The Real China Restaurant In Poole
July 28, 2008 by Jason West
Filed under Chinese Food Reviews
I took my family to The Real China in the centre of Poole on Sunday for a good old Chinese buffet as my children love going up for food as many times as they like!
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/
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Update - The last time I went there about 2 weeks ago I was VERY dissapointed.
The food was barely even warm to the point that if there had have been a microwave available I would have heated up my own food!
I told the manager when I went to pay and he was rude and barely even acknowledgled me - furthermore they tried to charge me for my little lad who did not even eat - There is another Chinese Buffet at Dolphin Quays on Poole quay - go there instead.
Went last night, very poor quality, selection not good and some food had a congealed look. Spent today feeling like yuk. Wouldn’t go back and suggest any reader thinks carefully before parting with cash.