kalaRED Oriental bar | Chinese restaurant | Takeaway Delivery in Maidstone

To be honest I'd had quite a bit to drink by the time we got here. From what I remember the staff served the drinks quickly and we're friendly with it. Location was good

I never understand why this place isn't packed, I love it here, always have done! Love the shots and the free prawn crackers, fabulous music and dancing space too!

Nice little random find. friendly staff and great music. good old school hip hop and r&b. friendly crowd.

Bouncer tries to get 10£ at the door. Low-level scammers

Decent range of cocktails but quite pricey and the music is usually terrible and most of the clientele suck on a Saturday night. As a bar itself it's ok

Yet again, afterlooking forward to eating here, it was closed at 1.30 in the afternoon. It can't be a family bereavement again surely. Pull your finger out, pay a decent wage and keep reliable staff.

Went there in the evening when it was turned into a club basically so just drinks and no food. Great atmosphere, dj on the night of the 1.4.23 was brilliant.

The food in restaurants is disgusting.

Very good food, but need more communication.

Fusion of excellent drinks (sake bomb in particular must be tried), excellent service (inspired use of the gong), and excellent food (I can only imagine as I've never dared to mix the food and the drink!)

Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff (they speak mandarin and Cantonese!), Good drinks, great value, the sake bombs are so fun! Great night out

Honestly I'm in utter shock that this place has 4 stars! The food was just a plate of oil, and flavourless! Woke up in the morning really sick! Seriously you couldn't offer me a free meal or pay me to go back. The bill came to £80 and I had to really ask myself "I just paid £80 to be mugged off" Lesson learnt, NEVER again!

EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED with my first order with you! Order arrived with Tea Smoked Chicken and Hot Sweet and Sour soup MISSING!!! STILL waiting for response or refund! Stole my money and delivered half of bloody order, disgusting! Thai Lemongrass soup is the worse one I tried, way too sweet tastes strange and not much in it, I fused it down the toilet and since they didn't deliver my other soup now I'm left with nothing!! NEVER EVER ORDER from these people again! PS the rest of the food was poorly made and very bland. DONT WASTE your money with them

Exactly what we needed. Nice food and good service. Definitely didn't leave here feeling hungry... 😉👍

Amazing food and service went here with my boyfriend very enjoyable evening

Great staffs and a fun environment

Sat our group and provided a high chair and a booster seat for my children which was great. Food was tasty but portion sizes where a little smaller than other places I have been too. Wide range of beer on tap. We had a pleasant evening.

We enjoyed our set menu lunch. Will return

I always enjoy myself at Kala Red. The staff are always friendly and helpful and the atmosphere is calm.

Takeaway food wasn’t good didn’t taste of anything won’t order again

Good atmosphere, always worth checking in on

Was pleasantly surprised here. I came with a bit of bias but someone in the kitchen is a genius.

Great service, polite guy at the till point, evening was fresh made , crunchy yummy will be back. Place clean to eat,not crowded.👍😁

Just been for dinner here and loved everything food was amazing and well worth going too. One happy customer had a lovely evening

Fantastic food! Great 2 course lunch menu for £8.40!

OK food from a kitchen with really sharp knives. Nice place to go before or after clubbing but not as a first choice. Needs a bit of refurbishment...

First time I came here was actually to watch the Euro 2020 Final 🤦‍♂️ I will be returning, as the staff were incredibly hard working and accomadating, and also to try the food! Thanks for a rememberable evening, see you again soon

Went for an evening meal after a long time without being able to go to a restaurant. Pleased to report we weren't disappointed. We were seated promptly at a table for two and were immediately asked if we would like a drink. The server was very attentive as it wasnt the busiest evening, even though it was a Saturday. The menu itself is very extensive, with set meals as well as a la carte. We opted for a la carte. Our starters were Wonton soup(9/10), Butterfly King Prawns(9/10), salt & pepper squid(10/10) and salt & pepper ribs(7/10). This is due to a bit of "frozen" aftertaste on the ribs. After this our mains arrived, 2 portions of egg fried rice(one is enough for two people), beef in oyster sauce(7/10), again unfortunately a bit of "frozen" aftertaste on the beef but the sauce was delicious and the beef very tender. Also had the XO Squid + Prawns which were amazing(10/10). All in all a very good meal and hope the management will look into my comments on the ribs and beef. My ratings are only deducted for the food not being quite as good as it could have been. Definitely be back.

Lovely good! We went for the set menu and that was more than enough. It was all delicious Cant wait to go again

We have been charged £6 for one pot of Chinese Tea (for two ppl) with one tea bag in it. Food is take away type /quality. The staff was friendly though. So I rated 2 stars instead of one

Terrible customer service. Waited about 10 min to be seated and once seated we were given our menus and not attended to for about 20 min, we eventually ended up leaving

Excellent food and Customer Service

Amazing food, amazing service and amazing price. Would go again

We had a nice experience at kalaRED. Went in for an evening meal after a long day out walking and weren't disappointed. I recommend booking in advance of an evening though, we got lucky as there was a lull just before the rush but it does get busy. We were seated promptly at a table for two and were immediately asked if we would like a drink. The server was incredibly attentive. The menu itself is very extensive, boasting set meals as well as a la carte. We opted for Set Menu B for 2 with a few extras on the side. The menu also boasts quite a lot of dim sum options, of which we had soup dumplings. They could've been a little more soupy for my liking but were pleasant. Our other starters were salt and pepper squid and salt and pepper ribs; both delicious. The beginning of out set menu also arrived at this time, a selection of hors d'oeuvres including, crispy wontons, satay chicken, butterfly king prawn, smoked chicken, seaweed and dry ribs. The wontons were the only disappointing item; little to no "stuffing". This appetiser platter was shortly followed by a quarter roast duck with the trimmings, pulled tableside. Delicious! After this our portions of egg fried rice, chicken, prawns and beef were delivered. All quite tasty though a little under seasoned aside from the beef in my opinion. We did have to wait for a good while for the bill unfortunately, though only a minor inconvenience. Overall a nice experience. My stars are only deducted for the food not being quite as mind blowing as I would've liked.

I decided to eat some birds nest noodles I knew it this place used to do it... disappointing they don’t do it anymore 😞 The service was ok. They had an amazing ceremony for the lunar Chinese New Year I really enjoy it... my food was ok... some of the dishes were a bit plane not flavour, could be better. I think they need to renovate some of the furniture in there.

It was ok,but overly loud music. £10 minimum spend for card transactions!!

Used to be somewhere a bit different to go. Was pretty empty when we visited.

Whenever me and the Mrs want to go out for a chinese we always go here! Food is always spot on, freshly cooked full of flavour and well priced. Easily the best chinese in town!

All good apart from the bbq spare ribs were reheated by microwave and one end was still frozen.

Eating food influenced by the Far East was an exciting prospect when I was growing up. Much like a lot of foreign food that has been on our menus for generations it’s now part of British culture. After generations it has been tailored to meet the needs of the populous. What you expect in British Chinese in food is what you’ll get at KalaRED. The venue is large and appears to turn into a pub/Club. I’m sure on a non school night you’ll get to smash a jägermeister with your mates while finishing off the last of the prawn crackers.

friendly..foods yummy..and reasonable...

I had such a craving for steamed buns at my lunch hour so after a google I found out KalaRED did them at a reasonable price. I asked if I could take them to go and they boxed them up for me. They where incredible and hit the spot perfectly! Lovely service and wonderful food, they will be fueling my steamed bun addiction in future.

Lovely little place. Great lunch time menu

Ordered of deliveroo tonight and it was Awful food it was bland, wet, cold and stoggy took only a few bites and was binned as it was that bad. Don't waste your time and money as for only 4 dishes you are paying over £30, which is definitely not worth it. Will never use again.

Excellent and friendly service , good food and nice environment.

Good night out, friendly staff and bouncers

Absolutely love this place. Food is amazing and staff are very friendly and helpful.

Service was terrible It's basically a night club down stairs so music is shaking upstairs The interior is tacky and cheap carpet is not even laid on the floor correctly The food was nice but not worth everything going on If your happy to wait an hour and half between course

Food was lovely and 1st class service

First visit with husband and son very enjoyable lovely food and good service will come again..

The food us far better than it's location and it's interior. Chinese food speciality.

Had the lunch deal food was very nice and tasted

Went here today for first time. Excellent food. Set menu starter and main. Excellent value for money!!!!

Absolutely amazing friendly staff great food and exclusive drinks

Nice tasty food. a bit noisy with music on a Saturday night from downstairs but service was good. sizzling steak beef was fatty

Wonderful food. Friendly staff (he got out a gong) always smiley and chatty. And authentic atmosphere. Great Asian drinks too

You need to try the shots menu.

Efficient service and good food, I had the set lunch starter was light and tasty the main had a good wok hei flavour in the noodles and the chilli bean pork was well cooked with delicately balanced flavours.

Over booked and over priced and poor quality main dish

Delicious food and very responsive, friendly service....strongly recommend for a great dining out experience.

Love the place I love the food very cosy.

Never went there to eat but to drink and still expensive

Poor service, waited over an hour between courses, no toilet paper!!! Wasn't even that busy considering it was Chinese New Year!

Knocked off a couple of stars due to the now ILLEGAL (since January 2018) additional surcharge they add for use of a card to pay for under a minimum payment. Pros: popular, cheap drinks, a small dance floor with dj

very friendly bar staff very friendly they always have respect for their customers and I've never had a bad meal there always excellent

Excellent range of shots and drinks. Funky house playing. Good atmosphere.

Very Nice food,nice enviorment and comfortable seats in restaurant ,when i order for collection food always ready on time ,lovely and friendly staff very happy to recommend

Food was OK but the staff indifferent

We ordered a takeaway to be delivered at 7.30pm. Over three hours later the food had still not arrived despite us having paid in full. (Over £50). We phoned the restaurant who said the food had been sat ready since 9pm but nobody had bothered to pick it up from Deliveroo. Eventually the lady on the phone hung up and they then did not answer the phone.phoned Deliverr and could not get through for half hour. They said they were very busy................ We politely declined the delivery when it eventually turned up after about three and a half hours of waiting. Never again.

you've gotta try the saki bombs here!! 😂

Had a fantastic meal here, with great advice from the manager on good combinations.

Nice friendly staff, who give you an extremely warm welcome. It's a nice relaxing atmosphere and good food so I am very happy to recommend!

Food is OK closes early though?

Awesome food and a great bar for a night out!

Nice atmosphere, delicious food and nice bar downstairs especially asahi beer......

They were playing really good music tonight. I'll be back

Nice atmosphere but needs more seating.

Food lovely but service very slow, all in all we were in there nearly 4 hours, put a bit of a dampener on our plans for the rest of the evening

Amazing food. Always get a seat and fantastic staff

Michael really looked after us. The food was very nice. Loved the porcelain cups they used as well.

The food is so good do not oveook it

Lack of atmosphere very cold too

Recommend! We went there to celebrate St.Valentine's day, very quiet and nice place with tasty food and good service.

Friendly, reasonable priced. We always have a brilliant time every time we come here! The food taste amazing. I highly recommend everybody to go there.

The Middle Kingdom meets Maidstone, with mixed results. Young lads wearing t-shirts 3 sizes too small nibble on prawn crackers as they gulp down their jäger bombs. It's incongruous at best. I've found KalaRed to be a bit hit and miss too - either heaving or empty, with no discernible pattern. Mao would not be best pleased.

Always good staff always great lunch deals good but ! Evening fine dining is better

Kala Red is the best Chinese in Kent! This is a unique venue that caters for all moods we go there often for a drink, other times for a light bite and occasionally to fine dine upstairs. Try the Malasian lamb and the Dim Sum - they are wonderful!