The Real China is a Chinese buffet restaurant in the restaurant / entertainment complex of the Swan…read moreCentre in Eastleigh. It is part of a nationwide chain The fiancée and I were looking for a cheap meal before our film at the Vue cinema a floor up. £9.95 seemed a decent price for Sunday lunch, so in we trooped The decor in the reception is lovely with a soothing water feature. Wait to be seated and you pay at the end There was a decent number of dishes but I think there is room for more if they choose to do so. I asked one of the staff of the lunch and dinner offerings are different. She said the number of dishes is the same but the dishes themselves do vary I do pity the chefs who have to make food look and taste presentable after being under heating lights or in warming plates for hours. Some of the food here did look a bit gloopy on our arrival but the kitchen did replenish often and the fresh food was a lot more appealing The menu here was quite generic. My favourite dishes were the spare ribs, green lip mussels and the king prawns. Dessert portions were tiny though you could of course take as many as you wanted but I opted for the fresh fruit - melon, orange and pineapple Good value if a little generic

This restaurant is now closed. Many people had food poisoning and a big court case came of it…read more Another restaurant also a buffet Chinese opened in its place and also closed.

We headed off to Lyndhurst on a spur-of-the-moment whim for an overnight stay at the weekend -…read morehungry after a long walk in the beautiful New Forest, we took a gamble after looking at their menu as we passed by and made a reservation for that evening. The restaurant was very busy when we walked in, a few minutes early: we were invited to take a seat while our table was made ready, which gave us a moment to look at the delicious Szechuan menu again. We were shown to a lovely table in the middle of the restaurant, up close to the wall so we didn't have people brushing past continuously, bang on our reservation time! We selected a random bottle of wine from the menu (an Italian rose) which was very nice. We elected to start with wan-tun soup and grilled dumplings, which came out piping hot and absolutely delicious. The grilled dumplings were so moorish that we could happily have tucked into another plateful! We chose crispy beef with sweet-piquant sauce and panfried squid in blackbean sauce as our mains, accompanied by steamed rice and Yung Chow fried rice (containing meat and prawns). There was a nice lull in between our starters and main dishes being served which gave us time to enjoy our wine and savour the flavours from the starters more fully. The main courses were exceptional - not only in terms of quality, but also quantity! Lovely tender strips of beef were served in a delicate sweet-peppery sauce which was the perfect companion to the Yung Chow fried rice; my partner was very pleased with his panfried squid (again, plentiful quantity) and found the blackbean sauce quite fiery, although still very tasty and not offputting at all. We found the service to be very swift and courteous - the only things we could possibly find fault with was (a) after the first pouring of wine we were left to do it ourselves (not that we minded!), (b) we left the restaurant without being bid farewell, and (c) critically - the smokers stood outside the front door of the restaurant and as it was a fairly warm evening, the door was left wide open and the smoke blew in constantly. Not nice if you are a non-smoker! The food was exceptional; I think this definitely comes into our top 3 Chinese restaurants in the UK. We will definitely return again to the Imperial China next time we are visiting the area - well worth a visit, in our opinion.

We go to this restaurant frequently because the food is great and reasonably priced but mainly…read morebecause the service is exceptional. It is situated in the main street of Lyndhurst opposite the road leading to Cadnam. It is a short walk from the public car park. They serve Chinese and Szechwan food. There is a vast choice on the menu, and the staff will help with selections. The service is quick and efficient I think that they have all been highly trained and it shows. They also do a take away menu which seems to be popular but we haven't tried it yet.

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The Jade has been on my 'must do' list of places to eat for a couple of years now. It comes highly…read morerecommended by several friends who are discerning foodies so I was really looking forward to this meal. It's a very unassuming looking frontage that gives no clue as to the interior. We ordered the chefs special set menu with the lobster option to start. Our lobster was presented live and huge before being chopped up and braised in a wok with ginger and spring onion. Sublime! We had a selection of 5-6 other dishes, including King Prawn in black bean, baby squid, chilli fillet beef, chicken in yellow bean plus rice. It was £24 per head (minimum of 2). The sake comes warm in its own little bath and the service is impeccable - knowledgeable, friendly staff who really care about their food. This is an outstanding restaurant and one we'll be visiting regularly from now on.

Not strictly Chinese but Cantonese and simply the best in town! Food is delicious, excellent…read moreservice and great atmosphere! It's very small here so always pre-book to make sure you aren't disappointed. You will be very well looked after! My only reservation is the live lobster which is brought to you if you order lobster to eat but since I never intend to and others might enjoy this treat, I won't let that spoil my rating!

Good food, very clean and staff friendly. Will definitely re visitread more

This was the best Chinese I have had since coming to Pompey! Tasty food at good prices. Really…read moresmart shop, clean and tidy plus the staff are friendly who don't mind going that little bit further to help you out! TRY IT!

Been going there for years, and never had a problem. Staff are always friendly and the food is…read morealways great. Would highly reccomend.

Dim sum is very nice from a Chinese view. Better go there during the week day instead of weekend!read more

I love this chinese takeaway, it's not just a chinese takeaway place but also a fish and chip shop…read more The prices are reasonable and the food is tasty. If you go and order in there you have to pay with cash, however, you can order with a card on the website and they will deliver for £2 if you have spent £18, so when you are having a lazy day it's handy. I must say I prefer the Chinese food over the fish and chips but that's not to say the fish and chips are not good.

Been going here for a number of years now and that alone will tell you most of what you need to…read moreknow. Really nice food at very good prices, always consistent. Portion size is generous too. Food usually takes about 15 minutes from ordering so I usually phone ahead and just walk straight in and pick it up.

Golden Valley is a excellent place to go if all you want is a quick Chinese meal. Ïts open late…read moreevery night and usually has a large que, but whats a que when you can call in advance and order. Éven if you are in the que your not there for too long. Superb food at great prices. I highly recommend to everyone, even if you do go just the once.

I would like to say what excellent food we had last nite at lai ho, the food was mouth watering,…read moreand the service was second to none, i would like to say what a lovely evening my husband and myself had thank you serena table 5 x

If you're going to name your establishment "Yummy Yummy", it pretty well better be, or the…read morenecessary betrayal felt by customers experiencing an unnecessarily ironic experience will backfire. I was in town and was looking for a quick bite. I ordered the vegetable tofu satay and garlic fried rice. The satay, really wasn't. And as for the vegetables, nearly half of the content of this dish was comprised of pineapple. There are those who like a bit of sweet with their savory. Not me, thanks. And for the love of God, a pineapple is not a vegetable! If you're going to put pineapple in a "vegetable" dish the least you could do is warn me so I can opt out. For the garlic fried rice, clearly the chef had mistakenly thought onions were garlic. There was a hint of garlic, and it smelled wonderful, but this thing was chock-a-bloc full of onions. Clearly their rice supplies were short as they seemed to be using onions as a filler on this dish. Yummy Yummy, honestly, if you had been called anything but that, I would have given you two stars. So minus one for the unappreciated irony.

This place is awesome, the tofu is crunchy, the vegetables are tasty and the staff are always…read morehelpful. It is nothing to look at from the outside, but consistent quality delivered hot and fresh, been a customer for years!