Red Panda in Belfast

Great food, attentive staff. Well worth a visit.

Everything about this place is excellent, the food and service was amazing.

Great portions of food, lots of choice. Reasonable pricing, clean and family feel to this restaurant but does feel dated! Slow service.

As always great service, and staff polite and welcoming. Food was freshly prepared, and spot on re taste. I would recommend Red Panda. Book in advance if you can, but they do take walk ins too! Enjoy!

Food was sooo wonderful, fresh and everyone in our party loved it! We were heading somewhere else and decided to give it a try and well it did not disappoint. The staff was very understanding to all of our questions about was everything was.

Wow !! The quality of the food here was incredible !! The Duck Cantonese was truly delicious !! We would come back to Belfast just to eat here again !!

It was super delicious. I ordered wonton noodles and stir-fried beef river, which were very authentic. It was fabulous! I had Wonton noodles and fried beef river. It was authentic.

We thoughly enjoyed our meal at Red Panda. Strongly recommend. Friendly staff and great service.

I came to Belfast for two days and ate at this Chinese restaurant two days in a row. I only thought of taking pictures after eating almost the same food yesterday. The food is very delicious, the service is also very good, very warm and considerate. Friends who are traveling can really come and try it. I won’t offend you. I am a pure tourist, but I think it is very suitable for the Chinese stomach when traveling. Five-star praise

Went in on Saturday night (17/08/24) around 9pm with my two sons and we were welcomed by friendly, lovely staff. We ordered a starter and main each from the a la carte menu and we were all very impressed by the freshness and quality of the food. I has the king prawns in garlic butter as a starter (beautiful) and chicken satay as a main, my favourite dish but this is one of the best I've had, the chicken in it was lovely and the sauce was gorgeous. I live in Scotland and was only over for the weekend. If they do deliveries to Scotland, I'm in. Delighted to have had a succulent Chinese meal with my sons. I'm back next month and 100% visiting here again. 10/10. So good. If in Belfast near the Crown Bar, do yourself a favour and enjoy a meal in the Red Panda.

It was a very good chinese restaurant. We have had two dinners in consecutive nights trying some traditional cantonese dishes, they were authentic, delicious and reasonable priced. We would have loved to try more dishes if staying a few more nights in Belfast.

Really good authentic Chinese served with an outstanding level of service. Flavors were on point, dishes piping hot and plentiful. Loved the Sweet and sour chicken - definitely a must if you are looking for a great meal, reasonably priced, in a great atmosphere.

Went here for the first time in ages as we were nearby. Wish we hadn’t bothered. Ordered duck and pancakes for starter which was ok but the duck was barely warm. While eating our starter we were asked 4 times if we were finished despite having food in front of us. I’d say the staff didn’t have enough to do as the place was half empty. Main courses were extremely bland. I had chicken and black bean which was tasteless. Other dish was sizzling beef and pepper. Absolutely bland and tasteless. Walk on by.

Straightforward no thrills good Chinese food.

Very nice restaurant, a fantastic variety of Chinese dishes at a reasonable price. Lovely staff who are happy to help and cater for your every culinary need.

They have their 1 star hygiene rating up at the top of the door instead of in eye view

Visited the Red Panda while in Belfast for a conference and it was so good I went back the second night! I highly recommend it for quality and variety of food. It's excellent. Also very welcoming, helpful and polite staff.

Service was impeccable, food arrived hot and delicious. Very welcoming and highly recommended.

I have been a customer here many times, so Imagine my reaction when I recently discovered that the restaurant was given a score of 1 out of 5 on the” scores on the doors” food hygiene ratings after an inspection in October 2023. I am beyond appalled that I actually consumed food in this place I did not see any score displayed in the door. How can this place be allowed to remain open when they care so little about food hygiene? Maybe the owners would care to tell us all what they have been doing to improve their appalling score and to lessen the likelihood of their customers becoming ill after eating there.

Used to love the red panda and would always recommend it to anyone visiting Belfast but I’m sorry to say it has change ALOT for the worst, food was a disgrace it was just absolutely rotten I’m afraid, The restaurant itself is lovely and the waiting staff were so welcoming and friendly, give them a 10/10 but for the foods that we were served it was atrocious. There was a funny taste of the chicken, the beef was like leather, have to say I’m super disappointed with the red panda as for years it was amazing but thing you guys need to employ new chefs as I can’t see this kind of food being served to customers as sustainable, sorry guys but have to be as honest as I can for other people looking a good honest review,

Came in with a group of friends and ordered the set banquet. There was so much food that we had to leave almost half of it. Good variety of dishes and each one was very tasty. The service was very casual and friendly which added to the enjoyment. Only comment would be, they could do with a greater range of beers

Delicious food, friendly service. Decent pricing.

Updated 2024.05.08 We weren't exactly welcomed when we arrived around 2130, greeted with the kitchen closing in half an hour with an attitude of not wanting to serve us. We ordered wonton soup, fish filet with tofu clay pot, braised pork belly but they were out of taro root to go with the pork belly. The wonton and pork belly were just okay, nothing really great, the pork belly was overly salty. The highlight was the fish filet tofu clay pot, it was very delicious and delightful.

Updated 2024.05.07 We arrived at the Red Panda, around 21:30, about half an hour before the kitchen closes. We were greeted with the kitchen closes in 30 minutes. We ordered wonton soup, fish filet with tofu claypot, braised pork belly but they didn't have taro root with it and offered a substitute. Their wonton was alright, braised pork belly was too salty, the fish filet with tofu claypot was the best part of the meal.

Frozen food awfull lied to about foid

Stumbled upon this restaurant, actually the wife did. Food was first class and great service. Very friendly and helpful staff will definitely return the next time I’m in the city.

It's an amazing restaurant. The staff are very attentive. The food is delicious. We were in Belfast for 2 nights and booked the restaurant for the 2 nights. It's always packed. So worth a visit ❤️💖

Food nice. One small error made with food but was quickly rectified by chef/staff. Chose food from the pre-theatre menu.....great value at £19.50 for 2 courses and £22.50 for 3 courses. With these you have a choice of soft drink or glass of house wine. Will definitely be back

Enjoyed the food and good cocktails

Just eat the Fried and Stuffed Three Treasures, you’ll never tire of it

Chicken felt raw. Egg fried rice barely had egg or any veggies. Only peas and it was yellow in colour. Prawn started was good. Katsu sauce was good as well. Chicken in black bean sauce gravy was nice but chicken again felt.less.cooked.

After eating my menu, roasted duck, I suffer food poisoning that increases from Sunday morning till Monday afternoon. I'm not happy because I spoil our holiday in Belfast due to feeling unwell.

Frozen seafood and f'in crabsticks, never asked once if all was OK until they collected the plates, still full with the unwanted meal. At payment I explained my complaint to which I was told they would knock off 10%, I said no, I wasn't paying for my meal as it was not restaurant standard, they then knocked off the £16 for the frozen seafood with crabsticks. I paid the rest of the bill but no sorry or acknowledgement of the fact I didn't enjoy the meal. Bad service and bad, bad food. Just my opinion though, you judge for yourself.

Good food with good vibe. If you like Chinese Authentic food( not fusion) , this is a must go place in Belfast. It is also near Bus Station. Very Polite Chinese Waiters/Waitress also. Also ,you can practice with them your Cantonese . Menu has 2 versions. One in English with pictures and one in Chinese.

Had a good experience at the red panda. Mussels in black bean sauce is a must try, tasted really nice, presentation 10/10. The sizzling sliced beef in szechuan flavour was a show stopper though I thought it was a bit salty. Overall, it's been a 5 star experience for me.

Busy and lovely food. Satay was beautiful

Today I'm ordering food was totally bad no teast nothing before was good I'm stopp ordering from that place not happy at all !!

The taste is very bad. I ordered Sichuan Dandan noodles. Sichuan is a place that likes spicy food in China. Obviously, this store is not doing it right, because it tastes completely sweet. I told the waiter that it was more spicy when I ordered, because I like spicy food. But in fact, they didn't do that. I asked the waiter for chilli oil again, and I was told that there was a charge for chilli oil. It's really outrageous. In China, adding some chilli oil is completely free - this is equivalent to asking the waiter for some ketchup in a western restaurant. How can this be charged? If the restaurant wants repeat customers, they should not do so. A bad night. It won't come again.

Best Chinese meal I've had in years. Fried dim sum appetizer & satay chicken on crust noodles main were delicious, highly recommend! Kirin shandy went down well too!

Overall, not a great visit. The man who greeted us was incredibly rude to multiple people at our table, and also the guests seated next to us. The ladies who took over serving our table were lovely and really apologetic but we were still put off by the rudeness of the man who welcomed and seated us. Many items on the menu were also unavailable the night we were there, while still being listed on the menu. Which seems redundant if you let people look at the menu and choose, without informing them of this. Almost everything I picked was unavailable so I just ordered broccoli in the end. Only for one of our party specifically asked to go to this restaurant, we would have left. She has also said she will not return and was extremely disappointed with our treatment that night after previously having only good things to say. On top of this, the service charge being added to the bill felt like too much, since we had mostly horrible service.

Despite being busy, and having good reviews and a broad and interesting menu, we were disappointed with the food. Eg Prawn and mango starter, which barely tasted of prawn, and with a gloopy sweet sauce and a small piece of mango. Char siu roast pork, dry, and presented without any garnish at all. I'd cook better char siu blindfolded. Vegetable sides were very scarce on the menu. I've had much, much better food from an average take away. Prices were not particularly cheap either.. rice/noodles/chips aren't included in the price. Basic choice of red or white wine... no mention what it might be...

Best meal we had in a long time!

Food, and service was amazing! Thank you

A good old fashioned Chinese eatery, great food and a family oriented atmosphere. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Used to be much better. A bit scruffy now

Would not return or recommend, sizzling seafood was frozen fish and bad fish at that with a imitation crab stick to top it off, the birds nest was tasteless and the nest was stale, very disappointed 😞

I tasty 2 course meal with my other half. 😋🍽

Terrible food. The Szechuan chicken was actually sweet in flavor. No spice whats so ever. And it was just chicken, onions and green and red peppers. Isn't Szechuan dishes supposed to have shredded celery. Anyway that wasn't the problem, the problem was the food was just awful in flavor. The steamed dumplings I had for my appetiser tasted like last weeks left overs and the entree was just terrible. Stay clear from this "Chinese" restaurant unless you want something designed for boring bland sugary food. What happened to showcasing ones native dishes and flavors. Seriously why is it impossible to get authentic Asian food anymore. Just sad!

Lovely staff, great food, nothing to complain about

First time there. Never again. Dried up, chewy and tasteless. Very disappointing

Best Chinese food I’ve had in the 15 years living in Belfast. Staff were very kind and attentive. All five of us enjoyed our meals.

Very good genuine Chinese food if you use the Chinese menu rather than the Western menu. My Chinese wife rated it highly, and as someone that has been to China a dozen times I also enjoyed it. My only issue would be the initial attitude we got when booking - our party had 3 kids and they were very keen to get us in and out early when I called to make a reservation (told me we had to be done by 7pm), but were much nicer when we turned up and they realized my wife was Chinese. Considering late evening family style dining is normal in China, it would be nice to bring some of that culture to the UK instead of pandering to the local rednecks who think kids shouldn't be allowed near a restaurant until they're 16

Waited 25 minutes to get served

Had a very nice two course meal - clean, and bright, restaurant with friendly staff. Easy to find location, just a short walk from city centre (15 minutes?) and prices on a par with other Chinese restaurants. Will be back 😀

The food was stunning & the service was quick & polite. Would definitely go back again x

Great food always go here for the pre theatre meal great selection for a great price

We had 5 course set menu for dinner tonight. Duck pancake was good, chicken corn soup with crackers were good, combination curry was ok, chicken Szechuan was not spicy at all but the chicken was very tender, and crispy pork belly was excellent. Egg fried rice was ok. Ask for chilli oil and soy sauce will take the dishes to another level. Desserts (fried ice cream and banana fritter) were excellent and the batter was crisp and thin. I would like to come back to try their dry beef hofun or brisket hofun.

First time visiting and the food was amazing. Great service. Great value.

We had a great meal here last night the Duck in pancakes was fantastic and the Chicken Szechuan melted in your mouth.

This is one of the best authentic Chinese restaurants in Belfast, the food is amazing and the staff are really friendly 👍🏻👍🏻

This is undoubtedly the best Chinese food I've ever had. A new favorite for sure!

So over priced £18 for dry pork belly and bland egg fried rice. I’ve been to take a ways with nicer food at half the price lol. Waste! Also kept being pressured into ordering a starter lol no thanks your stand alone dishes are pricey enough

Went on a busy Sunday evening. A lot of the customers were Chinese, which was a good sign! Although I was told that there may be a 30/40 minute wait for food in the end it was no more than 10 minutes. Good food and friendly service. Definitely recommend.

Food was fab. Curry was just how I ordered it. Extra hot n spicy. Draught beer was very disappointing to be fair. Staff so good.

I order well fried beef steak but I got boiled peace of meat without spices. Won't visit that place anymore.

Not tasty food. Instead of order fish fillet I got shrimps which I can't eat because of my allergy.

I seriously don't understand why they have positive reviews. I went with friends and was not a good experience. Didn't like the atmosphere, nor decoration. Rude service from all the staff. Food was not great. Poorly cooked and prepared. And I love Chinese food but all their dishes were an absolutely disgrace. Money wasted.

Beautiful food and staff were really friendly. Will definitely be back!

I’m a tourist in Belfast. We walked into Red Panda as it’s walking distance from our hotel. I must say I was quite shocked to get such good authentic Chinese food in Europe. We have travelled to many countries in Europe and have had its share of westernized Chinese food. Red Panda serves authentic Chinese food. We enjoyed the roast duck, fried big intestine, beef and tofu soup plus the fish with salted veg. Kudos to the chef.

Booked this as website showed Pre Theatre menu available only to be told that this is NOT available on Saturday night! Just checked website again and no where does it say on Pre Theatre menu that this is the case! Consequently meal cost substantially more than expected. Mixed platter starter was good, beef curry nice but disappointed with the honey chilli chicken. Sauce was very watery and processed chicken. Won't be rushing back, have eaten in cheaper and better restaurants close by.

The best Chinese food I've ever had! Great customer service as well!

Had set menu last night.. just average.. very shredded Duck.. two courses too salty to eat

Good large portions of well cooked and presented food.

Ich war absolut nicht begeistert. Essen war nicht die Welt und sehr teuer, Service.. naja... leider kann ich dieses Lokal nicht empfehlen. Wir haben einen jatzentisch bekommen ohne Reservierung aber ich hätte im Nachhinein darauf verzichten können.

Beautiful food with great service

I ask person with glasses at the trade counter for sea bass fish. And I got recommendation from him to get one of their dishes. I got prawns instead of fish. I don't eat prawns because I have allergy. I had a bite of it because I didn't know it is not sea bass and I spent next half night in hospital. It is very bad experience. That guy should not lie to me and sell prawns instead of sea bass. I contacted my solicitor and he said it is 100% winning case. Sorry but you will get a claim letter soon. I hope your place will be closed as well.

This food is poison. I ordered well cooked beef and receptionist said they can do it. But I got half boiled piece of not fresh meat!! NOT RECOMMENDED PLACE!! Better choise other restaurant!!

Great food, lovely staff and quick service got to be one of the best Chinese restaurants in Northern Ireland would recommend.

I had my first meal in Belfast during my conference trip at this restaurant and I couldn't have been happier. The staff were incredibly friendly and chatty, which made for a warm and welcoming atmosphere. We initially ordered a dish that included bitter cucumber, but unfortunately, it was not available. However, the chef came out and personally explained the situation to us, and even offered alternatives which made us feel appreciated. I may be biased, but the food was absolutely delicious! And to top it off, the restaurant is conveniently located opposite the Europa Hotel, making it a great spot for anyone staying there. I highly recommend this restaurant for both the food and the fantastic service!

The beef capital was too sweet and the beef garlic sauce not too tasty plus the meat wasn’t too fresh . My son was happy with his beef brisket ho-fun .

Great service - perfect for a pre-theatre supper

Popped in on a Friday night and we were seated without a reservation. Quick attentive service and good food all made for an enjoyable experience.

We had an excellent meal here, probably the best Chinese I have eaten. The hot and sour soup was lovely. The place was busy but didn’t have to wait long to be served. I recommend booking at weekends.

An absolutely brilliant place to eat, really nice food, good value, attentive staff, will come back again if ever I’m in Belfast!

Wouldn’t eat here if it was the last place in Belfast,we had booked for 5 pm on Saturday,when we arrived the most rudest manager told us we had no booking,even though I showed it to him on my phone,will never cross their door again.many better Chinese restaurants in this fine city.

I had the boiled rice with the curry and some chips the curry was burning my lips but it was good overall 9/10. My wife had the chilli and black bean noodles and she thought it was delicious 😋

This is a restaurant only for white people. The Chinese young lady at the reception saw us as non-whites and told us that the restaurant was fully booked which was a total lie. She wasn’t bothered to check but just lied in front of our faces. That night there was zones of plenty of tables and it was not Friday or the weekend. We went somewhereselse for dinner by the time we finished and walked past red panda, those tables were still empty as hell. I’m 100% sure we got discriminated by red panda.

Super quality Chinese food from this family owned restaurant, will definitely be back !

Excellent service, great desert, good main course

Went there when we were in holiday while in Belfast. It was a Monday evening and Google Maps showed that it’s open. But to our disappointment it was closed and we don’t know the reason.

Had early din today as I walked from my Hilton across the street. Ladies serving were very nice & helpful but did not like the restaurant charged me £1 for a bit of chilly oil for my food! Don’t ask for condiments for your food you will get charged! They should at least advice customers there is a charge! I brought it up to the manager, mentioning I have not paid for condiments in all my travel in Belfast or Dublin! She said things have gone up in price & needed to charge! It’s not the £1 but the principal & not letting the customer know! Food was ok. I’ve had better Chinese food.

August 4th- We came here for dinner while visiting Belfast and it was pretty good. The food was served quickly and overall very tasty, though I wish my chicken dish had a bit more protein in it. The vegetable spring rolls were my favorite part of the meal and I would definitely recommend those!

Best Chinese food Ive had in a ling time. Excellent service . Highly recommended

Beautiful restaurant, beautiful foodand staffvery polite

One of the best it you want a treat this is the place.Very friendly staff. Food was gorgeous and the price was great what more do you want👍👍👍

A lovely experience beautiful food

The food is great and the service is great

Excelente la comida! Eramos un grupo grande y todos los platos abundantes y muy bien preparados. La atención de la moza, cordial y paciente además de muy agradable! Muy recomendable!

Buenas raciones y buen sabor. Precio correcto. Deben mejorar el cafè irlandès.

Poached lamb in hot chilli oil was amazing