River Fortune in South Lakeland

Our second visit to No1 Great food and service again. Easy online app order, cooked fresh and ready on time for collection

One of the worse Chinese meals we have had. We ordered: Chicken and sweet corn soup Noodle box with beef and black bean Chicken fried rice Szechwan pork Salt and pepper chips All of it had no taste apart from the salt and pepper chips. The chicken and sweet corn soup was very gloopy and had hardly any chicken. The beef looked like beef but it had a weird texture to it and didn’t taste right. The pork… you get lots of meat in the tub, but the flavour was not great… it was like a red sauce with some chili in it. The chicken fried rice- there were small blacks bits as though stuff had come off a pan. The chicken was extremely soft but on the top soft side that I felt it was not chicken. The staff are very friendly, they gave us some free prawn crackers which were good and fortune cookies. You could pay by card which was a plus, but we won’t be back having spent just under £30, we were disappointed on quality and taste.

2 hour Wait for food and then subpar food after been fobbed off on timings and told being late is part of the delivery process Bring back the previous owners Order from Beijing house in the future if you want quality food and delivery on time

Read all the reviews (mostly not good)and thought I'd give them a go myself and give them a chance. Got the meal home and the chicken was absolutely disgusting and completely inedible. The chips weren't much better. Won't be returning.

Such a lovely chineese will come again

not sure what all the hype with this spot is about tbh, i got my usual chinese order that i get from other places here in kendal and honestly from here it’s not worth the money they ask for. the rice is kinda dry and tasteless. i ordered shredded chicken and i couldn’t taste the chicken, only the coating. for the price you pay you would expect something a bit better. the only upside to this place is that they deliver, but if you don’t mind collecting then i would just go to the silver mounts in instead :/

Excellent service and tasty food!

Ordered a delivery and waited 3 hours

Having been told our food was a 15 minute wait, we proceeded to wait almost an hour for our food, while watching people who came to collect their orders after us leave before us. In total it took nearly an hour and a half for our food to be ready. The woman was apologetic and they were busy, but it would be more helpful if they gave more realistic wait times, instead of saying that it would be ready ‘as soon as possible’ The food itself was very average- the shredded chicken contained no chicken and was essentially just fried batter and the dim sum platter was a collection of horrible textures with barely a teaspoon of dipping sauce given

The service was abysmal, whe the staff were really polite and friendly the wait was crazy. We ordered over the phone, told it would be 15 and went to collect. After waiting for 30 minutes we asked about our order to be told they're cooking it now... then finally received after another 30 mins. We got the dim sum platter too and was really excited only to be very dossapointed by a very anaemic small selection that was really soggy and tasteless. The rest of the food was average. Nice to get Fortune cookies though.

Ordered at 7pm told 8pm and it’s 9:30pm and still no delivery.

One of the best in kendal food is always good one of my favourite

Excellent food & speedy service

Very nice and friendly staff, would recommend.

Placed an order and got it 10 minutes later. It was hot and steamy ready to be eaten, service was amazing and the food is delicious and succulent 10/10 recommend will have again very soon

Ordered food. Prawn toast, dry, cold and hard, spring rolls quite nice. Hot and sour soup smelt and tasted disgusting and we’ve had it many times over the years in other places. Threw it down the toilet. Sweet and sour chicken sauce was awful. Pink, and tasted sweet with no body or any sour at all! My sweet and sour sauce I make is far superior. Rice didn’t look freshly done and didn’t enjoy it. Second worst Chinese I’ve ever had. Would definitely recommend to avoid.

This Chinese has recently been taken over. The food wasn’t bad before and now it is incredible! The quality of ingredients is first rate and the staff are lovely. Had a busy week at work - so been twice already! I recommend the salt and pepper dishes but the king prawn fried rice is lovely too. Any of the noodle dishes are also worth a try.

Amazing food fresh and hot and great service would deffo recommend

Really good food! New owner do great job! I did ordered before from river fortune and was awful! Now is delicious

The staff were perfectly pleasant but I do not like being lied to. It was absolute chaos on Saturday. Despite the chaos, they continued taking new orders, some of which were prepared before other customer's that had been waiting a long time. I ordered online, arrived 10 minutes before it should have been ready (but 45 minuted after ordering). Upon arrival I was told my food was being cooked. 45 minutes later it was nearly cooked. An hour later I asked for my money back, and thankfully recieved it without conflict, but having wasted an hour of my time. This is not acceptable customer service.

Just as good as before with the added benefit of now doing delivery and taking card. Food was lovely.

Chicken was cold and almost raw .bad service. Curry oh my god disgusting. How are they still open

All of the food tastes old and is covered in powder seasoning

A+++ been 3 times now and food and service spot on keep up the good work see u all soon

Chicken in the balls a little tough, vermicelli was amazing and the noodles soft and tender 4.5/5

Stopped in on our way home after a long day, immediately the staff gave our toddlers a fortune cookie each. We ordered and had some great food, the staff were friendly, considerate and the service was pretty quick. 100% will return!

Beautiful food and great service!

Could be dangerous living so close to No 1 Chinese takeaway. Second night running in here, the food is so good , the place lives up to it's name.

Excellent great improvement from last owners 👏

Finally a delivery takeaway in Kendal. Food was lovely and had so much more fragrance and flavour than others in Kendal. Lovely fresh veg too. Wasn’t greasy. Keep doing the same and don’t cheapen your products or service!

The English woman on the till was amazing and so polite and couldn’t do anything more to help

The recent changes at No1 Chinese Take Away under the new management have completely transformed the dining experience. The food has improved tremendously, offering a blend of authentic Chinese, Hong Kong, and chip shop dishes that are nothing short of spectacular. The flavors are richer, the ingredients fresher, and every dish is prepared with great attention to detail. Whether you’re a fan of traditional Chinese cuisine or prefer classic British chip shop offerings, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Customers are raving about the new menu, with many calling it the best Chinese takeaway in Kendal. If you haven’t tried it yet, you’re truly missing out on the best in town!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

lovely people and tasty food! also give fortune cookies :)

Thick slices of pork in the dish I ordered, not strings that you get in other takeaway. Delicious and fast service for pickup

Tried this restaurant couple times and found that they are changed hands recently. The food quality is even better! Loves their sweet sour pork, its delicious !

This new management is very warm hearted and very friendly and the addition of the fountain bring great relaxation to the room

Steam pork dumplings, Meat spring roll, Mixed meat fried rice....trying everything on the menu till I know my favourites...but it's hard to choose 😋♥️😋

Finally a Chinese that delivers and the food is out of world and the delivery Driver was polite .

Great order system via app friendly welcome great food

Great takeaway. Fantastic new owners!

Best chow mein I've had in years, no grease, plenty of crunch with onions and beansprouts and plenty of meat, all so fresh, finally a chow mein I've thoroughly enjoyed!!

Great food lovely staff especially delivery drivers

Ate the food with my feet Absolutely lovely

Great food, short waiting time, all round great service.

Second time here under new ownership. Really great that they take cards now too. Great food of excellent quality and standard. Friendly service. Will definitely return!

Delicious Chinese takeaway around! Fresh ingredients, big portions, and quick delivery. Highly recommend the beef chow mein.

Great food and friendly staff. Thumbs up 👍

Great food and friendly service

As i know this is new owner and this is the best takeaway i tried forever

Special curry...all meat inedible....dog ate more of the meal than I did....good portions, but that's no good if the main ingredient is all fat, sinewy and tastes horrible...don't expect prime beef, chicken and pork, but for God's sake, We are paying and expect a certain standard of food, enough to at least enjoy it and return again !!

Best Chinese food in Kendal, great value and friendly staff

Staying at local hotel for one night and ordered some noodles. Very tasty, good portion size, nice and hot. Would visit again.

Probably I am unfortunate. But this was worst Chinese food in my life.

The place has new owners since my last visit and I must say their offerings appear to have improved.I have since visited again & can confirm their offerings have definitely improved since the previous owners. It's a shame they do not appear to want to open the restaurant. See

Fantastic value for money, food wonderful staff great

I ain't been there. Google maps- GET A GRIP!

I live just down the road from here, and this place is now my favourite takeaway in kendal. Orders are fast, food is great,staff are friendly, and large portions of great variety can't fault it. Noodle boxes are the best 👌 highly recommended

Personally, this is my favourite Chinese in Kendal. I don't often get takeaways but when I do, this place is a must for me. chow mein and prawn toast is wonderful. I also recommend their salt and pepper chips. However all their dishes are wonderful.

Decent food, Decent price- happy with our food and service. Shame it doesn't do delivery

Have had a noodle box previously from River Fortune which was good, but my most recent meal (soup and a main), was far too salty to the point of being inedible. Sorry!

Where do I begin? Went to collect this order in the allotted time they gave us and sat there for an extra 15 minutes to wait for some food. It wasn’t even warm. Got home to find two of the dishes were wrong. Sweet chilli chicken ended up being sweet chilli prawn and vegetable rolls turned to be duck rolls. These were meant for a vegetarian. Not been back since this as it’s really put me off. Only positive is I got some free prawn crackers. Would recommend Beijing house, or Silver Mountain instead

Had two takeaway meals from here recently and couldn’t recommend highly enough. Ordered a variety of dishes, all were good portions, tasted great and still hot when we got them home. Payment is by cash only, no card payment is accepted.

i dont normally go here. boy why didnt i go to where i normally go new fortune.special chow mein. 7 40 for lots of noodles sauce 2 bits chicken 1 prawn a few mushroom and a piece of broccoli .it was certainly special.

Amazing vegan selection, best Chinese in kendal.

Appalling S&P munchy box. Covered in salt and all just thrown in a pizza box. Was expecting something different like a partitioned box. Over priced and ready in 10 Honestly don’t waste your money, go to the silver mountain up the road Crispy beef was fine.

It's decent, good for the price

Take away only 1970's style. Meat too tough to eat. Shrimp soggy, onions undercooked, sauce glutinous jelly, seaweed over seasoned. If this is how Chinese is cooked, don't bother to reopen the restaurant.

Great food, good choice and friendly service. Hopefully one day they will reopen the restaurant

Well where do I start ??? I went to the receptionist & she told me that they don't do sweet n sour pork so of course I was rather shocked & told her that I didn't want to continue my order. She then went into the kitchen & then came back out to tell me that they do do sweet n sour pork so this woman is a liar & I wasn't impressed. I ordered soup ( chicken & sweetcorn & won ton ) both which were disgusting & the sweet n sour pork was extremely soft not crispy at all like previous sweet n sour porks at other chineses I've been too. I left the whole meal & put it in the bin as I didn't want to make myself ill as I wasn't sure if it was cooked properly as it was ready rather fast. I completely wasted my money (£20) & I ordered two sweet n sour porks which both went in the bin. Never again am I coming back after the receptionist lying to me & the food was just revolting. I will stick to my regular Chinese takeaway in future. Only went to this one as the other is closed on Wednesdays. Wish I hadn't bothered...

Great price, new menu, food is lovely and tasty as always. Always happy to come back again for more.

Ordered over the phone with 45 minutes prior to agreed collection. Arrived with the place absolutely packed with no communication from staff. Looked like they were doing one order at a time and took forever - were very quick to take the money but very slow with the “service”. Definitely wouldn’t use this place again after an almost 60 minute additional wait. Blaming “new management” who clearly cannot run a food venue. Really really poor service. Kept telling people a 15 minute wait which was closer to 60. Buyer beware……didn’t even have the right order when we got home 😩😩😩

Amazingly friendly people who run this place, and the food is absolutely delicious! This has become our go to Chinese, way better than others we have tried locally.

Just what you want from a takeaway Chinese. When calling on the phone the girl who answered was polite, efficient and well mannered. Again, when collecting, in the shop, the girl working was smiley, very polite and made the whole experience enjoyable. I don’t usually leave reviews but the girl really deserves the excellent feedback. Food was perfect as expected.

We ordered a takeaway Singapore fried rice, lots of rice would have liked to have seen larger amounts of other ingredients

Missus is obsessed with the bubble teas from here. Almost becoming a daily thing! Highly recommended the salt and pepper chips. Also do a lovely duck satay

Best in kendal but each to thier own, food was fresh and made to order as we was fussy on a chilly dish being cooler.

Staff are unbelievable. So friendly and genuine. Service on them alone 11 out of 10. Food has always been fantastic for us. Fantastic place. 5 start all day

Definitely a place we'd want to return to again and again. The owner and staff were very friendly and welcoming and the food was great, especially the salt and pepper wings - hands down the tastiest wings we've ever tasted. The Special Udon noodles were also very flavoursome and the peach and mango fruit teas with lychee bubbles were sweet and refreshing. The whole order was delicious. Just what you want to enjoy at the end of a long day.

Delicious food, pretty big portions and very friendly staff. Highly recommend.

Absolutely brilliant and tasty food would recommend this to anyone in Kendal or just visiting.

Great Chinese takeaway, reasonably priced food and very tasty. Definitely our go to Chinese for a cheeky takeaway.

Had our first meal off the new menu, firstly I was impressed by the variety of vegan/vegetarian choices, often lacking in many take aways; all the dishes were delicious and the vegan beef and blackbean was probably the nicest I've ever had even before I stopped eating meat! Tasty hot food and friendly service we will go back

Tried this takeaway for 1st time, nothing special. Advertised done in, but doesn't. Food seemed very salty. Hot and sour soup neither hot nor sour. Chicken,ginger and spring onion,salty very little ginger, filled out with lots of onion. Disappointing.

Great food and friendly service

Probably the best Chinese restaurant in town. Too bad they don’t do delivery or sitting in. later edit: this restaurant has gone down hill. Disgusting food.

Delicious, fresh, we love it 😊 our favorite in Kendal, especially because of the friendly service 😊 - they now do boba tea 🤤 what could be better

It seemed strange for a Chinese restaurant to be run by non Chinese and I should have left then . Also requesting CASH only, was strange... the portion size was half the size I was used to in my home town, more liquid than solid and lacking flavour. especially my favourite saltn' pepper chicken The food was edible , but sadly that's as good as it gets

Wow!!! This is amazing. Sweet memories from Hong Kong. Original Milk Tea with Tapioca is to die for.

Great food. Hot,tasty. Great staff.

Restaurant closed due to refurbishment yet does not state that till you get there

Kept waiting on the phone for 12 minutes whilst serving in person customers. That's terrible customer service.

Answered phone straight away for order and on time with order very friendly and pleasant staff and super food delivered thank you River Fortune 😜

Visited here and wasn’t happy about the food. Wasn’t that good and the BBQ ribs had no taste and very hard to chew. The chicken wings were not fried properly bad the yung chow fried rice had no char siu. They should train their chefs.

Brilliant Chinese! My husband and I got takeout, I rang up and organised a collection time. Food was lovely and warm, extremely tasty and is definitely the best Chinese we’ve ever had. Such good OK sauce, and lovely fresh chicken.

Been a few times recently food was good but got some of the order wrong once but it was only the rice

Really great food and quality and thankfully was worth the wait given that from our phone order when husband said he’d bring his card, it wasn’t pointed out to us it was cash only 😮 Cue husband traipsing in to town for cash, locking his pin, me going to rescue him, all to pay for the takeaway. Had it not been for that, we’d give it 5 stars for value and taste

Food was ok. Had to wait 15 mins past the time I was told to go and collect my food

Excellent carryout. Ready on time.

Excellent food and service; thank you!

Quality of food is great and service really fast. Recommended.