The Light Chinese Takeaway in Havant - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

If you want something hot don't go fir the Mongolian beef! It's not hot even though it had 3 chilly sign next to it. Very disappointing especially for the price. Shredded chilly beef was hotter and far cheaper. This chinese is all over the places with their quality, some days excellent other days not good at all. Stick to one chef train the brigade to cook that excellent dishes . And stop blaming your customers for you mistakes!

We always order our chinese from here. Very friendly and food always hot when it arrives. Always given a rough idea of how long the food will take to arrive and always delivered within that timescale. Would highly recommend

Had to use the light as our usual Chinese was shut on Tuesdays, the meal was all cold and the chicken balls were uncooked, took the food back and the owner did not seem concerned I got my money back

Had from here before and was ok. But just eaten our food and looks like they are using some kind of chicken substitute which is really off putting. Won't be eating here again.

Haven’t had a takeaway from here for a while but decided to have a treat night. We always loved their food, but this time I was disappointed, the bbq ribs were very salty and the chicken satay skewers really wasn’t fresh chicken breast, rather more like a chewy watery no texture meat. Very disappointing for the price!

Delivery was on time and in a polite manner. We have ordered Chicken Chow Main, Prawn Singapore, and Chicken Singapore rice noodles. Food portions were large but tasteless , and they didn't look appetising at all. Prices higher than other Chinese in the area. Definitely would work on appearance and taste!

Having eaten here before, I thought it was a reasonably safe bet. I was extremely wrong. I ordered a chicken curry, with prawn toast, chicken noodle soup, amongst other things for family. Two hours after finishing my food, I was violently sick, actual sick, not just feeling unwell. I’ve been in bed ever since (now for 24 hours) The GP has confirmed it is food poisoning, and I will feel sick and possibly be sick for 72 to 96 hours. I will never ever order food from here again. I even called them, to which they denied being responsible! Please do yourself a favour and avoid!

Food was absolutely amazing, hot on delivery which is always a plus. Recommend this chinese anytime.

Really disappointing takeaway. We ordered a mixture of sweet and sour balls and they were very doughy and greasy. Will not be returning.

Good food but not a lot of it considering we paid a lot for it.

Really enjoyed it find it hard to get a nice Chinese deliverd

The restaurant itself is nothing special, however the food is magic! The menu is varied, the food is all sublime, and they do takeaway or pickup. With a loyalty scheme as well, upon your 10th order of £10 or more when picked up from the restaurant, you get £10 off your next order thanks to stamps on a loyalty card! I recommend ordering with the team here!

Have eventually found the best Chinese. Prompt delivery, piping hot, loads of it (well worth the money ) tasty fresh and delicious. Highly recommended will use all the time now. Thank you 😊

We came here last week and everything was amazing but when we came here today and got our "large" chips it was half the size compared to last week. It was a smaller portion in a smaller bag. I phoned the restaurant and the young woman in reception was understanding and very apologetic but when the manager was put on the phone she was rude and had an attitude not letting me speak and kept interrupting. She said they can't be different and made out as though I lied, then started telling me the portion looks smaller as apparently the chips look smaller when they soften?? She was so patronising and I felt spoken down to and belittled but I'm not surprised as we have witnessed her talking to other customers in the same tone when at the restaurant. She cannot handle complaints and needs to learn how to talk to customers!

this was the best satay chicken and veg spring rolls i've ever eaten the service was quick and very friendly service

Thank you for delivering yet another lovely feast. Everything just as we ordered, & more than enough for 4 of us.

We tried this Chinese for the first time yesterday and we were really happy with it. We’ve tried various local Chinese but this one has become a favourite. We ordered chicken curry and rice and chips and sweet and sour chicken balls. The curry is the best one I’ve ever had. It’s so tasty and nice, the rice was well cooked. Often find it hard to find a place that cooks the rice fully. The chips were lovely and the chicken balls were huge. This is definitely our favourite we have found. Friendly service and quick delivery.

Bad experience yesterday I'm afraid. We have been happy until now but yesterday was awful. 10 chicken balls with no sweet and sour sauce was the first issue. The lemon sauce for the ribs in its separate polystyrene cup literally fell apart in my hand getting it out of the bag, burning my hand but apart from that the sauce inedible as it was like a waterery yellow liquid with not a taste of lemon to be noticed. Do not put polystyrene in the microwave, it melts and everything tastes of it. The duck was greesey which you do prepare for with duck but this was a bit nasty. The best thing was the chicken balls but useless without the sweet and sour sauce that was missing. I have a completed £10 voucher to use so that gives them 1 more visit. If its anything like the same, it will ne the last.

The light Chinese takeaway is such a lovely resturant the staff are always so polite and delivery is always so fast, would definitley reccomend.

Had one of the best Chinese take aways we have ever had from last night, the food was very tasty and HOT !

Service very quickly lovely people lovely food

Unbelievable food best Chinese I’ve ever had

My preferred Chinese takeaway in the area. Generous portions and we'll put together. Love the beef dishes.

Really great food! Great service as well. Always highly recommend!

Big portions, best quality, best price, friendly people. Best in Waterlooville !

Highly recommended, food always taste fresh and amazing ，best in the area .

Best Chinese take away in Waterlooville yummy foods😋, would definitely recommend to anyone.

Excellent service. Amazing food.

very good food! Would definitely go here again!

Very happy with the food very tasty and fresh, I’m using them for years always happy with them specially with Sara!

Excellent quality of food arrived within the time told highly recommended 👌

Extremely nice food and an absolute pleasure to do business with

Lovely food and always good portion sizes, the staff are lovely and overall great service.

This is the best Chinese i’ve personally ever been to, the food is very good quality and there is always enough food left for the next day. the costumer service is brilliant, and the delivery driver is always very polite :)

AMAZING food!!! very fast delivery. I will never go anywhere else for my food it’s just perfect and can’t doubt them!

Best chow mein I’ve had in a long time and excellent customer service!! Would go again!

I really like that this takeway because large portion and sweets food and delicious

Fast delivery delicious food and amazing customer service

The dirtiest food, poor Chinese food in this area, very poor hygiene

I always order from the light the food is always so good and and delivery is always so fast.

The light has to be the best food for miles, Great friendly service ,Always delivers on time, Been using it for years, When the family come down from London we always order a takeaway from here, Yummy 😋

Really good takeaway! Amazing food and service very polite

Very nice and test so good, strongly recommend.

Really good food, curry perfectly spiced to how you enjoy it. All staff very polite and always eager to help.

Nice chinese just a shame I ask for dry shredded chicken with salt and chilli, even describe it. And I've recieved chunks not shredded and the wet chilli sauce one. I even used numbers on the menu but got sauce chicken not dry again 😩

I have ordered some food ( roast duck, black beans source beef, house special noodles, spring rolls etc)from them today to celebrate my birthday in the lockdown and it's the best forever. We have been as their customer for years, they are always provide high quality food and service with no one else to compare too. Highly recommend ❣️❣️❣️

We always go here! Never let's us down on the quality and the amount we get. Amazing place for Chinese food!

Amazing Chinese takeaway, loved everything that I ordered , staff were friendly easy to approach, food was quick and portion sizes were good (I had some leftover for the next day) , would definitely recommend!

The Light is the best Chinese in the area. Decent food, decent prices! I've been using them for the past 5 years and nothing else compares!

Went in on the spur of the moment and purchased just a small meal. The service was quick and friendly, and the food was delicious. I would definitely recommend.

The chilli and salt ribs are fantastic Staff very helpful

Been to this takeaway loads of times and each time it gets better. Nothing to complain about staff are lovely and super quick on food orders! 100% would recommend. One of the best Chinese shops I’ve been too.

The best Chinese takeaway in our local,The portions are generos.foods taste great. Would definitely recommend.

Brilliant service from the people who work on the counters taking the orders, always lovely and polite. The portion sizes are a very nice size and very filling too. The food is amazing and very tasty

Best Chinese I have ever had never a fault with the food the staff are always polite and helpful will be returning again 🤙

Great food within really cheap price. No delivery charges. Definitely order again and Highly recommended.

We used to love their food! and we ordered from them at least once or twice a month for well over a year and never had any complaints until last weekend!! We ordered chicken curry and chicken satay on skewers and a few other side dishes (rice, chips and veg spring rolls) - when we started eating our food we noticed the chicken was really rubbery, tasteless and had a burnt taste to it even though it didn't look burnt and the curry sauce was really bland!! we couldn't finish our meal because it put is off eating it. When we called to make them aware and that we are not happy, they treated us like we were lying and made us fish all the food out of the bin ( which we did and we put all the chicken back into the plastic tubs) and said a driver will collect as they need the food back in order to show the chef what the issue is. Then I received a call back from the manager who acknowledged that we have been a loyal customer and that she will refund us only for the food that we are sending back - which was fine until the manager herself turned up on our doorstep with a lot of attitude to collect the food and stood on our door step to inspect the food and she even had the cheek to say moan about the fact that we are only returning 3 chicken skewers and not 4 - to which we responded that we had to try the food otherwise how would we know if it tastes bad (as if we are lying) and even though we paid by card over the phone (as encouraged during a PANDEMIC OF COVID 19) she gave us the money back mostly in COINS!!!! and that money could have been touched by so many people that evening before it was given to us!! I am disgusted with the service and we will never use them again!

Hygiene is terrible Wouldn’t recommend

Always a great experience. My favourite place to get takeout!

Don't think I'll order from here again we used to all the time last nights has made me very ill today

Good food although they occasionally get the food order wrong

Good value for money. I would just say the sweet and sour sauce needs more depth of flavour. Pancake rolls were massive.

We love this chinese takeaway the food and the sauce is absolutely delicious

Had chicken curry very disappointed the chicken was like rubber and tasteless

Absolutely my favourite Chinese takeaway

Our go-to Chinese restaurant for deliveries.

Never had a bad meal from here, always gets the order right too.

Used it for years, great Chinese

Brilliant food and quick service x

Quality food, and free spring rolls over £20! Well recommended

Great food, great prices, great big portions

This is a great Chinese take away because the people that answer the phone are always polite and well spoken, the portions are generous, and if you order enough you get free Prawn Crackers. The thing I like the most is the fact that I can pay by credit card if I want to (contactless). For anyone that wants it they also deliver.

Regularly order food to be delivered from here and have never been disappointed. From the polite staff to the tasty food. They are willing to change certain ingredients to be acomadating and when one dish was missing once, they delivered it within 20 mins and gave us a free large drink.

My friend recommended The Light as he used to always order from here when he lived in the area, we ordered our meals at 10.43pm Friday night our order arrived soon after. The food was spot on only I'd specifically asked for BBQ sauce with large chicken balls along with other meals, we got two pots of sweet an sour and as a result my friend didn't enjoy his chicken balls dry along with his rice and chips, I enjoyed my meal but felt really bad for my friend, did try and call only it was too late....

Great food, amazing delivery service. Food always arrives hot and with a smile.

Best Chinese around food is spot on always hot, on time, and massive portions for a good price would highly recommend the light Chinese takeaway very friendly and helpful staff, proper homemade traditional Chinese food 👍

Only Chinese that would deliver after 10:30 even to liegh park, really fantastic when a sudden craving for Chinese come late at night. (Joys of pregnancy)

One of the best Chinese takeaways I have had in ages 👍

This is,without doubt, the very best Chinese takeaway within a100 mile radius. The curry is amazing. The battered chicken balls are crisp and delicious. This is my payday treat to myself as everything they sell is just beautiful

Excellent service . Friendly staff . Very good food

Good food and service, there's a variety of different foods to pick. Would recommend this!

Very tasty food and friendly staff. Highly recommended.

Good food with reliable delivery and friendly staff. Have been going here a while and never been disappointed. Would definitely recommend!

Nice food, fast and good service! Recommended!

Ordered chicken and cashews from here last night. A different chicken meal turned up so phoned to complain. 20 minutes later the manager turned up with a pot of cold, uncooked cashews to "sprinkle on the top of my meal!". My chicken meal that was incorrect was now cold so asked for my money back. The manager turned up 20 minutes later again, gave me my cash back and asked for the cashews and my incorrect meal back!!!! Would not use again due to the very bad service; not ever received such bad service from a takeaway before. Spicy chips were nice tho :o)

Had a chicken chow mein from here yesterday and am now suffering with terrible food poisening, avoid at all cost

Food arrived 45 minutes late and was expected to pay full price. Rude customer service. Do not buy from here!

Great place for Chinese. Food tastes great, the staff are always polite, welcoming and good natured. The shop looks tidy and is warm/clean. They offer a good selection of foods which should cater for everyone. Highly recommended!

First visit tonight. Very friendly staff and free delivery. Food pretty good although the prawn balls were too fatty. Will probably use again.