Maxi's Chinese Restaurant in York

Maxi's for us is the fine dining of Chinese food. Not the cheapest but for a reason, the food is amazing. 10/10 every time.

The Dim Sum has improved tremendously. Really good lotus buns, cheong fun and white radish cakes. The roast meats are very good again and the traditional Cantonese dishes are very good as usual. The three treasures is the best dish here.

the food was exceptionally bad, I couldn't even finish it. barely edible.

Best Chinese in Yorkshire by a country mile try it

Dishes are delicious and well presented. Decent value for money, good variety on offer, staff are friendly and excellent service. If you’re staying nearby I’ll definitely recommend them.

Best chinese food I have had for some considerable time.

Beware of this restaurant. The staff misled us about the cost of our meal, and when we confronted them, they refused to take responsibility. Even more disgusting, we found a hair in our food, and the staff barely acknowledged it. Their rudeness and unprofessionalism were shocking. Despite offering a meager discount, their handling of the situation was far from adequate. After reaching out with a formal complaint, they simply ignored us. It’s clear they don’t care about their customers. I would never recommend this place to anyone looking for a decent dining experience.

Love this place. Friendly staff and food is always fresh tasting, hot and generous portions.

I was having the meal with a group meal service for about 70 people. We had a booking at 17:30 and arrived 20mins late due to the transport. When we arrived, all the food was already placed on the table without any lid for covering. Most of the food was cold and dried. Flies were stood on the food which is really disgusting

Visiting every single time in my York trip. Nice dim sum and great place for gathering.

We have been coming here for years. Its good food, nice and light to eat. The service here has improved massively except they still dont ask if you want any more drinks after the first ones. Might be because we always get 2 drinks to start with. One red wine and a glass of lemonade for me, and one Orange drink and one lemonade for the driver. It's clean, pleasant and the food is tasty. Fair price as well. The waiters and the manager are lovely. We like the food here and they usually have room for us. We will be coming here again.

Always a great experience eating at maxis. We always use it as a place for family gatherings, some of us driving considerable distances but always worth it. Highly recommend

Beef satay very chewy. Chicken fried rice was like it was boiled. Quite disappointing for how expensive the food was.

If you like Chinese food and you are out in York area, this place is well worth a visit. And if you don't care for Chinese food, go try it anyway and it will leave you converted in no time at all! Pleasant ambiance, plenty (free) parking, good choice of food (even for the veggies), great taste and excellent service. Been our go to place for birthdays and business lunches for 25 years!

Limited vegan options. Meat eating friends enjoyed the non-vegetarian food. The service was slow but the staff was courteous and eager to help.

Expected my satay sauce to be thicker/stickier, but no complaints as it tasted great & wasn't a strange 'nuclear' colour. 4 stars as I couldn't find where to order prawn crackers 🤔

Food never arrived,cost me nearly £20 for nothing

First time here and didn't disappoint! Just a little bit pricey then London, but if you want a decent dim sum in York! Go to Maxi's. Great service, good selection and friendly staff's!

Never fails to deliver top food one of best in York

Great food, great atmosphere and service. Salt & pepper chicken was amazing and had the most succulent Cantonese steak I've ever tasted.

Processed, meats, poor quality food at high prices. We were very disappointed with our food. The ambience was spoiled by noisy table clearing onto canteen style trolleys and these staff seemed very rushed but polite. We had shared mixed starter, all of which was battered and deep fried when it came, even the ribs! The battered prawns were reconstituted prawn meat. We also ordered Singapore Vermicelli which were very dry with sparse other ingredients: Chicken and Cashew dish which had processed chicken and was tasteless and Sweet and Sour chicken which was mediocre. We won't be visiting again as food not good and inflated prices.

Oh no what happened to this place? The microwave meal was served within 4 mins of us ordering it and 2 hrs later I feel like I may vomit. Literally the most garbage poundstretcher wine i’ve ever been served - £8.50 a glass!!! No wonder the restaurant was 2/3 empty on a friday night

My family and I have been having lunch here like 5 times in the last 5 years and it's my 2nd most favourite restaurant in York (the 1st in Yuzu tonkonsu). Maxi serves delicious food, particularly roast pork belly & monk fish hot pot, and also ma po tofu. We also like Shanghai dumpling and mixed meat cheung fun. The interior was superb, best in York. The service is friendly. I see the same people serving us since 5 years ago, and always with a smile and they look happy, which is a good sign.

Menu changed since last time I visited, but happy with the choice. Staff couldn't be more helpful. Very friendly!

We used to go to the one in Leeds & have never been to this one, a little dark, but the food was exceptional, the service was great & the staff made you feel very welcome, this will now be a regular eatery for us, I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone

Lovely food, nice and hot. Good fast service. Would go back again.

Delayed so much we collected the order ourselves. Just eat was unable to allocate a delivery driver in a timely manner

We were there to celebrate our wedding anniversary and I lost close to £100. I ordered chow mein and it was the greasiest that I ever had and couldn’t have a single spoon of it. The maxi special platter was coated with some batter that was very salty. Service was okay. I wouldn’t recommend going there unless you don’t mind falling sick.

This is a very cool place, with great decor and friendly and attentive service. There is a decent amount of veggie options on the menu but they are not very descriptive so it’s hard to say what each dish is. The veg and cashew nut dish we ordered was very bland and the noodles, while tasty, were marked as spicy on the menu but definitely weren’t spicy. If we visit again we’ll definitely ask for a recommendation.

Fantastic Chinese Restaurant 👌 The service was brilliant, the food wonderful and the staff were lovely. Pity I don't live nearby as I would be a regular customer. 😋It's that good.

What a rip off this place is Far to expensive Boiled rice was just a big chunk couldn’t separate it.tried to charge me £2-50 for a glass of tap water and tried to tell me it was bottled water .avoid at all costs unless u are a millionaire

Lovely food, nice atmosphere. Worth a visit and the prices aren't too bad either

Food was sublime, staff were friendly and great. Only 2 problems were the sweet and sour sauce was basically no vinegar and was too sweet and the water had black bits but the water couldn't be helped as the kettle would've been used millions of times. Other than that great place, great food!

Overall, great experience! On Sunday afternoon, we could enjoy Chinese Dim Sum without having a table booking. The staff were helpful. All the dishes were served very quickly. There were huge parking spaces available right in front of the restaurant, that was great :)

Would absolutely recommend coming to try the dim sum here. We tried 7 different dim sum dishes, and all were very tasty. Our favourite was the duck egg custard buns. The staff were friendly and helpful. The only criticism being they didn't come back to us to check on us after serving food. However, this did not take away from a great overall experience. The place has an authentic feel, and all our food was delicious. We will definitely be returning to try more dishes.

wouldn't go again, great for people that enjoy being served bland food, for a premium price. was being watched over the whole time too by staff which was awkward.

The most bland and overpriced food I’ve ever eaten. The salt and pepper prawns weren’t even salt and pepper flavour, the rice was so plain it had no taste and my sauce was basically flavoured water. All so overpriced for what u get. Won’t be coming back. Also was watched over by staff too which made the experience awkward.

Nice atmosphere, but the food was heated at the microwave. The broccoli was so hot you couldn’t touch it and on the other side of the plate the chicken was cold. To bad.

You want great authentic Chinese food at a great price in a lovely restaurant served by great staff? Then go to Maxi's..I regularly have lunch at Maxi's and have often taken my large family to Maxi's on a celebration event fixed menu meal...brilliant 😀

Good food and service. Would go again Good food, not fantastic.

Food arrived an hour late. Emails asking where it was were not answered. I phoned the restaurant who blamed Just Eat. When the delivery arrived the deliverer blamed the restaurant. The food was cold. My contract is with Just Eat and I think a full refund would not be inappropriate.

Appalling service .Waited 40 mins for the main course tonarrive at which point they brought the wrong dish Then on payment would not accept a scottish £10 Complacent and arrogant

Absolutely delicious, quality, food , on time food amazing definitely be going there again !!

Always clean. Staff great attentive but not in your face. Food excellent. Very accommodating our new family member who has a seafood allergy

Excellent food, best Chinese outside Beijing.

Delicious food massive portions was really good. Staff were very friendly and service was first class. Definitely recommend and would love to come again.

Service what service existant as never came to the table to ask if the meal was ok or did we require more drinks. At the end a lot of food was left which they used to put in containers to take home, this time we were given empty trays and to to do it ourselves. Food was on cold dishes and to top it all was asked for a tip on leaving, when I was about to put cash in the dish, so no tip. Gone down hill in the last few years. Bye bye Maxi's

Quite disappointing and definitely not worth the money (Maxis is expensive but it’s sometimes worth it). Salt and pepper chicken in particular was soggy and not tasting all that fresh.

You’ve delivered my order to a different address!!!!!!!!! Furious

This was a spur of the moment visit after carpet and furniture shopping. Service fantastic, food delicious and very generous portions although have definitely noticed a price rise so was pleased when the portions were substantial. Really enjoyed our meal and the Chinese tea, best ever.

Standard Chinese food. Nothing special, fairly expensive and waiting for the bill we had to flag a guy down even though we'd very obviously finished eating for more than ten minutes. Dusty cobwebby ceiling too, always a pet hate as it's unnecessary and a health hazard. Just get a long handle duster and clean it people, not hard to do.

Food was raw gave me food poisoning would definitely definitely not let even my dog eat from here pedigree chum would be much nicer

Authentic Chinese food. It satisfied our cravings. Thank you. We’ll definitely come back again

Had banquet for friends birthday, 6 of us. Great place to celebrate. Staff were wonderful, even presented a cake 🎂 highly recommended

Got a takeaway for a family birthday unfortunately very disappointed for the amount we paid 😔 the sweet and sour was nice but the rest very mediocre. I'm gutted as we have wanted to try this place for ages. I would have expected complimentary prawn crackers too.

Sorry to say we went for New year's eve and it was nearly empty so no atmosphere, the food was good and service ok

My favourite restaurant. All of the people at this restaurant are lovely (thanks Lewis and everyone!), we always feel very welcome, everyone is very attentive. 10/10, best Chinese restaurant in the UK. Love every single dish we’ve tried here!!

The service is exalant. The staff are so friendly, never had a bad meal yet

Awesome restaurant. The food was tasty and plenty to choose from too! The restaurant is pleasant and the staff were friendly! Definitely recommend!

We have not been here for ages as last time the service wasn't very good 😡 but we were amazed at how the service had changed they were very attentive and polite the food was generous and excellent we will be going back well done 👍

The worst meal I have ever had ,8 of us went for a meal and all were really disappointed. Nothing had any taste the best thing we had were the prawn crackers at the start,the duck soup no one could eat,the starters were very average and the mains were terrible. We had a couple of chicken dishes and the meat was poor quality and the sizzling fillet steak wasn't fillet steak ( I been a butcher) it was tough and tasteless.Never again sorry.

Unfortunately this was probably the worst Chinese we have ever had we only went there because sweet basil was closed and saw the good reviews but the chips were rock hard and nothing like salt and pepper chips we’ve had elsewhere and the sauce for the dishes was thick and gloopy and the fillet steak dish we have was more like stewing beef overall wouldn’t recommend but would recommend sweet basil in green-hammerton

Great dumpling menu, good service and tasty food. One of the best Chinese restaurants. I travel from Leeds as I still remember them from their old venue on Kirkstall rd. The staff are fantastic. The venue is one of the best decorated you'll see.

chips were overcooked, inedible, like cardboard, I threw them out, pork was perfect tho.

4.30time ordered said delivery 510 then kept adding 20 minutes until 615 the food was cold unedible first time ordered won't order again From them .

I recently dined at this restaurant and must say the overall experience was fantastic. The flavors of the dishes were exquisite, and the service was top-notch. However, the only letdown was the honey chicken, which turned out to be golden syrup instead. It was a disappointing twist on an otherwise excellent meal.

Got special curry last nite more onions and mushrooms than chicken not good for the price it was a take away

Excellent as usual, might cost a bit more, but for the quality it’s worth it

Both dishes were amazing, would order again!

Walked passed last evening on the way to the garage nearby with my wife. We noticed a female employee gargling and spitting water out completely nonchalant at the back of the establishment. Vile. Totally put us off considering the place for a food option.

Food was cold and terrible will never order from here again the only reason i didn't ring and send everything back was my daughter was behind herself for food

Delicious food Authentic Chinese Very good portions Staff lovely Will visit again

This is my first choice for family weekend day out, nice meal.

Normally my favourite place but was a bit annoyed today as a random bird had somehow got in the restaurant and they left the door open to try and get it out but we were closest to tge door n it got a bit drafty n unfortunately made our food get cold faster i mentioned thid and no offer to reheat or compensate was given also the salt n pepper chicken lacked flavour taste plain , other than this the rest of the food was nice as usual until it went cold .

Amazing! Lovely food and staff are lovely and great customer service . Can’t recommend enough

Food was delicious, exactly what I wanted. Thank you for excellent service! A+++

Lovely looking restaurant. Great service. Delicious food

Really nice place, staff are polite and friendly and the food is very nice. Good portion sizes for the money, and all in all just a nice place to go. Can't really complain at all.

Food was good. But plates were cold with hot food. I personally I like hot plates with hot food

Always amazing food from them.

Twice the price of a local takeaway Chinese and just average quality…..Poor ! Incredibly expensive !!

Very tasty. Nicely packed. Would order again. Thoroughly recommend.

Lovely food. Excellent quality. Very good delivery time. Thanks 😊

I recently ate lunch here after visiting the Porsche Centre next door. Food was very tasty and well priced. I would highly recommend.

Food is normally very nice but the salt an pepper chicken was pink and the chips were cold like they’ve been stood for ages, disappointed doesn’t cut it as I’ve paid £24 an I’ve had to chuck it 👎🏼

Chips were stale, meat in the won tons was pink

Much better than last visit which was around 10 years ago very delicious food very impressed will definitely be going back.

English and Chinese menus, dimsum served till 6pm. Good taste food very generous portions, much better than central town pretentious high land rental places. Ample dining space good atmosphere too.

Great to visit a Chinese restaurant like Maxis, and find it full already at 1pm on a Sunday. Good job we'd booked a table!! We went to have the Dim Sums, and they were fantastic. Prawn n Pork Sui Mai, Char Sui buns, steamed and fried prawn rolls, plus the starters of prawn toast, ribs, spring rolls, satay chicken and prawn wontons....all superb!!

The speed was incredible. Considering the quality of what arrived, I’m not surprised….. quality takes a little time

It not the cheapest, but you pay for quality. Best Chinese take away and chicken SnS is awesome

Great, tasty food, as always. Must've been busy as I'm sure the expected time was pushed back.

I ordered a mushroom curry which was replaced with a vegetable curry, very unhappy as the vegetables were not fresh

I would assess this as being a big standard Chinese restaurant in terms of service, range of menu and quality of food. The atmosphere and decor is slightly above average. Will be going again though - four stars.

None of food as described, was cold and chips were soggy absolutely terrible

It's very tasty. Big portions. Will order again. Definitely

As usual Maxis were excellent 👍🏻 First time I’ve got it delivered, usually dine in, all hot and as tasty .

Very nice Chinese restaurant with excellent customer service. I felt like I was treated as Royalty 😁. Visited for my 50th birthday meal with my family. The table service was friendly and professional, they were very cautious about my son's allergy to chicken and nuts. We had a great time, highly recommended 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Great place. I Wish everyone could experience authentic Chinese food like this. We were even gifted two desserts at the end of a wonderful yamcha.

Fun restaurant with traditional Chinese decor. Large space that is usually very accommodating for bigger groups, and the fact it is out of town means it’s usually got a table, even if you haven’t booked. Nice food - delivered quickly by efficient staff. I like the fact there’s a lazy Susan on the larger tables meaning that sharing food and passing it along is very easy!