China Inn — Restaurant in Eastbourne

If you like overly salted or overly sweetened savory food you will love this place. By item ordered and associated price we have approximately £60 of an £80 order going in the bin as inedible.

Satay sauce, where the game was, guess where the peanut is in the swamp of honey.

Similar with the shredded chilli beef as in where's the beef in this conjealed lump of who knows what.

Seaweed, (okay we all know it's fried cabbage), drowned out by sugar.

Bland chicken chow mein, prawns in Peking (salt and honey) sauce.

Beetroot coloured sweet and sour sauce that was similar to wallpaper paste was the icing on the cake.

I could go on but would add that we didn't get the free prawn crackers or spring rolls either. We got the prawn crackers we ordered in addition to the free ones we were expecting but most of them were singed.

I'm unsure why this place is more highly rated on Just Eat than our usual go to, China Garden.

I've given 5 for service as delivery was prompt but I'm guessing my experience of their food means they have plenty of spare capacity, as in not that busy.

I won't be making the same...

For over three decades, I have consistently enjoyed exceptional meals at this establishment without any disappointments. However, since the new owners have taken over, my recent experience was merely average. It seems that the previous owner, Ping, has sold the business, resulting in a multitude of changes. For instance, the homemade chips have been replaced with packet chips, and now only one size of dish is available, eliminating the option for larger portions. Most importantly, the flavors of the dishes have changed, and unfortunately, not for the better according to my personal taste. Despite these changes, I still extend my best wishes to the new owners. However, I will be exploring other dining options...

2 stars simply put: 1 star for chicken curry that looked more like sweet and sour sauce, no curry taste at all, a sauce with a little something for heat thrown in. 2 stars for the size of the spring rolls. Only ordered once, but really going to need a drastic improvement to get me to order again, emphasis on quality, not quantity, before I upgrade my rating. This used to be LANTERN takeaway, my always to go to Chinese Takeaway (note: Takeaway not Dine In), and when it was, you would never see it shut at 21:30/22:00, especially on Friday or Saturday nights. Now I have worked out how to make my own Chicken Curry by adding a few tweeks, can save myself and family a small fortune and the 2 fussy...