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    Essence

    4.6 (7 reviews)
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    I take back what I said..... Based on one good meal but it was really good... 5 stars for the salted chilli chicken!

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    I would say, salted chilli prawn! Yum yum! So delicious! Of course, I will come back!

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    Welcome Chinese Restaurant - The Welcome Interior

    Welcome Chinese Restaurant

    4.2(9 reviews)
    1.1 miQueen Quarter
    £££

    This restaurant is the step up from the takeaway of the same name (same owner?) on the Stranmillis…read moreRoad. The food is fantastic and always prepared perfectly. I always tend to get the same thing in Chinese restaurants which is due to my lack of adventure when it comes to Chinese food for risk of bumping into something containing fish sauce! So, I had my usual Kung Po chicken and it was yummy! Probably the nicest one I've had in any restaurant and also probably one of the more expensive ones too! The staff are polite and always welcoming. They are always looking to see your impressed face with they bring out their speciality Dim Sum, which sadly would have left them staring at my face for a long time as I'm not Dim Sums best friend, although the people I was with loved it! Despite the price, the food is incredible and always worth a visit instead of picking up the phone and ordering from your usual!

    One of the more established and I think the best chinese restaurants in town. I've been going here…read morefor years with family and friends and have enjoyed it every time. It's not the cheapest chinese place in Belfast - you'll pay about £18 for a fish dish like seabass or dover sole - but I wouldn't say you're paying over the odds either as the quality is good. Beef and chicken dishes - the beef in plum sauce is great and an unusal combo to see on a menu - is from memory over a tenner, but the sides of rice, noodles etc are only £2 so it kind of evens itself out. You can also get pak choi as a side order which again is slightly unusual and really tasty. If you want to go for the full three courses, the set menus would probably be a more cost effective option. I haven't gone for that as I tend to OD on starters (crispy shredded chicken and the old favourite of duck pancakes, plus chilli ribs) and then grind to a half way through my main course. For those who don't like chinese food (and presumably go to a chinese restaurant by mistake) there is the usual chicken maryland or steak. The shame of ordering those though. You may get lucky enough to get parked on the road outside, but I can't vouch for this as I only go out at night by taxi! It's also really worth a visit for dim sum - you have to request the menu. Yum.

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