China Royal - Arun

We used to love this place; in fact, we went here every single time we had a birthday to celebrate (or when I came to visit my family). Unfortunately, the place has really gone downhill in the last year. I could still live on the amazing starters, but the duck has deteriorated to such a point that you barely even get enough for one pancake each now, and it's cut across in slices instead of being fully crisp and being pulled apart into chunks. It's just fat now and not even nice crispy fat. And in the last 3 times we've been, the service has been really, really bad. This time last year they prioritised the takeaway orders, and we were waiting a ridiculous length of time to even get all our starters brought out; this happened again in March; the time we went in October was only slightly better. The last time we went was December and we were one of only a handful of customers in the place. I'd like to point out that our family has frequented this place since they opened (both the Bognor and the Chichester branches) and they know us by face and name. But yeah, the food quality has gone down, and I don't know how many chefs they're currently using, but they don't seem to be able to cope with a full restaurant any more, and if they've got a party in (which seems to happen most weekends now), it's an absolute nightmare. It's still good value for money bearing in mind how much you can eat if you're hungry. But if you're not hungry, then you're paying a heck of a lot for what little you end up eating. It was around £12 per head when it first opened, and even at around £17 a head it was still a bargain, but it's now £24 each with drinks on top.

Very. Good evening as I work for butlins and going to different places to eat as I always use Wetherspoons. I always use the restaurant not take away due to heating it up. Very good food.

Went for a Birthday meal on a Wednesday evening. All you can eat for £22. Place was cold and had to ask for heating to be turned on. Only a few in. Food came really quick as if it had been warmed up??? Staff looking at us all evening? For 5 of us with one round of drinks bill was £135, not cheap. At aboout 2am the next morning my wife became very ill and was up all night with sickness. Food must have been microwaved and she feel ill. Not going back.

We live local but haven't been here for a long time. We decided to go for their lunchtime buffet which costs £12 at the weekends. The staff were friendly and attentive. The food was tasty and lots of options.

Better than expected , lovely food lovely staff, would suit big eaters as there is so much food to have . lovely crispy duck was my favorite.