River Garden - Carta

We ordered a takeaway and went to collect it. The staff were super friendly and it was a short wait for our food which was extremly tasty. I don’t understand all these negative reviews. We have always found service and food to be excellent.

We enjoyed a fabulous all you can eat meal to celebrate a 90th birthday. Plentiful good quality food; we stayed for over 3 hours but were made welcome throughout with plates and napkins for the cakes we’d baked. Made the birthday girl very happy!

Worst Chinese I have ever had. We were away in our caravan and always have a Chinese when we go away so we have had Chinese food all over the country. But this food was inedible, the chicken had a sour taste and the rice was hard not cooked. This was the worst I hope that they can get this sorted otherwise someone will get Poisoned Ver carta

The food and service were spot on, the way this resteraunt has had to adapt over the years to survive is amazing. I first came to the river garden in 2000 and back then it was only a treat as it was a top place to go. The service was spit on with the staff professional and very pleasant. Food was a 10 out of 10 for my wife and I with the satay mussels being my personal favourite. Top place well worth a visit.

Have been dining with my partner for 5 years and love the food but, they are now requiring advance payment saying that they have experienced non paying diners. Although the food is great the restaurant requires a major overhaul to bring it into the 21st century. The decor is tired and needs a major overhaul.. won’t be visiting again until the owner improves the decor. When paying for food at the going rate in the 21st century I expect the restaurant decor to be up to date.

I went for a birthday meal with friends, the table had been booked well in advance. Unfortunately no-one came over to take a drinks order after we arrived and as we pondered the menu I was shocked to see that payment was required when ordering. After 30 minutes we walked out as no-one had even hinted at serving us. I used to go here years ago and the food and service was always good, I obviously can't comment on the food as I didn't get that far so it would be unfair to say it's all terrible but I do think that the new policy will put people off. We walked down the road to the curry house where we had great service and superb food. Ver carta

Well, I really don’t know where to start! what can I say about this place? I don’t have one positive thing to say from the moment we walked through the door this evening, 11/11/23! I am not one to complain unnecessarily, I always try to find a positive and I’m always very fair when writing reviews, however, I’m afraid this is impossible here!!!! I had booked a table, the young waitress showed us to our table, from the moment we sat down there wasn’t a nice atmosphere and lack of interest! We ordered our drinks and food, our drinks were taken to the wrong table!!! disorganised young people with no experience! Probably not their fault! The food arrived, it was absolutely awful, with very littl...

We only wanted a small amount, having looked up the menu thought it looked perfect. When we arrived there was no a la carte, only an all you can eat for £19 a head, which wasn’t ideal-but given it was New Year’s Day and chucking it down with rain we accepted this. We ordered ribs, chicken satay and seaweed as starters, there was quite a lot of meat for a starter portion! Then our mains, char Sui and chilli beef, much smaller (more sensible) portions of each. Had we known the starters would be so large we would have only got one, so we could have enjoyed more of the tapas style mains. I think the waiting staff should share this information when seating guests. Our bill was a bit of a shock… 2...

We visited as a group of 8 yesterday, new years eve 2023. From start to finish the experience was one of the worst dining in experiences I have ever experienced in a restaurant. Our whole evening was spoiled by a lack of organisation with staff members. Staff didn't appear to understand simple requests such as could we have an extra bowl to split a soup so as not to waste any food. Asking for extra napkins took 3 attempts to then be given one each. Service was slow and unorganised with staff members hanging around the kitchen/bar entrance rather than attending to tables. Empty tables were cleared by two staff members whilst tables with customers were left waiting. Orders were taken incorrect... Ver carta