Apo Black River — Restaurant in Grande Rivière Noire

We went out for my first Chinese meal in Black River. I’ve eaten Chinese food in several locations in Mauritius - in Grand Baie, Curepipe and Mahébourg since 1999. I had high hopes based on the good review rating on Google but was deeply disappointed. Whilst the venue is spacious and we were greeted promptly, the service was exceptionally slow and for no reason. We were one of two occupied tables in an otherwise empty restaurant. We placed our order promptly as we knew what we wanted. However, our main course took an hour to arrive at the table with no apology or explanation; and we noticed several walk-in takeout order patrons come and go with their food orders despite arriving quite some time after us. Whilst I cannot fault the food itself, the service was very unsatisfactory and not up to standard. Be prepared to wait a long time...

Went there today. Atmosphere like a fast food Restaurant. Tables filthy and sticky, plates are plastic. Worst Service I have ever experienced. You order from a multiple choice menu card. Beverages were just put on the table- help yourself attitude. One Hot dish arrived firstly, without side dishes. Then four side dishes arrived (we were five guests). Every five Minutes one Main dish arrived, one missing even after fifteen Minutes. When complaining the last Main dish arrived. Then finally starters arrived when we were nearly finished with Main dishes. In between other tables were Served, Take-away menus were handed out. Poor Organisation, no communication or Regrets, the quality of the menues was at Medium Level-if even. We are strongly disappointed. Of course only tourists in Mauritius, but cannot recommend this...

Reviews for Apo confused me. Have these people had authentic Chinese food before?

A disappointing experience. For the prices, I expected authentic flavours and better quality.

The Peking Duck lacked flavour and crispiness, and the pancakes were all stuck together as one, tearing apart and ruining the dish/experience.

The black bean chicken was the worst I've had, watery and flavourless, more like soup than sauce. I've never experienced this in any Chinese restaurant before.

The vegetable spring rolls were nice, and the egg-fried rice was okay, but the sauces were bland and watery, with no texture, flavour, or spice.

Overall, it's not...