Caterham Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Tandridge

A lovely family run business. There are not many Chinese Restaurants around these days and the ones you come across have such mixed reviews you just don't want to chance it. So it's really nice to be able to venture out and eat at this restaurant that offers good honest food and a homely dining experience.

The restaurant inside has a lovely decor, a harmonious balance of a traditional Chinese restaurant and a light & clean modern eatery, whilst outside they have maintain what seems like the original shop front that honours the family business.

It was our first time eating here and for a weekday night, it was nice to see several groups of locals out dining with friends versus just grabbing a takeaway in front of the TV, there was even a group of 8 people celebrating a birthday. Makes you feel like you have stumbled upon a local gem!

There was a little wait for the food to come but the staff did acknowledge this and we felt valued, and good food does take time to cook.

The wonton soup was lovely, good sized wontons and cooked just right. The sweet and sour chicken was good too, big sized chicken pieces with nice rich sauce not watery like most other places these days. Portions and pricing were spot on in my opinion and even cheaper than some takeaways.

We were too busy tucking in, that we totally forgot to take photos of the dishes! We will next time.

Yun the owner took the time to come over ask how our evening was, and it's clear to us that her husband really do take care and pride in everything they do.

If you're not in the area, take a little drive and eat in, there's free parking on the road, or order and collect. I'm sure you will enjoy.

We will be back...

Best Chinese food for miles around in any direction and simply well executed in its own right. Have collected takeaway many times and eaten in. Most recently (4 days ago) I ate in.

Every dish is flavoursome. Sauces, if they are your thing, are a delicious homemade delight. Their crispy duck is a real specialty. We ate there with friends who lived a fair distance that commented it was the best they had had (and it is their favourite Chinese dish). The beef in chilli and black bean sauce was balanced, the sizzling satay prawn had real depth of flavour, the two vegetable dishes we ordered were of excellent texture, not overcooked, and the chicken chow mein was tasty, not greasy, and had a good variety of ingredients.

Our guests commented that the interior was warm and cozy. We found the staff friendly and helpful, but then we were also kind to them. Service was speedy and attentive. We forgot to order rice but they had it out for us extremely quickly when we realised our error (it was definitely our fault). Our bill came to £112 for 4 people (excluding tip, but including a nice but well priced Gewürztraminer, a couple of soft drinks, large bottle water, 1 appetiser, half a crispy duck - that's a dozen pancakes so huge - and 3 mains and 2 side veg, steamed and special fried rice). Very fairly priced for such good quality food. We had leftovers to take home which made another meal for two, despite us all leaving very very full...

I gave this restaurant a try. First I need to say, as well as many uk asian restaurants, I have travelled many times to Hong Kong and Taiwan, therefore have experienced how these dishes should be. I had salt and pepper prawns, these were the worsed examples, the ratio of prawns, which were tiny, to greasy batter made them indigestible. Next was the pork dumplings, I can only imagine these had been frozen and reheated, the dumpling pastry was tough and dry, the filling was ok, but with little seasoning and no liquor, as it should be if made fresh. Next was the singapore noodles that had the minimum of ingredients for this traditional uk/us dish, I think there were indeed rice noodles, onion and red pepper, nothing else I could see or taste. Anyone can find a recipe for this dish. Missing, or minimal, ingredients that I have found in other restaurants: cabbage, beansprouts, chilli, curry powder, sesame oil, carrot, egg, prawns, pork, chicken etc. It is a mystery to me how such a restaurant can remain in business, and it is a sit down restaurant as well as a takeaway! The above was not good value...