Ristorante Laifu — Restaurant in Venice

! NEVER STEP FOOT IN THIS RESTERAUNT !!!!!!!! if i could give it 0 stars i would ! not a soul was in there when we walked in !! Went for a nice relaxing meal for my mums birthday with my aunty and son , to start with they got all of our starters wrong , or we didn’t get what we ordered or bits were missing. we asked for fried rice , she brought out boiled ? my mum asked for chicken in cashew nuts and she received chicken with almond nuts ??? i ordered chicken sweet and sour and received very very dry chicken with almost no sauce what so ever , aunty received a pork dish which had a picture that visibly looked quite nice and when it was brought out she wouldn’t eat it as it was full of lard and pure fat !! we told the lady this and she took the plate back , we asked for the bill and then she tried charging us £15 for a meal that hadn’t been touched ! in fact it was more or less inedible ! and then threatened the police if she didn’t pay and started taking PHOTOS !!! of us so naturally we took photos back ! and she snatched my auntys phone and started deleting not only pictures of the resteraunt but personal pictures too !!!! she charged £98 for sweet and sour chicken , pork dish, “almond” in chicken , 2 rices , 2 pints and a coke i’m absoloutelt...

I felt like the food was a bit expensive for the portions given, we were hungry and ordered a 锅包肉（guo bao rou — a pork dish) and it came with 4 slices of meat for €13.

The woman serving us was nice but basically forced us to eat there as we were looking at the menu and she just came on us and told us to order. She also forced us to buy a drink from there and then charged many different bills like water bill and service bill whoch included napkin bills.

The food was mediocre, it was well seasoned but the pork dish was rough and not tender or crispy as it should be, the octopus was also very tough and the aubergine was the only dish which was actually okay.

Overall, it was a mediocre meal and would...

This is the best Chinese restaurant on Lido Island, hands down. The owner is incredibly warm and welcoming, and the place is run by a family.

Given that Venice is an island, sourcing authentic Chinese ingredients is no easy task. They go to great lengths every day to bring in fresh supplies from the mainland, and that effort really shows in the quality of the food.

I had the braised pork and eggplant ,both were flavorful and satisfying. Of course, you can’t expect it to be exactly like Chinese food back home in China, but for Chinese cuisine in Venice, this is by far the best I’ve had. I say this as someone who has lived in Venice for nearly ten years , this place...