Tycoon — Restaurant in Test Valley

Tried the Tycoon for the first time Yesterday evening, Firstly the Delivery time was stated to be around 1/1.5hrs but unfortunately it took around 2hrs, so at this point I was hoping the food would be worth the wait.

Where do I start, the Shredded Duck was cold and flavourless with lots of fat, I don't mind fat on my Duck but even for me it was too much, I only received 5 pancakes with my Duck, it was a 1/4 ( other Chinese Restaurants offer 10).

My Ribs were so fatty, I expected a bit of meat on the bone but had hardly any.

The chip's were cold and overcooked, Egg foo young was cold and flavourless.

Noodles were okay but hardly any flavour.

Such a shame as I've seen lots of good reviews so I thought I'd try The Tycoon but unfortunately won't be...

Not too sure what to say about this place. It is very confusing. One thing for sure... It's not really Chinese food. It's an English version of what Chinese food should be. Starters were terrible. Sweet seaweed, dry ribs, really bad satay sauce, greasy prawn toast with no prawns. Duck was as dry as it gets but the mains were acceptable. Squid in black bean sauce was a stand out. Avoid tea smoked chicken (unless you like chicken that tastes like donuts... Yes... Donuts). Overall it wasn't great but I don't think we'll get food poisoning. One big positive - the staff is lovely. They don't really know the dishes but they...

Have been using the Tycoon for 20 years and has mostly been great but last meal has been very poor. Starters very greasy, sauce on the ribs so sweet it made my teeth hurt. Mains were substandard. Pork in black bean sauce which i always order as a takeaway was awful. Never been served it like this...pork was so hard and chewy i couldn't eat it. Veggie option of spicy bean curd was good as were the black pepper mushrooms. Such a shame though Table of 4 ladies sitting next to us was very loud and not sure my 15 year old autistic son appreciated them talking about their sex lives...