Sunlight Chinese And Thai Takeaway Donington

I phoned my order through at 6:20pm to be told there was an hour and a half wait. I said yes, that’s fine. I was then told the food would be ready at 7:45. We arrived on time to collect our order, expecting a small wait as there usually is on a Saturday night but I didn’t expect to be waiting for a whole hour! There were lots of disgruntled people waiting for their food and being told to wait however many more minutes, then I spoke to a man who had been told to collect his food at 8:15, half an hour after I was told ours would be ready and he was given his order before us! How is that fair? Although our food was good, we will not be returning. I would rather drive a few miles further to collect our food on time than stand there waiting for a whole hour! It could have been cooked in an hour, without the added hour and a half on top! Disgusted.

I could not fault our takeaway on Saturday night. The food was well cooked and was hot and there was plenty of it, in fact, we are going to have our leftovers for our tea tonight. Very happy people. Saturdays get very busy and are not always on time when you collect but I would rather wait and have freshly cooked hot food.

This is my local Chinese and it’s my favourite out of other Chinese takeaways near me. Food is consistent and tasty. The chow mein and salt pepper chicken are the best I’ve ever tasted! Orders are usually ready to collect on time but on Friday and Saturday evenings collection times are long (45-60 mins) and often not ready on time when collecting as they get very busy. Best Chinese around.

Been a couple of years since we last went here. We are not huge takeaway fans but this was well worth the wait. Fast service after phoning order through. Reasonable price for the size of portions which were huge! Definitely worth a try.

Ordered on a Sunday evening. An hours waiting time. We got there just after an hour and had to wait another ten minutes. I ordered a special fried rice and curry sauce. My girlfriend ordered an oriental finger box, rice and Hong Kong style sweet and sour. Mine was quite salty. The prawn toast I tried from the box wasn’t very fresh and the box looked all very samey. A distinctly average Chinese I’m afraid. I’ve had better but I’ve had worse. Useful when open on a Sunday evening when most others are closed.