Duck Sifu in Norwich

We talked about food FOMO before and this place has it in abundance! Crikey O'reilly but this place is incredible! We are truly blessed to have a restaurant selling high quality authentic Chinese food here in Norwich City! A little braised beef and mooli, or the face-numbing sensation of real szechaun peppercorns in a spicy sauce with delicious chicken! Piles of rice, delicious teas and noodles for days! Whilst this may not be for everyone's toast, it's well, well worth a visit for those that seek adventure and can push their boundaries. That being said there are enough classics present to keep most people happy and, given the quality of the food we had when we were here, I'm sure that anything you choose will be astonishingky good.

To begin with, if you are all about aesthetics, this place is not for you. However, if you are more traditional or homely just looking to get good food, then this place might be for you. That aside, from my own experience, the food was not very flattery for my taste based on my own order of Roast duck with rice. It is possible to find what you want from the robust menu. As for the service, very homely and refreshing. There was nothing undesired about the service. The atmosphere is just okay, not very spacious, dull lights, not picture worthy for social media enthusiasts. In summary, it is a good experience with my friends, in my opinion it is better to have the food delivered than to eat in, hence my 3 star rating

Fantastic and tasty food, I will definitely be back when I next visit Norwich

I ordered braised beef and roast duck combo with rice. Duck Sifu served the beef that's made up of 60%fat; the duck was likely stored for a few days. The price of a can of soft drinks was GBP 3.50! The service was quick but the staff needs to learn to avoid holding the parts of cutlery or can of drinks that gets into the lips or mouth of the customers.

We looked forward to our visit but were disappointed with the food quality. The service was great and friendly from the moment we arrived. We ordered pork/duck noodles and sweet/sour ribs with rice. The duck slices we were served were full of large and tiny bones, with hardly any meat left. The pork slices however were nice and well cooked. The ribs were mostly steam cooked so the meat was soft and fatty. We also felt the beer was overpriced, around £6.50 for a 330ml bottle of tiger.

-delicous roasted duck & bbq fatty belly pork.

Really good customer service, really nice, tasty food and a good experience for a casual and relaxed meal.

Order a trio of rice dishes, roasted duck, barbecued pork and Hainanese chicken. The meat didn't feel very fresh, at least it wasn't baked on the same day. If it was baked on the same day, then their preservation methods need to be improved. The taste is a bit weird, with a slightly spoiled feeling, and the color of the meat can also be seen as a spoiled color. The meat and rice are heated in the microwave and there is no good heat preservation equipment. Not recommended

Delicious and authentic Chinese cuisine, service fast and friendly. I lived in China for 5 years and it was great to taste proper Chinese food that was freshly cooked and reasonably priced

Absolutely delicious food and very reasonable prices! Would definitely recommend

Serving cantonese dishes in Norwich, this restaurant is worth to visit for asian-foodies. It is easy to find. The service is prompt. Their signature dishes comprises the famous grilled duck, pork menus, soups and noodles.

We visited there recently but it was bad. I ordered the Curry Chicken but the chicken were only little pieces with bones. Is the price of chicken so expensive in Norwich？How can they serve their customers with such terrible dishes！What a restaurant！No more interest to visit anymore.

Visit there a few days ago and ordered Chicken Curry. Curry tasted ok but there are lots of little pieces of chicken with bones. Is the price of chicken so high in Norwich and they try to cut cost？They are pushing the customers away, no more interest to visit there again！

my fav chinese restaurant in england ever i am the loyal consumer as i ve been there for thousand time i have to say double cooked pork spicy chickin and the Spicy beef brisket all recommend with rice it is much better than most chinese restaurant in england i'd say moms

Maaaan. Always wanted to try Mapo Tofu. So found Duck Sifu. Very clean inside, and service was quick and friendly. The mapo tofu, spot on. Spicy enough to get my nose running, but not just SPICY. Good rice too. A touch expensive, but I enjoyed it. Think my beef, mapo, rice, came out to £22 ish? Will have to visit again next time.

We ordered roast duck. It was cold and very fatty. Skin is wet and soaked, not crispy at all. The tofu hotpot tasted like pre-cooked dish from the factory. What even worse is that they don't have baby chair or baby changing facility despite their google map "about" info shows "good for kids". We have a 1.5 years old little one who barely ate anything as the table is too high. We had to rush out to change the soil nappy in the middle of our meal on a rainy day and guessed what the Greggs next door offered us the baby changing station and saved our life. Yes, even a bakery knows how to respect all people's needs. I can't believe a proper restaurant is such baby-unfriendly. When i was paying the bill, I was asked to contribute to the service charge and I refused because of our horrible experience and poor quality food. The owner gave a dirty bad look. I will not come back anymore. Not recommended.

Second time here and it didn't disappoint! If local Asians come to eat here then you can be assured that it's tasty and authentic! They are very helpful if you are unsure what to have as there's a lot to choose from and it can be overwhelming! We ordered a few dishes to share and the salted fish chicken and aubergine is so delicious (not a fishy taste) a that it became our favourite dish to order whenever we come back! Highly recommended! 🫰🏽

Had roast duck and egg noodles🤤 couldn’t get someone to teach me how to use the sticks though. Friendly atmosphere. Just do better with customers questions. Thanks :)

Hands down the best Chinese in Norwich! The food is delicious, good portions and friendly service. This is now our favourite place to eat in the city.

Always good food, authentic taste and great service!

My favourite Chinese restaurant in Norwich! Excellent menu with a variety of authentic and delicious Chinese dishes, including roast duck, Hainan chicken and crispy pork belly. Lovely homely atmosphere in the centre of Norwich, and staff are very friendly and accommodating. Good portion sizes at a fair price. I will be returning soon!

Huge portions, great value, delicious food - would absolutely return!

Authentic Chinese/Malaysian/Cantonese/Hong Kong style food. Not typical Anglo style "Sweet and Sour Chicken and spare ribs". (Those places can be good too ofcourse.) Especially good for roast meats or (Siu Mei). Extremely delicious traditional Crispy roast pork belly (Siu Yuk) with rice. Scallion sauce and chilli oil is available. Apparently yellow mustard is traditional with roast pork belly just like Worcester sauce for fried spring rolls. I expect they are also available if you ask. Delightful staff, delightful decor and crockery, multiple choices of Chinese tea, 5 stars.

Good food, clean and comfortable little restaurant with a plentiful menu and really lovely staff. It was our first ever visit and it was the wonderful smell that enticed us to go inside. Portions were extremely generous and we struggled to finish all of our food, our bad. I specifically reccomend dim sum dumplings, they were to die for. Wholesome family run buisness, wholeheartedly reccomend.

As a Hong Konger who has lived in the UK many years... this is good value and actual Cantonese food in Norwich! I've decided that Duck Sifu is as close to a Hong Kong diner you can get here, but don't expect it to taste exactly like in HK. Really good service too! 三拼飯 (three-roasts rice) portion was £15. Roast duck is nice, crispy roast pork a bit overdone at the bottom but still tastes good. The braised intestines and poached chicken were the real stars. Bubble tea - £4.50 for a large cup, so it was good value (I know.. I remember moaning about how bubble tea in this country cost £3 a decade ago).

Ordered a 3 meats plate that includes duck, char siu, and crispy pork and the duck was only with fat, skin was not crispy at all... char siu is okay, pork was not crispy at all.... this is definitely not a restaurant standard. Felt like home made. I was gobsmacked with the poor quality of the duck. Well you call yourself Duck Sifu... please don't. Pork intestine was poor, very stinky smell, please wash it properly. I wish I could go back and try others but according to their name, duck supposed to be good, but not.

Very yummy amazing if you want authentic chinese food 😊😊

Generous portions and friendly service

This must easily be top for very poor quality food and service. I score them 3 for atmosphere but with scoring 1 on food and service the atmosphere is surely not even a consideration.

Duck Sifu is conveniently located in the centre of the city. The staff are friendly, the food is prepared quickly and everything we tried was was absolutely delicious. The Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken is particularly wonderful. Highly recommended.

traditional chinese roast duck and roast meat restaurant.

Portions are huge! Food was authentic and very flavorful. Would recommend for a late night craving

all of the meat was just bone and cold. the chicken curry was super salty and inedible. there were people waiting to gat a table at the side of the restaurant and it was disturbing. safe to say I'm never coming here again

i can definitely say that food is good, as a regular customer, affordable but a bit pricey for a student. For the atmosphere, it's cosy but i personally find it quite packed as in not spacious enough for sofa seats though. When i ordered milk tea on deliveroo, they weren't sealed properly most of the time 😅 please improve on this one though :( otherwise everything's perfectly good

Cha Xiu(Roasted pork) and Roasted Duck are both not bad But the restaurant is abit sloppy(lazy) on more complex dishes, authentic-but lazy

Tremendous, authentic, Chinese dishes. Unusual dishes, don’t miss the experience

Well my milk tea was delivered upside down and it wasn’t sealed properly so it completely spilled in the bag. The crispy pork belly was incredibly soggy and really shouldn’t have been packed with the noodles. The noodles might have come with a sauce? Couldn’t tell because it has also spilled in the bag. Rice noodles were also definitely not fresh. Cumin lamb was weirdly shredded meat. Popcorn chicken was remarkably soggy even though it was packed on its own. Altogether disappointing and some of the worst Chinese I’ve had.

Authentic Chinese food. Big Menu.

Very friendly, welcoming and attentive staff. We enjoyed the crispy pork belly and the dim sum platter. However, we were charged £10 for egg fried rice, £10 for morning glory vegetables and £7 for a pot of tea (2 people sharing the pot with free hot water refills) which I believe is far too expensive and not fairly priced.

I had a noodle dish and some dumplings. Delicious and more than I could manage. Brought the rest home and have enjoyed it the next day. I've passed this place so many times and never paid it much attention but will definitely be back. Lovely fresh tasting food.

Lovely, well portioned food with very friendly staff. Many of the menu items are great to share too.

One of the best Chinese restaurant in Norwich. Prices are affordable and staff are very accommodating and friendly. I’m definitely coming back here.

Food is good - authentic. Prices are reasonably but slightly on the high side. Staff is friendly, polite and helpful.

The food is amazing, it’s incredibly authentic. I always come back for more. I ordered it recently and was disappointed as the packaging wasn’t secure and the soup from the noodles had all spilled out. The plastic bag was just filled with the liquid. Maybe try ordering something that isn’t too liquid and you’re good to go.

I just had the 2 roast meat, duck and braised meat- I'm not sure what meat it was but it melted in my mouth (maybe label it on Uber eats for clarity?) And dumplings. That was so delicious, I've recently moved from London and was sad I couldn't just pop to Chinatown to eat my favourite foods but not anymore, just need to find coconut buns now 😄. Thank you for the meal, I will 100% be back.

Staff took the time to let out daughter order in Mandarin

Hong Kong canteen dining as it should be. Simple, fast and tasty food. The staff where very friendly on arrival, even though they were closing in half-an-hour (8.30pm). We kept it simple with two bowls of roast duck soup and some seasonal greens. Five minutes later, it was like a trip down memory lane. Tastes of home for my wife, taste from real Cantonese restaurants in London china town for me. 😉 A very pleasant, happy, family run cafe. You can't go wrong here. Give it a go, you wont be disappointed 😋

What a little hidden gem in a city I didnt expect to find something so authentic. I'm visiting this weekend from Liverpool and wanted to see what Norwich has to offer food wise and I wasn't disappointed when I stumbled upon this place. First of all the staff are so friendly and accommodating, they helped us order and was so chatty and polite which already is a massive factor when eating out. But not only was the service great and the atmosphere very open and cosy but the food was incredible. I consider myself a foodie and I'm also a chef, so I'm always in search of good places to eat and Duck sifu didn't dissappoint. We ordered the hainanese chicken which was amazing, very fresh and the chicken was very juicy. It came with Boiled rice, pak choi and a really fresh and tasty ginger, scallion oil which was so addictive and nice to mix into the rice. We also had the Malaysian beef brisket which was full of so much flavour and had the perfect balance of spice, it was really tasty. Last of all we had the Okra salad which was something really different especially for the western pallet but again it was delicious and went well with the Boiled rice! The menu had some really out there things which I'd also like to try at some point when I return, such as a jelly fish salad and also frogs legs! I also seen the mix meat plate which I think I'll order next time with crispy belly pork, duck and char sui which looked spot on as well 🤌 Thanks guys

High quality duck and local Cantonese food, with good service and warm welcome. Dog friendly too! Surprised to find a dog friendly Chinese restaurant with good food, so was very grateful :)

Delicious Cantonese cuisine. Not the very grand style yet friendly with great flavor and portion is generous. You could sit comfortably to enjoy the food. Setting looks tidy. You actually can order items that do not come with noodles or steam rice, and order steam rice separately. That separate order of steam rice is actually pretty huge in portion which is good for sharing. Mine was perfectly made, quite aromatic. Their drinks are quite unique as well, e.g. iced fruit tea which you can have the amount of ice / sugar adjusted for you.

You know, I liked to visit these Chinese restaurants, because especially if you are a new client, special attention is paid to you, so that you can understand that you order, they tell you everything, of course. Yes, it’s a pity that there are not so many such establishments and they don’t have very premises, because people kept coming. Sometimes it happens that everyone in the room can not accommodate some people have to wait outside to come to eat very pleased that a lot of young people come. I can say one thing, that I wish you success and God grant that everything turns out the way you do it, because I know many Chinese restaurants and in fact. As far as I know, now many people are switching to Chinese cuisine.

Fantastic and authentic selection of Chinese food. You can tell it's going to be decent by the clientele. Prices are reasonable and the portions are a good size. Thoroughly recommend visiting

The food was soooo good. We had 3 meats (roast duck, crispy pork belly, bbq pork belly), wonton noodle soup and morning glory stir fry with shrimp paste. Very friendly and polite staff. Highly recommend.

The Hainan chicken rice and roast duck are great

I'll never eat anything there again

Couldn’t find another Cantonese restaurant in Norwich as good as this one. Highly recommended.

Ordered Sweet & Sour pork. The pork was raw in the middle. We explained to the owner he replied: this is completely normal and it's typical Chinese street food. They been eating like this for last 2000 year, and everyone is OK. Which I rejected as I don't fancy getting food poisoning due to his "traditional food techniques". Overall Food is eatable but not cheap. do not except any kind of customer service as is hard to communicate with the waiters.

Extremely disappointed with the staff being rude and insensitive towards my special need son. They just didn’t like us being there - never return to this place ever again - left most of the food in the plate.

The staff were very friendly & helpful & the food was delicious with good portions. We had duck on the bed be & bbq pork, both with sticky rice. However, we were given wooden cutlery to use. No knife & neither the spoon or fork could cut the meat well. Also I don’t think wooden cutlery are as hygienic as metal ones.

Nice food, good staff, nice atmosphere.

Had the same dish delivered for the third time in succession. Wonton Soup and the 1/4 duck with ramen and bokchoy. The food is stellar! I crave it. Delicious fragrant moist well cooked and meaty duck. The wontons are large, well flavored with a clear soup. I highly recommend Duck Sifu - it's a cut above your average Chinese in Norwich!

Love the food. My second time to come back. It’s rare to find a restaurant with authentic Cantonese food in Norwich (lovely 70s music in the background). Looking forward to next visit.❤️

🤮I ordered takeout for eve dinner. It tasted bad, and even the dumplings were not cooked. It was as disgusting as selling quick-frozen dumplings after they were thawed. The roast duck is okay but overall it’s too bad and I don’t recommend it.

Good Chinese food. We have ordered takeaway twice. However, I find the portions a bit small for the price you pay on takeaway. I think you would get more food if you are eating in than taking it away. I would have preferred to have my Baozi labelled as we ordered pork and chicken and we didn't know which is which as I don't eat pork.

Tasty food, good portions and friendly staff

Great stop here for lunch, dropped in whilst very hungry and left very full and satisfied The food was absolutely delicious and the portion sizes are very generous Service was fast and polite, we will definitely be back again in the future

I have been to Duck Sifu a few times now and the Duck is really good. My favourite is the duck breast. Giving 5 star.

So authentic, it was like I was eating back at home. Good Hong Kong food.

The food was delicious and well presented. So happy to be able to get my favourite dish (Cantonese roast duck), in Norwich. The dumplings were succulent, juicy and delicious. The ma po tofu was perfect, just the right level of sichuan pepper, chillies and oil. Salt and pepper frog's legs were spot on, with a light crispy batter. The squid hot pot was sublime. Whole baby squid in a delightful sauce and sizzling hot. The Hainan chicken was perfectly poached and dressed. Delicious. The tapioca in the bubble tea was just right and the drinks were flavoured beautifully.

In Norwich, we served a number of meals, including roasted duck, roasted duck, steamed rice, Hainanese rice, roasted rice, and so on. The taste is not good, the taste is poor, and the test is good. Duck Sifu is located at City Center of Norwich. It offer traditional Chinese food dishes such as Char Siu BBQ Pork, Hainan Boiled Chicken rice and noodles. Reasonable prices, recommended to try. Duck Sifu is located in Norwich city center and serves traditional Chinese cuisine. Try a restaurant and order. It's a good idea.

Fantastic Chinese restaurant that I've visited a few times now. The staff are all very friendly, and the service is excellent; even offering me a free plate of duck wings as I had to wait for the next batch of rice to be cooked. I strongly recommend the hotpots, the fried aubergine with minced pork is one of the best I've had.

Authentic Chinese food! Excellent roasts! I actually wanted to eat there during my entire trip, it was that good!

The price is very similar to the siu mei in Hong Kong, but the taste is very similar. Did not disappoint 👍🏻

Unfortunately my meal left a lot to be desired. It was very bland and the sauce on the katsu chicken was really nice, however there was barely any of it. The rice was sticky, clumpy and cold too. The meal cost me about £20 in total which for what I got just didn’t seem like value for money. The one positive is that the waitress was amazing and always smiling.

Excellent eat-in Cantonese food in central Norwich. A welcome addition to the food scene. Oddly they don't serve jasmine tea, only cold drinks and no alcohol.

What a great make over. Great menu and lots of choice. To me, very authentic dishes, and well cooked. The spiciness is sensibly toned down for a western audience. Service is friendly speedy and attentive. I would recommend sharing main dishes rather just ordering for yourself, and adding extra rice.

Food was great! Enjoyed all the dishes we ordered and will 100% visit again to try others on the menu