This is my favourite authentic Chinese restaurant in Christchurch. Delicious flavourful food…read more Accommodating if you want to make changes, within reason. Fairly priced given the quality. Nice little out of the way diner experience.

The first Chinese meal in NZ. Taste quite good and the service is excellent…read more Price is fairly okay. There are plenty of choices of different fried rices. Recommend if you want a quick Chinese meal.

I recently went here for a meal with my family. The food was…read moreexcellent, the plates had plenty of food on them. Staff were friendly and very efficient. The price for 7 adults was really great. I can really recommend thus restaurant.

This is a very calm, nice South Asian restaurant. There's a good range of Thai, Vietnamese,…read moreChinese, Malaysian and Burmese food. I had lunch here with friends. I enjoyed a Thai Tom-Sam Prawn Salad which was beautifully made, fresh and colourful. My companions had a Massuman and Vietnamese Stir Fried Noodles. Everything was lovely, so delicious and enjoyable. Service is respectful and very professional. Meals don't take long to come. I'd definitely come back, thank you.

Upon recommendation from our friends, we stopped into Midnight Shanghai for dinner. We were seated…read moreon the back patio -- a covered open-air patio with limited seating. We ordered a lot of food including the red chili fish in broth, a tempura style cauliflower, scallion pancakes, mapo tofu, veggie gyoza (dumplings) and the veggie stir-fry noodles. The food comes out as it's ready, and dishes are great for sharing. This works out well for a long meal, except that our noodles came out about 20 minutes after the rest of the food (and we were about ready to leave). We ended up taking that whole dish to go (takeaway) after it was served. My personal favorite was the chili fish -- the broth was spicy and delicious -- but everything on the menu was great!

Great wee spot for Yum Cha. Excellent value for money & the staff add their own special twist to…read moreservice. Recommend the Baked BBQ Pork Buns & Prawn Dumplings.

I am a Coeliac gluten free and diabetic and foo San are very good at making sure I can eat safely…read more Never had a bad experience and been coming here for years. One of my very few favorite places. Funny I told my friends about them and most of them already loved the place. So now an awesome place to catch up with friends and loved ones. Rest assured that you will well looked after.

Tried this place out on a whim a few nights ago and I was really glad I did! I ordered the Fried…read moreChicken Donburi Rice Bowl. . .so delicious!. . .The meal was served nice and hot and the noodles were especially tasty. For dessert, they offered a delicious chocolate cake with ice cream. . .the service couldn't have been better. . .very attentive and offered with a smile. . .Needless to say, I will be going back!

From the owner: Sister restaurant of Eightgrains and Sushi Soldier, bring the most popular Asian food to the…read moreMerivale neighbourhood with a more intimate and cosy dining experience.

This place has undergone multiple change in management over the years. It's gotten much cleaner,…read moremore modern, but the food is not the same as it used to be. I remember the days of picking out metal bits from the Szechuan sticky chicken. The place- spacious, mixture of 4 sweaters and large Chinese round table. Ample parking outside. The food- the main selling dishes are those that serve in a stone pot. Has a curry based flavor. You can pick your meat of preference. Very filling and not too spicy. Recommend not to order too many other dishes of you are getting this one. The Szechuan spicy chicken is juicer now, and not over powered with chili. I still preferred the old dry and spicy version but others in my table really enjoyed it. Drinks- a wall full of Chinese liquor for you to choose from. Tea is free. Service- we came here on a Sunday lunch time. Was pretty quiet. The waitress was a little slow and uncertain of the menu. Overall I would probably still come here again during next trip to Christchurch. More for nostalgia.

All Vegetarian and plenty of vegan run by nice people. Almost all dishes came on a bed of fresh…read morecrisp mixed vegetables. Started with the dumplings- just OK. My least favorite dish we had. They were not the chewy type I usually favor. Moved on to stir fried ham ( soy, not pig) with green vegetables. Good! Smoked soy with vegetables. Also very good. #6 hotpot lemon and red roast noodles - sauce was more catsup and not lemony but the chewy gluten fake meat on top was excellent. Last dish was Beijing stewed something (#19). Excellent!

Great choices for vegans. 100% vegetarian and about 80% of the menu are vegan. The dishes we tried…read morewere so delicious. The service was great and the food came fairly quick. Prices were resonable. It's not a fancy place and I wouldn't recommend it for a first date but it's definitely worth a visit. I wish there was a place like this at home.

The food and service at Thai Orchid is amazing…read more An added benefit was it was only a short walk from our hotel.

Very good service; I wish I would have ordered a spicier dish. It was a busy place but we received…read moreour meals very timely.

Benson Chinese Restaurant has been serving quality and delicious Chinese food for over 10 years. I…read morewas brought here by my cousins who have lived in Christchurch area for the last 9 years and have been coming to Benson's for that long. My aunt made a point to treat us to the spicy beef soft tofu stew as it is her favorite dish of the whole restaurant and that's a must try if you're down with spicy food. The fried tofu for the appetizer was really good as well. Definitely a must try if you are in Christchurch!

Just ate there this evening. Four in our party. Two entries brought out within a few minutes of…read moreeach other. The other two entrees still had not arrived 20 minutes later. We asked one of the servers to check on them. She went in the kitchen, came out but did not return to our table. Ten minutes later we asked another server to check. Clearly the order was lost. 5 minutes later one of the lost entrees appeared. 10 minutes later the final one arrived. Absolutely terrible experience and the indifference on the parry of some of the staff was abhorrent. Would not recommend going there.