Oriental Chef in Erewash

Lived in the area for close to 40 years and have used this place since it first opened. Over the years it has gone from excellent to mediocre/poor. Just recently though, the food has once again become top-notch and hopefully they won't allow past slumps in quality to repeat.

I have fried marinated chicken tonight 😊

Used many times but after waiting 2.5 hours for a bang average Chinese we won’t use again!

Food is top notch. Service quick

Food never arrived ordered through just eat and haven’t even received a refund

Delicious fresh food! Really enjoyed 😃

I tried crispy cauliflower hong kong style

Great staff, food fab and friendly service!

they are so kind and great service

Brillant food, definitely come back again

amazing food, loved it so much!!!

Really good food would recommend

Food tasted incredible and staff were super friendly!

Amazing food and great staff! very friendly

Really lovely people and food !!

Amazing crispy chicken and delicious sauce with the right amount of spice for me.

Just had a nice sweet and sour chicken Hong Kong style from here. Friendly staff.

Great food, quick delivery and great staff. Been coming many years, highly recommended!

First REAL chinese food i had in the UK

Excellent food and friendly staff! Highly recommend

Great takeaway been using them for few years now, they have great chinese food, very authentic with some unique twist, they have great customer service and our favourite has to be their Honey Chicken & Bao Bao Buns. Also their Cheesecakes are a winner! Great job guys.

Ordered meal for 1 person at 1731 told delivery 45 mins. An hour an a half later no food. I was hungry at 1731 when I rang. Told me at 1835 traffic busy another 15 mins. Told the same again 20 mins later. So I cancelled my order with Oriental Extremely disappointed. Don't give times for orders that are not going to be delivered on time, just be honest. I ordered chines elsewhere, eating it 15 mins later and it was very tasty

Ordered 2 takeaways from here fast efficient service and food was excellent very happy to recommend

Delivery was excellent and in a reasonable time. Food, thrown in bin, couldn't taste anything but garlic. Had a few dishes and even when mixed tastes so garlicky. Thrown in the bin within minutes so disappointed. Wife's food was good though.

UNMATCHED Been using this chinese for 7 years straight and they have not failed me once. Great food, great value and always a friendly atmosphere when collecting. Guaranteed a perfect experience everytime I order, deserves a 5 star overall!

Really want to like it here... tried on and off for years, as like to support local businesses. Unfortunately, food experiences goes from good to bad to worse. Food cold. Boiled rice in clumps and cold *on numerous occasions. Poor quality chicken. Just no love at all put into the food. One person in particular... rude and abrasive if you say anything. Sadly, would not recommend at all. Using other take aways now.

Great food and great customer service. Definitely recommend the crispy honey sesame chicken!

Their bao bao buns are so good! It usually is busy but you must try if you’re in the area, they have so much menu variety to offer compared to other takeaways, and their food is all round superb.

Amazing food, friendly staff and lovely drivers! 10/10 Chinese!! 😁

Best food ever ..... Very nice customer service .we will come back again . See u soon

Fabulous service and quality food 👌

Great food again!! Meat produce is best around, always good. Friendly staff and polite.

The beef in black bean is fantastic especially the cashew dishes. Delivery was quick and very hot

Amazing food, best Chinese around. Ordered in Attenborough (a 15 minute drive) and had my food in 25 minutes. 10/10 try the fire cracker beef

Best Chinese sweet sour sauce on point 👌

First time we tiredit and we will definitely order again👍

Our go to takeaway, me and my boyfriend love it. I have a gluten intolerance and they're very good at providing non gluten dishes and and are very careful. Never had any issues

I love the vegetable udon and arrived hot and on time! The honey sesame chicken is amazing 👏

The roast chicken was on top! The skin was crispy and the chicken was tender and flavour full. One of the best takeaways I’ve ever had, would definitely recommend.

mouth watering food and exceptional service makes it the best in town. 5 STAR overall

The food is so good so sweet and sour one of the fast foods!

the food was amazing and the staff were very quick to serve me, they didn’t take long and the food was hot and fresh. Would order again!!

Solid takeaway … came to get some grub for the euros ,been to around in the area by far will come back

The food was class and authentic especially the curry sauce which has been the best I’ve ever had!! Definitely would recommend to friends and family :)

One of the best takeaways! Would recommend!

Best sweet and sour sauce! Good delivery and arrived on time.

i tried here for the first time and personally really enjoyed the food! would recommend goingg if a Chinese takeaway is what you’re looking forr :)

Absolutely delicious, the fluffy bao buns is a must try. There’s such a wide choice of food compared to alot other Chinese takeaways. Great service too, will definitely go back.

Really tasty food and fast service!

Lovely food, especially their curry sauce!

The food came fast, and left a sweet impression (literally). All I can say is WOW. This experience was sensational (also literally). I would highly recommend this place for anyone who wants Chinese take out food. Chef's kiss. I would give it 6 stars if I could.

Perfect food sometimes a delay in food but it’s expected with how busy they get but always amazing food every time and always very polite!!! I will never go anywhere else

Won’t go anywhere else absolutely amazing food and service

Amazing food, always a pleasure to visit, food freshly cooked infront of you, excellent portions, You won't find a better Chinese takeaway, Food tastes the absolute best... Always maintained a 5 star rating it's that good Highly recommended 5 stars from me

absolutely the best Chinese food ever! I drive from kimberley just to get my food and it's worth the drove, maybe one day they deliver to kimberley? 💯 recommend you will not regret it

For the £45 we spent the food wasn’t worth it. Food had no flavour and couldn’t even taste the chilli which is disappointing. It’s not the dishes I ordered as I have had the same dish at other takeaways with much better quality. Ended up throwing it away. Wouldn't recommend! AVOID!

Awful food, food was late order turned up with items missing food was just grease and cold stay away

3.1 rating is crazy. The food here is literally the takeaway version of expensive Asian restaurant food. Some of their signature dishes like the honey sesame chicken and garlic dynamite chicken are so unique and taste great. The bao buns are also amazing. When most people in this country order those awful shareboxes full of chips and carbs, just shows they have no taste when a takeaway actually offers tasty food and they review it so lowly. Deserves a 4.5+ rating at least.

been using this place for years, never had any issues

Waited over 90 minutes for food, ended up having food poisoning from the salt and pepper chicken. Staff not polite over the phone. Please avoid

- Don't order Happy Family Had the Happy Family option. I ended up getting food poisoning. Wouldn't recommend waking up at 4am to vomit.

The food was great, i didn't really enjoy the noodles but they were good, but not great compared to the shrimps and the crispy beef. Sadly i couldn't eat it all, but the food was delicious

You food takes about 2 hours to be delivered, just be aware.

AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!! Absolutely abysmal service and staff. Waited over 2 hours for my food, cancelled but then was still charged. When I complained the female staff member was extremely rude and hung the phone up.

Food is above 5star quality ordered twice, was looking for new Chinese takeaway as a go too my partner even asks for oriental chef... dynamite prawns are beautiful and I love the Singapore dishes

80min wait, when rang driver only just picking food up, another 10min , cancelled food not refund as promised, won't use again😡

Good food and good price but sadly it takes over an hour for them to deliver.

Still our go to takeaway for a Chinese meal. Food good, prices have increased but where hasn't.

Absolute shambles. Waited 30 mins in the freezing cold reception for food that was meant to be ready at 5:55pm. Comes out at 6:27pm. No apology or comment, simply not good enough.

Love this place, fast service, food is gorgeous

The service is amazing. I have coeliac disease which means I can't eat wheat. They always manage to cater for my needs which is brilliant. Also, they aren't stated as a wheat free zone but I've never had any problems with cross-contamination and the food is always tasty. Just give them a call and they can help you out with any queries and just leave notes on Uber and they will ring you to confirm. Brilliant ✨

worst delivery service and customer service delivery stated in 80 whi ch actually turned out to be mins 240.mins excuses given each time called

Absolutely fantastic picked up food for collection and was greeted by two smiling faces Eddie & Abbey was absolutely fantastic. Customer service at it very best. Got home food still piping hot and was delicious. Will be returning very soon. Oriental chef Eddie & Abbey are a credit to your business 👏

Fantastic food! Oriental Chef has been my go-to for years and it's never disappointed. Portions are very generous and the prices are really good, delivery is pretty speedy too. Definitely recommend 😊

Really surprised at the critical reviews for this place. I'm an avid foodie and eaten around the country and thought this place was a little gem. I am new to the NG10 area and I thought the Chicken Bao buns were really tasty. There are of course "classic Chinese takeaway" items on the menu but without all the MSG! The sauce is real sauce instead of the usual thick radioactive stuff that you get at other Chinese take aways! I ordered a special fried rice and some roast pork, which was well cooked and very easy to digest compared to my usual takeaway experiences! Overall, I was very happy with my meal, and my food delivery even arrived 11 minutes ahead of schedule! I'm glad that I've found myself a new little local! 😊 ✨

Ordered delivery today. On time, great food and great prices. Will definitely use again. Thank you Oriental Chef.

Tried to order via phone, person was very rude and told me to order online. Shame, this would have been my first order at oriental place.

Worst Chinese I've ever had in my 57 years. Spare ribs in BBQ sauce was all gristle and sauce no taste like water, egg fried rice was greasy and only half a bag of prawn crackers! Will definitely NOT be ordering again !!!!!

No idea how this has a 3* rating. Ordered takeaway and service was friendly, prices fair and food quickly made. Sweet and sour chicken was delicious and ribs too. Even have non alcoholic beers and cider!

Great food and customer service. Chef special chow mein was delicious and the salted meat was very tender. Would absolutely recommend!

This has been our family’s favourite Chinese since moving to Sandiacre. The dynamite shrimp is a must try!!! 10/10 food 10/10 service

Ordered online and food was ready on time! Really pleased, chow mein and curry sauce is my fav. Portion sizes are so big another for next day.

Ordered sweet and sour chicken balls. 3 had no chicken at all. Just batter. One was burnt to a crisp. Sweet and sour sauce needed to be heated up as it was a lump of jelly. Terrible. Won't eat here again.

Not the best I've had ,and not the worst I have had .Good size portion though.

Have ordered food from this place several times. But, recently, their food quality has sadly gone downhill! Truly disappointed!

Been having chinese from here for the past fifteen years always been the best but after last nights offering which was very poor quality meat, soggy chicken balls greasy tasteless with no meat chow main and cold we will never use oriental chef again. What's gone wrong? It used to have such a fantastic reputation.

Always great food and ready quickly. Great portion sizes also.

Order turned up 20 mins late and the food was very poor ‘greasy and a overpowering taste. The desert was frozen solid to. Never again.

By far the worst Chinese I've ever had. The chips were undercooked, vegetables were hard and everything was cold. Would not recommend

yummy yummy in my tummy, me and my bald boyfriend went here, 10/10 the nice man behind till complimented my bfs hair, will be returning with our son Sol

Last three orders I’ve had have been really bad and I won’t be ordering from here again. Crispy beef was all batter and no beef, pork balls were worst quality meat I could not eat and the beef and pineapple was tasteless. Even the pineapple chunks were tasteless, how does one even manage to take the taste out of fresh pineapple?! I don’t mind a worse than average Chinese takeaway, I’m no fussy eater but this is was beyond poor and I’ve given it enough chances. Oh also ordered some puddings a few weeks ago and the cheesecake was still frozen when it arrived.

Just eat 30 mins delivery. 2 hours after order nothing here. Forget it awful awful service

Great Food, Quick Delivery, also a very varied menu. I've never had a problem personally, I've ordered from here about 6-7 times now and never had an issue but I know my aunt wasn't impressed with the prawns a couple weeks ago so maybe its a prawn thing or just an off week, who knows... PS. The Cheesecakes are spot on! don't knock um till you've tried them.

This place is drastically underrated at 3 stars, excellent western style chinese food. Quality is excellent and the food is not at all greasy. Friendly service, highly recommend!

DO NOT EVER BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS PLACE BOILED CHICKEN WITH CHEAPEST LIDL SAUCE , THATS WHAT YOU GET ... PEOPLE LEAVING GOOD REVIEWS , PROBABLY NEVER TASTED GOOD CHINESE ...

10/10 - Great Chinese food our favourite, highly recommended

3.0 average review is crazy for this place. Ordered from them for over 10 years, I often pick up rather than wait delivery, but have experienced delivery from them. Not had issues, they do standard (British) Chinese food, but have so unique dishes too. Quality great, prices food. Not sure why the average is so low based on my many years of experience with them.

Our food took almost 2 hours to arrive, when we tried to get information about where our food was, the rep lied over and over again. She then started to swear at my husband. Absolutely disgusting and we will not be ordering from that place again. On top of that, the food tasted nasty.

Food is hot ordered on line ready at the time specified I enjoyed it

Over an hour late and not even an apology. We opened the bag and the order was completely wrong. Clearly someone else’s. Tried calling 32 times and no one ever answer. Would avoid this restaurant if you actually want the food you’ve ordered