Oriental Chef in Mendip

For anyone looking for The correct price and menu this is the one please don’t look at any other menu as some Have uploaded the old Menu and isn’t stated correctly

Very warm which is great and was great portion size.

We telephoned our order in advance, and it was ready on schedule when we arrived. We opted for the vegetarian meal for two, which was more than ample for three of us, and lasted for more than one meal. The sweet and sour is really great!

Awesome sweet and sour chicken balls ! However: menu on line needs the updated menu prices have gone up 🙏🏼

Tried the food for the second time. Thought I'd give them another go as last time it was horrible. Well this time was much the same I'm sorry to say. I'm just glad the dog will eat it as I can't. More expensive and nasty compared to peking palace over the road. Very disappointed.

Happy owners, short wait time and tasty food. The po chicken was flavourful and the crispy duck was great. The rice isn't the best so get the spring roll instead! The spring roll is delicious.

The last few times we have had a takeaway it's been delicious and good portions. Always really friendly 🙂

Placed order at 6.30, was told it will be ready in 1hr. Arrived to be told it will be 15mins more, it was actually 45min more. When I e took it home the food was disgusting, nothing had any flavour. All dishes were stodgy with a gloopy consistency. This came recommended after our usual Chinese (sunrise in Shepton!) was closed- never again Oriental Chef.

Tasty food and massive portions.

Love this food always hot fresh and tasty

Was told half hour wait! Waited an hour while others came ordered for their food and left. When I asked what was going on the guy behind the desk was just rude... No apology nothing when we got home food was stodgy and greasy not gonna bother going there again

Not my best experience. Sweet & Sour Peking Pork was burnt & chewy. Rice sludgy. Normally would highly recommended but tonight a total disappointment and not satisfied.

Since we had been to a workshop in the evening we needed some "fast and good food" afterwards and came across this place. Absolutely lovely service and the food was very, very delicious! Recommend!

I’ve not written a trip advisor review in years but the chips we had were so awful, they made me question whether I wanted to live. We waited for 15 minutes after being told they’ve be ready straight away (we ordered just chips) which would have been ok if they had been nice but we couldn’t eat them. We are both greedy buggers so this is quite unusual. They tasted reheated and coated in old grease, luke warm and neither soggy nor crispy. Part of my soul has been lost tonight and I don’t think I’ll ever get it back. I imagine this is how a horcrux is formed. We’ve left them on the bin outside the co-op in case anyone wants them for dark magic.

Food is ok, but if it takes 1 hour wait for 1 pack of rice, at least let me know in advance.

Absolutely fantastic tonight. Always loved this place and although the menu has gone up in price, I was ordering from a menu that I’ve had for about 3 years and the food has actually only gone up 70p a dish so really fair. I would recommend the house special curry, sesame prawn toast, crispy shredded beef is the best, s/s chicken balls perfect, I could go on and on. Try it yourself best around 👍

Food ok, but extremely long wait unless you phone first, (one hour)

Oh yeah so yummy and delicious did make me feel pain as I ate so much so for this am gonna have 2 go with 4stars sorry bois :’(

We placed an order here when our regular Chinese was closed, only to arrive home and find we'd been given the wrong meal. We phoned and a very nice girl put our name in their book for a free meal next time. Several weeks later we decided to try again, my husband ordered the chow mein, it was inedible,bland, colourless and tasteless, my thai red curry was watery only managed to eat is as I had put my rice on it to soak up the red liquid. This cost us £10.30!! My husband took his back and was told that's what it should look like, well that's not what it looked like last time or from any Chinese we've used before and they refused to do anything about it. My husband told them they've lost a customer, the guy on the desk said " oh well we're always getting new customers anyway." Bad attitude for someone in that line of work. We've both ran our own successful business in catering for many years and we don't complain lightly either they have had a change of chef or they are going down the pan. Sad to see.

The Chinese takeaway across the road used to have food ready in ten minutes. The Oriental Chef asked us to come back in 35 – but it was well worth the wait. We were extremely pleased with the food. Being a party of three with slightly different preferences, we opted for a set vegetarian dinner for two, and a couple of single items, plus fritters (banana and apple). This proved to be a bit too much for us, and lasted for two meals instead of one! The sizes of portions are very generous. The Oriental Chef also takes credit cards, and have English-speaking staff.

The quality of the food has GONE DOWNHILL. The food used to be really tasty, with distinctive flavours - you could taste the ingredients. I always used this take-away because of this reason. My last meal was bland, greasy, with missing ingedients. If you want oily food with lots of MSG this is the one for you. I thought I had discovered a great take-away with really nice food - not any more! In future I will be taking my custom elsewhere.

As there were 2 Chinese takeaways almost opposite each other, we sat and counted how many people went in each for a while before deciding on this one. The huge money tree as you go in is a proper treat. The lass taking the orders was friendly and chatty. We got our food in good time and sat down the road to eat it. 10/10 for quantity and taste. We are both vegetarians and had the special rice and curry sauce, nothing too exciting you might think, but to us it was fabulous!

We ordered duck pancakes and quite other bits to get home (15 mins drive away) to realise we had no sauce or veg to go with the pancakes and chicken balls and sauce so my partner had to go back and get it. The woman on the phone didn’t seem very sorry on the phone just that could we go back and get the rest to leave the other food to get cold at home. Will not be recommending. Is a shame as used to go regularly here but has deffo gone down hill

Well cooked and fresh. Decent sized portions but not full blow out which is fine.

Terrible food all around, ordered several different dishes and it was all the same. Food was BLAND and overcooked. Please avoid at all costs. Wouldn't even give it 1 star if I didn't have too.

Easily one of the best take ways in glastonbury

Easy quick affordable takeaway. Decent meal, decent sized portions, ordered chick and vegtables and egg fried rice. Ate it all 😀

These is only one word to sum up the meal we had today “BLAND” it was delivered to the campsite we are staying at , it was 45 mins late , like warm and as I said bland

I lived next door to Oriental Chef for 5 years and while the waiting times may not always be perfect, that's the price you pay for fresh food cooked from scratch and most importantly in the proper way. If you want the fast, inferior quality that the average Briton is used to, by all means go across the road to have your poor taste sated. The food at Oriental Chef is genuinely to die for; crispy beef that's actually crispy, plump moist dumplings and not a blasphemous chicken ball in sight! The prawn toast actually contains more prawn than toast. And the Thai selection.. phwoar. Their Tom Kha Gai is literally one of the most amazing things I have ever tasted.

Absolutely appauled by the way I heard Debbie shouting and swearing at one of her own employees who is only 16 years old!! Absolutely vile excuse of a human being.. she shouldn't be able to employ young people to shout and sweat in there face over a box of boiled rice.. I hope your business doesn't last and your a rude piece of crap

Ordered my usual beef chow mein and chicken satay and both came perfectly cooked and super tasty.

Says shuts at 11 but actually shuts at 10 and lady was very rude

Food is ok but be prepared to wait 2 hours in my case

Lady at the desk is very friendly and chatty always great service. Never had a bad meal, great portions and prices. 👍👍

Egg fried rice good, good portions reasonable price.

The food is good and they cater for my gluten free requirements. Staff are always happy and helpful. I've only given 3 stars because of the following. I usually get told on the phone that they are busy and there is a 45 minute wait, which is understandable. When I arrive to pick up at the time I was told to, I pay for my food and get told it'll be ready shortly. The 'ready shortly ' lasts between 10 minutes and half hour (at its worst). I'd rather they just be up front about how long it'll take.

Delicious, freshly cooked food. Be prepared for a wait, on Dats, so order early! 👍

Great Chinese. However the seaweed is a bit dry and partly yellow

Late one evening I really fancied a Chinese, I hadn’t had one from here for a while. A good few months & the last time I went I wasn’t overly impressed. Not only do they have a vast exciting menu but the food is incredible. Fresh & tasty. You can tell that it’s fresh and not just reheated, it’s the best Chinese I’ve ever been to. And yes, you do have to wait but it is worth it. Staff are all friendly and willing to help. Can’t fault them. You’ve restored my faith in your food, I will definitely be returning

Absolutely disgusting service I have been lied to about my order repeatedly

Fabulous Chinese and do vegan too which is rare. Highly recommended

Great food, bit of a wait but not very long

Took an hour when they said 40mins. Very disappointing food. Mixed vegetables was just wet overcooked beansprouts with water chestnuts and bamboo shoots, rather tasteless. Beef with mushrooms also overcooked. Spring roll was over perfumed. Chow mein was sub standard. Only part we enjoyed was the chicken balls which just aren't difficult. Overall disappointed.

Pad Thai was tasteless with overcooked noodles, beef and mushrooms was in gravy, waited over 1hr 45 mins for what was a very poor meal!

Food was made quickly and came hot and delicious! Young girl on the front desk was super polite and nice. Big portions for reasonable prices, we especially enjoyed the sweet and sour sauce and the chow mein! Would definitely order from here again :)

Lovely food lovely people great service

Very Popular so expect a long wait. It tastes good and the Thai soup is better than the nearest Thai restaurant. Also, very friendly staff.

New Year’s Eve - Ordered our food at 17:08 for collection at 19:00. Arrived at 18:45 to collect, but was then made to wait until 20:00 before food was ready. Chow mein/chips/prawn crackers were all stale and sweet and sour chicken very bitter. Not impressed at all. Regular customer but will not be ordering again!!

I gave this place a second chance after having one of the worst Chinese meals a while back... I put it down to a bad day. However, today... again... one of the most bland, poorly cooked and cheap tasting meals I have had. needless to say, will not be going back again.

Foods on point, got told an hour waited over hour and 50 minutes everyone else got told their food would be an additional 30 minutes when they asked how much longer I've been told an hour.

Usually a decent standard of food but very popular so there can be a long wait

I'm really surprised to read all the negative comments , my meals have always been spot on. As for waiting obviously because they are busy which is a sign they are good food , YES? I guess because I'm local I have learn't to ring my orders in before hand. Flawless food though everytime.

No prob with food ,shame about the wait , told 15 minutes, but this was actually 48 minutes.....

Lovely people, great tasty food & random chats of late night coffee & scooting.

As always lovely food and friendly service 😁👍👌

Add an hour to get your food and expect it to be cold and possibly wrong. Also expect them not to care.

Great food, lovely people but sometime you wait a bit longer than informed. Always worth the wait though!

Stayed locally and needed a takeaway. Was very impressed with the quality of food..would order here again. No free Prawn Crackers though

Food is ok, the waiting times aren't.

Yeah I would say that this is a good Chinese take away.

Best vegetarian spring rolls in Somerset

This takeaway is special. The food is prepared from scratch and still does not take to long time. They also have vegan options and the Chef is cooking very delicious.

Great food friendly always a winner thank you guys

I love Chinese food, as do all my family. We’ve been using oriental chef for about 3 years now and they have been amazing but recently it’s been so disappointing. I’m so gutted as it was amazing. Yes the wait time used to be horrific, waiting 2 hours once for an order but now it’s usually 40 minutes, which you can expect when it’s fresh food. Week before last the pad Thai was horrid, dry and lacking flavour. The chicken in the chicken fried rice was dry and rubbery and generally it all wasn’t that special. We tried again tonight and what stood out a mile was the burnt noodles. We ordered two chow meins - beef and original and it was chargrilled. The burnt taste was so over powering it was disgusting. They aren’t cheap dishes and when I rang to give feedback, they didn’t offer to give them free next time or anything like that. Nothing. What a waste of money as we couldn’t eat them. Totally gutted and we’ll be giving it a miss for a while.

Fantastic food and fantastic people 😍

Good food but expect a bit of a wait!!

Extremely slow for a standard Chinese

Absolutely ridiculous wait. Lied to on phone when told 40mins when it was double that. Don't lie and customers won't get fed up and go elsewhere. Won't be back.

Food was good, but the food was incredibly late. So much in fact that when someone got an order they donated their prawn crackers to the waiting room and it raised moral to no end. There was no apology at any point for their tardiness. Everyone in the line demanded a refund to only be denied and told their food would be coming next, which it didn’t. Do not bother unless you expect to end up in the waiting room to hell in the after life and would like the practise.

Standard Chinese, told would be 35-40mins but took 1 hour 40 mins

Good food, a bit pricey and always a long wait for the food.

Really tasty and couldn't have done more to help us Nd our large family group. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend or use again. Lovely

My favourite Chineese in the area , always get quality food supplied and with a very quick service . Located at the top of the High st a very popular food outlet and relatively inexpensive .

The range of dishes is impressive and having used the takeaway numourous times I have always had great tasty food. The only reason I have not given 5 stars is the length of time you have to wait for food, even if you phone your order in I do not believe they start cooking it until you arrive to pick it up, having said that the food is great.

Told would be an hour. Hour and half later and no apology for the delay. You would think it would be hot right out of the pan. Luke warm. Very busy and good reputation obviously cannot cope.

Waiting so long with no apology for one and half hour wait. Food luke warm.

What a fabulous meal, excellent battered chicken house curry spicy but not too hot rice was just perfectly done, love the style of the waiting area fresh cut flowers a beautiful touch .....

Rubbish... said it would be half an hour and was over an hour. Food was burnt an greasy. Crispy chilli beef had no beef and nearly broke my teeth, duck chow mein had hardly any duck, and a little boy throwing shoes over the counter at customers. Go over the road the peking palace its much better and quicker!!

Rubbish... said it would be half an hour and was over an hour. Food was burnt an greasy. Crispy chilli beef had no beef and nearly broke my teeth, duck chow mein had hardly any duck, and a little boy throwing shoes over the counter at customers. Go over the road the peking palace its much better and quicker!!

I love tofu, and the oriental chef in Glastonbury has several options all suitable for vegans, including one with ginger and one in black bean sauce, and they can adapt other vegetarian dishes to make them vegan as well. There are several Chinese takeaways in Glastonbury and nearby Street, but this is the only one I use regularly...the cost and the quality are both excellent, and unlike many others they don't use MSG in their cooking which is handy for many people to know. Portion sizes are good, and there is plenty of tofu in the meal, and it is of the chewy, slightly sweet variety that I really like but can never quite master at home. My only criticism is that the spring rolls are actually too big, so are best ordered to be shared rather than each.

The best Chinese! Never disappointed. And run by such a lovely family!

I ordered wonton soup and a spicy veg soup and after waiting for 40 minutes was totally appalled to find chinese cabbage floating on top completely contaminated by scale or affids, the bit you would cut off and throw in the compost.

When I placed my order I was advised that there was a 45 minute wait. I was tempted to go across the road to Peking Palace instead, but it was worth waiting for, and we think that the Oriental Chef has the edge over the other establishment. We ordered the Vegetarian A meal, which proved to be more than enough for three of us, and we have never seen such gigantic spring rolls! I particularly enjoyed the Szechuan tofu (sweet and sour). Unlike Peking Palace, the Oriental Chef accepts credit cards. We are sorry to see so many bad reviews of this place – our experience was quite the opposite, and we enjoyed excellent takeaway food.

The best Chinese takeaway in Glastonbury.

Amazing food friendly helpful staff

What a wonderful find! The food is nicely cooked with care from fresh. Tasty too, I’m gluten-free & no msg, no problem. Staff are accommodating and friendly. Best by far in the area.

We have used this place several times, taking the food over to the Becketts pub over the road which welcomes drinkers bringing in take-aways and even offers crockery and cutlery.

Yummy Chinese food including some delicious Thai dishes on the menu as well

Six of us had different meals to take out. All had to be thrown away. Food was totally unacceptable. We waited about 50 minutes to be given the worst meals we have ever had. Avoid!!!

I was in Glastonbury the weekend of 29th we went to the Chinese on the 30th at about 10pm we ordered spring rolls with meat in them also a portion of chips and some bbq sauce we waited over half hour for our order when we did receive it we took it back to where we was stopping, the spring rolls were very tasteless and didn't have any meat in them the sauce was not bbq I was soya sauce and chips was hard so on our first visit to Glastonbury we was not impressed with this chinese we wa in a group of six who all ordered spring rolls 12 in total it wasn't busy so no excuse

It's convenient location in the high street is easy to get to for collection but they would really benefit from a delivery service. It's an hour's wait for food most of the time now as they're so busy, which is great but you have to wait an hour for delivery at other places so people would be more accepting of the wait time if they didn't have also come to the shop.

After being told the order would be ready in 30 minutes, I am still sat here after an hour and a half. Absolutely ridiculous wait, and no offer of an apology either. No comment on the food as I think it’s irrelevant now. Avoid.

Been eating here for years and have always found the food to be good.

Very good value, tasty and friendly staff. The menu is very extensive and you always get free prawn crackers, about a 1000 of them

I have been here several times, I can honestly say it's a gem in the heart of Glastonbury. Found towards the top of the high st on the right as you go up. A wide selection of fresh cooked Chinese food. They cater for special diets too. Friendly service, tasty food to take away.

Takeaway only and I dont think they deliver.

Best Chinese in Glastonbury or Street.

Fantastic Chines food from a small takeaway hidden in Glastonbury.

Chinese takeways are an enigma...They seriously disappoint or surprise you. You can see why there are often local people in there on a night and I as a short visitor had take away twice two days in a trot.

They'll tell you 30 mins but expect to wait at least 40. Nice surroundings though and lovely lady who takes the orders.