My Old Place Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "This is a bustling place which serve really tasty food."
• "The beef hot pot was tasty, but a bit too greasy."
• "The food is great - lots of quantity and very tasty."
• "Yes, it's authentic and unbelievably tasty."
• "Food is awesome and it's very well priced."
• "The Dan Dan Noodles are a work of art."
• "Each dish was flavoursome and authentic."

Cons:

• "The food quality was okay, but the Peking duck was quite dry."
• "Vegetarian dishes are really expensive for what they are. I've been charged £11.90 for some beans, spinach and garlic."
• "Some dishes are bland, others overly salty. None feel fresh."
• "All of the meat was unidentifiable, 50% of the soup contained whole peppercorns (crunchy and potent) and chili's which made it inedible."
• "Our chicken noodles were literally swimming in grease, the rise was super salty and again full of grease."
• "The food is below average and not authentic at all!"
• "Food taste and cooking is totally changed - overly salted, not balanced seasoning and also so little portion."

Service

Pros:

• "Efficient and friendly staff."
• "The service is fast."
• "Service is better than most Chinese restaurants.. there were only two of them for a full restaurant but I think they were genuinely trying their best."
• "Service is excellent."
• "The staff were really helpful, friendly and patient."
• "The service is fast and the staff friendly and attentive."
• "They serve a good variety of authentic dishes from different parts of Chaina and caters to an array of people at a very reasonable price."

Cons:

• "Extremely rude waiter, forgotten dishes needed chasing several times."
• "Service is slow especially during busy times (had to wait half an hour for our first dish)."
• "Service was horrendous, staff looked fed up and not happy at all."
• "The service is not the greatest."
• "The service is disappointing."
• "Service is nothing to write home about but acceptable nonetheless."
• "Service on the other hand, is terrible."

Price

Pros:

• "Cheap price - a dish is around £7-£8."
• "Prices reasonable, bill for 1 person about £11-12."
• "The price was also extremely good too!"
• "Good place for pre-theatre dinner. Decent prices."
• "The food is excellent and the prices are very reasonable."
• "The prices are reasonable."
• "Large portions for a good price."

Cons:

• "Drinks are in bottles and cans, even spring water (too expensive). Disappointed!"
• "Charged (a lot) extra for rice, which wasn't included."
• "It is INSANELY expensive but for no reason. Most of the dishes are subpar if not outright bad."
• "However after we left, we realized it was unreasonable to charge us £39 EACH for only 4 dishes and rice."
• "It's also very expensive so thought they would at least get the order right."
• "The food took ages to come out and we noticed people seated after us were fed before us. In the end service charge was added to the bill at 10% which pushed the price over £110 for 2 people with 2 bottles of Tsing Tao each."
• "Prices are higher than expected but probably because they're based in the city."

Ambience

Pros:

• "A great establishment in Shoreditch, a place to get some authentic food that is served quick and delicious."
• "Very authentic, always popular with the Chinese community."
• "Always a queue to get a table which is a good sign."
• "Amazing place, fresh food, nice portion sizes, authentic cuisine!"
• "Definitely the best Chinese food I've ever had."
• "Delicious and authentic food that is well worth a try."
• "Lively vive with international customers."

Cons:

• "Decor and ambience of the place is disappointing not really welcoming."
• "Slightly rough and ready inside and the downstairs seating area is windowless."
• "The atmosphere was the worst as it smelled like cleaning solution as soon as you walked into the restaurant."
• "The table was a bit sticky, and toilets unfortunately were too far from clean."
• "The venue isn't very cozy and has more of a cantina ambiente."
• "The duck was too dry."
• "Avoid!! Mouse problem needs to be sorted!"

Payment and Discounts

Pros:

• "You get 10% discount for paying cash."
• "They said paying cash and not requesting the receipt could get discount."

Cons:

• "The restaurant didn't accept any form of card payment on my visit, so bring some cash with you."
• "Something doesn't add up.... we had 3 dishes all at about 15 per dish plus 2 plain rices and 2 teas which is an extra 8 pounds should be 53??? You get 10% discount for paying cash but we were charged 68.20???"
• "It is INSANELY expensive but for no reason."
• "However after we left, we realized it was unreasonable to charge us £39 EACH for only 4 dishes and rice."
• "The food took ages to come out and we noticed people seated after us were fed before us. In the end service charge was added to the bill at 10% which pushed the price over £110 for 2 people with 2 bottles of Tsing Tao each."
• "Prices are higher than expected but probably because they're based in the city."
• "Also serving on chipped plates."