Hathaichanok Phairojthinnakorn
My partner and I went to visit Cambridge, and we wanted to eat Chinese. We randomed to pick the restaurant and we went to this one. It was very good decision, the staff are very nice, friendly. The asmosphere is fine. In addition, the food are very perfect, tasty, fresh, and worth for the value. If we have a chance to go to Cambridge again, we will go visit this restaurant again for sure. Highly recommend!!
P.S. We ordered beef stew with mushroom, roasted duck and sweet bun (I can't remember the name of it exactly)
Bill Ward
This is a rough and ready Chinese food joint. We come here now and again to get authentic Chinese food. Don’t expect polished service, you have to overlook the rough edges but the food is great. Try to come early, around 6- 6.30 and your fellow diners will be mainly Asian- a good sign that the food is the real deal. Dish highlights are the salt and pepper squid, spinach in peanuts and vinegar and the fish in boiling oil with Szechuan pepper and chilli.
S K Ayong
Authentic Chinese sechwan food, tasty and good value. Just like being in old town in China, nice Chinese lamps and shades and pictures. Friendly owner on hand and English spoken well.
Enjoy
Kayman
Very busy place for lunch and I think they are also very busy for deliveries. Great service and excellent host and we thoroughly enjoyed everything. I think this is very close to like home cooked Chinese food. Very good dumplings and amazing black bean chicken. Soup was very authentic Chinese flavour. Great place for Chinese.
Rachael Ward
Genuine Chinese cuisine and a great place to visit in Cambridge. Don’t go without trying the fish in hot chilli oil - it’s fantastic! Handy menu with pics so you can see exactly what’s what. Have been several times and really recommend.
B. Aun
Authentic Chinese cuisine. The portion is quite large so I recommend going with friends. The food came fast and they were tasty!
Pavel Afonine
Best Chinese food I've ever had outside China (I lived in China for 5 years). You must be proactive to place your order and get the bill in the end. But if you care about food and only food then that's THE place. Very recommended by a westerner who knows something about China!
C C
This is our second visit this month. Clean and friendly environment. The food are all great, I especially like water melon pork soup and beer duck.
Lauren J
Absolutely lovely little restaurant to go to in the evening! Brilliant food and lovely staff 😊
Would highly recommend
David Gavilan
Good food quality. The dumplings 🥟 are delicious. However, some of the dishes were too spicy 🥵 for me to eat. The sour white fish noodles 🍜 had lots of green chillies and all my mouth (and stomach afterwards) was in pain, even though I ended up eating only the fish. It would be nice if the menu had some indication of how spicy the dishes are. On the other hand, the menu is full of pictures, so it’s easy to figure out what each this is. The English can be very weird at times (check attached photo of “desort” 😅).
The service could be a bit better. We had to insist several times until we got some tap water.
If you like spicy food, you’ll probably love everything. Next time I think I’ll stick to dumplings 😅🥵🌶
kris cr
Fantastic meal, authentic food, and great service. The staff were very accommodating and helped recommend some dishes based on our preferences. Will definitely be visiting again.
John W
I've never had Chinese food in China, but I'm pretty sure that this is as close as you can get in Cambridge. @72 makes zero effort to adapt to the British palate, and that's what makes it great. The food is up there with anywhere else in Cambridge and the prices are very reasonable. If you aren't used to Chinese food, go with an open mind and you will enjoy it.
Drish
[£15/pax, 3 Oct 2022, 9 people] Good sichuan food in Cambridge
cabbage - 6/10
la zi chicken - 9/10
beans with chilli - 9/10
braised pork - 7/10
5 spice lamb - 9/10
chilli fish - 8/10
mapo tofu - 7/10, too salty
garlic pork ribs - 8/10
[£16/pax, 11 Nov 2022]
ordered the la zi ji and lamb and beans again, the beans especially were not as nice as the previous time
the sweet and sour chicken was good
Eugene
Ground floor was nice, stylish with pleasant relaxing retro Western music.
The waitress was nice and polite but barely spoke English.
We asked for tea and water, which they forgot about, but quickly served it after a reminder.
The food was produced rather quickly.
Instead of egg fried rice we got simple steamed rice (probably the waitress misunderstood).
The food - chicken sweet & sour and sizzling aubergine - was very tasty.
I paid by card and the waitress used contactless without asking me and then refused to give me a customers copy of receipt as, according to her, contactless payment does not produce a customer's copy. Weird. This cost them tips.
Toilets are dirty and 2 or of 3 toilets were missing soap. Just this alone cost them a star.
miranda ford
This has to be some of the best and most authentic food I've had in Britain outside of China. A delicious evening and we'll worth a visit.
Brandon Spearrin
So many Chinese restaurants to choose from...we chose this one on a whim. Loved it, one of the best I've ever had. Mapo tofu was on point, chicken and mushroom dumplings were so good. Staff was very friendly, prices were reasonable. Ill go again.
Daryl Sinclair
Great food and excellent location. The family run restaurant has a good vibe and the dishes are tasty without being greasy or heavy.
Genuine pu'er tea and the best wanton soup I have had anywhere in the world.
Be aware that you need to be specific to the menu. The young waitress who served my food was not fluent in writing mandarin and had to copy from the menu to communicate the orders to the kitchen staff. Therefore, be sure to indicate the exact dish you want on the menu and if there is a specific dietary requirement, make that explicit.
Mariusz Kubiak
Not bad food . But if you never had proper chinesee food just take aways better ask your waiter to explain exactly what the dish contains.
I had nice pig ears for the starter . However portion has been too big as for starter and cold.
Big selection of lovelly dumplings and dim sums
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