The Mandarin Chef

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £30–40 Recommended dishes: Chicken Fried Rice, Salt Pepper Chicken, Smoked Chicken

Great Chinese takeaway with a varied menu which has been consistently good! Since we moved to Romsey in 2012 we've been using the takeaways in the area, and for Chinese food we've found the Madarin Chef hard to beat. In fact when things opened up again post pandemic, our first take-away was from here! The menu is varied and has uk-chinese restaurant staples, together with less common dishes for those who want to go off piste. Where poultry sometimes feels like an unknown quantity quality wise in restaurants, here it has always been great with the Chinese duck tasty and not over dry. Vegetables in dishes don't feel like an afterthought and all in all we really like this place. The fried rice egg, special, etc) is always good and has the right amount of firmness for me as opposed to being made with new steamed rice. The staff are friendly and whilst I always order too much I'd like to say my eyes are bigger than my stomach, but sadly I can't pretend that's the case) that's on me! I love sesame toast but I probably shouldn't eat it all... Thank you to the staff and owners. This is a takeaway review so I can't in any honesty rate on Atmosphere My five stars are to avoid any negative effect). Parking: Lots of parking in front of the restaurant. I've never struggled to find a spot.

Decent food, very good value for money. Don't fill up on too many starters, you can order as many dishes as you want for the set price. You can always switch back to starters after your second course if you want. Smoked chicken and Prawn toasts were the highlights, loved the chef special pork chunks. Vegetable curry and tofu in black bean both good. The duck was the main dissapointment, it was very dry. Service was very friendly. Service: Dine in

Brilliant place to eat. Friendly staff. Food delicious Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Parking space Plenty of parking Parking options Free parking lot

Back here after many years living away. Delighted to find that the Mandarin Chef is as good as ever. The staff are friendly and attentive, and cheerfully accommodated our large, family get together . The food is amazing and reasonably priced. Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch