Liv Pan Asia - Woodlakes — Restaurant in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

We went on a Tuesday night as a family of 4 including a child. The venue is not child friendly incase you were wondering. No kids menu and no smaller portions offered so you’re looking at £30 for a 2 course meal for a child. When we arrived and were shown to our booked table, it wasn’t set up. The waitress panicked and bought some placemats and menus over. We ordered and the starters came. The waitress waited at the table wondering why we weren’t eating until she realised we had no cutlery to eat it with! I asked for no side salad on my sons starter but it still came with the salad. I nabbed a napkin from an empty table next to us. The waitress saw me do this and still didn’t bring us napkins so we had to ask. We had to flag her down twice to ask for extra drinks which when the order was slightly wrong. There’s definitely a language barrier. The service really need to be friendlier and the waitresses taught to smile. That said, the food was absolutely amazing. I had TomYum soup which was the best ever and steak salad. I was warned by the waitress the steak salad was extremely hot and she questioned my choice. I decided to have it anyway and it was not spicy in the slightest. I had to borrow chilli’s from family’s plates and I’m not a massive spice lover. Everyone one else really enjoyed their food and the setting is really beautiful. Some blinds on the window would have been good as the sun went down, we were all struggling with sun in our eyes. We would definitely return as the food and setting was so nice but I hope Liv Pan Asia read this and similar reviews and improve on...

Myself and 2 friends came on Saturday night and had a table reservation on the bus. We arrived and the setting was beautiful. We had been so excited to try here for a while! The starters were really good and really big portions. We also had a cocktail each which were priced at £12 each (a little expensive but it was a Christmas meal.) When our mains arrived, they looked lovely BUT when I took a bite of my chicken, it was cold and the texture was like it was uncooked. I apologised to the waitress and she took it back to the kitchen. There was no apology from anyone and I was made to feel bad for sending it back. It arrived a less than 5 minutes later and it was apparent that it has been put in the microwave to heat up as the chicken was rubbery and the vegetables were rock hard. Again no apology. We were put off our food after this as we had all ordered a chicken dish so hardly ate any of our meals. We then ordered a tea, and 2 gin and lemonades and looking at the bill at the end the gins were £10.50 each!!! Absolutely ridiculous prices that you'd expect to pay in London! The atmosphere was dead, no music on in the background, a miserable waitress watching your every move/staring at you from the front of the bus waiting for you to leave at 21.40 whom tidied up around us, and made us feel very uncomfortable with her attitude when we joked about having to leave as they were all staring up at us waiting for us to go. We will never return after this experience and will warn...

This is a relatively new venue so it is still at a fledgling stage. On the plus side and there are a few, it is situated beautifully on a lakeside and on a warm summer's evening you couldn't wish for better. The food is very flavoursome and well presented. The tables are set in little wooden pod's to call them converted garden sheds would be unkind. The service however is very hit and miss (and far from professional, inexperience being the main factor I feel) especially if you are in one of the huts further away from the main area. The cooking is very reminiscent of the type of street food vendor you would encounter on a distant holiday, but as I said beautifully made and presented. My only criticisms are, that so far as a variety of accompanying drinks is concerned it is limited to wine or lager, little else! Parking near the venue is very limited unless you are staying on site. As for the price, well that is relative to what you expect for your hard earned cash? Starters were around £8.00 while the mains ranged between £18 - £22.00. For me personally quantity didn't match the quality ( some may leave and need a takeaway on the way home?), it's all a matter of individual perspective. I would certainly recommend that you try here at least once, it is worth a visit even though in my opinion improvements are required to make...