Wah Fu Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Belfast

My family went here for my Sister's birthday. To be Frank I wasn't too impressed. The food was nice but not what we would call restaurant quality more like a good take away quality which it was as well, which was a problem in itself.

Food. Firstly food was tasty but again not the normal restaurant quality. If you were at home you would say it was a great take away but to eat in you would expect a proper Chinese restaurant experience. My Sister's beef curry had no veg bar onions, which it was swimming with. My salt and chilli chicken was a bit overdone so it was a bit too crispy and not soft at all. However it was lovely. My Niece ordered the vegetarian chow mein and it arrived with beef in it.

Service.

This is were it really fell down. We arrived 10 minutes early for our 5pm booking. The restaurant wasn't open yet and the waitress didn't seem pleased to let us in. It too an inordinate amount of time to take our orders. Firstly they didn't have any prawns for sesame prawn toast so I tried to order spring rolls and was told that I couldn't order of the two different menus, which was the early bird and the A La Carte. Our main course arrived exactly two hours after we arrived byt which point we were starving! There was no water on the table and we had to ask for it. One waitress appeared with a small glass of water the other finally came with a jug and glasses.

Take Away.

We didn't realise that they did take away as well. The phone rang incessantly which wasn't always answered so the entire time we were there the phone was constantly ringing which didn't make for a relaxing meal. Secondly they allowed people to ring in their takeaway order and then come and collect it. This meant that whilst we were trying to eat our meal there were people behind us queuing for their order. Again not very relaxing.

Overall the food was decent enough, it was reasonable too but we won't be back to eat here. It just wasn't what we...

Decided to bring the family out for dinner tonight. We went for the 3 course meal. The starter I had was ribs. 3 ribs with not much meat but it is a meal deal so can't complain. The main I had was salted chilli chicken. The wife had the Peking chicken and both were okay. Then major issue was I had two young kids with us. My kids are very used to sitting in restaurants. However after 45 minutes waiting for our dinner plates to be cleared and the desserts to come, we got our coats on and I went up to pay as it was beyond a joke. The girl then said what about dessert. I responded saying we couldn't wait any longer and that 45 minutes waiting between main and dessert was awful. Especially when takeaway customers had came in and ordered and had got theirs and left. Her response was I CANT take it off the bill so you can take it away with you if you like. Not much point in trying to drive home without desserts melting.

Overall we will definitely not be back, it's a pity as we always look for places to recommend to our friends round the area.

Sadly this is not one of them. Go if you are in the area and not in a hurry at all as the...

Edit: 2nd February 2025

Visited tonight with my son anmd daughter and what a sorry difference it was from our previous visits; mainly the pricing. I know the cost of living is a factor but I truly felt that the price was extortionate this time, enough that I queried the bill - something that I don’t do, particularly as it was grouped together and unclear what I was paying for; I’m still unsure of the individual pricing.. The food lacked their usual flavour and the presentation wasn’t to their own high standards. Service was adequate but I’m sad to say that £72.50 for a child’s curry, rice & chips, 1 main and 1 special is just too expensive, regardless of cost of living. We’ve been customers of this restaurant for over 25yrs (back to the previous owners) and it’ll be the last time we’ll visit - it felt like we were took on if I’m honest. Disappointing.

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Spotless clean, gorgeous food, lovely engaging staff. This is a highly loved restaurant by our family.

Take out is just as clean, fresh and tasty as sitting in.

Very reasonable pricing and great care taken around your experience and Covid...