They are very friendly and considerate, food are very good and like home food from HK. Fantastic!read more

Liked the service and the food very much, I see a lot of people explaining their great experiences…read moreand placing only 4 stars, this place deserves more!

I've walked past this place dozens of times and finally made the decision to stop in for a late…read moredinner. Very large dining areas and if you step up to the bar area, you can see into the very clean and well kept kitchen. Menus on the glass tables with rather odd 'coffee-themed' placemats. Service was extremely fast and my Mixed Seafood Noodles and Vegetarian Spring Rolls were both delivered to my table about 4 minutes after ordering. The noodles were good, but they needed a bit of the chilli paste to bring out the flavor. The spring rolls were very hot and crispy, as they should be. The usual beers are available - Tiger, Tsingtao - plus a small selection of spirits. Plus canned sodas. This restaurant has been here for decades, as I learned when I engaged the very nice lady in chat. She said 37 years. Amazing. I read elsewhere that they had some fire damage in 2008, but you can't tell. The place looks great.

A "fancy" Chinese restaurant with tablecloths and full service, China Palace is a bit on the…read moreelegant side, but the prices don't show it unless you go with the whole lobster appetizer for £22. There are a few other items on the menu that could easily kick you into the stratosphere of spending. As long as you avoid those, all is well. Attentive service from waiters and waitresses dressed in black, the food was good. Hot & Sour soup was good, but a bit salty. I was a little surprised to find both peas and small prawns in there. The Singapore Fried Noodles was a large portion of curried noodles with prawns, red and green peppers and a dusting of sesame seeds on top. I had plenty to take home and it was just as good the next day. Interesting music playing on the hidden speakers. Chinese singers and lyrics, intemixed with... is that Pink singing "So What"? Slightly out of place. Would I return? Maybe. The Dim Sum menu is appealing!

By chance I visited this restaurant for dinner as I was staying in the nearby Penta Hotel, a short…read more2 minute walk away. I was not disappointed. Every dish the waiters brought out was fresh and tasted excellent. Everything from crispy duck to quick fried king prawns, spring rolls and fried rice, BBQ spare ribs and much much more was very very tasty; some of the best Chinese cooking I've enjoyed for a long time. Next time I come to Reading, I'll stay at the same hotel just to be close to this Chinese gem!

Fancy Chinese restaurant a half block from the Reading rail station, Shanpan is on the first…read more("second" in American) floor of a three story building, with a Thai restaurant above. We were greeted at the door and shown to a table, where the hostess really wanted to take our drink order immediately. I hate that. It's not like the place was super busy and they needed to get us moving along. We both had Chinese beers, me a Tiger and my friend a Tsingtao. When she brought the drinks, we were still talking and catching up, so she came back a few minutes later. Appetizers and mains were ordered. Hooray, please let us talk, mkay? Chicken Satay to start was good, but the Spring Rolls were insanely hot. Like "let them sit for 5 minutes to cool off" hot. They were okay. When it arrived, my chicken and cashews was good. The cashews were nice and crunchy, the chicken pieces were tender and cooked well. I think it was a little on the bland side and perhaps a small dab of soy sauce would have kicked it up but there was none to be seen and the staff seemed to choose this moment to be invisible. When we had nearly wrapped up the meal, the manager came by to check on us, but we gave him the 'all good' response. The food was okay, the service was a little much. There are other Chinese restaurants in town.

I have tried several different chinese takeaways and this is definitely a table topper. The order…read moreis usually processed quickly with free delivery within a specified region, and free prawn crackers for orders over £10. Only wish the communication was better as ordering can be daunting with the language barrier.

We have tried many local Chinese restaurants/takeaways and this is definitely one of the best…read more Great food, never been a problem. Just wish they would listen to our request we don't want prawn crackers! LOL

I have been looking for a really long time for a good Chinese/Cantonese restaurant, and Dragon inn…read moreis now definitely one of my favourites. The food reminded me so much of when I stayed in Hong Kong. *** You can either order separate food from the main menu or go all in for a good fixed price. *** It's quite a small restaurant but that makes it very nice to eat in not too much noise and peace. *** The people who work there are super kind and nice too! Definitely 5 starts worth :)

Good Chinese restaurant, with a nice ambience. Used to be amazing but now just very good. Service…read morenot as good as it used to be. Has its own car park in rear and is easy to get to.

This was the second time I visited but the last time I left without any food and was during lunch…read moreservice. The restaurant is always so chaotic, the lady owner told me blank that she was too busy to talk to me. They all ran around like a headless chicken. We set there for 35 mins and no one took order even for a drink or offer us a glass of water. We asked twice if someone can take our order, it was always a promise of will be back in a minute. At 25mins a chap took half of our order then walked off. We could hear lady owner shouting at everyone in the kitchen in Gordon Ramsey style. So we left after wasting 35mins as had to go back to work and school pick up. No one even apologised to us. Similar experience on my first time visit but at least we got some food. The twice cooked pork and the shredded beef was both overcooked and dried. Sorry had to say I won't recommend despite all other reviews. They need more staff and less stress environment.

From the owner: Reading's Most Authentic Chinese Restaurant. Serving traditional specialities from all parts of…read moreChina.

I just tried it 1st time today, the food is fresh, delicious, less oil and more healthy, big…read morevolume. Can't wait to try all of our favourite dishes one by one !

Food is excellent as always, and staff very friendly. Not had a single dish here that I wouldn't…read morerecommend, by far the best Chinese locally. However, as the saying goes ' you get what you pay for' - and it certainly isn't cheap here. Be prepared to pay upwards of £25 a head without drinks.

Always a fantastic meal whether you eat in or takeaway. Food…read moreis always fresh and hot, and it's one of the few places i've found that serve proper chow mein - not that horrible watery msg gloop that most places serve. The crispy chilli beef and chicken chow mein is highly reccomended! A fabulous place.

There are many Chinese restaurants in Reading, but I think I fell on my feet with this one…read more The restaurant is large with Chinese and Thai dishes off one menu. There is a Buffet Menu option, which is the option I went for: this allows you to pick from a sub-set of the menu and eat as many courses as you like for a fixed price. As long as you keep clearing your plate, they keep sending more food. The price varies depending on the day of the week, it was £12.90 on Wednesday when I visited, a little dearer at the weekend. I stuck with primarily Chinese dishes: a mixed starter (including two types of rib, chop suey rolls, chicken satay); crispy duck with pancakes; crispy chilli beef and chicken with noodles. A couple of glasses of a reasonably cheap (£4) Merlot washed it down nicely. I'm sure there are probably better Chinese restaurants in the area, but the food was tasty, generally well prepared and the staff friendly and helpfull. My only complaint is that the mixed starter was a little too cool. Great value for money and recommended.

I can't say I hated this restaurant, but it didn't really have anything decent that encourages me…read moreto visit again. We went last winter, yet they stuck the air con on high that we kept our coats on all the way through the meal. Service was slow and some of our food was warm at best. It's a shame, as it looks like a lovely upmarket chinese on the outside. Perhaps if my expectations hadn't been so high, I wouldn't have been quite so disappointed.