Gonbay in Trafford

Absolutely fantastic! Gonbay in Altrincham serves some of the best Chinese food I’ve ever had. The flavours are authentic, and every dish is cooked to perfection. The service is top-notch — friendly, attentive, and efficient. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, making it the perfect spot for a meal with family or friends. The crispy duck and salt and pepper chicken are must-tries! Highly recommend this place — easily the best Chinese restaurant in the area. Can’t wait to visit again!

Beautiful food and lovely service , first time eating here and stopped when passing if we visit Manchester again definitely go back ,

We came yesterday as a party of 8 for the Sunday buffet where all drinks and food are included for a set price, the food was delicious and cooked fresh brought to your table. The staff were very friendly and attentive. A lovely meal we will definitely be returning! 🙂

Recommended by a friend for tea, the braised wontons and fried saltwater horns are delicious and fresh enough. Both the fried rice and the fried rice are equally delicious, but the rice noodles and fillings are bland, the mangosteen beef has too much green onion, and the girl is bigger than the owner. To summarize, I will help you again😊

We had a group gathering here last night and the “banquet” experience was 10/10!!! Nice atmosphere without irritating piped music! Lovely helpful staff who understand good old fashioned hospitality and personally thank you for visiting as you exit - smiling and shook my hand! Variety and quality of food simply superb! Cannot thank Gonbay enough and will become a regular customer at Altrincham & Sale venues!!!

It can find some items very original Hong Kong style foods and delicious

A place sought out for great Chinese food - clientele includes Louis Van Gaal and Kevin Keegan! Had dine-in and later in the week had a very efficient delivery take-out.

Great restaurant for a family sharing meal, lots of choice, including Vegan options, generous portions and very attentive staff.

Very disappointed. It’s definitely huge overpricing. Dim sum is still frozen inside. The stir-fried beef was tough as old boots, even tougher than a well-done steak! Rice noodles were dry and hard. It felt like all the food had lost its original taste and was just drowning in MSG.

Family of 4 had an excellent meal here. The best crispy duck we've had in a long time and all other dishes delicious. Staff are always lovely and very attentive. It's a shame it isn't busier to create more atmosphere.

BEWARE DO NOT GO!!! Rude unprofessional and don’t know how to treat customers. I am a vegetarian of 24years ordered vegetarian Thai curry to only find a duck bone in the dish. When I complained spoke to Raymond (Manager) who has no management skills even agreed that it may of fell in, in the kitchen I asked to speak to the owner (Mr Chan) that is the name I was given and was told he doesn’t speak english and was told he would speak to him and call me back. Of course no call no apology. When I rang back and asked Raymond that he hadn’t called back he said the owner had told him not too!! Is this how you treat your customers. I would never recommend this place. I wish I had read previous reviews on trip advisor it says it all. By the way if I could I wouldn’t even rate it with a one (terrible) that’s too good.

Had a lovely afternoon dining here with family, highly recommend the banquet for a good selection of food. Very tasty and great service.

We wandering in here after a walk through Altrincham. Even as new customers we were eagerly attended to and seated quickly. The food was lovely and not overpriced. Diya the server was really helpful and polite. The general atmosphere was friendly even from other customers as a chat about football took place. We would definitely go again.

Attentive service and incredible food! My Mum often gets headaches associated with MSG but clearly here they use non/very little - the ingredients and chef expertise here shines.

Fav place to eat. Good food friendly staff. Value for money!

Good food and excellent service. Staff very friendly we will return

Unfortunately ordered a take away from here as our local Chinese was closed, what a mistake! The food was awful and 90% of it ended up in the bin. I wish I had returned it and asked for a refund.

Our new favourite restaurant! Beautiful food, fabulous staff and such a lovely restaurant to sit in, after always ordering our takeaway from there we decided to actually go and sit in this time, so glad we did, we can't wait to go back! Thank you Gonbay

My husband and I eat here early last night. Wow, amazing food and attentive service. Restaurant was quiet as we dined early but they were busy with takeaway orders. We have the set menu for 2. Plenty of food with great quality and flavours. Best Chinese we’ve had in a long while. We will be back.

We went as a party of 8 and couldn't have been looked after any better. Ivy was so patient and helpful. The food is amazing especially the crispy duck.

Lovely food. Disappointed that they don’t give the dip with the prawn crackers anymore

We always have great service and great food!

The Service was 10/10 The food was 10/10 Atmosphere 10/10 The only thing that really irritated me was the STRONG smell of cigarettes for the duration of our visit. It’s like they allowed someone to smoke right inside the restaurant and it was the most disgusting smell. Ruined our Father’s Day Meal. But the food!!! Timely, Hot and delicious!!!!

Came here for dim sum and thoroughly enjoyed it. Service was good and will definitely be back.

I was really praying that this would be my local dim sum hangout, but sadly not. The food “looked great” but alas it did not play its part. Was really disappointed, only close to authentic dish was the deep fried shrimp wonton. The staff were very friendly and very clean environment.

Usually gorgeous but the chicken tasted off, kind of like sour milk! It went in the bin. Not good tonight guys

Excellent service, I really enjoyed the food. The staff were helpful and attentive. I had an excellent quality meal, I will be coming back.

The steak was tough, chicken is nicer

Food amazing as always. Delivered hot and on time by a friendly driver.

Celebrated my 70th with my family and the food was amazing,staff polite and freindly.Great service.Made my special day even more special.Thankyou.

We had a lovely meal. Food was fantastic. Staff were lovely. Will definitely come back. Food was fresh, tasty and delicious. We got a complimentary glass of amaretto as well. Happy days

Dreadful. Quality of the duck and chicken was just awful, like plastic, duck mushy and no taste. I think I enjoyed the free prawn crackers more than the meal. We ordered duck with pancakes and the special assorted starter and a prawn dish. Will not be returning, just dreadful,

Visited Gonbay Altrincham for my husband’s birthday lunch and it was also my 9 year old sons first Chinese food experience. We had a mixture of duck and vegetable spring rolls, ribs, seaweed, to start then chicken fried rice, si chuan chicken and chicken with ginger and spring onions, (and a portion of chips as back up for my son)! The food was excellent, flavoursome, piping hot and tasty. My son tried every dish, even used chopsticks for the most part, and only touched his chips after he’d finished his Chinese food. The service was also brilliant. Attentive but not overbearing. We had the set lunch menus and, even with the 10% service charge included, which is clearly noted on the website, it was definitely good value for money. All three of us can’t wait to return.

Food was absolutely delicious and really generous portion. Will definitely eat here again

Not up to usual standard. I would have sent it back if I was eating in the restaurant.

very disappointed with this meal compared to last time we ordered. ribs well done. sweet and sour was different too. and chip weren't fresh.

BBQ ribs were really tough. Chow mein noodles were Luke warm. Not impressed.

Avoid... Food doesn't taste fresh...

Food was awesome. Had a few from here over the years, but tonight’s was particularly great!

The Best Chinese restaurant in Altrincham

Had a fabulous meal in this friendly restaurant. Will definitely return.

If it's a Chinese dish, it's good, but the only dissatisfaction is the Milk King Bun. Both times it was called Milk King Bun, but it was really not delicious. Maybe it was ordered at night, so it was super stale. But except for the Custard Bun, everything else is pretty good. Now you can have delicious Chinese food without leaving the city center.

Expensive and not the best Cantonese.

The food is exceptional!! One of the best Chinese restaurants I’ve been to in a long time - we especially loved the satay, salt and pepper aubergine and shredded chilli chicken. We’ll be coming back again. Also the owners and staff are incredibly friendly and kind.

Loved it! Superb service especially from the young lad working there who had a great attitude The food was delicious and was great value for money This is a great local Chinese restaurant that deserves local support

All guys very nice. Food are very good too. 👍 👍👍👍👍

Absolutely delicious food. Highly recommended.

Refusing to refund for the items that were missing from the order.

I will say I have been to this place at least once every year for Chinese new year. However I went today and wow was I disappointed. We went at 20 to 7 and received our first starter at half 8. Many people were complaining about food taking far too long and yet they were still letting in more people. They were okay to remove the service charge but overall from a place I love severely let down. I hope this was a one off poor day for the team and staff as I do truly enjoy this place but this was a sad let down.

I came with my boyfriend last night and to say I’m disappointed is an understatement. Our ticket was lost so they had to take our order again. The food took far too long to arrive that we asked for our food to be boxed up because we couldn’t wait any longer. They kept letting people in despite how chaotic and busy it was, there wasn’t a single person who didn’t complain about the wait times and stuff. However, I do appreciate the staff were doing the best they could in the situation they were in. Although we did not have a good experience, the food was good and it was definitely worth the money. I have heard a lot of good things about the restaurant from friends and people around me so to see it not matching up to my expectations is an utter shame! 🥺

I recently won a competition for a free meal at Gonbay. I remember this place from years ago and how good it was. We visited on Saturday night and was pleased to say it hasn’t changed a bit! The staff were outstanding and so welcoming. The speed of the food to the table was exactly how I like it. Enough time between each course and not waiting forever. The food was fantastic. Chicken skewers in satay sauce and honey spare ribs to start, followed by sweet and sour chicken , chicken foo yung, egg fried rice and salt and pepper chips for mains. All had a great taste and flavour and we were well and truly stuffed at the end! Thank you all so much and we will certainly be back very soon!

Brilliant food but did not follow delivery instructions

Food was actually lukewarm, despite arriving early, tasteless/bland. Won’t order from here again

Great food and service. Thank you

Food was excellent but no drink was delivered. I didnt realise until the driver left.

Ordered off the set meal menu. Starters were OK, but the rest was sadly just average. Chips were stale and burnt as were my salt and pepper chicken balls....basically chicken nuggets. So disappointed 😞 Worst part was being charged an extra £10 to pay by card, never ever experienced this before! This was excluding the service charge! At no point either during the evening or on the website was this pointed out or we would have taken cash! The reason given was unclear!

Ordered takeaway of prawn toast, paper wrapped prawns and Singapore vermicelli. Delicious, hot, great flavours and super quick and slick service. Highly recommended and will return next time in Altrincham!

Absolutely lovely staff. Fresh hot and tasty food. Pricey, although you get lots in your plates. Definitely will return here.

Stand out service from the staff, so welcoming and happy to split the bills into smaller groups for our party celebrating a family 40th. Portion sizes very good and food very tasty. It is a little bit more expensive than I would usually pay for a meal out, but it was a special occassion birthday for a family member so definitely worth it for a treat. They also made a special dessert with sparkly candle and birthday song for the birthday boy which was lovely! Thank you for a lovely meal out!

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Excellent staff food was lovely

Chinese but he tai green curry awesome

Chow mein is fair but dim sum is dry and weird taste. The boss keep blaming the staffs in front of all the customers, which is so annoying and noisy.

v average at best deliveroo. chicken cashew glutenous inedible.

Great tasting food, quick delivery

one of the best meals i’ve had. the staff were enthusiastic and very respectful towards me. one by the name of geordan kept coming over to make sure everything was alright with my meal, will definitely be recommending to all of my friends.

So disappointing. The green curry was purple and I think grapes were in it. It was totally inedible and a waste of £10-12. Will never eat here again. Avoid.

We used to go here loads a year or two ago and the food was gorgeous! Such lovely food and really friendly staff. However we went last night and it was AWFUL. Nothing with the food tasted the same and it honestly tasted horrible. We have had stomach pains all night too from it. We can’t believe how awful it was! We will not be back!

Absolutely lovely. The staff were so helpful and friendly, and they answered all our questions so thoroughly. The food was delicious and the portions very generous, with free fruit and jelly for dessert. I would absolutely come again!

We loved the birthday celebration so much.

Disappointing takeaway from Gonbay, salt and pepper chips were soggy. Beef chow mein was cold, curry sauce wasn't what we were expecting. Expensive for what you get...

Haven’t visited Gonbay for many years since Ming’s departure and was excited to give it a try again as we’re really missing a good Cantonese restaurant in Hale & Altrincham. To say we were underwhelmed with the food would be generous. The prawn won tun soup was the saving grace at being slightly above average, but the beef in the fillet steak satay was hardly chewable with a very strange aftertaste, the steamed dim sum were average at best as was the crispy seaweed and crispy beef fillet rolls. Sea bass OK and mixed vegetables and sweet & sour chicken were OK too. The carpet at least has changed, but not much else I’m afraid. Staff all lovely and I hate leaving negative reviews, but can’t think of much else good to say.

Been here for two consecutive Sunday. Staff are friendly and quite attentive. Some are native Cantonese or mandarin speakers. A great variety of food choices, but most of the food we ordered were very heavily seasoned. In our first visit, the half portion peking duck was charged twice and I spotted when checking the bill. The staff immediately amended it. Found a piece of plastic thing with sharp point in the beef brisket pot in our second visit. Made the staff aware. Perhaps I’m not lucky but will not be visiting again in the near future because of this. Two very young kids both below six were also charged for tea per head count which they didn’t drink any. Very accessible. Located in the centre of Altrincham. Just five minutes walk from the metro station if you don’t drive. Street parking available opposite to the restaurant. Charges apply on normal day but free on Sunday evening.

My wife and I had the misfortune to visit Gonbay in Altrincham last night. It was fairly quiet in there with a couple of tables of around 10 and 6 people, who were well into their service. Our order was taken fairly quickly and our starters arrived within a reasonable time. It took around 15 mins after we’d finished our starters for them to be cleared away, and a further 20 minutes passed with no sign of our main courses. We asked a couple of members of staff if they could chase up our main courses, with neither looking as if they knew what to do. One of them said the delay was because they had a couple of large tables to deal with, so we waited a further 10 minutes and again asked how long our food would be, and were vaguely told maybe 5 or 10 more minutes. It was at this stage that we decided that having arrived almost an hour earlier, and having been given no clear idea as to when we may receive our main courses, that we weren’t prepared to wait any longer and decided to leave. We went to the till to pay for our starters and a couple of drinks. While we were waiting to pay and expressing our disappointment with the service, one of the staff that came to the till became rude and argumentative, and basically called my wife a liar with regards to the time we’d had to wait. While my wife was putting her straight, I was given the bill by another member of staff which had service charge added! Obviously I refused to pay any service charge as it had been so appalling, and that was duly removed. The waitress was constantly answering my wife back and it appeared had never been trained in any way with regards to dealing with paying customers, and continued to be rude. Four generations of our extended family have been customers of Gonbay over many years, and whilst the standard has slipped over the last couple of years, the food and service have been acceptable, however last night was so poor –the staff seemed disinterested, behaved amateurishly, and were clueless as to what was going on - there was a complete lack of communication with the customers, and to top it all, a waitress was arguing with us and calling my wife a liar. If a restaurant is incapable of catering for more than two tables at any one time without other diners having to wait an unacceptable amount of time to be served, then it shouldn’t be in business, or otherwise maybe just take bookings for two tables at any one time? We will never be returning to Gonbay, and would advise anyone reading this to stay well away.

I am always happy in there. Staff is very nice and attentive, the food is delicious and a nice atmosphere.

Overall food was amazing however the prawn toast unfortunately not so hence 4* for quality, for me the bread was way to thick which is why it was quite soggy when you bite into it but apart from that food was excellent

I’ve just tried some dishes from this restaurant tonight. I was impressed by the steak Canton! (Love onion). Didn’t get a five star because it’s not the best prawn toast I’ve had. But overall it’s good.

We organised a party yesterday in this restaurant, food absolutely delicious, very good service , all of our members felt happy,

This is the Dim Sum Platter and it costs £14.00- what a rip off!

A wonderful birthday dinner. Food, service and ambiance exceptional. Mae and her colleague made it memorable providing complimentary fresh fruit platter and birthday cake with candle for the birthday girl - highly recommended.

Quiet on a Sunday night in January but dealt with one of our parties dietary requirements excellently. Food was very nice, great portions and ambiance excellent. Trainee waitress well supported by other staff which was nice to see. Recommended

Very good meal would definitely recommend

Excellent food and staff will go again

Some staff have bad attitude and the food is not very good.

Food and 2 for 1 price very good. Price good. Service/ waiters brilliant. Wine/ drinks far too expencive.

Always had a good experience here. Traditional in decor. Good food. Excellent service. Was very much looked after when I was recovering with an ankle injury.

Monday evening dinner. Chose from the menu but several set menu options available. Staff were very friendly

Food too cold, but otherwise good

Last two times I’ve been here I’ve been sick afterwards. First time I thought it was a stomach bug. Went back a month later and by 3am I thought I was dying.

Terrible 3rd time ordered snd I’m disgusted I didn’t get king prawn I got sweet sour liquid and rice and burnt ribs! To which I called and they said basically not there problem I have to pay more Never again I will be going back to give them there food on the reception desk

First time I have ordered from this restaurant and I was very disappointed. The price they charge for the quality of food is awful. I have never actually had a Chinese this bad.

Lovely food and excellent service by the great staff here BUT … absolutely appalling that the ‘10% surcharge’ on the bill (when you pay by credit card) does NOT go to the staff - apparently the staff aren’t allowed to accept tips … so why does the boss accept 10% extra on the bill?

Had a great party with my friends, food was delicious and wine excellent, staff very friendly great service

good service, fair price, most food good not all,

Fab time with great friends and great food and staff

Nice but not great , to expensive I think , always had a nice experience, birthday etc , staff nice . But the price I find heavyweight

Restaurant is clean with nice decor, all the staff are very friendly and would do anything for you, the food was exceptional and I especially liked the vegetarian chicken in chilli and garlic, excellent dining experience 😀

Super friendly staff, good food

Went this evening for the first time really wished we truly hadn't bothered .staff were polite then a table came in wirh six business men who were based in China that was it all attention was on them. Our drinks came and then we ordered starters came they were OK.then we waited and waited and waited excuses came they were busy with the big table and take a ways and delivery's. So we waited the warm plates were now stone cold..then our food arrived I had the duck in lemon sauce with fried rice hubby had chicken in satay sauce boil rice it was awful the duck was chewy and uneatable rice was shocking. Also uneatable We stood up and put our coats on they asked was there a problem we told them yes .then came the excuses we were not offered any refund for our food shocking. We were not the only table to leave because they had waited to long.give it abig miss.

But pricier than the usual restaurants but worth every penny for the food, atmosphere and service.