This was a visit borne of desperation and ordinarily I wouldn't think of this place…read more We were fed up with Christmas turkey, ham, roast beef, pork & chestnut stuffing and salmon. We couldn't face another mince pie or slice of pudding either. Talk about first world problems. It was a cold New Year's Day and I wasn't even sure I'd find a place that was open. The two places I wanted to be open weren't - Soi 9 Thai & Dragon Express - so I ended up here as it was one of two Chinese take outs with lights on. Spice of India on the same almost empty street was open but if you read my review on it you'll see why I opted for Chinese. I didn't know what I wanted to eat but my wife had decided on salted chilli chicken, so when I looked at the menu it had a meal for two deal at £13.80 that included salted chilli chicken so I ordered it. The deal was this chicken meal, chicken fried rice, chicken curry, a tub of curry sauce, cheap and unpleasant, pre prepared prawn crackers and a small portion of chips. The food was a bit better than ok but I couldn't say it was really good so a border line three stars. And while it was ok it's certainly not on my return visit list.

From the owner: Since the founder, Mr. Chen Jing, opened the first Hot Wok in Belfast in 1997, he has 30 years of…read moreexperience as a chef, and getting people together to share happiness has always been a source of inspiration for our family. As we continue to open restaurants throughout the UK, the bold flavor of Chinese cuisine inspires us to cook, and our vast number of guests and colleagues remain at the core of our work. Welcome to our Chinese kitchen. At present, Mr. Chen Jing has been serving delicious Chinese food, fast food, Thai food in Newry for a long time. Address: 17 Monaghan Street Newry BT356bb, tel: 02830250793

This is the best curry in Ireland. Going here for 30 years can't find anything like it. Pork curry…read moreis amazing. Love it. Great staff

Stale ass french fries. Dried up horse meat burger. The milkshakes be inconsistent . The staff are…read moreall lovely tho

I sit alone surrounded by groups of three or four people who while bunched together are not talking…read moreto each other. Instead they are all tapping away on various electronic devices. It's oddly quiet and a bit like sitting in a library. American day so far with two Starbucks coffees consumed and now this place. Dunno why it is but I'm in the mood for 'junk' food. Ironically there's a local sandwich bar right next door and the friendly efficient guy who took my one whopper (£3.89) one whopper free has just come in from buying his food next door. I suppose he's been here often enough to want something different. At nearly £4 for a burger it ain't cheap to add fries and a drink it comes out at about £5.50 - so for me it's once in a blue moon and truthfully if it wasn't for the BOGOF I wouldn't have come near the place. While Mc Donald's uses dried rehydrated onions this place uses fresh mild Spanish type and it makes a great positive difference to taste. They also still serve Heinz ketchup and I read somewhere that Mc Donald's either had stopped or are about to stop this brand. Another mistake in my book as it's great quality.

This is my first time in this place. I'm biased as I'm not really a fan of pressure cooked, skin -…read moreon, battery raised short life span, skinny chickens, nor am I fond of limp flaccid chips and bleach tasting flat soft drinks. Although it's my first time in here both of us have been round these parts a long time now. So why was I here - I had asked someone what they wanted for lunch and they chose food from here so I went to get it. And yes it was as awful in real life as I'd imagined it would be. I tried a chip. They were really awful rubbish, limp, almost raw tasting but they were potato at least that was discernible and anaemic looking. In fact if someone told me they had only been defrosted not fried and just bagged I'd have agreed. I intend never to return unless for someone else. I read somewhere that Colonel Saunders spent his later life visiting KFC's across the USA and invariably complaining that the food wasn't up to scratch and funnily enough despite looking like his image on the signage few of the workers recognised him. The food was at least cheap and the service was efficient and friendly. I sat for the order and the seating was as uncomfortable as the food was poor.

their curry half n half's and prawn crackers are MIGHTY XX great service guys well doneread more

This place was pretty good all round. Before now I'd have said I disliked bagels. I had a piece of…read moreone once and the birds got the rest. It was out of a 6 pack of New York bagels. So I went with my wife as she wanted to try this place, predisposed to disliking bagels. This place is near Maya cafe, a Subway sandwich place and two Pakistani restaurants. My wife chose a bagel deal with chicken & bacon declining the cheese, French fries and a 330ml Diet Coke at just under £6.50. The fries were hot and a good portion, cooked in vegetable oil. I had a piece and found it pretty tasty with chicken breast and well grilled, proper crispy bacon. The service was ace and I wouldn't hesitate to return here for coffee and bagels. Their coffee was pretty good too and good value. I suppose it's an upmarket Mc Donald's meal but a tad pricey given that the next door Spice of India offers a 3 course £5.95 lunch. The downsides are a mix of me being picky with my own quirks. The place is very small. It offers student discount so targeting them but not pensioner discount and it gives its bagels American titles like Tennessee. No disrespect to our American cousins but what's wrong with wheee we live; Down, Antrim, Armagh? Oh and bagels can't be legendary. Here they are just fast food.

It was ok. I won't go back again. I disliked my meal at the start as it wasn't what I had ordered…read more I was the only customer in a faded, tired place with two tired faded staff sitting idle until I went in. I asked for king prawn salt & chilli with noodles and a salt & chilli chicken with fried rice. Both meals cost £14.30. As it was my first visit I emphasised that the meals must be dry. He confirmed yes. I insisted the prawns had only a light batter, a small amount of chilli and he said that the batter is light. On reaching home neither dish was dry rather they were an oily, sugar/water solution. I guess each meal had at least a half dozen spoons of white sugar - this is poor, cheap rubbish stuff. The meals also came with copious amounts of scarce cooked onions. Neither chilli dish contained a scintilla of fresh red chilli. Again this is food where no expense is spent - the idea is to make the cheapest rubbish possible to maximise all important profits and to heck with the customer or their health. Being sugary wet the king prawn batter which was a heavy batter (not light) became wet and soggy very fast. As was the case here. The prawns were also well over cooked. The fried rice was very good though and I didn't open the noodles. Living in a city where we have only crap rip off Chinese places has become tedious.

It's just borderline 2 stars for this Camlough village place, but this review is in the context of…read morewhat's dished up in Chinese takeaways in my locality - and as I consistently report it's mostly overpriced rubbish everywhere. We rang ahead. We placed an order for four meals on a Christmas Eve evening - sort of a family tradition to get takeaway food as we prepare all the food for Christmas Day and St Stephen's day. We were told to hold off 30 minutes when our order was taken. This turned out to only suit the takeaway and at the expense of the quality of the already below average food - so sod the customer - only taking our money mattered. The bill for four main dishes - 2 chicken & fried rice, a 4 in 1 and one prawn with noodles was just over £33 and not nearly worth it. It was clear that our food sat cooked and lidded for quite a while. I ordered king prawn salted chilli with noodles. The (10) prawns were fairly ok and had we only waited 10 minutes to collect they likely would have been fairly good but battered prawns don't benefit from sitting in lidded tinfoil for 20 minutes. I also tried a piece of the salted chilli chicken which was really awful. Both of the dishes I tried were far too liberally salted, with no discernible fresh red chilli in sight and to make matters still worse my noodle side was cold. There's not one Chinese takeaway in Newry that serves up good takeaway food and we've now tried plenty. They aren't shy in always charging cash, almost always refusing credit cards and always pitching at top prices. I used to go to the Mayflower takeaway but it's now really rubbish quality so I've abandoned Newry based Chinese and mostly go to Oriental Red in Warrenpoint, which is consistently good but it wasn't practical to go Christmas Eve. I'm unlikely to return to Happy Villa again as it's just another well below average overpriced takeaway to join the list of well below average Chinese takeaways in Newry and surrounding area so if you have an air fryer try M&S factory takeaway mains and boil your own rice. I simply can't believe I'm recommending factory made food over 'fresh' restaurant made but call it desperation.

Just finished a takeaway from here. Service was fast and reasonable priced. Rice was fluffy and…read moredelicious, the noodles had a good flavour. The sausages were cooked very well as were the chicken balls and the chip were probably the best part. Would eat from here again.