The best restaurants serving Chinese food in England

Service was very good but could maybe smile a bit more. Ordered set meal. C&S soup was fantastic, mixed starters were good with ribs, satay and prawn toast, mains were mixed. S&S chicken was good but the fried beef hadn’t seen beef and the pork and duck like salty water served with bland veg rice. Not a restaurant we’ll return to unfortunately but was busy enough.

We decided to visit Shan Shui during a shopping trip to Bicester Village to celebrate my wife’s birthday. Instead of our usual grab-and-go from Pret, we thought we’d enjoy a nice sit-down meal given the occasion. Since the restaurant has been around for years and we’re big fans of Chinese cuisine, we thought it would be a great choice. Unfortunately, we were very wrong. We ordered a few starters and some dim sum, and the food was absolutely terrible. My wife actually had to spit out the chicken dim sum because it was so bad, something we’ve never had to do at any Chinese restaurant before. The taste was awful, and it left us questioning how Bicester Village could allow such a poor-quality restaurant to occupy such a prime location, especially in a shopping centre with limited dining options. We ended up returning the food and leaving without ordering anything else, as we didn’t want to let the bad experience ruin my wife’s birthday further. We didn’t even complain because it was meant to be a special day, but I wouldn’t recommend anyone waste their time or money here. We’ll stick to Pret or Itsu next time, and I strongly advise everyone to do the same.

We order from here most nights, it’s absolutely amazing, they take our order and say it will be around 30-40 minutes, we accept this reasonable time, and some how it comes early most of times. The food is always cooked to standard, and tastes really nice, this is by far the best Chinese I have ever had, well done Golden Bowl 🍲

We will never revisit this restaurant again the customer service both my 15 year old daughter and I receicved from the resturant manager at the Wokingham restaurant was appalling, unprofessional, judgemental and fell way below any level of what good and welcoming customer service should look like! We decided we wouldn't book a table due to the absolute disgraceful and unprofessional welcome the restaurant manager delivered. She looked at us when enquiring about booking a table like we were something on the bottom of her shoe. I am very resilent and can take on the most rudest of receptions however, this was on another level. My poor 15 year old daughter was so upset by the manner that this manager was starring at her it made her feel so uncomforable. It was rude and absolutely uncalled for. She was on the brink of tears thinking she had done something wrong. I assured her it wasn't her. We didn't book a table. We went to another restaurant and had the best customer experience. However, the misfortunate visit to Cote put a slight dampner on our afternoon. It was an experience I hope my daughter never has to endure again from another person.

1. Pre-made dishes, I watched beef fried rice and egg fried rice being brought out of the microwave. 2. The food was not fresh. My friend and I spent an average of 50 pounds per person. We ate black rotten crayfish. 3. The waiter was very dirty. When serving the rice, I saw a waiter wearing glasses pouring the rice into the big rice cooker. As a result, she grabbed it directly with her hands. 4. Use a dirty rag to wipe the dishes. Each bowl is wiped with a dirty rag to dry the water stains, and it is done openly. It's disgusting.

The Claypot rice with pork ribs, chicken and wax duck was brilliant. Add some chili oil to make it even more appetizing. The boss lady was very nice. Thank you. Will come again.

My Shangai never let's you down. Our family and friends all love it and we always try to find time to visit when we holiday in Northumberland. If you can't find what you want then I would be surprised, as the buffet choice is extensive and constantly replenished. Prices have gone up a little, but compared to a lot of places in the county still represent great value.

Saturday lunchtime visit. Staff helpful but seemed a bit awkward with themselves, maybe on a trial shift? There was a wedding on next door so maybe they had been drafted in to help just for the day. Anyway, wines pleasant….as are the surroundings. I like the fact they automatically give you bottles of tap water too without having to ask. Unfortunately food was not great. We had steak (very hard to cut & chewy, despite being filet) with fries (undercooked) and chimichurri sauce (VERY badly made. Just a tasteless oil slick and I normally love chimichurri) £180 for 2 of us for lunch.

Had a great day today. Amazing service and food. Was served by saif who had amazing customer service and looked after us.

Fantastic place, working away, forget the negative reviews, food portions large, including the starters, tasty and staff, owners were fantastic, I will be back 😀

We have visited this restaurant several times and it’s always good quality food! The all you can eat menu is table service instead of buffet style which means it is always hot and fresh. You can order starters, more starters, then go to mains and back to starters. As a family we much prefer the starters than the mains and therefore tend to just order them on repeat.

I treated my son to dinner here whilst visiting him in Colchester. To start we shared Crispy Duck which was lovely. Next time we’ll treat ourselves to their really traditional Peking Duck! To follow I had Crispy Noodles with Seafood and my son had Beef in Black Bean Sauce with Singapore Noodles. All were delicious with huge portions - everyone was taking food home. Service was excellent. We’ll be back.

Luke the bartender made my day! Lovely cocktails and food, would highly recommend!

The pub part is delightful and good for a pint. The restaurant upstairs is a little soulless the food is fine, unadventurous, and very overpriced. 12.5%surcharge if you make a booking! Never experienced that before.

The service is very good, the food is delicious, recommended!