Hong Kong Chef in Colchester

5 star good hygiene rating (2024), took the time to check for allergens, tasty and good value 👍

Food arrived cold rude staff would not recommend

I am very appalled with the service I received last weekend. After receiving The wrong food I phoned to let them know, to my surprise the lady was extremely unhelpful just saying that is what I had ordered, I would not have order this dish as I am vegetarian, it was full of meat and seafood which was wasted. I will not be using Hong Kong chef in the future as they obviously don’t care if their customers are happy.

This place is fantastic! Food arrived quickly, piping hot and is absolutely amazing! The salt and pepper chips are perfect and the beef with spring onions and ginger too! And such a lovely delivery lady! Hands down one of the best Chinese takeaways I have had!

This is by far the best Chinese in Colchester, food is always hot when delivered, fresh and tastes so good! Wouldn’t go anywhere else!

Food was adequate. What really annoyed me was no free prawn crackers on a £25 order. Then buying some was £3.50. Absolute rip off. Go to Phoenix down the road, it's MUCH better.

Always have a lovely takeaway ! Yummy food. Would definitely recommend

Have lived in stanway for over 10 years . Always used Hong Kong chef after trying others .been happy with the meals. Friendly staff, Never had a problem.🙂

BEST Chinese around, I drive from Tiptree to get it, 10/10

Poor food again.. made me I'll.. £5.10 for a tray of rice.. RIP OFF It's very busy... which is good for the owner.. but needs to improve there food

A large selection of good food, friendly service and short order fulfillment time 🙂🍣

Cracking take-away. Good food at reasonable prices and fast delivery, wouldn't go anywhere else. 10/10

Standards have dropped, sweet & Sour was gloopy, prawn toast over cooked, chicken with water chestnuts bland.

After ordering week on week for a while the customer service I received today was awful. As such regulars we were dismissed, cold food, very late, hungry children and a rude apology. Needless to say we won’t be coming again and will be spreading the word

Excellent food. Still the same. hasn't changed.

Excellent service and friendly staff

Amazing food we have been coming here for years and the food is just beautiful!

Have been using Hongkong Chef for 15+ years. Consistently good quality well cooked tasty food. Definitely recommended

Great takeaway, very generous portions and good food.

Our local go to Chinese. Fresh clean premises. Lovely fresh food,tasty. Very hard to get through on phone but worth the trying. They are very popular. Best Chinese take away for us.

Delicious chinese takeaway food hot and tasty friendly staff

This is the worst Chinese food we have ever had the misfortune to eat. The ribs were dry and overcooked. The vegetables were also overcooked. The beef dish was inedible. Definitely would not recommend.

Long walk to you, said you were open till 23.30, got there at 23.10, you have been shut for ages, update you're opening times, wasted journey and walk 😒

Really tasty food, our regular Chinese takeaway 👍

Best Chinese takeaway in Colchester, never had a bad experience.

Food was good, will order again

Helpful and quick, smoked chicken is favourite of mine.

Order my meal, chicken curry, chips amongst other items..specifically asked for chips cooked well.. received uncooked and the chicken curry was awful..peas In a group in the bottom of tray.. meat stuck together and looks like the sauce was just pored on top.. considering a busy takeaway.. the food was rushed and not nice. Do Reccomend avoiding busy periods..

King prawn balls soggy and burnt. Chow mein over cooked. Sweet and sour disgusting Part of order missing. Sorry very very disappointed

Got BBQ spare ribs and the sauce was a disgusting type of grave. It was horrible and a waste of money. I wouldn't recommend it. I would give No Star's if I could

Great food at reasonable prices, delivery driver is very friendly

Absolutely love this Chinese takeaway restaurant, there curries are the best in Colchester by a mile. I have a Chinese takeaway near me but choose this one. Food is always fresh and tasty and hot. 10/10 on all dishes. You must try it.

We could not locate a menu online. When we called, the person who answered was rude and we felt we were rushed . He was asking if we had the menu with us and when we explained we hadn't and just wanted to know prices, he wasn't very helpful. We didn't go ahead with them .Won't be buying any food from them!

I would say this is the best place in Colchester for really Chinese takeaway.

Best chow mein I've had in years Same can be said for the sweet and sour chicken balls

Having tried various local chinese takeaways in the past we have now been coming to Hong Kong Chef for years. It is the best around. Competitively priced. food always fresh, piping hot and delicious. We will not go anywhere else. Normally ask for food to be delivered. It always arrives on time and drivers are always friendly and helpful.

Banquet Chinese is objectively better, but if you're looking for a nice Chinese on a budget you can't go wrong with Hong Kong Chef.

Used for first time . Food was hot. Very good food. On time. Will definitely use again. Thank you

Had my first experience here the other night. Was hugely impressed, staff were friendly and helpful. Service was super quick and food tasted amazing.

Poor quality food and rude reception lady. Wish I never went there in the first place

Do not order from here!! I found a long black hair literally cooked into my satay chicken 🤢 the quality was poor as well, stringy chicken and basically empty veg spring rolls! Much prefer bamboo garden on just eat

My prawn balls were grey/black inside,chow mien soggy,prawn toast is added really fishy. I through it all in the bin I was told I could have credit then I was told that was just for the prawn balls!!! A waste of £20 il never order here again

Fast service with outstanding food. Highly recommended.

Order our food tonight as most weeks close to £100 to discover 2 items missing when phoned to say the lady basically accused me of making it up and that she would this time send food out, 20 minutes later my food arrived to which I sent it away. Bad service and rude customer service

Nice food, quick delivery. I order regularly!

I can't find a menu for this place. Any ideas how to find it?

Best Chinese in Colchester great taste.

Best one arrowed can't beat them

Absolutely the best Chinese takeaway in Colchester. Once you have it, you will never go back to anywhere else.

First class as usual great food

Always lovely food. Never too greasy and great customer service. Turns up hot every time and we live in Newtown. Would recommend to anyone!

Last Tuesday I ordered some food including some battered prawn balls. Although there was no one else waiting inside they still cooked the food within 5 minutes at the most, which seemed a bit odd considering it was quite a large order, anyway the next day the two people who ate the prawns became quite ill, overnight physically shaking for two nights, third night vomiting and no appetite, although I'm not a doctor and can't say it was food poisoning, I can't see what else it could have been, I'm guessing the food wasn't cooked fresh and was just heated up as I said they prepared and cooked it all in under 5 minuite wait. This isn't good.

Best Chinese takeaway in Colchester, nuff said!

Great service, friendly staff over the phone. Food arrived hot and freshly cooked. The best Chinese I’ve eaten in Braintree. Loved it! Definitely ordering again!

Good food, friendly staff and quick delivery!

We had a brilliant meal delivered piping hot, freshly prepared and very tasty. Would highly recommend.

Don't bother - there are many better places

Always good food & service here

Always get a good. Chinese takeaway

Went in there tonight they were not keeping to the rule of 6 there were up to 15 people in there at one time an elderly gentleman got him self out of their because there were to many people in there it took me and another women to form a cue for it to return to covid regulation rules disgusted when I told someone in the shop they didn't seem to care at all that they were breaking covid rules , I was disgusted.

Best chinese by far in the area

A very good local take away. Good food, reasonable prices and efficient and friendly staff.

I used to be a regular customer but I experienced a Very rude female staff Member. Would not give me prawn crackers. Will not be going there again

Brilliant as always highly recommend

Best chinese we’ve had for a long time! Ordered Chinese from HKC after craving it during lock down. It was really tasty and really hot when we got it home. V impressed with their Covid hygiene. Masks and gloves worn, screen up, contactless payment, so v good.

Recently re-opened after closing due to COVID-19, Hong Chef have returned and are making sure everyone is getting their Chinese safely. Tastes pretty amazing too.

We have ordered from this Chinese about five times now and each time the food has been absolutely outstanding. We order and pay via telephone and food arrives within the hour. We have even had friends over and ordered a large amount of food from here and they couldn’t believe how fabulous it tasted. This is our go to Chinese. It’s a must try!

Best takeaway in Colchester! Delicious food and friendly staffs. Would highly recommend!

Never been disappointed. I use this place a lot.

Best Chinese in Colchester. Little Pricey but very good food and quick service

Where to start with this lot? Prawn toast was overcooked and so was the sweet and sour chicken. They forgot the sauce too which in turn made the dish inedible. Beef chow mein was shocking. Noodles were ok I guess but the Beef was tasteless like it hadn’t been seasoned at all. Also had a strange unusually soft texture. My Dogs enjoyed it! They’re not that fussy to be fair. Capital ribs were dry and overcooked, the sauce reminded me of a cheap ketchup. Awful. Crispy aromatic duck wasn’t either of those things. ‘Soggy and tasteless’ would be a better description of that dish. King Prawn curry was terrible also. Curry sauce lacked any real flavour and again no seasoning. The thing I can not understand is why this place was so busy?? It’s some of the worst Chinese food I have ever sampled. Paid nearly £50 and most of it ended up in the bin and in the the dog bowls. Needless to say I will not be returning. Save your money and go to China Chef or across town to Beijing even. This place is a disgrace

I have been getting my take away Chinese food from here for quite a few years. Lovely freshly cook food. Absolutely delicious. Would highly recommend.

Always really really nice would highlyrecommended

The food here is 90% great but occassionally they let themselves down. I regularly order sweet and sour chicken balls (best for miles) but last week they must have had a temporary chef and the batter tasted like fish and chip batter... Weird. Also worth checking your order is correct, out of about 50 orders there over the years about 5 were incorrect in some way (missing items or incorrect items)... And although apologetic there nothing they can do from 15 miles away! Despite the minor niggles, I travel past at least four others from which I will not eat to get here. Staff are fairly consistent and most speak well (I have absolutely no ear for accents despite my father being Geordie).

The Best of the Best....enjoy good food..

Had a nice takaway from Hong kong Chef, all cooked nice and good service. Got some free prawn crackers which kept my son very happy...!

food very nice freshly cooked. but the Seaweed was to sweet for my liking.

Ordered here all the time foods amazing quality and our driver levi is also very polite nice guy

Tried this for the first time after my Chinese went seriously down hill and what can I say it was amazing. Prawn balls are yummy. It was all yummy will defo be ordering again

Our go to Chinese, always use Hong Kong Chief and highly recommend.

Fantastic food. Very quick and friendly service

Recently moved to Stanway, tried a few of the recommended ones and can honestly say this is the best. We ordered a delivery and it came in super quick time and knew where we lived, considering that it is a new build. Staff were really friendly and spiced up the curry for us. Food was clearly fresh and not greasy. Would definately recommend it and will be using this Chinese in future

Please bring back the fat chips best chips ever not the same no more

Food was excellent but there is not much space we're you order

Brilliant food Very Tasty Would highly recommend 👍😍

Taste so lovely but I order something for delivery it was ment to come at 11:00 it came 20 min late and I hasn't eaten all day

Always have received wonderful Chinese food from here. Always hot, quick service and a.ple parking around the rear of the takeaway. Been going here for years and will continue to do so. Highly recommended. It can be busy on a Friday and Saturday evening but that is expected. They do also deliver.

Honest David's reviews 4.2.19 Popped in with work to get a takeaway. The lady who served us was excellent, I had a person with LD with me and she let him take his time to order his food,and then change it a couple of times. Prices are the normal Mount for chineses in Colchester but I was surprised with the amount we got... Loads . And loads, so very impressed there But the chips were a let down. Shame really..but I do like my chips. Good 4****

BAD SERVICE: I made my order and picked up. When I arrived home I saw this huge lump of something I don't know. When I called to make a complaint, they told me I ordered the "pancake" I don't even eat pancakes. I asked for "spring ROLLS" Then they tell me the spring rolls is the pancake. The man started shouting, told him not to shout at me, he turns around and says I'm also shouting at him. Then he hung up on me and this wasn't the first time they gave me a wrong order! Rubbish service, I'll never order from them again. Sad cause I love their food, but the customer service is nasty and not worth it.

If we decide to have a takeaway this is where we go. Food is always good and hot,have never had a problem and would recommend to anyone.

Very, very good; tasty food! Clean, fresh and the staff are friendly 10/10

Food is lovely but be careful you get your order right and charged correctly.

Whenever we fancy a Chinese takeaway this is where we go. Friendly staff and the food is very tasty. We have never had a problem here with the food.

One of the better takeaway in Colchester

Absolutely brilliant and quick service lovely food too

Have been buying take away from here since moving into the area in 2013 and was recommended by a friend. We haven’t been disappointed, everything we have ordered so far has always been good, tasty and reasonably priced. Chefs special curry is always good, this is our favourite. Would recommend.

Thank you for the great mouth watering food! I have never been disappointed. Delivery a little longer than stated but well worth the wait. Sally

The food was dreadful. I had a Special Curry that was anything but special my daughter's husband had a house special rice and the beef in it was still red and still frozen in the middle. There excuse was that they were busy??? Do they not realise serving food in that way can cause SERIOUS harm!!! There reaction to my complaint was unbelievable.

I have purchased take aways from this restaurant since moving to Stanway in 2005. The standard of the food has slowly deteriorated over the last few months. I bought a Special Curry which contained onion chicken and pork nothing else no King Prawn or Beef?? Which on the grand scale of things is quite a minor complaint. However my daughter's husband ordered the House Special Rice. The meat in it was still bloodied inside and some pieces were frozen in the middle!!! When I called to complain the chap who served me said that they didn't cook the food properly because they were busy!! After I picked myself up off the floor in a state of disbelief I then explained the serious implications of serving people half cooked beef, pork and chicken??? The guy asked me to keep the uncooked pieces to one side and he would call us back. We never received that call. Be extremely careful when you order a takeaway here as you could end off in Hospital.

We had a lovely lunchtime special. The price is as good, the food was delightful. Quality and not quantity. Staff were very friendly.