The best restaurants serving Chinese food in England

Myself and 8 other friends are at shanghi Friday evening, I booked this Restaurant for us all to enjoy our Xmas meal together, we have all been here before many times and it's been great, however Friday was very different, none of us took our coats or scarfs off as it was so cold in there, we asked on multiple occasions for the heating to be put on as we were freezing. We ordered a variety of starters for the 9 of us when we arrived, the food took ages to come out and when it arrived they only brought out 4 of the dishes we had asked for, a basket of pancakes but no duck, crispy lamb that was over cooked warmed up meat that was almost black and rock hard, chicken skewers which had next to no chicken on and no sauce to go with it, vegetables spring rolls which were lovely but only 6 to go between 9 of us, so we waited a while thinking the rest of our food was on the way but after about 5/10 mins we realised no more was coming and what we had infront of us had gone cold, we ate it and asked multiple staff where the rest of our food was, this happened a few times over the next hour and a half and we were all really hungry and stil all sat there in our coats and scarfs, we all decided at this point to leave the restaurant, we spoke to a member of staff to tell them how unhappy we all were and she said she was sorry and she will get us some fresh hot food as they had apparently been very busy that evening. We refused to pay but the staff member insisted we all pay a reduced cost of 15.50 instead of the 25.00 it should of been, we all just wanted to leave to go home and get warm so we all paid. I just want people to be aware that this restaurant has gone downhill massively. We stuck to the carpets as we walked on them. The crispy lamb was rock hard cold and inedible, NO HEATING, toilet seat broken an held together by sellotape, rotten radiators. And they clearly have a rodent problem with the amount of wire inplace of the holes in the walls. So disappointing to be honest as we've had many years of lovely hot food in a lovely restaurant. I took photos of how bad it is but there isn't an option to upload them.

What a spot! I just wish I’d found it sooner, usually just order pizzas and kebabs, tried a chicken rogan Josh and it was one of the tastiest dishes I’ve ever had from a takeaway, have ordered 5 or 6 times now and every meal has been extremely tasty and always arrives hot, keep up the good work guys and don’t change your recipes

food was delicious but I was disappointed that having phoned the restaurant to explain I am allergic to mushrooms they still included them in one dish. We share our order but obviously I was unable to eat that dish

Food was incredible. Drove past this place over 100 times when going into the gate car park and never gave it a chance. So glad I did. 3 of us ate here, every meal was absolutely perfect. Great chefs- kung pao duck was amazing. Will be back 👍🏼

What has happened to the best Chinese restaurant in town? And where’s best to sort a cracked tooth? Been enjoying the mayflower for 10 years and unfortunately tonight is our last order. Our duck was burnt and the new crispy lamb dish we had over a dozen bones in it. Gemma whom we spoke with initially offered a 10% discount on our next order, however these two dishes cost us £20 tonight (a rare treat) but our usual average order value is only £25 (3-4 times per month). We rejected this offer and so the driver came back to collect the two dishes. The duck was in tact but most of the lamb had gone and the driver went back with bones and a few scraps and probably part of my tooth… guess what? Gemma only refunded the cost of the duck! Terrible customer experience and a short cited outlook… if they’d refunded the extra tenner they would have retained our +£1000 revenue each year along with the dozens of recommendations. AVOID! AVOID! AVOID!

What a find! Incredible food but not knowing what to expect was a little overfaced by the portions. This is not a criticism just an observation. The food was delicious and I would definitely revisit and recommend but would ask about the portion size. Amazing place.

Food was good...standard Peking and Szechuan fare. Staff are good if slightly over bearing but they are attentive.

The beef noodle soup is amazing! ! ! !

Got Singapore chowmein absolutely terrible tiny pieces off meat shocking and prawn chowmein absolutely tasteless never again total rip off

I’m really disappointed I am giving this restaurant 1 star because I had high hopes for this place, nice rural location which could be a really lovely restaurant. We have been here twice (hoping we would have a better experience on the second time) for the ‘all you can eat’ menu. On both occasions we felt extremely uncomfortable, the male manager asked my children for ID incase they needed to pay for an adult meal (my children are 5 & 8!) and then when we ordered they told us to stop ordering because we won’t eat it! And then whilst we were eating we had 3 staff members watching us the entire time! Male manager very rude with no personality. Such a shame but we won’t be returning.

Customers be aware!! We have frequented the Royal Garden on numerous occasions over the past years on Family trips to Berwick on Tweed and up to our last visit in November 2024 found it a reasonable all round facility food and service wise. My partner and I have a routine when eating out in both Indian and Chinese Restaurants where, if we order a starter course and Main course with side dishes we chose to take the resulting over burden of food home with us for a future meal. When however we asked the waitress for this facility she informed us that a 60 pence PER CARTON charge is made for the plastic take away trays which I found totally unbelievable and certainly unacceptable. I explained my dis- satisfaction which resulted in me calling for the Manager who was also the cook. He became very aggressive as he felt totally justified with this principal. I said that I cannot believe his logic particularly as in Take Away customers get their Cartons Free of Charge, yet people sitting in the Restaurant purchasing numerous courses and side dishes as well as drinks from the Bar are expected to pay a surcharge. I furthermore pointed this out to him and he responded with a comment which was beyond belief he said "We have to wash your dishes if you sit in the restaurant whereas with take away customers we do not". I pointed out that we frequent the Restaurant several times a year on our visits to Berwick often with a number of friends and asked if he was prepared to lose that future trade over 60p. In my opinion the Manager had tunnel vision and in the light of the meal, without prejudice being the poorest ever we told him to take back the food we ordered and we left empty handed. Result - We will never frequent the place again, I will recommend all my colleagues in the area against going there because of the food which I would give 3 out on 10 at best but more so the principal of this experience. This man has shot himself in the foot big style but appeared so out of tune with logic would not be able to see it. Times are hard and money is scarce, this ,and a bad attitude with poor food quality will lead to their demise in the long term.

Dragon Pearl has always been our place to go for a Chinese Takeaway when visiting the island. Usually we would eat in but as there was only the 2 of us it was more handy to have a takeaway. We had chicken fried rice, chips, Chicken curry & bbq spare ribs & as always we were not disappointed. My husband is Gluten intolerant so we did ask questions on whether or not the chicken curry was GF which it wasn't but we still had it anyway & it was delicious. They do however have lots of GF options on the menu which other restaurants/takeaways do not offer so this is always good to know. Great friendly staff too.

The food was fantastic, one of the best hot and sour soups around. The beef satay was excellent. Super friendly staff so helpful. And there are prawn crackers on the table when you arrive. I would definitely this place. It seemed a little more expensive than most Chinese restaurants, but that's probably where it is situated!! The only annoying thing is they add their own TIP on the bill, which alloys the crap out of me !

Excelente! Lisa era muy atento y vino y habló con nosotros durante todo el tiempo. La comida era increíble, delicioso! ¡No puedo esperar a volver otra vez!

We were staying at the White Swan hotel in Pickering for a few days. Having had dinner there on our first night, we decided to eat elsewhere on the next. We were passing the Fortune Inn when a couple emerged after their meal. We asked how they enjoyed the food. They were very pleased by their experience. On their recommendation, we decided to eat there. We had no regrets. The food was excellently cooked and served very quickly by friendly staff. The other customers seemed equally pleased by their experience. We were so happy that we returned the following evening! As previously, everything was excellent. When we are next in Pickering, where shall we eat? What do you think?