Lee Garden Restaurant in Belfast

This has to be the worst Chinese restaurant dining experience I have ever had. It definitely doesn't represent Cantonese cuisine. This restaurant would have closed down so fast in NYC or Toronto that you wouldn't even know that it opened but guess this is Belfast, but you deserve better. * The food is awful - too much msg / salt / flour / soy sauce / oil and the food doesn't even taste good. The beef/fish were coated with a thick layer of flour. Beef was super chewy and so was the fish . Roasted duck is C+ at best, more like C grade. * Ingredients are def not fresh, and vegetables def come from cans. Baby corn tasted sour meaning it's spoiled. * Food is super expensive and portions are tiny and they try to upsell everything. Note that this is compared to New York City standards. * No service but somehow we were charged with a 10% surcharge. No one told us, I only found out when I was checking the check. What a ripoff! * You actually need to spend more money to get a drink to recover from overdosing salt and MSG. * I can't imagine what you have to offer for dim sum 😂 TLDR: tourists be aware, avoid if you want to get decent or somewhat authentic Cantonese / Chinese food and don't want to get surcharged for non-existing services. This is a scam, the reviews are good but everything else is bad. The food and services do not match the price they are charging - the waitresses are awful, learn the trade if you try to charge service fees, be professional). The dry-fried beef river was not as delicious as the ones I made myself. The beef and fish belly were made with wood and were more chewy than rubber bands. MSG, salt, dark soy sauce, oil, thickening (very thick) seems to be free and tastes so bad. The biggest failure in Ireland so far is accidentally entering this store.

Would not recommend this restaurant for anyone who wants authentic Cantonese food. First portion size is small for the price. Second food tastes awful very oily, salty and lots of added msg. Third be cautious that they will add surcharge to your bill and saying that it is service fee while there is minimum service.

The dry-fried beef river beef was very old, and the vegetables were very salty and oily. Seeing as we are tourists, we will be forced to charge a service fee.

Food tastes horrible not authentic at all with lots of added msg. Very overpriced. Mandatory surcharge fee added without telling us. Would not recommend

When you spend nearly £100 For 2 people no alcohol 9you shouldn't have to ask for a sensible size portion of Soya and Chile sauce and be told the food is spiced enough thats our decision to our tastes. Food is not as good as last year and portions are getting smaller and smaller. The question is is this value for money'? Sadley not any more!

Exceptional roasted duck and dim-sum! Just order anything on the menu, you can’t go wrong. This is authentic Chinese. Very tasty.

I enjoyed visiting the large restaurant, Lee Garden. The Chinese food tasted authentic, and the menu offered a wide variety of options. One unique aspect I noticed was the use of preserved garlic to enhance the garlic flavor. Despite arriving late, it wasn't very busy. Lee Garden is known for its dim sum, and the staff can speak English, Cantonese and Mandarin. The ambiance was quiet and pleasant. Overall, I had a positive experience and would recommend this place.

Excellent dim sum, love getting up for a visit and usually travel two hours for same. The salt and chill calamari also excellent. Lovely staff and good service. It's always a pleasant experience.

Spicy curry wasn’t nice meat low quality chips were hard 3/10

2nd time out of 3 times that my ordered did not arrive. probably never ordering from this place again. would not recommend getting food here from justeat.

Dim sum are of consistent quality good. Came once a month for over ten years.

In terms of what is available in Belfast, it’s your best bet for dim sum. But in terms of what dim sum can really be and taste like, it is mediocre. The variety is also limited. No where near as good as what you can get in Asia but better than nothing!

Sauce spilled all over inside of bag . Which left me eating a dry meal

Late & half the order missing ‘ we had to go elsewhere to eat £50 down the drain

I would say this is the most terrible cantonese restuarant in the whole UK. In terms of flavor, seafood fried rice was just like a basic mixture of riced, seafood and curry, without wok-fried, and the rice was undercooked and very hard, so everyone of us just had a bite. As a cantonese, I would say the other traditonal cuisines like roast pork cheung fun, were also not good. Another thing that made me feel unconfortable was that they charged us 10% tips WITHOUT asking. Not really good experience there.

Food never erived !!! I never seen my food ! I want my money back !!! I phone restaurant many times and didnt did nothing!!!

There is both a tea fee and a service fee. It is a combination of Chinese and English, and a combination of dross. The roast duck I ordered had a strong smell, which made me feel nauseated halfway through the meal.

I ordered a takeaway from Lee Garden Restaurant, and it was, without a doubt, the worst Chinese takeaway I’ve ever had in the UK—and shockingly expensive for what we received. The most disappointing dish was the so-called "Cantonese Roast Duck" with rice and Pak Choi. As a Cantonese from Singapore, I can confidently say that this is not authentic Cantonese roast duck. I've never encountered a Chinese duck dish served in fried batter. It was a far cry from what I expected. Just one look at the photo, and it's clear this is not Cantonese Roast Duck! To make matters worse, we spent £119 on this meal, which feels like an absolute waste given the poor quality. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone seeking genuine Cantonese cuisine. [In response to the owner's reply: Please either serve the authentic Cantonese Roast Duck on your takeaway menu or rename it to Deep Fried Duck in Battered. You should not misrepresent yourself.]

06/09/24 Went here for lunch with my family and was immediately greeted with disrespect as soon as we stepped into the restaurant. Staff are extremely rude and unprofessional. We nicely asked if dim sum was still available at this hour (16:30) and the waitress replied blunty ‘yes but you have to order within fifteen minutes as the dim sum chef will be leaving then’ I didn’t think much of it, i was just struck by her tone towards us. Another waitress came out and gave us cutlery in which we all said thank you and smiled but got no response from her. I was also getting weird looks from other staffs. It made extremely uncomfortable & umwelcomned, therefore I decided to look up the name of this restaurant on Google Maps to look at the reviews, i was glad to see that i wasn’t the only one who felt this way about the staff here. I read a review regarding the dim sum and how a darker asian woman asked for it but was rushed to order quickly as it was close to 5pm and thats when dim sum is no longer served but shortly a group of white people came into the restaurant & ordered dim sum & were served and this was past 5pm. As a darker skinned Chinese asian I knew the reason for the impolite attitude immediately. I also have to agree with the other reviews that the place is not clean. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone, especially if you are a darker skin asian, the staff here are all fairly pale and have a superiority complex. You are not better nor prettier than me just because you are paler than me ! Your attitude is absolutely disgraceful and you represent the asian community so negatively. It’s a challenge living in a predominantly white country already & on top of that being mistreated by ‘my people’ is a joke. I wish nothing but for this ‘white superiority’ in asian society to die but also for Lee Garden to hire better staff who are kind and respectful

I ordered a takeaway from Lee Garden Restaurant, and it was, without a doubt, the worst Chinese takeaway I’ve ever had in the UK—and shockingly expensive for what we received. The most disappointing dish was the so-called "Cantonese Roast Duck" with rice and Pak Choi. As a Cantonese from Singapore, I can confidently say that this is not authentic Cantonese roast duck. I've never encountered a Chinese duck dish served in fried batter. It was a far cry from what I expected. To make matters worse, we spent £119 on this meal, which feels like an absolute waste given the poor quality. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone seeking genuine Cantonese and Chinese cuisine.

Friendly delivery driver and the food was lovey

Just a blanch taste of saltiness on every food. Not as much as we expected

Excellent dim sum as always. Love this place

Taste like microwave rice if a Chinese can't get rice right big No

Foods are nice very traditional never disappointed me. The only thing is my partner doesn’t eat (but he always order a drink) and I already place 5dishes for my own cost me gbp30+ for lunch but the manager was spoke behind said he wanna charge me double if my husband not eating. I hear that when was going to the loo, very rude!!

over a 40 pound order not even a free prawn cracker. wrong items delivered

If you like Dim Sum that's the place to be in Belfast! I've not tried the other part of the menu but I can tell for sure their Dim Sum are delicious! You need to come before 5 to get them but it's definitely worth the trip! I've been there several times and tried Beef Cheung Fun, Pork & prawns dumplings, King prawns dumplings, Minced Beef balls, Roast pork buns, King prawns and chives dumplings... Everything was perfect!

Me and my partner had high expectations from a restaurant who recommends authentic Cantonese dishes. My partner speaks Cantonese and asked for more details. We decided to order a traditional roast pork belly and char siu, it arrived with stodgy over microwaved rice that was barely edible. Meat served without thick soy sauce, almost no flavor. The second dish we ordered was a pork belly with taro - it was tender and quite tasty but after a few bites I found 2 pieces of hard and sharp plastic and that really put me off. The waitress offered to bring another portion but we decided not to risk it again. We expected this dish to be removed from the bill but to our surprise they only gave us 50% off that item. We don't like drama, so we paid and left, but it's not how you deal with food contaminated with sharp objects!

Great dim sum destination. The food was delicious and the service was efficient and friendly. Well priced too. Recommend ho fun noodles, siu mai, pork char siu buns and fried prawn dumplings. And the tea!

Hands down, simply the best dim sum in Belfast.. and I've probably had too much of that over the years. If you like dim sum, go here. If you've never tried dim sum.. I swear down you need to get your laughing gear round the dumplings on offer here. Sumptuous. Filling. Perfect.

Food cold food 45 mins late terrible

The entire experience was not ideal. A group of children came to the table next to us. Started playing Uno. Zero effort by staff to address them. We came to relax and enjoy dinner. Not to be surrounded by loud unruly children

chicken and noodle soup is just salt water with a bit of meat and noodles.

Had three items, pork spare ribs, har gow and siu mai.. the har gow and siu mai were excellent, better than I expected.. spare ribs were ok.. Would definitely come back as it totally hit the spot Edit: Came back with a friend and was able to try out more things. Had the Beef Ho Fun, Shrimp Rice Noodle, Taro Cake (I think that's what it's called), BBQ Puff Pastry in addition to Har Gow, Siu Mai and Pork Spare Ribs. They were all very good and authentic dim sum. The BBQ Puff Pastry wasn't hot which is the only real gripe, but 10/10 would recommend if you're looking for proper dim sum in Belfast.

Food was just bland and not nice to eat

The order or food didn’t show up. Even driver nothing at all.

Absolutely fantastic meal I'm here tonight. Possibly one of the best meals I've had. Restaurant was busy, great menu that's well priced. Highly recommended for a visit.

There were 7 of us for dinner, from young pre-teens to seriously older people [me!]. Lots of different tastes, experiences & expectations including a few dietary "isims". But the team at Lee Gardens, on busy Botanic Avenue, didn't miss a beat in looking after us and delivering hot & tasty food to satisfy the fussiest of easters. So much so that we needed to reorder several dishes to cater for newly discovered favorites! The team bent over backwards to look after us. Good food and very good service - what's not to like?

Blandest chicken fried rice, very disappointed

Lovely delivery driver! Really appreciate his service! Thank you!!

An ok meal here. Carrots in the special curry (not a fan), 4 ribs counted as a portion and the special fried rice was very different to how other places do it. Meh

So delicious, value for money .

the soup was spilled into the bag. I could not eat it. The rest of food was not hot anymore.

Absolutely beautiful food. Best Chinese I've had in a long time. And the delivery driver was so lovely

Quality not Great! Duck was dry, tufu was just ok

Cold inside, food served at same time and taste average, poor experience

Went for lunch with work friends. First of all, the website states £7.85 for set lunch menu but it's actually £11..95. The food was ok, I ordered from the set menu, portions a little small but I suppose it was lunch. My friend ordered some Dim Sum, it did look good, wish I had ordered some 😅 if I was to return I think it would be for dinner and if it was for lunch definitely Dim Sum.

First time getting from here. My chicken was completely covered in jelly and squishy !! Uneatable. Noodles were tasteless, salt chillie chicken wasn’t great either, Order was freezing also. Paid 3 quid for a tiny wee tub of gravy too! Not happy ☹️ straight in the bin. Definitely one of the worst takeaways we have ever had

Outrageous! The first time I was blackmailed while eating! After finishing the meal, I was forced to pay! After eating for 17 pounds, the boss told me to give him cash or 200 RMB. His attitude was extremely bad! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! It's so disgusting The food tastes terrible too! ! ! It’s completely pre-cooked dishes! ! ! Pho, some are even cold

fast, good food, delivery person good. thanks.

Meal for 5 here recently. We all got the set menu upgrade. It was nice, quick service too, especially coming in quite late. We got a large platter to share as we all had the same, was really nice. Mains came quickly after which was great. We all enjoyed; beef in honey chilli, sweet and sour chicken and duck in Cantonese. One person got the orange chicken which he wasn’t a fan of, a very sweet dish he couldn’t eat too much of. Everyone else’s food was great though. Desserts were fine, Lychee ice cream was literallt ice cream with lychees, i thought it may have been flavoured but I should’ve asked, my bad though. Other desserts great otherwise.

completely wrong order, ordered three meals got one meal and it wasn't even one of ours, tried to phone no one answered.

PIECE OF PLASTIC FROM THE PLASTIC TRAY WAS LOOSE IN THE FOOD AND I NEARLY SWALLOWED IT . PUT ME OFF ALL MY FOOD SO COULD NOT EAT ANYMORE . WAS POSSIBLY A GENUINE MISTAKE AT THE RESTAURANT WHERE THE PLASTIC BOXES THEY USE FOR THE WON TONS HAVE BEEN BROKEN HOWEVER BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN LUCKLY IT GOT WEDGED BETWEEN MY TEETH AND DID NOT GET LODGED IN MY THROAT

The food was okay but they have preferential treatment to white guests. We( Chinese) were told that dim sum was not available after 5 pm but the white guy that came in after us was able to order them. So if you are Asian please remember to be there before 5 for dim sum to be available but if you are white you will probably get dim sum at whenever 😀

If you want to get the worst service and experience, you can try here. 1. I booked a table for 13 people at 1:00pm 4 days before the visit, but got table at 1:40pm. (Because it’s my daughter’s birthday and everyone was already there) 2. Table were not set up and everything just put randomly on the spin table by an unhappy waitress. Only 12 people can squeeze in. One of my friend who lives nearby left after seeing this. 3. Nobody came to take drink or food orders until half an hour later I came to reception asked for menus. 4. We got food after 14:40pm, no sauce provided. 5. When we were finished with many dim sum left, there were still many not served at 15:40pm and I said I don’t want them anymore. But they said and they put everything in the take away box. 6. I still got 10% serving charge after this and the total bill for 12 people is £296.70, no alcohol ordered as most of them are kids. I wouldn’t stay only because it’s my daughter birthday and her friends were already there as planned. My daughter wanted to let her friends try Chinese dim sum on her birthday. I booked a table for 13 at 1:00pm for 6th of May. When I was booking through the phone 4 days ago I emphasised that there are many kids and I hope I can get the table when arrived at 1pm without waiting. The staff promised it will be fine if I don’t mind taking seats upstairs. When we arrived, I told the receptionist that I booked a table and I can see that my name is on the list. He frowned and moaned who booked this table for you, you should wait until 1:30 pm. I said but I have already booked and the staff promised. If I knew this, I wouldn’t book here and try somewhere else. He said you can leave if you want. But most of my daughter’s friends were already there, with 2 on the way, I chose to stay as I don’t want to ruin her birthday. This is her idea. She wanted her friends to try Chinese dim sum on her birthday. I didn’t say anything yesterday just because I want my daughter happy without any arguments.

Forgot the drinks food below average

I saw online that the Lee garden Chinese in botanic Avenue was doing the 3 course business lunch for £7.95 This was heavily advertised across their website. I assumed that 2 lunches & 2 cokes would be under £20 Alas when my wife & I went in we were given 2 lunchtime menus with the price at £11.95 . Not wanting to cause a fuss we ordered a starter main meal & dessert. The food duly arrived & despite being okay was a bit miserly. (2 spare ribs for starter & 1 ball of ice cream for dessert). When the bill arrived it included an unmentioned service charge. The upshot was a light lunch for two cost £31.90 . This is a fraud & I will be reporting it to trading standards. Avoid this place.

Cold food, undercooked, hair in the curry.

Smallest portion of salted chilli chicken ever £7 odd for 6 bits of chicken

Ordered a hot & sour soup and a prawn meal. Extremely disappointed as there was only half a tub of soup. My partner and I share the meal but not this time barely enough soup for 1 person. Rang up to complain and got no satisfaction, I was told to report it, did not get replacement soup 😡

First time ordering. Very nice indeed.

They didn't follow notes neither did the driver... I specifically asked for no veg with the prawns but they came anyway with the veg! The flavours of the smoked chicken were lovely, the curry sauce was very watery not a chinese curry... Driver took thee longest way possible to get to the address. Wouldn't rush back but would maybe go for collection!

Restaurant was cold. Service was slack and disinterested. Food came quickly but was tasteless and dry. Would not recommend.

The online menu needs to be updated urgently

Food is okay. Dim sum is no better than our expectations but acceptable for the price

This place is about as Chinese as a place can be. Food was good as well.

Good came out super quick didn’t get the sense it wasn’t good fresh, chips where hard some where soggy felt like they had been dipped back into the fryer before serving, asked for fried rice tasted like it was boiled and was way over cooked was hard to separate with a fork, salt n chilli chicken came out looking anaemic, veg wasn’t cooked overall wasn’t a great experience and won’t be back

Not worth the money. Portions very small. Disappointing

The service was fine. For serve very quickly, which makes you think it's not fresh. It tasted like it had been reheated. Also, it was expensive. Definitely go to the burger place just up the road. You won't feel ripped off.

Absolutely disgusting customer service . Didn’t receive the right starter and they wouldn’t send the correct one. It was for my 91 yr old aunt who has dementia, can’t hear or see properly but wanted ribs for dinner. Needless to say , she hates me right me right now as I had to cook and give her a proper dinner which she really didn’t want. Digusted

Very disappointing both in terms of taste and the authenticity of the place... Too bad.

The white-cut chicken has no taste, the barbecued pork is ugly, and the green vegetables are all rotten leaves, which is a lightning protection!

Without a doubt the Best Dim Sum in Belfast

Ho Fun was under cooked loads of Oyster sauce poured over it, Duck was not crispy, service was none existent not even is everything ok with your meal. Got a waiter's attention told her ho fun was under cooked, she said OK and that was that not even I'm sorry or anything. On exiting we stood at the till and asked to speak to the manger, the waiter just pointed at the manger and said he'll not be long. The manger was having a conversation with someone , the waiter didn't even approach the manger so he had no idea we wanted to speak to him, after a wait we decided to walk out, we will not be back, heard it went down hill and yes it has.

Food was absolutely stinking everything tasteless won't be ordering from this Chinese again!

No cutlery, food taste bad, spring rolls not worth the price. Can’t even eat the meal

Big portion, however quite disappointing. Noodles were pretty plain and tasteless, pork belly and char siu pork were tough as a nail and cold. Won't order again.

Not as good as expected from a Cantonese Dim Sum restaurant. Service was ok, but the food could have been better and was somewhat pricey. There are better and cheaper alternatives in town such as 3 Levels.

Very over-reputed, the roasted duck was way less than expected, two of my friends were sick after eating there. The service was okay.

Excellent restaurant by any standard. This is where the Chinese people eat. Say no more.

Cant give any feedback about the food as it wasnt delivered. Delivery driver had trouble finding address despite 2 other delivery drivers arrived and delivered food ahead of him. Given instructions via call but still unable to follow instructions. Contacted again but phone call was ignored then eventually the driver marked it as delivered.

Hong Kong-style dim sum is delicious, with favorites like fresh shrimp rice rolls, barbecue pork buns, and siu mai. The barbecue pork is flavorful, and the roast duck is wonderfully crispy. The service is friendly, the place is clean—never expected Belfast to have such high-quality Chinese restaurants.

order didnt get delivered and paid and phoned and they cant do anything about it

We love coming here for Dim Sum at lunch time. The food is amazing, and the staff are helpful. Can't fault.

Absolutely terrible experience, food was rotten! No taste also tasted offvery bad after taste, service was ridiculous, they also charged us Thier own tip on the bill we then had to ask them to remove it, ordered two cokes got served a tiny bottle of 200ml and they charged 12£... Avoid this restaurant!!!

Order was never delivered. I had to go and pick it up

This was the starter. Check out the salad. This restaurant also charges a sur charge. I had a glass of water with lunch. Staff are friendly. Decor tired, chairs tired looking. I will not be back here. The food was really tasteless, prices up yet portions much smaller. I would rather pay extra for quality, taste and pleasure eating. Lee Garden is past is sell by date.

Food excellent Appears to be Just Eat issue with drivers Maybe time to go direct with restaurants…

Delivery driver phoned for directions try to help with directions but he got very rude I explained where he was I could not come and get the order as child in bed and he got very cheeky still haven’t received orders

Do yourselves a favour and hire your own drivers , the ones just eat provides are lazy and prefer to sit in the car and have you collect it and they always deliver cold food. The food is average , worst salt and chilli ribs I've ever had , bland soggy and greasy. Portion size small. Wouldn't recommend

RECOMOND THE CUTTLEFISH VERY SUCCULENT. DANIEL AND OLIVE KONG WERE VERY HELPFUL.

Been going here for years. Fantastic food abs friendly staff. Great service

Food was so bland and terrible service. not asked once was meal ok. Beer served and had to go and ask for a glass. Used here regularly a few years ago but won't be back

Chicken not cooked sauce like water and rice tastes very strange

Exceptionally good food. The Chinese flavours were subtle and complimented the main components of each dish, with some beautiful ingredients

Very friendly and very nice food

Average. Not great for cost to be honest. Service was very slow. No atmosphere.

Food was lovely except for onions on chicken, which I did not want. Check my note.

Starter portion of wings at £6.50 was very underwhelming. 4 wings for almost 7 quid... wouldn't order again

Can't fault anything. Delicious food, great service.