The Forum Chinese Restaurant in Cheshire East

Went with friends and they thought the atmosphere very welcoming . The food was 5***. Would recommend the restaurant..

Excellent attention to service . Food really tasty and piping hot. Everything for our party was very good. I had to reduce our table number at short notice. This was not a problem dealt with in a very professional way. 5 Stars all round definitely the Chinese to visit

Fantastic food and great value. The staff were amazing answering all questions our friends had. The restaurant was clean and busy on a Wednesday which shows how good it is.

Fantastic night..food was lovely but what made the experience great was amy who served us...from start to finish she was excellent made us feel very relaxed and she was lovely .thank you very much amy.

Thank you for hosting my parent’s Golden Wedding Anniversary meal for 26 guests. The food was exceptionally good and you went above and beyond to make this a happy occasion. Everything was perfect!

Super food. Relaxed friendly professional and efficient service! What a smashing place! Thank you so much for such a lovely evening of food and service!

Food was nice and also staff. Girl with the blonde hair was lovely great service food came out fast. Mother’s day meal we all had a great night

Amazing food and service, everything was delicious, all served hot, cant wait too go again for another company outing, all staff very friend and happy to assist with all requests.

Fabulous finally found a great place Fabulous food fresh cooked Will definitely be returning So happy to have a nice Chinese Duck amazing Chicken balls Beef curry fabulous Spicy beef will be returning Empty plates all around

Our go to place of choice, yes it is out of town, yes it a beautiful restaurant, yes we love the food, no we wouldn’t go anywhere else. Food is fresh, hot and tasty, staff are wonderful, Cathy and her team are fantastic .

A Lockdown takeaway treat. Never left a review in my life but this deserved one. We even rang up afterwards to complement the chef! Arrived to the minute at requested delivery time.Hands down the BEST Chinese takeaway we’ve had from Congleton! Fresh and didn’t feel ‘heavy’ afterwards as often with cheap takeaways. We had the fillet steak szechuan and chicken curry. All refreshingly unique compared to the usual takeaway fodder, and no more expensive than every other ! Won’t eat anywhere else after this! 5*.

We had a wonderful meal here recently to celebrate a family birthday. The owners were so accommodating and did not mind my stream of emails to ask questions or amend our booking. The food was brilliant and we received service with a smile throughout.We always have our take away from here and are never disappointed but we will be visiting the restaurant more often now.

Ordered a sweet /sour chicken plus butterfly king prawn starter It was like something from the old days 🤐 thick batter tiny bite size pieces of chicken and the prawns were tastless also in the horrible thick batter. s/s sauce really disappointed. Not cheap either.

Okay so I know we Brits love Cantonese (from Hong Kong) food not 'Chinese' food, and having lived there the food served in China is COMPLETELY different and fit only for a lunchbox on a building site.Go to a restaurant in China and order duck and you will be served the head, neck, feet and tongue only , no breast!! The forum has some great tasting dishes (I have not tried one yet that isn't rich in flavour and of decent size.My only complaint would be that the ribs were too watery once, probably because they are boiled first to make them extra tender. Maybe I just had them on a bad night because as mentioned I have never come away from there unsatisfied and neither have friends who dined with us.Nothing bad all all to say and highly recommended.As for the poster moaning about them employing young/student Brits instead more Chinese staff, get a life you moron, what's wrong with offering local kids decent employment. If you want to be swarmed by Chinese staff and stared at while you eat your food, sod off to China, there's miliions of them there. Andy C

Went there last night early doors,we had the early bird menu and enjoyed it very much. Food was good and value for money,restaurant very clean staff very good and will certainly visit again at some point.

Went here last night,I was really dissapointed with my starter. Ordered butterfly king prawns and when they came they were not as I had expected. They werent butterflyed and were deep fried in batter served with a sweet and sour sauce,so basically prawn balls.I did query them but the young staff had no idea and were not particularly interested. Because of my dietry requirements I had to remove the batter and leave the sauce,£6.50 for 4 prawns,disgusted to say the least. They should state on the menu that they are deep fried in batter as they do with the squid,Had I have known I wouldnt have orederd them,and I loathe sweet and sour. The rest of the meal was tasteless. Wont be going again,thats for certain.

I had my 40th Birthday here last year with 22 guests, food was lovely and booking was as simple as calling to reserve, HOWEVER I called last night to reserve for 25 guests for my daughters 18th family meal and was asked for a £250 deposit!! As everyone pays for their own meals it wasn’t possible for me to do that!!! We are now going to the happy gardens instead......a lot of money lost there FORUM!!

We have visited before and always enjoyed a high quality meal but the takeaway we were sold was absolutely tasteless and very poor indeed. You will see from their fb that they have had issues with staff illness and this has affected the quality of food. As I write I have a stomach ache from horrible sweet and sour. Very very disappointed...

Recently enjoyed a meal here with a group of friends. Restaurant was nice, clean & inviting. Staff were friendly & efficient. Food was tasty and enjoyed by all in my party. I did find my portion somewhat lacking compared to my meat eating friends. I chose the vegetable sweet and sour with added tofu. Besides the tofu and pineapple it was pretty much just sauce. Having said that it was still very nice. I also found either the chairs too low or the table too high on the large round group tables. I'm not tiny but maybe bare it in mind for petite people - perhaps bring a cushion or two! These criticisms are easily remedied. We found it very helpful that we were able to put our meals on personal tabs. On the whole i had an enjoyable meal & would certainly return.

Just returned from an evening at The Forum Restaurant with 11 friends. Despite being a large party the service was friendly and efficient. The food which included choices for our group from a mixture of the early bird menu and the a la carte menu was hot, tasty and presented well. A thoroughly good evening enjoyed by all and a restaurant we can highly recommend.

i have had 1 or 2 not so good chineses meals recently but when we come here it usually is good friendly helpful staff

Went for food last night with a group of friend the set menu had everything covered. Good food and service. Defiantly go back again soon.

Just visited the Forum again. We have used this restaurant since it first opened and think it just gets better. Relaxing,friendly atmosphere. Excellent food and service. We will continue to visit as a special place.

Nice restaurant with friendly staff and good food car park right outside, near to city centre and short walk from public transport and taxi rank

We went last Friday evening.(I have been dining here for a number of years) As usual a good meal and service. The food is not really authentic chinese,but our western tastes are to blame for that.

11 of us had the early bird banquet - absolutely delicious & great value. Always love going to the Forum - great atmosphere too. Definitely will return

We took 8 people for a banquet here in the week and had absolutely excellent food. Our friends were all delighted and all said that they would definitely go back. We all selected different choices so the quality was across the board.

I've been here a few times over the years and I must admit to a degree of disappointment on this occasion. The food is generally good without being exceptional but the service this time was extremely slow. When you walk into any restaurant and sit down, you would naturally expect someone to ask if you would like any drinks whilst ordering. Not here I'm afraid. That set the scene for the rest of the evening. The place was hardly full yet the staff found time to chat away near the counter.

I am a fan of the forum but on Saturday. With my family of 9 I was unusually disappointed .

I always get my takeaways from here and the food is always lovely, but tonight it was a birthday meal for 9 of us which I booked about 3 weeks ago, when we got there tonight they had only set up for 8, we ordered a round of drinks and they got one of them wrong, when we had another round of drinks they left the empty ones on the table so I ended up taking them back to the bar, are starters arrived which were absolutely gorgeous as the food usually is and when we finished the waitresses came to clear the plates and 15 minutes later the other empty plates were still there!! So I had to go and find a waitress to come and clear the rest of the plates!! The service was absolutely shocking but the food was gorgeous, there were a lot of young waiters and waitresses who in my opinion had not been trained properly!! I wouldn’t go there to eat again but I would still get my takeaways from there, get your act together forum as your customer service lets you down, hence the 2 star rating

We go here as a group from time to time. I have always found the food to be consistently excellent (adore the hot and sour soup). I would have rated it "Excellent" generally but, on occasions, the service can be quite slow. There always seem to be a lot of takeaway orders (and who can blame them?) which, at times, seem to take precedence. However, overall it's always a very enjoyable experience and there is always a good standard of New Zealand Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc (my favourite wine).

This was our first visit for quite some time, however the food was as usual very good and the service OK although we had to wait a while for our sweet course to arrive. Maybe due to the restaurant becoming very busy. We had three courses off the early bird menu which is very good value with decent size servings and reasonably priced. Hope to return again soon.

We've visited a few times over the last few months.

Visited Friday night. Very welcoming and decorated nice think maybe for Chinese New Year next week. Our food was lovely piping hot and tasty. thanks the Forum.

Ordered take away and told food ready at 8-10 , food finally came out at 8-30 with half hearted apology for wait, wouldn’t mind but restaurant side not that busy

The Forum Chinese is normally my top Chinese out, food is lovely and is the service. However, I can't explain...

This place was always my fathers favourite Chinese restaurant in town and weve eaten there many times. Its an unusual...

The best Chinese meal in town excellent food and service lemon chicken is great , beers good to service excellent

I ordered a takeaway for delivery I ordered early and said it would be 1 to 1 1/4 hours for delivery I had to phone 1 1/2 hours later they said it was being sent out 2 hours later it arrived, the starter was nearly cold and the main was tasteless I have had my main meal before at other takeaways and restaurants but this was the worst most of the steak was fatty and tough would never order a takeaway from there again. But would try the restaurant to see the difference

I had no idea this restaurant was even there but we were invited to a party and found it to be a really nice place

Another lovely evening meal enjoyed by four of us, with consistently good food, clean and well maintained restaurant plus great service from the staff on duty, both food and drinks at good value , well done and thanks to all.

The restaurant is always clean, the food is always hot and tasty and the service is always on points from the waitresses.

Ambiente agradable y una buena comida, pero en mi opinión los precios están bien demasiado caro. No me malinterpretéis, buena comida es la última cosa que me quejo de pagar dinero. Pero hay límites. La comida es muy sabrosa, pero no hay espectáculo. Puedes conseguir el mismo en su comida para llevar. Se piensa dos veces antes de reservar la mesa de nuevo.

El Foro Restaurante era el lugar donde conocí a mi esposa a ser ciegos en una fecha atrás en 1989 y nos comprometimos después de sólo 5 semanas en el 24 de junio. Todavía recuerdo la noche, donde nos sentamos, lo que comimos y lo que mi ahora esposa llevaba.

First visit last night after previously enjoying a takeaway. The restaurant is beautifully laid out and decorated. We love the round tables, so much better than deciding who is sitting at the ends! We ate from the early birds three course menu and all our meals were excellent. My personal favourite is chicken with black bean sauce and green peppers which was better than others I've had, it included a variety of other colourful veg. Service was very good, they happily boxed our minimal leftovers for one of us who had ideas for their last appearance next day. We got a choice of desserts or tea/coffee which rounded the meal off nicely. There's a very comfortable area to use for drinks/ takeaway waiting with a TV. Can't wait to go again and will recommend.

We go to the Forum regularly and never disappointed. Good is to a good standard and prices reasonable. Go for the early bird before 8pm and get a lovely set meal for under £15 per person. We do have take-aways on occasion from them but if you are looking for an early tea I wouldn't recommend as they don't open until 6.30pm and standard wait on say a Saturday night can be around an hour. When busy, whether you are in the restaurant or ordering in there is a bit of a wait but everything else is positive. Good pleasant staff and great food! Will return.

We visit here quite frequently Lovely clean restaurant with friendly and efficient staffFood is superb Excellent value for moneyEarly bird special is a must !

Excellent service and the food to die for. Really friendly staff and atmosphere very appealing for all ages

We have had a couple of meals from The Forum recently and have absolutely no complaints whatsoever. Clearly very good quality ingredients and I feel competitively priced considering the quality. Really authentic food and pleasant staff, and is consistently good.

Four of us all had different meals from the menu.They were all excellent,a special mention for the veggie choice which was varied and tasted very good,the staff were pleasant,the bill reasonable,could not fault.

We were welcomed by the owner smiling and ready to share a joke. The food was excellent, we had a banquet and share mains between the group. We were recommended the ribs and asked to have these as a main so we didn't have to have the larger banquet. We are very glad we did. Lots of meat and lots of flavour, and pass this recommendation on. An excellent restaurant, a little hidden but worth the 5 min walk from the town or park in there extensive car park. We are planning another visit soon

Early bird menu is great value for the money. Staff very welcoming.great service. We go most fridays. Great for partys and couples.

They are serving localized chinese food, i.e. what you can get from a chinese takeaway shop.No go if you are from asia, you will only find junk and low quality food here.Do go if you are british, this could be the best chinese meal you will ever have.

First time here, definitely not the last.Best Chinese meal we have had in a long time. The Forum was recommended to us, it gives me pleasure to pass on that recommendation. Lovely food, excellent service. Looking forward to our next visit

Place was beautifully decorated. Food really nice and not too rushed. Unfortunately one of the waiting on staff was chewing gum and hands were a bit grubby. Other than that we did enjoy it.

Great food not too spicy but big potions same standard of food if eaten in the restaurant or take away. Can take a while for food to arrive if your waiting for the delivery specially at the weekend as they get very busy but they explained that to you.

We , my husband and I have both put good reviewers on the site for this featuring..however the food is still outstanding last time we went we found a large chunk of paper in our beef and tomato soup... we were told is was fish and chip paper that was wrapped around the vegetables and apologised to, I asked for the soup to be deducted off the bill but no offer of goodwill was given at payment time...a little bit disappointed with our visit... it was a big chunk of paper and our complaint was made light of...we would like to attempt another visit in the near future but we are a little bit nervous now...

Always excellent food and service. Best Chinese in Cheshire for us ! The early bird menu between six and eight excluding Saturday is particularly good value.

This was a first time eating at this restaurant,Staff very helpful ,the food and presentation was good. I would go back to this restaurant .

Food is always lovely when I visit, I try different dishes each time, and they always deliver the goods. The food is always hot and very good.The restaurant is decorated beautifully and has plenty of parking.can have a bit of a wait at busy times, but just gives me time to make room for the next wonderful dish!They also provide a takeaway service.

we had a takeaway , food was ok ish , salt n pepper ribs were just weired they were like deep fried chicken pieces wouldn't have them again , rice bit bland , sweet sour chicken not bad wouldn't rush back again tho .

Went here for our anniversary and it was lovely and peaceful quite pricey but nice . staff are lovely and friendly. And well presented.

Our usual and favourite Chinese is closed for their annual holiday and we just happened to stumble across this one... We have just found another excellent Chinese restaurant.We got there at six pm as it opened as we hadn't booked due to not knowing our usual one was closed.. It was soon filling up fast by the time we left.The food was excellent, staff very friendly , very tasty and delicious flavours and we are fussy with our Chinese food...it has to be a certain standard to win us over ... But it was flavourful and plenty of it..the few minor things I could criticise was the portion of fried rice it was tiny but we didn't realise until we read the takeaway menu again thoroughly that there was a choice of of two sizes of rice having seen this we will adjust our portion accordingly next time.Beautiful decor, shame we had a dirty fork but it was soon swapped , would highly recommend, the ,sat niggle was watching two of the waiting on staff brushing the car park, although the car park was nicely kept it doesn't look good for waiting on staff to be clearing weeds and brushing up litter in their uniforms just before serving customers with food, I'm sure they hygiene rules were adhered to etc, but it doesn't look good. We will however be returning in the near future to try some new dishes

We loved this place, the food was very tasty indeed, good offers before 8pm Tues to Friday, great friendly service, we will definitely book here for my 50th Birthday party

On reading the already good reviews on trip advisor, we decided to try this popular Resturant in Congleton, we were not disappointed. I would suggest you reserved a table in advance as it gets fully booked especially over the weekend. The service was excellent, polite and attentive staff, very impressed by their professional manner. We choose from the banquet menu, very reasonably price, all were delicious, very well presented, fresh and pipping hot complimented with fresh clean hot hand towels with each course.The service and the food were all to a high standard and with that in mind we shall be returning again soon. A very enjoyable evening. Thank you to all the staff at the Forum.

have been to the forum before and we still had a lovely time this time I cannot fault the place staff very quick and polite and the Chinese meal was up to the usual good standered so if you like Chinese food you wont be let down the also do take away meals

Not even got the food yet.. But over an hour and a half ago i phoned to order for delivery... Phoned them 25 minutes ago and they said it had left and would be 10 minutes..... Better be good considering we've not been contacted or offered any complimentary for the inconvenience..

My friend and I have visited twice recently and had the £17.50 per person banquet for two. The first course was a very tasty chicken and sweetcorn soup followed by a selection of dim sum. The final part of the banquet is a choice of a main meal off the menu. We had an excellent pot of green tea to accompany the food, we both agreed it was more than value for money. We left the restaurant extremely satisfied and we were looking forwards to our next visit.

Table booked for 4 Saturday evening. The restaurant soon filled up. The service was excellent. All 4 meals were the usual high standard that keeps us returning time and again. Very enjoyable meal. Thank you.

A great evening with the use of a private area for pre dinner drinks. Tables were beautifully set and food served quickly

I've visited The Forum for 25 years since it opened, and my children loved it when they were little. After a few years away I went back and was hugely disappointed. The three owners were nowhere to be seen - has it changed hands ? No one serving was over 20 - I'm not ageist as long as the training is good, but there was no overseer for issues or complaints. The food was a misrepresentation of quality Chinese cuisine. Worse still the menu listed sizzling fillet steak which turned out to be long-boiled low-grade beef. After asking why I didn't have fillet steak the young polite waitress was sent back out of the kitchen to apologise, but that was it. A fairly embarrassing absence of management. What a shame.

We went to The Forum last Saturday night 16th April 2016. We reserved a table for 6.30pm and it was fairly busy when we arrived. We could see that a lot of food was being packed for "take away" orders all through the evening clearly putting pressure on the kitchen.Having said that, although we had a fairly lengthy wait between starter and main, this was probably a good thing. The starter portions are very large and a decent interval meant we were ready for another course by the time it came.We very much enjoyed our food. Many of the staff are young, probably students, but they were polite, attentive and seemed to be well trained.

We have eaten at The Forum on numerous occasions and were luckily passing at 6pm on a Saturday evening. We hadn't booked but thought it would be empty at this time. You can imagine our surprise to see the car park quite full, so with a slight feeling of dread we entered just in case they were full. Fortunately they had a couple of spare tables. Service was excellent, efficient but not over bearing. Food here is some of the best Chinese food I have eaten with very reasonable prices too. By 7pm the place was full, so booking is advisable if you don't want to be disappointed. Nice atmosphere and very pleasant surroundings, and doesn't get too noisy either.

Went here for my daughters birthday.The restaurant has had a bit of a revamp since our last visit.Food was as always very fresh and delicious.Staff were very good, service was quick too.Great restaurant as always, staff friendly and efficient. Definitely still recommend this as Congletons best Chinese restaurant.

Went in on Saturday evening with three work colleagues. So surprised to see a chinese restaurant with no chinese waiting on staff. Apart from the chinese lady rushing around, who I assumed to be the owner, all the staff seemed to be students about 16-17, and that is usually not a good sign. The waiter brought us the menus and we were disappointed to see it was more akin to a takeaway than a restaurant menu with its limited choice of starters and main courses. None of the dishes that we normally have in a chinese restaurant were available. It's the first time that I have seen a basic dish like egg fu yung on a restaurant menu ! We asked the waiter who was serving us, what he would recommend. He suggested sweet and sour chicken, crispy duck, beef chow mein, dishes that he liked. We asked him whether they could do chinese roast duck and a couple of tofu dishes that we normally have in chinese restaurants. The young lad who was serving us, went into the kitchen to speak to the chefs, then returned to inform us that they couldn't do any tofu dishes but could do the chinese roast duck.We ordered the duck, the special combo for four, crispy beef, kung po beef, steamed seabass, scallops in Ginger and spring onions and young chow fried rice. The prawns on toast had a high fat content and was off-putting and rather sickly. The seaweed was chewy and the spring rolls didn't have much content. The Seabass, although they claimed was fresh from the market, was definitely frozen and defrosted, as the meat was rather mushy and the taste that you usually get with fresh fish was missing. The scallops were also defrosted, as it had none of the fresh juicy taste to it. The duck in sweet soy sauce came and we were extremely disappointed and definitely not what we expected. It was deep fried, rather than roasted and didn't taste anything like the roast duck we normally have in chinese restaurants. The crispy beef in peking sauce, was more like tomato sauce and distorted the flavour of the beef.One of my colleagues, who spoke chinese, asked the lady, why the roast duck was deep fried instead of roasted and why the dishes were so different to chinese restaurants that we usually go to and she replied that they were only catering for the locals and not the chinese, which I found was rather a strange answer.We have travelled all over the world and eaten at some of the best chinese establishments in Hong Kong, China, US, Australia etc. This was disappointing ! Definitely, an anglicised menu. More Britnese than Chinese. If you want decent, traditional chinese food, this is not the venue !

We have been going here for a good while now and have never had anything wrong with any dish we have ordered. Cracking food and the decor is also okay. The menu has extensive choice and the set menus are great value for money.

We've eaten here on and off since the early 90s - and our latest visit was not a disappointment - there were three of us - myself, wife and daughter (age 20) - and we reminisced about my daughter's first visit here - aged about 3 months when her idea of good food was a prawn cracker to "gum" :)Wood topped tables - the round ones all had a "lazy susan" turntable, linen napkins and reasonable lighting - it was possible to see what you were eating.The food was delicious, hot and fresh. A complimentary bowl of prawn crackers with the drinks.We had the crispy combination for starters and my daughter had the crab claws, and for mains we had four dishes, crispy Szechuan beef, lemon and honey duck, char siu pork with cashew nuts and "silvershoots" (beansprouts with mixed meat - one of the chef's specials which I would strongly recommend) and sides of fried rice and noodles.Along with 3 beers and a couple of soft drinks, the bill was under £80 - not at all bad for the quality of food and service.In the words of Arnie "I'll be back".

On Saturday 27th February the family decided to order a take away meal from The Forum and for it to be delivered, something we had never done before. We ordered the meal at 7.20pm and was told it would take an hour we said ok, although we thought it was rather a long time. At 8.50pm we contacted them, as it was now an hour and a half, to be told it would be another 20 minutes. At 9.10pm we had a call from the delivery man to ask our address and 10 minutes later he still had not arrived, we are a mile and a half from the Forum, he arrived and apologised. We sat down for our family meal at 9.30pm which was not how we had expected to spend our evening.Felt the food was average when it arrived.

Upon unpacking our takeaway we realised the order was incorrect. We had asked for 2 large egg fried rice but only received one small fried rice despite the order being correctly read back to me over the phone. This was a family meal and as you can imagine one small rice between 4 was not enough! We love the food from here but this is not the first time this has happened to us!! They regularly get orders wrong so make sure you check the contents before accepting the delivery!!

Had a very nice family meal and evening here. Food was hot and tasty and service was friendly and attentive. Crispy duck one of the best we've had. Three mains, sides and a few drinks under £65It was our daughters birthday and they served a large ice cream with sparklers which was a nice touch. Thanks!

Beautifully decorated and clean restaurant. Great food with good service the Peking duck was excellent. Well worth a visit.

We have regularly eaten at the Forum, but this is the first review I have posted. The restaurant is always busy, but well spaced out and well ventilated.We went last week and again the food was excellent, service on the whole was good (apart from forgetting one of our main courses, but soon sorted it out). The only negative was that we sat next to the fire exit and it was very drafty. One of our party was cold and her food went cold very quickly. Other than that, great place for great Chinese food.

We decided on the spur of the moment to go out to eat last night. We arrived at The Forum without a reservation but there was only two of us and it was early so we got a table, no problem.We chose from the Early Bird menu which was good value although there was a supplement for king prawns. The service was very good and the food hot and delicious.All in all, a good experience.

I can not speak highly enough of this restaurant. Excellent food, excellent service. We have been many times of a number of years. Never failed to serve us a fantastic evening. Can't wait to go back!

Food was very good and service was good too - as usual. This is one of Congleton's two really good Chinese restaurants. The wine list has changed radically since last time I was there, and looks slightly better than before albeit slightly more pricey. But I was disappointed when I ordered what according to the list was a Spanish wine matured for several years (it stated the number of years, which was more than sufficient to make it a Gran Reserva): what came was a bottle of the same brand-name from the same vineyard but far from a Reserva it was a 2014 Joven! There was no argument about taking it away and supplying something more drinkable, but it was a disappointment, and I shall be checking what I'm brought in future.

We visited the Forum last week for the first time in years (as we no longer live in Congleton) and had a great meal. Very impressive, spacious and clean inside with a lot of improvements since we were last in and the food was spot on as always!

Good food and a wide selection with early evening options.A good welcome and charming staff although the young man took his eye off service and was easily distracted by not clearing tables or asking for deserts.However his inexperience did not spoil the evening and the Chinese food was splendid.Great décor and easy parking also helped.Will definitely visit again.

I had not been to the Forum in years as had been living in SomersetOn my return the food was just as good the staff just as pleasant will definitely be returning

My first visit to the Forum. Front car park means great off street parking. Arrived at 6.45 as they had two large tables coming in and wanted to give full service to everyone. The food was good with many choices, starter wheel and duck pancakes made a wonderful beginning to the meal . I didn't feel rushed and the family enjoyed this resturant and it's friendly staff.

This was our first visit for some time and I am pleased to say the food was just as good as ever. The staff are friendly but at busy times need to be more aware when plates need clearing. Sometimes it appears that take away orders get preference over diners, but the food is excellent and we will certainly not wait so long for a return visit.

We ordered a takeaway from here as we haven't been here in so long. We're put off because of the outside as often people sleep on the porch and litter covers the car park. However the food was good and the sweet and sour chicken was a very good size. It was nice although it definitely isn't the best Chinese in Congleton.

Being from Macclesfield there is a significant shortage of Chinese restaurants (plenty of Indian ones but only 1 Chinese) so we were taken by friends to the forum in Congleton.The food was lovely, if a bit sweet on the bbq ribsThe service was excellentSo couldn't ask for anything more we will be back!

Lovely food, friendly staff and good service.The duck was delicious and the friendly staff gave some good recommendations when asked.Its not fine dining, but it's the best Chinese I've had in Congleton so far.

Attentive service. Bit pricey, but the next step in quality down from The Forum and you'd have to take the lift to get there! Food hot when served. Never have had a bad experience in our several visits.

Recently visited the forum for the first time in over 12months. I must say I was slightly disappointed with the décor and surroundings - I would be pretty certain that this place has been taken over since my previous visit.The forum used to have a quite nice, ambient, relaxing atmosphere with nice décor. However on this occasion the restaurant was extremely bright (I think they must have had every light switched on!!) and we were eating of old wooden tables which weren't at all decorated nice with table cloths etc like they used to be. The experience of dining was a bit like sitting in yer grandmas living room on a Saturday afternoon in the 70s!!!. Bit of a shame really as the food was good and service was okWhen you want to go out for a nice meal at the weekend after a hard week at work you expect nice surroundings and a nice atmosphere, however I feel the forum has lost all of this charm, shame really :(

First time back at the Forum after several months, but the food and service was excellent and we will be back again soon.

As always a superb meal which I can't fault. Great staff. Highly recommend the smoked chicken starter. Will be back as soon as possible.

I booked this restaurant for my birthday. There were 25 of us. The owner text me and rang me before the booking to sort out all menus, dietary requirements etc. Nothing was too much trouble. The food was lovely, the staff friendly and the whole experience was top class. It certainly makes a nice change for everything to run smoothly and have service where I can have nothing but praise for the staff and food. The restaurant itself is also well decorated and clean. Thank you and we will be visiting again very soon.

Staff where very helpful and flexible with my order, changing some items to suit my dietary requirements. Food was ready on time and was piping hot. However I was not blown away by it. I was expecting more from "Cheshire's best Chinese restaurant" nothing wrong with it but nothing to wow me and urge me to return.

We celebrated a family birthday here on a Saturday night. The food was excellent and the service was very good. Drinks are reasonably priced and there's plenty of choice. Definitely be going again soon.