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3.5

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Nº 344 in 476 in Stockton-on-Tees

Nº 12 of 16 Chinese in Stockton-on-Tees

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This place is a joke over 2 and a half hours wait food disgusting the whole lot went in bin the only good thing about this place is the polite girl on the phone because the owners are rude never go here again yakkkkkkkk

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Shane D . 2025-01-11

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There are Times when COOKING is a Labour at home : Even for the most Keen. The 'Royal Chef' is One of Our Go To's, as Many Times : We have Been. IT is Even More Convenient , when Delivered to the Door. Of Late; as we've Got Older, we tend to use 'Takeaway', much More. The Food is Delivered quickly : Well within an Hour. Occasionally the Beef is Tough & Difficult to Devour. HOWEVER: TASTY & Indeed, prepared, somewhat To Our Taste. The Sauce was Once to Sweet & Mild for Me ; So: Chef kindly added more Chilli & less Sugar in the Paste!

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Graeme H . 2024-09-23

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The best Chinese takeaway in Stockton, beef chop suey you cannot beat always go there.Staff are always polite and friendly.

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Jack C . 2023-08-06

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Sad to say. It definitely gone downhill from what it was. Avoid the aromatic duck. A tray of fat and little meat again. Was the best in the area at one point. Sad to say 🥲

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gash11 . 2022-11-05

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Have been looking for a good Chinese takeaway and thought I had found it. Friday was our second meal from here and within hours I had severe sickness and diarrhoea all weekend. I won’t be eating from them again.

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Barbara E . 2022-09-20

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If you look at my other reviews I continually bemoan the fact that I cannot find a decent chinese restaurant for love or money. So we stopped trying. Until my neighbour recommended Royal Chef. Honestly, the best Chinese I've had up in this part of the country. The hot and sour soup was the best I've ever had. I had crispy prawns with chilli and sesame oil. Out of this world. My husband loved his two curry dishes, not watery like some of the ones he's ordered. I am baffled why this is not more popular. Makes no sense. It did take a long time to get through on the phone, which is a measure of just how good it is. Honestly will not go anywhere else now.

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MissBeePee . 2021-06-12

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Great food, every time we order from here our food is delicious. This is one of the best chinese take-aways in Stockton. The service is ways very friendly too, the guy who runs the place is always very polite!

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Dom H . 2020-12-05

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Great place, on a visit to see friends we elected for a meal from Royal Chef, and we were not disappointed. The salt and chilli ribs excelled, and all other dishes were sublime..... 🤗🤗🤗🤗

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PaulBr00ks . 2020-08-30

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Good food and reasonable price but be aware that they are a bit behind the times as its cash only salt and chilli chips a bit sparse with the chilli

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Universalvoyager2017 . 2020-02-25

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Excellent excellent excellent!!!!! Have been using this establishment for years now. Food is fantastic every single time. Always piping hot when delivered. Staff are amazing. They remember us when we call and even know what we eat!!! Amazing

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Teddy3358 . 2019-11-08

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Excellent, tasty food, with local delivery available. This is the best Chinese takeaway in the Stockton area!

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Elaine A . 2019-08-31

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Picked up our order which was available to collect within 20 minutes of ordering, spent £30 and it fed 3 adults and 2 kids, and still loads left over which I put in fridge and had another day for my dinner!! It’s probably the only place we use with it been local, and every time I’m there I can see how popular the place is, will use again for sure 👍🏻

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StocktonianUTA . 2019-05-14

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Unfortunately our food was awful, full of msg, tasted very unnatural and not at all fresh. The texture of chicken was horrible - tasted boiled and ‘squidgy’ like elastic, the egg fried rice was NOT fried. Worst Chinese take-away food that I have ever experienced. The only thing that was edible was the prawn crackers, the rest went in the bin. It will be a while I think before I order from a Chinese take-away again, I feel completely put off. On the plus side - The person behind the counter was friendly.

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Angiegram . 2018-12-08

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We order a Chinese takeaway every Saturday night. Years ago royal chef was our favourite and we we used it regularly. This was until I got really bad sickness and diarhoea from it so we stopped using it. We decided to try it again after a few years to see if it had changed. Last night again I was up all night very sick. However my family ate it and they weren't ill so it's not food poinsoning. The only thing I can think is that they use alot of MSG and flavour enhancers and I am sensitive to it. Won't be eating from here again unfortunately.

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Roseblossom124 . 2018-08-19

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very small size , bad value. bad service. i ordered foods, but i got that after one hour. wont order again.

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Gary A . 2018-03-22

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Ordered my meal and was prompt delivery within 30 mins enjoyed what ordered looking forward to another one soon can't fault the service

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colinbN5141QW . 2018-01-24

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Best thing you can do is try it. All the meals I have tried are delicious and far better than comparable meals in other takeaways in the area. Be warned they are closed Mondays.

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The_palatable_pair . 2017-11-13

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