Taste Of China in Northumberland

Quite possibly the worst Chinese takeaway we’ve ever had- greasy and tasteless the sweet and sour chicken had something akin to wood mixed with chewing gum inside and the crispy fried beef was so dry and overcooked there was nothing resembling beef within it- it was so bad you’d have to make a concerted effort to get it like that. The rice was edible but small consolation- a truly awful experience.

Lovely food best Chinese takeaway in Amble

Never again,twice been let down with awful food. Will not order again.

Ordered from here and the rice was cold. They told me to send all of the food that I ordered back with the delivery driver so they can replace it all. When the fresh food arrived. There was no chicken curry and chicken and lemon sauce. Just rice. I rang them up and they were very rude. Women on the phone even had the audacity to laugh at the situation and I was refused a refund. Usually the food is really nice from here. They do tend to be late on deliveries quite often though. Absolutely disgusting customer service. Me we again will I be ordering from here.

I ordered a Chinese takeaway was very nice and different to ordinary Chinese but gave a nice new twist. They forgot the chips but we came back a few days after and we got the chips for free (This was for 3 people very good price everything else was perfect

Just had a meal delivered and I must say it was the worst Chinese ever the crispy beef comes in no sauce and is hard and like eating cardboard worst thing ever as fir the bbq sauce that was tasteless. Never again 😒

Just placed an order was told 20 to 30 minutes, 45 minutes later was told another 15 minutes so got a refund. Don't usually give bad reviews, and realise it was very busy, but simply not good enough.

Went back here for a takeaway since a year ago as heard some decent reviews and what a difference. Absolutely lovely food! Will be going back to try again and hope it’s as tasty as tonight. Prices good, portions good and everything hot on arrival home, freshly cooked. Please keep it up

Lovely friendly people..food cooked fresh. Highly recommended

Another business that doesn’t stick to its opening hours! Walked down to order some food at 9.45 when it says it’s open till 10.30 and it was closed! Have had food from here several times and it’s generally good just disappointed they don’t stick to their stated hours

Worst Chinese meal we ever had, everything swimming in greasy gravy, wrong items in the order, not a nice thing in the order.

Been using this Chinese takeaway for decades ! Always delicious food pickup or delivery !

Phoned order in. Good quick service. Tasty food.

First time using this delivery. Food arrived in time and even though driver got slightly lost, the food arrived piping hot. The food was delicious, with generous portions and not consisting of 75% onions which is so often the case. We’ll be back!

On a positive the portions were generous. Crispy beef in garlic sauce was tasteless and watery. Prawns in ginger and spring onions also was unless you bit into a slice of ginger. The best thing about the mixed combo was the spicy chicken sauce.

Lovely Food and friendly service 😋 👌

The food is good but changes the taste of curries

Curry was disgusting and absolutely not made from fresh, convinced it’s some kind of mix and consistency was like thick glue also got an egg prawn foo yung just awful and absolutely done with this Chinese takeaway this is the third time we’ve had disappointing to say the least food and only went back because it’s on the doorstep. Awful pasty tasting curry and rubbery prawns.

Perfect Christmas Eve takeaway.

Can only agree with the review further down as looks like we ordered a similar meal. How this establishment gets away with serving such poor quality food is disgraceful. The roast duck had been deep fried, it was in batter and served on a bed of pineapple, it was supposed to be served with a plum sauce, I can’t actually work out what the accompaniment was in a separate pot, it did have some tomato in there though! The prawn toast was equally poor as was the rice dish we ordered and the chow mein, how you can possibly get a chow mein, absolutely staggering. A thoroughly unpleasant experience, the majority of the food went in the bin, disgusting.

Good little takeaway, we have used for a year or so now when we are up that way. Loads of choice, not expensive, good portion sizes and quality was even better this time. Keep up the good work

Have given this takeaway too many chances. No more. Its the worst Chinese food I've ever had plus a black hair on the side.

Having read some unfavourable reviews I decided to give this takeaway a try. The staff are friendly, the food was really nice, portions were decent. I have no complaints at all. Some of the moaners should think twice about posting bad reviews which can affect good hardworking establishments. If there is a wait it's because they are busy freshly cooking meals.

Where to start... Duck was a confit of shoe leather on a bed of boiled and cooled pineapple (I think) Plum sauce was presented as anemic veg floating in a bile reduction. Spring rolls cleverly veiled a gelatinous soupson of something-or-other around a thread of carrot. Battered twigs masqueraded as deep fried crispy beef. Deepfried sesame toast sandwich with a prawn flavoured simulated chicken slice was an interesting twist to remind us the underlying attempt at Chinese themed cuisine. They cooked us chips as the highlight. I'd say this was "utterly gobsmacking", but I'd be worried someone would construe that as a pleasurable oral sensation. Instead, think about this like the culinary equivalent of Tai Chi's Fa Jin. It rendered me speechless, dry heaving, took me 24hrs to recover and left me wishing I'd never been such a stupid and unwitting victim. Amble, I will be back, but not for the Taste of China I'm afraid.

We visited amble on a short holiday and used the Tast of China twice. The food was superb, piping hot and staff were very nice. What more could you want. 5 stars +.

Lovely food. Staff great never had an issue

Literally never had a bad meal from here. Staff are always super polite, the food's always hot, and most importantly for a place like this, the foods not overly greasy. We travel pretty far to get it because we love it so much

We sampled the Chinese takeaway from Taste ofChina whist on a short break in Amble We had the two meats curry ,fried rice,battered lemon chicken along with two chop suey rolls.Along with this we were given complimentary spring rolls and prawn crackers. The beef and chicken were really tender,the prawnsfresh and large.The chop suey rolls were large and well filled. The staff were really pleasant and the doors into the kitchen were open so you could watch the food preparation if you wanted. Value for money, would recommend.

Always used this takeaway, unfortunately the service recently had been disappointing. Delivery person can't close our gate! Which is a security issue for us. (Although they do manage to open it!) After many years of loyalty we will now be looking elsewhere! Also, always order the same dish, sometimes get extras sometimes don't! Takeaway don't seemed bothered at all. Disappointing!

Superb. One of the best takeaways I've had, and the portions are impressive. Highly recommended.

Takeaway Chinese best food in Amble

The salt and chilki boxes offered a lot for the price. The set meal for one at around £11 was exceptional value and easily provided enough to feed 2

Great food always pleasant staff

Pleasant and prompt service. Unfortunately the food was ghastly. Only ordered chips mushroom and gravy. When I got it opened, it looked like someone had blasted it with a blowtorch...all blackened. If I didn't know better, id have said it was stuffed in a polystyrene tray and microwaved (for far too long). Got my money back and lost my appetite!

We often order from here when staying at our caravan. Duck pancakes are delicious and a plentiful portion. Chicken Batter balls always tasty, well crisped batter. Peking sauce has an almighty kick, we love it. Only negative is the gravy is a far too salty for our liking, but thats a small thing when everything else has always been so good 👍

waiting time very quick, food was yummy and good size portions. Good value for money.

Had a meal from here tonight and couldn't fault it. Great taste, good size portions with plenty of meat and veg. Ready for collection at the time they stated and staff very friendly. Would recommend.

Our favourite Chinese takeaway, good food at good prices and reliable

Lovely food and spotlessly clean

3 hours for a delivery, think not terrible service.

First time we’ve used here and very impressed. 2x difference rice satay chicken, prawn toast, s&s chicken balls, spare ribs, prawn crackers, pre ordered no waiting piping hot, can’t fault anything. Will be back next week 👍👌

Absolutely disgusting I wouldn’t feed this to my dog .. never going back . Everything was cold. Crispy duck was covered in pineapple that mage the batter soaking wet and soggy. Chicken was like chewing boot leather . Not impressed

Food was nothing like it was described , i was starving on my last legs and i get served this awful takeaway . Firstly surrounded by yobs in the street and then walk into your dump and rudely slammed my so called “food” onto the desk .WORST FOOD EVER

Food is always good and staff very pleasant

Two hours ten minutes for an order that was to be will us in an hour to an hour and a half, food was barley warm, shocking service, I feel this takeaway is going downhill

Not great. One of the meals we ordererd was chips, sausage and gravy. It came mixed with peas and onions and the gravy looked take tar and appeared to be black bean sauce.

After working hard all day I was really in need of a treat. Luckily Taste of China deliver for £1:50. I ordered the set meal for 1 at £12. Included were 2 mini spring rolls, 2 mini samosas, 2 chicken balls with a small tub of sweet and sour sauce. A good sized pot of chicken and sweetcorn soup and a bag of prawn Crackers. I could choose any main from a really good selection, so I chose crispy shredded beef with sweet and sour sauce. The set meal also included a good portion of egg fried rice. The soup was piping hot and very nice. It was slightly sweeter than I'm used to, but still tasty. The starters were all lovely and crispy, although they were quite tepid. Very tasty though. The curry put mentioned in the menu is the samosa 😁 The main was lovely too. Nice crispy beef that was not greasy at all. A good sweet and sour sauce that contained onions, tomato, pineapple, carrot and peppers. Plenty of sauce too. The prawn Crackers were crispy and fresh. The only problem I experienced was trying to find the menu online. I found a photo on their Facebook page but it was out of date. Luckily it was only the prices that differed I think. Delivery was 15 minutes earlier than expected which was a bonus. I'll definitely order from Taste of China again.

Arrived and waited outside due to limited numbers allowed in the shop which was fine. Eventually got inside and and still had to wait 30 minutes for our order which we placed over the phone. 60 minutes aftter arriving we finally got our food.

Bloody 3 hours don't thing so I what it for my not my bloody super

Looking forward to a Chinese takeaway during the lockdown period. First time using Taste of China but probably the last. Worst Chinese I"ve had for ages.

Returned last night and I’m glad I did. Previous couple of times the food wasn’t so good but last night our 2 meals were excellent.

I think the food could be more tasty, there is plenty of it, but nothing special. Needs better curries.

Ordered bbq ribs was given gravy ribs, took them back to be told they were bbq ribs but their sauce was very dark LOL ordered sweet and sour ribs instead to be told they would be much smaller. Opened them to find 6 ribs not much bigger than my thumbs and a carton full of carrot,tomato and peppers. Would not recommend

Rained in on Amble links caravan park we rang for a delivery which was prompt and efficient. They rang us back as soon as the meal was leaving the shop and I met them at the entrance to the site as they could not enter due to the security barriers.The order only took 30-35 minutes and the food was delicious, huge chunks of chicken in the house special fried rice. We enjoyed it so much we used the same service again 2 nights later. There are 2 Chinese takeaways in Amble and we haven't tried the other one as yet but will definitely use Taste of China again on our next visit.

Often use taste of China for my meals but the last couple of times it hasn’t been up to the usual standards. Crispy shredded duck was moist and microwaved , certainly not crispy! The crispy shredded chicken was not crispy . It was like a deep fried twiglet. Rock hard and very little meat. Might use the Chinese at the harbour instead

A welcome takeaway - food very tasty, hot and wrapped well. Staff very friendly and helpful. A wait of about 20 minutes from ordering within the shop.

Excellent Menu and Quality Food

Had a takeaway from this chinese meal. We ordered chicken with ginger and spring onion sauce and egg fried rice. The portions were large and the meal was one of the best chinese meals we have had.

I try to be constructive but nothing about our meal was nice. The noodles were over cooked and soggy, the sweet and sour chicken tasted like it has been reheated a couple of times and was really hard, the duck was fatty....but they did supply plenty of pancakes for the crispy duck which was good. Perhaps out tastes are different but none of the 4 of us liked it!

We had visitors so decided to order a takeaway from here. Ordered special curry, fried rice and salt and pepper chips, a satay flavour chow mein with king prawns and chicken and a singapore chow mein. All food was delivered promptly and was piping hot and delicious.

Prompt service and food always good.

I normally get the king prawn with fried rice once a week which is consistently very tasty, I also use the delivery service who's drivers are very friendly & efficient.

Rang for a meal for four as we had unexpected visitors. Ordered a soup and spring rolls and two noodle dishes, a lemon chicken and beef fillet in black pepper sauce. Our visitors really enjoyed it.

Honestly can't say I have ever had anything but really nice tasty food from here It's really a very nice take away, food is very good, well worth a visit I don't live local to it but if I am in the area or passing I always call in

Ordered the Singapore Noodles - unusual and different ingredients to what we have experienced elsewhere but it was OK. We also ordered a satay flavour chow mein containing both chicken and prawns, a dish we have had many times before from here however tonights was not up to the usual standard we expect from here.

We chose a selection of dishes and they were all delicious, portions very good. Would definitely recommend

Lovely meal tonight from amble taste of China

Wouldn't go there again, No flavour in the food, and they use spam as ham.....Rank !!

Fantastic food, one of my favourite takeaways! Lovely staff too

Very poor two meals bought two meals left two meals Chicken sweat and sour Hong Kong Crispy beef with garlic and chilli Rice not cooked people’s noodles soft, beef and chicken with no flavour

Reasonably priced, fast service with a smile and fab food.

A nice and tasty Chinese takeaway with all the usual dishes and a few different choices. Reasonably priced too.

Very quick and very friendly. Food was excellent and loads of lovely chicken.

Very good, quick service, tasty food. Fab price!

Bank Holiday Monday Night. Amble had been busy. The take away was as a result busy.

Was a Saturday night bout 9pmbut it was extremely busy...told 29 min wait but was more like 49..food was excellent though..i had Hong Kong style sweet n sour chicken with rice and other half had beef noodles with chilli.

Get takeaways from here sometimes - we take turns in choosing the venue as he prefers the curry at another takeaway. Great selection of dishes available - more than your average chinese takeaway

Miserable staff, miserable food.

One of the decent takeaways that actually delivers.

Chips bone dry as were the ribs. Kept warm for many hours. Also the ready cooked chicken not good in the Thai sauce. My wife got special chow mein with one piece of chicken and 3 prawns. In a word the whole order was revolting. We binned it and went elsewhere.

Quick delivery, food piping hot and delicious

similar to lady who reviewed 2 earlier...I ordered deep fried shredded beef...never again I'm not sure how they cook it but its not like any other I've had anywhere else. left half of it

We often get take aways good tasting food and the staff are helpful and friendly ,there is a good selection of food to choose from.

Have just had worst takeway meal ever. We ordered the wrong food I suppose crispy sweet and sour pork. This came with the equivalent of a whole tin of pineapple and not the best. the meat looked like mushrooms in batter. The crispy duck was ugh could have been any grey meat and tasted as though it had been cooked ages ago. Both the sweet and sour and plum sauce tasted and looked the same with a chunk of raw tomato several large pieces of raw onion, pepper and carrot. The plum sauce i dont think ever saw a plum. They gave us complimentary prawn crackers ( cant bear them) and some crispy rolls and samosa type things. Dont want freebies just want honest good food. At least the chow mein was an honest representation. But no sign of egg in the fried rice. I cook stir fries frequently and can do a much better tastier job than this and I'm not chinese. Well it will be a cheese sandwich now. Sorry Taste of China

Gorgeous food, good price. Time stated it would take to arrive - 30-45 mins; arrived in 25 mins. They even put in a couple of free tasters to try out!!

For a quick lazy tea I would recommend the Chinese - good choice of food and good portions. Food quickly made - find it quicker to appear in person than ring an order in! They offer delivery as well which we have found quick in the past.

We'd been out all day and decided to have a takeaway instead of cooking so we thought we'd have Chinese from the Taste of China, really, really nice, great food good prices

Food arrived and it was piping hot. We shared the following: sesame prawn toast, egg fried rice, chips, portion of mushrooms in gravy, king prawn chow mein and crispy chicken with curry sauce. Overall very tasty if a little expensive

Wouldn't go anywhere else now! Its cheap and the food is nice too, not greasy or anything like most takeaways are, the girl on the front desk is english so understand everything and easy to get on with (most places I've been to they can't understand me or what i want!) So this was great. Its on the main street in amble with a huge yellow sign so you can't miss it! Although could do with a revamp!

Four of use had takeaways from there twice as the first one was so good. We where staying in Amble on holiday in August and choose this one as recommended by the lady in the video rental store (yes, they still have one). Two of use had dishes with black bean sauce and it was voted the best black been source we could remember having. All the dishes we bought were good and the service was great. The menu has a section that allows you to choose what meat or vegetables you want in your chow mein and then what sauce you want it in. This worked really well and I had a lovely large vegetable chow mein in black bean source.