The Oriental Restaurant, Ipswich

I am a member of a local dining club and we like to try a range of restaurants. Last night the choice was the Oriental Restaurant on Chevallier Street, Ipswich which is a restaurant that we haven't visited before. The restaurant is located in what used to be a nightclub which has been completely transformed, its location is within a mile of the Town Centre and is easily accessible by car or by bus. There is a small car park at the rear of the restaurant but as they also do a 'take away' trade it does get well used and you may struggle to find a space. If you can't get into the car park then ... more

As a former customer of this restaurant I fell I have to let people know of my bad experience with them which has led me to write this. Me and my girlfriend had been in town for the day and decided to stop at The Oriental and pick up a take away on our way home, so we stopped and went and ordered our food, now, my girlfriend is a vegetarian and ordered what she orders from any Chinese - and had ordered from The Oriental before - Shrimp Chow Mein. We got our food in reasonable time and went home to enjoy it, everything was fine up until she (my girlfriend) found what looked like a rather large ... more