The best restaurants serving Chinese food in South Wales

On Friday night, I had the pleasure of visiting Porth Palace Chinese Takeaway, and while I’ve been to many takeaways in the Rhondda Cynon Taf area, the level of service I received from the young boy at the counter truly stood out. From the moment I stepped in, he greeted me with a warm and genuine smile, setting a welcoming tone for the entire visit. Despite the busy atmosphere, he remained calm, professional, and incredibly efficient, ensuring every customer was served promptly while maintaining a friendly and approachable attitude. What impressed me most was his attention to detail. He took my order with care, double-checking it to ensure everything was correct. Unlike many places where staff can seem rushed or uninterested, he took the time to engage in polite conversation, making the experience feel more personal. Even when faced with a queue of customers, he didn’t let the pressure affect his service. He managed to balance speed and quality, ensuring no one felt neglected. His work ethic and enthusiasm were refreshing, and it was clear that he genuinely cared about providing excellent customer service. It’s rare to come across young staff members who display such professionalism, politeness, and efficiency, especially in a fast-paced environment like a busy takeaway on a Friday night. I hope his efforts are recognized because he is a true asset to the business. If the service I received that night is anything to go by, Porth Palace is fortunate to have him on their team. A fantastic experience that deserves to be acknowledged!

Amazing place to eat, really authentic cooking, great customer service the lady who took my order was lovely! Fast and was cooked to perfection. Me and all my friends adore the prawn crackers there because unlike other Chinese take-aways i have been to the prawn crackers are never yellow!

I ordered a delivery from here last night. The curry sauce is really nice, the BBQ sauce is stunning and the Chow Mein is stunning, with a lovely scorched flavour. However, the chips and the chicken balls both seemed like the oil they were cooked in was too hot. Half of the chips were fairly hard inside, but not so unpleasantly hard that I couldn't eat them. The batter on the chicken balls was not cooked all the way through, which is either done deliberately because some people like it that way, or because the oil was too hot. The chicken meat is fully cooked though, so don't worry about uncooked chicken. The chicken balls also have a sesame flavour, so if you don't like sesame, you won't like the chicken balls, but if you love sesame, then you will love the flavour of them if you can get passed the uncooked inside of the batter. For me, the uncooked batter, under-cooked chips and the sesame flavoured chicken balls are not enjoyable, so I probably won't order again. But the sauces were really nice.

Food was absolutely amazing! We will definitely order from here again!

Worst Chinese take away ever ! Avoid going here till they improve quality of the food. Highly recommend lotus house on caerglas road (but ended up trying here as we forgot to bring cash).

totally delicious and fast delivery 😋

Food was foul, not nice Chinese food at all, never again

We've had a good few takeaways from here and all have been 10/10

Beautiful food. New to area so a lovely pleasant surprise to have these local.. mwah

Very expensive for what it is. Egg fried rice is boiled rice with less than half an egg. Chips are cardboard fries. The service is terrible. Some 70 odd year old Chinese woman giving evil looks to anyone that isn't chinese. Won't be back. Twice as expensive as other local takeaways and the food is worse.

Great food and good delivery. Thank you.

Possibly the worst chinese ive ever had ...my mum can cook a better one n shes from bradford ..Chicken balls are tiny scraps of dry chicken with thin overcooked batter so hard it hurt our teeth ...burnt noodles the curry was strong n powdery ..honour gardens is the best I've had in newport ...dog wouldn't touch it n he eats his own poo ...best thing about this meal was sliding it into the recycling bin ....now I'm on line desperately looking for a colon cleaner....

Very pleasant experience!! Staff was very nice and food is amazing! Never seen a place that was a chippy AND a chinese but it was super amazing!

My wife and I recently migrated to S Wales from Hong Kong. We were delighted to find a restaurant serving authentic HK style dim sum. I suggest that those who criticise the food are those who unfortunately think what is served up in local takeaways is real HK food. Chips and curry are not Chinese dishes!

Bien, así que las cajas de arroz / fideos están bastante bien. Sabrosos ingredientes, arroz un poco soso pero buenas salsas y está bien para una parada rápida de almuerzo y estaríamos tentados de tomar uno de esos de nuevo. Los lados de los papeles primaverales que teníamos eran bastante malos. En su mayoría amigo profundo nada con una pequeña astilla de zanahoria dentro. Las bebidas son recargas estándar de la máquina. Tenía lo que se suponía que era un Fanta estándar pero sabía sin azúcar. La mayoría de la gente probablemente estará bien con esto. Las mesas tenían que limpiarse y limpiarse, no querrás sentarte con migas de arroz por todas partes. Solo toman tarjetas y no efectivo. En general podríamos volver y coger una pequeña caja para llevar, pero no hay posibilidad de que nos sentáramos y tener toda la comida de nuevo, simplemente no vale la pena.