Great Wall Restaurant — Restaurant in England

Great Wall Restaurant, Salisbury

Our usual Chinese takeaway was closed due to a fire, so after hearing great things about The Great Wall in Salisbury from friends, we decided to give it a try.

Although we pre-ordered our food, we still had to wait 20 minutes for it to be ready.

When we got home, the food was reasonably hot. At first glance, it looked appealing and smelled decent. However, as we started serving it, we noticed how greasy everything was.

We initially brushed this off, thinking that Chinese food can sometimes be a bit greasy. Unfortunately, after just a few bites of my Chicken Chow Mein, I had to stop eating because it was overwhelmingly greasy and ended up throwing it away. My partner had the Singapore special fried rice with curry sauce, and he also had to stop eating and discard his meal. Both of us are now feeling queasy from the excess fat and saltiness in our dishes.

It’s a shame because the reviews suggest that this is a good restaurant and it was quite busy. We also had positive recommendations from friends. However, I suppose it depends on what you’re accustomed to. Our regular Chinese food is never this greasy, and we've never ended up throwing it away. Unless you're used to this level of greasiness, I would recommend finding another...

We were staying for a few nights and really fancied a Chinese. Glad we found this place. Very friendly. You do have to walk upstairs so be careful if not very mobile. We decided on set meal for 2 which included mixed starter of satay chicken prawn toast ribs mini rolls seaweed and curry triangles. We'll presented and a great start. Followed by crispy duck which came shredded. This was a good portion and delicious. Not too fatty at all. Mains were beef green pepper rice s&s chicken mixed vegetables. The portions were very substantial. What I liked is they also have dim sum (although limited) and many authentic style Chinese dishes which is on a separate menu although we went for typical Western food this time. Great hosts and welcoming. Nothing flashy as in trying to be up market. What they do is honest well done and good portions. Definitly go again if ever...

Had our third takeaway from here this evening (since opening). It was so disappointing and the worst I have had in quite some time. Such a shame. I thought we should try it again after our last takeaway from them was also disappointing and our much loved Hoi Fan was not open. Hoped the last order had been an off day but this was even worse. The Hong Kong style sweet and sour King prawns was like a basic, gloopy, sweet and sour. Heavy batter on the prawns, and just a few onions and pineapple pieces in the sickly, gloopy sauce. My son (who is a teenage dustbin!)l eft some of his roast duck chow mein and much of his chicken & sweetcorn soup. A total waste of £35 and not the celebration meal we had hoped for. The flavour of the chicken wings was...