Dragons Lair in Powys

Very plane and bland. I wasn't impressed the sweet and sour sauce was just vinegar and the salt and pepper chicken was so dry I couldn't chew it. For the price you pay for the meal it's not worth it. I am very underwhelmed and won't be ordering from here again.

First try 9 out 10 You have to go and get your meal everything was taste better than mc donalds 👌🏻

Tiny Chinese shop located on the highstreet, has a old victorian vibe to it it's really nice building can't miss it, food is always to order don't think I've ever complained chips are unreal along with they're bbq sauce and chow main , it does have a 15% service charge but it's still cheap and cheerful

Awful! We picked up a takeaway this evening as a “treat”. It was inedible and nasty. Gross. It’s gone in the bin, the whole pile of nastiness that was passed off as food.

Have been going to this Chinese for a long time, ordered the salt and chilli box and that was okay, very peppery and no hint of garlic, ginger, five spice, just salt and pepper, not a huge amount of chicken or beef in there. But still value for money, However the chicken noodle soup was awful, It tasted stale, the chicken was so tough, the noodles were way over cooked and the soup was congealed, it was really thick and gelatinous.

Loved the food and service. Will definitely be back. Best Chow Mein I've tasted 😋

Please save your money! Treated my daughter for her Birthday as Chinese is her favourite food and it was inedible! Clearly the chips had been reheated, requested certain things to be left out and was completely ignored even the curry had been reheated! It is hands down the most expensive yet worse Chinese I have ever had!!

This was single handedly the worst Chinese I’ve ever consumed, never eaten anything saltier than the crispy chicken. Not worth the ridiculous price.

Probably one of the worst tasting chinese takeaways I've ever had. We ordered over the phone to collect after picking a menu up at the premises earlier. When we walked into the property to pay they told us that the bill was 15% more than the advertised price which we refused to pay. Just dont bother going to this place. Awful tastes and textures.

Been going here for 2 years plus.. but Ordered a takeaway tonight and the prawns weren’t cooked, Forgot my pineapple chicken prawn crackers should have already been packed but weren’t…. Also no syrup on the pineapple fritters??! I’m really upset with the lack of loyalty and care and attention to the cooking.

Worst Chinese I have ever had by far!!! Shocking staff and rude owner, the reviews before mine say it all. It’s not even worth a star. We will never go back!!!!!

Food was not good tonight . Prawn crackers were soft. I had a lump of cornflour or what ever they use to thicken the sauce with it was horrible. Prawns not fried long enough the batter wasn’t cooked. Overall rubbish. We won’t go there again.

The food was awful the sweet and sour sauce was really watered down and sweet and sour chicken was just awful.. not even covered properly in the sauce🫠 really disappointed as had a Chinese from here before and it wasn’t too bad!

Nice enough people just food is disgusting sloppy tasteless and chow main or more like a soup

That was the most awful meal I have ever eaten! When we arrived back home two of the items were missing and it was cold. I will never go there again.

It’s my first time using this place since changing there name the foods lovely only problem I had was I ordered my food Whitch is what I wanted Whitch come to 17.40 tell the person serving said to me there a 15% extra charge for energy saving well that’s false information surely if your going add extra on it should be on the price list first not after I’ve ordered

Never again! First I payed more than on menu and staff excuse was that they don't have money to print new prices (whaaat). Food was cold and so so bad. Your airfryer can do a lot better for the quarter of that price!

We have been ordering since a few months ago and we have enjoyed all our meals. The service is nice, food is good quality , flavours are nice too. Rice Cantonese style, beef in black bean sauce, chicken fuyoung and chomain have been delicious. We became regulars now .

Ordered over the phone, polite enough. Ready on time but oh dear, food was very sadly and very disappointingly aweful. Chowmein was tasteless slop, runny and juicy not much chicken and what there was …. Tiny pieces few and far between. The other food was sadly just as bad. Shame as everything these days costs so much and this was a treat

I went there a few years back and weren't impressed but it seems to have changed for the better lately very good change too !!!

Last time I ordered it was so salty everything tasted the same, ordered again yesterday and think they spilt a tub of salt into it, awful couldn’t eat

Has to be one of the worst Chinese takeaways I've ever had! Don't waste your money!

Excellent food, lovely friendly people.

The food is so nice. Definitely the best take away in welshpool.

Worst food ever curry was bland and tasteless prawncrackers where hard used to be a good takeaway not now won't go back there.

Only had food with my fiancée from that place once, and I can safely say I will never go back there again even if it’s the only takeout left in Welshpool. Chow mein was dripping with oil, was over cooked and soggy and was very bland. The sharing starter looked very anorexic, the prawn bread was flat with no signs of prawn. The spare ribs were practically just bones smothered in a sticky mess of a sauce. Singapore fried rice tasted nothing like it should and the rice was clearly overly boiled as it was disintegrating with every bite. Beef in black bean sauce was more like beef in brown water. I can honestly say that the only edible part of the meal was the fried crispy seaweed… complete waste of money .

Several hairs upon opening the box. Overcooked chips. Never again am i going there.

King Prawns - Not so, Unless they are Dwarf King Prawns, Half of food was cold, generous duck portions and great price, but pancakes tear and cucumber and scallions need to be fine julienne.

Dubious as heard bad reports, but the food was lovely, service was friendly and efficient, they tweaked their menu to make my choices vegetarian for my family. I would definitely go again.

Wish I’d listened to the reviews 🤦

Absolutely shocking food. Use to be okay. Last time ever using them! Chips are now frozen rubbish, the chicken balls are all dough and no/to little chicken. The sauce tastes awrful and all the same. Unfortunately our chow mein was extremely salty too.

Absolutely disgusting food. Threw nearly £40 worth of food in the bin. Chips looked like they had been cooked last week. Curry’s was watery with no taste and congealed, everything we ordered was uneatable. Is the worst meal I have ever seen. Omelette was burnt greasy and rank. Even the dog walked away .

The prawn toast was basically fried bread, no prawns on it at all, the rice was stodgy

Trying to think of something positive to say about the food and carnt the food was watery and tastless, the pancakes for the crispy duck had been over microwaved and stuck together like mush. I will say the young lady on the front desk was polite, and extremely professional when dealing with customers for one so young, hence the two stars otherwise I would have given none.

The Lantern now known as Dragons lair, has extremely poor customer service. We ordered a meal last night, meal was wrong and the food was cold. We only live less than a mile away and we drove. When we phoned to let them know. They said come back tomorrow. We did, and he refused to acknowledge that there was anything wrong and told us to go away! Bad and poor service and food.

Great food. Love the curries and the Singapore chow mein is fantastic.

Top tier scran after a nice day at the beach chips, chicken balls and curry sauce all quality best chinese I've ever had belly was extremely satisfied.

Very good Chinese overall, food tastes great, service is quick and friendly. One of the best Chinese I have been to.

The Lantern has been in Welshpool for decades and has always been excellent. They have a good range of veggie dishes and are flexible in making ‘specials’ to order. Highly recommended.

Came to Welshpool to visit my family and we treated ourselves to a Chinese, first time around the young girl that answered to take our order was clueless on the menu and the order was wrong called them straight back and the bloke that answered was very arrogant and turned it around on us and blamed us for his wrong doing, went back down the second time the order was still wrong but due to it being so late and me on the verge of a hypo we decided to eat it regardless and it was absolutely disgraceful! The chicken balls were dripping with grease and a resembled something you would get from McDonald's but McDonald's would of been better, the spring rolls were like frozen ones that you could pick up from your local supermarket, the rice was more like boiled rice than fried rice, the chow mein was greasy and tasteless, the curry was a different story it was the consistency of water and also bland, the beef was rubbery and the chicken didn't even look nor taste like chicken! I wouldn't of even fed it to my dog! Overall will never be going back again to this takeaway the food was greasy, tasteless and unedible and the service was appalling! *And the prime example of how appalling the service is, is the response to this post from the owner. After claiming he had been doing this for over 30 years and finding out he was only 21 was a shock! It's not against the place at all. It is purely to warn people of my own experience at this place. The food was a disgrace, service awful and like I said on the original post both times there was food missing and the order was wrong but the second time due to health we decided to eat it regardless to save me being unwell although between us we must of threw over £30 worth of food in the bin!

Been going to this Chinese for years and although the food tastes good they can't get the orders right for toffee. Order a garlic and chilli Beef and get chicken instead. Order a large egg fried rice get a small. Either their staff need retraining on how to get a telephone order correct or I'm going to find a new Chinese takeaway.

We were on a weekend break and fancied a Chinese, there was not much choice in way of Chinese takeaways and the cottage we were staying in had a leaflet for the lantern, we phoned our order through and made the 20 min journey to collect. The food was ready on arrival, great friendly service, however the food was very bland, the fried rice was more like boiled rice, completely anaemic in colour, the salt & pepper chicken and chips were caked in ground black pepper rather than chillies etc. The quarter crispy duck had barely a mouthful of meat on it. No complimentary prawn crackers either which was disappointing with a £30 order. Unfortunately we would not recommend nor revisit.

After having a terrible experience & then reading some of these reviews, what can I say, White guys can’t cook Chinese food

The rice was hard as if it hasn't been cooked or over cooked, curry sauce was thick and a bit lumpy, wouldn't recommend this for anyone, try the golden valley in llanymynech for the best Chinese experience ever 😋

Had food to night Food was well bad not going there ever more not cook sweet and sour was like it was made in dish water .

I can easily give 4 full stars for this place. Price was good, food was good ( I had a sweet and sour chicken with boiled rice) , amount of food was also very good.

Amazing meal and fantastically friendly service. Many thanks for the evening.

I've visited this place twice now to use the takeaway both times the food was excellent nice large portions very tasty and hot the lady behind the counter that served us was really polite and helpful the man in the back kitchen( possibly the boss ) was also polite and good to talk to. I've read some of the ( bad )reviews and to be honest I struggle to agree with them I suggest you try it for yourself and then give your own review.

Absolutely love this place! All the staff are very friendly, the food is delicious (especially the chicken chow main) Got the food pretty quick and it was a Saturday which is the busiest day so I was happy to get my food. I recommend going here if you go to Welshpool! You can sit in and eat too.

Glad I don't live in Welshpool.

My dish of beef and black bean was extremely salty. To the point of waking up with swollen mouth and ulcers. Other dish of sea food chow mein was very bland. Such a shame

First time here and ordered a beef curry, found it very tasty, the English girl behind the counter was very helpful and got my order very quickly

Believe the poor reviews, ignoring the fact that the order was wrong, the sweet and sour sauce just tastes of vinegar, canton chicken which was supposed to be crispy was plain chicken breast in a very wet BBQ sauce and the satay chicken had very little chicken, we thought we would give it a chance having read the reviews but take head of them wait a little longer and perhaps use another restaurant.

Very rubbish food bad owner, had food poisoning from his food and he likes to touch his staff inappropriately.

Went here last night and and as soon as I walked in the member of staff was very rude he said " what you doing if it's food your after I'm not cooking you anything we have ran out of absolutely everything " yet the door was still open no sign on door to say sorry for any inconvenience or anything we just walked out but tbh I'm glad we didn't have anything from there after reading the reviews. What sort of chinese runs out of food ! ! ! And not to have anything at all is disgusting don't get me wrong sometimes there are delivery problems but not even a sign on the door !!!!! There were a couple of people sitting in there possibly waiting for food can't think what else they would b waiting for !

Great food and really good portions.

Lemon chicken I had tasted as I'd it had artificial flavouring in it . Soggy chicken too.

The best for dining in Chinese/Japanese/Thai in Welshpool.

Not nice. Won't be going again.....

I did not enjoy that at all not happy with this 😠

I have just purchased a takeaway meal from this dive - probably the worst Chinese meal I have ever tasted. When I rang to tell the manager (I was polite throughout the conversation) I was told, quote, I was: "A dick**** and to shove it my a***." Stay from there - it's truly gross! I attach a photo of what was apparently Cantonese shredded beef and rice. Yuck!

Fantastic place. Lovely staff. My daughter loves the spring rolls!! Can't fault the place :)

Brilliant food. Clean place, worth the prices. Would go again

i went to the lantern for a meal and the waiteress was lovely and really polite and went out of her way to help me , because i didnt know where i was going , the food was really really nice and the atmosphere was really homelly and its was verry clean and tidy id recommend all my friends and family to go there for a meal or even eat at the restaurant . im going to give a 5 star review because i really couldnt fault anything about the place at all , thankyou staff you really made me feel welcome , and the wateress was really really nice , i really didnt mind leaving a tip for the chef and the waiteress , thankyou ill call again for deffo on my way through

Always eat from here every Saturday food excellent never had a problem with the food and the staff are very welcoming

Food was relatively quick considering the amount of orders that was going through to the kitchen, nice bunch of staff and the food was excellent!

Had a lovely meal here .. ☺️ nothing was to much .. food was great!! Takeaway is always done on time! Highly recommend :)

Doesn't deserve a star at all , absolutely awful , won't be going again

This has to be the worst Chinese restaurant I have ever purchased food from Asked for Boiled rice. got egg fried rice Chips unrecognisable Sweet and sour totally tasteless Chicken omelette was more like scrambled egg & chicken chucked into a box bloody awful will not ever eat from there too costly to throw in the bin Oh & if that wasn't bad enough it was bloody cold Beware be warned yuk food