Tura beach Chinese restaurant Calvin western Oriental — Restaurant in Tura Beach

Trusted the reviews on the usual websites, but they must be written by their friends. This would be the most bland, flavourless food Ive ever wasted $40 on. And how dare they knowingly pack food for take away that’s obviously burnt.

The spring rolls were light on filling/hollow. The chicken and sweet corn soup had no flavour, the chicken was obviously on holidays, there wasn’t really corn as far as I could tell…and it was over thickened. Flavourless chicken and corn soup, sans chicken or corn, apparently.

And then onto beef chow min with crispy noodles. Certainly crispy - literally burnt fried noodles. The chow min meat and veg was a generous serving, but even with the left over plum sauce, minimal flavour. How is that even possible?

I’d ordered takeaway and was told about 35 mins. Took longer - about 45 minutes. I appreciate that that can happen, but there were only two tables of people and 3 other take away orders in process.

For your info, they proudly display the food safety certificate which rated them 3 stars “good” for food safety and hygiene; thank goodness the place has something going for it. It’s clean enough in the restaurant and seems okay, but it’s not 4 or 5 stars either…

Never coming back. In fact, I’m so angry about them packing up obviously burnt noodles that while I normally support small family businesses, this one gets a massive thumbs down from me.

Worst Chinese meal ever. And photos to prove it.

PS it’s difficult to find the place on a dark night when you’re a visitor. Seems to be at the back end of nowhere behind an industrial complex. Not well lit. No obvious signs, and no other open...

EDIT:

I left my original review below, but I’ve changed my rating to 4 stars because of the response from the business. Staff training can be hit and miss and everyone stuffs up from time to time, it’s okay! But I still feel that it’s a bit pricey, and there was meat in my vegetarian meal, so that’s why I’ve settled on 4/5. Good on the business from responding though, makes a big difference!

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After reading the excellent reviews we gave this place a shot, but were really disappointed. I just wanted some tofu and veg, and was told that I had to offer two “main meals” separately in order to get both. The tofu was $20, the vegetables $18. When I said that would be too much food, she said to “share it with your husband”. So I ordered it assuming it would be huge and I would have leftovers. Well I was wrong.

The photos show the very standard portions I received for $38. Insane. The food itself tasted fine, nothing memorable. My husband ordered the beef satay $22 and a side of rice $9 which was also an average at best. And not even a full container of beef satay, and heaps of cabbage.

Taste: 3/5 Portions: 2/5 Value: 0/5

I understand how tough it is to run a food business these days, but this was beyond the pale. *Also there were tiny pieces of some kind of meat in my veggies, I...

Me and my partner wanted some authentic Chinese food so we ringed Calvin yesterday for him to prepare for us. The steam fish was so delicious, cooking time was right on point so the fish was still moist and fresh. We also order a claypot pork belly stew. It’s just so perfect to have such a hot claypot dish at this cold weather.😋😋😋 I highly recommend you guys to call them 1 or 2 days before if you want some authentic Chinese food so that their could be prepared. Feel free to ask for their...