The Imperial in Barnsley

Worst Chinese ever. 18 quid for below average munch box. The chicken (dog meat) was like eating a rubber. The place needs burning down. The sauce was too small, the rice was worse than uncle bens and the wings were as black as the ace of spades. Ribs were just bone and the spring rolls were soft and just an unpleasant experience. I wouldn’t even feed this to the dog, not because it’s cannibalism but because it tastes that bad.

Ordered some ribs and spicy chicken fire beer, everything went to a trash... I don't recommend this restaurant to anybody

Ordered Beef Chow Mein from here, the beef was dry an the noodles were burnt, lined with carbon, not nice at all, not as good as the Golden Dragon, Sheffield Road

Food delicious as usual. Only giving four star due to price. In most Chinese free crackers given fir higher orders. Love the chow mein, my favourite

The food didn't only come cold, but there was a pool of grease in the bottom of the bag, so severe it dripped all over the rug and on to the leather sofa. Resulting in a huge stain that we are going to have to get professionally sorted. It's been a while since a ordered from imperial as the last few times the food has been sub par. But this.... this had taken the biscuit

Always excellent food and service, no difference this time 👍

Awful tasteless food, will not be ordering again!

Soup and spare ribs a bit too salty for me.

It was chewy and felt under cooked

The dog liked it. Everyone else thought it was disgusting. Not our usual and won't be bought from again

Amazing food, kept warm, exactly what I ordered and was brilliant! Loved every bite!

Always good service from here, would really recommend :)

wonderful as always 1 bow to chief you are a master and love your skill everytime i bow again to staff my gratitude to the ladys and gentleman that work there my love and respect on what you do #10 gate

We got the salt and pepper Munchie box, it was so bland i dont think it had ever seen salt or pepper. WE threw 3/4 of it away as it had no taste at all and was awful, £17 for a box of tasteless food isnt great at all, will no be ordering from here again.

It did say it would come in an hour but arrived earlier which we are glad we uster order from here all the time when we had a Chinese but last time we did it wasn’t too good so thought we would re try and this time still was a disappointment wasn’t as nice as it uster be at all Come on bring your old ways back ! We all know you can provide better food than this

Delivery time was between 1hr and 2hr decided to collect and was prepared within 30 minutes with £2 Delivery charge refunded. Food was hot and probably best chinese I've had for a long time. Staff were friendly on collection and even remembered my £2 Delivery charge without any prompting. This was my first time using imperial will definitely be my go to chinese

great dishes, well prepared and presented. Flavoursome and enjoyable

Curry was like water rice was hard not up to scratch tbh

I don’t like leaving bad reviews, but we had a fairly underwhelming experience. We ordered the munchies box and a stir fry dish. The overall salt and pepper flavour was nice, and so were the chips, but the spring rolls had a soapy taste and the batter on the chicken balls was stodgy, and the sweet and sour just tasted like vinegar. The stir fry we ordered was watery and lacked flavour.

Been ordering from here for years but last nights Chinese was unedable, came 20 mins early tasted warmed up then the restraunt said closed straight after. won't be coming here again

Salt and pepper box wasn’t the best

Usually good but this time very bland and watery, hardly any pork, very disappointed

Really good food, really quick delivery, solid effort I’d order again

No rice delivered had to wait for more being sent then meal was ruined

Great food, a bit late but was worth the wait

Prawns were abit chewy but the spare ribs were amazing. Best spare ribs I've ever had, the sauce was fantastic

Food was nice and they read the notes to

Best around, everything arrived hot and excellent food

egg fried rice missing from order spoiling the dishes to eat with rice. Refund request and the inconvenience of spoilt meal

Food was hot! The spare ribs were the best ive had in ages! Food was lovely x

Food was really lovely, quality and well worth the money

The 2nd time iv ordered now and the food is lovely and service is very efficient 👍👍

Absolutely loved it the first time I have tried this place will definitely be back. Delivery driver apologised for been late, definitely worth waiting for.

Had to wait slightly longer than anticipated but very enjoyable once re6

Used this takeaway for years and still the best.

Would not recommend food was very salty and did not taste nice.

Excellent meal, thank-you. Will definitely order from you again.

Waste of £29! Duck was cold . The salt and pepper box was just thrown together , with cold and tough ribs . Rice was over cooked . Chips soggy Chicken wings were rock hard

Food was still hot when it arrived, very tasty & moreish! Best Chinese food I've found in Barnsley, has converted my partners opinion on the food too lol

Awesome as always!!! Best Chinese in Barnsley :)

Great food, delivered much earlier than it said but we did say asap so it’s partly our own fault

Lovley food, not greasy or anything was one of the best I’ve had, thank you

Chips out of this world but both things I ordered with pork was that gone off my kids was Gipping when they smelt it even a 9 year old could smell it was gone off. I tasted it and the only thing we all ate was chips I mean £31 is a bit steep yo only be able to eat the chips

My last review didn't go through right so this is from my order on 18/11/21 the chicken fried rice came with a fingernail inside of it absolutely disgusting

Very nice and hot but salt and pepper chips were very very salty!

Absolutely gorgeous take away i will be ordering from there again.

Food hot and tasted very nice! Highly recommended x

Food wasn’t very good at all prawn toast I had just tasted of grease and the food didn’t taste great at all

Absolutely DELICIOUS. Thank you.

Ordered crispy duck pancakes. The duck was already pulled from the bone so it was cold when it arrived. Delivery was also late with no apology.

Food late & not particularly nice.

First time I've had Chinese food from here and was very pleasantly surprised. Quality food, one of the best takeaways I've ever had. Would definitely order from Imperial again. 👌

I'm all honesty food was bland. It was hot and on time but nothing had any flavour. 2nd time ordered same thing to check if it was just a 1 off last time (bbq ribs, rice, chips,1/4 duck spare ribs). However it didn't really have taste duck was best it was pretty good that bit but I wouldn't go back I'm afraid. Gutted as decent priced, was ontime and hot just bland.

Always red hot when delivered and best in barnsley.

Amazing food lovely and hot spare ribs wow so meaty and tasty Singapore vermicelli spot on deffo order again

Food was red hot, freshly cooked, absolutely delicious

Love a good Chinese meal. This wasn't one. The munchie box was a salt overload. The quality of the meat was terrible. I've been a meat eater for the last 40 years and this tipped me over the edge into Vegetarianism. No joke. When I think about eating meat nowadays I just cast my mind back to this meal and stick to eating plants!

Love the food from Imperial. we have been eating from there for many years. Highly recommend.

Chips looked and tasted like they were reheated and sweet n sour sauce was like drinking vinegar and the chicken chow main wasn't very nice either

The food wasn’t very nice, not cooked well. Wouldn’t order again.

Great food as always. Hot fresh and tasty

thank you for last meal i ordered it was lovely thank you chef and staff

Poor experience generally. Food took 1.30 arrive and was average in quality.

Waited 2 hours for food, was cold and of poor quality when arrived

Came 30 mins early, food hot, not complaints. 5 star

Arrived piping hot and fast. Food was delicious. This will be my new Chinese takeaway favourite.

Absolutely delicious food, all really tasty, piping hot we Absolutely loved our meal! Will be our number one Chinese now

I am generally always happy with the food.

Our meals were disgusting. Beef didn't taste like beef, Sweet and sour chicken only tasted of vinegar and the salt and pepper chips were soggy and cold. Will never order from here again. I would like a full refund n them come and collect the food. But tried ringing restaurant and no answer.

Food was over cooked and tasted like someone had accidentally tipped a full salt pot over it n just left it. There was so much you could see it on the food. Went in bin waste of money. Used to be best around but it must have changed hands or a new chef.

I genuinely thought the order and food tasted nothing like a Chinese should taste like, most bizzare salt and pepper ribs ever. The beef in the Thai green was unpleasant. The whole order just wasn’t great at all.

Didn't mark as on its way so we weren't ready for the food when it arrived. Lovely food when it arrived

Nice food. Yet can take 90 - 120 mins for delivery. Extra drivers / chefs needed.

Although a little late. The food was faultless! I ordered the crispy chilli beef and it was the best I’ve had in a long time. We’ll definitely be ordering from here again.

Not sure if this place has changed hands or something. Used to be our regular takeaway but latest food we got stank like pee, I think it is MSG. Awful. Won't be ordering from here again

Hot, tasty and early! Great food!

We always enjoy our food from Imperial & when we have it delivered the delivery time is usually really good. We've never had any problems & we're more than happy to recommend to others.

Garlic ribs needed more garlic,couldn't taste it. Other than that very nice meal

Took 2 hours from order to delivery. Disappointing.

Can't fault! Hot, tasty and early! Just wish there were free prawn crackers!

Food was lovely, was on time and very fresh and hot, would 100% recommend.

Lovely food, arrived really hot and fresh. Would definitely order again. Thank you!

Food was delivered on time, piping hot and delicious! Will definitely be ordering from here again

Food was excellent delivery was early very satisfied

Pre ordered our meals, delivery time came up as from 18.00 which was fine with us. Once order was confirmed at 16.30 we received a call from Imperial asking if we were happy with 18.00 for delivery or would we like it asap, we said asap would be great. Piping hot, tasty food arrived just before 17.00hrs about 5 seconds after we received a text to say it was about to be delivered. Brilliant service all round & the food is really nice, we've ordered before & will definitely order again *****

Great food arrived hot value for money.

Salt and pepper chips w/ no veg were just chips, other than that rest of food was nice and delivered on time would order again

I have ordered numerous times from Imperial. Good food every time, as ordered. Never had a missing item. Never been disappointed.

Excellent service and fantastic food as always

Poor quality in general, thick soggy batter on the squid, very large pieces of meat with thick breading meant like 5-6 pieces filled a box with what seemed like barely cooked vegetables and it wasn’t very hot when it arrived. Used to order years ago now and wanted to try it out again but now I remember why we stopped.

Spare ribs were dry and not barbecued. Replacement sent and exactly the same.

Amazing food once again! Cannot shout loud enough how delicious the prawn crackers are. Hot, yummy and early. Very happy once again, thank you!

Lovely food, hot and tasty and delivered a little bit early! Great job.

Absolutely delicious food, piping hot,great value for money!

the munchie box was okay but a little bit dry

Always great food. Our favourite chinese! Food arrived early (can sometimes take a while when busy like most places), hot and delicious. You can tell the prawn crackers are fresh, melt in your mouth beautifully. Thank you!

Perfect all round such good food, just slightly longer delivery time

The Cantonese style sweet and sour chicken and the Peking style crispy shredded beef are superb. Portion sizes are just right. The food is ready on time, and the service is straightforward.

Amazing food can’t fault it the crispy shredded beef in peaking sauce is to die for!!! Downside is and this is a huge one is that if your like me and expect free prawn crackers you’ll be massively shocked! Only Chinese I have ever had that doesn’t give free prawn crackers

Great food as usual. Loved the beef and mushrooms in black bean sauce. My new favourite. Food hot. Fast delivery.