plum sauce. My food was pretty good, although also could have been hotter. Just a disappointing experience overall, perhaps we caught them on a bad night!

Curry sauce too much pepper couldn't eat. The chips were dry and tasteless. The meat pancake rolls were so greasy and grizzle inside I couldn't eat. Noodles were to hard and dry to eat. Veg, prawns and meats were nice. Egg fried rice was dry and tasteless. My partner and I throw most of this food away they must not taste before they send it out. I will Never buy at this Chinese again only used as the one I mostly use jade peking is shut for a whole week. I hope and pray that my partner and I don't get tummy ache for the parts we did eat Be warned.

We normally go to China town but due to really fancying one in a Monday night when they are closed, we decided to give new city a go. It’s cheaper, actually really tasty and not as greasy as China town. Was really chuffed with it. Ribs were awesome, beef with ginger was tasty and really recommend shredded salt and pepper chicken. The rice was not greasy at all. Instead it was really fresh and fluffy which was really lovely. Will use again. Oh and another bonus.....deep fried bananas nom nom nom

We visited while on holiday in the area. After a four hour journey on the day we arrived, we stopped here to collect a takeaway. We presumed that as there were people queuing that it must be a good one. When we opened it up we were very disappointed. There was a very strong burnt smell when we opened the bag. We discovered black, burnt chicken chow mien. The chips were cold. The sweet and sour chicken balls tasted awful, a fatty fried chicken taste. The chicken chop suey was not like any we’d had before, with tomato chunks in it. I ordered prawn crackers and received two bags; one was free. If I’d have known we’d receive some free I wouldn’t have ordered any as we only needed one bag. The only nice part of the meal was the egg fried rice. As the chow mein, chips and sweet and sour chicken were inedible they were thrown away. After spending almost £30 we were left feeling disappointed and hungry.

Tofu dishes are so great and the chow mein is the best I’ve ever had! Always quick, always pick phone straight up and always hot!

A superb place for your takeaway from Chicken balls& chips to chinese food eat in or takeaway good priced quality food ..excellent curries & generous portion sizes

Order a meal fo the first time this evening Excellent fresh food which seems to be a rarity nowadays with Chinese food. Good size portions. Looking forward to trying the other dishes. If your looking for a good chinese try this place!

Tasty food, quick service. Our go to Chinese takeaway hands down! The salt & pepper chips are the best we've tried.

Don't get the chance to use this place as much as I'd like to but whenever I think of a decent Chow Mein, this place is at the top of the list. Service is always great too.

Really tasty chinese take away!!!!!!Quick and polite service. Also a very clean shop. Recommended :)

Had a excellent experience with my kid. The takeaway arrives rapidly and the customer service is just fantastic. Prices are convenient.

Overall nice food, so far i had the fried Chicken balls, Salt and pepper chicken wings and chips! All tasted great!

Been coming here for years. Most definitely my favourite Takeaway. Food always hot and exactly as I ordered. Stuff is friendly and prices are fair. 100% recommended!!

As always the food was fabulous, although the chicken was not that hot but still OK. I can definitely recommend this takeaway as I eat there a lot.

Highly recommend this place! Every dish was very delicious and super fast delivery! The staff were very accommodating to our requests and portions were good. I like their vegetarian meals! We will definitely order again soon.

We had the vegetarian set menu and we both agreed it was one the best we have had in a long time, Really tasty not greasy and lots of it, and we were also kindly given a free bag of prawn crackers! 😋

Egg fried rice was yummy hot and tasty. Peking ribs are moist tasty and nice and hot. Pancake meat rolls are so yummy I ate the 2 that came. Meat and veg stir fry was a bit dry not much veg. Prawn crackers are yummy.

Ordered online and was told 90 minuets, after 2 hours rang and was told it had just left and would be with us shortly , 20 minutes later still no Chinese , rang again and asked to hold one Minuet while she looks and put...

After years of getting our food from here no more tonight the takeaway was disgusting prawn balls and the spring rolls were dripping in fat the batter was rock hard phoned and complained and the response was don’t give a dam oh well bye bye...

We decided to have a Chinese meal tonight first team since lock down. Oh my goodness, first it turned up 15 minutes early. Had we wanted it at 6-30 we would have ordered it for 6-30! Secondly My favourite dish was missing! I rang them...

First and last time. House special rice and chicken fried rice have definitely not seen the inside of a frying pan. Just plain boiled rice. Curry sauce full of pepper and finally our shredded chicken when opened was pancakes and v poor quality lamb which...

Had a great Chinese takeaway this evening from New City. Was very pleased with their set-up: I paid over the phone when I ordered and I didn't have to go into the shop, as was served outside, so no need to worry about social distancing....

After having sweet and sour sauce been about over a year ago many times having it was really horrid of just vinegar and just plain yuck. BUT this last Friday's sweet as sour sauce to try it again I was so glad I do as...

Haven't tried before and was so impressed , really nice , Tofu is great , will certainly use again , many thanks

Went here on the way back from a family Christmas in Devon as everyone raves about it and we thought we'd try it but wish we went to champagne in verwood to be honest. Crispy chilli beef was massively overcooked as was the chow mein....

It was half an hour late, barely warm when it arrived. Veg not cooked. Meat warmed up and chewy, sauce salty and the chips bland. Worse chinese ever

Decided to give new city another try after waiting nearly 2 hours back in the summer for our delivery. BIG MISTAKE!! We ordered at 7.55pm today told an hour and 20 minute delivery time, called at 9.11pm told driver ran into some trouble but it...

We order a takeaway quite regularly and without sounding rude their is an older lady that answers the phone. My daughter is a coeliac and she is amazing tells me what is in what and suggests rice noodles etc on Saturday she changed the special...

Best Chinese Takeaway in ringwood. Very high quality food compared with other takeaways we tried. The delivery driver was very nice and the food was hot and delicious. Will definitely order again. Thank you

Absolutely fantastic. This place does the nicest "old school' Chinese takeaway ever. Superb value. This is the third time we've called here and the quality is consistent. Don't believe the bad reviews.

Greasy reheated chicken balls in a terrible “too sweet” sauce House rice with chunks of, probably left over, meat in a bbq sauce that was made of 3/4 sugar and very little flavour Would NEVER recommend this to anyone

Egg fried rice is yummy with peas and spring onion in. Pork with mixed vegetables is so good the sauce is great and tasty to. Sweat and sour sauce tastes so much better than the first time I got it here . BBQ ribs are...

I am not fussy with my Chinese, the takeaways I’ve had across a lot of the UK tend to be fairly standard slightly oily but enjoyable, with a few higher end places doing really quality food but it’s all an indulgence for me that I...

We searched trip advisor as we aren’t from the area and decided to go with this Chinese. Food was very good and the staff were friendly.

Excellent , we always go here when on holiday nearby, it always arrives piping hot and all the dishes are tasty and fresh.

Despite reading some bad reviews we decided to give it a try, service was good takeaway arrived at the time stated, but that is the only positive thing I can say, the food was absolutely vile, inedible and so salty, needless to say, never again,...

Ive been going here for years and it is usually nice food, but my satay chicken skewer was raw in the middle this evening. I wont be coning back. Its a shame as it used to be a njce take away treat.

I paid before I knew they did not deliver but I was lucky as the chef delivered to me which was great. Food came nice and hot

Delivery was fast and less than the hour that was said. whole meal came lovely and hot. Egg fried rice was tasty and fluffy. Noodles were yummy and crispy there needs to be some soft noodles mixed in. Veg was tasty, but pork was a...

We ordered a delivery. We were told 25minutes. Perfect. After 50minutes wr called to see where it was and told it as on the way. 15minutes later called again and was told they would call the driver. 10minutes later called back as hadn't heard from...

Had a takeaway and was a little disappointed it was just an ok meal don't think I will use this place again

Got a takeaway as was staying in a local cabin. It was quick, piping hot and delicious, try the salt and pepper ribs, beef in black bean and the crispy shredded beef, top Chinese, better than what we have in Surrey.

This take-away has surpassed it's competition opposite due to them providing much less greasy dishes. There is usually an average waiting time of 30mins. This is no problem though, especially when you are expecting to pick it up or have it delivered.

Brought a large takeaway for 5 people, mostly vegetable chow mein and egg fried rice. The chow main was the most salty we have ever tasted, felt awful and up all night. the rice was rubbery goodness knows how they managed to get it like that? the sweet and sour sauce tasted like ketchup. Very disappointed will not be going back there ever!! total waste of money most went in bin.

New City is by far the best Chinese around! Over Christmas, they were shut for a family holiday and we tried so many others from Ferndown -Bournemouth to satisfy our cravings but nothing lived up to them at all! They are so lovely and friendly, we are regulars (every week to so haha) and feel very welcomed by Li & the staff and the delivery drivers are all so pleasant too! Food is always spot on, good portions, good times for delivery, I cannot complain! The wun tuns are also BEAUT! I would just have a plate of them if I could ;) Keep it up guys ❤️

Efficient telephone order where the lady taking my order knew the menu very well. Delivered to my home quickly and the food was hot, well cooked and well packaged. I would recommend.

Ordered a home delivery meal for a special occasion, was delivered free and fast. Everything we ordered was as described and of nice quality, they even threw in a free pack of prawn crackers!

Whilst staying in Ringwood with the family we ordered a takeaway meal from New City.

Nice little takeaway... we took a chance as didnt know the area.... Found the leaflet at our holiday cottage... we were pleasantly surprised!

After reading some previous reviews, we were a little dubious about trying this Chinese takeaway, but we were so glad that we did! Our order for 12 people was delivered promptly and all the dishes were delicious, hot and fresh. A particular shout out to their Hong Kong style sweet and sour chicken slices and their chicken chow mein. Yum!

Fui a visitar a mis padres de ringwood y tienen comida para llevar desde aquí. La comida es sabrosa y increíble, especialmente el satay de pollo y fideos de arroz brochetas de Singapur. Sin duda volveré a visitar este lugar cada vez que visite ringwood. Lo importante es que no uso EL GMS

Utilizamos este chino prácticamente cada Viernes hasta hace un año cuando la orden estaba equivocado, las mujeres era muy grosero y la comida era horrible y no comestible! Dejé de usarla, entonces decidí darle otra oportunidad, todavía incomible! Una pena, ya que fue una gran comida para llevar. Debe de haber cambiado de manos como Tom, el dueño anterior, servido con una sonrisa y una charla y la comida era increíble. Ringwood está pidiendo a gritos un buen chino! ! !

Sadly I used to be a regular of this once fine Chinese takeaway. But it's really gone downhill these days. Chow mein is dry. Chicken balls greasy. Not good.

This place has rapidly gone downhill. It's changed hands and the food is 100% grim. Save your money or go elsewhere.

Este lugar solía ser muy buena la mejor de la zona. Evidentemente ha cambiado de manos y ahora es horrible. Tan pronto como entré en la última noche (después de no visitar por un tiempo) sabía que no iba a ser buena. El lugar estaba lleno de humo y el personal eran diferentes. Cuando llegamos a casa curry probado la carne quemada. Las bolas de gamba eran grasosas y el arroz y fideos muy soso y sin sabor. Pena ya que este lugar era tan bueno antes no vamos a volver de nuevo

My wife has always thought the food was poor from here, (Why did the previous owners leave?) But enough time had elapsed that I managed to get her to agree to our bi annual takeaway..

Have had Takeaways for several years from here and always been excellent but tonight all the dishes were disappointing - frequently have beef in black bean sauce but tonight it was watery, anaemia looking and tasteless. - looking at the previous reviews everyone says the same - please bring back the old recipes, we won't be returning until we hear of improvement - such a shame to get so many poor reviews - for us a disappointment on Christmas eve

We have been Chinatown customers for many years but sadly will not be returning as the standard has drastically gone down hill. Burnt food, incorrect orders, tasteless dishes etc. This is a massive shame as have been regulars for many years but will now have to elsewhere

We used to get a Takeaway from here regularly but have noticed recently that the food isn't as good as it once was. We generally order the same dishes and this time our favourites either had no flavour at all or tasted nothing like as good as we were used to and we were left feeling disappointed. I am guessing the new owners have changed all the recipes. We will look elsewhere for our Takeaways from now on.

Sadly this place seems to have really gone downhill this year. Looking back we gave it a rave review in January but can only concur with other reviewers that with the recent change of management and (so it appears) staff the quality and taste of the food is not a patch on what it used to be. We had a very disappointing meal and the sweet and sour sauce tasted of nothing other than vinegar and was a very strange brown colour.

Just got a takeaway, they got the order wrong and it was horrendous, never again and as for the one opposite that's even worst !

Great takeaway. We prefer this to the other one opposite. The chicken balls, for one, are great quality with large chunks of chicken, the menu is as expected with set menus. Friendly service with freshly cooked meals. Nothing bad to say about the place, would recommend.

There veggie spring rolls are to die for , the quality goes with the quantity and at a very cheap price. Best spring rolls I ever had. Right opposite my work. Well recommended, worth every penny xxx

We have been regular customers for many years. We tend to stick to the same dishes that we like and they have always been consistently good- until recently. The recipes and quality were noticeably different. Thinking it was a one-off we had had another meal a couple of weeks later - same dishes but different again (not only different to usual but different to the last one!) On the basis of three strikes and you're out, we gave it one last try a couple of weeks ago. I'm sorry to say, we won't be returning. If there has been a change of ownership, the new owners should take notice of the feedback from what was a loyal customer base and improve the quality they are serving. We will be trying out the alternatives in town, hoping to find a better option. What a shame to have taken over a successful business and not be able to deliver the same great standards.

We used to use this takeaway but stopped when I was diagnosed Coeliac. My husband noticed a coupe of weeks ago when he collected his that they were advertising a new gluten free range. So we tried it and very glad we did. There are a number of different options but I'm prefer the plain stuff so had stir fry chicken and vegetables with vermicelli rice noodles. They take the gluten free stuff as a separate order, bag it separately and label the dishes as gluten free so no chance of cross contamination. Really lovely food and great to be able to join in again with the family takeaway eve.

I have been eating food from Chinatown for in excess of 13 years. Sometimes the food is really good, sometimes average. My meal last week however was horrible. Tepid, tasteless and a bit slimy. I am aware that most of the staff have changed after a change of management recently - this is reflected in the drop in the quality of the meal I experienced. Won't be eating food from there again until better chefs are emlpoyed,

Have you changed owners or staff?? We had a meal last night. The first in over a year and it was very poor. We had never had a bad meal prior to this. Such a shame..

We have used this chine takeaway for many years. It had received a hygiene rating of 1 but after changing hands we thought we give it ago. It was absolutely horrendous, no flavour, dry, over cooked on some. Definitely wouldn't recommend this to anyone!

Have been using Chinatown for over 14 years and always having good quality food was very disappointed this week. Firstly appeared to be all new staff and the food did not live up to the usual high standard. Shredded chicken was literally like wood shavings, pork balls over cooked and greasy... the list could go on. Should have looked before buying take away but only had a rating of 1 for hygiene. Won't be returning.

Found myself at a loose end with regards to food one evening a couple of weeks ago and decided to try the Chinatown, and was quickly reminded why I hadn't eaten there in over 8 years, the food was stodgy and tasteless and over all disappointing.

My wife and I recently tried this take away for the first time and were really pleased that we did.The food is excellent, freshly cooked and tasty and the service was fast and efficient.We will be going again.

We use this busy take-away very regularly. The food is always tasty and prepared quickly. Good value for money.

All meals cooked as you wait, quick and fresh. Excellent value too. We travel here from Verwood, even though we do have a local Chinese, which we find very expensive, with smaller portions and no free prawn crackers!! Chinatown is a fab place to go. Well done on an excellents all round service, staff and food x

We have used this Chinese for takeaway for about 13 years and the quality and taste was always the same - the one we have just had was completely different and in some ways a bit of a let down. We have had our usual order written down on a menu for many years and the lemon chicken that we always ordered were chicken balls in batter with a sauce on the side but this time they were small slices of chicken covered in a lemon sauce ( I personally do not like the antiseptic taste of the lemon sauce so I was definitely not happy ) - the satay chicken and the crispy chilli beef was also completely different the chilli beef being not really as crispy or spicy as before and again another disappointment for me as it used to be the one dish I looked forward to - though my aunt and husband quite liked it. My mum said the prawn curry tasted a bit odd and that the normal chicken curry was not very hot either. All in all a bit of a disappointment - please change things back.

Having used this establishment for many years I was disappointed with my most recent purchase. The quality of food is not what it was possibly due to staff changes and poor ingredients.It's a shame as the food had always been of a consistently high quality for so long.

They certainly pack in the chefs here! At least 5, often more. Plenty of staff so I've never been delayed.It's a great Chinese. All the usual foods and they have specific recommendations if you want them to help you. Cooked quickly, served well, tasty and all good. Parking is easy enough just outside and they are popular - a good sign.Prices are standard for Chinese take away food.

great takeaway that prides itself on no msg use in any of their dishes which is quite unusual. on busy evenings like a Friday/Saturday, best to phone and place order.

Really good Takeaway, very popular with locals. Excellent range of dishes. No mono-sodium glutamate (their claim), cooked in front of you by 8 or 10 chef, free prawn crackers. Do not confuse with restaurant opposite. Recommended.

Staying in the area we are always 'dubious' to try takeaway establishments but this one came recommended. I have never seen a Chinese takeaway like it!! its all open kitchen so you can see exactly what goes on and watch them cook your meal. The food is excellent and is more than generous in portion. They also take payment by card if your order is over £7. Will return...

Food prepared quickly. Always tasty. Set menus are excellent. Good value for money. Unlike many chinese restaurants they don't use lots of MSG.

Very good Chinese food. Each dish has been cooked carefully with unique flavours. Too many Chinese takeaways tend to deliver samey sauces which this manages to avoid. Need to pre order or be prepared to queue as it is very popular but that is purely due to the high standard of food they produce. I lived in China for a year and generally do not eat Chinese in Britain but this has to be an exception.

Service always friendly and prompt and food good. Best to get someone riding shotgun with you as parking is a a problem so you might need to stay in the car on double yellows whilst your passenger dives in to pick it up.

The food is excellent and it is advisable to telephone your order through as they are busy 99% of the time and there is always a wait. Parking near the takeaway is very restricted so beware, that's how popular it is. Free Prawn Crackers with every order.

Can always rely on a good Chinese when we order from here! Food is quick and tasty! Highly recommended. They don't deliver which is the only down fall.

This is a take away venue, phoned the order in rather than queuing up and placing the order, the food was ready on time will use them again

phone in or order while you are there. Very efficient service and the food is good. Enough said!Another review by rolf the reviewer

While on holiday recently we had a couple of takeaways from this excellent takeaway.The meals on both occasions were well cooked and very tasty.The place was very busy on both occasions but we only waited 10-15 minutes for our order due to there being at least 10 people working in the kitchen.I look forward to my next meal from here when next on holiday.

We had a lovely takeaway from here in fact even better than any Chinese takeaways in my local area in Suffolk. This is well worth a visit

We have had good food here in the past but our takeaway on Friday night was awful. The satay was dry, tough and tasteless and the peanut sauce bland. The chicken and cashew tasted processed and the vegetables uninspiring. All of the food had a greasy taste The only redeeming feature was the speed it was prepared - but then perhaps that why it was so poor? We will probably not return and stick to the excellent Indian restaurants locally who do takeaway

We love this Chinese and are frequent visitors. Excellent food and value, friendly staff and all made to order. No need to phone ahead, the meals only take a short while to make so we always order in person.

great Chinese food prepared in an open kitchen so you can see you meal being cooked - lots of menu choice. It can be very busy on Friday and Saturday evenings, so phone bookings are a great idea. Very popular - highly recommended !

Had a takeout saturday just gone and not too sure about the quality. i personally think its gone downhill a bit over the last few months.It may be me but i think some of the dishes are greasier/fattier than usual. The usual favourites are still very good chow mein etc but a few other dishes slightly down on quality. we have used chinatown for 7 years now..please dont go downhill.

Best takeaway around by far. Cheap, always hot and they never get the order wrong. Would highly recommend.