The chicken and veg and chips were ok but the dry powdery lumpy mash was really bad. My friend had to mix it with the sauce on the table and even then it wasn’t very nice.
Delightful cafe friendly staff lovely atmosphere and great value home cooked food and delicious home baking
Not our first visit and definitely not our last!
8 St Andrew St, Dalkeith, EH22 1AN, United Kingdom, Scotland
So many places don’t do lemon chicken ‘right’ anymore- it’s always bright red, way too sweet and syrupy. However, I took a chance on Friendly’s as I’ve never been before, the place is very small and unassuming, but the menu is huge and the price of the ‘Happy meal deal’ was impressive. Only eleven pounds and two pound delivery. That gets you a main, and one or two sides depending what you choose.
I got the lemon chicken, which was outstanding and the way that I remember Chinese lemon chicken from my childhood. A pale yellow (almost translucent) sauce with plenty of zing, not too sweet or bitter. The chicken was lovely, no fat or gristle. It wasn’t overloaded with sauce either, but there was enough ‘spare’ for dipping. I also chose vegetable spring rolls and egg fried rice. The spring rolls were great- I don’t normally like larger spring rolls but these hit the spot, even cold the next day. The rice was kind of standard, and a large portion, but I think I might try the chips next time as I felt like when the rice had been delivered and cooled down slightly, it went a bit claggy. However, this is the case with most rice from a takeaway Chinese.
The happy meal deal is full size portions, they don’t skimp on it just because you’re buying the deal.
You will need cash if they deliver, and you need to order over the phone as they have no presence online. This wasn’t an issue in my case this time as I had cash, but if I planned to order again I would need to make a trip out to the local ATM. Not sure if they take card if you pickup in store, as I’ve not done that before.
The food was here in less than fifteen minutes, super quick. The woman on the phone and the guy delivering were friendly. I tipped the delivery guy however there was no pressure to do so.
This is the best Chinese I’ve had in 16 years of living in Scotland, and after the lemon chicken I had tonight I don’t think I’d ever go anywhere else. £13 including delivery is cheaper than you’d pay in the shop for a 3 piece ready meal.
5*****
33 Princes St, Perthshire, Perth, PH2 8LJ, United Kingdom, Scotland
We came to The Italian Corner for a wee walk-in dinner for two. We found out about this place, via Google, after we were unfortunately turned away by another restaurant.
The food was brilliant. Zero complaints. Some proper hearty Italian food that tastes great. We had bruscetta as starters and spaghetti-carbonara as well as spaghetti-meatballs. You can tell that they care about the quality of the food they serve. Proper Italian ingredients.
Service here was great. The team here is small and pleasant to talk to. Their attitude to delivering quality service is good.
The Italian Corner is undergoing a transformation from takeaway only towards a restaurant, and the venue has the signs of refurbishment.
Don't let the fact that it's undergoing refurbishment prevent you from trying their great food. Whether it's a takeaway or a sit-down meal, you won't be disappointed by the food thats for sure!
Fui con mi novio y pedimos dos hamburguesas. El chico que estaba en la cocina (creo que escuché a alguien le llamaban Denis) bajó la carne en la planta, se tomó en el y poner en pan de nuevo como nada hubiera ocurrido! (podía ver que causa que estaba en el bar esperando para pedir otra copa, y desde allí puedes ver la cocina). No podía creer lo que mis ojos habían visto sólo. Mi queja y dijo que estaba mintiendo! Esta ha sido la peor experiencia que he tenido en un restaurante. No volver jamás.
Good service, tasty breakfast. Nice decor. Dog friendly. Mid priced. Opens at 10 on weekends and 8 on weekdays. We were staying at a local hotel which only did continental breakfast so we went here both days for breakfast. Had small cooked breakfast the first day and Lorne and egg roll on second day. Both were good although breakfast wasn’t very hot. Had dog biscuits for our dog which was nice.
83A Causeyside St., Paisley, PA1 1TU, United Kingdom, Scotland
Asked for a beat a tomato fried rice an got some chicken sweet and sour dish that was rank never ordering from here again wait over an hour an twenty minutes an got a meal we didn’t ask for
Really pleased to find this hotel restaurant serving food to non-residents early evening (5.30pm), when we were hungry and tired after a day's walking in the Badenoch area.
Service was impeccable, the atmosphere friendly, the seating comfortable and food enjoyable. Would definitely recommend to others.
Thank you again had a very lovely tuna melt with three sides was by a young lady who was extremely friendly and helpful. Also had a white mars tiffin which was delicious and very tasty.