House of Delight in Maldon

Absolutely beautiful surroundings and food. We were visiting Maldon for an overnight stay and can honestly say its the best Chinese meal we have had for a very long time.

We have been coming to House of Delight for almost 30 years. Fantastic food, lovely setting and great staff. Highly recommended.

Came here last night for the first time. The food was amazing. Not greasy, and was freshly cooked. I pre-booked which I'm glad I did as the place was full. Always a good sign. Wasn't disappointed and will definitely be coming back 😊

Dear Googlers, I guess it helped going in with a chap who went to school with the owner. Despite not seeing each other for 40+ years, there was instant recognition. Anyway, I digress. Food was excellent, service attentive and very busy for a Wednesday night, mostly locals. Apparently that's a quiet night. But you know my opinion - eat where the locals eat. So suggest you book ahead and have a wonderful meal.

Service is good, made to feel welcome. We ordered special curry,chefs special noodles & bbq ribs in sauce all was ok but felt like ribs wasn't cooked enough,rest was nice

Went here with friends for the first time and was pleasantly surprised. Venue is clean and smart,staff friendly and helpful,food tasted lovely and seemed freshly cooked. Really nothing not to like will go again.

The best Chinese restaurant in Maldon.

First class service. Very welcoming, at no stage were we rushed. Food was fantastic. My parents and sisters family regularly go and I will certainly be back

Nice food very professional will go again sure you won't be disappointed

We went there for the first time as our usual restaurant was closed so travelled from Rettendon common and what a find restaurant inside is really nice and clean the staff were so good and helpful and the food was excellent and large portions cannot wait for next visit thanks for a lovely evening David Killick

Pleasant and very efficient. A bit pricy for the quantity of food.

Eddie and his team are an absolute delight. Thank you

We were visiting Maldon and decided to have a Chinese meal, after checking the local reviews. The food was excellent, it was very busy so took about 30 mins for a take away but it was worth the wait for the quality of the food. Many thanks

Normally, we have a takeaway each Sunday, but on Friday, we ate in and what a delight! We ordered off menu and were impressed with the food we received. Fantastic food and service.

Absolutely fantastic! The service was excellent, staff very friendly & informative. The food was exceptional, good quality served piping hot. Every mouth full was delicious, best Chinese food we have ever had. Highly recommend this 54 year old family run restaurant. Already planning our next visit. The ambiance was very traditional with table clothes & floral table decorations. The restaurant & facilities were very clean & comfortable.

As the reviews say - best takeaway Chinese locally. Definitely a cut above the rest!! Will be ordering again 😊

Great place for food in or take away and the staff are very friendly. I like to say thankyou Eddie and your staff

Had a meal here with work, lovely food and sizeable portions, I would say the mixed appetiser isn't the greatest value for money, but there was an abundance of food, very nice staff, and lovely decor

I'm never disappointed, warmly welcomed, beautifully cooked, and presented food. Delightful.

Have eaten Chinese meals around the world, this, although maybe underspiced, was one of the best. Excellent quality ingredients. Good menu. Highly recommended.

Great meal today. Excellent service

Had a beautiful birthday lunch today 🎈 The food was outstanding and the service was fantastic! Thank you to all the staff for making my birthday so enjoyable 😊 We will be back soon 🥰

As always fab time had by all at House of Delight - amazing food served every time we have visited - best Chinese restaurant we have eaten at in a long time Staff are always so friendly and attentive

Great food and GF options and dishes can be modified to GF as well

Very good well worth it . 5 star ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Visted here last Saturday night during a weekend visit to Maldon. Wow food was fantastic! Highly recommend the duck. Great place!

Very pleased: linens, tableware, service, food and wine - all very nice!

Wow!!! At almost 50 years old, I can honestly say that was THE best Chinese I've ever had!! I've been going off of Chinese because some of the takeaways we've had recently have been (in my opinion) below par and not worth the money (not from this Chinese I will add). This place has renewed my faith in decent food and Chinese in particular. Taste, flavours and portion size, all amazing! The food was outstanding and service wonderful. Thank you so much, it was magic!

Food best I have had very friendly only slight down side carpet could do with a deep clean or replace

Lovely room, especially the spectacular goldfish tank! Their Hot-and-Sour Soup is the best I've found in the area.

Absolutely brilliant takeaway for 10 people half of who were vegetarian.Eddie made us set menus both were amazing.Thank you we will be back.5 stars

When you get told you can not have a certain desert because the kitchen is busy, it is not good.

Very good meal. Went with the other half and had set menu 2. The food was very good with special mention to the chicken satay and crispy seaweed in the mixed starter. Cantonese sizzling beef and salt and pepper prawns were really tasty. This restaurant has been in maldon for a long time and is always busy, there's a reason for that.

Fantastic restaurant, always have take away , staff are very friendly. Food is always good, recommend chilli squid and mixed veg , the wife loves sticky beef (doesn't everyone)

After moving into the area & only ever finding 1 chinese in Essex that provides gluten free options I was so happy to know that House of Delight provides gluten free options. The staff were able to advise what I would have and clearly highlighted on the takeaway container which products were gluten free. Really lovely food, fresh, not greasy or salty. Thank you!!

I don’t recommend this place . We had take away yesterday and the portions was way to small and the chicken was chewy also not much test to the food . But what annoyed me the most we payed a lot of money and they give as like kids portions of food in very small aluminium boxes . We had Chinese from different restaurants and they never give us such small portions . I don’t know if them portions are like this or they been greedy on our order . Anyway I will never order from them again .

First visit, had heard good things about the restaurant. We hadn’t booked but were early and we were seated. The restaurant filled up quickly so is obviously popular, with many tables having five or more diners, and their food looked really good. Service was good, but the menu items we chose were a bit underwhelming. The chicken satay skewers had no satay flavour, the noodles, beansprouts and chicken dishes were all a bit too wet and lacked a bit of seasoning. Maybe we chose the wrong dishes? Sadly this was a bit of a damper on what would otherwise have been a good evening. We will re-visit at some point to see if this was just unfortunate (given it’s a very popular place) or our expectations were misaligned, or maybe lack of competition ?

Very nice. Good food and service reasonably priced. Would definitely go again.

We have eaten at the House of Delight several times and had a great experience every time. By far, the busiest restaurant in town, and it's easy to see why.

First visit, highly recommended. No negatives, excellent food, portions very good, staff extremely professional and helpful. Thanks to all.

Not very delightful, ordered beef and vegetable soup, beef was chewy soup had no flavour, second dish Special chop seuy, there was egg on top of the been shots, plenty of chicken and prawns, that's about it worse chop seuy I've tasted threw it away

Very well run restaurant. Excellent in every way. Staff lovely. Would thoroughly recommend this restaurant.

Lovely fresh cooked authentic food cooked with care and consideration , everything looked and tasted great , this was by far one of my favorite Chinese food for a local town , we have eaten in and had takeout and both times food was really lovely , glad we found it on TripAdvisor ,it’s tucked away you could easily miss it !

What a great place, very friendly staff, we had a great experience and will come back again in the future. All dishes were beautifully presented, tasty, hot and the service was impeccable. My favourite dish is hot and sour soup, the best that I have ever eaten. Thoroughly recommend for a special evening.

Lovely Chinese restaurant. Food was very nice and tasty with many choices. The service was excellent and very fast. Would recommend

Some of the best Chinese food I've ever had. Good service, reasonably priced.

We have been going to the Happy House many times over the last few years and never had a problem but tonight we might just as well have been ghosts, We were celebrating our wedding anniversary and arrived at 7.30pm and odrered drinks. By 7.50pm two other parties of four had been sat next to us and were served drinks. Despite complaining twice we did not get our drinks order until 8pm, 30 minutes after arriving. The rest of the night followed suit, we were totally ignored by the waiting staff. We watched as tables were fussed over, the owner went around glad handing people whilst we had to repeatedly ask to be served. When we complained to the owner his response was to laug and say tyectable next to us had only ordered a two course meal! They had arrived 30 minutes after us. We have spent the best part of £3000 there over the last few years and so time to spend my money somewhere else.

Amazing food and attentive service. Really enjoyed eating here.

Best food 😋 great friendly service, very clean

Fantastic chilli ribs and chow mein

Brilliant Chinese, lovely atmosphere great food and superb service.

Fantastic venue, fantastic food, fantastic team, just all round fantastic!

Decided to book after reading good reviews and always struggle to find a good Chinese restaurant. This place is a little gem great service, friendly staff, lovely food the salmon treyaki was amazing and just a lovely atmosphere. Will be visiting again and glad we found it. The decor is lovely inside too.

Always amazing food and even better staff

From the outside, you may keep walking by, but dont be fooled by the outside. When you walk in you are greeted with an euthentic atmosphere and a warm welcome. Service was exceptional, restaurant was busy and the food was to die for. A great expeience, I will go back with friends

Absolutely delicious food great atmosphere and great staff.100% recommend.

Absolutely great. Very good value for money. Pleasant and comfortable.

Thr food is absolutely amazing! It tastes amazing, I've never had a bad mouthful in that restaurant. The staff are so friendly, accommodating and extremely good at their job. Customer service is 100%. If you're disabled and need adjustments or extra support, they're only too happy to help. Even with parking. They allowed me to park against their gate outside because of my disabled nan because there was no street parking avaliable. The main manager is just delightful. The interior is cosy, clean, tidy and very simply but elegantly done. This is my favourite Chinese restaurant I've ever been too. Its amazing, completely faultless and I cannot wait to go back again.

Lovely food as always and fantastic service

Busy venue, predominantly older clientele - am guessing repeat customers & good service. Food fresh & tasty. Restaurant would benefit from an interior door to protect customers from recent windchill factor caused by people coming & going. Made dining experience unpleasant. Would go back but would ask to sit away from entrance.

Fantastic meal here and great staff, you've got to try this place

Twenty of us just enjoyed a two course meal, brilliant evening thank you Eddie and your staff

What a gem this is. 5 of us went for dinner this evening and the food was amazing and arrived very quickly after ordering. Everything was so tasty and piping hot and unlike many asian restaurants that you visit, none of us got that horrible MSG afterslump that you can get after a Chinese meal. Loved the food here and will definitely be back!

My and I enjoyed an excellent meal here with Friend on Saturday night. The restaurant was busy (due to very good reason), the food and service were both exceptional and the set menu we opted for was superb - particularly the steak dish. Excellent experience will definitely return.

This was our second visit with friends with a few years gap and the food and service were still very good it was a very busy Saturday night ,excellent menu well presented staff were great can’t comment on price as I didn’t pay this time lovely!

Such a lovely evening with family, food is amazing, service really friendly and efficient..... Definitely a 5 for me

Exellent food good service bit expensive but worth the little bit extra

Such a delight to find this restaurant buzzing and lively on a Monday night and it did not take long to realise why superb food and excellent staff and all reasonably priced we had a wonderful time

Lovely food, excellent and cheerful service

A good place to enjoy a chinese. Enjoy!

1st time here. Food was great, piping hot and really tasty. Staff were soo friendly We will be back!

Friendly staff. Excellent food. Well presented. Nice atmosphere. Definitely worth a visit

I have had hundreds of meals in Chinese Restaurants around the country over my 55 years and this is right in my top 3 of all time. The Orchid in Harrogate, Pin Wei in Abbots Langley, (where I live) and here at The House of Delight in Malden. It was my 31st Wedding Anniversary and I chose this place from ratings on TA. My Wife was so pleased I chose there. Very pleasant staff, clean, and top food at a reasonable price in today’s world .

Excellent Chinese restaurant, good selection of great food. Always welcoming and pleasant dining I would totally recommend!

Squeezed us in when they were busy, lovely food and good value.

We had a really lovely meal here. Not an extensive menu in the restaurant compared to the take away, but I expect the kitchen would happily accommodate any requests. One of our party is coeliac and they were able to prepare food gluten free. Very fresh, well cooked and light food. Not at all greasy or heavy. Well presented at the table and the staff were friendly and attentive. We will be returning. An enjoyable evening meal

In house: 5 stars for the food quality - 4 stars for the very slow service on a Thursday evening. As a takeaway service on a busy Friday evening 6 stars. I phoned across an order and was told it would be ready in 15 minutes.!!

Visited Maldon waterfront and the restaurant is just a couple of minutes or so walk away at the bottom of the High Street. Ordered from the main menu (not the set menu) and the mixed starters and soups were lovely but because the portions were so generous we started to struggle. The owner kindly suggested we might want to review our main course orders which we did - and still couldn't finish some of our sizzling beef and Hong Kong chicken which was then boxed-up for us to take away and still tasted great today (Monday) ! If we have another meal in Maldon again we'll definitely go there again but order a bit less ! Very nice, comfortable restaurant and lovely people.

Very nice Restaurant! Would highly recommend!

Delicious fresh food, really impressed. Way better than you usual Chinese takeaway. I made a mistake when placing my order and the staff were really helpful when I returned to correct it. We will be back again.

Absolutely wonderful....we went for our dads 90th birthday and it was like visiting an old friend.....Eddie and his team are wonderful hosts and the food was amazing....cant wait for my next visit to the uk!😍

Super food, beautifully presented and served. Generous portions. Delightful, attractive surroundings. Efficient service and the owner always there to oversee everything. We were made so welcome and felt very special.

This is an unassuming Chinese Restaurant at the bottom of the High Street. Its sign looks like it was made in the 1970's but inside there is plush carpet, tables on all sizes and shapes neatly laid atop of linen tableclothes and napkins. Spoon and fork or chopsticks - you decide. We had a lovely welcome and were shown to our table quicly followed by a dish of prawn crackers and asked about drinks. We declined and discussed what to eat, settling on set menu D3 (top one). Mixed starters followed by Duck Pancakes rounding off with special rice and 3 dishes - prawn, beef and chicken all lovingly presented. At this stage I would normally include some pictures but the food simply screamed 'try me'! So you will have to go yourself. The staff were so friendly and helpful as well. I would urge you to book to get the day & time you want. A pre dinner walk along the nearby 'Prom' to work up an apetite would be a good call too. Enjoy your visit.

This is an unassuming Chinese Restaurant at the bottom of the High Street. Its sign looks like it was made in the 1970's but inside there is plush carpet, tables on all sizes and shapes neatly laid atop of linen tableclothes and napkins. Spoon and fork or chopsticks - you decide. We had a lovely welcome and were shown to our table quicly followed by a dish of prawn crackers and asked about drinks. We declined and discussed what to eat, settling on set menu D3 (top one). Mixed starters followed by Duck Pancakes rounding off with special rice and 3 dishes - prawn, beef and chicken all lovingly presented. At this stage I would normally include some pictures but the food simply screamed 'try me'! So you will have to go yourself. The staff were so friendly and helpful as well. I would urge you to book to get the day & time you want. A pre dinner walk along the nearby 'Prom' to work up an apetite would be a good call too. Enjoy your visit.

We had to ask about vegan options but they were happy to explain what they could do, and even go ‘off menu’ for us. Tasty food, not overloaded with MSG.

Very expensive if you want a drink with your meal £5 for a pint of coke .food was a bit bland good service

Excellent food good service nice ambulance thanks

Great food great service great night out

Lovely food and atmosphere.and very friendly staff 👌

would definitely recommend this place great food friendly staff

Went here because of the great reviews, disappointed is an understatement, really quite shocked at the food, went for the mixed appetizers to start, didn’t stay for the main £8.60 each for sesame (no prawn toast), chewy overcooked satay chicken, empty spring rolls (manager told us they are bought in)! Fatty ribs - not for us won’t be back

Used to be the best in essex - keeps going down hill as the prices keep getting higher which is a shame , staff are not treated well and don't get tips . Won't be using anymore ... I've been a 10 plus year customer .

This week we hosted our annual awards evening at House of Delight. We were a team of 20 and the guys there were outstanding in how they looked after us. The food is always second to none but it’s Eddie and his team they make...

I went to this restaurant for lunch with a friend today. She has been there several times before but it was my first time. We ordered the M2 set menu. I looked at the chicken with cashew nuts and was going to ask for soy...

We went to this restaurant with friends a few months ago and I meant to add a review then. I thought the menu was excellent and the service was very good too.

Staff are really friendly, service is great and food tasted amazing! Would highly recommend, wether it’s groups, alone or couple/family.

Enjoyed a lovely meal here. Food and service good, particularly the sizzling dish. Everything was very well cooked and presented. We will be back.

Great place Definitely recommend. Spent about 2 hours there, the food was good, Service excellent, the Staff were very helpful and attentive.

What a lovely find! A large group of 14 booked in for dinner on a Tuesday evening. We were staying locally and called to book a few days before. The lady who took the reservation was really lovely on the phone. The food was delicious...

We enjoyed a lovely evening at The House of Delight this evening, the food was fantastic and Eddie made us feel so welcome