The Chilli House — Restaurant in Belfast

This is an odd place or it certainly was for me. First thing I was greeted with was being told it’s cash only. After running over the road to Tesco Express cash machine, I took a seat. I tried to order a Chinese beer but was told it’s bring your own. I couldn’t be bothered heading back to Tesco so I had a Sprite. I was given a double sided A4 encapsulated limited menu and ordered quarter duck and a chicken main with rice. This does seem to be a place where the Chinese eat which for me is always a good sign. I noticed that tables with Chinese diners were given chopsticks by default. However, I was given a knife and fork presumably as I’m white English. I asked for chopsticks but unfortunately they never arrived. I don’t know where the kitchen is but they communicate between the kitchen and restaurant floor via walkie-talkie. When you are ready for your next course, they jump on the radio and advise the kitchen. When the kitchen responded, I thought they had interference with the local taxi company. The toilets are mixed so it’s one toilet with 3 cubicles. That’s fine by me but maybe not for others. So here’s the thing, for all the quirkiness and it was quirky. The food is good albeit a limited menu. I would have liked chopsticks but not the end of the world. The young girl that served me was exceptionally attentive and polite even if she didn’t bring me my chopsticks. Next time I’m in Ireland I will probably even go back. It’s not for everyone but give it a try and make up...

My girlfriend and I went there on Monday night. We ordered four dishes (beef and tripe (夫妻肺片), sour cabbage (醋溜白菜），kimchi and vermicelli (酸菜粉丝), lamb claypot (干锅羊排)). The sour cabbage and the lamb claypot are just ok. The kimchi and vermicelli are very plain. The beef and tripe had no beef or tripe. It was made of heart, tongue and louver. We asked a waitress. She said she would check with the boss if it could be returned. A few minutes later, a different waitress came to us and said it couldn't be returned and their recipe was just different. I had ordered this dish in many Chinese restaurants in various countries. This was the first time for us to receive something different! We ended up not eating this dish but still had...

RUDE STAFF, went to Chilli House twice with friend, the same Chinese girl staff served us, she was very rude to us, when taking our orders, she talked back at us, telling us not to speak too fast and that she couldn’t take down the orders, in a really rude, unfriendly and impatient tone. When serving the food, she served the food so hardly that our table was pushed back to the wall. She also rushed us with our bill when it was not even close to their closing hours. However, she was racist by discriminating Asians, she was also rude to other tables who were also Asians, but she turned really nice and friendly when a white man went over to the counter for payment. Never going back as it happened twice, really...