Happy Seasons Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "I cannot recommend this restaurant enough, the food is of incredible quality - so fresh and tasty!"
• "Top class food ans excellent service Is a 10/10 next level salt and pepper pork chops are 😋👌."
• "Food is authentic and good, and the roast duck is comparable to the ones you get in Asia (HK, Singapore, Malaysia etc.)."
• "Roast duck on rice is super delicious and a must-try."
• "it perfectly reminds me of home comfort food, so good so fresh so fragrant."
• "The food is tasty and fresh."
• "Fantastic food, especially the genuine Beijing roast duck, which they are renowned for."

Cons:

• "Soy chicken is too salty."
• "The cola was served at room temperature."
• "The food was OK but not in my opinion much different to a Chinese take away."
• "Food: Not good. yang chow Fried rice was clumpy and oily."
• "All of our meals bar one were disgusting. Greasy noodles, badly cooked, soggy rice, tasteless dumplings."
• "The food tasted stale and had the consistency of gelatin."
• "The fried rice has no fragrance and tastes like salt, the sweet and sour chicken has too much batter and way too sour, and the tomato soup was bland."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff where friendly and efficient but we did not feel rushed."
• "Wait staff were very helpful and provided great service."
• "Servers were pleasant, polite and attentive."
• "the service staff and everyone were fantastic. They were friendly, and ever present to make you feel at home."
• "The service was great, very kind waitress."
• "The service I have received is always pleasant."
• "Service was very friendly, patient and fast."

Cons:

• "Very loud and busy inside, not a comfortable restaurant to sit down and relax."
• "The service was absolutely horrendous. The staff were rude and abrupt."
• "We cannot understand the logic and we are thoroughly disappointed with the arrogance of the staff."
• "The staff were rude and very unwelcoming."
• "Service is horrible. Rude waiters."
• "The staff were not that friendly during the waiting time."
• "I believe the staff in this restaurant need critical service training, they have zero manors, they throw your dishes around carelessly and move your tables and plates without consent."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "A restaurant that prioritise the food over the decor, but a very clean and comfortable space to eat in."
• "The restrooms were surprisingly pleasant."
• "What i liked most was the family restaurant atmosphere."
• "An owner or manager was around, seeing if patrons were satisfied and being looked after."
• "Staff is friendly, the place is quite small, but ambient."
• "Ambiance was good - better than expected when looking in from the outside."
• "The atmosphere is fine, they’re not trying to be vibey or have any gimmick which sometimes is a nice change."

Cons:

• "Too expensive now. Prices have absolutely sky rocketed over the last few years."
• "Not worth to wait for the minimum 20 mn outside."
• "The place is called the cheapest place in Chinatown to eat but it's not the case anymore."
• "Very few dimsum choices and terrible service."
• "The setting is very clean, and although the decor is certainly not something to write home about."
• "The decor of the restaurant seems a little dated, however, this is not important to me because the place is clean."
• "The decor of the restaurant seems a little dated."

Value

Pros:

• "If you like Chinese food and not expect British manners, starter has to come first then main dish, this restaurant is quite a good idea with reasonable prices and quality."
• "Food is salty but inexpensive."
• "The drinks and food prices are very reasonable, definitely below average for the area."
• "Reasonable price and a good service."
• "Huge portions for a good price. Meat was excellent and not too fatty!"
• "Their prices were very reasonable."
• "Nice food, very reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "The food was very expensive and the quality is not there!"
• "Really disappointed and was also expensive for what you get."
• "Had buffet set menu for 2. £35 each... With two beers came to over £80. Far better and cheaper to be had elsewhere."
• "They only do bottled beer/cider, and I had a bottle of Tsintao which was 3.80, and my partner had a bottle of cider which was 4.50....way overpriced as well."
• "It's a rip off at £2.50 for a 200ml bottle of soda water, food is just alright but 10% service charge for an unwelcome and rude attitude from the waitresses."
• "Price-wise it wasn't great value; hardly extortionate but more expensive than I recall."
• "Absolute extortion for the portion size you get compare to what it use to be."