Usual excellent quality and friendly staff. We have been customers of IC for over 20 years, through the ups and downs and various managements. Billy and his crew are always pleased to see you and the service is fairly relaxed but very professional.
Usual excellent quality and friendly staff. We have been customers of IC for over 20 years, through the ups and downs and various managements. Billy and his crew are always pleased to see you and the service is fairly relaxed but very professional.
Have been going here for many years. But this time I was so ill only a few hours after eating. Cannot possibly go there again. My friend also was unwell.
We last ate here a couple of years ago and all aspects were excellent. How things can change! We now understand that the Management has changed since then. On entering, the reception area looked 'upmarket' and gave expectations of good things to come. Sadly no....Our greeting was less than cordial with no smile or warmth. Having passed through the screens, which section off the reception area, we were faced with an 'old factory-style canteen' area. There was absolutely no ambience, plastic table clothes, bright pink walls, stark lighting and unsmiling service. We ordered sizzling chicken (£14) and lamb (£17) dishes, with ginger and spring onion, and, albeit portions were plentiful, the meat was 'chewy' and flavours not to the delight anticipated. We lived in Hong Kong and Singapore for six years so have a more than average experience of Chinese food. No soy sauce or chopsticks were offered. A small Chardonnay (£6) and a non-alcoholic beer (£3), plain rice (£5) and 10% service charge made the bill total £50.71 . We are not the 'complaining type' but felt overcharged for a disappointing experience.More
Visited as a family of 4 with 2 teens. Its hard to find a Chinese restaurant where its possible to eat in and I hadn't done this for years. The decor is a little dated but the staff and food make up for it. The...teens were most impressed with the lazy Susan on the table. We all ate from the set menu and there was so much food - ordering for 3 would have left us with plenty of food. Everything was delicious. The only let down was the cola which was awful like some supermarket own- brand. When we hot home I realised I had not asked for chopsticks which would have added much amusement to our evening. Perhaps these could be put on the table? We had a thoroughly enjoyable evening and wi return.More
This was a fantastic meal, fresh and full of flavour. We had alot of food and it was all excellent. I would highly recommend this place. Bill was very reasonable too and service excellent and friendly
Really friendly service, the food was beautifully prepared and just right amount for two of us. They also participate in the Go New Forest discount scheme so gave 10% off.
Lovely place. Great taste. Good service. Right at the beautiful street of lyndhurst. Enjoyed every bit with my family.
Thoroughly enjoyable meal. Great food, excellent service and the manager made my daughter’s first visit to a Chinese restaurant a memorable one with lots of nice touches. Thank you.
This is our favourite Chinese restaurant in the area and we tend to book a table envy year to celebrate our wedding anniversary; this year was our 40th ! We had special hors d'oeuvres with prawn toast, vegetable spring rolls, hot ribs, chicken satays and...seaweed. This was followed by aromatic crispy duck with 6 pancakes and then sweet & sour king prawns plus a sizzling dish of fillet steak in sweet and piquant sauce. The chef also presented us with a lovely chocolate dessert with Happy 40th Anniversary on it which was a nice touch by the management; we will definitely be back next year.More
We always book a meal in this restaurant when we stay in Lyndhurst for the weekend as the food is so good. The restaurant has changed hands several times in the past few years, but the food has always been good and this time around...did not disappoint. We always go for one of the set meals and it has everything and they are not offended if you change out some of the dishes for other dishes and easily accommodate. The staff are lovely, very attentive and always with a smile. Restaurant is very deceiving from the front outside, it looks like a run down Chinese take-away, but once inside it goes way back into a very large restaurant with lots of space, you are not on top of one another.More
We had a takeaway from here following a day out in the Forest. It was the best Chinese takeaway we’ve had for years, I’d highly recommend. We were greeted with a really warm welcome, the waiting area for takeaway was comfortable & the service was...pretty quick. The restaurant looked lovely, we would’ve sat in if we didn’t have our dog with us. We’ll definitely be back!More
We popped in as we were staying at the Crown Manor House Hotel for my 50th Birthday weekend. The food and service was great! Had a lovely meal.
On St Valentine's Day we met family members for lunch: we live in Winchester and they were staying in the New Forest. We booked for a 12.30 table and much to our surprise were the only people in the place until they closed at 2.00....Sad for the restaurant but lovely for us. The food was excellent with a good choice of the different Chinese styles including a few Szechuan dishes. Service was pleasant and unfussy and both the man and the woman spoke really good English, so no confusion at all! Overall an excellent choice for a good meal in pleasant surroundings.More
One Tuesday lunchtime, sadly this place was empty except for our party of four. Yet the service was pitched just right. not too attentive but ready when needed, topping up water glasses and so on. Menu was interesting and we all found something to like,...including some fiery Szechuan. Pricing was fair We don't often go to Lyndhurst but would certainly revisit Imperial China when we doMore
my husband and i popped in on the off chance of a table on a Thursday night between Christmas and New year. Luckily we managed to get a table for 2. The food was absolutely delicious, particularly reccommend the Shredded chilli beef.