The Chef in Sutton

So 7 of us booked for my daughter’s birthday as this is her favourite restaurant, it was the Saturday before Xmas eve so fairly busy but still a few tables empty. The first thing we ordered was drinks and my daughter ordered Archers and lemonade, I don’t know what was in the bottle but it certainly wasn’t archers, we called the waitress over and asked her to change it for a completely different drink which she did, we ordered our starters with soup first and then automatically the duck came out then of course the main course, the food was hot, plentiful and fresh the couple of things I would pick up on is - we ordered mussels for two people, they got one mussel each the crab claws are crab sticks deep fried never used to be, so really all good. The one thing I thought was completely out of order was that my son asked for clean cutlery and they said no at first they only give once until we had a bit of a moan and she reluctantly gave him a clean spoon and fork. We received the bill paid and gave a generous tip it wasn’t until I got home and realised they had charged us for the Archers and lemonade (poor) all in all won’t stop us going again

A really pleasant restaurant, with equally pleasant & efficient staff. Good standard of food. Is an 'oder & eat what-you-like basis but a la carte menu also available. Circular tables, crisp linen. Perfect for groups of up to 6/8. I reccomend!

Have been coming here for years, and it’s the best Chinese restaurant I have ever been to. Sometimes over the years have ventured out to other Chinese restaurants and nothing compares to this one. Same staff that have been working there since I have been coming. Incredible food. Great staff all at an incredible price!

We tried a range of the starters and mains during all you can eat, everything was really tasty and well cooked. Service was excellent, thought the self order method worked well and never felt like we were waiting for too long!

Great chinese restaurant, eat-in, take away or delivery options. Lovely choices of food, good portions and tasty. Friendly service and good value, set price per person. Licensed bar, plenty of indoor seating. Lovely meal, thank you.

Very pleasant Chinese restaurant offering all-you-can-eat options. Great for family outings. Staff very pleasant.

I've been going to this restaurant for over 20 years and have never been disappointed. Attentive staff and great food. Round tables to suit large bookings. Eat as much as you like evening menu cooked to order and served at your table - great value for money £21 pp including duck..

Lovely friendly staff, great Place to spend an evening. Food is good , small portions but you can order more.

If your kids are hungry don’t ever Order from here! Waited over an hour and a half for delivery for me to then have to ring to see where our order is to then be told another 29 minutes. Wouldn’t have been such an issue had they have had the customer service to call us and let us know!!! But nothing! Cancelled ordered and was happy to refund. After being a customer for over 15 years and this is the treatment you get. Their number is now deleted off my phone book!

I’ve lived in Worcester Park for over 40 years and this is the first time I’ve been here. Pleasantly surprised. The “Eat as much as you like” buffet menu is very nice and reasonably priced. I found the staff to be polite and very efficient

Avery cozy environment with a very friendly greeting. A family of 6 celebrating our mums 86 birthday and child friendly. Ordering was fast and delivery to the table excellent. The food had plenty of flavours as not cooked in the same pan for each dish. We where not rushed and totally enjoyed our experience.

Staff were really friendly. One positive However Food was cold, and should be served on a hot plate, processed chicken over cooked and like rubber, crispy beef was not crispy but overcooked. We had the all you can eat for less than £20 each, weren't told that dessert was extra, so paid £62 quid for cold processed food...i Can't understand all the positive reviews, my standards must be high or the chefs standards don't exist.... sorry 2 out of 10 the 2 is for the very hot banana and apple fritters..... thank god I didn't take anyone else here.

I moved to Worcester Park in 1999, and this restaurant was there then, so that tells you something about it given the state of the restaurant industry. They've had the same "Eat All You Like" menu for over 20 years. Currently £18 per head. We used to go quite a lot with the kids when they were young but not recently for a few years because it is so inherently unhealthy (and our kids are now adults). However, we still like a treat and had forgotten in these Covid days that we can still go out. Value for money here is exceptional. We had as much as we wanted to eat plus a bottle of wine for £60 including tip. Everything is sugar coated but a once in a while treat is ok (isn't it?). Service was good but they should change the cutlery between courses. Will definitely return - maybe with our adult kids.

Title says it all really. Set price menu and you 'graze' as you wish. All the standards just keep on coming as long as you order and eat them. Enjoyed all my food bar the deep fried squid. I'm sure I'll be back. Recommended - if you fancy a Chinese!

Fantastic place! The food was lovely and the service was outstanding. Great value too! Spend Christmas Eve here with family and friends, and the restaurant was deservedly very busy.

Myself and seven family members went to the Chef for my birthday.The restaurant was very bright and inviting,the staff were very friendly and helpful and the food was amazing. Shall definitely return.

Had a lovely evening here with friends on a sat night, staff were good and didn’t rush you , ice cold beers and the food was really good , me and my other half will be back again in the future , good value for money. Crispy beef was yummy.

This is certainly great value for money. What sets it aside from other similar restaurants is that the food is so fresh- it’s not the usual Chinese restaurant where the dishes are pre-cooked and left laying around for hours. Everything is cooked to order. Nothing is too much trouble for the staff. Brilliant experience.

I had an excellent meal - the vegetarian crispy duck pancakes were OUTSTANDING, indistinguishable from non-vegetarian ones, definitely a dish to look out for. Toffee apple was as it should be, hard brittle toffee with sesame seeds covering soft apple. Price of £25 was very reasonable for a three course meal including beer (I'd also had the sweet and sour soup, nice)

I made sure to scratch my scrotum before taking a mint! It adds flavour and I made sure to touch every single crack!

This restaurant is very welcoming, friendly, and well run.The food is extremely good and plenty of it if you wish,good service, very clean, and reasonably priced

A group of us went to this restaurant for a midweek meal. The restaurant had one other table occupied with a small group of diners. This is a buffet restaurant where you can order what you want from the menu for £18 per person which is good value. We were sat at a round table. We asked for a selection of starters which we were given. When one of our group asked for one of the items on the menu not provided in the selection (ribs in a sauce) the waiter and waitress appeared reluctant to provide it and looked at each other hesitantly. It was insisted we would like the item and we were given a small dish of a few ribs in sauce which were much tastier than the dry ribs given in the selection. The starters were tasty and plentiful and included spring rolls, prawns in batter, chicken satay, prawn toasts, crispy seaweed, salt and pepper ribs and chicken parcels. At the end of the starters as the plates were being collected a few of our group had stacked their plates ready for collection including the forks and spoons they had used. The waiter, when he picked up the plates said they had to keep the spoon and fork. They did not know which of the cutlery were theirs which they said to the waiter but he just stood holding the plate in front of them until they removed the cutlery which they ended up having to take back and clean on their napkins. It was very uncomfortable and was just one of the example of how unfriendly the waiter was. The waitress was quiet and not forthcoming although did smile a little by the end of the evening. The food was OK and reasonably priced. We had the duck pancake rolls and a nice selection of dishes for the main course which tasted good. However, it was the service that left a nasty taste in the mouth which would make me hesitate before going back to the restaurant.

really enjoyed my time here a lovely choice and selection of food great service brillaint value and surprisingly priced, great ambience and relaxing atmosphere a real pleasure and treat

The atmosphere was very quaint with limited tables. The food was ok not amazing. We waited far too long for the main to arrive. It was on a Sunday so it was eat as much as you like for £18 so I was surprised that the place wasn’t more full. The food was oalso warm as opposed to hot amd they didn’t use warming trays. Good value for money but the food wasn’t amazing

Waitress was really nice but food was average and felt it wasn’t worth the price. It was an okay experience over all

I went here with my girlfriend. The food was okay nothing special. There is no music in the background which I think there should be, its just a weird atmosphere you will know what I mean if you go. Probably won't go back.

We had a lovely lunch can’t really complain the waitress was lovely really good with kids taking about the fish tank the man that serves is a bit quiet I just think that the way he is which is fine , gave her some drawing bits , the food was lovely not a huge choice but was really nice and something for everyone Even my fussy kid I would definitely go again

Went for a family meal, when arriving was met by a stern looking guy who just pointed to our table. We were just given the £18 all you can eat menu and no offer of a normal menu. No time to even look at drinks menu b4 being asked what we wanted , when we said we was not ready the dude just stood over us making us feel uncomfortable.

Yet another great evening. I don't come here very much these days but when I do I always leave thinking I should come here more often

I spent a perfectly pleasant evening with a group of 5 friends trying out the £18 all you can eat menu. You can't really fault it for that, you get what you pay for in life and if you are looking for a cheap Chinese then I guess this is it.

Looked at their website to order for delivery. Website says they will deliver in a radius of 1.5 miles. I wasn't sure if we were close enough so I checked the distance on google maps. Phew we were 1.4 miles, I could have my chinese meal delivered after all, except I couldn't as I was told I was out of area. Perhaps they need to scale back on their promised coverage. I did explain that we were only a few mins by car and on the cusp of Worcester Park to no avail. Oh well someone else we get my money now.

I’ve lived in Worcester Park for 10 years but never tried The Chef before. For some reason they keep the blinds closed and you can’t see inside.

My Wife and myself visited the restaurant on a Wednesday evening for dinner. We were met by the waitress who offered us a seat and when we requested if we could move were met with can only be described as an poor attitude.

Came here with friends and was blown away by the volume of food that was served up for the Friday night dinner buffet - it never stopped turning up !!!

Use this place fairly frequently - they have been here for years so must be doing something right - all you can eat one price menu which is good value. Decor fairly old fashioned and staff not overly friendly (but not rude - just efficient!) ....

Such a lovely place. Waitresses are very attentive and food comes nice and quick. It's all u can eat so u can order everything on the menu and they will bring just enough of each thing for each person on starters and a small dish of each for main course so u can try new things. The wine is good and duck pancakes ate delicious! Make sure you book as they get very busy. Lovely place to go for a leasurly meal with family or friends.

Very friendly staff and all you can eat buffet 7 days at moment. Lovely meal food hot and delicious. Will go again soon

The only menu here is the eat as much as you like for £17. But that's fine. The food was all very tasty, especially the duck course and the mains. Service was quick and friendly ... especially the female Chinese waitress who was lovely.

No estoy seguro de por qué algunas personas han calificado el Chef tan bajo. Fui con mi hijo bastante temprano en un domingo por la noche. Tuvimos el 17 libras "comer tanto como desee la opción "un había mucha variedad en ese menú. El servicio era rápido y amable. La comida estaba bastante buena. El lugar es bastante acogedor y muy limpio.

Nuestra familia han utilizado este restaurante para llevar y comer en comidas ocasionales para un número de años y tengo que decir que siempre ha sido bueno. La comida no es tan sabrosa como cabe esperar en un restaurante de Londres chinatown pero luego se...

Nunca me han decepcionado por una visita al chef. La comida es deliciosa, el servicio es eficiente y amable. Sólo desearía haber traído mi cámara para enviar algunas instantáneas.

Los principales platos eran bastante insípido y las salsas en los principales campos de la misma. La comida no parecen estar recién preparado. Calentar en el microondas? Restaurante vacío. El personal no es muy amable. No volvería. Terrible

Cuatro de nosotros en una cena el miércoles. . En el restaurante. Pero es entre semana. Amigos de Somerset y me encantó la comida. . . . Entrantes. Son geniales, más que adecuada elección. . No hay mucho espacio para un montón de platos principales.

We have had home delivery from them loads of times over 10 yearsThis is now the second time this had happened in the last year delivery very quick but the food YukThe starters were dripping in oil and when you queezed them more oil poured out When we phoned they redelivered a replacement unfortunately these were just as bad but by then we were starving but 50% of it went in the bin I don't think we will use them again What a shame

We tried the Sunday buffet special out and we're not disappointed. The food was fresh and as it is a buffet you do not go hungry!It was great for a social event with friends, but do come hungry as you will want to try everything.We also took a look at their normal menu which is very reasonably priced. Would recommend and would definitely revisit.

Very good food. Great service. Great take away service as wellHas maintained good consistency through the years. Love the food here ❤️

Visited early evening after a very hot summers day and it was welcoming to sit an air conditioned restaurant that is tastefully decorated plush carpets and very comfortable seating. The buffet was served at the table and was plentiful tasty and top Chinese cuisine. The service was excellent and perfect ambiance for a superb meal at the end of a long tiring super day in the sun!!Go enjoy guys we did!!

Not a great atmosphere for an evening meal, no music, bright lighting. Seems clean and well presented maybe for lunch time.Not sure about the food, was put off by the atmosphere. May be more suitable for lunch than dinner.Has take away option too.

Fantastic as always, my son will eat the duck until the cows come home and the starters are the best in the area

Received a menu through the post and thought myself and family would try the restaurant as its local and haven't tried it before. We ordered soup and duck for starters which were amazing, hot and full of flavour!Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the main courses.. We all ordered different courses with different sauces... but they all tasted that same with just different meat or fish in them.. the sauces were nice but nothing special.Overall ok takeaway but there are a lot better and cheaper local places around.

It took us a long time to get back here to try again, as we had very much enjoyed it before. This time it was summer and daylight and it was hard to see from the outside that the restaurant was open - blinds closely drawn and impossible to see inside. It didn't look at all attractive or welcoming. Inside there are no tables near the windows - if you could see in and see people sitting eating it would look a lot more attractive. This time there was hardly anyone there and the service was very brisk. The food turned up so quickly that it clearly hadn't been freshly cooked and it all had that rather 1970s look and taste of being smothered in monosodium glutamate gloop. Maybe we just made the wrong choices, but the dish described as spicy was not remotely spicy. I did mention this and was told to ask for it to be more spicy next time.There are only two types of wine you can have by the glass - red or white. I had a glass of the white, which tasted distinctly odd. I asked what it was, to be told "French". I was shown the bottle, which appeared to be a reasonable regional French wine. I had another glass. This one came up much colder, in a fuller glass and tasted fine. Ah - the first one was clearly the last glass from a bottle that had been open a while and tasted like it.So a disappointing meal. I think the good reviews here are probably from larger groups, when I can see this could be a good place to go, as you can eat as much as you like for £17 and have a good night out. For just two of us on a Friday night when the place is nearly empty it wasn't good.

Friendly staff, lovely starters and great duck. My wife's wine was not too good. Relaxed atmosphere good for families. Lovely fish!

If I tell you, too many might go! A little High Street Chinese restaurant gave my group a spacious table, drinks within minutes, speedy pleasant service, lovely food with lots of variety and a nice ambience. We were all really very pleasantly surprised, but don't go , leave room for me again!

From the outside, its difficult to see in and in all honesty if the place opposite hadn't been full, we wouldn't have gone. But since then, we've been back! They offer a fixed price menu during the week and although the portion sizes are maybe smaller than some, this gives you the chance to sample as many dishes as you like. They almost go out of their way to get you to try more than you normally would. Restaurant is a good place for quiet meal and the food is really good. As someone who likes their chinese, this is one of my favourites! Ignore what it looks like, go inside!!

This is by far the best Chinese Restaurant around. Personally, I would recommend visiting this restaurant between Sunday and Friday, as you get the choice of using the midweek special buffet. This allows you to keep ordering from the menu, with small portions of each dish brought to the table - all in all, this makes excellent value for money.The food here is stunning, and the staff are very polite and helpful. If you haven't been here before, try it, you will not be disappointed.

Thought I'd try for the first time. Ordered crispy fried pork noodles for takeaway - there was nothing crispy about the noodles at all?! More like an ordinary chow mein - disappointed

We went here as a family group, I was a bit dubious but needn't gave worried. We sat down, were shown the buffet menu and given a pad - seemed odd but it works! We were brought prawn crackers to munch on, whilst we decided in starters which was a nice touch. Having worked out what we wOuld eat and having irdered it, we sat back whilst it was prepared and delivered, very efficiently. System cracked, we progressed to more arts of the meal.Overall, a lovely evening, nice service at a dour price.

Meal was really nice plenty of food you could order exactly what you wanted staff were really pleasant and you are not rushed have been going there to meet up with people I used to work with .

For a mere £17 we got some of the best Chinese food I've ever had and as much as I wanted of it can't recommend this place enough!

Ordered for a special Birthday .Very disappointing .Stale food tasting of overused oil . Very expensive .Won't be using them again

I have been to this restaurant last week and had very good Chinese food in there but the service wasn't good so in future I will maybe have takeaways

We went there as a family for a mid-week meal, this is what happens when all four of you work and nobody fancies to cook! So after debate we settled on Chinese cuisine and drove a few miles to this restaurant. It was almost empty. The interior looked as it had seen better days, honestly I have seen Chinese takeaways in better nick than this restaurant.So to the food. You are directed to the fixed price menu and on the surface £17 a head and eat as much as you can manage seems quite seductive. And, as we were all hungry this seemed like a good deal. Alas it is not. We ordered a variety of starters, usual stuff, barbecued spare ribs, roast duck, and so on. The barbecued spare ribs appeared suspiciously quickly - freshly made they were not. They dripped in oil and and tasted as though they had been re-fried. Flavour was not bad but neither was it good. The duck was a bit better, but very dry and lacking in flavour. Still once you added the hoisin sauce, spring onions and cucumber it was palatable. There were other dishes, Singapore noodles were fairly tasteless. Only one dish stuck out a Malaysian spicy chicken, that was quiet delicious. As I came to settle the bill, £68 + tip, it struck me that actually had we ordered the dishes that we ate it would have come to a lot less - so beware of these offers. The other thing that struck me, and this was far more important, my local Chinese takeaway in Cheam near the station cooked far superior food, freshly made, great texture and full of flavour. So this one was a definite miss.The service was warm and polite, no complaints about that.

We have visited the Chef for family birthdays and have nev been disappointed. We have always taken their eat as much as you like offer. The food is good and there is plenty of it. The service is excellent. Not overpriced and wine is reasonably priced.

Overpriced rubbish, been for the other menu. Forcedto the Al a carte as we went on a Saturday, empy restaurant and for good reason. Surly staff, best bit of the restaurant is the fish tank.

Excellent choice of food staff pleasent nice meal with friends all you could wish for in Chinese food great variety and always ready to add more food

Have now been here several times. The food is always very good and so is the service. We went there with our friends recently who used to work abroad and they said this was the best Chinese food they have had back in the UK.

I should be on a diet but I can,t stay away from The ChefWhen me, wife and a bunch of kids feel particularly hungry (greedy) we head here. Some of our kids have chosen it for their birthday dinner venueSunday to Friday it is all you can eat for £17 adults £11 children.This is not a buffet!You are given menus and an order pad and write your order to give to the very attentive staff.It's never ending. Every kind of starter you might want (we've never managed the soup course) then a rest then duck (or lamb) pancake course then menus again for main courses.I don't even know if they do desserts, we are struggling after the Pancakes.£17 may sound a lot but I think the value is there. There is nothing tacky about this place.The tablecloths and napkins are linen, the decor is very pleasant. As an ex chef I can assure you that the food here is not served out of a bains marie. It is always served hot and cooked to order.(notwithstanding obvious bulk preparation)They also do a la carte and take out but we have never tried this .

I have visited this Restaurant for nearly 20yrs,during which time the owners/staff have changed. The food is still varied,a wide choice of starters/mains in their 'weekday special'-where you can order a la carte dishes,as much and as many times as you like. Sadly the flavour was lacking in most of the dishes,so it was very difficult to distinguish the taste between one main dish to another.However,considering I only cost £17 per head,there maybe some corners being cut and I would consider this Restaurant value for money.The staff were attentive and polite. The foods was served piping hot and the timesheet waiting for your dishes to be served was very short.I hope when I visit this Restaurant again,I can increase my rating of it.

So, I've lived near to the Chef since it was built back around 1990 and have witnessed its go through numerous incarnations.Once upon a time it was a great little place to visit but a year or so ago it went downhill badly.I can only guess it is under new management or has a new chef who has heard about Chinese food but has never tasted it. This was a real pity as it's a place I've visited dozens of times in the past but had now scratched it off my list of places to go.Then this weekend, stuck between a rock and a hard place I called for a delivery. The same kind of thing I've ordered before.The food arrived about 20min later and it was (on the whole) tasty :)Happy days, looks like the chef found it's Mojo again.The only real disappointment is it seems the price has gone up drastically. 12 months ago my delivery would have been £35-£40, This weekend the same meal was £65. That's some hike.

Every time I have chanced this little place, the staff have been lovely and attentive.The food can sometimes be very good - but even on some of those occasions, it doesn't feel as fresh as it could do. As if they've just reheated in a microwave.I feel I ought to say - and I hate to be too negative because they really do work v hard to accommodate - but I have had a couple of dishes from them, usually their noodles, that don't make me feel all that well afterwards. Sometimes the flavour just isn't there. And I found a hair in the rice in my latest order.If they could just pay a little more attention to the food - perhaps, with the menu being so varied, they're struggling - this place could go back to thriving.

There is always a first... And for me it was the first time leaving a restaurant due to the staff being nothing but rude. Unbelievable. Well their loss.

Have been to this place many many times and can not knock the place. The staff are really attentive and fun. The food is varied and delicious. You can order your starter and wait to order the main. The ala Carte menu has an excellent selection and we have tried a lot and all very tasty and great portions. Great value for money and would highly recommend it to any one who like Chinese food. We did try the "all you can eat" for a fixed price but virtually impossible to do it justice unless you have a huge appetite!!! This is only available at certain times though.We have taken my father there many times to and he loves the place. So do give it a try.Thanks as ever Joanie and Andy

The all you can eat for £16 menu pp available most nights of the week is such good value for money. It is not buffet style rather you choose from the menu card what you like and the order is placed by the waiting staff. We especially enjoy the starters and have been known to have a couple of rounds of those and then the crispy duck and be too full to go onto mains. we especially like the garlic and chilli prawns in sea salt, the garlic mussels and the Peking ribs. In summary good food and reasonable prices. Very lucky to have such a good Chinese restaurant on our doorstep!

Not a Chinese restaurant person but went with group of friends.As a vegartarian, I expected to have a bit of rice and noodles.However I was given, mushroom balls, sweet and sour sauce, wantons spring rolls and that was just a starter.Crispy"duck"( tofu )seaweed followed and loads of other delicious food was offered and duly eaten. !!.

We had a warm welcome and a lovely meal at the Chef. Five nights of the week they run an all-you-can-eat-for-£16 menu as well as their standard a la carte. We enjoyed hot & sour soup, another starter each, two main courses and rice, and could have had much more for our £16 each, including a crispy duck course if we could have managed it. The restaurant was fairly full and everyone appeared to be enjoying themselves. The service was good without being unduly hasty and we are looking forward to our next visit to try some more of their attractive-looking dishes. We will make sure we are hungrier next time!

I visited this local restaurant to me, with friends who have been before, being a vegetarian I was concerned that I may not have a lot of choice, but I was surprised to say there was a good seperate vegetarian menu which was great. I cannot say I enjoyed the food I ate that much as it felt rather 'fried' and greasy, perhaps chinese food is like this? but it wasn't nice. Apart from the crispy seaweed and the vegetarian 'duck' that was good. However, in my vegetarian vegetable selection, I had a piece of chicken and was just told sorry or to leave it to the side, but this made me not want to eat anything else, I felt that the food must be all cooked together. Service is very good and restaurant clean. They have a fish tank in the restaurant, like many chinese restaurants do, but this one is far too small to accommodate the 4 large fish that are housed in it. They also have a large 12" pleco fish in the tank, which is just pure cruelty as this particular fish needs far more room than the tank he is in. This was upsetting to see and I did try and speak to them about it and hope that something is changed.

The food is excellent and definitely worth a visit. You can order as many different starters as you want the food is hot and tasty. Ideal for visiting with kids and for a relaxed meal with friends

Our friends booked the entire restaurant for their wedding reception. Although an unusual choice of venue, we could not have been better looked after. We were the only guests to ask for bowls and chopsticks, which were promptly produced. The assorted starters were a meal in themselves. Then followed lamb or duck pancakes and a choice of dishes for the main course. I lived in Hong Kong and travelled in China, so I have high expectations when I eat Chinese food. This restaurant did not disappoint and I can see why it was chosen for the wedding reception. At the end of the evening, the staff even put on a suitable CD so that the bride and groom could do the Wedding Waltz. Great evening.