Great Wall — Restaurant in Rochford

Well if you want budget food at top restaurant prices then look no further , heavily fried over cooked starters dripping in batter no fresh authentic ingredients or tastes whatsoever all washed down with a flat beer ,I think the barrel was last changed and the hose line cleaned back in 1992.! with that I eagerly waited on the most uncomfortable seat whilst bizarrely listening to nelly the elephant playing as background music out of 2 car speakers stuck to the ceiling it was at that point my enthusiasm of tasty fulfilling meal left my body . Before the mains came the waiter picked bits of food that had fallen off the plates for the starters with his hands which was a nice touch very classy . Quite disappointed won’t go back not sure how this place will stay open with the slop and the attitude they are serving out of this restaurant. Oh did I mention after we ordered out starters we wanted to eat and decide what we wanted for a main course however that seemed to upset the waiter and manager greatly as they began a heated conversation about us infront of us in Chinese in raised voices as to why we wanted to wait to choose our mains once our starters had arrived .all in all the best part of last nights meal was saying goodbye to it down the toilet this morning .... first last and only visit for me stop serving the cheapest ingredients put some love into ur cooking and on weekend evening you may have more than 2...

Decided to give the 'Great Wall' a try for the first time. It was a takeaway I would collect. An uncomplicated order of beef with chilli & black bean, special chow mein, mixed sweet & sour balls 2 fried rice and 1 plain chow mein. Over the phone I was told 30- 35 mins. I arrived within 30 mins. I left 55 mins later without an apology for the delay. The quality of the food was a huge disappointment, only 8 small balls, which were chewy and insipid in flavour. Special chow mein was anything but special again mean ingredients mainly chicken very dry and tasteless. Beef in black bean was a sad, stingy portion (probably a blessing) again, very dry. I don't believe the egg fried rice ever saw a wok. It tasted like boiled rice mixed with some scrambled egg, awful! Plain chow mein was a portion of fine noodles dowsed in soy sauce, barely eddible. £40.00 Thank you very much! In summary, terrible food which was an insult to the buyer. I don't understand how this type of business continues to exist when the food & service is so very poor. Why do they serve food which they themselves would not eat? Who do they take us for? The good people of Rochford deserve better. First and definitely...

Our family ordered a takeaway last night, for 10 people. Was told 50-60 mins, as we didn’t mind coming out for collection but was assured that it would be no longer than an hour. The food turned up 40 minutes late, so when we negotiated a discount they took the food away to throw it in the bin. Very bad attitude and was told that they have been there for 20 years and do not need our custom, this is the second time now this has happened. Always use to go, but will no longer be ordering or going to the Great Wall. Honesty is a big thing and we would rather have been told the truth about the wait. It is a shame to see what once was a very good restaurant/takeaway go for money and pride over a happy customer. Will not be...