New Era — Restaurant in Great Britain

As you enter this very typical Chinese style restaurant you go upstairs to be seated and greeted by two ladies who inform you that there are two menus. One, Chinese for the western taste and the other Chinese food for Chinese people. It appears to be frequented by many Chinese people too! The first menu has the standard fare of most Chinese restaurants - sweet and sours etc. The second has a whole range of different dishes. We went as a party of five; two had the standard English Chinese type menu and three of us had the Chinese style. Apparently - slightly more expensive but bigger portions. We asked for recommendations and ended up with a tofu and beef dish, an aubergine dish and a quite hot chilli and cumin lamb dish plus an egg fried rice. There was plenty to eat and they were all very good but the aubergine dish came in a sweet and dark sauce and was absolutely delicious. What a find. Two of us had a beer and one had jasmine tea and we paid about £10 each. I left full and very happy and my wife can't wait to go back to try some more of that...

Extremely disappointing. Not the same since Covid. This restaurant has no expertise on bookings. We arrived at 6.30 PM when it was virtually empty but in 30 minutes, three tables of eight people arrived. Huge pressure for the chef and small kitchen. Needless to say, some groups waited for over an hour to obtain some food.

My experience of the food was not good. Over seasoned meat dishes made the food inedible. When complaining, there was attitude rather than acceptance.

On the positive, the waiters were professional and excellent. The issue is the owner as it is clear that even after all these years, she needs to manage booking times so people do not all arrive together in large groups and all be disappointed with the waiting time and furthermore poor quality food due to chef time pressures.

I will not be coming back. If you decide to go, it is a lottery.

Not...

I took my family to this Chinese restaurant last month, and I have to say, we were pretty disappointed. The lamb dish was a big letdown – it just didn’t have any flavor. And the stir fried pork? Mostly fat with hardly any lean meat. It was really off putting.We also tried a soup with fish slices and tofu in a broth with some greens, but the taste was just too overpowering and not in a good way. The last time I visited, the food was quite good, but for some reason, this time it was very terrible!

One thing they did get right was the portion sizes. There was plenty of food, so that’s a plus. But honestly, for the price we paid, I expected a lot better. We could have had a much nicer meal at somewhere like Nando’s for the same money.

In short, while there was a lot of food, the taste and quality just weren’t there. I wouldn’t recommend this place based on...