Food & service used to be fantastic. I used them 1 to 5 times a week for around 2 years. Recently…read morestarted getting wrong orders delivered and food standards started dropping. Telephoned them to mention about wrong order and was told not to come back. After the money and custom I gave them in the past, terrible attitude.

Fast service tasty food definately one of my favouritesread more

Wowser, what a restaurant! The Water Margin is right up there on my list of favourite places to…read moreeat, having been there for romantic dinners with the husband before he became the husband and for a very raucous birthday party at which the husband insisted on singing. Before the karoke machine was turned on. The setting is spectacular - this is a large building right on the edge of the River Bann, so ask when you are booking for a window table and you'll have a stunning view as you eat and drink. The interior of the restaurant is just as impressive - a large, high ceiling room with a giant chandelier in the centre. So, what about the food? It certainly lives up to the setting. I would describe this as upmarket Chinese food rather than the kind of place to grab your Friday night sweet and sour. The prices reflect the setting and the quality and for special occasions I am more than happy to pay them. On our last visit I had satay chicken skewers and seaweed, both of which were top notch. I than had shredded chilli beef which I also loved, and the husband had king prawns in yellow bean sauce which I felt obliged to try and also really liked. We had side orders of special fried rice and noodles and I could have eaten either of these on their own. I was pleased to see that there is a tea time special menu at £9.95 for 3 courses which is outstanding value given the quality of food and the lovely service you get. Can't wait until the next time we go back.

Eat here quite a bit and can't complain about anything. The food and service is excellent. I'd…read morerecommend anyone passing through to call in and try it. They do a shoppers special which is great value too

I'm sorry the other review of this place had a bad experience. We've used this place several times…read morenow and it's been consistently excellent. Service good. Estimates of time until ready pretty close. Most importantly the food is terrific. Great selection and variety. Nice consistency of sauces. Generous amounts of meat in portions. Quality ingredients. In my opinion, it's the best delivery Chinese takeaway in Ballymena.

I don't normally write reviews or complaints but totally frustrated by the service or lack of from…read moreimperial city at rossdale tonight. We called in on the way home from a long day at work-the Chinese was empty so they can't use that as an excuse. We ordered one starter and two main courses-not a complicated order but the useless girl at the counter couldn't even add the total up she had to get the Chinese chef to do it. Anyway we drove out home and dished out the starter which was fine. However when we dished up the mains we discovered we had been given one wrong meal. We called the Chinese to ask for the correct dish which again the uneducated thing behind the counter couldn't comprehend. They expected us to come get a replacement for the incorrect dish when the chef agreed to send it out to us we were told it would be ten mins-this was annoying but acceptable. The girl couldn't understand or spell r address and it was spelt out three times. 40mins later still no order and the rest of the food may as well have been dumped it was ruined. My husband called to complain again and was told that they didn't know the address and would send it again. At this point we said we wanted r money back to which they again expected us to come for it-no. They wanted all other food back fine we chucked it in a bag and waited. 2hrs after ordering the poor delivery woman had to come query the refund with us. I called the Chinese and got abuse hurled down the phone at me being cursed at by that rude useless waste of space. After 5mins on the phone they said we would get refund for all but-the starter. This was the third and last time we will use them. All but the delivery driver are rude. Always an issue with the address and customer service/care or basic manners non existent. Would not recommend this place to anyone. Sent from my HTC

I had takeaway for dinner tonight out of Golden Gate and it was delicious. So I've decided to up…read moretheir rating from 4 to 5 stars. A party of four of us shared mixed vegetables in satay sauce, black bean sauce, chips and rice. All the food was beautiful, with the satay sauce especially flavoursome and spicy. Excellent portion sizes to boot. A great Chinese takeaway to really enjoy on a lazy Saturday night when you can't be bothered cooking but still want scrumptious treat food. Would highly recommend.

With some many yummy places to choose from, how does this version continue to live on. It's a…read morepuzzlement.

Best Chinese in the local area. Their chicken curry is absolutely beautiful…read more Other favourites of theirs would be their chilli chicken wings, their house sauce chicken and I also love their snack box deals which are very hard to beat in terms of value. I recommend ordering in advance for your takeaway, especially at the weekend as they are usually very busy.