The Cherry House — Restaurant in West Lancashire

WHAT HAS HAPPENED to this place? I hadn't had a takeaway from The Cherry House for maybe 12 to 15 months. In all the times we had food from there prior to last night it was fabulous and we didn't mind at all travelling extra miles and paying a little more, that was until last night.

For starters we had hot and sour soup and chicken satay skewers.

The soup was a brown abomination which had 1 small piece of char sui and 2 tiny prawns in it. No spice to it or flavour. I have had worse than it but it is in the bottom 3 I've ever had.

The skewers were just like a fine slither of chicken which had been wrapped up in some light brown coloured spare leather from a clothing manufacturer . It was so difficult to eat and chew. To be fair the satay sauce was decent.

For mains we had the chicken chow mein and the beef curry rendang. The chow mein was so bland and the chicken quality was not great. The noodles it came with were fine

The rendang curry seemed to have had coconut milk as it's rescuer to add some flavour. That being said it was more flavoursome than the chow mein. However, I do not know what beef was used, it had no texture at all and more akin to that of a marshmallow. Not good quality at all.

It says something when the average quality prawn crackers were the standout part of the food.

The staff at the front of house are friendly and welcoming so it is not their fault.

It is not just myself who has noticed this major collapse in the quality of the food but my work colleagues from Ormskirk and Burscough have said the same that it has gone downhill. Pity because it used to be...

Food here is excellent and good value. The range of dishes good as would be expected in a Chinese however the great thing here is the freshness of the food it all looks vibrant and tastes great.Team are very friendly and attentive when you order a take away or sit in. If you sit in it's not quite as good as some other restaurants for decor and fittings although it is very clean. This however is the only njggle and if I could I would give it 4.5...

Went here for mum's 70th the Chinese guy was lovely, inside is bland and no atmosphere, food was terrible 6 pieces of tiny beef yes 6 !!!! On main meal wich was bone dry and tough , chilli sauce on it was sickly sweet pure sugar ,chips were warm ups fried rice was like boiled with egg / avoid £15 for 3 course / 1 small scoop of cheap ice cream course not worth it at an all you can eat is same price and much better...