Based on 220 opinions finded in 2 websites
Based on 220 opinions finded in 2 websites
Nº 203 in 260 in Richmondshire
Nº 3 of 5 Chinese in Richmondshire
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Excellent food and staff super friendly!
Wing Hyung . 2024-08-16
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The food here was decent, not the best Chinese I have ever had, some dishes were a bit watery, but I would order again. The place did feel a bit grotty and they didn't accept card or contactless.
Dan . 2024-07-23
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The most blandest Chinese I’ve had, rubbery chicken, salt and pepper chips tasted like normal chips that were stale. No meat on the ribs, and the spring rolls were rubber.
Casey Dillon . 2024-07-06
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Took a risk for a Chinese takeaway in the middle of Yorkshire dales. Really should not have. Food was not good nor correct to Chinese takeaways. Egg fried rice was just brown rice. Chow mein was a soup. Prawn toast was oily and burnt. Prawn crackers were ok. Note this place is cash only on Fri/Sat/Sun…
Lucy Beard . 2024-07-05
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ordered from there earlier we asked for egg fried rice got home opend it and not only did i get just plain rice but it was like a rubber brick could build the foundation of a house with this rice
Amy Cutter . 2024-06-29
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Ordered a delivery all the way to catterick garrison(30 mins drive). Food arrived and was still warm as if it had just come out the kitchen, full of flavour and great taste. By far the best Chinese I’ve had around these parts! Will be ordering again.
Morgan Wosik . 2024-06-08
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Delivery ….on time promised, fabulous food and as hot as if it had just left the kitchen. I can’t fault the service thank you
Alan clarke . 2024-04-28
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Great place to get a takeaway, always super friendly, great food and they cater for dietary restrictions such as coeliac and salt restrictions.
Abby Terry . 2024-03-07
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Great food and I look forward to eating as soon as I smell it. I’ve been going there for years and have never been disappointed.
Luke Birch . 2023-11-19
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Use this chinese pretty regular usually fine but the curry this evening was so spicy much more than usual so couldn't eat and enjoy
Lee Cowham . 2023-11-09
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The meal we had( takeaway) from the Dragon Inn in Leyburn was by far the best Chinese meal we have ever had! And your prices are super competitive. The service and quality is top notch here. Thank you,we will definitely come again when in Leyburn.😎
Andrew Kenworthy . 2023-11-07
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I would have given it a zero star rating, we have had 3 lots of takeaways from here now and all have them have been awful. There was no flavour whatsoever in any of the meals. We will not be returning. We are local
Michelle C . 2023-11-02
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Delicious as always,great service
Tracey Grayson . 2023-09-21
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Had a lovely Chinese takeaway here - we ordered 3 meals and they were all lovely. Both fried and boiled rice was really nice. The chips were a little bit hard/crunchy, but managed to soften them up in a sauce. Would 100% recommend though. Thank you so much. In particular my mum recommended her house special sweet and sour!
Emma . 2023-09-21
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Avoid. This place is an insult to Chinese Food. Takeaway was tasteless colouless slop. Absolutely no flavour or seasoning. Disgusting. Only flavour came from prawn crackers.
John777 . 2023-09-12
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Had a takeaway. Food was very nice, good sized portions. I would make another visit when back in the area.
Claire Mason . 2023-09-02
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Great crispy Peking duck. We also enjoyed the duck in plum sauce, prawn toast. Delivery and service was fantastic.
Rachel Jones . 2023-09-01
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Just had one of the nicest Peking style specials from this place. Absolutely delicious and service spot on.
Matt Appleyard . 2023-08-26
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It started off fantastic. Service fabulous and that’s as far as it went. Food was horrible, greasy and no flavour. What we asked for was not what we got. We had chicken fried rice which was pale it looked uncooked, the chicken was dry and had no flavour at all. Curry had plenty of meat and onions but was swimming in its own grease and the chow main was more like chop suey. Will not be going back at all and will not be recommending it to anyone
lynsey f . 2023-08-01
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Very enjoyable evening meal, I had chilli and black bean King prawn which was very tasty and had a lot of lovely crispy vegetables. Excellent.
Kay Stanley . 2023-07-16
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Would give 0 stars if possible…..had a slight mix up with the meal (which was my fault) but as I was waiting could hear the chefs in the kitchen calling me an a****** and basically being abusive told the guy on the counter I could hear all this when he came back and he apologised as did the manager. Anyway got home and the food was like it had been cooked 2 days ago. Stale, tasteless and greasy. Avoid like the plague
Jonny E . 2023-06-24
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We’ve eaten here a couple of times before and we really enjoyed it. The chips tonight were hard, mostly crisp than actual potato. The chow mien was slimy, and was not as good as it used to be. I didn’t even eat it as it was that slimy.
Melanie B . 2023-06-24
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Food took 2 hours but the lady did ring and say it was going to be late, the crispy beef wasn’t nice and the noodles were full of water not a great meal the rice was nice but wouldn’t order again
sarah richards . 2023-06-05
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Very Very Disapointed, Ordered food for 4 adults, came to £46 and we were all disappointed with it, there was only one item which was enjoyable, the Salt and Pepper Chicken, Chicken Balls - very greasy, chips - hard, rice - had a long black hair in, curry - the chicken was very diapointing, Rang up and complained, the young lad on the phone was very good, polite and helpful. promised a manager would call back and to be fair to them they did, offered me £20 off another meal, i refused saying i wouldnt want another meal from them, she agreed to a £20 refund,
Mikeyh19862023 . 2023-05-30
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Closed restaurant. Avoid the takeaway. Terrible. Dirty and smelly. Could do with a vist from the environmental health people.
andymK2063XL . 2023-04-13
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We live in Bedale but our local Chinese was closed due to holidays. As we hadn't been to this place for a while we decided to give it a go and called in for a takeaway after doing our shopping at the Coop. The place smelled foisty and looked very dated, but nevertheless we ordered our meal. It was just as we'd remembered from years ago ... AWFUL!!! Bland and very very greasy. That's it, never again! A Chinese from the Coop would have been far better (and cheaper)!
customerservice8 . 2023-03-31
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Lovely takeaway, it was a little late on delivery but the food was great, very tasty, fresh and a good price, thank you
SAOSAS . 2023-02-11
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Loved this meal - most of the town was not serving food but we ordered a takeaway and we were not disappointed. We were in a Motorhome half a mile away and asked if they could double wrap the food which they did and it was still warm even after an hour.
mlsay66 . 2023-02-01
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The chicken chow mein was slimy. The chips were so dry I have ate cream crackers with more moisture. Ribs were crap. Chicken wings, I've had less batter with my cod and chips.. vile food, not worth half what we paid.
andrewkT8401CH . 2022-11-17
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We were staying in the Aysgarth lodges and really wanted a takeaway so decided to try here and it was the worst decision we made! I had the prawn chow Mein and it was so greasy and had no taste was slimy. Also my fiancé had chicken Szechuan style and the chicken tasted undercooked and again greasy! The chilli spareribs if you can even call them that they were just bone no meat and had no chilli taste to them at all. Overall we wouldn’t recommend this takeaway/restaurant if you are visiting Leyburn. VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!!
kay_atky . 2022-11-17
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Ordered a hone delivery nearly 3 hours ago and still no sign,I had a phone call saying they couldn’t find the red car outside my house,I don’t have a red car so no clue what they were on about .wouldn’t order from these on a “busy” night if you want to eat
Beergoggles1971 . 2022-09-25
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Nothing wrong with any of it, it just wasn't anything special 🙁
brian read . 2022-03-31
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Phone order had to pick up,food was excellent,bit of a wait,staff friendly
David Emmerson “Emo” . 2022-03-29
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Little expensive with delivery for one person BUT fab food and always hot,.really fresh tasty food and tubs are full too capacity, and loads of meat
Dawn Symmonds . 2022-03-26
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Enjoyable Chinese take-away. Reasonable prices and good, fresh food in generous portions. The starters are okay, but mains excellent.
Roskers . 2022-02-15
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Staying at Aysgarth lodges delivered on time lovely food would recommend 👌
T Walker . 2022-01-29
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Absolutely delicious and brilliant customer service. Would recommend.
Martha Alexander . 2021-10-31
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Moved to the local area 6 months ago. Have now had 3 meals from here with family. Everyone was delicious, fresh and ready on time . Great portions, lots of meat and fresh veggies. Brilliant!
John Hutchinson . 2021-10-28
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Fantastic quality Chinese takeaway food. Much better than our ones at home and we have more choice! Would highly recommend the duck noodle and chicken cashew specials.
Chris Hinde . 2021-10-16
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Got a delivery to Aysgarth Lodges. Brought it right to the lodge within 30 minutes and it was a treat. Definitely recommend
Lorna Gemmell . 2021-10-13
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Usually good but this time given me mild food poisoning. Probably going to avoid from now on even though the food tasted great regardless.
Alistair . 2021-10-10
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One of the best chinese I've ever had
John Bailey . 2021-09-25
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Great food. Best Chinese iv had in a long time
Rob Evans . 2021-09-19
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Visiting my parents, great food, will definitely return
Paul Mower . 2021-08-07
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First time visit - we will definitely return!! King prawn kung po far exceeded the same dish I've had from other take-aways. High quality ingredients cooked perfectly. Husband was likewise impressed with his chicken and tomato dish. Really quick and friendly service.
Kerry . 2021-06-26
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We had Dragon Inn recommended by a family member. Delivery was available, but as we were only 15 minutes away from Leyburn, we decided to visit. It was a pleasant drive to Leyburn. As it always is. Full covid restrictions were being strictly adhered to. We had already had a look online at the menu, so we knew what we wanted to order. At no point did I feel rushed. My order was swiftly dealt with. Following a short wait we were on our way. It has been quite a while since we have had Chinese food. Mainly due to the restrictions imposed by horrid Covid 19. The order was very tasty indeed. It was also very filling. I won't go into the minutiae of the ingredients and how they were prepared and cooked. The meal was a complete success. We will certainly be returning.
Tommy Suth . 2021-05-13
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Good food. Fast efficient service 😋
Dave Piggin . 2021-02-28
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First visit to the Dragon Inn and it was well worth the travel. Fantastic, high quality food amd reasonably priced. Its the best Chinese take out we've had in anlong while. Will definitely be returning soon.
Rollojarlsen . 2021-02-14
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The food was excellent and definitely worth the 5 stars. The best Chinese we've had ever from here and we will be having it again.
Alan Jefferson . 2020-12-31
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We ordered a takeaway this evening. The service was excellent and the food delicious. Thanks Dragon Inn. It's good to see a local business providing customer satisfaction even during these difficult times.
sdr_uk . 2020-11-11
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Had a great take away tonight lovely food . And prompt service.
Mark Stephenson . 2020-11-06
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Never again! Worst Chinese I have ever had, will be making a sandwich for my tea after that monstrosity.
James DL . 2020-10-04
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Great food Hot and spicy really enjoyed the food ..we took it back to the cottage we were renting in carlton in coverdaleTook us a good few minuets to find the entrance but so glad we did the lady who took our order was lovely..very helpfull & polite the resturaunt was closed...think due to covid but well worth a visit
Denise221056 . 2020-09-25
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The service was prompt and friendly. We had takeaway for 4 and the price was very fair. The chicken curry was delicious and the amount of chicken extremely generous. My friends said chowmein was one of the best they've had. Very happy. Will definately use next time we are in area. Can't go wrong if the foods always this tasty.
orthendrod . 2020-09-17
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The service was prompt and very friendly. We had takeaway for 4 people. The food quality was awesome. The amount of chicken in the curry was very generous and reports were that the chowmein was the same. Extremely fair prices and outstanding quality and service. We will definately use next time we are in the area. X
orthendro davidson . 2020-09-17
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Had some great takeaway food, the chips were the best, thick and crispy. The Chinese food is still great but the chips are frozen beefeater style, still OK but not as good as they used to be; hoping they revert back with the winter potatoes.
Andy Jarvis . 2020-09-06
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They only open for takeaway at the moment. Ordered chicken chow mein and it was really nicely flavoured. Not too greasy or salty. The nice lady at the counter even gave us prawn crackers on the house. Would recommend to anyone visiting leyburn.
Janine J . 2020-09-06
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Had a delivery several times and even coming from leyburn too brompton, always been piping hot.
Dawn Symmonds . 2020-09-03
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Possible the worst Chinese in the country !!! 6 meals ordered and only two chicken curry’s where edible, just. The guy who left the review about the the satay dish is either the chef, family member or friend as this is possible the worst satay ever, certainly didn’t have any peanut “vibe” stickiness or taste. It was just a runny mess that left my arse a runny mess too. Never again.
Mark Oliver . 2020-08-23
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The food is lovely, very good atmosphere with friendly and welcoming staff. Wonderful experience and great price
Ricardo Rodrigues . 2020-08-19
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we have had the worst food imaginable, stone cold glue rice, cold curry sauce, minus prawns and chicken. I cannot believe this meal was cooked from scratch. Phoned up to complain, meaningless apology, no offer of refund. I wouldnt have any more food. Definaely a different chef, but thaey changed so many times in the last couple of years, Its constantly poor quality Im finally done for good. Its hard to describe how anyone could produce such slop. You can see the humongous pan that has all the rice in the kitchen from the counter, so I guess its just scooped out as and when a dish is ordered.
cmtj506 . 2020-08-09
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Again sent chicken balls instead of prawn,will never use this ridiculous excuse for a restaurant again,started deliveries and still wrong,shambles of a place
Beergoggles1971 . 2020-07-30
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First time trying this chinese, it was brilliant! Highly recommend.
Jordon Heys . 2020-04-25
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Great food and lovely staff :-)
emma barclay-langridge . 2020-03-14
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Decent quality food, quite expensive for what we got. Eating as a couple, we ordered a 3 in 1 with curry sauce, chicken balls, egg fried rice, portion of chips with 2 pots of curry sauce.No where near enough curry sauce for the amount of food we had. All of this came to £15-£20 which I thought was quite expensive.We were away on a holiday and this was the local Chinese, our Chinese at home we could feed 4 people with double the amount of food for just over £25. The food tasted okay, just wish we got what we paid for.
emilyhar12 . 2020-02-14
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Great food, ordered chow main and chilli chips and shredded beef. Quick and helpful on the phone. Thanks
Sammyjane1988 . 2020-01-23
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I called here a couple of years ago and hoped it had improved. It hasn’t.I got a takeaway and it was totally uneatable.Over cooked mushy rice , tasteless grey meat , undercooked boiled prawns and a sauce I honestly couldn’t tell you what was in it apart from lots of carrots and no flavour whatsoever.I took it back to them and asked the chef to eat it. He declined
AlWhite123 . 2020-01-05
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The nicest family run this restaurant. Lovely place
Louise Priestman . 2019-11-10
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They look after us as we are regulars.
Lynn Sandy . 2019-10-22
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We have used The Dragon Inn, Leyburn for over 30 years and have seen owners come and go and the quality of food fluctuate. However, we decided to give it another chance and were pleasantly surprised with the meals we got....you're back in favour!I would have scored 5 but the Spring Roll starters were devoid of the shrimps that used to give them that special quality.
DAvid W . 2019-10-20
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Authentic ambience, a calming experience and exquisite succulent Chinese food. The chicken satay sauce was simply one of the best I've ever tried, and believe me I've tried many. Sticky, thick, sweet and full of peanut vibes. The young lad who worked there did a great job and is a credit to his parents. In a world with so many Chinese restaurants, Dragon Inn keeps that level of passion that is important for our Chinese food culture in the UK. Exquisite.
Josh Fry . 2019-10-10
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Woman behind counter was beat customer service. Hope restaurant can tell u what womn was called. Had a cool Ralph Lauren cardigan on and was so so nice. Customer service is so important to me as I work in it myself and she was world class!!! Been vegetarian nearly a year and she customised my order to be vegetarian. Love the food and her. Give her a extra day holiday pay cos she made my experience xxxx.
Jemima G . 2019-10-03
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The food is excellent and the staff are the nicest people I have ever met. Beautiful place and people. Always a smile.
Charlotte Lawrence . 2019-10-01
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Starters of hit n sour soup very tasty, comp crackers ok... Service hit n miss.... restaurant area clean and tidy .... Good menu reasonable prices... House curry and house chow mein... very good. All in all decent value for money
IanWilliamH . 2019-09-30
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Went for a Chinese with my young daughter last night because my wife was out and she would never eat from this Chinese because she said it “is disgusting” she was not wrong! I ordered the duck wraps, it came out in a plastic container comprising of a soggy prawn cracker mixed in with the duck! The duck was very fatty and over cooked as if it had been taken off peoples plates, the sliced spring onions and I think it was cucumber smelt really off! I ordered a curry sauce and it was a lump of congealed mush, absolutely disgusting. I ordered a chicken rice and that was undercooked and hard, the peas and chicken were solid and tasteless. The ribs were also very dry and burnt. The young girl behind the counter didn’t look up once to take our order, she was chewing on Something and on her mobile answering yep to everything I said....not helpful at all!! It was so comical I was expecting Jeremy Beadle to jump out! This is positively to worst Chinese I have ever eaten!!
Dawn H . 2019-09-28
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Heerlijk gegeten en zeer vriendelijk personeel. Aanrader als je hier lekker Chinees wilt eten.
Arend Knufman . 2019-09-09
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We had visiting relatives ,who had made a special request for Chinese food, so searched trip advisor and found Dragon Inn. We were not disappointed, but more importantly our visitors were not disappointed. The food was freshly cooked and worth the wait. The staff looked after us really well and were are going to return.
frank j . 2019-09-09
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The food is excellent quality and service is with a smile.
Gus Flannagan . 2019-09-05
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Ordered takeaway for four. Called to order but it was hard work then one main course missed off. Worst of all was the food, we all agreed it was positively the worst Chinese we’d ever had. Found it hard to identify a couple of dishes. Kung Po chicken was weak and tasteless and nothing like anything I’ve had before.There’s a Coop over the road which does a decent selection so I’d suggest going there first.
MartLeeds . 2019-09-02
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It’s a shame when you have to leave a poor review but speak as you find! The starters were good but one of the mains (duck) was dreadful! It’s a fatty meat but really it was bordering on being unpalatable! The proprietors were friendly enough but the young lady serving with long blonde hair couldn’t give a toss if we were happy or not because she was too busy on her mobile! Then when we pose the question as to what coffee was available the response we got from said person was “I don’t know cause it’s in a sachet’I think I’d give it a miss
Stoths . 2019-08-28
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Lovely takeaway. Up stairs though so not wheelchair friendly
Carole Morgan . 2019-08-10
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Had a lovely evening meal here.The restaurant is clean and tidy and the staff helpful. Will be returning on our next visit.
stefanc844 . 2019-08-10
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Visited here whilst on holiday, had a takeaway on 01 August - food was really good and ready for collection within 15 minutes. Really could not fault the quality as we have many Chinese takeaways back home. You are doing a great job, thanks !
evertonhse . 2019-08-02
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Good friendly staff and the food was very nice We had the set meal for 4 also set meal for 2 to share between 6 adults couldn't fault the food that we had
Nigel Arthur Bullock . 2019-07-13
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The food in the restaurant is lovely and the service is quick and friendly.
Valerie Edwards . 2019-06-30
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An excellent meal in pleasant surroundings. The staff were very friendly, attentive and made us feel comfortable.
Duncan Freeman . 2019-06-25
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We enjoyed the food here - large portion sizes and good value. Earlier reviews refer to not having drinks licence in place, but this seems to have been sorted out as serving alcohol. We were allowed to bring our dog, which meant we came twice, and will return!
lanzafan . 2019-06-17
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While on holiday we tried this restaurant for a takeaway. Have to say we were very impressed. The crispy shredded beef was the best we have had, Szechuan chicken the same. Very large portions and we couldn’t believe the quantity of special fried rice, twice the size we get back home. Very polite lady.
telvalwright . 2019-06-14
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Always have a good meal here and the takeaway is excellent. I particularly enjoy the duck and the chop suey.
AdrianN1752 . 2019-06-11
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What a lovely surprise to find such good service with reasonably priced tasty food.
Q5417BKjuliep . 2019-04-27
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Awful these days it is nowhere near as good as it was.
Haydon Cooper . 2019-04-12
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The food was nice. Staff were friendly. Prices were reasonable. Alcohol would have been good on site but they are currently in the process of renewing their drinks licence so opted for soft drinks instead.
Rudas1988 . 2019-03-17
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Great friendly service. BYO made for a good value meal.
Ben Adams . 2019-03-17
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The food was piping hot and really tasty. Best eat in Chinese meal I've ever had. The lady that served us was so friendly. Wasn't serving alcohol but usually does.
thewakefields2017 . 2019-01-07
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top food great crack delivery all round big man ting
Harry Rowlands . 2018-12-05
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Called on my way home after work, was left standing for 5 minutes with nobody there to take any orders. The people in front of me had been waiting longer.
AlWhite123 . 2018-11-03
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Just had take away from here, chips were a bit rough, my wife got special fried rice which had dirty prawns in and she said it was the worst she had ever had, I had salt and pepper chicken which was nice, prawn toast was ok, the okay sauce was nice. Overall I was satisfied the wife hated it.
935darrena . 2018-09-09
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I have eaten here several times. I will eat there again! friends who I took there recently hoovered up everything from all the various plates that we shared. Good value, generous helpings, excellent friendly service. JUST one thing to remember, not licensed, so take your own alcohol...there is a supermarket just opposite.
catwomanYorkshire_UK . 2018-08-23
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This is our local Chinese now that the one in hawes has closed. Although I visit quire often but just recent I have got home 10miles away to find I have not got what I ordered. Unfortunately yesterday I asked for a prawn fried rice without any veg bits in as it was for my fussy grandson, when I got it home they had given me king prawns with noodles.
Kryztyne1 . 2018-08-01
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Cheap and cheerful with friendly service. Horrible carpet on the stairs leading up to this upstairs room might put you off. The food was fine and a reasonable price but not the best Chinese I have had, and the beef satay was far too spicy.
heakitt . 2018-07-29
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Probably my favourite Chinese of all time. The service is what made it, the guy behind the counter was thorough and kind, he ensured that the food would stay piping hot until we got home to eat it - and gave us some recommendations on his favourite dishes growing up. The food was delicious and there was plenty of it - I can't recommend this place enough.
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We haven't been for a while as since owners changed we have felt the food was just not as good. However we picked up a takeaway last night and it was in a different league. the food was amazing. Fresh, tasty, good ingredients. Lets hope this is the way forward. I hope local people try this place again as we did - as all the restaurants in Richmond need the support of locals.