The best restaurants serving Chinese food in Charles Dickens Portsmouth South East

The sweet an sour chicken balls had thin soft batter. The house special fried rice, had hard under cooked vegetables, tuff in edible beef, bland and tasteless. The Chicken chow main was tasteless. Sorry to say, the best was the complimentary prawn crackers. Needless to say I won't be returning.

Simple, unpretentious decor, unobtrusive service, and plenty of Asian clientele- all good signs. However, if you have food allergies, be VERY CAREFUL here; my dining companion ordered pork and radish dumplings which were mostly full of peanuts, with a strong fish taste too. I'm not sure if he even got the right order, given the ingredients. If not, this was an error that could have potentially landed someone in hospital or worse. If so, then there's a huge discrepancy between the item on the menu, and the reality. I'd strongly recommend all allergy sufferers to make their allergies known BEFORE ordering, and double check the ingredients, which are not listed on the menu. We couldn't help feeling a little let down by expectation v reality, but with such an extensive menu, we'll maybe steer clear of the dim sum next time just in case.

been going to this place on and off for years but this time would be the last rubbish service my husband had to ask them where the food was won ton soup large had hardly any soup base the only thing that was good was the chips and curry sauce its gone down hill

We entered the restaurant while it was fairly empty, only sbout five couples. Shortly afterwards a group of eight arrived and sat at a round table. The group comprised five Chinese, two babies and a brit. The brit asked one of the waitresses where he could change the baby. She pointed ta a double seat where people awaiting takeaways sit. He proceeded to change the nappy in full view of our table. Judging by the smell it was poo as well as urine. The toilets were upstairs but he never went up to wash his hands. At the end of their meal, he paid the bill holding the card machine with both unwashed hands. The waitresses later held the card machine. Had there been any germs from the nappy on his hands, they would have been transferred to the machine, to the staff, to the customer plates. It doesn't bear thinking about. The table of eight were served long before anyone else in the restaurant, even though many had ordered before them. We had to twice ask for chopsticks and twice asked for a second pot of tea. The food arrived in dribs and drabs, not together. It was hot but the serving dishes were cold. How hard is it to warm dishes? The food was nice however although expensive, for example £15 for two bowl of won ton soup! At the end of dinner they cleared away the dishes but the bits of food and sauce on the table were never wiped away. The service was slow partly because of the huge number of takeaways being sold. In every Chinese restaurant I've been in, I've ordered a pot of Jasmine tea and all subsequent pots have been free. Here they charge for each small pot. The final insult was a 10% service charge which was not mentioned in the menu. Won't be returning.

I was looking for somewhere to eat, and the waitress greeted us at the door and warmly invited us in. She was very communicative in describing dishes and hospitable. Will certainly return.

Ordered online via just eat this evening. Chips and chicken balls appeared to have been refried and just tasted of oil, prawns had a funny taste to them, and my duck curry had raw onions in. Very disappointed an won't be ordering from here again 🤮

Went here with a group of people and a big chunk of the food we had (which varied drastically) was stale or old, at least tastewise. There were a few things that were decent but nothing felt great, even by the standard of buffets. I imagine they may be lacking enough plates because I swear someone tried to take the plates every few minutes..which while common for buffets...it felt a bit invasive. I still appreciate the service they just need to slow down a bit. The atmosphere was horrible honestly, the music was questionable and loud and every so often they had the worst and loudest Happy Birthday song I've ever heard. It was almost like they wanted us to leave as soon as possible. I found that despite having alergens listed, there was no clear indication on whether something was vegetarian or not. Like for example the spring rolls, generally you'd expect to be vegetarian but without any such indication it is a risk that could cause issues to some people. All in all I wouldn't personally recommend the place to anyone, though it is entirely possible they may have had an off day or something.

Chicken, chilli and spring onions was more like chicken in onion gravy. Very poor! Sadly I’ve paid for this food for months and the latest delivery has been atrocious !