Yi Ban Chinese Restaurant

Please don’t bother!

We walked into a virtually empty restaurant (know I now why), with 80s/90s decor, but a warm welcome from the seemingly one staff member (I’m feeling uneasy already at this point).

Drinks were served from a large 2l bottle (which I haven’t seen in some time), but thankfully not flat. Tsing Tao beer was unfortunately flat and upon further inspection, out of date!

Dim Sum were a thick glutinous mess (I mean, really bad), and the crispy duck was hard/dusty. When we questioned the staff they readily admitted that everything was frozen (the duck had apparently been shredded, frozen, and re/heated - just not acceptable). NO APOLOGY offered, discount, just a reluctant ‘we’ll take it on board’.

Another staff member appeared and we asked if they were the Manager - they virtually ran away from the table and said they were ‘just helping out’.

Rest assured we didn’t stay for mains but left will a £100+ bill for 5 frozen starters and an out of date beer!

Was all made better by visiting the wonderful Real Love Lounge in Ruislip Manor - fresh food made with love and care!

With so many great restaurants around, please don’t spend your money here!

Take this from a Chinese person, this is the best Chinese restaurant in the UK. The dim sum, the small dishes, the noodles, the rice, everything is on point. It takes me back to the time when I grew up around these kinds of places. Gathering with family and so on.

Really lovely staff and hot food. It was ok but unfortunately, not authentic or at least did not taste like the usual Chinese food for the most part.

Very tasty!

Good food

Great food, great service. A few more people in the restaurant would have produced 5* for atmosphere. Recommended.

First and last visit here. Lovely decor and really liked the spaciousness of this restaurant. Friendly and attentive customer service. Cater for vegans and gluten-free diets. But food was a real let down. The bok choy starter was amazing but the vegetarian Singapore fried noodles and beancurd in ginger and spring onion were both disappointing. The beancurd was hard and chewy and the sauce didn't taste great and the dish was bland. At one point with the noodles it tasted like there had been some contamination with some non-veg food. Had been wanting to try this place, so I'm glad I did but wouldn't go back. Impressive that they do Thai dishes as well though.

Nice meal relaxed atmosphere efficient service

Good quality Chinese food

Nice food but this place always freezing cold! Needs a bit more atmosphere too. Maybe tealights on the table or flowers.

My kids love eating here. As they've grown their food choices have become more varied but Yi Ban always hits the spot.

Kid-friendliness: Very kid friendly.

Had a lovely family dinner here. Very tasty food, great atmosphere and very friendly staff

Don't order from there, they take your money and never deliver the food, the restaurant doesn't answer on the phone

Nice starters
Pleasant staff
However the food wasn’t great. We had a chicken dish that was fatty. We also had a sizzling beef that didn’t sizzle and tasted like no beef I’ve ever eaten - felt processed. Also had a lamb dish that was the same. In fact we had to ask which was which as you couldn’t tell by taste.

We hadn't been to Yi Ban for a long time but decided to take friends there for an evening meal. We all chose the Adventura menu.
Wow it was amazing.
First mixed hors d'oeuvres, then soup, followed by crispy duck and pancakes. We were quite full by now but THEN came our main courses. You can choose as much as you like.
Desserts were extra and well worth the money.
Staff were friendly and polite.
Restaurant was clean and had a nice atmosphere.
Would go back again.