Dragon Palace in Christchurch

Had a lovely meal here last night. Old school vibes inside the restaurant but the food was tasty and the staff were very attentive. The noodle dishes and bean curd we had were fabulous. Great time we will be back!

A proper original Chinese restaurant. We are regularly visiting

Had a lovely evening, well worth a visit. I think a new member of staff served us as he didn't know much about the food and we had to keep asking for drinks etc. The lady manager was a great help

Very expensive for what it is. Good for an odd visit.Have not tried the buffet maybe it's good.

I love taking pictures of food but the below pic is the only thing I managed to take yesterday - the food was that good that we didn’t have time to take anything else 😜 The service was absolutely amazing, so friendly and polite. The lady serving us (I think she was the owner) was chatty, polite, checking if we were ok and if we need more food. Food was pipping hot and a proper Chinese style - small bowls served so that we can share, hot water on the table to clean hands, dipping sauces etc… We all loved it. I think it must have either changed hands or the landlady took it firmly in her hands. We will definitely return soon, it was a great evening!

Absolutely awful! Service was terrible and had to listen to the waiters drilling holes in tables just next to where we were eating! And then had them hovering around people and manager was extremely rude to her staff!! Will never eat there again

Went here New Years Eve. Served by Ophelia who was so helpful as I'm a Coeliac and she went out of her way to check Allergens for me.

Only ordered take away. Was OK, thank you.

Excellent food and service. I wasn’t expecting the world when there was an all you can eat menu. We have been pleasantly surprised. Food 5* service 5* and price 5*. If you are in Christchurch pay Dragon Palace a visit!

We regularly use Dragon Palace as the best takeaway in Bournemouth, but how times change. This was the worst we've ever had so greasy and almost inedible. My wife's vegetable dish had one small piece of broccoli and one mushroom. Absolutely terrible meal and the last we will ever have from this restaurant. We know the ownership may have changed over the years but it's such a shame that a good restaurant should go so far so in the rankings.

Nice menu with £25 anything on menu option (bit extra on Fridays). Duck and pancakes very good! Parking on front or in roads opposite

Ordered a takeaway 1.5 hours ago still no signs it’s on its way aparently was told it would be up to 45mins when ordered crap service,won’t use again

Food is amazing. One of our favourite Chinese restaurants. Love the eat all you can menu, a lot to choose from.

This place is a hidden jem, food is amazing and the staff are really friendly.

In my humble opinion, this is the best bloody Chinese in U.K. Whether selecting one of the set menus (C is our favourite) or partaking in the all you can eat offer, the food is excellent. The staff are so friendly. Service is prompt without feeling rushed in anyway. Some prawn crackers on arrival with some yummy dip. Drinks orders taken once seated. The all you can eat offer is superb value and no loss of quality at all. One of the daughters recommended the Malaysian King Prawns - they were delicious. I would also recommend the mushrooms as a side dish. Every time we visit the New Forest we come to Dragon Palace. Thank you for many lovely meals and evenings.

The good and service was excellent! My favourite part was the ALL Taylor Swift playlist! What a perfect playlist! 100% will go again

The beet chinese food is fantastic and great value for money staff Very friendly nothing is too much trouble

Delicious food. We had the veggie options, but I assume the meat would've been just as good!

So Overpriced £ 7 for an apple juice Mayfair Prices why ? £ 7 for jasmin tea no customer service will never go back unfriendly hostile

Eat at this restaurant this week, wonderful food, fantastic service all at a competitive price would recommend to anyone 👍👍

Every time we holiday in new forest (4x a year), we visit the dragon palace at Christchurch. Sometimes we have a set menu, sometimes we do the “all you can eat” menu which is great value. The mixed starters are yummy. Followed by crispy duck with pancakes. Then mains as chosen until you can’t eat any more. Try the fried mushrooms!! And the beef in peking sauce. We had another fantastic meal in a friendly atmosphere with great service. Thank you and we look forward to coming back in august.

Not a very pleasing tasting experience having revisited this place again after a good few years, the starters were very unsatisfying as everything seemed to come out coated in batter and the sesame prawn was overcooked, the prawn crackers looked like they had seen better days as they were a funny yellowish off putting colour, the mix veg and chicken with cashew nuts was coated in some sort of slimey gloopy tasteless sauce that looked revolting, then they had the audacity to slap on an extra 10% charge for bringing out lacking in quality dishes, i will Definately Not be Returning!!

We had a take away, always great food

Food was nice, but be warned, they add a service charge of 10% onto the bill! Paid £93 for myself and 2 children for a standard all you can eat meal. Far too expensive.

Restaurant was very quiet for a Sunday evening. Food was delicious and variety was excellent.

Love this place. Great food. Nice people. Would recommend.

Miserable staff messy floors cheap paper table cloths, food was average,not cheap especially when they try to over charge you and then have a cheek to charge a 10% service charge. Would not recommend Dragon Palace and it’s no surprise I was the only in there.

We had a takeaway, it was ok, bit cold, chicken was chewy,

Firstly, we called up to book a table and we spoke to them twice and when we got there was told that we hadn’t booked. Staff were very rude and made us feel uncomfortable like we had done something wrong. All were miserable and it was a very strange vibe. Very over priced and the food was not great at all. Will not be returning. Please don’t waste your money!!! If you want to be made to feel uncomfortable and feel like your an inconvenience then go eat there.

Great sit in Chinese restaurant with lots of choices on the menu. We chose the all you can eat buffet, which was great value. Nice food and good service.

The food was and I mean a while ago above average, but what happened went there as a birthday group table I booked turned not booked. Food was disgraceful the duck tasted like it had already been passed through someone else then reheated Food ordered never arrived some dishes were too salty I was charged for 5 meals even though there was only 4 of us, when I asked for why I was told that It was due to ordering vegitarian duck pancakes, only thing that was good was the beer and water well they could not mess that up. By now you may guess I will not be going back I had used them a few times and until my last 2 visits been just good shame that no offer of any apology was given after complaint.

My partner and I used to eat at The Dragon Palace several years ago, when we lived in Poole. The food, then, was so fresh and tasted delicious. HOWEVER, we ordered some previous favourites and we were so very disappointed. What ever has happened to Dragon Palace during those years we were away?? The vegetables were soggy and in a tasteless, glutinous sauce. My partner's beef dish was tough and inedible, also tasteless with a glutinous sauce. We threw most of the meal away and will never order from Dragon Palace again. I see from other customer's negative comments, that a free meal is offered to make amends, but for us, we really wouldn't want that at all. The 2 stars are given for the good delivery. Such a shame about the rest.

The take away food was tasteless, beef was so hard could not swallowed . Will never buy a take away from this place again. P.

The food was excellent. Jeremy wills very attentive. Food arrived quickly and was delicious. It was no problem splitting the bill into two parties

Just been to this place and I wouldn’t recommend it firstly when we got there and sat down I asked the lady if the kids can share a plate on the all you can eat as they won’t eat much and she said no if they eat something they need to pay so I got them 1 each which my youngest which is 5 ate a handful of chips and my other boy ate 1 chicken ball and a handful of chip so basically paid £30 for them both shocking ( the chips wasn’t even cooked properly still hard in the middle ) so for 2 adults an 2 children with 3 half pints of soft drink and 1 pint of soft drink came to £91 and then they also put a service charge of £9.10 on the bill I don’t know why as the service was terrible If you have young kids do not take them here defiantly not value for money

We had the 'all you can eat' option. All served to you at your table. Freshly cooked to order. Friendly and attentive staff. Drinks very reasonably priced which was a nice surprise! This was our first visit but it definitely wont be our last.

It’s the first time I’ve ordered from here tonight. Absolutely delicious food. Could not have been improved in any way. Lovely and hot too. 8 dishes were all terrific. Highly recommend.

The food was luke warm, the sweet and sour sauce was a gloopy mess. All of the dishes tasted the same. The waiters need training, and the restaurant was freezing. Our first and last visit

It was absolutely fantastic and didn't cost much, we will definitely be going back SOON 👍👍👍👍👍

Management are incredibly nice service was quick and the food was very high-quality, especially for the price you pay, only complaint would be the variety of drinks, and the other guests who got very loud disturbing our meal.

Fantastic food, but the restaurant wasn't warm & the toilets were freezing.

Best chinese in the area and fantastic food. Reccomemd everytime!

Terrible, not happy. Ordered a house special with ginger and spring onion. Absolute joke, 3/4 of the dish was onion.

Food was amazing, service was best I've ever had at a restaurant, absolutely lovely staff and the overall decor and atmosphere was very nice. Pricing was rather higher than whst we're used to, but the quantity and quality definitely deserve it. Amazing restaurant.

Absolutely fantastic Chinese restaurant. Food was amazing, service was amazing.

Excellent food but charged a £7 service fee, for that reason alone I wouldn't return ( especially as the service wasn't that great from the young girl working )

Good food. Paper table cloths and badly smelling loos let it down.

We have been buying from here for years, always good food and generally good delivery 😀 👍

Excellent food, reasonably priced and good service from friendly staff

My partner used to come here with his gran parents over 20 years ago. It was a lovely surprise taking him back down memory lane. Food is amazing and all fresh. I've never found a Chinese I like but this one tops them all ! By far the best and will be coming back from London just to eat here ! Amazing staff members all polite. Thank you for making us feel welcome.

After a bad experience here a year ago we decided to give them another chance. So glad we did. They’ve started doing eat what you want again £24.99 per person which is good value really nowadays. Think it’s a few pound more for weekend. Food was back on form.

Eaten here few times and enjoyed food. Prawns are lovely!!!

Food ok but price of dish just ridiculous over double price of the takeaway menu and service charge 10% for no service - VERY DISAPPOINTED 😭

Excellent service, great food, good value for money. We were on holiday and had a takeaway. Went here after looking at the reviews.

OMG, loved last night's dinner. The mock beef is like eating meat. My partner was questioning whether they gave us beef by mistake. Its looks that real. It was made with thinly sliced mushrooms. You can have mock beef, chicken or king prawns with any...

I was wondering around the area looking for somewhere to eat (we're not locals) and I asked someone where I could dine-in at a Chinese restaurant and 3 people recommended this place and said how good it was. They do an all you can eat...

Ordered a home delivery takeaway, three different meals, most were super, sadly the 1/4 duck was well over cooked and slightly burnt. Shame as rest of delivery was extremely nice. Would order food from here again though.

Booked this place whilst on our hols & having read the reviews, we were keen to give it a go. It didn’t disappoint! Fantastic food and great service. Definitely as good a Chinese as I’ve ever had….and I’ve had quite a few!

Gorgeous food excellent service xxxx

What a little gem the food was amazing the staff are lovely with a friendly smile all round would definitely recommend to anyone if they're in the area just wish they would branch out and have one closer to home beautiful and I can't wait to come back again thankyou dragon Palace for a fantastic meal and evening

me and five friends went last night for the all you can eat menu and were not disappointed one bit. food was gorgeous and the staff were amazing, not pushy like some places. we will be making this a monthly thing now.

Just eaten here as a family of 15 on holiday. Was amazing food and amazing service. Very impressed.

Fantastic food, great service, staff were very attentive. Food is served quickly and plenty of choice. Prices are very good I had the crispy duck pancakes, good servings.

The food on our visit could not be faulted. However the service was odd to say the least. We went for the eat as much as you like menu and shortly after our starter had arrived was told that we needed to pay the bill....

Awful experience tonight, food although delicious was so expensive and overall experience poor. We had the all you can eat, as soon as the starter arrived was told we had to pay the pill as they had other customers walk out without paying, we had no problem with this, but they had the nerve to add a service charge before the meal was even complete!!! The waitress told us that this was because you can't tell who are gypsies and who are not, we were shocked by these comments. My partner paid the bill minus service charge but was made to feel extremely uncomfortable throughout the meal. We were not even offered prawn crackers.

First off chicken was RAW and PINK Very over priced and service was crap Staff were rude and didn’t seem to take it seriously… laughing about food not being cooked properly… DISCUSTING

Having been frustrated by indifferent service at restaurants I decided to try this takeaway.I ordered the prawns with noodles and grilled dumplings. The noodles were excellent.Very crunchy vegetables and lots of prawns.I found the Dumplings to be a bit stodgy.However overall the food was impressive...

The food was very good and tasty, especially the Singapore noodles. Portions were very big especially considering the price. Great value for money. Very kind service and nice people. Would highly recommend.

Came in for a takeaway as recommended by my housemate, was not disappointed. Friendly staff, was ready ahead of time quoted, and came with a complementary dish! Well cooked food in good portions.

Dropped in for food in passing! Very friendly, not pushy. Very reasonable price had one of the Set menus, far too much food 😁 absolutely delicious, every course fresh and hot. You could make changes if there was something you didn't like. Anything you didn't eat they would put in a doggy bag! Definitely go again!

Fantastic quality food and great service. Good value for money. We had the EAMYL Buffet meal, totally excellent food service and quality food. Thankyou.

This is one of the best places for Chinese food I have ever been too in the UK, 100% recommend! Staff are friendly, good variety of food and drink.

The food is great from here but the additional 20%tax on what's already expensive is ridiculous and then you get charged 2.50 for delivery and they have the cheek to then put a 20% tax on that delivery fee tax thy call it honestly unless this is removed I won't order again and it was my go to place order once a week at least 40 pound spend aswell

Nice food but main meals £10.50. Rice £5.80 up. £2 dearer than on website. Need to update site. Very friendly staff. Food was hot. A bit too far for us to go for Chinese.

Grest food as allways? Good service.

Order supposed to be 45 minute delivery Took 1hr 30 minutes Quicker to order via uber eats

Incredible food and such friendly service

Took my husband here for his 50th birthday and the food was incredible..massive portions..we ended up taking some home with us..Great value for money 👌🏼👍🏼

Love Chinese food anyway had a reservation last night the lady that was on hand, seated us straight away took our drinks order and presented it all the staff were so attentive, dressed very smart and presentable very pretty too! We were all very impressed with the food it was delicious and food presentation that was appreciated there were 6 of us in all and the large order all came out in a timely manner it was beautiful I can't recommend this restaurant enough, I would definitely go back, I loved the table we were on, & I was fascinated with lazy Susan, I guess its the small things.....but go!!

Had a lovely evening here, delicious food, great menu, really really nice atmosphere of a genuine Chinese restaurant. Great service, had salt and pepper squid and great dim sum. Thanks very much!

Overpriced, overcharged and average food and service.

Very expensive for very very low quality food. I hope they change the ingredient providers for future unfortunate victims

The best chinese food around, absolutely love this place!

Best Chinese. I only get a takeaway when I come and see my elderly mum. They do the best pancake rolls. I don't know of many Chinese restaurants that do pancake rolls anymore, they now do those silly spring rolls. The food is delivered before their estimated time of 45 minutes and always hot and delicious 😋

Always very consistent food and service. Shame they'll be closing.

Booked for 17 of us wanted to sit all on one table but the restaurant said it couldn't be done once we had arrived food was ok but pricey believe the place is closing soon so in my opinion it won't be missed but am sure others will one of our tables got served before the other one and staff couldn't seem to be bothered

Yummy food. Cobwebs in the corner eek

So.... food was very nice and very hot. Service not so nice and general attitude cool to cold! On occasions we have had home delivery and are more than happy with both food and value. Dining in was meant to be a treat but will...

It is so dated, I love it in there. The food and service is great too.

Very good service and excellent quality food 👌👍👏😀😋🙌

Heard great things about this place as two of our party had been many times previously before it changed hands. The food was nice I must admit and the staff tried their best and were friendly. Then the bill came.. They might as well have...

Quick takeaway. Fabulous and tasty.. Lovely friendly and helpful staff... We really enjoyed our unplanned lunch and will be going again at weekend.

Ordered food for delivery for family take away night. Never ordered from here before. We were told 60mins, waited 70 mins and called up to check everything was ok, turns out it hadn't been cooked and I was asked to collect it. DONT OFFER DELIVERY IF YOU CAN'T!!

Gone down hill dramatically! More expensive, less food, food not good, won't be going there again

Excellent. Staff very attentive. Think it must have change hands since our last visit as a member of our party was a vegetarian and when she mentioned it to one of the staff a special plate of food was brought to the table for her. This was not an option on our last visit for Sunday lunch.

Wouldn't order again. Not great food.

Really nice food and large potions would certainly recommend

Used to frequent this place all the time and was amazing. I know the whole world's gone mad at the moment with covid etc but this place has gone. The buffet they serves has stopped and been replaced by outrageous pricing. Also we had about...

Really good menu, service very good and the food is great.

Took my son and daughter here. Because I am white and British do you really think I want to listen to an Adel and Backstreet Boys while eating a Chinese? It's almost insulting. Please play some Chinese music, I can listen to Adel anywhere! (...