Ni Hao - Chinese Restaurant, Takeaway & Bar — Restaurant in Great Britain

Went to this restaurant last night around 7pm to get a couple of dishes to take home. Initial impression of the restaurant was bright and clean, with friendly staff, although no customers were there at that time. A quick visit to the toilet also found that to be clean. But now to the food. I ordered the special chow mein and the house special fried rice. The chow mein arrived in two separate containers, one with the noodles and one with the 'topping'. Unusual, as these should all be combined in the wok as part of the preparation. The lady taking my order said it was so the noodles would not go soggy by the time I got home. The rice was just in one container as expected, abd the lady said that was because the rice could absorb the sauce better than the noodles. On opening the containers at home the rice most certainly had not been stir fried. It was wet, overcooked (boiled) and stodgy from apparently not being properly drained, and had a very wet 'sauce' just poured on top. It had most certainly NOT been properly combined in the wok during cooking. The topping for the noodles was a container full of what seemed to be more of the identical wet sauce that had been poured on the rice. More like a soup. Coincidentally another customer just before me had left without some of their order, and having seen the food when I got home I have a strong suspicion that their dishes may have been 'recycled' and given to me as my order. It only took six to seven minutes for my order to be ready. No characteristic wok sounds came from the kitchen. Clearly neither dish had been properly prepared and it was exceptionally disappointing. All that for almost £25 for two dishes which is somewhat overpriced even for reasonable food. I felt this was a complete rip-off. This was my first and last visit to this...

Would use as a take away but definately not a restaurant again. 3 of us squashed into a little round table that was uncomfortable. The bench in the window that was a seat was uncomfortable. The service was very slow due to the young lad taking take away orders, serving drinks and the food to the diners. Table wasnt laid for 3 only 2 despite booking ahead. Our food was placed on the table in stages as there wasn't enough space which wasn't ideal. We didn't have serving plates so had to get up and ask for them. Then we didn't have cutlery, one of our drinks took over half an hour to arrive and then we had to get up again and ask for it after the other 2 had been served. To be fair it made the whole experience unpleasant. We wernt offered any service at all really. Plates were whisked off whether we'd finished or not. No coffee or further drinks offered. It felt like a bad experience...

This has quickly become our favorite local meal! Flavors are superb and everything is cooked so well, the people who run the restaurant are very sweet and clearly care deeply about the quality of the food. We've had the takeaway many times but ate there in person the other night for the first time, and it was delicious! The aubergine with pork (from the 'nihao specials') was truly something special, one of the best things I've tasted for a long time.

We've also ordered takeaway from here many times and the entire dim sum menu/all the dumplings are amazing, and the chicken with ginger & spring onions and the yuntun soup are so comforting and healing when you're feeling poorly. Also love the green beans with olive (great salty taste so especially good together with a mild chicken dish) and the hot & sour soup has an excellent strong flavor. I never post reviews but we...