The best restaurants serving Chinese food in Dorking South Mole Valley South East

I've eaten a lot of Chinese food in my life. From Soho to Shanghai to Singapore. I've had the simple, the fancy, the obscure and the extraordinary. Some good, some bad and some unpronounceable. Chifan fits exactly where it should in the spectrum. It's tasty, it's reliable and the staff are lovely. I'd happily order in here anytime. Ask them what you want and they will do their best to help. Ask for wine and they'll produce a surprisingly good wine - list. In short, this is a restaurant that does exactly as it should. The owner, Jessica, should be proud of what she has achieved. The people of Dorking are lucky to have her.

I went onto the website which states currently open Tuesdays 11.02.2025and ordered a take away to pick up just after 6pm . Once the money went through it came back saying pick up after 6pm on Wednesday. Apparently it isn't open. This is a terrible service . Be careful of this. Now I have to spend time contacting them to try and get a full refund

We had the all you can eat at £26 a head. Waitress and food service was very quick but when I asked how the all you eat work she slightly rude and dismissive telling me it should be easy to understand. Rude… Staters were not great at all, flat small prawn toast, Ribs just fat, prawn crackers old. Some of the mains had tasty sauce but just not the best quality of meat, we send back the lamb in black pepper sauce as so chewy and felt like they chose to give you the worst bits of meat for the all you can eat customer, all she could say rudely was “well it’s our most popular dish no one complains” obviously it’s popular its normally one of my favourite too but it was still terrible !!! . I never write reviews but had to on this one,

Unfortunately the Food was terrible Pancake rolls where full of grease I ordered an item and was sent the wrong thing , then although I never have before and they have always sent the right item when I phoned to complain, was told to order with the Chinese item on the menu , no apology or offer of correction The rice had gristle and soggy skin in it And the curry sauce had a burned flavour Only one dish was ok We have used this shop for years But won’t for a very long time , if ever again A real disappointment