Rickshaw in North Somerset

Not since before Lockdown have we used Rickshaw and will be the last. Yes the meal arrived quickly and felt hot while taking it home. That’s were it ended, The food was so Greasy it was disgusting. I have never had such greasy food. The Pancakes were Running in grease. It actually ran over over breadboard and onto the work surface. Same with the Chicken Balls. Fired Rice was dry. We both feel sick after it. Well it goes to say we didn’t eat it.

Easy to order but you will be told 10 minutes for order to be ready. In the past this has ranged from 10 minutes to over 30. Food however is of good quality and good value for money.

Stopped at the Rickshaw for the first time to pick up a light evening meal. We were very happy with our food selection. The lady at the counter was very helpful and friendly. She said she came to the UK from Hong Kong 40 years ago.

The best Chinese Takeaway in the area, lovely noodles and Sweet & sour. Great quality and value food, highly recommended!

We've tried a few chinese in the area but this one is our go-to. fast service and lovely staff. Portions are big and tasty!

Consistent food over the years, good value for money. I'd always recommend Rickshaw as my go to. Excellent

We have lived in Portishead for almost three years and Rickshaw has been one of our go-to takeaways. I didn’t even enjoy Chinese food until trying Rickshaw. Ms. Betty had always been a joy. Thank you!

Years back I wrote a review saying how disappointing this place had become, but we've been using it a lot the past year and are 100% happy with it. The food is generous, cooked quickly and delicious, we've taken to eating from here once a week now and love it.

Sad to be writing bad review, but the last 3 times we’ve had a takeaway from here we’ve found long black hairs in several of our dishes. We’ve ordered from here for a while now and think the food itself is actually very tasty, especially the salt and pepper chicken! But hair in food this many times in a row has put us off massively. Very unhygienic!

My Family think this is the best chinese in the area. Allways tasty and great quality.We have been using the Rickshaw for over 30 years and astounded by the negative review !!

Good, honest, tasty, reasonably priced Chinese, in my opinion the best Chinese in Portishead, Betty is a bit of legend and this place has long been a fixture of Portishead

We ate from here for almost a year now. Rickshaw chip shop is my favourite place in portishead.. and there aren’t many voices I like to hear than the Chinese lady there. Music on my chips, that is the curry for me when I place my order.

Chicken satay skewers were ojay. They gave us boiled rice when we ordered fried. Prawn curry was very watery as was the chop suey. Would not get food from here again

Ordered a takeaway from here. Pork balls full of gristle, chow mien very greasy, curry had no taste at all

You take your chances here. Sometimes it’s good but sometime it’s not and you vow never to go here again. The quality of food has definitely gone down hill over the years as has the service, often abrupt and rude. Often the phone is left off the hook as staff are too busy to take orders. The curry can be very good but I’ve never had one the same as this anywhere else. They only take cash and you need to check your order upon leaving. Many a time we’ve had the wrong item. Sadly no real competition in the town for the owners to up their game.

We had a takeaway from here a few days ago and it was awful. The chicken balls were chewy and tough, the meat in the curry rubbery. Would definitely not order from here again. There are better Chinese takeaways in town.

Always good and never disappoints. Best value take away in Portishead. Recently tried another take away but will be returning here as there is no comparison on taste and value.

We had a carry-out again yesterday. The food was hot, tasty, but the portion are huge - a dish for one easily feeds two, and there was some left over for the next day. Great value.

My mum and I have been using Rickshaw for the past few years and not once have we been disappointed. The food is always piping hot and very very flavoursome. Betty is always so good to us both and the chefs are superb. Would highly recommend this amazing Chinese!!

Highly recommend the Special Curry and Fried Rice. Can get very busy so a good idea to order over the phone.

Have given this take-away 3 chances over the years and each time very disappointed with food and service, the woman when we phoned to order was very abrupt and the dishes we had were heavy, oily, and did not have the flavours you would hope for in good authentic Chinese cuisine, in fact they tasted as if they had been cooked in chip fat!

I don’t normally write reviews, but had such bad food from here that I felt this was needed. I used to love this Chinese for the odd weekend treat. We ordered a Chinese mixed starter for two which was ok, the seaweed was really salty though. Main consisted of beef chop soy which was awful, it was gloopy, full of thickening agents/msgs and no vegetables. We couldn’t actually eat it. I will never be going back. To be honest I wouldn’t even give this food to my dog! Really bad show Rickshaw, not sure what’s going on, seems like they’ve changed chef or something. Do yourself a favour and get a good kebab from Esmeralda’s instead! I wish I took a picture to post it up here!

Never had a bad Chinese from here. Good food at a good price. You can order on the phone and collect in about 15 minutes. Always ready by the time we get down there. Betty is a lovely lady and often throws in a free bag of prawn crackers.

The quality of the food is first rate. The cost is very reasonable. The place is popular and there is often a wait - best to phone in your order. Always service with a smile.

I used to use this takeaway a lot over the years, but the last few visits the food has been very bland and very greasy. I can only assume the chef must have left! The chow mien is really greasy and the cuts of meat in the other dishes are not good quality at all. The egg in the egg fried rice is almost impossible to find. Portishead needs a better Chinese takeaway. I love good Chinese food, but they don’t serve it here.

There is normally a queue, but it is well worth the wait. The food is always good quality, and greatvalue for money

Rude beyond being rude, would be how i would sum up the staff of this establishment. really the staff should be reeducated in how to speak to customers after they have eaten and paid for their meal.

We decided to try this place as our normal one was undergoing some refurbishment . I wished we hadn't . The quality of the food is still poor and we realised why we had stopped using it.We had 4 different dishes and none of them were up to much.

The best Chinese for miles. What more can I say, it's all about the flavour and Rickshaw is the best. Only draw back is they are cash only - however, it's right next to a bank with hole in the wall facility. It's also worth ordering in advance wherever possible as it does get very busy, particularly Friday and Saturday nights.

Recuerdo la apertura rickshaw en los días cuando el ajo era difícil de encontrar en la high Street. Realmente no cambian, aunque la máquina de fruta ha desaparecido.

Este es un sitio agradable con comida de buena calidad. El servicio es bueno y la comida es deliciosa. No aceptan tarjetas.

Sabroso, caliente, buena elección, personal amable. Abierto 6 días a la semana. Ojalá viviera más cerca, ya que nunca lo nuevo :)

El servicio es bueno, los precios de la comida son normales, pero la comida me pareció demasiado grasiento para mi gusto, y nada especial. También parece que falta algo de sabor, lejos prefiero el 'otro' lugar a lo largo de la carretera, donde he estado yendo por años, pero de vez en cuando todavía me pide de aquí si estoy hambriento y cerca. La propietaria es agradable y servicial, y no tendrás que esperar demasiado tiempo para su comida. . .

El más simple y sosa Chino que he probado nunca. El especial de curry es amarillo brillante con unos trozos de ensalada de pollo y langostinos congelados 5 pequeñita. Costillas estaban grasientos.

Food always hot. Quality very good. Would certainly recommend to anyone wanting a Chinese meal to eat at home.

Loads of dishes to choose from always come out with too many. Always yummy, she does a nice wonton soup also. Best thing about this place is everything's always 10 minute haha

You know what it's like. You're on the way home late in the evening, you're starving and can't be bothered to cook. Chinese it is, then! The first Take-away was busy, the second not. Now I know why....I can forgive the shop feeling a bit run down and grubby inside; perhaps they put all their efforts into the food? Nope. I only ordered a spring roll, a noodle dish and, as I hadn't had it before, barbecue gravy. The spring roll was pretty good. The noodles were probably ok but, having poured the BBQ gravy over them, I couldn't really eat them. There was no 'BBQ' about it. Nor much 'gravy' to be honest. The overwhelming taste was rather greasy, to the point I went home and made toast. Ho hum. Live and learn.

Been in Portishead high street for years, good friendly service... nice take away, good range of foods and very competitive pricesall in great for a take away...but no delivery service....

My wife and I arrived home starving yesterday evening. To save time we went decided not to go out for a meal, but to go for takeaway. We had the standard meal for two, something we've never done before. It was delicious. One of the dishes was sweet and sour pork balls. I can honestly say we've never had such succulent, tender pork before. All wrapped up in a really crisp batter. Now we're just about to have the left-overs for lunch :o)

It's unfortunate that this once rather great Chinese takeaway has become really very average in the past few years. The quality of ingredients seems to really let it down, and the service at busy times has become appalling as they point black refuse to ever hire new staff. A real pity, could never recommend it now.

How is Rickshaw still in business? The food was so bad we just a mouthful of each dish before throwing it away. I am not sure if the chicken was actually chicken and the ribs were just fat. They couldn't even cook the rice properly. Never going back there - I just pray that we survive the night after eating such vile, greasy and tasteless food. Wish us luck..!

I'd prefer to write about good food but tonight I'm not! Reasonably priced is over priced if it's not nice. I'd go as far as to say it's the worse Chinese takeaway I've ever had. To say Greasy and tasteless is a understatement!

Fantastic Take away in the High Street; HK Chinese and some English dihes at very reasonable price. Always very busy on Saturday nights.

You order, you wait, you leave.It's fast, it's tasty and you lots for your money.The staff, have always been polite and quick(hence theirs sharpness some times)They give you a time for you order of when it will be ready (if you order over the phone) and it's ready on time.Exactly what you want from a take'a'way. Tasty, lots of it and no fuss.

Not written a bad food review before but felt compelled after just having a really awful takeaway from here. Greasy, lacking in flavour and the cuts of meat so cheap they are barely recognisable. Sadly not much competition for Chinese takeaway in Portishead and it shows. Will stick to Indian in future.

How can anyone buy this crap and believe it is representative of good Chinese food? I serve better food to my Labrador. Everything we ordered all arrived looking identical. Battered and fried meats - chicken, pork etc served in sweet orange goo. Just God awful. Sorry to be so negative about this take away joint, but the only thing it had going for it is a picture of Kelsey Grammer with the owners arm around him.

We frequently use the Rickshaw and always enjoyable and very speedy to get the food ready. I love the won ton soup. Quite a wide variety of the usual Chinese fare

Always quick and easy, your typical Chinese menu, Have never had a bad meal from here at all to be honest and I have been going here adhoc for almost 10 years, and still am.

Food served promptly, good authentic tasting food, little fat, and lots of smiles. Great selection and good prices. Brilliant.

I'm so disappointed. My family and I have gone to Rickshaw for years but this time it was disgusting! The customer service is very poor; when I placed the order she immediately hung up! I wasn't told how much it would be or how long it would take so I had to call back just to find out this basic information. The food was fast and ready when I picked it up but that is about the only positive! The food was really terrible. The sauce was watery, the chicken was so rubbery it was barely edible and parts of the food was cold suggesting that it has just be reheated- either way it definitely was not fresh! I'm utterly dissapointed and won't be revisiting. They have just lost what was once a very loyal customer.

I've visited this Chinese takeaway quite a few times, I recommend telephoning your orer through as they always seem very busy. The lady on the phone is very prompt - don't let this put you off! Nice pleasant food, dishes are plentiful and like all Chinese - you get what you pay for. This chinese doesn't seem to be as greasy as others.

Great food , great people we always purchase our food from Rickshaws. Beware they only accept cash but right next door is a cash point

The curry is either really good (exceptional) OR very watery, tasteless ' heat' on a plate! When the father cooks...superb! When the son cooks.....watered down, tasteless slop!Such a contrast between cooks. Unfortunately, it now seems to be now consistently average curry when it used to be worth travelling to experience! I can't speak for other dishes...but we are such curry fans, we have now abandoned this place in search of a better curry.

Food is good enough but the lady who runs it is quite frightening! Wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of her.

I love the Rickshaw. I'm glad I now live in Portishead.I used to serve in the Far East and this is one of the best European based Chinese restaurants I have used. The staff are great. We don't eat there too often - purely because we don't want to end up rotund.If you are visiting and want great food - go here.

Best Take Away in a Portishead, has been for as long as I can remember. Whatever you're doing, keep doing it. Na smile wouldn't go a miss.

Ordered from here for the first time, was told 20 minutes.Got there, the order had been lost and we were waiting overall 1 hour 30 minutes for a simple Chinese.

Had to go back as our order was wrong. Called them and the women was really rude. Actually hung up on me!!! Really bad attitude and poor customer service. Would not use again, shame because food was good.

Tried this lately, as I do during the bank holiday times. Not much change really. Average food, but prices low. It's a belly filler, but not somewhere you could use regular, as a take away eatery. Place hasn't changed in years, and could do with being updated.

Decent portions, good price and if you spend over the £20.00 Mark they throw in free prawn crackers.The woman owning/serving you is traditionally abrupt but very nice with it.Biggest drawback for me is not accepting card payments.For me and my wife it's our Chinese takeaway of choice.

Rickshaws is a great Chinese house. Everything you expect. If you're looking for a quick filler all rounder try the Rickshaw House Special rice. 3 different meats, great sauce with rice in a big deep dish. Fantastic.

Great food , the owner can appear to be a little grumpy but it's just her nature , food is great , a few parking spaces outside , will add or take away anything you want , just let her know , can't speak highly enough of the food