Mayflower Chinese Restaurant in Bristol, City of

Not our first time here we used to visit the old place. 8 of us eagerly visited on 20/03 and excited to see the new place. Due to one of the group being a baby we decided to pre-order our food for a specific time which they kindly did and were very accommodating through gritted teeth. The food is great but the service (like many other reviews) is poor, staff do appear rude ........when you can find one! We felt like it was a game to try and find a server to order a drink and when you did it was like an inconvenience. 3 of us were celebrating our birthday. Which they kindly celebrated with a song. However, this too ended up leaving a sour taste in the mouth. At one point they brought out 3 x custard buns which we said we didn't order. It went back and was brought back out to us (birthday treat apparently). One of our party picked up the bill which I've just reviewed and noticed they added on the custard buns....the audacity to charge us for food we did not order and sold as if it was a gesture from them. Bit shady in my opinion. It's a real shame as the old place was amazing, service, atmosphere and extremely friendly. I hope they don't just rely on the food and manage to provide the same level of service as before with the absence of the shady tactics.

It's very average. There were only 5 of us, but we were given a large table for 12 people, but there was no one to sit in the 6 seats on the side. And our table only gave tea and gave shrimp slices to foreigners. The reason for asking was that foreigners didn't drink tea, so they gave shrimp slices. So is the tea sold in the store for Chinese people to drink? The dishes are also very not fresh and sour.

2nd time trying here, 1st bad experience with Crispy Duck. The duck had multiple bones chopped into it. It tasted old. This time, ordering the veg chow mein and BBQ honey pork. Both tasted bad. Very limited on the veg and it was bland. The pork was such low quality it was inedible. Bits of fat like rubber bands, I couldn't chew through it lol. Its one of the worst experiences ive had in Bristol for food tbh. This place used to be decent.

Very tasty food. Would recommend the three roast with rice (crispy duck, crispy pork and char siu) They didnt have the crispy pork in stock in our pictures (but I highly recommend it...it was probably sold out because its so good!)

Really nice place but I wish they opened earlier , especially on a Saturday , I would love to have lunch there on a Saturday

Was excited to come to the new opening as have always been a lover of this restaurant however was a little disapointed. I wouldnt recommend going here in less that 4 people, the portions are large but quite expensive so if you want to try more than a main and a side, you'll easy spend £80 and have a lot of food. Maybe they could do small / large size options to fix this. There was also a hair in my rice which wasn't comped at the end. The food was overall delicious though, the crispy beef was great and the beef ho fun was good too. Maybe just an off day, would still go back.

Even though the location has changed, this is the same Mayflower we know and love: Lovely people, great atmosphere and the best Chinese food in Bristol.

Been going since it was on kings square and the food and atmosphere has always been great!

Very disappointed with the experience, the food was good and it didn’t take long to come out customer service was awful, had to ask numerous times for more water/drinks as waiters kept wondering off, they are not friendly and do not guide you through menus or help as menu is extremely complex, My friend and I felt too scared to ask for anything as they never once said a please, thank you’s or anything! Not even a goodbye afterwards if you enjoy your Chinese food stick to your local takeaways, expensive and not worth the hassle I hope this restaurant can improve on the feedback.

Slightly slow service but it was a friday night. Lovely food tho. Definitely worth it and would come back

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredible Experience at Mayflower Restaurant! We had an amazing time celebrating International Women’s Day at Mayflower! Despite the restaurant being fully booked, they went out of their way to accommodate our table at 8 PM. The atmosphere was electric—lots of birthdays, big groups, and a lively buzz that’s rare to find these days. The owner was fantastic, personally checking in on us, which made us feel truly valued. The food was excellent, packed with flavor, and reasonably priced. While the location isn’t the most central, the restaurant itself is spotless with beautiful big windows. Highly recommend booking in advance—we’ll definitely be back! 👏 #HiddenGem

The restaurant was so entertaining!I love the waiter doing some tiktok bartending tricks and many people were celebrating their birthday!

We just visited the restaurant earlier after it’s reopened and relocated, Not a really good place to dine in. The staffs were rude , the food was bad , expensive and small portion , the service was disappointing and uncomfortable. Won’t go back again.

Incredible food and we were served by Ray who was brilliant entertainment and wonderful with our requests as a large group of 10

Waited a long time to come. Not disappointed. Some of my favourite foods are gone from the menu. Still great

Amazing food. Super friendly staff. Brilliant atmosphere.will be back

Absolutely amazed by the service and the quality of the food. Great people and great atmosphere. 100% would recommend

This is the best restaurant in Bristol, without qualification. I've had some of the best times ever here. Pork, duck, crab, aubergine - so delicious!!

La primera vez que visité la gran comida y el servicio he estado en unos pocos restaurantes chinos y en mi top 3 sin duda volveré.

It was fine, nothing special for the price. Tasted like what you can get from a mid takeaway

Too expensive. The waiter too grumpy and unfriendly.

Best Chinese restaurant in Bristol!

For two people to eat comfortably, it is very good <3 definitely will order more from here

Lovely Restaurant and Lovely Food . Quality People what more could you ask . Been going to The MayFlower for 30 Years plus since it was in Jamaica Steet. Kwan Chi and Arthur are Lovely People .

We visited the restaurant recently after it’s reopened and relocated, and the experience was UNPLEASANT. We did not book a table and understood that we might not get one. We got in at 5:35pm and asked for a table, they asked if we had booked and we said no. Then without saying anything to us, they just left us waiting. 10 minutes later we were told we could get a table only if we could finish by 7pm, we were fine with that, so we sat down and started looking at the menu. We were trying to look through the menu as quickly as we could, as there were quite a lot to choose from. While we were still looking, a man who worked there came over to our table and asked if we were ready to order, but we weren’t quite ready. Then this man said to us “you need to be quick we need the table back”, the way he said it was RUDE, no please or thank yous. We finished our food very quickly and was out of the door by 6:35pm. We had visited the restaurant when it was at King Square and then relocated by the coach station and now at its new location. It does not matter whether a restaurant is still in its “soft opening” period, some of the staff are not friendly when the customers have done nothing wrong. This seems like a regular thing at May Flower reading other reviews! After this experience, we will not be going back again. At least there was one helpful waitress who helped us cancel the BURNT plate of vegetables.

I would like to thank everyone at Mayflower restaurant Bristol for one of the most delicious Chinese food I have ever tasted, better than the restaurants in Chinatown London and the friendly service was spot on, everyone was so friendly and more than happy to help you anyway they can with a smile. Highly recommend this restaurant, delicious food, quick service with a smile, brilliant prices for the amount of food you get. You will not be disappointed. We will definitely be back, not even looking at any other restaurants, your our new favourite. Thank you and can't wait to visit again😃 I would highly recommend booking a table as it can get busy and can see why 😊

Firstly the food was good but this was let down by the extremely poor unfriendly service. The table we booked wasn't ready on arrival, no apologies just told 'not ready' after waiting a while we asked again and were then led to a table. There was a long wait before anyone came over to take a drink and food order. Food took a while to arrive, we do understand it was a busy Friday night. When food arrived it came out one dish at a time meaning that some people had food others didn't or we were waiting for accompanying dishes to come out. Very frustrating when you've already waited. Staff looked like they didn't want to be there, the atmosphere was loud. But the restaurant itself was clean

Took a friend who was visiting Bristol and we all had a lovely evening. The food selection was great, the service was friendly and welcoming. Really tasty food (one rice dish, a veg chow mein, chilli beef and a pork dish), nice wine and Jasmine tea. Absolutely would recommend! If you like Chinese food then you need to try this restaurant!

Unfortunately, this place is style over substance, do not believe the hype. Luke warm, bland tasting food at expensive prices for what is essentially takeaway food put on a cold plate. Such a shame.

An iconic staple of Bristol. I cannot understate what a blessing this place is for those of us who work in other hospitality venues, to be able to go somewhere later in the evening & enjoy some authentic, well cooked food in a bustling atmosphere. So happy to see this venue doing well at a brand new central location. I wish them all the best & please continue your later opening hours xxx

Not for me. Noisy, open plan, bright, people eating and talking with their mouths full. Eating whilst mobile 1 inch from your faces. Just a bit stressful.

Great dinner and excellent service from Ray!

Lush dinner. Ray made some great recommendations.

Ray was excellent! Great all round experience

No we’re near as nice as there old restaurant I think it’s all gone to there heads.

Been waiting for the anticipated reopening - definitely a family favourite, as we've been returning for as long as I can remember (literally since i was in year 7, probably even younger) ◡̈ Practically our second home, as we are here so often that my dad got mistaken for a worker here 🤣 We wouldn't change it for the world 🫶🏼🫶🏼 Special mentions to: Chi, Grumpy Uncle Ray, and Lynn - our favourite 3 who never fail to make us laugh Love from your favourite customers xoxox

Best Chinese in Bristol, a favourite with friends and family. Roasties are elite. Lovely staff

Bristol most authentic chinese food, must visit if you are in bristol.

Honestly much better decor than the old one! The food is always been good! And hasn’t changed! And my man Ray best host ever! Ray keep doing you and also trust his recommendations! #alwaystrustRAY

People say that foreigners get free tea or prawn crackers, I didn’t get any 🤣, well I’m Asian looking maybe they do really discriminate Asians and priorities non-Asian looking ones. Food is very average, duck cold and fatty, fried rice had some weird fatty taste, beef average, sweet and sour chicken alright. Maybe they specialise on pork. Seems like it’s always busy there, idk why

Lovely food! Would highly recommend trying it out. Edit: just tried out the new location, still equally as good as it was before!

The food is okay, not bad at all, just a stable and average Cantonese food level. 10 people ordered 11 or 12 dishes. The most impressive ones are the barbecued pork (salty) duck (fatty) and boiled beef. There is nothing special to praise about the others. However, considering the waiting time and the overall service atmosphere (not everyone is unreasonable, some ladies have good attitudes), I do not recommend us to eat there. For example, why do only foreigners have shrimp crackers? Why do we come first and order first, but foreigners are served faster? It was this kind of differential treatment that made the 10 of us very unhappy. We had to wait for about 35-40 minutes, and finally we were so hungry that we started eating our own snacks. Really funny. In the end we didn't want to pay the service charge and said we were required to pay it. So I can only give 2 points sincerely and objectively. Of course, the boss definitely doesn't care about such comments. Looking at the different evaluations of service in Chinese and English, you should also get a feel for the different services here. The summary is that the food is average but not worth it, and the money can be spent on places that are equal or friendly to people. The food was edible, nothing too unpalatable—just decent but standard Cantonese cuisine. Our group of 10 ordered 11-12 dishes. The memorable ones were the char siu (a bit too salty), fatty duck, and Sichuan-style boiled beef. The rest were unremarkable. But considering the wait time and the overall service atmosphere (not all staff were rude—some female servers were polite), I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. For instance, why were only non-Chinese given shrimp crackers? Why did their food arrive faster even though we ordered first? This blatant favoritism made our entire group uncomfortable. We waited 35-40 minutes and ended up snacking on our own food out of hunger—it was almost comical. To top it off, we tried to decline the service charge but were told it was mandatory. Hence, a brutally honest 2/10 rating. The owner probably doesn’t care about reviews like this anyway, but the stark contrast between Chinese and English reviews on service says it all. In short: mediocre food but not worth the price. Save your money for places that treat everyone with equality or basic respect.

Absolutely 10/10 lovely food great staff will definitely go again

We booked a table for 12 people, but the waiter took us to a table for 8 people, and there was almost no service. It took more than thirty minutes for the food to be served, but there was a mandatory service fee. It is obviously a Chinese restaurant, but it discriminates against Chinese people and gives priority to white people. Moreover, there are no free shrimp crackers on the Chinese table. A lightning-safe racist restaurant.

There is almost no service, the waiter has a bad attitude, but there is a mandatory service fee. The dishes were served one after another 30 minutes after ordering, and some dishes were already cold. Although it is a Chinese restaurant, it gives priority to foreigners and gives them free shrimp crackers.

We had been eagerly waiting for Mayflower to reopen its doors, and we were so excited to finally visit again! We booked a table for five on a Sunday night, and while there was a short wait of about 12 minutes before we were seated, it was understandable given how busy the restaurant was. Not only was the dining area full, but there was also a steady stream of takeaway customers. It was great to see such a bustling atmosphere, especially after the restaurant had been closed for so long. Despite the high demand, our food arrived surprisingly quickly, and as always, it was absolutely delicious! We left feeling completely satisfied and full. A few small touches could elevate the experience to a perfect 10/10: A bit more sauce with the duck would be great. It would be helpful if the rice or sides were served alongside the mains, as at one point, we had a couple of main dishes but no rice to pair them with. For dessert, the fried bananas would be even better with a scoop of ice cream. Given that our bill totaled £180 for five people, a complimentary dessert would have been a lovely gesture. Many restaurants offer this for larger bills, and it always leaves a great impression. Overall, we had a fantastic experience and are so happy to see Mayflower thriving again. We’ll definitely be back soon!

Delicious food as always, and very quickly resolved a Deliveroo issue - top service, thanks!

Finally! After a long wait, Mayflower has reopened following their relocation and refurbishment. This fantastic, family-run business has a dedicated team, with many staff members having worked there for years. They are always friendly, and the food never disappoints! It’s the best place for authentic Chinese cuisine in Bristol. Many of my friends and family are regulars, and I would highly recommend Mayflower to anyone looking for an exceptional dining experience.

Terrible experience. We ordered duck and Char Siu , and 2 dim sum. We have been waiting for our dim sum for an hour and nobody notice us. The staff only notice the customers to the two tables around us who are speaking Cantonese. The staff are only communicating with the Cantonese speaker. We got the dim sum after we ask to staff .They tell us their machine was broke so that they didn’t receive our order . One female staff with a really bad attitude . I told her we got wrong meal and she reply with a walk-through attitude：“So why don’t you tell us you got the wrong meal?” If you don’t speak Cantonese , you will not have any service in this restaurant.

food was excellent service is OK. because they were busy they do not express any suggestions when asked. towards the end of the dinner you are felt rushed. atmosphere is busy so eat and go. may get better when the upstairs is opened

This is the only restaurant we come to every time we're in Bristol. It has been on point for decades serving excellent Cantonese Chinese food. The clay pot dishes are particularly strong, along with anything salt and pepper, and the roast meats. Don't believe the hate reviews. When you eat here, you're eating a slice of south-west Cantonese history. Thank you Mayflower 🙏

New and improved and unsurprisingly still the best in town.

Not a really good place to dine in. The staffs were rude I don’t know if that the style or not. Service charge is unreasonable as the service isn’t even good AT ALL. Food taste okay but you have to wait almost 2 hours for 3 dishes? The rice was undercooked was raw and dry. To be honest, I wouldn’t really recommended anyone. It’s the worse experience ever. The portions were so small to what the price is. The price is soo overly pricey. Man it’s the worst Chinese place ever. DISGUSTING MANNERS AND BEHAVIOURS. Wouldn’t recommended it.

It was expensive, the portion sizes were small, and the food took longer to arrive, also experienced uncooked meals. It’s worse than when I used to come before Never again.

Undercooked chips lemon chicken nothing like it used to be seems really overated and overhyped by a lot of people won't be ordering from here again

Esta es probablemente la mejor cocina china, cada comida es bien equilibrada y de sabor limpio. Nunca fui un gran fan de la comida china para llevar hasta que me presentaron a Mayflower. La carne crujiente es suprema. Me sorprende que tengan un 3. 5 calificación en el viaje asesor, merecen 5 estrellas fácil.

End of an era for our extended family eating here for various occasions. Looking forward to dining at new location in the Broadmead.

Poor service , all the food is so fatty as a proper Chinese I wont from here again. And so pricy

Couldn't find our booking so we were put upstairs in the cheap seats. The air conditioner was on and it was quite draughty. The sharing starter was very good. Our meals came and one was wrong. This took a long time to correct. By the time this dish arrived the rest of the party were almost finished eating and the rice was cold. This dish was also not very warm. Despite being reassured that is was safe to eat everyone knows that dishes should be reheated properly. It's a known fact! When we asked the waitress to deduct the service charge we were met with a look of complete indignation. Fortunately management took over and did deduct the service charge and the price of the dish. This experience ruined what should have been a lovely birthday surprise. The name Lee might mean something in China but not in the Mayflower. Terrible experience

Updated review following a new experience at Mayflower. My family have visited several times previously, and after good experiences, we visited tonight for a birthday, for the first time in a while. No one had written down our booking, so they weren't expecting us. They promised to squeeze us in and put us upstairs. It was extremely cold under the air con, but we made do. We had the mixed starter, which was very good. The mains came out slowly, and one of them was incorrect. They did take it back and replace it with what we ordered, but it was cold. Then, you get charged a service fee (this is mentioned on the menu). As we felt the service had been rushed and not very friendly, we asked for this to be removed, which it was. They also refunded us for the cold dish. We were very disappointed after having built a good rapport with some of the staff here previously. Let's hope the change of venue improves the atmosphere in the future.

We called on for a takeaway. The food was very tasty. The staff were friendly and the service quick. We had the Chicken Curry and I can highly recommend rhe Satay Chicken. Chips were lovely and crispy. The restaurant seemed busy when we arrived and the food looked delicious. I would go here again when I return to Bristol.

We went here on 12 April before Sasha and Digweed in Bristol. Amazing find, the best crispy chilli beef ever and the service from the team and overall hospitality was excellent. All the food was delicious including the Duck and a soft singapore noodles. The place looks like nothing from the outside. You wouldn't walk in. A hidden gem. Also love the rotating tables. Will be back!

As always excellent service and the best Chinese food in Bristol. Worth every penny. I do not understand some of the bad reviews this is my forth time here and the staff are so friendly and can’t do enough for you. Highly recommend.

The food was good, but the service?Terrible!! We ordered a whole duck but only got half, and they didn't even tell us about the switch-up . They tried to charge us for a whole one, so we had to complain. Plus, the service charge was pretty pricey.Also, when we asked for water, they first brought out some pricey bottled water without asking. We had to ask them again for tap water, and then they took back our glasses and only brought one filled glass for the four of us. Definitely not what we expected. Tbh, the service was disappointing and uncomfortable due to the staff's rude manners.

Ask for Ray. We've been here many times. Our most recent visit, when our waiter came for our order, my partner said "What would you recommend?' He asked what we liked, anything we didn't like and took our menus. We had water cooked beef, salt and pepper squid

Nice food as always , great service, Went there with friends from Holland 🇳🇱. Loved it.

The food is incredible. We had the set menu for 8 people and added some other dishes to accompany it. Wow! The ribs are amazing and the selection of food was so tasty and fresh. Best crispy chilli beef I think we’ve ever had. Team are lovely and we can’t wait to book again

Lovely meal would like to purchase the tea we had at restaurant

Never in my life have I seen white egg fried rice no spring onion no soya sauce nothing and this is Chinese I can do better as a black woman food was dead n terrible

Take away. Food was cold. All of it very oily and crispiness had gone. Very disappointing. Avoid.

Bad service, Racist. Very bad attitude

Food was ok but there was an Edna Mode(but in purple)looking waiter who who was annoyingly rude last night. I would say there are much better options for chinese food than mayflower with its rude staff

Ordered food off Deliveroo and recieved the incorrect order. The woman was very unhelpful and rude. Kept saying it was Deliveroo’s fault even tho the receipt said the correct items. Chicken balls are incredibly chewy and oily.

Worst Chinese I've ever had chicken balls taste like they have been hanging around for days. Tough and inedible you should be ashamed of selling this food

I liked the atmosphere. On the other hand, it's not easy to find and the entrance doesn't make you want to go through it at all. Push the door and it has nothing to do with it.

I don’t understand any of the positive reviews or why the Mayflower is apparently an “award winning” restaurant. Every dish we ordered was poor; lacking flavour and overpriced. The chicken balls were overly greasy, the shredded duck was like the dry sweepings from the floor, the crispy beef was dry, chewy and flavourless, the bbq pork was overcooked. Abysmal, I’ll never order from here again!

Their egg fried rice hits just right!

ordered takeaway twice here and so delicious, can’t wait to dine in and try the food

This was bloody lovely it was an excellent delicacy of food. We will Definelty come back here thanks you for your time and effort. Simply brilliant.

We had a takeaway delivered, choosing Mayflower because it is open Sunday lunchtime, first plus point! All the food was tasty, the sweet and sour sauce was much better than most other restaurants we've tried lately. Kids seemed to eat more from Mayflower than they would normally, saying the prawn crackers, prawn toast, chicken balls and crispy sea weed were super yummy! Thank you Mayflower :)

Every single time we have been eating at this restaurant, the food has been delicious. Service was quick and the staff was polite and nice.

The best Salt and chilli chips ever!!

food was delicious and the ambience and decoration was such a classic cantonese restaurant! the stand out dish was the ginger and green onion beef, beef was so tender and cooked perfectly. staff was also very friendly and assisted us in a birthday surprise. would definitely be back here for authentic chinese food

Zero atmosphere, service can be brusque, but food is amazing! Pork and aubergine hotpot, oysters and pork hotpot, ‘mouthwatering’ cold chicken - outstanding. I come here a lot!

Some of the best Chinese food outside of Hong Kong

The OG high quality Chinese in Bristol Dim sum is rather limited in selection but tasty. Reliable, delicious, plentiful. Definitely my go to for a sit down Chinese meal The location under the bus station always makes me smile.

I believe that the Mayflower has the reputation of being the most suthentic Chinese restaurant in Bristol and certainly there seems to be many oriental people there. The ambience though is of a large cafeteria, which lets the experience down in my opinion.

Food was good. I highly recommend the deep-fried squid. Excellent value overall

A hidden gem in Bristol. Waiter Ray made our visit more special. With his dry sense of humour, he kept us laughing and well-fed all evening. Some might be put off by his direct manner, but we loved it. He gave insights into the food culture, which improved our choice of what to order and, when we showed interest, wrote our names in Chinese. The food was superb - some unusual and tasty items we hadn't found at other similar restaurants. Definitely one to return to if you want a more authentic Chinese/Hong Kong dining experience.

Price was expensive and for the small portion of food. Food taste was average , not the best compare to other Chinese food in Bristol. Food was quick to serve Rather go to little shangai neslonstreet portion there are bigger and worth the price.

The best Chinese restaurant in Bristol!

Not certain our food was clean as were both very ill after getting delivery.

Cantonese Chinese Restaurant. Roasted Duck is delicious. Need to be reserved on night.

Probably the best Chinese restaurant food I've ever had and that is supported by the number and diversity of the visitors there. Excellent service as well 👍👍

First Chinese restaurant outside of Asia that I've been to that actually serves authentic food. Totally delicious and definitely worth the price. Waiting time was reasonable given the place was full to the last table, and we ordered quite a few dishes.

Yom Yom Yom. Friendly, fun, and ridiculously tasty.

The dim sum is best I've had in a long time, the shumai was the best I've ever had and I've had a lot! The lady in the Gucci glasses who served me and my mum was very helpful and friendly, can't wait to come back again. Char sui and crispy duck were both delicious and generous portions.

Never knew that there was a Chinese restaurant. Was recommended by a friend that the food tasted nice and she wasn't wrong. I enjoyed the food.

Do not be fooled by the hoodrat exterior presentation, food is authentic and chinese

Lovely welcome and brilliant service. Dont be deceived by the outside it's lovely inside and foot is great! Probably 80% Chinese custom there which says everything about how authentic and excellent it is.