This was a visit borne of desperation and ordinarily I wouldn't think of this place…read more We were fed up with Christmas turkey, ham, roast beef, pork & chestnut stuffing and salmon. We couldn't face another mince pie or slice of pudding either. Talk about first world problems. It was a cold New Year's Day and I wasn't even sure I'd find a place that was open. The two places I wanted to be open weren't - Soi 9 Thai & Dragon Express - so I ended up here as it was one of two Chinese take outs with lights on. Spice of India on the same almost empty street was open but if you read my review on it you'll see why I opted for Chinese. I didn't know what I wanted to eat but my wife had decided on salted chilli chicken, so when I looked at the menu it had a meal for two deal at £13.80 that included salted chilli chicken so I ordered it. The deal was this chicken meal, chicken fried rice, chicken curry, a tub of curry sauce, cheap and unpleasant, pre prepared prawn crackers and a small portion of chips. The food was a bit better than ok but I couldn't say it was really good so a border line three stars. And while it was ok it's certainly not on my return visit list.

From the owner: Since the founder, Mr. Chen Jing, opened the first Hot Wok in Belfast in 1997, he has 30 years of…read moreexperience as a chef, and getting people together to share happiness has always been a source of inspiration for our family. As we continue to open restaurants throughout the UK, the bold flavor of Chinese cuisine inspires us to cook, and our vast number of guests and colleagues remain at the core of our work. Welcome to our Chinese kitchen. At present, Mr. Chen Jing has been serving delicious Chinese food, fast food, Thai food in Newry for a long time. Address: 17 Monaghan Street Newry BT356bb, tel: 02830250793

This is the best curry in Ireland. Going here for 30 years can't find anything like it. Pork curry…read moreis amazing. Love it. Great staff

This place was pretty good all round. Before now I'd have said I disliked bagels. I had a piece of…read moreone once and the birds got the rest. It was out of a 6 pack of New York bagels. So I went with my wife as she wanted to try this place, predisposed to disliking bagels. This place is near Maya cafe, a Subway sandwich place and two Pakistani restaurants. My wife chose a bagel deal with chicken & bacon declining the cheese, French fries and a 330ml Diet Coke at just under £6.50. The fries were hot and a good portion, cooked in vegetable oil. I had a piece and found it pretty tasty with chicken breast and well grilled, proper crispy bacon. The service was ace and I wouldn't hesitate to return here for coffee and bagels. Their coffee was pretty good too and good value. I suppose it's an upmarket Mc Donald's meal but a tad pricey given that the next door Spice of India offers a 3 course £5.95 lunch. The downsides are a mix of me being picky with my own quirks. The place is very small. It offers student discount so targeting them but not pensioner discount and it gives its bagels American titles like Tennessee. No disrespect to our American cousins but what's wrong with wheee we live; Down, Antrim, Armagh? Oh and bagels can't be legendary. Here they are just fast food.

It was ok. I won't go back again. I disliked my meal at the start as it wasn't what I had ordered…read more I was the only customer in a faded, tired place with two tired faded staff sitting idle until I went in. I asked for king prawn salt & chilli with noodles and a salt & chilli chicken with fried rice. Both meals cost £14.30. As it was my first visit I emphasised that the meals must be dry. He confirmed yes. I insisted the prawns had only a light batter, a small amount of chilli and he said that the batter is light. On reaching home neither dish was dry rather they were an oily, sugar/water solution. I guess each meal had at least a half dozen spoons of white sugar - this is poor, cheap rubbish stuff. The meals also came with copious amounts of scarce cooked onions. Neither chilli dish contained a scintilla of fresh red chilli. Again this is food where no expense is spent - the idea is to make the cheapest rubbish possible to maximise all important profits and to heck with the customer or their health. Being sugary wet the king prawn batter which was a heavy batter (not light) became wet and soggy very fast. As was the case here. The prawns were also well over cooked. The fried rice was very good though and I didn't open the noodles. Living in a city where we have only crap rip off Chinese places has become tedious.

I really don't know what the fuss is about this place. It serves overpriced, industrially produced,…read morerubbish food. I know people who have moved away to work and live and when they return home for visits a stop here is a must for them. I find that sad. I was with a group who decided to go here for their chicken burger and chips. It would never be my choice but I was well outnumbered. It was takeaway given the Wu flu and while I had this rubbish bought for me but I think it was around £7.5 for chicken breast burger & chips with a Diet Coke. The burger included a white bread roll and coleslaw. The chicken had a coating that was barely ok. The coleslaw was predominantly thin sliced white cabbage with a very well thinned down factory made mayonnaise. Euch. The Diet Coke was flat and had an unpleasant chemical note to its smell/taste. The factory made chips were a good size, cooked in a factory refined veg oil rather than animal fat but they were poorly cooked so they were limp and lukewarm and a deeply unpleasant eat after only a few minutes. The bread roll had all the texture of how I imagine damp cardboard - in short poor. Hunger made me eat the industrial chicken, I had some of the top part of the factory made bread roll and two chips. This is nasty food - it has the edge on Mc D's - but at the price it's sheer rip off. Hopefully I won't re experience this place. If you want this type of food try making your own as the quality and taste difference will be huge and your tummy and intestines will thank you.

Yum yum yum yum foods delicious reasonably priced huge portions friendly staff what more do you…read morewant?