Henry's Oriental — Restaurant in England

We had such an incredible evening at Henry’s Oriental last week!! We went on a Saturday evening and we were originally going to drink a pint whilst ordering to take away but decided to see if we could eat in. They managed to squeeze us in and you could see they were busy but that truly didn’t affect the quality of service at all.

We were sat in a lounge area that had a film on a TV the size of my car but we waited less than 5 minutes before being sat at a table that had prawn crackers ready to go. Soon after we ordered a couple of cocktails that came from the lounge next door and then we ordered our food! We went with the five spice chicken to start which tasted amazing and very clearly in a fresh and light batter. We were also given a finger bowl too!

My partner ordered the egg fried rice and orange chicken and he said the rice was possibly the best he’d had. I ordered the fried Singapore style vermicelli and the beef sizzler with a sweet garlic sauce. I don’t even know how they made the beef so tender but it melted in my mouth and the noodles had amazing chicken and pork in it too which tasted JUST as good the next day. The portion of noodles could definitely be shared but I was glad to be able to take it home so my experience with them lasted longer.

The whole way through the evening all of the wait staff were attentive, efficient and helpful! We have already decided this is where we’ll bring friends and family too because we’re new to the area and SO pleased we’ve found a place.

Will absolutely be visiting again thank...

Restaurant located on the first floor of an old inn (George Hotel) on Broad Street. I suppose it’s good for larger parties but for couples, it lacks that cosy atmosphere.

When we asked about MSG content, the waiter said it’s added by default but it could be removed for most dishes. We ordered several dishes and they came out very quickly. Service was very good.

I live in different parts of China for some of the year but this style of food was not to my liking. It tasted OK but the dishes we ordered had over-thickened, starchy sauces. This included the pak choi with garlic and the Schezuan chicken which was too rich and salty.

We’d go back and ask them to make the food a bit different for our tastes.

We asked for Tsing Tao bottled beer but it arrived pre-poured in a glass. We’d have preferred to...

Based on what others have rated/mentioned in their reviews, it was surprisingly poor.

The Egg Fried Rice barely had any egg and there wasn't anything which actually suggested the rice was even fried - just boiled. Also clumps of uncooked/hard rice.

The orange chicken contained poor quality meat. It was also chewy and overcooked.

We had beef noodles (prominently for our son) and it actually tasted like salt, which was totally bizzare. Couldn't taste anything else and never experienced that before.

We couldn't feed him this food and we were not full at the end, despite ordering 5 dishes as we couldn't and would not finish it.

On the up side, the ribs we had were nice.

Crispy shredded beef was average.

Schezwan hot and sour soup was poor.

Sorry guys, but hopefully this will be noted more so than...