@72 China — Restaurant in Cambridge

Ate here as part of an eight person group, at the recommendation of a member of the group who originates from Wuhan that considered this restaurant to be highly regarded by the Chinese community for authentic Chinese dishes. I had also heard great recommendations previously.

To me, alarm bells were ringing when we were shown into the basement to be seated in a small room with a round table, adjacent to their toilets, stock room and cleaning cupboards. Service was particularly dire, it was clear nobody gave a hoot about the actual experience of the customer, but friends assured me that often, the worse a service is, the greater the restaurant and that uncaring, blunt and boring service is instilled into the culture.

The food, however, was magnificent (when it did finally arrive). It had taken a while for them to prepare but each person did order a dish with another added to the equation so there was much for the restaurant to cope with, and the food was incredible. There was a mixture of excessively spicy dishes and delectable sweet and sour dishes with each cooked to tasty perfection, whether it was the battered/fried sweet and sour fish, or the simplistic veggies, it was all delicious and has redeemed what otherwise appears to be a somewhat rundown and dismissive restaurant when it comes to their upkeep, cleanliness and their...

我和朋友过去四年经常在这家店点外卖。八月一号在deliveroo下单辣子鸡，送错成了别人的餐，我找外卖平台领到了退款券。八月二号我用退款券再次下单辣子鸡，拿到的时候就奇怪里面鸡丁为什么比平时多那么多，个头也很大，有几块还有一点异味。 我把剩下的几块放在冰箱里，隔天再吃的时候异味更加明显，吃了几口就开始胃痛，恶心，腹泻。 (English version): Me and my friends are used to order deliveries from this restaurant. As usual, I used deliveroo to order spicy sautéed chicken on 1 August, and turned up to get somebody else’s order. I asked for a refund voucher from deliveroo. On 2 August, I used the voucher to order spicy sautéed chicken again from this restaurant. When I got the dish, I noticed that there were more chicken pieces than anytime before. The pieces were larger than usual as well. I ate some, and found that several of the chicken pieces tasted a bit weird, but I didn’t think too much about it. I put the rest of the chicken into my fridge. The second day when I took it out, heated it up and ate it, the bad taste was more obvious. I’ve only had several bites and got stomachache, diarrhea, and felt so sick that I had to take medication. 这道菜我扔掉了，没什么关系，因为我再次向外卖平台申诉领到了新的退款券。我吃进去的不多，食物中毒的症状也没有特别严重。不过，因为发生了这样的事，我们都很难不怀疑商家是因为我用退款券点餐所以故意提供了有问题的食物。我是这家的老顾客，在这家点餐点过四年，辣子鸡我点过很多次，其他菜也点过很多次，从来没有放进冰箱一晚隔天拿出来吃就食物中毒的经历。你们怎么做的，怎么想的，是不是只是偶然，你们自己心里清楚。你们的订单是自己发错的，不是我替你们发错的，使用退款券是我作为消费者的正当权利，不是你们用变质食品定向投毒的借口。如果不想做我的单，你们可以拒绝发餐，甚至可以永久拒绝接我的单，我不介意，但你们选择了一个最坏的解决方法，将一个老顾客对你们家的信任彻底推翻。 I threw the dish away, that’s fine, I could complain and get refund from deliveroo again. I’m glad that I didn’t eat much, and my food poisoning symptoms have not been too bad for now. But, it’s hard not to suspect that the restaurant provided unclean or expired food because I paid with the refund voucher. I’m a regular customer of this restaurant, having ordered food from here for four years. I’ve ordered sautéed chicken for numerous times before and other dishes as well. Never did I have the experience of food poisoning by eating a dish which was kept in my fridge for only one night. Whether this was a mere coincidence or something else, you guys running the restaurant know better than me. It was you who sent the wrong order that day, not me. I had every right to use that voucher as a customer, and it should not be taken as an excuse to poison somebody with expired food. If you didn’t like it, you could refuse to cook my dish, refuse my order, I wouldn’t mind, but you guys decided to venture the worst possible solution over the trust of a loyal customer who has been visiting and ordering from you since she came to Cambridge. 考虑到身体健康和生命安全，以后我不会再在这家点餐，也不会建议朋友再来这家消费。衷心祝愿你们的生意继续蒸蒸日上，越做越好。 Considering my health and safety, I will never visit this restaurant again or order anything from here. I would not recommend my friends to do so either. I wish wholeheartedly that the business of your restaurant keeps flourishing and you earn as much money as you wish - that’s the only thing you have ever had an idea...

I quite liked this place. It's a little busy and a there's close competition just a few doors down, however most of the dishes we ordered were enjoyable and flavourful. I didn't find it too spicy, but be warned that it is still liberal with chillies.

The dishes were generally good, not too much salt, but oil and chilli aplenty. This clearly hasn't been to some people's taste, but it's pretty authentic and I am a little offended if people start calling it disgusting becuase it doesn't taste like a Chinese takeaway.

However staff were accommodating but not particularly attentive. One or two spent more time on the phone than anything else and I wasn't all too impressed there.

Stiff competition from a very similar place just a few doors down, which is slightly better but spicier makes it a very difficult to recommend here over the other, but I wouldn't really hesitate to go back...