Old Cathay Chinese Restaurant

2 Hart Road, Harlow
01279 626106

Recent Reviews

Hannah Taylor

Inedible, absolutely disgusting food. Raw pork, leathery overcooked chicken and tasteless chow mein. Don't eat here.

Yvonne Harvey

Gradually each time I order from this place the food quality has deteriorated. Today I ordered salt and pepper fish and it was inedible. The fish was under cooked and greasy. The rice I ordered was not fresh and the smoked chicken was over cooled and greasy. The chef needs to go!!

Phil Smith

Food very good and reasonably priced, staff very friendly and service quick..

m fella

Awful, just awful! No words.Mum and I weren’t happy with one thing!Ordered on Deliveroo but took ridiculously long!I have a local which is miles better. Should have made the effort to go there instead.

Seabridge snacks

Very nice food shame its changed from going up and getting what you want and the waitress could be a bit better towards her customers

Jay Jay Golf

Awful service , ordered on just eat took 1 hour 35 minutes to arrive , was cold , restaurant said on phone whilst complaining to , 'shut up talking and take foot out of mouth' , lovely service , ordered on a recommendation, will not use again

barry larkin

Just ordered from here for the first time, then decided to check reviews on Google, made me quite nervous about wether the food was actually going to be good? So I ordered at 17:20, turned up at 18:10 (live inbetween staple tye and Bush fair), so was nice and speedy. We ordered chicken chow mein, beef chow mein, chicken balls and satay chicken skewers, honestly cannot fault it at all, food tasted great and the beef was amazing ? will definitely order from here again.

Daniel Ballard

The food was reheated and even found cling film in the rice.When contacting the restaurant the denied using cking film and reheating food and was not interested.Environmental health have been contacted and i have a confirmation email if required to show they will investigate

Antonia N

This was our first time using this restaurant as our usual was closed, we where happy to try it as the stars and reviews seemed good . To start with the food arrived half an hour late but after an update from just eat, we was advised it will be another half an hour, which we where fine with. Then when the food arrived the quality overall was poor. The sweet and sour sauce tasted like vinegar, the chilli beef and sweet and sour pork was dry and you couldn't tell the difference between any of the dishes. It just didn't taste like the quality you would expect from the reviews. We won't be using this place again and would recommend to everyone else not to use.

LetsTalk

Ordered food online, the food was so cold, you could tell that the food was not fresh, We called up to let them know that we didnt believe the food was fresh and they were very rude and kept saying the food was fresh. I and my partner ended up spending the whole day in the toilet the next day. Quality of food is nothing to go home and write about.

Mayfair008

As a chinese cuisine fan , I love trying all different local chinese restaurants . We ordered a delivery from them via JustEat . Very quick delivery and food was still piping hot . Their Chicken chow mein and Beef in black in sauce was amazing ! Will order again for sure ! Thanks

J Game

I really love the food from this takeaway and love the restaurant service. Tonight I ordered through just eat and requested an extra sauce. On delivery, the driver requested extra cash for the sauce which I was happy to pay but when I looked in the order, I had no extra sauce that I'd asked for. It's not a huge amount of money but was very disappointed especially after calling the restaurant they said they would drop the cash back through my letterbox. I will sadly be looking at an alternative Chinese takeaway now.

ERICA BALDWIN

Unfortunately I had to give it 1star so I could leave a review, I wouldn’t even give it that.I placed an order through the Just Eat app at 18.23 then told estimated delivery would be around 19.45, ok not bad, called restaurant at 20.35 and said it’s on its way, 20.57 called again to then be told it would be another 25 minutes for delivery, I wouldn’t mind but it’s a 10 minute journey.After nearly 3 hours from order I decided they were taking the mick so cancelled my order and asked for a refund ( we’ll see!!)To say I am peeved is a slight understatement bloody HANGRY is what I am, I’ve waited less time for Christmas to arrive!!!! I think it’s safe to say I will NOT be ordering from them again and I’d really like my 1star rating back please????

Gemma Beadle

Food was amazing as always and I would like to say thank you for being so helpful and understanding when my order was sent to my old address. It was completely my fault for not checking and even tho the new occupants took the food I paid for with no guilty Conscience you cooked our meal again for us. Thank you again and Merry Christmas ?

Jenny Chamberlain

Don’t bother, again received only half the order. Refused to re-deliver the rest. Very rude. Been using them for 12years. Now lost a loyal customer due to this happening far to many times. Food has gone down hill, attitude stinks and no customer service skills. Think my gold fish has more sense than you guys!

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Old Cathay Chinese Restaurant

2 Hart Road, Harlow, Essex CM17 0HL
01279 626106