he Old Cathay and The Phoenix in Old Harlow in Harlow

A Chinese restaurant that doesn’t know what an egg fried rice is. Spoiler alert, it’s not steamed rice with bits of egg in it. - Not revisiting here again.

Yes disappointed with the quality of the food this. Salt and pepper squid was soggy, beef in black bean sauce was bland and the beef in the chow mein was very chewy. I will not be ordering from them again

arrived on time, really cheerful delivery man. food piping hot and really tasty.

Chips old and dry , squid batter soggy , one chilli in it , curry sauce fell out in one lump , not runny at all , soup was ok . Never understand how these places send that out and call it food ? 37 £ for that never again . Terrible

Prawn toast was soggy and inedible, the chow mien smelt like cigarette smoke so was off putting. Salt and pepper chicken and shredded beef was nice.

delivery driver when above and beyond so a big thank you.

Good was early and tasted good but they forgot to put in my chicken balls. Waited 25 minutes for them and when I got them we didn’t want them anymore as the rest of the food had been eaten. Other than that, no problem with this place - yummy food

Was earlier than expected but was missing 1 chicken curry and 1 fried chicken in satay sauce

Always on time or early. Well packed. Lovely quality prawns. Plenty of meat. Tastes good!

Lovely food and came nice and hot !! Thank you

Great food as always thank you

very quick delivery, from order to door! Great food as always! A+++

Great service, lovely food. Recommend

Duck portion was quite small for the price but everything tasted lovely, especially the chicken balls

The the was absolutely heavenly!!

Really disappointed with the food! The noodles smelt awful and tasted worse, the salt and pepper chips were chewy and just tasted plain with a few chilli slices and the prawns in the prawn balls were not deveined! Crispy beef was also chewy and smelt weird, really unhappy with this place!

Your delivery guys is very rude and need to talk to customers better.

great food , great service , order now u wont be disappointed

Delicious food as always,thanks guys

no beef in your shredded chilli beef

excellent very happy will order again

Great food ! speedy delivery and tasted great and hot !

Food was very nice and still very hot good quick service

the lemon chicken was dried up and tough, couldn't cut it and the chow mien tasted like it was cooked in old fat and over cooked and was quite hard.. Very disappointed as rarely had bad food from them before.

Food was over cooked & tasteless & dry would give zero if I could . Avoid…

Great food and great quality lovely and hot thank you so much.

Ordered a delivery, told I had to collect, ordered number of times every Friday , going to use Chinese down the road & not on line

By far the best chinese we have tried in Harlow. Everything was cooked perfectly, arrived early and was hot. Its rare to find a place that know how to make a decent satay sauce 👌 These guys are going to the top of our list.

Lovely food , good portions, delivery on time & nice & hot, cheers

Best buffet in harlow/ stortford area.. lovely staff and food cooked to order! Fair prices too, go every month!

Great restaurant, the food is always good and delivery is always super fast! 👍

delivery driver was polite . I'd like to say a big thank you to him . and thank you for a lovely meal

Always fresh and tasty food, always early and hot

Delicious as always,thanks guys

The food is mid at best. The chow mein tasted strange, the beef and broccoli tasted fishy and the salt and pepper chips were dry and tasteless. The duck pancakes were okay but not enough pancakes for that much duck - wouldn’t order again but that could be preference

Very tasty, good portions, would recommend

food was delicious and had a nice hand written note in the package :)

Arrived within in 15 minutes of ordering, food piping hot

Absolute worst Chinese meal. Dry dry dry!

Delightful food from delightful people.

The quality of food here far outshines the venue which sadly needs modernising/decoration. Wonderful buffet, can't be beaten.

superb food , really fast , love it ...☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

Delicious the honey ribs were succulent

fantastic food , highly recommend and really quick ...great..

My first time here very good food at good price will be going again

Food inedible. So disappointing. Complete waste of money. Worst Chinese food we’ve ever had.

Dish was cold & noodles burnt at bottom

Excellent fast delivery really nice meal

Great delivery time - shame that some of the dishes contained a tiny amount compared to normal. Disappointed but that’s reflected In star rating

I did not get the Sprite with delivery. I lost my money.

food was cold and not good tast and also not a lot there

Food was lovely. Not greasy. Very impressed. But could have had more sweet and sour sauce. Portion too small.

Excellent service, great food, fast delivery! A+++

although it was late the food was lovely 😍

lovely food 😋 highly recommended 👌

The lamb for pancakes were all fat, the chicken balls were so hard and the fillet pork was fatty…..how was fillet pork fatty????

Delivery said 18:06 earliest so I got in the bath half hour before and then it arrived. The food was horrible sadly and neither of us could eat it. Waste of money :-(

was okay but would of liked more onions and battered chicken for sweet n sour chicken. the sauce wasn't very flavoured.

The spring rolls were off/stale smelt horrible, they were inedible, I'd like a refund for those, everything else was fine

food was good, still warm. I ordered over £65. everything its basic taste crispy fried beef very expensive £7 but quality and taste is awful and very little amount in the container definitely not worth the money.

very good service and we enjoyed your food thank you

Excellent service, food was spot on! A* (A+++)

Cold food, tiny portions for extortionate prices and items missing causing a ruined family meal. Remembered why I stopped using them a year ago

ALL Food Cold, Salt & Pepper Squid was under cooked not edible and batter falling off, Rice dry, Chilli Beef Sauce watery and carrots over cooked, Chicken balls ok and given only half a pot of sweet n sour sauce. Very disappointing and as it was my birthday, dinner ruined 😞😢

Spent £50 and probably the worst Chinese ever. Portions are tiny and not even left overs. Food mediocre, dry and no sauce or flavour

Good delivery, food was ok, disappointed no complimentary prawn crackers always seem to get them with other Chinese takeaways that’s why i didn’t order them, could of done with more sweet and sour sauce too.

Shocking! 50 minutes late! Got told the driver was outside, walked down to the main road, NOTHING! received a phone call. Order been sent to wrong address. We will send drinks as an apology! Nothing handed over. Never had this service before

This was one of the best Chinese takeaways I’ve ever order the duck was amazing and massive and the chow mein had so much flavour I honestly couldn’t have been happier

I frequently come here to eat the buffet and I’m never disappointed and the staff are all always perfect

food was lovely ,and special food request was perfect, 10 out of 10 , prompt delivery

Both chow meins tasted awful but the rest of the food was good

Start with the positive: Ribs and spring roll were nice Now the negative: the sweet and sour pork balls were inedible, tough, and one was pure gristle. The special fried rice wasn't fried but plain rice. The sweet and sour sauce was like a sugar syrup. The chips looked and tasted like they'd been kept warm for hours. Won't be buying from here again which is a pity as we have had good food in the past.

Amazing as always wouldn’t use anyone else

Really horrible, I tried to give it another chance but was a bad choice and a waste of money. The food is very blunt and tasteless ,greasy, lacks so much flavour. Got beef noodles , but beef tasted and looked awful , it may not even have been beef at all... don't waste money like I did!

The delivery time was quick. Came in 25-30 minutes instead of 50 minutes. However the egg fried rice the chicken chow mein and the beef chow mein was blank, no taste. However the chicken balls were nice tho.

My whole family ate here on Friday and since then we've all had food poisoning The beef in black bean sauce was honestly like dog food just awful will not be returning

I've been eating here for years. Always 5☆. For the first time ever, something was missed on my order, and after one phone call they was deeply apologetic and rectified it in 15 minutes. They will always be my first choice.

Appreciate it is chinese New Year. So we were expecting delays. But when our order arrived over 20 minutes late and with an item missing, we did request some money back as offered. However, the restaurant refused due to bad weather, delaying their deliveries. It's drizzling (light rain) at most. It's a ridiculous excuse. If they had said high demand. I might have understood. Just be honest instead of silly excuses. Food was cold and flavourless. Overall a really poor experience.

I was a regular but haven’t ordered for a while as prices jumped up but portions became much smaller, I thought I’d give it another go tonight, big mistake food was extremely cold even though it arrived half an hour before stated and I found 4 black hairs in my food 🤢

The best Chinese food in Harlow!!!!

hot and tasty I will be using them again

Ordered a number of dishes one of which was s&s prawn balls. You get the tiniest pot of sauce I’ve ever seen from a Chinese. Ridiculous. Especially as so expensive. Not impressed

Chicken balls rock solid and unedible and shredded beef chilli tiny portion, not worth the money!

Fantastic food. Tasted lovely and it arrived hot. Five stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Food delicious as always and piping hot.

Great hot food Great delivery' will be using again!

Delicious food. Friendly staff.

Lovely food as always, nice and hot and delivered on time 5*

Nice food, delivered hot and quickly, good deal on a Tuesday too

Always missing items. I think we ain’t gonna order from here anymore plus food was cold

wide menu choice of tasty food。recommend.

I love this restaurant, the delivery time is so fast!

Bland food not much of it for the price. Tasteless. Won’t order again

Awful-40 minutes late and the food was stone cold-I used to order regularly from them but NOT anymore as this is how they treat regular customers!!!

Delivery was 15 minutes early! Food was okay!

I've order several times from here always been my go to. Usually delivery is really quick but this took over an hour to arrive. Sadly the food was not the hottest and the quality just wasn't as good as it usually! Really disappointing

Food is amazing! The staff were lovely and attentive. A really special family run restaurant. And really good value for money.

This was not a problem but welcome! IT was why We ordered from here because they are normally very prompt

Took 2 hours to deliver from order time. Very small, cold portions of food wasn't what I hoped for.

Great restaurant, the delivery is so fast!