Mayflower Chinese Restaurant in City of London, Westminster

I could eat the mango chicken here every day for the rest of my life

The food was never fantastic, but it seems to have gotten worse. How do you get fried rice wrong? Added to that, the service does not even remotely make up for the terrible food.

Edit: I feel sick after eating here. Sweet and sour special was almost completely batter with little filling. Was asked to pay cash, which I didn't have, so they asked me to pay by bank transfer. I was going to leave, when they decided that could pay by card after all...

ordered king prawns and they were not fresh and not king, just pieces crumpled in the dough. I do not recommend them. I eat in Chinese restaurants and this one is a mistake. I wanted to check because I was here by accident, I hope nothing happened to me later. don't come in here

We order from here quite often but tonight was the best we've ever had in a long time. Special rice with huge prawns the beef curry was nicely done especially with the big mushrooms. Honestly I could go on it was lovely

Really annoyed - I order from here all the time and the food is great but today, they did not listen and got the order wrong. I rang them to tell them and the lady just argued with me. Very sad to experience this, especially when the service is usually so good.

A great experience, I will come again next time

Very good experience, will come again next time.

The King prawn fried rice tasted like it was cooked by a bone Chinese person with lots of soya sauce. The satay chicken was oily and spare rib was dry. Beef n black sauce with egg fried rice was salty. Can’t actually eat it. Waste of money.

Food quality is bad and their customer service is worse. The Mayflower Special Noodle (pic 1) is poorly described on the menu for online orders. Theres no mention of 3 different meats contained in this dish, cabbage and sauce. We rang to inform the restaurant of their misleading menu and request a reorder but the man who answered said we were wasting his time, to contact uber eats and hang up. Pic 2 is of Crispy king prawn in spicy sweet garlic ginger sause was soggy and not spicy at all. When we informed the restaurant they said thats how its meant to be. Then why describe it as crispy and spicy?

Went to this restaurant on (23th Nov 2023) and bought special fried rice and Tai chicken curry. It cost me over £12. The rice was over loaded with soya sauce and the Tai curry was disgusting. It chicken tasted rubbery and very artificial. The Tai chicken curry sauce was extremely watery and tasteless. A day later, stored in the fridge, it had gone off. 1. Do not go there if you want a decent, healthy chinese meal. 2. Not a friendly ordering service at the front counter.

Good food to pick up from the high street.

Order food at 6 o,clock. They did say it would take 55 Min and at 7.25 it's still not turn up

Great taste and good value for money. Potion size is good

Nice food and good service, decent price. Worth to go!

I like Crispy Shredded Beef very much!! It’s very tasty and I ordered it several times hehe🤤🤤🤤

As a Chinese, I really love this restaurant. So many other Chinese restaurants here, I only love this one. The food make me feel at home. Beef hofen is my favorite 🤤

I would highly recommend Mayflower since it’s authentic Chinese cooking. The food was amazing and service was sweet. We will definitely be visiting again :)

Best chinese take away in the area. Be sure to order the crispy shredded chilli chicken and smoked shredded chicken.

The last time I tried to order food from this restaurant the person on the line was very rude he sounded like he wasn’t ready to sell I don’t know if he was having a bad , it’s put me off and don’t no if am going to order from them again. Apart from that the food is really good I haven’t had any problems from them yet

Nice food, decent portions and fairly priced compared to a lot of other Chinese restaurants. I recommend ordering over the phone as it is a lot cheaper than ordering through delivery apps, the menu prices and delivery charge are much lower. I’ve added photos of the menu.

I ordered chicken balls with my meal and the chicken was undercooked and the batter was overcooked (confused). I informed the staff and they told me 'It wasn't raw and was cooked' (without seeing it and disregarded my complaint). I definitely know the difference between raw and cooked meat. Their customer service clearly doesn't recognise that "the customer is always right". I won't be ordering from here again!!! To add to insult, no refund or exchange was provided. I'd give this restaurant a 0* but thats not an option so I gave a 1*!!!

Good Singapore fried rice noodles.

The BEST Chicken Chow Mein EVER!!!

Again local been going here since 1998 only Chinese I will order very good reasonable priced too

The food was absolutely tasteless. Their food is absolutely rubbish, I would never go back again

It's OK for the pricing... But they NEVER stir fry their prawns properly. They have GREAT customer service. They take their time with you by making sure you are happy with your order. I will be back to post later. I will also recommend them!

Food ALWAYS ON POINT. DELIVERY TIMES IN POINT ALSO AS THEY COOK THE FOOD FRESH #ALWAYS. VERY MUCH HAPPY 100

The food was disgusting no flavour overdone, noodles were mush.

Really, one of the best Chinese restaurants on the neighbourhood. Good selection of food and friendly staff too.

The first time I tried food here was great so went back. Omg this time some of the chicken pieces from the sweet and sour chicken was frozen. Like I could not bite into it and it was stone cold. I immediately panicked as I realised half of the food in the container was hot and the other side was frozen, indicating that it could of been heated in microwave. Major let down.

Probably the best Chinese in South Norwood hands down! Check it out..🤤🈲

Good food with friendly service. Enjoyable meal at very reasonable price. Happy to provide what customers want. Thank you.

Fantastic plant-based selection Good delivery service Friendly staff

Me encanta la comida que se encuentra muy picante o al menos tiene una patada a diferencia de algunas comidas para llevar chinas que he tenido, el menú del almuerzo ha aumentado en valor, lo cual es una pena

Love it here fresh clean ingredients always tasty family business 😊👍

Great customer service, Hot food and a sound understanding of allergens!

The Driver gave the food to a random person that apparently stood outside of my flat. The restaurant then claimed it has been delivered . Taking in consideration that my name is on the order the driver should have asked for my name before giving the food to a random individual. Horrible customer service refused to actually deliver the food to me or refund my money. I WOULD AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS

Used to love the food here but I stared realising they are actually not frying the rice or noodle, which is giving the food a clammy steamed taste. Don’t advertise as fried rice if hit not going to fry it. Sigh!

Best Singapore prawn fried rice, is one of the best I have had, great tasty and hot

Right. I’ve ordered from here online various times; about 12 times. The food was exceptional! No hair, no residue of any type of disgusting content. Today is my first time actually visiting the place, the hygiene rating is 3, I completely agree with the rating. I went in to the toilet, in my opinion it was horrible. You can still do your needs but other than that the walls were filthy and the actual toilet is partially fulfilled with hair and other things you’d expect from a toilet which hasn’t been cleaned in a while. The main floors are very dirty though not as dirty as the toilet. I’d rate the main floors 7/10. Customer service is amazing, if you treat them nicely, (which you should!) they’ll treat you nicely! But remember, English is not their first language so don’t urge them with obscene and discreet language. I was a bit anxious at the placing of tables and chairs, the plant pots contained, “artificial trees”. I think that is great! The main walls of the building are covered with oriental objects including the main menu. My visit was a 3/5! -1, since the disorganisation -1, mostly unclean environment +1, kind staff +1, fast wait (depending on your order) +1, great food! I hope you take my feedback and use it well, I will be visiting again to see if you’ve used my feedback well.

Fui con unos amigos mientras que el servicio era excelente, la comida estaba recocida. La carne era dura y el pato era muy duro. Todos los otros platos estaban bien. Pero es inaceptable que los dos más caros estén tan mal cocidos.

It's the first time I used it and it wasn't terrible but it certainly wasn't great. Special fried rice was just beige and the chilli beef was pretty soggy. It all tasted ok and I'll give them another go because we all have off days.

Good was great the first time but the second time was disappointing so won’t use again

I went in to place an order and the woman over the counter was blowing her nose and still had the tissue in her hand while taking the order. I had to cancel it and leave. This is the time of year for all this but they do need sanitisers and use their common sense knowing they are handling food.

Terrible food chicken fried rice was brown looked old Noddle l dish discustin not fresh at all if I could I'd give it 0 stars big disappointment i Wil never go bk to that shop even prawn crackers taisted stail taistless stail discustin food

Disappointing food, lack of flavour and can't beleive I ordered here before and food was much better.

Si estás dispuesto a probar diferentes gustos, puedes intentarlo. No me gustaron las comidas. Los precios son justos no es tan caro pero no me gustaron las comidas tradicionales chinas. Tan concurrido y ruidoso restaurante. El personal fue bueno y servicial. Pedimos DUCK estaba bien. ¡Pero tengo que decir que no soy un gran admirador de la cocina china!

Great food and always on time!!!

Hemos comido aquí dos veces. Fue una vez para llevar y una vez comiendo. El personal era amable y la comida era barato y alegre. Singapur vermicelli era buena.

Este no es el Mayflower en Chinatown y este hilo parece tener algunas críticas basadas en eso. Este Mayflower está en South Norwood High Street. Comimos en el Mayflower anoche. Hacen un gran intercambio de entregas y entregas. Tiene algunas mesas y sillas para que pueda comer allí, pero creo que se sorprendieron cuando quisimos. La comida era buena, pero vino todo de una vez con la última entrada, probablemente porque están cocinando para la entrega. La gente también es agradable, pero este no es el lugar al que irías a salir por la noche. Quizás esté bien para una cena tarde después del pub.

Best Chinese food in South Norwood

Food is very sub par, sticky and bland, toilets were very small with both mens and womens hand dryers broken, also no tissue in mens cubicle as 'its not busy' it was a football night with palace at home!!!

I am absolutely appalled.. driver knocked on my door told him hang on one minute to get cash gives me a dirty look and then he runs yes actually runs away with me shouting excuse me..i will be visiting and speaking to that very same driver ended up with no food for the night had to cook at 11 at night disgusting behaviour..horrible experience shame i didnt get to taste the food..he mustve taken it home to eat himself

4 star only for food, but customer service is terrible.

We've been coming to this restaurant for over 30 years and the food has always been reliably good. When ever we visit London we always eat at the Mayflower. I think there may have been a change of management since our last visit but the food was just as good with good sized portions. There are many Chinese restaurants in the area but the Mayflower has always been our favourite.

中華街そばにあるチャイニーズ。量は多めで、お値段もそんなに高くないです。 飲茶もアソートのバスケットで出てくるので夜でも 飲茶が楽しめます。

The mayflower is a beautiful and charitable restaurant. However it's often cold in there. The food is ok and the family is beautiful.

下雨天，每間餐館都排隊...但這間沒有人 排隊！有些害怕但都進去了，點了粟米羹及幾個小菜，還有點了片皮鴨。上菜很快，食物很好👍 只是落多了一點酒煮菜，整體來說很好吃！只是地方迫了一些，中國人地方都是很嘈😂 所有還好。

went there for a small dinner, just to warm me up after a day visiting the city. the well groomed and well mannered waiters assisted me immediately, the food was served in minutes. tea was pipping hot so i had to wait a bit to drink it.. overall good and fast.

Mayflower is PERFECT for the hungry bellys after a night out as they close at 4:30am After a while of not going there due to busy schedule i requested for a friend to take me there for my birthday. *sigh* i was really not impressed with the food i received. My rice was so tasteless the waiter had to taste the difference between my food and my friends. Salt and pepper quid was YUMMY. Salt and pepper ribs were OK not the best but OK.The noodles was SUPER dry is could almost cut my throat. Personally if something is not good i have to voice it as im paying for it. After letting the waiter know i wasn't impressed i was then given a new plate which was SOOO MUCH BETTER, the mayflower i knew. But by then i had filled my tummy with two cans of drinks :'(. I think the restaurant is under new management which means their chef is different but Mayflower is no longer the same and i'm sad. I will attempt it again one day just no time soon.

Please make sure you review your take away. We ordered for Beef with Mushroom for £4.20. All we got is mushroom. Even pork is filled with a lot of fillers.

This place is great if your in a hurry, food served very quickly, they turn settings around very fast but its great, vert tasty Chinese food, crispy duck is great as is the hot and sour soup, been coming for over 25 years and doesn't disappoint. Note: You can be taken down many flights of stairs and you may wonder were your off!!

This restaurant was a great find! The staff were super friendly. Crispy duck was very tender. Portions were very large. Chicken with oyster sauce was very tender. I noticed a few people taking portions of food home. Really good value too - £60 for 4 of us in the centre of London - amazing! That was for main meals, starters and drinks!

Came here on a recommendation, the food was nice, BUT the waiters were hovering all the time, plates where taken away when the food hadn't been finished, we had to ask them not to do it, and to leave the plates till we had finished !! Not good at all. The wine left a lot to be desired but hey ho, you can't have it all !! The food was nice though !!

Great food however felt rushed as they were so busy no space between courses. Sea bass was excellent as was the crispy chilli beef. Would go again when next in the area

You can make some Chinese food mistakes in South Norwood... going here isn't one of them. It's a very decent Chinese takeaway, with somewhat spartan seating space if you want to eat in. Service is fine, fast and - most important - the food's good; they'll make things more or less spicy, depending on your taste, which is always a good sign.

Typical chinese food. Mostly chinese people eating there. The place is tight not very spacious. It is very popular among local chinese

This restaurant is not in the central piazza of Chinatown but on an outer street. It appears small but have several dining areas including a large downstairs one. The food is exceptionally good. Favorites: Crispy duck appetizer, Peking duck starter, whole sea bass steamed with ginger, squid with shrimp balls, and any of the vegetable dishes like choy sum or Kai lan. The prices are moderate compared with other restaurants, but the food far more authentic. By eight, there is a line waiting out of the door. If you have someone with you who speaks mandarin, ask about some unique mains like duck eggs and broccoli with what appeared to be a white crab sauce. Very interesting and delicious. Incredibly good.

Visited this restaurant after a visit to Ronnie Scott's jazz club as all the others seemed to be closing and this one is open till 4am, what a fabulous choice it was. The food was superb and the staff very helpful and a good atmosphere. We will definitely be back when we visit London again

While waiting for my wife to be finished with her massage, we walked around Chinatown and on a whim chose and entered this simple redecorated Chinese restaurant. They have a length menu which with the help of our waiter, we were able to order a tasty dinner because he was very honest with his opinions which guided us very well in deciding what dishes to order. The food is of high quality and came rapidly. Would eat at this restaurant again.

I went in with a group of friends to have dinnerIt was a good meal and service was great Staff are also polite and speedy service.They are very popular with the locals and a lot of my friends go there for dinner too. Would recommend to anyone who wants a decent chinese restaurant to try in china town

Recently visited here after a night in London the expectations were moderate,however the whole experience was fantastic.The service was excellent,food lovely tasty and hot,great feeling about the place unusual for a Chinatown restaurant.Will be going back not to be missed.