The Imperial Restaurant — Restaurant in Gateshead

We would like to thank the lovely staff for excellent service we had last night, great food too. !!! Had a really nice night here. We would particularly like to say thank you to our waiter (should have asked his name). He was very attentive and professional and helpful with the menu, lovely manners and took a photo for us !! The food was really good. We chose the Royal Banquet for 2 (twice, as there was 4 of us) We had prawn crackers and drinks served quickly, followed by chicken and sweetcorn soup, then crispy duck and pancakes with crispy seaweed, all delicious !!! 😋

Mains followed: 3 dishes with gorgeous young chow rice. We chose Imperial special curry, Chicken in blackbean sauce and sizzling steak in Cantonese sauce. My son and his girlfriend chose similar, but had the sweet n sour Chicken as one of their choices. We all said how tasty all dishes were. The restaurant was very busy, but the service never faltered. Will be back soon....

I went with my family for a lunchtime special last week. Have to day the service, quality and quantity of the food has dropped considerably since my last visit. Firstly, there was no welcome, a smile or even an acknowledgement from the staff. The general attitude was pretty poor and the service not much better. When the food arrived the portions were tiny. I would say roughly half the size of a standard take away meal. With regard to the quality, the rice was stodgy and overcooked. The meals we ordered were bland, tasteless and unappetising.The meat (what there was of it) was poor quality, full of sinew and chewy. Overall I was very disappointed for the reasons provided. This was once one of my favourite restaurants but sadly I...

Been here dozens of times over the years and I can’t recall ever having a disappointing meal. On our last visit we had the Cantonese spare ribs which were to die for followed by the house special curry with egg fried rice which was delicious. You get lots of fresh prawn crackers on arrival which went down a treat. The atmosphere is very good although it was fairly quiet on our visit. Manager is a lovely, friendly guy who makes sure that everyone is happy with their experience. Beer and wine are reasonably priced and we are always offered a free liqueur at the end of the meal. Had a sambucca which was the perfect end to a very good night. Would highly recommend a visit if you haven’t...