Gourmet House Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Hahndorf

This is a followup from my previous review circa December 2020. Since then we have been again in 2021 and again tonight in 2022. We were originally nervous about returning to Gourmet House after reading some recent negative reviews. We decided to go regardless and we were not disappointed. The food was excellent, staff were professional and food was prompt. We were worried about waiting times after reading the previous reviews, but they were very fair (see below)

-Times taken since ordering- Entree chicken spring rolls - 7m 25s Fried rice - 12m 13s Mongolian beef - 14m 52s Lemon chicken 15m 33s

As you can see, about 15 minutes after walking in, we were already enjoying all of the food we ordered. This time is even faster than some supposed "fast food" experiences I have had in the past.

On the way in we had a pleasent conversation about the traffic with the staff. They gave us the option to pick our seat as there were several vacant tables. But I dont know why the reasturant wasnt packed after we left our last glowing review. We picked the window seat.

The table service was prompt and professional. It was accompanied by delectible complimentary prawn chips. These looked so good that I couldnt resist eating them despite the fact that I am allergic to prawns. I was not disappointed. These prawn chips were so tasty that they were worth having the allergic reaction later on.

I tried dipping a prawn chip in the spring roll dipping sauce and was very pleased with the taste. I would recommend you do the same when you go, but you will need to get your own prawn chips and sauce as we ate all of ours.

The main courses were of course the main attraction. The mongolian beef had us sizzling to our hearts content. The lemon chicken was easy to chew, which is why we left this review. I was relieved that the lemon chicken wasnt sour like a normal lemon, since I was worried it would be sour like a normal lemon.

The chair upgrades and dividers were a nice touch. The vibe increased by at least 15% due to these enhancements. I believe they were introduced some time between 2021 and 2022 given we last attended in 2021.

The gourmet house will always hold a special place in our hearts and it was so meaningful that me and my partner included a section about it in our original song that we've written about the dorf. We hope to have the song completed by mid 2025 so please watch this space for updates.

We will definitely be back again, probably next time we are in hahndorf and feel like eating at Gourmet...

Gourmet House Chinese is my go to for Chinese. I travel 35mins because each time I've had takeaway from here, it's been really good. However, for my birthday dinner takeaway last Sunday I was really disappointed. I order my usual Lemon Chicken (this was tasty as always), Chicken Dim Sum Fried (these were huge, oily and had a funky flavour that I didn't enjoy), Mongolian Beef (yummy but very oily), Fried Rice (good as usual) and then I tried there Sweet n Sour Chicken (I've never order this, and thought it would be like the Pork version, nuggets of chicken battered and deep fried. Instead it was excatly the same chicken breast you get in the Lemon Chicken dish. So I was disappointed. The sauce was heavy on the tomato sauce and didn't taste anything else).

So overall I was really disappointed as I don't get Chinese often and it was a special meal and was left unsatisfied. Don't know if...

The worse of an attitude from the owner of this chinesse in Hahndorf. Women claimed her self the owner, proudly screaming and yelling told customer to get out because we refuse to continue to order the food. My little girl crying and scared due to her behaviour that not respectable toward the customer. Chinese restaurant that does not serves vegetarian fried rice but have special fried rice. If you have smart and do have proper training anyone can make vegetarian friend rice and arguing in front of Customer with disgraceful behaviour and attitude how in the world you manage your hospitality. It's all about reputation, you give yourself the damnest owner that can't manage to smile. Highly recommend staying well clear of this grubby hole.Only reason put 1 star is you can't post otherwise, this is a minus...