Good was delicious and I believe more authentic than most spots. Lots of Chinese folks dining there…read moretoo! Prices were reasonable and portions good size. Staff was friendly & helpful.

Very authentic, and suitably spicy! Every time I've been there it's been super tasty. Definitely…read morerecommended.

We were looking for a restaurant that would serve a big group without too much faff with deposits,…read moreand someone suggested Chung Ku. That was a top recommendation - the menu is extensive, catering to all tastes. Portions are humongous, even starters! One certainly won't leave hungry. My food was delicious - I had soft shell crab, vegetables and seaweed. The service was very quick and friendly - not only that, they were happy to have a few separate tabs - very convenient!

Mixed bag: Plenty of…read moreparking Food excellently prepared but a little short on taste - most dishes needed sauce. That said, some of the best turnip paste I've ever had. A good selection of different dishes, not run of the mill dim sum. Service exceedingly slow, especially waiting for dim sum, but mains came out fast when we chased. Two dishes were incorrect but still delicious. Server denied they were incorrect and told us it was what we'd ordered, but steamed dishes and fried are quite different. VERY loud.

WARNING!!!! OMG! I looked down at my silverware and my spoon was full of red chilly oil. Gross! I…read moreshowed our server and she went to show the owner who didn't come to our table to apologize. Instead, she sent back our server to charge us for the beer I just ordered (and hadn't touched) WOW! Do yourself a favor and go anywhere else!

Yuet Ben is a family-run restaurant, and it is clear to see from looking at the website alone that…read moreit is a popular one. Situated in China Town near to the Gate, it often goes unnoticed sat quietly on the corner. However, Yuet Ben is not like the majority of other Chinese restaurants in the area that stay open til 4am and cater mainly for drunks. Yuet Ben offers gorgeous food at good prices and it is obvious they take pride in everything they do here. The sense of family extends to the customers, even if it's your first time here, and it is somewhere you always mean to go back to but, if you're like me, you keep forgetting. With a fair few celebrity fans as well, this Chinese stands apart from the others and is worth looking into on the odd occasion you might actually want a proper Chinese meal and not a pissed-up beer quencher.

The first time I went to Buffet Star was with a group of people for a hen do. We were shown to a…read morelarge table which was just right for us. The decor at Buffet Star is very lavish and looks new. The chairs and tables are well set out, having areas for small tables and rows of larger tables for groups like ours. The food is very tasty looking and is replenished at regular intervals. I'm not a very adventurous person but give me a plate full of crispy duck and I'm very happy. The staff are very friendly and make you feel welcome. They come over at regular intervals to see if you need more drinks and to check that everything is OK.

Buffet Star is a great place to go either during the week or on a Sunday as the prices are cheaper…read morethan on a Friday and Saturday. Saying that, it's still cheaper than your average Chinese restaurant, at around £9 for an all-you-can-eat buffet. I strongly recommend going in the early evening, around 6pm just as the dinner buffet starts as the food is fresh. Later in the evening, it does seem like the food has been sat there all night and has dried up. For a bargain meal in a large group before a night out, this place is great - later on you'd better have had a few drinks before you eat here...

Good food, nice restaurant. Prices very good, went during the day so I couldn't speak for the…read moreatmosphere. Staff very pleasant and attentive, would go again next time I am in Liverpool.

Dim sum are nice - but order them separately, the dim sum package contains mainly fried items. Main…read moredishes are tasty; braised aubergine was particularly nice. Ambience is a bit more upmarket then other nearby options. Service is very good!

New Star Chinese is situated next to a Chinese community centre and as such attracts many Chinese…read morepeople through its doors. The way to gauge the quality of a Chinese is by seeing how many Chinese people actually eat there and this place is full of Chinese diners. I can see why this place is so full as the food is fantastic and tastes really authentic and generally delicious. The surroundings are far from plush but that does not matter at all as this place simply feels real and as though you will get an amazing dining experience. The staff are fantastic and make you feel really at home as well as being very attentive to the needs of the customers. On the whole this place is a real Chinese with real food which will not disappoint.

Myself and my family love this resturant. They make you feel so welcome and go out of there way to…read morecater for your neeeds. My fav chinese resturant in whole of liverpool. Very reasonable and food is first class.

This is one of the best Chinese restaurants in the city - although you wouldn't bloody think it to…read morelook at it! Ma Bo's is, probably like all the restaurants along Chinatown, a very family orientated restaurant, this place just feels it more then most - the fact that granny sits in the corner telling off her children helps. To describe its decor as simple would be too simple, I can't imagine that the place has had a lick of paint since 1964 but the aquamarine walls and fading Chinese prints only add to a surreal timeless quality like it belongs in the Paris of a Bertolucci film - the music when I was here was great, some sort of 60s Chinese stuff, not your usual stereotypical muzak! What I mean is that even going to the toilet is a bit of an adventure and feels like you have been transported to the clutterred hillsides of Hong Kong. I came with my family and once my Da and I had ventured through the tiny kitchen, along the narrow dark passageway out back and to the outhouse, there was no way my mother would leave her table! But it just adds to the sensation that you're round at someone's house which can only be a nice dining experience. The fact that I noticed lots of other Chinese eating here could say a lot about the place.

My wife and adult son came here for dinner. The restaurant looked poorly decorated and shabby but…read morethere were many Chinese people eating there. Three lads who were leaving the restaurant had said the food was "sound" so we decided to stay. We asked to use the toilet before we sat down and were shown the way down a dark corridor and through a back kitchen and down some outside steps and down a dilapidated yard to a derelict outhouse where the urinal was screwed to an outside wall. We didn't stay.

Excellent authentic Chinese food in the heart of Liverpools Chinatown. Had a bit of trouble…read moreordering since not all the staff speaks great English and I have an accent here, plus the dishes were unfamiliar. But really I think that speaks to the authenticity, since once the food came it was excellent even if ordering what sort of a shot in the dark.

This large Chinese restaurant in China town Liverpool carries a very simple formula. Serve amazing…read morefood in generous portions at reasonable prices and let word of mouth do the marketing for them. Never judge a book by its cover. It may not be much to look at but it always is about the food and service in restaurants. I have been to enough to know that an immaculate decor does not always translate into delicious food. As well as all the standard dishes that you get in any other Chinese, there is a good range of options for vegetarians. Thi really is a perfect place for a spot of lunch. At under £10 per person on averagae you simply cannot go wrong. So next time you are in China town Liverpool pop in for a delicious range of aromatic dishes and a relaxed atmosphere.

Giving The Shangri-La/Profile 4 stars was a bit of a risk, I don't want to mislead anyone that what…read moreyou are getting is a gastronomic treat but it is an experience because what you do get here is a two-for-one event. You see the food here is your pretty standard Chinese fare - I don't know anywhere that can do Chinese food badly come to think of it - but it's not really the food you come for but the Kareoke lounge downstairs. Yes it is gauranteed to be full of drunken Scousers belting out 80s pop songs in a God-awful manner but it is funny especially if one of the staff gets up to do a Chinese number and the Scousers try and join in!

A quality Chinese cuisine option with a very good selection of dim sum. It is very popular amongst…read morethe locals. Perhaps the karaoke option might have something to do with that. Local Liverpudlians intoxicated and singing in Cantonese, what can possibly be more entertaining. The interior is very unique indeed. Feels much like Crouching Tiger hidden dragon, an oriental wonderland. It is very spacious and went through a major refurbishment at some stage in the near past. On a different note, I am pleased to report though that the service is excellent and the food is not bad either. The menu features well prepared dishes come to you from all the major Chinese regions, ones deserving special mentions include Cantonese and Szechuan delicacies. You can either choose from the a la carte menu or gorge yourself on the rather large banquet. It really is a case of escapism with this restaurant because as soon as you step out into the real world you will feel slightly underwhelmed.

Pretty arches but not much else to see. We didn't see it at night when it is meant to light up but…read morelooks very run down along the street.

Liverpool has one of the oldest established Chinese communities in Europe. The trade links between…read moreChina and Britain via the ports of Shanghai and Liverpool were instrumental in the establishment of a Chinese community within the city. The main trading goods were silk and cotton wool. The first vessel arrived in Liverpool direct from China in 1834. With the revision of the East India Company's charter, the China trade was for the first time thrown open to private enterprise. The first wave of Chinese immigrants arrived in 1866 with the establishment of the Blue Funnel Shipping Line a branch of the Holt Ocean Steamship Company, which ran a line of steamers directly from Liverpool to China. Chinese sailors who decided to stay in Liverpool and work from here settled in an area of the city that was close to the docks in Cleveland Square. It was here and in the surrounding streets that the first Chinese settlers started their own businesses supplying services to their countrymen who found themselves in a strange city, where the language and customs were alien. For example, they opened boarding-houses where the men could talk in their own language and be understood, cafes so that they could buy cooked food and shops where they could buy the necessary groceries to prepare their own meals. One of the first Chinese shops to open was in Pitt Street. Marriages between Chinese men and local women were quite common in this period. The seamen were seen as being more responsible than their British counterparts in that they did not drink alcohol often or beat up their wives and they would support their families. The women were willing to help in their husbands' businesses in the shops and the laundries. After World War One the settlement spread slowly inland into the side streets such as Cornwallis Street and Dickenson Street, Kent Street and Greetham Street. There were some fourteen places in Pitt Street where you could either eat or buy Chinese food, five of which were restaurants. Some gambling houses opened along these streets which were mainly visited by those Chinese seamen who were required to stay on shore for a period. The time they spent in Liverpool could vary from two weeks to a month. Since there was no other entertainment for the seamen to spend their money on, they usually gathered in gambling establishments. Efforts were made to try to stop the seamen from gambling away their wages. The Chinese Seamen's Welfare Centre was opened in 1917 in Bedford Street. It provided a place for them to gather, socialize, and hopefully get their attentions away from the gambling dens. The demolition of the area known as Chinatown began as part of the 1930s council scheme to replace the old unsanitary courts and warehouses with modern buildings. Understandably, this plan met with some resistance from members of the community. It was at this time due to the general economic depression and immigration restrictions that the Chinese community in Liverpool saw a reduction in its population size. The bombing of Liverpool in the 1940s destroyed much of the Pitt Street and Cleveland Square area and hastened the demolition of old Chinatown. In 1944 a plan was put forward in an effort to attract members of the community back into the heart of the city. A Chinese architectural student planned a new 12.5-acre Chinatown, including a pagoda and a Chinese garden. This idea was rejected on the grounds of cost by the City Council. Although, it was alleged that policy restricted gathering of minority groups. Members of the community were moved into the new tenements in Kent Street, Pitt Street and Upper Frederick Street. These times saw the community undergo great upheaval but the spirit of the people remained positive and the intervening years saw them establish many new projects including: The Chinese Republican Club, The Chinese Language School, The Chinese Bank and The Chinese Seamans' Club amongst others. With the demolition of slum housing and natural movement the Chinese community eventually settled around the Nelson Street area and since the 70's this is what is recognised as home to 'Chinatown' and its miriad of wonderful restaurants run by the descendants of the original settlers who are now part of this city's fabric.