The New Gourmet — Restaurant in Exeter

Normally I would rate this restaurant 5 stars but recently it has gone down hill. The last three occasions something has been wrong with our order, this final time we rang the restaurant and had to have our food returned as it was the wrong order and cold. We were then barred from the restaurant but we did receive a refund. The customer service is shocking, the person on the phone was rude and brash, then two men came to my door to give myself the money back, it was £17! I find the need for two men to come to the door intimidating. We were also nearly docked £4.50 for eating 4 dumplings all of which were cold and chewy as they had only been steamed rather than fried at the end. Awful, awful, awful, such a shame tho as this place honestly used to be the...

They don't speak much Chinese. The setting is basic. Cafe style. Row of tables and stools to sit on.

Food is exceptionally good. Good portion size and tasty.

Good and cheap.

If only they would do more vegetarian food. It would help if they spoke better English as I have managed, with difficulty, to get them to make vegetarian dishes for me.

These littke eating places dotted around Exeter City serve the many Chinese University students well.

Picture is of Vegetarian spicy tofu and...

Cooking time is quite a while but it's worthy! The quality is even better than most of the restaurants in Hong Kong because of the rice noodles in wide strips. The soup going with the noodles is good and the beef tendon is very tender and tasty. Priced £6 seems a bit expensive but the proportion is very large for one person. The shop keeper is...