The best restaurants serving Chinese food in England

I had lunch at Shan Shui a lot of times. I recommend their King Prawn Fried Rice and Chicken Bites. Nario and Hafiz were extremely helpful, welcoming and always offer good service.

Chip buttie but came separately bread in a bag small chips £4.95 rather pricey I think

Low quality food with rude staff, been dining for the last 12 years so sad to see this this restaurant now it’s getting shit like this.

Food was great but the service was horrific, we waited 45 mins just to get a drink

been here a couple of times before so we know a lot about the place the restaurant was more than half empty but still got asked the have booked we said no and the owner muttered something, we shown to small table near the bar they wouldnt serve me bottle of water instead charge me £2 for a small glass of water, my chicken curry was in small started bowl, just because i ask for no vegetables ,my chips were a bigger portion fare to say we wont return here, arrogant owner, very over priced main dishes for what you get, use the take a way option you get bigger portions.

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 🍲

Fantastic food and service Looked after us very well especially concerning a coeliac in the party A lot of choices for him that he was not used to

It's closed for good, there's a new restaurant at the site so why does this still show as open?

We haven’t been here for a long time and out of nostalgia we came here last night. It used to be a very tranquil space but not so much now however, it was the food that let the place down. We opted for set menu D at £42 each the hot and sour soup was ok but the dim sum was not good looked and tasted like was from COSTCO, some strange options like the rolled beef and the spring rolls it took a while to decipher what these were made of sauces/dips that accompanied were unusual and not in a good way I’m afraid. Crispy duck was fine and only course I enjoyed. Meals that followed sizzling steak ginger spring onion fatty, chewy and Szechuan chicken meat seemed incredibly processed/manufactured which matched the rest of the courses. Not sure there are actual chefs here. We mostly had our cutlery and dishes thrown onto the table literally by a young waiter who definitely needs some help with service delivery/etiquette other staff were efficient and polite enough if seemed somewhat stressed. Overall not a pleasant experience and we won’t be returning.

This is not my first time to My Shanghai, but it is the first time I have been in about a decade. The food was great, no complaints there at all. We had a reservation for the start of dinner service and the table we sat at was in the far corner next to the window. The window was open and felt a bit drafty. The server did offer to close it but there was evidence of a condensation problem as there was mould up the walls and around the windows so we didn't want to have it closed for this reason and didn't think it would be too bad. Boy were we wrong. We should've asked for it to be closed as our food went cold very quickly. As our meal went on, we did also think it was odd that they sat a reservation table in the corner by an open window at the beginning of dinner service when it wasn't too busy. The mould on the walls was also a tad bit odd putting as it did look like it had been cleaned previously, but not recently. Again, everything else was great just the atmosphere could be definitely improved with addressing the condensation issue and cleaning the mould.

We booked online very easily, and when we arrived, our table was ready. The staff were nice, as was the food, and we would visit again. However, I am not a lover of being forced to pay a service charge; then, when you get the bill, you can have it removed if you want. I am old-school and always tip, and believe that should be my choice on if and how much I leave.

The crispy beef side is the best I’ve ever eaten, and only £7.50! It’s listed as a side dish, but ample enough to be a main. Other dishes also huge and great taste. The ramen soups were delicious as was the short rib. This place is a canteen rather than restaurant, but if you want bargain food and not too bothered about aesthetics this is the place. Come with an appetite and get stuck in!

The waiter was rude. I asked for an unused chair at the adjacent table to place the fresh vegetables I just bought at the market. This simple request was immediately rejected by the waiter. A four-person table cannot have five chairs. Four guests must sit on a four-person table. Even if there are other Jitaiji chairs, they are not available. The solution is to put fresh vegetables on the ground or on the table. We chose to use half a table for four to place the fresh vegetables we just bought. The food quality was also worse than before. I ordered a dish of roasted noodles with dried crab meat, but what I got was fried noodles with shredded crab meat and onions.

Got the Special Curry with rice, Large portion of the Four Meats and a side of egg fried rice and salt and pepper chips. The Special curry was easily the best ive ever eaten, The four meats yet again were top tier and despite the angry reviews about people saying it's served cold, that's how it is meant to be served and that's how it is best eaten. If it had been heated up it wouldn't have been as nice as it was so just accept that fact and stop complaining. Salt and Pepper chips were fresh and tasted perfect, aswell as the rice. Top notch👏

Food was very average for the price. The curry was just sauce plonked on chicken. Noodles lacked flavour. Although quite quiete for mothers day, we felt rushed with them trying to clear our plates when not fully finished. I haven't eaten here for years and won't be in a hurry to return. Standard food, slightly overpriced!