I had the pleasure of finally trying dim sum su's vegetarian bao buns during Chinese New Year…read moreweekend and I was not disappointed! My husband loved his chicken version too. I've wanted to try bao buns for a long while now but the majority of places do pork versions and as I don't eat pork that left me out to dry. Luckily Su caters to all and the crispy aubergine and sweet pepper vege bao buns are utterly delightful. Packed full of flavour and dangerously moorish. At around 3.50 each they aren't badly priced either. I'd need two for lunch but one is perfect for a quick snack. We went to the event stall on St Anne's Square but we're delighted to hear she's got a place on deansgate. I genuinely can't wait to try these again. Su herself is such a lovely, bubbly person. She clearly loves what she does and you can taste that in the lovely homemade food she sells.

I popped in to The Kitchens the other day to catch up with Jimmy (Nasi Lemak) and got chatting to…read moreSue who runs Dim Sum Su. Her passion and energy for what she does is amazing and extremely contagious! I'd already got some Fried Chicken to go from Jimmy but looking at the food Sue was making and hearing her tell me all about it, I couldn't not have some, so I opted to go for something I've never tasted before as appose to my usual Dumplings that I get all the time from anywhere that will do them! I went for a Pan-Fried Duck Bao - honestly, go and get one for lunch, you won't regret it! In fact, speaking of lunch, Dim Sum Su do a great £5 meal deal which gets you a Bao, Fries and a Drink - amazing!

I am not a doctor but I know that there are certain times when metabolically the human body has to…read morehave chinese food or it will cause the owner to collapse into a coma and die. Our regular chinese was closed because I'm and idiot and didn't realise most chinese restaurants are closed on a monday. So we searched for a local substitution on our Sat Nav (we were desperate and miles from home) and just picked the first one we found, Gonbay. The restaurant has on the street parking and there were a lot of similarly sized restaurants on the same street in Altrincham, all pretty deserted. SO walking up I was a little nervous because the thought of being loan diners in a restaurant terrifies me. But Gonbay was pretty packed on a Monday night and that is because it is a teriffic little chinese restaurant with amazing staff and a really decent menu. The appetizers and dim sum had all the favourites and then some I had never heard of. We had the fillet steak wraps (£5.80) they advertised three but because they knew we were going to share them they brought out four and an extra cutlery/plate setting which was very nice. The steak was soft and wrapped around shredded vegetables, beansprouts etc you know the drill. The sauce was so sweet and salty and the quality of the meat so good I could have stopped there and been satisfied. I was feeling particularly self indulgent (self destructive) so I ordered the Crispy Chilli shredded Beef (8.50) and boiled rice for our main course. Oh my god it was just as crispy chilli beef should be, gnarled old walking sticks of unidentifiable bits of beef, drenched in sugary salty red sauce, surrounded by onions and peppers in a brief nod towards actual nutrition. I ate the whole thing. What followed was a pot of tea so voluminous I couldn't drink it and I really did give it my best shot. Possibly related to this the toilets are very clean. The staff were really friendly and funny too so that fifth star goes to them specifically. I would love to return some time in the next year but I'm afraid I've eaten all my calorie allowance for the foreseeable future :(.

I travel for business all around the world. Coming from the USA, I was in need of some Chinese…read morefood this day while in the UK. What was nearby to the airport hotel? This place is from Hell! I swear on a stack of bibles - in the name of Jesus - Gonbay was the most bland, tasteless meal I have ever eaten. It wasn't just one dish we ordered. We got 6 different dishes to share among 3 people. Each and every dish was bland, lukewarm and just awful. How can a place like this stay in operation? Take my advise - if this were your last meal before death- just die in peace. To top it all off the wait staff The wait staff were rude as they come. Avoid this place.

Tai Wu, taiwu.co.uk, formerly known as Tai Pan is Hong Kong style cuisine found sitting atop a very…read moreaffordable Asian Supermarket. The menu is expansive, covering many dim sum delicacies, lots of roasted duck dishes, including a variation that resembles Peking/Beijing duck, but without the added prep substituting a good roast duck in exchange for an on-demand item, all the seafood favorites (whole steamed fish, lobster, crab) and even some regional favorites never found on overseas menus, like Dinghu Shangsu (which is a mixed vegetable dish comprised of fresh and rare dried veggies like clouds ear, snow fungus, osmanthus, pickled Dictyophora, lotus seeds, silver needle fungus, et.al.) Service is typical efficient Asian, that if you get your order in from the start, everything progresses quickly and arrives expediently. If you attempt the Euro custom of adding this and that as the dining commences, you'll probably get frustrated trying to constantly interrupt the running servers to add just one more dish to your meal. Order up front and be happy. It's also a typical family-style banquet house, so as the crowds fill up, it will become quite loud with conversational chatter. All in all, a wonderful find parket outside of City Centre and nowhere near the Manchester Chinatown proper. Instead, this is where the local workers and families go to have a special lunch or dinner, and that's the ideal for really good Chinese food.

Who knew you had to go all the way up north to get decent dim sum in the UK! I certainly didn't…read more I'm just glad to know there actually is decent Chinese food somewhere on this island kingdom. There are two menus for dim sum. One is a tick box menu in Chinese only, the other is a laminated card that has English and Chinese, but is not as extensive as the Chinese only one. Just an FYI. Most of the standard stuff is in the English menu, but if you don't see it, make sure to ask because they probably do have it just isn't listed. Attentive and very helpful staff. This place is more than decent, it's great. I'd definitely come here more often if I didn't live in the so many hours away.

Decent dim sum in Manchester Chinatown. We had: salt & pepper squid, achoy in garlic sauce, har…read moregao, steamed pork buns, seafood chive dumplings, vegetable and mushroom dumplings, and crab stuffed hot peppers. All were tasty, fresh, and piping hot. Our only regret was that we didn't have a bigger party as there were many more dim sum we wanted to try but alas, the two of us can only go so far in stuffing our bellies. It's not a fancy looking place but service is prompt and friendly and the food is good.

We tried 2 uncommon dim sum dishes (steamed whelks and chicken feet marinated in Chinese wine), 1/2…read moresteamed chicken with Chinese greens, and oyster with roast pork belly clay pot tonight in this restaurant that is in the basement level. The restaurant seemed to have good business on a Tuesday night so we thought it should be a good indication of quality. However, the food was just average so we concluded that A-Plus that we tried yesterday was better.

A welcome respite from the rain. They do pan-Chinese cuisine but specialize in Hong Kong style. I…read moredon't think my order was best, but I won't penalize them for it. It was still tasty, but I saw lots of better dishes flying by to the people near me. They have a ton of staff who are all very attentive and helpful. It seemed like they were also training some junior staff that day, but it wasn't disruptive. The interior is clean and presentable, if not chic. I would go back if I were in Manchester again, if only to see what else was available.

This place feels like a hidden gem. There are kind employees and a good supervisor. So many…read morevegetarian/vegan options and it's very clean and big inside. My partner and I popped in half an hour before closing and they happily served us, telling us not to rush and to take our time. The food was lovely, and the supervisor came up to serve us some rice. Really authentic Chinese food.

A brief history of Chinatown favourites…read more..... I was introduced to real Chinees food - I mean proper Chinese food, not gwailo-style, westernised stuff - in the late eighties, by my old friend Ronnie Chan. Ronnie and I would go weekly to Win Wah on Portland Street, an astoundingly cheap place where dishes cost £3-4, and I learned very quickly to use chopsticks (out of necessity - otherwise Ronnie would have eaten all the grub before I had any chance). Then Ronnie moved back to Hong Kong, Win Wah disappeared, and I was in the wilderness. After some years of searching, I found a new home at Wong Chu. Cheap, no-nonsense, with high-quality offerings - the noodle dishes, and the duck / pork / squid were always spot-on, I wandered the streets, checked the menus, and tried the other places - but always found myself returning to Wong Chu, because it was cheaper and better than the competition. I dined there hundreds of times. One Saturday morning in 2001, I opened my newspaper and saw the headline "Hacked to Death by Triad Maniacs". It was Mr Wong and his family. I'd seen Mrs Wong go through her two pregnancies, watched her kids scurry excitedly around the place, and I was devastated. But the restaurant re-opened, now managed by Mr Wong's adult daughter from a previous marriage, and continued to deliver great dining..... for another 5 or 6 years. Then it went into a sad decline - I have no idea why - and by the end, it was a pale shadow of its former self. Back to the wilderness. Now I have a new home in Chinatown. As good as Win Wah & Wong Chu at their respective peaks, with the same format - no-frills, low-end prices, but great quality, a relaxed and friendly informal atmosphere, and a menu of Hong Kong-style Chinese dishes that are a world away from the MSG-laden gwailo junk that's so ubiquitous in UK Chinese restaurants, Fu's is the real deal. Welcome home.

A blink and you'll miss it gem. Not named after whoever that damn person Mr T was referring to when…read morehe got annoyed, Fu's is instead a traditional Hong Kong style café with a huge amount of hot, yummy options including your usual szechuans and sweet and sours, chow meins and hoi sins, and they're all lovely enough, but what you want to try here are the more unusual, authentic dishes. My favourite is the fish stew, done hot pot style and just so delicious you'd happily force yourself to eat too. Combos and sauces you might not have encountered before are the order of the day here and the creativity pays dividends. The secret trick here is not to be given the blue menu. They'll automatically pass it on if they think you're English, but it's the red one you want; that's what harbours all the wonderful stuff. The drinks are interesting too, especially the traditional Hong Kong iced tea, it's uber refreshing. And with wicked prices and smart service to boot, this is one gem you should ensure won't stay hidden long. Get stuck in.

Clean, customer-service minded team, and while delivering authentic and tasty Chinese food.read more

This was the worst chinese food. They came on my friends duck and somehow messed up fried rice…read more Service was good as the food came very quickly, but that can't make you for the food. Service was good tho!

The curry is delicious though they didn't sell my favorite dishes, still buy their curry rice from…read moretime to time

Wing's is a Chinese take out within the Arndale Food Market. They have an excellent variation of…read moreChinese meals on offer and they're perfect for lunch times, especially if you're in a rush. You can order from any of the set menu meals on the large board at the back or essentially mix and match anything you want - they even cook some meals to order rather than serving it from the counter. The staff are friendly and I was served and got my food in just a matter of minutes! They do get busy, which is a good sign! My noodles were fresh and had only just bee put out. I took it back to my office to eat and it was well packaged and still piping hot. I'll go here a lot whilst working in the city!

The Cinn Oriental is a good Chinese, I especially liked the dumplings and Crispy Duck (with…read morepancakes etc). The interior could be better, but having just driven past this morning I think that is getting attended to as we speak. Not badly prices, but not out of this world Chinese either. Worth a try.

This is the only Chinese I actually enjoy eating at. The food tastes fresh and non-greasy and they…read moredo small portions of all the dishes if, like me you enjoy the starters and dim sum more than the main courses. The service is good also.

Jasmine House does (English-style) Cantonese style and while I wouldn't suggest you travel to it if…read moreyou live nearby you could do far worse (seriously, some of the Chinese places in Stockport are awful). We were warmly greeted to the pleasantly old fashioned and cosy restaurant and ordered pretty extensively off the menu while we were brought some complimentary prawn crackers. We shared a dim sum/combo platter that did old favourites like prawn toast and spring rolls really well. The dim sum (shi mai and har gau) wasn't bad either. Main courses were standard but tasted freshly cooked or at least piping hot. I didn't have that mucky feeling afterwards that you sometimes get from cheap Chinese food. We were definitely on at least three stars then right at the end, along with some fortune cookies, we were given two complimentary glasses of Bailey's. Both the boyf and I really appreciate a small business working hard to please their customers (me especially having been brought up in one) so we're definitely fans now and this is likely to become our local for Chinese food.

Far and away our favourite Chinese restaurant. The owner and staff are so friendly, the food great,…read morethe prices ok and the atmosphere fantastic. No rushing you, you can sit back, relax and enjoy your evening. Highly recommended.