Empire Chinese Restaurant in Orkney Islands

I ordered Chicken Hong Kong style. As it was a takeaway. The dish was quite cold on arrival home. Although we live only 5 minutes away. On trying to eat this half cold tough chicken. It became very obvious it had been heated up. For goodness sake, Could you try a bit harder to make a decent meal for once. I couldn't be bothered to return it to you, but it really is quite unacceptable. After all my husband paid you £19. For your muck. I won't bother with you again. It's fair to say you don't give a damn about your customer's. . You should hang your head in shame. I thought it might have improved but it hasn't...!!!!!!

We turned up without booking, the greeting was friendly and we were quickly seated. The service was prompt as was the food. Clearly freshly cooked and so tasty! Generous sized portions (in fact we had to have half boxed up to take home with us). We heartily recommend and if we were local it would definitely become a regular night out.

Tried this place out after not being for a long time as my last meal wasn't great and hoped they had improved but they haven't. The food was so bland, greasy and flavourless, i tried to add salt but it was so damp none came out. The decor is terrible too, very outdated, the only good poing was the staff who were friendly

The most awful Spare Ribs I've ever tried to eat. Mostly fat and grizzle, and bone's, Warning to others SAVE your money 🤑 Never again, What a insult to your customers.!!!

Spring rolls small and rather tasteless. My Crispy Shredded Chicken was fine but the sauce with my wife's Chicken with Black Bean was incredibly salty. Better eateries in Kirkwall.

Had beef with ginger and spring onions and chicken kung po. Both utterly tasteless. Can’t understand why busy, perhaps the only Chinese in Kirkwall. This restaurant would never survive in Edinburgh or Glasgow!

Delicious food and fast service with a smile! Our waiter was very friendly and attentive. I’ll definitely be back!

Well you arrive in Kirkwall Airport but your bag does not, get vehicle hotfoot into Kirkwall, need scoff as with flight delays no lunch, found Digs and it’s right beside a Chinese restaurant,man it would be rude not to try. Cracking place fastest service I think I have ever had in anything but a MacDonalds. Good food and not robbed does not get much better 👍👍 to quota a famous line, “ I’ll be back”

This is conveniently located in the heart of the town. Our meal was lovely, very fresh and tasty and the portions made sure we were all full up. The service is great, very attentive. We would all go again. I have read other reviews and all we can say is that our experience and meal would mean we would recommend to others. We went through the week on a Thursday night.

The service was excellent but the food was horrendous. Would not advise anyone have a meal there, awful

Small aging building located quite central to the main street in Kirkwall. Empire Chinese Restaurant quite frankly is just not up to standard. I guess its still standing owing to the fact its the only chinese in Kirkwall. I was in with a group of friends. We were shown to a room with dingy lighting and very stereotypical chinese decorations. We had to walk past towels hanging on the wall, and a good few customers crammed into a tiny waiting area for their takeaway, and bags of random sweeties priced at £9?! On being sat at our table, the waiter was pleasant, he asked us for our drinks order and suggested the tsingtao beer, most of us went for this. I opted for a can of coke. Unfortunately what I received was sweet water. I would be pretty confident in saying it was from a bottle sitting on the shelf. It was replaced with no hassle. The menu was full of your standard chinese items, good variety with a few surprises like lamb. What shocked me was the ridiculous pricing. For example... £13 for a portion of house fried rice? Ive eaten at a good few chinese restaurants and never have I seen rice priced this high. I was so shocked infact that I did not order anything. I struggled to come to terms with my own personal order consisting of a starter, rice and a main coming to over £40. I was allowed by my party to taste food items for the benefit of this review. We ordered ribs for starter. There was no meat on them? You're paying £7 for a plate of bones. They were covered in onions and a small salad. I assume to make the plate look bigger. The meat was tough, and over cooked. Another party member ordered crispy wontons, and when they arrived the majority was pastry, with a small ball of what seemed to be potato inside? Again it's the first I've ever seen of this. Whatever it was it was definitely not chicken or prawn. On the upside the satay chicken was okay and the chicken was cooked. Waiting times for the mains weren't too bad, they came with plates that would probably be quite dangerously hot for a small child. When the mains arrived they looked nice. Presentation wasn't top quality but we weren't expecting fine dining. We had lamb and black bean sauce. The sauce was nice, the lamb was tender and on the whole was a very nice change to have in a chinese resturant, accompanied with egg fried rice. The House special fried rice looked good, good sized portion (which for £13 you would expect) with good chunks of meat on the top. The flavour was lacking, however, and it was very greasy. Kung pow chicken looked good, but had zero flavour, and unfortunatley the meat was described as 'chewing cardboard'. The noodles were good and as a plus not too greasy. We had an issue with one of our dishes, in short someone in the kitchen wasn't wearing a hair net and as a result a strand of hair ended up in a main. Again, main looked nice but unable to comment on the taste. A hair is enough to put you off. I will note the managment were happy enough to cancel this off our bill. Our other main crispy shredded chicken with spicy sauce was a let down as well. It tasted as if the sauce had been sitting in a bain maree for a while and just mixed in as and when the order came on. The chicken itself was fine but nothing to write home about. We begrudgingly paid our bill and left. I do believe that this chinese needs some guidance in the kitchen. It can't keep relying on being the only chinese in Kirkwall. It needs to up it's game if they plan to keep charging the prices they are. I personally will not be back. I believe there is a second chance for most places, but in this instance it will not come from me or my party. I really hope this chinese finds it's rhythm again soon, because Kirkwall deserves a quality chinese. Follow me @the_viking_diner for more in depth reviews.

Worst Chinese in a very long time House curry ? contained two small prawns and one piece of pork with a ton of onions. Chicken satay from the freezer and only slightly warm in the centre no sizzling platter as described. Food returned to the kitchen.

So I ordered sticky chilli beef and special fried rice this was acceptable however the pancake. Rolls were disgusting and the chowmein did not get touched it was noodle not chowmein absolutely disgusting it cost 31.00 I For a pile of dirty food

Ordered sesame prawn toast. Looked appealing but when cut open showed no sign of any prawn. Basically a slice of bread deep fried with sesame seeds. When I explained this to the server I was informed it was minced prawn. I think this is common practice in many Chinese now. Disappointed.

They don't give the price when you order for a delivery. Prices are quite high. This does not compare though with the price the driver asked for the delivery. 5.6miles = £15!! We are on holiday so maybe he took advantage of this. Our own take away delivers this distance for £3.50. I know fuel is a bit more here and everything is more expensive so we would have happily paid up to £7.50 to possibly £10. Food was OK, chicken curry was very bland and bulked out with masses of onions.

We had a fabulous meal here tonight, the service was brilliant. I have coeliac , so need gluten free and they were very clued up on what would be safe for me. The service was brilliant too, we were the only ones in the restaurant,...

During a stay in Kirkwall, we visited the Empire. It’s a nice friendly little restaurant near the centre of town. The service was excellent. All the food was freshly cooked and delicious. Would defo recommend although slightly pricy.

5 out of 5 is almost impossible, but this came pretty close. Typical Chinese organised chaos but everything fell into place.. how does that work?? The menu was as expected and the service, quality and price was great, many locals popped in while I was...

The staff are always very friendly and the menu has a good variety. Service is speedy, but never feel rushed.

Best Chinese carry out i have had, I had chicken chow mein loads of chicken very tasty. Wife had rice and things, excellent!!!

My wife and I were in Kirkwall on a day trip from Thurso and were looking for a decent pub to get a drink and a snack and came across this place so why not. We both had soup which was very good and I...

We stopped in for a family meal during our trip to Orkney. Large menu with mains averaging around £10 each. Friendly service and busy place. Couldn’t believe how quick the service was from ordering to being on the table within 5 minutes. Loads of flavour...

Excellent meal here. Had trouble finding somewhere with a free table on a Tuesday evening but luckily there was space here. There were 5 of us and we picked a selection of meals from the menu to share (Beef curry, chicken chow mein, sweet and...

Decided to have a Chinese takeaway meal. Never eat from this takeaway we had chicken chow mein and fried rice a chicken curry and rice. the rice was yellow the chicken was under cooked and a horrible pale colour in fact it was the same...

4 different meals ordered couldn’t tell difference between any of them bland and tasteless even prawn crackers tasted of old greasy oil

Have used this restaurant many times while on business in the past rather than take away, no longer, my meal cost £17 to sit in the restaurant and £10.50 take away,I know prices justifiably have risen since Covid but not by this amount, I would...

Had salt n chilli Chicken and plain chow mein (noodles, bean sprout and onion) The chicken had obviously been reheated and was so tough and dry. Struggled to get a fork through it. Noodles were pretty greasy and they’ve changed it to the really thin...

My wife and I were visiting Orkney for a few days and fancied a change from the usual pub grub. Empire Chinese was excellent! We had prawn toast, sweet and sour prawn balls, sizzling steak (can't remember the sauce!) and fried rice. Food quality was...

Want to know why the fried rice is yellow? I would love to have normal egg fried rice but not yellow in colour!

Generally the Empire does a few dishes really well, their Kung Pao can be counted on as well as their Salt and Pepper dishes to be moorish. So I ordered up a Salt and Pepper Fried Squid with House special Fried Rice and Broccoli with...

Called for take away & met by very friendly staff. Had Singapore noodles & house special fried rice.Food wasn't very warm, despite getting there as it came out of the kitchen & noodles were very greasy & not very spicy, despite being marked as on the menu. The food was tasty & average quality

Freundliche Bedienung und gutes Abendessen. Es gibt ein Dessert, das sich "Death by chocolate" nennt - war leider ein bisschen enttäuschend.

We popped into Empire for a change of pace from sea food (fish and chips) or beef so prevalent in Scotland. We picky about Chinese food due to the place near our home in Minneapolis (Legendary Spice), but I digress. It smelled like good Chinese food when we walked in, though not in an over-powering-our-ventilation-is-substandard way. The decor was much less Chinese-restauranty than many of its siblings in the U.S. and more comfortable chairs than many restaurants in Scotland. The menu has many of the standards you would expect, with the noticeable absence of tofu or mock duck. Both our dishes, my roast pork Szechuan style, and her crispy shredded beef came in a sort of sweet and our sauce, which I normally don’t care for, but was pretty tasty, if not very spicy. If you like it spice, maybe make a point of it. Both dishes relied on onions more that I care for. The fried rice was fine, just rice fried lightly with egg, nothing else, and not very greasy. The best dish was the side of bean sprouts, crisp, flavorful, but if ordered again, I would hold the onions. Chinese tea was piping hot. Big portions. Could have shared one dish and one side. And did I mention they were fast? Lightning fast service and food prep. A good change of pace. Exercise a little assertiveness, and I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Probably 3.5 stars is more accurate.

Went to this restaurant mostly to change from the food I've had up to this point in Scotland. And was curious to find a Chinese restaurant in this part of the world. Food was alright - different from the Chinese I am used to in North America. Staff very friendly. Portion generous.

First class food well presented with very generous portions. Chicken and cashew nuts very good as were the beansprouts Quick service and great staff.

Came here with my family and my son's girlfriend (caucasian). The staff went out of their way to attend to all our needs - recognising that we are Singaporeans, the chef came out and personally checked with our preferred dietary needs and also recognising that my son's girlfriend is non-chinese, he was also respectful of her preferences. He managed to cook dishes to suit all our needs.The staff were very super friendly and very observant to all our needs... eg. When our tea needs top-up or if we needed anything else.Food was really good considering that we are so way up north, I was not expecting much out of any of the food outlets. Empire proved me wrong.From where I was seated, I could see that this positive attitude in their service delivery was not exclusive to me but rather - it was given to all the other customers who stepped in to restaurant.A pleasant SMILE all the time. Fantastic job!!! Well done, Empire!!

Excellent Asian hospitality. Must have Ma po tau fu. Hot and sour soup. Welcoming and attentive. MR lim and his staff made sure food was authentic and homey. Must go to place for Asians who want comfort food.

Came here for a takeaway after a busy day. It was myself and two other companions ordering but all ordering separately. My first friend ordered crispy shredded beef in a spicy sauce and noodles with bean sprouts. Overall tasted fine but was extremely concerned about how fast the food was brought out in the restaurant for us to collect. My friend had ordered and the food was out and ready to eat in under 5 minutes. My second friend had salt and chilli chicken (again who ordered after my first friend). The taste was average but would do for tonight’s dinner I had ordered a duck chow mein and was shocked to see that when I started eating the food, there was a thick black hair on a piece of duck right at the top of the meal. (See picture below) I had to leave the meal as I was put off by the hairThe duck chow mein was £7, salt and chilli chicken was £6.50 for not much chicken and over a tenner for the beef and beansprouts. Was far too expensive and just not up to standard at all. Will not be returning. Tourists avoid!

Very average takeaway, had satay which had no real taste, husbands sweet and sour was nothing special. Rice was yellow (food colouring?) and sticky, supposed to be egg fried but I doubt it. Probably wouldn’t use this takeaway again

starter was good.the main chicken dish was very bland. too big a portion of forgettable mushrooms and overall expensive

Shocked at our Takeaway !!! will never go back ,it was binned,,s reheated and un edible,,the price is far too much for this quality of food,, 3 bits of tasteless chicken and nearly a tub full of brown Gloup,, as for the rice defo kept warm ,but was nearly cold.. Husband has the runs today ,,,and all this after a few mouthfuls !!!

Had a tasty takeaway, the food was tasty and good size portions & great value for money. The service was quick & helpful.

Restaurant was very clean and comfortable. Plenty choices on menu, we had starters and main course all freshly cooked, big portions and delicious. Staff were really pleasant and efficient. Drinks and meal all reasonably priced. Will definitely visit again.

Went to this Chinese restaurant come take away,ordered chicken chowmein,order came very quickly but it was tasteless with some chunk of chicken pieces. Didn’t like much..

Three of us for dinner at 7pm. Wide selection of dishes. Started with won ton soup then three meat dishes and rice. All well presented and tasty but quite similar each one. House wine reasonable quality. Prawn puffs were complimentary. Warm and dry surroundings which is saying something for Kirkwall in winter! 53 pounds for meal and glass of wine which I think was reasonable. Easy parking nearby at this time of night. Overall I would go back again.

We went in for an evening meal. The restaurant was almost empty at first, later there were more people. There were a lot of takeaways while we were there. We were there not for long because the food came very very quickly. Too fast for us. The food was nice at first but after cooling off a bit the food stuck together and didn't taste so good anymore. It wasn't made fresh, that's for sure

Inexpensive and tasty. Much better value and food than the Indian Takeaway along the road.Would highly recommend

Great food cheap prices (for Orkney) service really friendly. Well worth a visit when your in Orkney.

The welcome was very friendly and food very nice. A pleasant atmosphere and very clean. My lad and I had a set meal which I thought was fairly reasonable but when the bill arrived it was per head. I must have missed that mentioned on the menu.

We encountered few other (if any) Chinese restaurants in the Orkneys and while this one was average, we suggest it could be much better if forced to lift its game by strong competition. Perhaps it is mainly patronised by locals as a take-away venue, but as a dine-in experience, it is acceptable, but certainly not exceptional. Very uninviting from the outside, reasonably bland food (although plenty of it), and certainly quite expensive for Chinese dining. However, we experienced excellent service - although initially we were the only ones dining with one other table being occupied later. In all, we suggest it may be a good take-away choice but its emptiness on the night we were there suggests it is not a favoured dine-in.

The food here was great, one of the best chinese meals I've had. The portions were really big and the staff helpful and attentive. There was nothing to complain about and will definately be back next time I'm in Orkney

Friendly staff warm welcome. Extensive menu, very reasonable prices and most importantly food was excellent. First class service. A wonderful place to have Chinese

Un prepossessing building outside but superb food inside. Would recommend for eating in or takeaways. Service v friendly

The evening before walking back from another restaurant we needed a toilet and the owner Bobby let us use theirs. We had a brief chat and the following evening he greeted us like long-lost friends. We had a great meal with excellent service and prices were very reasonable. hafway through our second course he personally served us with a Chinese beer each 'on the house'. We would have been happy to eat there very day.

Lovely friendly staff. Nice enough place, lacks a little ambience but the food is good. I had the chicken and sweetcorn soup starter, followed by King Prawn chow mein. My partner has pancakes followed by duck and we both enjoyed our food.

We got a table, Sunday teatime, with no booking so that was great service was good, and food tasty quick service good food

Had the black bean and chicken for lunch was excelent more than five star. Service was good. Newly decorated with pictures of china which was interesting.

The restaurant hasn't the most inspiring decor, outside OR inside, but is made up for by very quick service and good food. The staff were very pleasant and helpful, and my wife's sweet and sour chicken Hong Kong style was extremely tasty. Well worth a visit.

Got a takeaway on 26/04/18 at 10:15pm. Ordered two different chicken dishes with boiled rice, I thought the food tasted odd but I thought maybe they just made it differently this time (as I’ve been before). A couple hours after consuming this very poorly cooked chicken, it turns out it has given me food poisoning. I don’t need to describe the symptoms as you can look up what it does. Never going there again. Highly do not recommend unless you want to chance getting food poisoning. Very very disappointed waste of £15.

If you are in Orkney and fancy a Chinese meal. give it a try. Does not look great from outside but inside warm, clean, pleasant and with friendly staff. Our food fresh and tasty and large portions

Have eaten in here and had excellent service and food and also used the takeaway option. Nothing too much bother, they have happily "adapted" their recipes for us and always offered friendly and speedy service. We'll be back!!!

We decided to treat ourselves to a Chinese dinner, on entering the restaurant we were greeted by female staff member, guided past a mobile gas heater,(alarm bells should have warned us). Sat down, looked at the menu, ordered drinks, then eventually the meal. Meanwhile there...

Didn't cut it as your average Chinese restaurant. Went on an evening where only 1 other table was seated. Food was OK and service slow. We are not in a hurry to return.

Good selection of chinese and European dishes. Had chicken fried rice and chips. Good sized portions and friendly staff.

After the bonfire extravaganza on a chlly night, the Empire was the perfect place to finish an excellent evening. Tranquil relaxing warm and an excellent friendly service completed a very enjoyable evening. The friendly welcoming staff provided an excellent speedy service. The meal was delicious

We ignored the variable reviews on trip advisor and we are glad we did. This Chinese is way better than our local and makes a very relaxed family night out. The staff were helpful and friendly, the food was better than our Chinese at home...

The food was bad standard and the staff were incredibly rude. Never going there again. We asked if we could...

We took advantage of the takeaway menu and ate it at our hotel who kindly provided plates and cutlery and...

Parado entrando a través de Kirkwall en nuestra primera noche de las vacaciones, y recogió una para llevar cinco de nosotros. Estaba listo rápidamente, y un personal muy servicial. Pasamos los langostinos crujientes, satay, pollo y el maíz wonton sopa, sopa caliente y amarga. Chow...

12 de nosotros comimos juntos en el restaurante, y era un placer estar servido por un personal sonriente, que fueron muy ingenioso, y ayudó a que nuestra noche una noche divertida.

Our feeling from reading other reviews of the Empire Chinese Restaurant was that it could be hit or miss, but that takeaways were usually good, so we opted for a takeaway. It was a good choice as our food was really good, tasty and nicely cooked. It was ready quickly and tasted fresh. Portion sizes were generous - a couple of us couldn't eat all we had.A delivery service is available for a small charge (£3), but its located quite close to the centre of Kirkwall, and you can park right outside the door while you nip in to collect it. Staff were warm and friendly.

Noche tranquila; el personal era absolutamente precioso, pero la comida no pegaba, que estaba muy bien. Parece ser más concurrido para llevar que sentarse? ?

Sólo tenía una llevar esta vez, el servicio fue rápido y la comida era muy sabrosa, el tamaño de la porción para el precio era muy bueno

Brilliant staff and even better food. Was 5 minutes from closing for the afternoon but the food was still fresh and delicious.

very tasty food and quick service. Clean and tidy and friendly staff.Food can be either eaten in the resturant or taken away

The past couple of years have been fairly mediocre at this Junction Road Chinese. However, rumours have been flying that the kitchen has upped its game in recent months. Ordered take out Friday night and even that sugary standby Sweet and Sour Pork was edible. The Kung Pao chicken was tasty with a nice crunch of cashews...they didn't skimp...and just the right amount of heat. However, the standout dish of the night was a super Salt and Pepper fried squid with pepper strips. Nicely browned, the fat little bite sized nuggets were both tender and spicy. A total yum fest.The prawn fried rice let the meal down just cuz it was a bit boring, nice but didn't have the spark and veg a great fried rice contains.The French fries were good and not greasy.The food came out quickly and our order was correct.We will be back.

Lovely Chinese meal, good service, good food, good value, everything clean and wholesome and will visit again

Sat down, was shocked by the prices on the menu, nearly double the price of back home (Surrey) read some reviews whilst reading the menu and decided to leaveCharged £4.60 for 2 warm cans of coke. Can't comment on the food as we didn't try any but it would have had to be amazing to warrant £10 for a chicken chow mien!

good food and service staff friendly and attentive would recommend this restaurant anytime. whether it be for a lunch or an evening meal.

Nothing special, very geared to local bland tastebuds. they pretty much have a captive audience so can get away with it. A little competition would probably see them either out of business or having to try a great deal harder!

Chicken fried rice turned out to be dry tasteless rice, with tiniest amount of chicken.. I think they are taking advantage of being the only Chinese around with their overpriced awful food. Worst Chinese meal ever...

Before the crazy night out at Fusion, The Kwokcrew ventures out for food. We thought we had to try out the only Chinese that Kirkwall could offer. I expected great things from this restaurant however we found that the service did not match how semi-good the food was. I was disgusted at how badly mannered the service was. Example 1: Our Waiter placed the bill at our table as soon as we just finished having our meals without asking us if we wanted the bill in the first place. Unreal!!! Making us feel like being push out! Example 2: Waiter was rushing to get the meals down the table. Quick service however didn't ask if we enjoyed the food and look very annoyed at times. Don't think he enjoys his job. On the other hand, the food was semi-good but as a Chinese loving foodie, I felt disappointed! Not Good Enough! Overall did not live up to my expectation so 4/8... but Orkney trip 8/8 mate.

Soggy and not fresh... Rice didn't taste right ... Bad stomach and vomiting next day .... Won't go there again

Had a great takeaway from here when on holiday. Would order from here again when in town.Lovely food.

Doesn't look fantastic from the out side but the food is great it was very busy so you might be better booking although we were at the weekend, reasonably priced as well.

Sehr schneller und freundlicher Service Grosse Portionen, lecker von Vorspeise bis HauptgangRundum zufrieden.

Arrived without booking on a rainy Sunday evening which was no problem as there was only another three diners.Both the outside and inside of this restaurant look pretty outdated but if you pass by you will miss good Chinese food.We decided to have the set meal for two at £16.00 per head which was very good value indeed. All the dishes were piping hot and tasty and we left very little.The staff were all pleasant and cheerful.You will be glad you gave it a try.

We both had steak served on a sizzling plate, it was delicious. My husband then had banana split which was so thick we couldn't see the banana lol but it was great for him as he loves cream & ice-cream, I had pineapple fritter with cream & ice-cream I know I shouldn't finished it but it was so good I had to.

From the outside this looks like a fairly neglected bland concrete industrial unit. Inside it does improve but I can rate it as no better than average as far as its cuisine goes. Service was OK but nothing special, and nothing about the place makes me want to return in a hurry.

We went for a Chinese as we were needing variety we went to this 1 because we were told it was good and yes it was I am a fussy eater and could pick fault with my meal especially the hot dog sausage not my liking no banana either but chicken good fries good left full kids love it too mandarin steak a treat according to my son who only normally eats chicken in batter he loved it so did my grandson who will eat anything and no complaints from anybody else great meal all round

Large order for a hungry party of 6. Food cooked very promptly despite all their telephone problems that day. Food was lush! Prawn crackers the best I've tasted!

這麼遠的地方還可以吃中國菜，特別有感覺。菜式選擇很多，味道亦好。星期天亦設有自助餐時段。開業超過十年。旅客來到此處可找老闆問問附近名勝古蹟。餐館的佈置很有中國特式。十分傳統。

My wife and I ordered takeout of pancake rolls, one chicken dish fried rice and 2 drinks and it ended up about the same as we have been paying in this area for full meals. The rolls were quite good while the chicken dish was average at best. If you need takeout Chinese I Kirkwall it is OK, just don't expect excellence

A rather run of the mill restaurant. Furniture and decor very drab. Food was ok, but you got a large serving. Staff seemed a bit disinterested and hurried. Won't be rushing back there.

Are here last name night. It was very quiet. Welcomed in by the staff who were extremely nice. Chicken satay to start. Very nice flavour. Chicken and beansprouts for main. It was nice but tbh it was bland. 2 cans of Diet Coke and bill came to £23. I thought that was expensive.

Enjoyed a night out with the family. Good food, large menu. Friendly service. Good location in town.

Excellent choice & variety of chinese food - friendly & efficient staff, always welcoming. Good value for money

During our week long stay in Kirkwall we visited this place few times for the evening meal. Overall we had a nice experience dining here. Friendly and welcoming staff, good, if not great, food. With limited family dining options in Kirkwall and with the only Chinese restaurant to choose from we were not at all disappointed. From the second visit onwards the staff and chef became very friendly and used to have long chat with them about family, food, work, London, etc etc. Quality of the food was good with reasonable quantity. We observed that many of the diners were locals and repeat customers which was a good sign. As in Orkney, with no usual high street restaurants around, the prices are slightly high compared to similar places in the mainland UK. It is within walking distance from the Kirkwall harbour along the Junction Road, going past the Kirkwall Visitor Centre and the Orkney Library. Car parking along the side of the road is free in the evenings. If you go further from this restaurant and turn right at the roundabout into Pickaquoy Road you can get to a big TESCO, Lidl and a Co-op store.Will definitely eat here if we ever visit Orkney again!

Smallish restaurant in Kirkwall, have dined here many times both at lunchtime and in the evening. An extensive menu in the evening and special lunches during the day, good food, good value, pleasant enough surroundings not luxurious but clean and adequate. The staff have always been polite and efficient

What can you expect of a Chinese restaurant on a Scottish island? It was exactly what we expected. Decent food, cold Tsingtaos and nice, unintelligibly waiters and waitresses :-)