China Blue — Restaurant in Scotland

China Blue is now my favourite Chinese restaurant in Glasgow. I've been twice this week. I was there last night. They have a 2 course lunch menu and pre-theatre menu. The pre-theatre menu is £14.99 for 2 courses. Sadly, they didn't have a vegan option listed on it, so I went for the a la carte menu.

I think I the menu is a bit odd if you're not sharing. For example, they offer a bowl of choi sum or kale or aubergine etc for around £14. There is no option to have a mix of vegetables. I wouldn't fancy a whole bowl of just one veg. I therefore opted for vegetable chow mein which is a mix of veg such as pak choi and was lovely. I also opted to have an extra portion of noodles because I'm greedy. I'd love it if I could just order the noodles with eg garlic mushrooms and a bit of choi sum, but sadly that's not possible. I'd rather have more mushrooms in the chow mein.

The chips were over cooked and mostly inedible this time, but it didn't matter as I was too stuffed from all the noodles.

My companion had chicken fried rice which she was delighted with. She also ordered steamed dumplings and was surprised when these arrived that they had been deep fried. She said they were delicious though.

The service in China Blue is amazing. At least 4 people waited on our table. They cannot do enough for you. They table was covered with paper table covers which I was glad of when I spilled food all over it. The napkins are linen. The heating was on and it was cosy.

Again we were the only white customers. The other diners were all Chinese. Malaysian people also often eat here and there is also a lot of Thai food on the menu.

The toilets are up 2 flights if stairs and are a bit run down, but smelled lovely and were very clean.

Great food and amazing service. I'll...

(Update 2024-05: Beware dishes labelled with a green (V) may not actually be vegetarian when served, especially when you have a table of meat and non meat eaters. Manager gave the excuse of “do any of you not eat meat” and “you should have let us know when you ordered”, though eventually apologised and gave us half price off that one dish.)

Was here for dinner with relatives on a Sunday evening. Not the most fancy atmosphere, but appeared cleanish. Food wise, so far this is one of the best in the city centre and I can't believe I've gone past it so many times without giving the place a thought, the entrance is so unassuming.

The restaurant is on the 2nd floor, you do need to climb a flight of stairs to reach the place.

Would recommend the Tofu with Chinese Leaf & Glass Noodles (146), which they apparently use their own egg tofu. The sauce for the Mixed Vegetables with Malaysian Curry (224) was out-of-this-world, but I wasn't much of a fan with the vegetables used (my relatives liked them though). We did find the side portion of stir fried noodles far too salty, though this was the only downfall for the food.

They did get one of our orders wrong (despite naming it and pointing it at the menu when ordering) and later claimed not to be in a position to correct it. Whatever arrived looked nice and a lot cheaper so we just let it go.

Service was friendly, helpful, but a...

We faccied some Chinese food after a day out in the city so we Googled for restaurants near our hotel and China Blue was one of the search results. Having read some of the reviews we decided to book a table, we opted for the pre-theatre menu as it looked like good value. On arrival it is just a doorway on the street and then stairs up into the restaurant. The restaurant is certainly not fancy so if you like a bit of luxury then it's probably not the place for you. We were welcomed and shown to our table, we ordered drinks and perused the menu. I asked if there were onions in a particular dish but was told I could have the dish exactly as I wanted and it wouldn't be a problem. The food was absolutely sensational, the quantity and quality of the chicken in my dish was just superb. The staff were excellent, friendly, welcoming and attentive. Many of the reviews we read said that this place is a hidden gem and that's exactly what it is. Quite probably the best Chinese food my wife and I have enjoyed and we will definitely make a point of returning some time in the future. Thanks for...