not a fan of chinese, but my other half did enjoy the food, however theres a sign on the front…read moresaying air conditioned, but the day i went it wasn't working, it was BOILING. wasn't very good, or filling, had to grab a pizza after! And the seat was incredibly uncomfortable! And im not just saying that because i like to moan

For all you can eat Chinese, I really wasn't impressed. It felt more like a cafe than a restaurant…read more The staff didn't really make me feel like I wanted to be there and everything you asked seemed to be a problem. I didn't really find the menu that extensive and for the cost, I've eaten at MUCH nicer Chinese's. Parking is a pain too.

Admittingly I haven't been here for a couple of years but I used to frequent the place often (to…read morethe point where we were on first name terms with the management!) Restaurant is menu style all you can eat. The food is really good and the choice is the best I've seen anywhere. To be honest, in my humble opinion, the restaurant went downhill when the management changed, which is why I haven't been in a long while. But, I'm thinking about taking the hubby there (we were only going out when we last went there!) to try it again. I have some very fond memories of the restaurant.

Known for its fantastic all you can eat menu. Its best when a big group go. We order loads of…read morestarters and they put them al on one or more platters in the middle of the table. Then comes the duck and you can order more if you like. and then comes the mains (not that we can eat much of it as we have eaten so much already) Well worth going to

As a family we are always on the look out for new places for yumcha, so when my mum and dad asked…read moreme if I wanted to check it out with them I was pretty much first in the car. This is the second Imperial China, from the restaurant in Chinatown. On the out skirts of Watford it's easy to find and there's plenty of parking. If you're coming for dim sum I think they serve until 5pm on week days not too sure on weekends. Staff are friendly and very efficient and the restaurant is really tastefully decorated. The dim sum we had was fantastic, and my mum, dad and aunty are not ones to throw around praise if it's not deserved. I think we may have found a regular haunt here. YUM!

We dined here yesterday. The restaurant specialises in £17.50 a head "all you can eat" buffet: two…read morestarters, two main courses, plus rice, noodles and vegetables, and more of the same to follow if you still have an appetite. Drinks are extra. A sign at the entrance proclaimed that dim sum (referred to in an earlier review) was now permanently off the menu. We were also offered an a la carte menu. But, as that contained set meals comprising the same dishes as the barbecue, but at higher prices, we gave it a miss and ordered the barbecue. To say the service was slow would be an unparalleled understatement. It was for the most part stationary. The starters took 25 minutes to start arriving, after which they emerged from the kitchen at 5 minute intervals. The same happened with the main courses. We began to wonder if they were hot-wokking on a one ring Belling. Despite the painfully slow food delivery, I noticed that drinks (priced extra) were served and refreshed very promptly, both to us and nearby tables. Chinese tea was good, and a pitcher of ice cold tap water was delivered immediately without complaint. When the food eventually arrived, it was hot, but varied between tasteless, dried-up, greasy, and over-spiced. Unusually, not one dish stood out as good; but three were inedible: a soup ordered by my companion, a vegetable puree starter, and some noodles, which smelled burned and tasted greasy. Again unusually, there were no deserts or fresh fruit on the menu. When my companion politely mentioned that the vegetable starter was not very good, the waitress pointedly made no comment, ignored her and looked away. It worked. We made no attempt to comment further. In fact, the staff were generally inattentive and hard to find. To our shock, we saw a gentleman in a wheel chair arrive and struggle to open the door while staff stood by, watched and ignored him. I love Chinese food. I have eaten excellent (and not so excellent) Chinese food in Europe, the USA, the middle east and Africa as well as all over this country. Apart from a notably terrible restaurant in Philadelphia, this was probably the worst Chinese dining experience I have ever encountered. The staff told us on three occasions that things were about to improve due to the installation of self service, hotel-buffet-style, warming counters, so that large quantities of food can be prepared and kept warm. You may think that would be an improvement, but I couldn't possibly comment... The final straw was the 12.5% service charge added to our bill. We were tempted to pay the bill and make them wait an hour for the service charge. But, preferring a hasty getaway to ruining an already spoiled evening with an argument, we flourished the plastic and drove home past the nearby MacDonald's - which had never before looked QUITE so good. (PS my dining companion mentioned our experience to a friend today, who, it emerged, had also eaten there and experienced exactly the same problems.)

I really couldn't fault the food, it was excellent. The delivery time was much quicker than they…read moretold me and it was well priced.

Very very disappointed made a very simple takeaway order - which I also went to collect - but wrong…read moredish was given - no explanation offered other then to come back to the restaurant to swap the dish as drivers to busy to deliver for up to an hour and wouldn't agree to put in a taxi ... Chikiyan Team- perhaps its Time to review how you deal with customers and appoint a manager so that you don't all stand around looking at each other with blank expressions - You could have changed the outcome with some communication, sense and curtesy - Maybe requesting cash from customers in return for offering them a discount - allows you to make more for doing less business as likely untaxed- but we would prefer to pay full price and simply receive what we ordered Remember you are a local restaurant and should make a better effort to avoid locals considering to go to alternative chinese - of which there are plenty ..

A fairly standard Chinese restaurant. It offers a fixed price all you can eat deal of typical…read moredishes that you will find in most places. There is little to get excited about. That said, all the food is very nice and well prepared. The place gets busy at weekends and the staff seem to find drinks orders hard to get right. It is good value if you find a night when you can't be bothered cooking, but nothing special. The toilets facilities are ok, and there is no parking on site, but a car park is 100 yards down the road.

Delicious food and very welcoming staff. Lovely laid back atmosphere - recommended by a local…read morefriend. I'll definitely be going back.

Great value for money Chinese take out place. Its got a 4 or 5 star council hygiene rating, which…read moremakes me happy to give them my money. For around £10.00 you can get a meal for 2 including rice and a starter. Depends on how greedy you are. The food is cooked fast and fresh, you can see the chefs in the back. For a Chinese place this is one of the best around and certainly good value for money. All the food appears to be fresh as well and tastes great. These guys are not even listed on google maps !

We use to love this restaurant as the food was great (although the ribs a bit dry sometimes)…read more However, our last order took 2 hours to arrive and they would give any discount. So they took the food back. I can only think they warmed it back up and give it to someone else. Sorry to who got it....