Fortune Inn in Wealden

Very good food. Very friendly staff. Best Chinese in hailsham. Was our first visit the start of many more.

Pork balls were good made the dog drool on the carpet. Service a bit slow.

Ordered from here and it cost £35 for plain rice, chicken fried rice, sweet and sour vegetables, crispy chilli chicken, chips, salt and chilli chips and spring rolls. First of all, the spring rolls didn’t arrive and the chicken dish was wrong. we couldn’t get through to the restaurant. The sweet and sour vegetables were absolutely disgusting, didn’t taste of sweet and sour and had a horrible smell. The rice was alright (how hard is it?) and the chips were very plain. I am a vegan and ordered the sweet and sour vegetables as there is the standard green leaf next the dish on the menu but I found a small bit of chicken in the sauce. It did only take about 15 minutes to arrive but the food was so disgusting, we couldn’t eat most of it. For £35, we each ate rice and chips as the main dishes were so god awful and inedible. Would not recommend at all, don’t do it to yourself.

OK Food, terrible service. Ordered a 6pm collection at 5.20pm, arrived 5.55pm to collect, the food was not ready until 6.25. Staff member was rude and unhelpful when asking about this and offered no apology or compensation.

Amazing food! Literally the best Beef Black Bean I’ve had!

3 stars is generous.. not the best food.. the beef chow mein, was literally dry noodles and chewy bits of beef, no flavour at all.. the rest was OK and arrived hot.. very cheap tasting Chinese food.. much better restaurants to go to in the area and will definitely be going elsewhere in future.

Placed quite a large order. One of our dishes was sweet & sour vegetables in batter with a pot of sauce. The vegetables were not in batter & were in a container with a thin, watery, slightly orange sauce which was tasteless. Very disappointing, couldnt eat it.

I accidently ordered from here tonight, and can you believe, it was worse than when I left the below review years ago. Awful food. I ordered chilly shredded beef and pork fried rice. The beef was drowned in what i think was just Tomato sauce and had just been reheated. The rice was just as bad. Dry and lacking flavour. Followed by a lovely stomach ach. I won't be ordering from here again.

Excellent food and service as always! Highly recommended 👌

Takeaway collected. Never previously had any issues. Collected and through eating discover a STAPLE in prawn dish. Then refused to refund the whole order, only the prawns. Awful service and clearly poor hygiene practices, AVOID!

Just received z6,food only warm,all items crammed into 1 container, hardly any sauce, chicken very tough.Even pancake roll. was inedible.Its now in bin.Previous orders ok.Phone and advised,little interest in my complaint.Lucky Star next time, Chris

Honestly the worst Chinese food I’ve had to date. Myself and a group of my friends ordered a variety of dishes from the menu, such as the pancake rolls, chicken balls, chicken fried rice & the wonton soup, and the only edible food was the spring rolls. I tried the chips and gravy and it was very bad (soggy chips covered in a sweet, sticky garlic sauce). Please keep in-mind that I am Canadian, so my overall expectations of this particular cuisine may be different, but on a fundamental level our food lacked in any kind of flavour. It wasn’t super cheap either, so I’d recommend looking elsewhere the next time you’re craving Chinese.

Being a creature of habit I always seem to order that same thing from a Chinese and know what to expect. That's where this place really supprised me as I've never had a meal that was so bland and tasteless and wouldn't be surprised if I was told the chicken had red eyes. The whole meal was very white, plain and lacking in flavour so I will not be ordering from here again. On a more positive note the staff were friendly and helpful on the phone and the delivery was prompt and polite.

Always great food great service and delivery is always within the hour ☺️😋

Food is never excellent but always passable so never mind ordering, but on several occasions despite ordering close to their opening time. The time given for delivery has never been held to, often running over half an hour over this and upon calling just being told my order is out for delivery yet still waiting quite a while to get it.

Really enjoy our takeaways from fortune Inn- no issues with the food at all :)

New review 2023: We ordered chicken chow mein, a plain chow mein, sweet and sour pork balls, salt pepper chicken, sweet and sour chicken Cantonese style and a plain foo yung. The Singapore noodles were really nice, loads of fresh spicy chillis and little prawns in it. The pork balls were big and had loads of pork in them. No gristle or fat at all. Big tub of sauce with them. Everything tasted nice and was fresh. Had all been cooked in clean oil etc. Good quality ingredients used. No complaints with any of our food. My only comment would be that the food was missing that garlic/ginger/soy/salt kick that makes Chinese food. The chow mein, whilst really nice, had no soy sauce or anything on it. It was just plain noodles with spring onions etc. It would be fab with that little something extra. The salt and chilli chicken was battered well, had loads of fresh chillis and tasted delicious. Wasn't as salty as I expected though, I added a bit extra. Delivery was spot on. Took the exact amount of time that I was told it would. We got free prawn crackers too. Overall really nice food, just think it's missing the Chinese kick to really amp it up. The ginger, garlic and soy etc. Old review 2020: I think the fortune Inn must have a new chef because the food has really improved in quality! It tastes really fresh and delicious. The Singapore noodles were gorgeous, loads of meat, nicely flavoured, scrambled egg too. Really enjoyed. Loads of pork in the pork balls! Clean batter too. The Satay sauce was gorgeous! Easily the nicest Satay sauce I've had in ages. The chow mein had lots of meat and tasted fantastic. Lots of flavour and fried onions. Not stodgy at all. Crispy prawn crackers. Crispy spring rolls. Everything was awesome!

Always go to this place when we come down to visit. Great food at a very good price. We'll worth it. Will definitely keep coming back

It was so cold and so unfortunate especially as usually it's boiling hot, the girl behind was coughing up a lung too

Absolutely amazing and very yummy 😋 Thank you very much.

Nice food had takeaway delivery lots of times always good apart from one time when I got rice instead of noodles

A very good takeaway Chinese with the usual dishes available.

OK, fairly bland, good prices, reasonable as well as reliable delivery times!

I have always had great food from here. It’s always hot, good portions and I’ve never had to wait long for delivery. I highly Recommend!

The place has been hit and miss a few times. But today was the best we've had ever from here and I'd even go to far to say one of the best we've ever had from anywhere before. Top top dinner tonight

Always great food from this Chinese. Perfect delivery too every time. They have a good website to order from. Thanks!!!!

Best Chinese takeaway for miles.

Super quick delivery, hot and decent food... thank you very much for the extra satay sauce :-))

The order was late and the food was soggy and very Luke warm. Not appetising

As always, really nice food. Lovely delivery driver.

The food here was tasteless and probably the worst Chinese food I have ever had. I am disappointed and would never go here for a takeaway again. I cannot recommend this takeaway at all.

I’ve been ordering from fortune inn for years. They had a bad slump in quality during COVID. But they have really picked up and are now better than ever. I’d order from them every week if I could get my husband to agree to that much Chinese food!!

I CAN HONESTLY SAY. THIS IS THE WORST VILE CHINESE I HAVE EVER EATEN....!!!!.....? NO FLAVOURS..MUSHY NOODLES,JUST LOADS OF ONIONS TO PACK OUT THE MEALS CANT WAIT TO GET BACK T0 MY FABULOUS CHINESE TAKE-AWAY BACK IN SOUTHWICK I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO DISSAPOINTED IN ALL MY LIFE...!!!! TOTALLY SHOCKING .!!!!! WASTE OF £23.00.!!!!! !!!! ..

First time ordering, camping, explained where to deliver. Driver even rang to check where I was Great nice, taste food, hot..

Let down by the lack of flavour in the sweet and sour sauce this time around. Wondering if they changed the recipe

Not the best Chinese, very bland, took 1 hour 40mins to deliver, over priced.

On the app was saying delivered but the food arrived 15minuts later

This is the worst food I have had! Duck was mainly rubbery fat in a watery sauce and curry sauce very bland. Not going to order from here again!

Normally I will eat healthy food but healthy eating is hard work and I find it hard to stay away from junk food or fast food

Loverly food. Turned up early and piping hot 10/10

It was really good I even got a call to tell me that the driver was running late and wouldn't be long. I fort that was really nice x

Gorgeous, big portions and very hot. Tasty

Always good food and good service

Food was very bland, the egg fried rice was almost tasteless. The chow mien was adequate, the duck was nice and the portion sizes were decent but overall I was disappointed

Starters were cold Chicken fried rice was more egg than chicken Not the best Chinese we have had

Was informed that delivery was running late due at 18:15-1835 turned up 19:35 raised the issue with the driver as I had already been notified ordeals on its way at 18:20 and was concerned that food would be cold he assured me that it had just been prepared? When I got it into the kitchen to dish up found 90% of food was Luke warm at best and the chicken omelette was completely cold ,

Very enjoyable. Would recommend 👍

I always get a king prawns with mixed vegetables and with fried rice. It always is awesome. Great service and really good food every time!

Fortunately we discovered Fortune Inn

unfortunately the beef was too tuff and stringy, would have preferred Lamb the sauce was runny and bland, too much onion used to pack out the container. the chips and mixed appetisers were ok only problem i don't like the spare ribs would prefer satay chicken on sticks

Not quite sure how it takes 1.5 hours to deliver on a Tuesday - food usually pretty good but not great tonight - won't be rushing back

Food took a long time to come but tasted amazing and staff were lovely

Great as always. Pork balls were lush

I hadn’t had fortune inns food for quite some time as my previous experience was not great. However, this time everything was absolutely amazing, chicken balls were perfectly battered and boiling, sweet and sour was tasty, noodles full of flavour, tasty chicken satay and ribs with tender meat. The only thing for me was the seaweed could have been a bit more seasoned as well as the bit of crispy beef. But overall wow! What a tasty Chinese!

Normally very good, but seaweed was not cooked and very chewy, and sweet and sour sauce was cold.

Second time ordering from here. Not impressed the first time but gave the benefit of the doubt. Food was bland and felt like it was just thrown together. Won’t be ordering from here again

Good food, definitely order from here again

Don't add your town at the start because i was charged 1.50 for hailsham then an additional 2.50 at checkout and justeat are not being helpful about it. Duck and rice are good, chicken balls overdone, chow mein ok, satay sauce nice but really chewy chicken on the skewer

Absolutely the worst take away I have ever had,tasteless,overcooked and extremely poor.

So good that my visiting friends wanted it two nights in a row!

Rang the restaraunt to change to pickup and was ready in 15 minutes, really nice people. All of the food was amazing. We all ordered vegetarian and the quality was excellent.

Chow mein - basic but edible Chips in gravy - smothered in garlic, literally. Sauce wasn't great and frankly overall disgusting. Chicken & pineapple- chicken was soggy and completely tastless. Even the pineapple wasn't very nice! You would be better odd throwing your money down the drain and raiding a nearby bin for better food

Excellent service and great food thank you !

Food was cold and I collected 5 Mins before my order was supposed to be ready. Usually it’s great but unfortunately this time the food was poor.

Lovely food. Will definitely order again

Always a great meal so order regularly. Never been disappointed in past 26 years of using this restaurant.

Food really good as per usual, delivery time could be better though.

The food was amazing, the service they gave us, calling us to check a couple of things was amazing, the best ever

Very average and somewhat disappointing,delivered wrong rice completely and “chilli beef” definitely had a shortage of any chilli! Wouldn’t use again

Food was hot, tasty and arrived quickly. Would definitely order from here again.

Great tasting food. I collected as we live close by. Will use again.

Order for 1915hrs (for a specific reason) Delivery receipt showed a required delivery tine of 1850hrs, and it arrived at 1900 so had to microwave the food as it had gone cold by the time we were able to eat.

Fully informed of slight delay, which is actually really good customer service so thank you !

Food was a little late BUT it was incredible and so tasty. Best Chinese we've had in ages not greasy at all!

Delicious as always! I order from here about every 2-3 months and it is always excellent. Tried some brilliant new dishes this time! Will order again soon!

Lovely food tonight. Hot and tasty. Thank you

Been ordering from here for years (since 1995) Always a great service, great food and great staff. Rarely have to wait more than half an hour for a delivery. Food always hot and excellent quality. Couldn’t imagine life without this restaurant!

Always order from here it's close by and always follow little extra requirements. Was only disappointed with the sausage and chips I ordered for my son as he is very fussy and didn't want to order from somewhere else and it came covered in a sweet kind of sauce. Just wish it had stated this in the menu.

Great food and good value for money.

Great food, arrived on time, really good

Delivery was early & the food was ok ✅

Amazing amount of well cooked food. The crispy beef was slightly overcooked but still very tasty.

Food was late and getting cold.

Tasty, hot chinese - what more to say

We regularly use this Takeaway. Best in Hailsham. Does not have restaurant service

Yet again, another delicious meal!

Slightly later than booked but food was piping hot, so no complaints. 3 happy campers here

Lovely food, quick delivery, will order again

Don't order through just eat... Paid for delivery and ended up having to collect because I would of had to of waited 2 hours to be delivered

I have had food from here before and it’s been amazing not sure what happened tonight but it was cold and dry Very sad 😢

What’s not to like this takeaway is always good used them for 20yrs plus

First time used and found the food tasty and fresh. Will use again.

Best Chinese ive had for a long time!

Enjoyed as usual and delivery on time.

The food arrived late, cold and dry. Perhaps my menu choice was poor, but overall this was not an enjoyable experience

The food tasted ok but was cold on delivery which was 15 mins late

Lovely food just needed a little more seasoning and taste.

The chicken Curry was OK, but a bit lacking, but the Special Rice was amazing, and the Sweet & Sour chicken was the best I've ever tasted. All the dishes had lots of good meat in them, and arrived good & hot.. The delivery would have been exactly on time if I had taken a bit longer to answer the door! (It was about 2 minutes early). It was the first time I had used Just Eat, or the Fortune Inn, but I'll certainly be doing so again.

Ordered Satay Chicken Screwers, Prawn Toast, Chicken Chow Mein. All arrived on time and very very nice, would fully recommend it.

Selected a time specifically delivery person was rude slammed doors and had no mask