Beijing Banquet Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The selection is great with a few absolutely awesome dishes."
• "Many of the dishes were fresh and juicy with about 10% being a little dry."
• "Delicious food with a really big selection - meats, noodles, seafood, deserts and also some great Western options (pizza, pasta, cheesecake)."
• "The food was fresh and very tasty and very good value for the price."
• "Everything was hot and delicious."
• "Food is absolutely delicious and service is very quick."
• "Food was extremely tasty and very good value for money."

Cons:

• "felt like we rushed out the door, our food was cold about 4 waiters standing watching us."
• "Before leaving we complained about how bad the food was, person behind the bar was rude."
• "chicken off on several dishes."
• "We were very disappointed at the food, half was cold, other stuff like chips, Yorkshire puddings were all hard."
• "Majority of the meat dishes were sadly over cooked and some of the flavours seemed to get lost."
• "Hot food was actually like warm or cold, cakes dry."
• "The food is always cold and you can tell it has been lying out for ages."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The Staff friendly and helpful."
• "Very nice place, very friendly staff."
• "The staff were brilliant when asked about the cake they got the candles and such like set up and brought it to the table light playing happy birthday song in the background."
• "Staff are pleasant and friendly."
• "Staff are attentive."
• "An excellent Chinese waiter [male - name escapes me sorry] who looked after our table very well."
• "Staff were quite attentive and very friendly."

Cons:

• "What an absolute shocking experience over the phone !!"
• "The one thing that displeases me is that if someone goes away without paying the waiting staff designated to that table have to pay the bill."
• "Not even an apology from the manager regarding the hair, which is unacceptable."
• "However when paying the bill I was served by a young lad who firstly didn’t explain himself correctly leaving us confused as customers, spoke to us with an aggressive tone and rolled his eyes at us."
• "Staff were argumentative and over charged."
• "Staff were ignorant and rude."
• "Sadly the visit was ruined after seeing staff using the toilet and then not washing hands."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "For a buffet, the food is pretty good and there's lots of variety"
• "£40 for 2 stuffed bellys and drinks is awesome"
• "Visited this place twice, first for lunch, then for dinner. Lunch was great, with a large selection of high quality food that was continuously replenished."
• "A buffet style Chinese meal, with several serveries offering many choices of meats, vegetables, rice and sweets, with bottomless soft drinks for less than £25 each."
• "For 2 with a refill drink and the buffet it only came to £25"
• "Food was very good and tasty at a very reasonable price for all you can eat."
• "Here you get to try a huge variety at a very affordable price."

Cons:

• "The best advice I could give is AVOID immediately, go else where if you can if your wanting a buffet but do avoid if possible."
• "Total bill £96 for 4 people who ate virtually nothing and ended up 2 of us with food poisoning... I would say defo not worth the money."
• "Very pricey for what we eventually got to eat."
• "For almost 50 pounds for 2, I was quite disappointed this time."
• "This time I got charged £10 for a 3 year old who had a spoonful of noodles and an ice cream."
• "They've priced themselves out this time for sure."
• "very over priced."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Brilliant clean place."
• "It was really nicely decorated and very clean."
• "Visited for lunch today, friendly staff and very clean tables."
• "Place kept very clean, was busy but staff were great and always clearing our table between meals and always smiling, they seemed a happy team."
• "This place was spotless."
• "The wash rooms are clean and modern."
• "Very clean and tidy establishment."

Cons:

• "Odd set up during covid they have used very small areas to heard crowds into odd way to move around the buffet."
• "Far too busy felt so cramped."
• "Quite noisy in the restaurant as there were a lot of children."
• "It's a buffet layout, which is always going to be dodgy for cross-contamination and hygiene."
• "I think they often try to seat too many people in the restaurant which means you are sitting extremely close to people at busy times."
• "They try to cram as many folk in as possible."
• "Food cold, place its self was the same and not a friendly atmosphere."