China Sea Restaurant Reviews Summary

Category: Chinese restaurant

Address: 12 Renfield St, Glasgow, G2 5AL, United Kingdom

Phone: +441412212719

Rating: 4.3
based on 165 reviews.

Decor

Pros:

  • "The decor is beautiful and the atmosphere is so cozy."
  • "Old school quirky decor - particularly love the huge dragon hanging from the ceiling."
  • "Decor is unique and intricate with a beautiful dragon and cloud ceiling piece."
  • "The decor is amazing, we were sitting underneath a giant dragon sculpture it was really cool."
  • "It's a really authentic looking restaurant with beautifully lit booths and dragon on the ceiling."
  • "Refreshing to be in a classic Chinese restaurant with old style deco."
  • "The decor is completely 80s Chinese restaurant which is part of the charm."

Cons:

  • "The decor has not changed it is really old and tatty."
  • "A place that's being there for many a year to be honest the decor is dated."
  • "Love this place. It was the very first Chinese restaurant I had ever been in when I was a teenager back in the 80's.... fabulously cheesy decor."

Service

Pros:

  • "Service is top class!"
  • "Fabulous service 😍 Fabulous food 😍 we do absolutely recommend this Chinese restaurant 😍 spotless clean & staff are very efficient around cleaning after customers πŸ‘πŸ‘."
  • "Fantastic staff, super helpful and attentive."
  • "The staff were excellent, attentive and friendly but professional."
  • "The servers were amazing."
  • "Very friendly and helpful staff."
  • "Super efficient and friendly staff, yummy food, quick service, a great place to eat."

Cons:

  • "Service was rank rotten, took a while to serve us and when finally did were generally rude."
  • "The experience was sorely disappointing due to the demands for payment up front and bad attitude and hostile waiters and waitress."
  • "Food is fantastic but always feel waiting staff want you in and out as quickly as possible, they're constant watching is unnerving."
  • "Food ok but but service terrible, 4 tables who arrived after us received their meals before us."
  • "When I made the staff aware of it they just removed our plates from the table very quickly I may add without as much as an apology."
  • "Discriminatory staff, tell you that you can’t sit in a booth because you are overweight."
  • "Customer service terrible."

Accessibility

Pros:

  • "Close to central station."

Cons:

  • "Not recommend for anyone with disability problems as up 3 flights of steep not very wide stairs."
  • "Be mindful of the lofty steps you've got to climb."
  • "The place is quite cramped and I don't believe its wheelchair accessible as it's up a flight of stairs."
  • "The restaurant is based on a second floor of an older building so there is no disabled access to my knowledge and the stairs leading up to it are rather steep."
  • "Due to the fact that it’s up a steep set of stairs, I’m not sure if it’s wheelchair accessible for those who need it so that’s maybe a necessary consideration for some guests before visiting."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food has never change. Amazing staff."
  • "Food is fantastic but always feel waiting staff want you in and out as quickly as possible, they're constant watching is unnerving."
  • "It's a very popular spot with great food at great value."
  • "Authentic Chinese cuisine at unbelievably good prices also has a marvellous business lunch and theater menu."
  • "Very good Chinese food - ask for the Chinese menu for authentic cuisine."
  • "Food is always fantastic."
  • "Food tastes amazing!"

Cons:

  • "Didn't find meal was as good as others I've had."
  • "Food ok but but service terrible, 4 tables who arrived after us received their meals before us."
  • "The tennents was disgusting and the red wine was the cheapest I have tasted."
  • "A once great restaurant that has, unfortunately, become very average."
  • "Don't ever eat here. I asked for a breast chicken curry and what turned up didn't look like any breast I've ever seen, not only that but if was off and I'm surprised I wasn't ill because I swallowed a piece."
  • "Basically got the runt of the chicken as it was black."
  • "Both the chicken curry and the chicken satay that I ordered were very poor standard."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "It's really inexpensive if you go for the pre-theater menu."
  • "Cheap, cheerful and a Glasgow institution."
  • "Very good value for money for a city centre like Glasgow."
  • "Pre theatre menu @Β£12.90 is good value."
  • "The only place in the city centre you can get a tasty 3 course meal for under Β£10 and be in and out in an hour!"
  • "Their food is a great value for money."
  • "First time visit, had lunchtime special for Β£8.20 very good value, Has kung do ribs to start they were very nice followed by breast of chicken curry which was really tasty."

Cons:

  • "Not massive portions for price."
  • "For the food we received, it was extremely overpriced."
  • "The disappointing thing was overpriced for the drinks."
  • "Food and service were both pretty average, we paid a deposit for 10 and not all of the party made the booking so the 3x Β£5 deposit was lost even though 7 still went for dinner, won't be back anytime soon!"
  • "A bottle of Magners (the size of a bottle of Bud) Β£16. Outrageous experience!"
  • "Been coming here for years and all of a sudden they are adding money onto your bill and ask why they are adding money on they don't know why and start laughing."
  • "Portions of 2nd rate food portions for mice."

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