It’s quite a large place and previously was a discount store and then a posh furniture store so there is plenty of room with many large table configurations.

The staff are always friendly and quick to serve you drinks and invite you to help yourself to the buffet which is nice. Actually that’s one thing I love about buffets and carvery’s is the fact that you don’t have to wait for the chef to cook your food so if your starving you can be eating in minutes!

There is a good range of traditional Chinese food including, crispy duck pancakes, fried rice, sweet and sour chicken, various seafood dishes, prawn crackers you name it. I would estimate that there is around 30-40 different dishes so there is something for everyone – even chips for those hardcore English diners.

For desserts they had cup cakes, various ice creams, jelly,fruit punch and orange slices so plenty of things if you have any room left of course.

At the time of writing it costs £9.95 for adults and £5.50 for children under 140cm. An unusual way of billing for children but it does avoid the chance of people saying their kids are younger than they are I suppose (not that we ever do that of course!).

Overall I would recommend a visit to The Real China in Poole for a Chinese buffet as the food variety and standard is good.

If you ever visit there let us know and if you want to find out more about The Real China restaurants (there are 7 in total) go to: http://www.therealchina.co.uk/