Tai Tung Reviews Summary

Category: Chinese restaurant

Address: 544 Purley Way, Croydon, CR0 4RF, United Kingdom

Phone: +442086883668

Rating: 3.8
based on 231 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Considering they cook on a massive scale, the food is fresh and flavoursome."
  • "Food was delicious and well cooked."
  • "Always delicious Chinese food, service is very quick."
  • "The traditional Chinese food has always been good quality and delicious!"
  • "The food is good."
  • "Food is amazing!!! I would give 10 stars if I could!"
  • "All the food we ordered were delicious, friendly staffs and very helpful😀."

Cons:

  • "Wonton soup = Bland."
  • "The food hasn’t been great from the start, it’s really ordinary and bland, everything does taste like nothing."
  • "The dim sum has become so bad now. They are tasteless and too sweet."
  • "Probably the worst food ever: bland, dry meat, salty, or uncooked noodles."
  • "The food too fat and oily."
  • "The food was extremely overpriced, we ordered 5 dim sum dishes and the little that came was dry and under seasoned."
  • "The food we had was bland in colour, taste and presentation."

Service

Pros:

  • "Service is quick and efficient."
  • "Waiting staff attentive and friendly."
  • "We were asked to sanitise hands before entering the restaurant and all staff have been wearing masks throughout."
  • "Staff was friendly and accommodating."
  • "The service is quick and the staff are pleasant."
  • "The service is fast and workers are extremely gentle and professional."
  • "The service was pretty efficient."

Cons:

  • "Super rude staff."
  • "Truly rude and shocking staff. We were accosted on the way out for not paying the discretionary service charge."
  • "The waiters are very arrogant and rude."
  • "Staff are outrightly rude, dismissive or try to ignore you."
  • "Rude and abusive waiter manager."
  • "The waitress was very rude."
  • "The staff were not wearing masks!"

Price and Value

Pros:

  • "The price is very reasonable for a large group of people also."
  • "Good food which taste good as well. Good value for money."
  • "Price was reasonable, portion size decent."
  • "The dim sum is of good quality, and the pricing is very fair."
  • "Price are very reasonable £10 for 3pcs scallops."
  • "Good value."
  • "Great food with good portion sizes to share."

Cons:

  • "The portion size is smaller than before but the price has gone up high."
  • "Their prices are higher than dim sum places in town."
  • "It’s pricy, greasy, and not healthy."
  • "The food was extremely overpriced, we ordered 5 dim sum dishes and the little that came was dry and under seasoned."
  • "Prices have risen a bit too quickly/much, so wont be visiting as often sadly."
  • "The prices have increased extortionately."
  • "Their prices are very high."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Restaurant space is large, it's possible to get a seat even on busy days."
  • "Upstairs can accommodate larger parties."
  • "Great service, great food and great atmosphere!"
  • "It is better to go during the week as we arrived at 11:am Monday, straight in and got plenty of empty tables."
  • "The tables were more spaced out due to Covid and there were fewer larger tables."
  • "In terms of hygiene and covid precautions this restaurant is on form with great standards and great sanitation management."
  • "Toilets are dated but clean."

Cons:

  • "Also the restrooms are filthy."
  • "The decor is tired and dated as was the very poor service."
  • "The venue looks quite old, the furniture is cheap looking and kitschy."
  • "The restaurant is filthy."
  • "The cleanliness of this restaurant is appalling compared to what it used to be."
  • "Cheg's kitchen looked dirty with food and plates strewn across the floor."
  • "They came in bamboo steamers that looked unusually greasy and old dried food stuck on the side of the steamers which was very off-putting."

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