Taste Of China - Chelmsford

Avoid Tasye of China at all costs. Time after time they mess up orders and today was the last straw. I phoned the order in at 5pm and was told it would be 45mins. Being mindful of Covid I turn up exactly at 5:45 pm. I am still standing in the busy take away at 6.35 and when I ask what's going on I am told it will be another 30 minutes. A bloke who came into the shop to order at 6pm even gets his food before I do. Owners also have a complete disregard for COVID safety as no staff were wearing masks and server was constantly scoffing and spluttering over everyone. Avoid for your own safety!

I have been a regular at this restaurant for a few years now, and it has always been very good. However, tonight I noticed that the flavors of some dishes seemed to have changed. My daughter ordered the ribs in the chef's special sauce and mentioned that it tasted different. The large spring roll that I ordered also tasted nothing like it usually does, and I ended up leaving half of it uneaten. It's hard to say exactly what was wrong or different, but I think I will give this place a break for a few weeks.

Order made in person, and was ready within 10-15 minutes which is great. I liked that they use cardboard boxes for most things rather than plastic tubs, appreciate that. They didn't do sweet and sour chicken balls which I'm pretty sure is illegal that's like the most popular thing surely?! Pork balls were nice though and all the food was tasty. Large spring roll could have done with more flavour but to be honest was mostly fine. A solid 3 out of 5.

Ordered quite late. The food was ready to go quickly. Cannot fault the food, everything was hot and tasted delicious. Would give an extra star rating if some prawn crackers were thrown in like most places, as our order was over £20. Will order again.

As always, China garden delivered on time, food was tasty and hot. No problem ordering through Just Eat. As with most Chinese food there was a bit too much sugar in the food,hopefully this will change in the future.