Regency Chinese Restaurant in York

Regency Restaurant, York Located at 16 Barbican Road, Regency Restaurant offers a delightful Chinese dining experience in the heart of York. The restaurant features a diverse menu with a variety of Cantonese, Szechuan, and Hong Kong-style dishes, making it a great spot for both dine-in and takeaway. Food: The food at Regency Restaurant is generally well-received. Many patrons rave about the BBQ ribs, which are described as having an incredible sauce. The dim sum, while not the best some have had, is appreciated for being the only option in York. The king prawn dishes are also highlighted for their excellent taste. Service: The service can be a bit hit or miss. Some customers have experienced delays, especially with takeaway orders, but the staff often make up for it with friendly service and gestures like complimentary desserts for long waits. Dining in, the staff are usually welcoming and attentive, ensuring a pleasant experience1. Atmosphere: The atmosphere is cozy and traditional, with a layout that includes a Chinese supermarket next door, adding to the authentic feel. It’s a popular spot among locals, including the Chinese community, which speaks to its authenticity and quality. Overall: Regency Restaurant is a solid choice for anyone craving Chinese cuisine in York. While there are occasional service hiccups, the quality of the food and the friendly staff make it worth a visit. Whether you’re in the mood for a sit-down meal or a takeaway, Regency Restaurant has something to offer.

Chicken balls weren’t very nice. And received no sauce

Food was completely cold & inadequate for £30. The duck was on top of hiding lettuce to make it look like there was more! Never had lettuce with duck wraps ever! Started for 2 was only enough for one person. Complete waste of £30

Ordered a take away As a special treat … For the cost was shocking value £28 !!!! Duck vermicelli Duck non exsistant only noodles none seen King prawn curry … runny tasteless Springer rolls x4 small chewy Would I order from here again NO My local is better value half the price stick to what you know !!!

Lovely food. Robot waiters were very entertaining. Very friendly staff.

Food has not all arrived , can’t contact the restaurant

Excellent food! Big serving 👌🏻Highly recommended

Chinese food is still delicious

Food rubbery and bland and over an hour late not good

Delicious food. The waitresse was really friendly and welcoming. Service was very quick and efficient. Will come back

Best Chinese food I’ve had in York by far. Absolutely fantastic, will not try anywhere else here again! 5 ⭐️

In a holiday lodge and courier found us without much difficulty.

Great delivery but the prawn crackers where stale not going yo buy them again , apart from that the food was nice

Do not be put off by the appearance when you first step into the place. It is so misleading. Staff really friendly. Noticed no alcoholic drink on the menu. That was no problem to the staff. He popped to nearby restaurant and got what we wanted. Two course meal which was great. Will deffo be back

Oh, terrible service, we had waited for one hour but not responded at all.

The waiter is rude. We ordered food and juices and then they said that the prices on the menu had gone up but the menu hadn't been updated yet and we had to pay more! absurd! this is exhausting! DO NOT come to this restaurant!

Needed to reheat some of the food.

Lovely as always. Arrived a little later than prediction HOWEVER I live in Rufforth and we always know predicted times can be hit or miss. It's no bother at all, just super grateful they deliver here as no one else seems to. Food was lovely as usual and hot

Excellent!!! Tasty food, you won’t be disappointed.

Attached to their own supermarket the food and service was first class and I would recommend that you try.

Was a lovely experience definitely going again, polite staff and delicious food.

the salt and pepper mixed dish was not of good quality, the chips were fried in old oil and tasted bitter, the pieces of beef and chicken were old re fried pieces of meat and we're hard and very over cooked, it lacked the salt and pepper seasoning that is supposed to give it the flavour and kick. The special in black bean sauce tasted alot better.

Swift service, yummy Authentic Chinese food, I had duck with plum sauce 😋

Was a little worried what service to expect reading previous reviews. However, we received excellent service from all the staff there. Very polite and efficient, couldn't ask for more. The food was also excellent with good vegetarian options. The spare ribs weren't red hot, but everything else was spot on and really tasty. Would definitely revisit

We had a dinner here at Regency Restaurant, food starters and mains was very nice and tasty. We enjoyed it and will be coming back again. Tofu with salt and chilli is great starter to have :)

Food arrived very late and was pretty much stale cold, really disappointing and a waste if money! Would stay away of ordering from here! It had the potential of be nice but not edible due to going stale. Definitely wasn’t kept in a thermal food bag!

Very Delicious taste of food. Thanks Regency

The duck was absolutely disgusting full of bones and grissel

The lemon chicken and beef chow mein were very tasty and well presented. Thank you!

Stopped for lunch. Efficient service and great food.

The food are likely to have the authentic taste but the service was a real issues here. Expecially the male staff. They literally threw the cutlery on the table and have very rude manner. I personally wouldn't eat in the restaurant again but instead I would order online and eat somewhere else.

Caroline kyaw and mya pwint phyu. Thank you for your opinion, but I would like to ask if you can bring food to eat in any restaurants in the UK? Did you ask at that time if you could bring food in? You didn't ask, have you ever respected us? You don't have that. So we will pursue your opinions to the end.

The servers and cashier (assuming they are owners) were very rude and had obnoxious attitude towards multicultural customers. The tissue and cutlery were casually threw at the middle of the table. The tab water jar was not properly cleaned. The male server (probably the owner) told my friend to eat his food outside because he could not eat food that is not halal. Very disrespectful towards other culture and religion.

Worst service I’ve ever experienced in the world. One member of my party eats only halal due to their religion so they brought their own food while we ordered at the restaurant. One of the male staff came over and said that outside food is not allowed, and that all UK establishments are like that. No one from my party is from the UK so we didn’t know and told him so. He walked away and upon return I tried to explain that he only eats halal and the worker then said “I don’t care, go let him eat outside then” while laughing mockingly. In the rain? At this point, my party got upset and wanted to leave. After seeing this, he said okay, he can stay. But our party told him that what he said was very rude and that he had a horrible attitude. Even while trying to say this he was still dismissive, saying “yea, yea, yea, yea, ok.” We were so disturbed, we paid and left. I don’t write a whole lot of reviews, but this experience was so jarring I needed to warn people from coming here. No one should be disrespected in the service industry- customer or worker. This place also had a sticker at each table offering a free soda for a review- I’m guessing this is where most of their “5 star ratings” are coming from. Please do not support this restaurant.

In York for holiday, found this amazing Chinese, food fab, service first class, will defo be back next time we are down in York, Alan n Liz 👍

Amazing and delicious food .Strongly recommend.:)

Great, classic Chinese food. I was also very late for my take away pickup and they remade the food for me at no cost. They were very polite and understanding even though it was my fault. I was prepared to take home coldish food and reheat it myself, but they said they would just do it up for me again. I didn't eat there, but the inside was nice and clean. Would eat there if I'm ever in York again.

Wonderful - definitely recommend chow mein! Really quick service and lovely food.

ordered house special curry but ONLY GOT BEEF!!bit peeved really

Triple roast is meant to be belly pork, chai su and duck. We got DRY turkey instead of duck. Also all salt and pepper box was soggy and sweaty

Was a fantastic meal, had plenty of options including a great selection of vegetarian meals, would definitely recommend and come back!

Nice food. Friendly service. Authentic Chinese street food.

I would not recommend this place to any one food is not tasty and waste of money. Service is really poor . Edges of the plate were chipped and they charge 10% for dine in and then top of that we need to pay extra for ketchup and + service charge for ungiven proper service. They will not customize a bit even just serve it as it is. Even you like spicy a bit but still they will give how its comes only. So please do not waste your money or time in this place.

Went in here with my disabled son based on review that said “don’t let the outside looks put you off!” I was glad I did. The two gentlemen who looked after us were most helpful, told us not to rush… We ordered chicken fried rice with curry sauce. It was delicious and a big portion… Prices were reasonable too! Will use it again on our next visit to York!

Other dishes are OK but the roast pork and duck dishes are too bad

Nice place, honest food, great service. Down to earth.

Professional service and fair prices.

This a some what difficult review. We visited this restaurant a number of years ago and it has totally changed. It's only because we purchased a pre - voucher we went in. If this was not the case, we almost certainly would not have gone in. If I'm honest it looks like a greasy spoon type of place. It appears to cater mainly for the local Chinese community. I'm so glad we did go in however. The food and service were absolutely superb. I can not praise the food highly enough. If you can get past the initial facade, it is worth a visit. We would definitely go back in a heart beat.

It might not be the flashiest Chinese restaurant on the street but the food was good and service excellent. Had set meal B for two people and there was enough to fill us without feeling too full. Food quality was good, pretty standard and as you’d expect at any Chinese restaurant.

It might not be the flashiest Chinese restaurant on the street but the food was good and service excellent. Had set meal B for two people and there was enough to fill us without feeling too full. Food quality was good, pretty standard and as you’d expect at any Chinese restaurant.

everything was great, just for £30 it was very small, bearing in mind I'm feeding myself a child and a toddler the salt and pepper box was tiny, where in other places for that price you get a lot more

can not speak with anybody - delivery now over an hour late disgraceful service will never use again

Good quality food served quickly and at a reasonable cost.

Delivery driver sat outside my house for ten minutes on her phone before bringing us our food and as you could imagine, yes, it was cold! Very disappointing

Food was cold, dry and unedible

Lovely place, lovely food and staff. Highly recommended 👍

Arrived a little late however we live in Rufforth and it was peak lunchtime so understandable. Food lovely as always, I'm a repeat customer now 🥰

Missing items and the belly pork is like the streaky bacon you get in a kids plastic toy set… £50 to feed three people and items missing, plus food that’s not anywhere near a reasonable standard. Never again

Absolutely dreadful 😫 was my husband birthday treat .Awful inside food awful very disappointed 😞

Delicious food in an authentic Chinese. Very relaxed place and nice for an easy eat. Staff were extremely pleasant and welcoming.

Got a take away delivery I can honestly say it’s the worse Chinese food I have ever tasted £42 in the bin still hungry ribs just fat on bone

Waited an hour and a half for a portion of salt&pepper chips and chicken. Called the restaurant and got told to “wait a sec” then they put the phone down. Received soggy chips and chicken that was not warm. Will not be ordering from here again absolutely disgusting.

Only place I like chicken and sweetcorn soup from! Amazing food and lovely atmosphere

lovely service and delicious food

Was unsure as the reviews were mid 3s, but nah the food was excellent. Soup was beautiful, rice and noodles tasty, the only downside was Crispy seaweed being a little under packed in the container BUT was super delicious. We live in Rufforth so was worried the order would be cancelled but it wasn't. Came 20m after initial arrival quote but you can never guarantee delivery times for takeaways, especially if you live rural. Will defo order again 👌

the food was cold on arrival.and I was made to walk down the sterwwell to get my food instead of it been delivered to my door which is what I paid for

i was missing harth my order and I ordered noodles x2 and curry x2 exstra portions insted off noodles they sent boild rice witch is a big price difference reducules and when I proceed to ring the restaurant thye hung up every single time and wudent even answer apslotly reducules I spoke very highly off this place to friends and famly but this is reducules

I really loved my time here and the food was really good and tasty. The people from there are really lovely! Will definetely come back here on my next York Trip!

Absolutely disgusting, got a salt and pepper box with hardly no chicken in very disappointed

Food was cold and missing some items so I didn’t eat as wanted to make sure my children had anuff as was small tub’s compared to other Chinese restaurants so not happy ,will never order from here AGAIN !

Wow what a Chinese I use this place on my dinner on off trains and can not resist the food staff are so friendly too guys try this place 💯lushhh😀

Didn’t receive my order phoned the restaurant they couldn’t understand me..

Food was terrible! The chips were Re-Heated and STILL cold and did not taste of salt n pepper at all! the salt n pepper prawns were luke warm at best and even they felt re heated considering they are nearly £10! The Quarter aromatic crispy duck hardley come with any duck and wasn't even crispy! overall poor food and certainly won't be going again!

Terrible egg fried rice, bland, dry and chemical tasting. Avoid if you like rice!

I came here for lunch with a friend: a ~£15 Groupon got us two courses and a side each. The choices were (understandably) limited; I opted for Prawn Toast, Chicken in Satay Sauce and a side of Chips. We also shared some prawn crackers. It was altogether underwhelming, really. “You get what you pay for” has never been more apt.

We all had a lovely family meal ;-)

Way too expensive for the amount of food I get.

Recommended! very tasty food 👍🏼

The food was okay. The egg fried rice was very clumpy and stodgy, and the main chilli beef had an odd off-taste to it, but the beef itself was pretty soft and edible. Overall it was very overpriced for what I got and wouldn't bother ordering from again tbh.

Lovely food and friendly staff. Atmosphere quite pleasant. Thank you 🙏

Food was delivered 40 mins after the later of the estimated times. Stone cold which was a pity as the was nice once reheated. Spoke to the restaurant who confirmed it was with the driver 45 mins before it arrived, I appreciate it was a busy night but then maybe reduce the number of orders taken to ensure quality service is provided.

Was over a hour late and had half my items missing so then took another 45 minutes to get the rest of my food

Alot of money for the quality...and a tiny Tiny pot of curry...

Not the greatest takeaway we've ever had. Bit of a disappointment but it was edible at least.

Stone cold. (Microwaved for 1 min with lid on and still cold) driver got lost despite instructions and 2 phonecalls

Veggies are great, big portion, good stream rice, nice service.

Nice authentic Chinese food at reasonable prices.

by far one the best meals ive ever had service was phenomonal and the food was just as good everyone was lovely and the food is very reasonably priced

Best Chinese in York! I don’t know how you do it but your battered tofu is just incredible. Sometimes it comes breaded which I am not a big fan of but the salt and chilli tofu from tonight was the best yet. Everything was cooked to perfection and it arrived early. I absolutely love this restaurant. All the food is good and myself and my husband go here every time we want Chinese food and it never disappoints. For me though this tofu is my absolute fave so please don’t change back!!!

You would think for the prices they charge that the food would be excellent. Unfortunately this was not the case. Wrong meal was delivered, the majority of which I did not eat as the meat was awful and the dish had a very peculiar smell to it. The boiled rice came as one claggy block that could not be separated. Everything was extremely salty as well, I was up all night drinking water. Avoid. Spend your money elsewhere.

One of the dishes was wrong. Ribs and chips were good, but other three items were not. Bad value.

Lovely stuff! Just like shakin Stevens would say....!

really nice food and a very friendly delivery driver. really happy :) thank you!

A great meal had. No issue with it being late and the deliverer apologised.

Incredible, the special curry, special fried rice & noodles were absolutely incredible quality some of the best I've ever had. The banana fritters were gross.

Amazing soup and noodles, my mum really needed it.

Chips were cold but still enjoyable

Fantastic meal with my wife using a Groupon voucher. The food was excellent really tasty and plenty of it Staff really polite, helpful and friendly. Couldn't understand why there where not more people in. This is the second time that we have been in and it gets better each time, lots of takeaways going out, but lots of room in the restaurant. Amazing beef chow mein, beef in black bean sauce, meat spring rolls salt and pepper chips and prawn crackers. we will be back!

Unfortunately the food was awful the rice was old & the ribs were old. We couldn't eat it! Money back would be appreciated Also you could test it had been put in the microwave definitely not fresh

The delivery guy was awesome, very polite. Food is so yummy and was packaged well. Will be ordering often ❤️