New Dancing Dragon Bar & Restaurant 文記大飯店 Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Best Chinese food experience I had in the UK."
• "The food was really delicious."
• "Food was authentic (sicheun), tasty & packed with flavour."
• "Can honestly say I had the best crispy chilli beef & chicken schezuan I’ve ever had here."
• "The food was delicious and fresh would order again!"
• "The food was fresh and really tasty, portions were generous."
• "The food I can quite honestly say was the best I've ever tasted, every dish had its own signature taste and the flavours were mouth watering."

Cons:

• "Egg fried rice was bland and horrible."
• "The restaurant looks nice, food comes fast. Unfortunately the quality of the food is very bad."
• "Food was mostly average or below average."
• "The chicken was as tough as old leather."
• "The mains were probably delicious but were so highly salted could not taste anything of the pork or chicken."
• "The Peking duck was dry and cold, and the dumplings just taste like frozen ones."
• "Chowmein had too much soya sauce in it, it was too dark and chicken was stringy."

Service

Pros:

• "Services are nice and quick."
• "Excellent food and service on our sons birthday meal."
• "All of the staff were so friendly and helpful."
• "Great food and great staff. Very reasonably priced."
• "The staff are professional, helpful, and very nice."
• "The service was super quick and efficient and the staff very kind and welcoming."
• "Service is very efficient as well."

Cons:

• "Sat down and waited for at least 20 minutes before someone came to take our order."
• "The service was absolutely terrible, bad attitudes, stares and not allowing everything, not even the cake for our friend's birthday."
• "The staff is rude and they misbehave with customers."
• "They did not have any friendly drinks options for this, and then refused to allow him to bring his own version of the drink."
• "Worst service I have experienced in Oxford."
• "A waitress literally 'dumped' the dishes on our table with a very loud clanking sound."
• "The service ruined our experience totally! From the moment we sat down we were made feel really uncomfortable by being rushed to order."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The restaurant has a tastefully elegant décor."
• "The restaurant is in the North of Oxford, in the Summertown neighborhood, and it’s nicely decorated, making for a comfy and relaxed atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere was warming and romantic."
• "Very nice restaurant, good atmosphere. They had good service."
• "A fantastic dining experience with a vibrant yet relaxing atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere is great for a romantic dinner or a chilled night out with friends."
• "The atmosphere offers a top-notch dining experience."

Cons:

• "Overall the place seemed dark and gloomy and lacking joy and fun."
• "The feeling of rush is generated to you by the fact you have got a limited amount of time to sit in (2 hours) and the way the service treats you."
• "It was just a shame that I was not allowed to bring a small folding bike inside."
• "It was busy and quite noisy."
• "We were watched the entire meal by the staff and felt very rushed to leave."
• "The one and only negative comment I have is that the staff were really hurried to take our plates away after we finished our food."
• "Hearing the same 2 mins music over and over for more than one hour until was finally changed."

Price

Pros:

• "Some food items were 20% higher than what is marked on the menu."
• "They asked us to spend over £200 on a table."
• "Amazing service and also a very good price."
• "Wine served too warm and it is very expensive."
• "Good value for money as well and can only recommend."
• "Not the cheapest Chinese but worth every penny."
• "It is very good value for money, highly recommended."

Cons:

• "The only problem is the price, which bars me from visiting too often."
• "Forced us to leave because we ordered less than £20 per person."
• "The drinks were very very overpriced and i couldn't even bring my own water and water inside the restaurant was 5£ a cup which was so overpriced."
• "But charging £2 for chilli oil is absolutely ridiculous."
• "We had to order a minimum of £20 per person."
• "Lastly, prices increased but they didn’t bother to update the menu."
• "Coca Cola served already in a glass, slightly carbonated I think poured from a large bottle and costs £ 4."