Double Happiness Chinese Takeaway Carlisle
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About Double Happiness Chinese Takeaway Carlisle
On Newlaithes Ave in Carlisle, Double Happiness Chinese Takeaway serves the counter-order range of Chinese dishes, including Singapore noodles, chow mein, salt and pepper chips, and a vegan curry option. Rice and chips come included with dishes rather than charged separately, and other choices on the menu run to curry sauce, shredded chicken, fried rice, and beef n onions. Orders are placed at the counter, where staff repeat the order back to confirm it before it's prepared, and it operates on a walk-in basis with no reservations. Payment can be made by card through a contactless reader at the counter, alongside cash.
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- ReservationsWalk-in only
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention singapore noodles, salt and pepper chips, shredded chicken and beef n onions with rice.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention singapore noodles, salt and pepper chips, shredded chicken and beef n onions with rice.
Customer Review Summary
Long-running praise centers on the food itself, with several reviewers calling it consistently tasty and non-greasy, some returning for twenty years, and one singling out the shredded chicken as lovely. Staff friendliness comes up repeatedly too, with servers described as polite and one reading the order back to confirm it, plus a vegan customer noting the kitchen made a properly spicy vegan curry despite no tofu on the menu. Against that, portion size and pricing draw recurring complaints, with one reviewer calling beef n onions mostly onion at over eleven pounds and another objecting to paying ten pounds for rice and chips bundled in rather than offered separately. Consistency is also questioned: one described a special chow mein that arrived oversalted with no prawns after a first attempt was sent back, another got Singapore noodles buried in chilli powder instead of the requested dish, and a third found the salt and pepper chips soggy and the fried rice thin, alongside a cold counter area while waiting.
Customer Review Summary
Long-running praise centers on the food itself, with several reviewers calling it consistently tasty and non-greasy, some returning for twenty years, and one singling out the shredded chicken as lovely. Staff friendliness comes up repeatedly too, with servers described as polite and one reading the order back to confirm it, plus a vegan customer noting the kitchen made a properly spicy vegan curry despite no tofu on the menu. Against that, portion size and pricing draw recurring complaints, with one reviewer calling beef n onions mostly onion at over eleven pounds and another objecting to paying ten pounds for rice and chips bundled in rather than offered separately. Consistency is also questioned: one described a special chow mein that arrived oversalted with no prawns after a first attempt was sent back, another got Singapore noodles buried in chilli powder instead of the requested dish, and a third found the salt and pepper chips soggy and the fried rice thin, alongside a cold counter area while waiting.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“Beef n onions with rice!! more likke onions with a tad of beef, for £11 plus, very disappointing”
- Google user
“Great food and portions but it would be better if they had seperate dishes rather than having to pay 10£ for arbitrary inclusion of rice and chips.”
- Google user
“When short of time I pop in for a quick evening meal. Things appear to be getting worse. I asked for Singapore Vermicelli to be told by the man that they only had Singapore Noodles. I agreed and specified "no bean shoots/sprouts". I was asked if I washed to have prawns. I said yes. What I got was Chilli Powder with Singapore Noodles. Made in a proper Chinese Restaurant or Takeaway Singapore Vermicelli/Noodles would contain a variety of meats including prawns, vegetables, spring onions and green or red chillies which can be left aside if too spicy. I had no choice in the level of spicy as it appeared to have had an entire tub of chilli powder emptied in. Additionally that is the third time the SumUp card reader does not accept "Chip and Pin" and insists on "Contactless". Although during the Pandemic "Contactless" became mandatory since "Chip and Pin" has been available again. The SumUp device has a slot to read a bank card but it may be that it isn't enabled. "Contactless" provides the "Merchant" far too much Customer Information including CVV2 which should only be the secure prerogative of the Merchant's UK Bank. The sooner the establishment is taken over by professionals with trained and certified Chefs the better. It is the only Takeaway in the area.”
- Google user
“Been going here for 20 years Non greasy tasty food every time Great people great food”
- Google user
“Ordered a special chow mein, got it home and it was just pure salt, took it back after a few vile mouthfuls and the man was lovely and said it was the sauce so made me another. Got it home and was tasteless and not 1 single prawn in it. Will not be back after 2 bad meals within 30 minutes. Gutted as was lovely in the past!”
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