The best restaurants in United Kingdom serving Chinese food

After finding out both of the Chinese buffets had been closed we wandered upon this little place, so we thought we'd give it a go . What an absolute mistake that was. Our first clues should have been that the place was empty, our second clues should have been that the menu is only in Chinese with very little English on it, our third clue should have been when the waiter was unable to translate what was on the menu. Our fourth clue should have probably been the first three things we asked for they didn't have .So once we had deciphered the menu we had to wait a considerable amount of time to actually get the meals and when we did my partner's came considerably sooner than mine, I was left telling him to eat because the gap was so large his was getting cold. He had some sort of soup and sweet and sour chicken. When mine came I was in utter disbelief . My lamb kebabs were the most skinniest, minimalist things I don't even think I could have called it a kebab! More like strings of meat and they were considerably spicy which was not mentioned in the menu (in the little english it had) or waiter. It was about this point when they showed up with the drinks we had ordered more or less when we came in, they did apologise to be fair that they'd forgot but considering we were the only people in the restaurant I'd figure we were pretty hard to forget about, they didn't offer glasses either. 5-10 minutes later they show up with my apparently 'roast potatoes', crisps, we call them. It genuinely was as if they'd emptied some walkers into a bowl and popped them under the grill. To my dismay two Chinese looking gents walked in and their meal looked absolutely amazing! Also, I hope you can eat with chop sticks as no other cutlery was provided (even for very sloppy looking noodle soup)Their English was very poor, so poor they couldn't even translate their own menu I think they should really consider taking some English lessons considering they are so close to the university and would have so much potential for business from it .The whole meal itself cost just shy of £29 and I left hungry, disappointed and in utter disbelief, I am genuinely surprised my partner paid for it I thought he would have put in a complaint and told them not a chance in hell. You could not pay me to return to this place and I wouldn't recommend it as far as I could throw it.

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Best ever vegetable biryani with loads of flavors to enjoy the festivities to the masala ,ordered paneer Dum biryani and 5 vegetable biryani

Cold food. Special chow mien no meat in it except a couple of prawns and about 3 bits of chicken. Bland and tasteless egg fried rice. Absolutely never going to yummys again ever. It was disgusting!

Food was basic, nothing special considering it’s quite expensive. It’s located in a village hardly a city. The prices should reflect that. Service was average. Had to pay for prawn crackers even though the bill was expensive. Not free. Beef and black bean maybe two slices of actual beef and the rest is peepers and onions.

This was always my "Go to Chinese" for the past 4 yrs. (despite it being 3 miles away but well worth the drive). Has been taken over by another company.... now we are looking for replacement! The food is now poor quality & loaded with salt. Disappointed

Always good food, great choice and generous portions, I'm not sure if there has been a change in management the last year or so. Historically we had a few less takeaways which were lacking. But the last 18 months or so we have never been disappointed

Had takeaway from here last night.food was delivered quickly it was piping hot and tasted beautiful. Portion was good aswell great value My favorite chinese .shout out to the girl who answered the phone.very polite and very helpful.

Absolutely amazing best Chinese takeaway we have had in a long time. Good value for money and portions are fantastic, food piping hot

Fantástica comida china para llevar nunca tuvo una mala siempre cuidan de ti y saben quién soy tan pronto como empiezo mi 3 porciones de albóndigas de pollo jajaja pero fantástica tienda recomendaría encarecidamente a cualquiera

Oh dear....how the mighty have fallen. We used to visit the King Neptune when my wife and I first met...30+ years ago. It was EXCELLENT!! and we were regulars there. We haven't been for around 15 years to be fair but thought we'd celebrate our wedding anniversary there. What a mistake. The Neptune used to have a fabulous large fish tank, a real centrepiece!....now gone and just a gap where it once took pride of place. The room is also starting to look a bit worn and tired. We went a la carte rather than 'banquet' style and ordered : Prawn toast, chilii salt squid as starters then chili salt king prawns, szechaun chicken, crispy beef in cantonese sauce and fried rice. Drinks were 2 small proseccos and a pint of John Smith's. The good - the chili squid, chili king prawn and fried rice were very good indeed. The bad - They don't supply chopsticks!! Only forks, I mean REALLY?? No chopsticks in a Stowell Street Chinese?? Forks only. They also don't have the heating plates they used to, the metal tray like contraption with small candles underneath to keep the food hot. Now they just plonk it in front of you on cold plates so it cools down quite quickly , not great and the food suffered as a result. The crispy beef was average at best, and became just ' yuck' once it cooled down and coagulated, I left half of it. The Szechaun chicken was just okay with no real flavour to it at all. Prosecco came in a tiny 200 ml bottle at £7.20 each!! Really? You can buy them at £2-2.50 so a fiver mark up is ridiculous. The John Smith's was £3.90, a fair price. Service is also weak, only 3 people serving in total and we had to keep reminding them they'd forgotten both drinks and one dish. Bearing in mind it cost just over £83 this was a completely forgettable experience, honestly no better than a decent quality takeaway meal. If this was a Chinese 'cafe' or lower end eatery and set us back £45-50, then I'd say it was okay, nothing more, but for a Stowell Street 'top end ' place to eat, an absolute letdown. It just looks run down with zilch atmosphere - and what is it playing Abba songs in a Chinese?? - disinterested staff and the fact that when we left at 9.10 only 7 people were eating at 3 tables sums it up. We won't be going back, sad to say as we had such great memories of the Neptune, and unless your idea of a Chinese restaurant is no atmosphere, no chopsticks, average food at top end prices and disinterested staff, you're probably better off eating elsewhere.

Fabulous dumplings and wings!! Super friendly staff!! Perfect for a relaxed but quick bite. Eating in China town can be intimidating with so much choice and this hit the spot. Youngest requesting to go back already ♥️😆🥢

If they can't get chicken fried rice done right, us Welsh have no hope. Avoid the Silver Swan if you have decency for your health. I found a tooth, YES AN ACTUAL TOOTH on top of the rice!!

Omg . Horrible experience. Don't like the food. They just gave the cold food. Dudley road shops are much much better for eating in the same price . This shop even charge for everything . No other shops charge for sauce and if they charge its just 30 p and they are like 50 p for little sauce . Terribly hell. Its not about money atleast give good stuff. The sauce is like water . Never go again

A well presented takeaway, clean, hygienic, with friendly staff which offers a very wide variety of foods from fish and chips to omelettes, chinese food to pizzas. Highly recommended.