The best restaurants serving Chinese food in East Midlands

Great food, with no delays and always friendly

Unfortunately, we found the vegetable noodles a bit bland, and the chicken Cantonese very very salty

Our first time ordering from here and boy we were not disappointed. Great food, ready when said and very friendly. Would definitely recommend.

Food was abysmal. The chicken was quite clearly frozen and not fresh. The Crispy aromatic duck had absolutely nothing crispy about it at all and smelled as if it was straight out of a dog food can. Most of the food was cold / luke warm and delivery was on time so not sure why this was the case. Ordered via Just Eat and was asked to leave notes for restaurant and delivery. Heard good reviews about this restaurant after recently moving to the area, however after paying that little bit extra expecting outstanding food we were left incredibly disappointed and £42 down for food that went directly into the bin. Attempted to call the restaurant a few times to discuss a refund but the call never seemed to be answered or go through. Very very poor I specifically asked the driver to not buzz our flat but to call me instead however this was ignored and our buzzer was pressed resulting in our son waking.

after reading some of the more negative reviews put on here recently i was a little worried about how good May Sum Buffet was now. But what i found was a busy restaurant that was very clean .with polite staff . There was plenty of freshly filled trays of hot food A variety of desserts.The only missing was the ice cream machine which was broken. i had a lovely lunch there and would recommend it to anyone

Things may have changed but at the time of my visit, the place was terrible. Cold food. Dirt everywhere. Untrained staff. Never again. This visit was before 2023.

Highly recommended. Lovely hot food and very tasty. Great size portions. Prices are reasonable.

Had a delivery was missing part of my order was told when I called the that I would get a refund for what's missing and nothing else as there to busy Been using them for a while but won't be using anymore

I've had this takeaway multiple times. And as conclusion, I think that it really depends on what you get. Very well seasoned and flavourful. Again depending on what you get | Recommendations: Anything with mushrooms,salty and spicy onion rings.

Delicious succulent Chinese food!

Ordered collection today, food was ready in 15 mins and 15 minute drive home food was still piping hot. Don't listen to the negative reviews it's just broke chavs on benefits that are crying that they didn't get a refund for free food. Highly recommend, food itself was really good, huge portion me and my partner was barely able to finish the food. Don't let the atmosphere of the place put you off

Our go to takeaway. Always great quality and tasty food. Just wish they still had a restaurant. Service good and they do delivery in the local area.

So, we decided to order a Chinese from New Ocean on West Street tonight… I honestly wish I’d opted for a slice of toast now! Order placed by phone, bit concerned that the lady on the phone didn’t think they did Fu Yung but once she found it, we seemed to be ok. I arrived to be given a sealed bag - no way to check without cutting the bag open so I decided to trust that like most take-aways, they could be relied upon to pack an order correctly. Turns out that was my second mistake - first mistake was choosing them in the first place! Got home, a 20 minute drive and found that we’d been given a chilli chicken thing instead of Fu Yung. So, I call them up to let them know the mistake only to be instructed to bring the chilli chicken thing back, the Fu Yung had also been returned so I could swap them over. Super hygienic- giving me food returned by some random customer. I explained this was a 40 minute round trip for me… she then said if I was prepared to pay £6 for delivery AND £6.30 for the chilli chicken thing (because the driver doesn’t collect, he only delivers) I can have the (now second hand) Fu Yung. I suggested that as this was the fault of the establishment, they should fund the delivery and send me a fresh Fu Yung. I suggested that waiving the £6 in order to avoid bad feedback online was probably money well spent… I was told in no uncertain terms that the owners would not do this and that I could post what I wanted, where I wanted because no one cares about reviews anyway. So, we ate the food we did have and here is our feedback: 🤮New Ocean Chicken balls - doughy, chewy and flavourless 🤢New Ocean Sweet & Sour Sauce - sugary, no sour, watery. Slight fizz… would not be surprised if this has been watered down with Orange Fanta. 😵New Ocean Chef’s Special Fried Rice - contained 2 x regular size prawns, one slice of chicken, one slice of beef (square) and was about 30% peas. Mini omelette on top was nice touch but I think it is just there to hide the lack of other ingredients. 😧New Ocean Spare Rib in Batter - nice, but very little meat on it and pretty greasy. 🫤New Ocean Weird Chilli Chicken Thing - flabby chicken, raw pepper, mushy carrot, sugary sauce and randomly… one piece of mini sweetcorn. 🫣Pancake Roll - even crisping these two up in the Ninja couldn’t save these. Rancid. We don’t eat many takeaways so it’s even more disappointing when we do and it’s this bad. In future we will stick to the fabulous Raj Palace for an Indian until we find a Chinese to replace Alberts. New Ocean is definitely off the list. Such a shame, I remember a lady with spiky grey hair who ran that place like a Swiss watch, she was friendly, smart and took no nonsense.

This has the best food I’ve ever eaten, every time we order it’s perfection, you will not be disappointed, we were recommended by my daughter and this has become a firm favourite, competitively priced too

My Chinese partner gives it the stamp of approval for the price so that's a good a review as any. I've been going since I was a kid and I enjoy it every time. Quick service and an easy lunch time meal, good for a break from shopping. We got the large box to share between the two of us and it was more than enough.