Great chinese Take-away! The food is always freshly cooked and kept warm until you collect. They…read morealso deliver to your home If you'd like them to. Best one in Chelmsfod

The Lantern Houe has to be the best "sit in" chinese in Chelmsford…read more It does geta little busy as the quality of food is top class. Due to this the waiting can sometimes be a drag. Hoever the staff are friendly and the quality of the food is well worth the wait. If you are lucky to catch them when thay are not busy then you will have a fantastic meal at a good price.

Specifically went in and asked for no Nuts. I say that with all dishes i order as my daughter is…read moreseverely allergic to them. They reassured me there wasn't any an any of the dishes at all. I must of mentioned it about 5 times (just to make sure) We ordered 5 differ dishes to share out. Luckily i tried the first piece of chicken in black bean sauce (I didn't even think that had nuts in it anyway) I found half a peanut. I poured out all the rest of all dishes and found 4 and a half nuts in total. I threw the whole lot away and phoned to complain, only to be told that i should of requested it when i called to make the delivery. (Even though i went in and ordered it face to face) I Will definitely not be going back.

Fantastic restaurant. Brilliant night…read more The food was excellent - we went for the 2nd set menu which was really nice and plenty to share between 2 people. The service was good. There was a piano player which was good and created a nice atmosphere. 100% would go here again.

Great food and ambience…read more Set meal was excellent with great tasting dim sum. We asked for steamed fish instead of the prawns as one of the main dishes and George(our waiter) couldn't have been happier to oblige. Mark(the manager) always looked after us. Very good, prompt and friendly service.

The resturant is where everyone is friendly and warm and welcoming , the guys that run it tommy and…read moresam are very special , and the food is always special . I have been eating in there for 30 years and love it everytime i go in there like my late father used too and feel at home every time.

I moved to Chelmsford 16 years ago, tried so many Chinese restaurants and take aways and not one…read morecould do a decent sweet and sour! It was so bad I stopped ordering it because it was always so vinegar tasting. Only this week I came across Empire Palace and their sweet and sour Hong Kong style was perfect! The perfect balance and so moreish! I woke up the next day craving it... and the next... and the next.. and today we got it delivered and I was in heaven again!

This used to be a good value family restaurant, but is now going seriously down-hill! On my last…read morevisit (last ever !) I made the mistake of asking the Herr Kommandant (the maitre d') for a table by the window: the Chinese Basil Fawlty started shouting at me, saying in broken English if you wanted to choose a table you should have booked. Also every other table was apparently reserved, no sign of a "reserved" notice on any of them. He then "blanked" me for the rest of the visit, maybe he should go on a customer relations course, or better yet, someone should teach him about good manners !The food is nowadays limp and flavour-less, of very questionable quality with little variety. You constantly get staff leaning over your plate to remove things from the table. Cheap it is, but in this life you get what you pay for, you have been warned.