Oh. My. Word. If…read moreyou're after decadence, this is your huckleberry. If you're after the cool slightly kitsch vibe, akin to Big Trouble In Little China, let's go Lopan hunting. (The weird columns with columns revealed underneath give me that impression.) If you're after a feast fit for warriors, modern ones who traverse the landscape of Leeds, then x marks the spot just here. I've been but the once, but that was enough to leave me yearning for more. The occasion was a friend's birthday. Our initial options had failed us, and this was right there, so we chose to descend. Being about 3pm in the afternoon the place was entirely empty, so it was a little bit of an unusual experience. Even so, every member of staff was fantastic, and treated us beautifully. We ordered the Prosecco, as it was on an afternoon deal (I forget how much), and drank that whilst perusing the extensive menu. Let me start by saying, if you're indecisive, brace yourself. There's hoards to decipher, and adventurous menu by all accounts, and even features frogs legs and birds nest soup. I was not so brave, and tried neither this visit, but as a personal challenge I think I should come back and give them a go. Our initial plan was to order several of the dishes under a fiver, and pick and mix. After listing about three dishes our waiter looked concerned and asked if we were still ordering more... We soon realised that four dishes was more than enough to feed a small army. Forgive me for forgetting every single item, but let me attempt to describe them. We had a peppery fish soup, which was gelatinous and thick, and not really my thing. (Not a seafood fan, but my friend adored it.) We also had the salt and pepper chicken wings, which were plentiful, greasy, and really delicious. If you're watching your weight, avoid - napkins were used every time to clean off the oil from our fingers. We also had a delectable dish of mushrooms, that was incredible, and an unforgettable (I realise the irony of forgetting its name) dish of crispy spicy beef. This was the pièce de résistance - every mouthful was incredible, but eat it quick as it's tastier when it's hot. Defeated, way before we finished, our lovely waiter asked if we'd like to take the remainder home - so never fear if you're one for waste not want not. Sadly, being as we were going for yet another birthday meal that evening, we couldn't take the food with us. On a more bizarre note, since the place was empty whilst we dined, it was curious that the waiting staff stood about 3 feet from our table during the whole meal. It didn't bother me, but I'm sure they could hear all the silly conversation we were having! Regardless, I imagine when full, this situation doesn't happen. (And as I mentioned before, they were all really lovely.) In any case, once again I've written more than you could probably digest, mirroring my ordering style, so I'll leave it there. Essentially, this is a fantastic restaurant, with incredible menus, lovely staff, great lunch deals and really quirky cool décor. It's a new favourite, and I want to come back! Lunch, anyone?

Ignore the 1 star hygiene rating, it's hands down the best Chinese restaurant in Leeds. With it's…read moremostly Chinese clientele, and an authentic Chinese menu - complete with wonderfully stupid set menu names "First Date", "Courtship" and "True Love" - it should come as no surprise that the grub that is served up is deeeeelicious! And very good value for money too at that. The only thing I'd knock it on would be the drinks selection, but with the above, and the great waiting staff and snazzy faux Chinese decor you'd be crazy to contemplate any other Chinese in the city centre.

After the success of our recent trip to Ho's Bakery; curiosity, hunger and indecision powered my…read moreOther Half and I into trying their restaurant on a recent Sunday afternoon. Located on Vicar Lane, Ho's Bar & Restaurant is open seven days a week, serving a mixture of Chinese and Szechuan cuisine. When entering the restaurant, there were a few promising signs. Firstly, most of the clientele were Chinese, the sounds of their beautiful language wafting through the air. This does prove a certain degree of faith in the quality of the cooking. The decor was inviting, the darkness of the room making the black and red tones seem sultry and rich. Through sheer laziness and after being lured by the value, we decided to go for the set dinner for two people. After ordering, we were swiftly presented with some appetising chicken and sweetcorn soup. The dish was very sweet, but not synthetically so, the freshness of the vegetable exuded natural sugars. On its completion, a plate of spring rolls and honey-glazed ribs arrived, accompanied with some seaweed. The spring rolls were unrecognisable from the greasy and innocuous abominations served at shoddy buffets across the country, the crunchiness of the vegetables provided a pleasant surprise. I often find eating ribs to be a messy process, resulting in dirty fingers and a lingering hunger. The example at Ho's was the inverse of this, with the large quantity of meat slipping off the bone. The seaweed was slightly too sugary, but this was a minor quibble. The main course comprised of sweet and sour pork, beef with green peppers in black bean sauce and some egg fried rice. Although we found the pork slightly chewy, the generous wedges of chargrilled pineapple were delicious. The beef dish was packed with flavour, the garlic perfectly complimenting the saltiness of the black beans. There was not a hint of greasiness in the rice, and the egg was light and fluffy. The monetary value of this feast was extraordinary. From a venue which I consider to be of genuine quality, as opposed to the copious amount of imposters crowding the high street with gloopy sauces and limp vegetables, the entire meal cost £15. I think if we had ordered our favourite dishes from the menu instead of being tempted by the convenience of the set menu, Ho's may have received even higher praise. This is a sterling excuse to revisit Ho's however, something I shall be doing expeditiously.

I came here with my parents before visiting the theatre and we had the set menu of three courses…read morefor £15 each. We started with a chicken and sweetcorn soup and mixed plate of prawn toast, ribs, crispy wantons, spring rolls and the most delicious seaweed i've ever had! Then we had three main dishes to share, lamb, beef and crispy chicken. We finished with a plate of fresh fruit to share. The service was quick, polite and very friendly. A lot of the customers in the restaurant were chinese so in my book, this shows that it must be good! The restaurant is upstairs in the building as downstairs there is a bakery. I didn't get chance to look down here as we were pushed for time but it was really busy throughout our meal. We sat on a balcony part that overlooks the bakery and the decor is black, red and beech. It looks really stylish inside and would be a great place for a special meal.

***龙年 Year of Dragon 2024/2025 Dim Sum Rat European AWARD for Best Yum Cha Atmosphere***…read more Oriental City is a traditional dark wood interior restaurant. Full dim sum menu, with some Sichuan and even some Macau dishes. It's attached to a large Asian food market. Very 1930's Hong Kong style. The entry is at the back through the car park of the food supermarket and parking can be complex so make sure you check the parking rules! They have brisk service (authentically Cantonese) do you will need to be firm when ordering, particularly on Sundays. They have a wonderful busy, bustling atmosphere especially on weekends. Standouts: Solid har gow and wonderful, fragrant prawn chive dumplings. Cuttlefish dumpling is the delicious stand- out along with the choy with ginger. Excellent refreshing fresh jasmine tea! Not Strongest: Fried squid is not so crispy, a little greasy

I came into the shop and there was curry sauce all over the floor which led to me falling and…read moresmacking me hed on a big skillet of prawn chow mein. I fell to the floor and passed out for around 3.5 hours! when I woke there was many customers eating around me on the floor out of the skillet which was placed on top of my stomach

点心 鼠 Dim Sum Rat say:…read more Old school dim sum and Cantonese buffet restaurant with attached cooking school. Make sure you ask for the dim sum menu. Standouts: Truffle with gold dumplings heavenly (they are the price of gold too!) Mushroom dumplings rich and delicious Not so good: Interior is very run-down Service Can be lackluster; good if you are assertive

Having finally climbed down from the ceiling after my last pink gloop injection at Crown Buffet I…read morehave decided to give it a review...and I was rather surprised to find myself the first to do so. Can it be that only a select band of us are propping this business up with our monthly pilgrimage to Pork and Prawn Land? Or is it simply that the regular clientele are so coked up on MSG that they are too syndactylus to operate a keyboard. Both are viable explanations. To find Crown Buffet you will need to wander into the ZombieLand behind the bottom of the Headrow, where once there was a thriving Chinese community with supermarkets, restaurants and a crackingly kitsch pool hall. Thankfully Leeds Council stepped in to 'redevelop' the area. So now there's nothing. In true Never Ending Story style you have to walk past 'The Nothing', under the ring road and there amongst the Squirrel Storage (who knew they had gone high tech?), abandoned office blocks and people who want to save on parking and are prepared to walk you will find a fantastic old school board building that has been converted into the only functioning chinese restaurant in the area. Crown Buffet is not going to win any internal style awards, unlike my digestive system- which I have been told personally by a Gastroenterologist is "Fabulous!". Think school canteen where the children get to eat nought but sugar and you have the idea....in fact you have the review right there. For around £6 during the day and £10 after 6pm you can gorge your sweet ass senseless on some frankly pretty well prepared, cleanly presented and varied Chinese and Mongolian classics. And there was me thinking I would never ever get to use the term 'Mongolian classics' in my entire literary experience. There's even a Mongolian grill where you can pick your meats and choose from exponentially hotter sauces to be combined in front of you by a very warm person wielding a very large pan over a very large flame for your amusements. And there's a wide choice of pudding from fruit to cake to ice cream. So why just 3 stars? Well I just can't get past the bright lightbulbs, trestle tables and overwhelming feeling that I'm sitting at an oriental Butlin's feeding trough. The food is GREAT, the staff are friendly and you'll waddle home hugely content if not more than a little uncomfortable but it lacks that one key thing.....being an actually vaguely Chinese experience. Come on Crown Buffet. Give me a few fans on the walls, a splash of red, some plant life and that Whitney Houston type singer belting out show tunes in Mandarin as I cram your various good and tasty things into my excited maw. Or at least give me chopsticks. Pretty please?

Best chinese bar none in the area..with a great veggie selection. The sweet and chilli bean curd is…read morea firm favourite. Big portions, but what's really impressive is the time it takes to arrive...very quick.

Having had the longest day in history (OK, exaggeration, but it was an immensely long day) my…read moreboyfriend and I decided that we simply couldn't face cooking dinner on totally empty stomachs at 10pm at night. So, we decided on take-away. Normally we'd go for pizza or Thai, but we were feeling a little adventurous so we decided to look up Chinese take-aways on Yelp. It's my joy to report that having spotted all the grand reviews for China Jade we took a punt and it was just the job. I'm a creature of habit so I went for my usual (when I'm in Gloucestershire it's what we always have) which is a Special Curry and Special Fried Rice. My boyfriend went for something slightly more adventurous and had a Japanese Bento Box. The whole order came to around £25, which was fine as we had ordered enough food for over three people! My dishes were beautiful and utterly packed with bits, there was no scrimping on the meat and it was all pretty delicious. To my boyfriend's delight there was a lot of fish related items in my curry, which went straight on his plate as I'm not keen, and his Bento box was like a TV Dinner from the land of Plenty. He had a huge salad, breaded chicken slices, rice, little parcels of I-don't-know-what (devoured before I got a look in!) and a pot of Miso soup. I was full after about half of of my dishes, as the curry also came with chips, so was decidedly sensible and left it after that. Of course, my boyfriend continued to pick at the food for the next few hours and felt overly full afterward, but we were utterly satisfied. Service was friendly and I thought the prices were really reasonable so I was really happy. Yum!

China Jade, Well what can I say, we have been using this…read moreChinese takeaway for a good 2-3 years now and they always surpass our expectations. The food is ALWAYS hot and is delivered usually on schedule give or take 10 minutes. Obviously its going to be a little longer on a peak day (fri & sat). The food is always fantastic, full of flavour and never a problem. Me and my partner always order the following. Salt & Pepper Spare Ribs (Amazing, proper full length ribs with chillis etc) Prawn toast (proper prawns ontop of the toast, not paste) Char Sui Pork no veg (you get lots of meat) with chips Beef with Ginger & Spring Onion (ask for more meat and they give it to you) with noodles or egg fried rice. All of that comes to about £16 or so. Delivery is charged but doesn't bother me.

I've had Chinese food delivered from here a few times, mainly because, in spite of the multitude of…read moremenus that seem to be pushed through my letterbox every hour of the day, when I actually want a takeaway I can invariably only find one - New Hong Van has fulfilled this honour on a couple of occasions. The food did exactly what I wanted it to, providing me with my MSG fix for a few hours for a relatively reasonable sum, and the staff were perfectly pleasant, throwing in some free prawn crackers and drinks as all good takeaways should. A perfectly adequate stop for a Chinese takeaway, but nothing to write home about.

The food here is generally pretty good. What let's it down is it's organisation. I have been…read moreordering from here once a week for several years now and feel I'm going to have to venture elsewhere as they are forever getting the order wrong. This includes on multiple occasions relating to allergies. Just had salt n pepper chips that were quite obviously chips placed on top of the salt n pepper herbs in the hope I'd not notice. I'd b3 happier if the just gave me the chips and were honest about it or I could've waited for them to make the order right, but no! They have to deceive. Added to that front of house staff not particularly friendly and order is rarely ready when they say it will be. If this was my business they'd be some P45s flying around. Avoid if you have allergies, not worth the risk.

Its Panda Express with cheaper decor and much lower portions. Its actually OK if you want some…read moreChinese type junk food. Bit off putting how they have stationed a Chinese woman to literally stand next to the till and watch what all the other staff do! Sweet and sour was good.

The store in Leeds is really good, they don't always have what I want, but the staff are really…read morefriendly. Due to the COVID-19 closure, I've ordered from them online, at singkeefoods.co.uk and this is the reason for the 2 star review... 2 of the products were out of stock - and I received a refund for one of these items a week after receiving the order. The second product (4 blocks of tempeh) hasn't been refunded, and it's been a few months since the order. In these months I have emailed singkeefoods and filled in 'contact us' forms, and have had no response. I'll be sticking with Hang Won Hong (aka Taste the Orient), also based in Leeds, They don't do mail order, but they do respond to emails!

Wonderful food and service. Very friendly, helpful staff. They supply my favourite restaurant…read morewhich is just next door!