Oriental Express

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  Jerzy Radunski

  ·1 month ago

  “We've been coming to Oriental Express for well over 10 years, and it has become one of our favourite places to eat. I honestly don't understand why the rating isn't higher. The buffet may not have the biggest selection, but the food is always fresh, hot, and full of flavour. The sauces are delicious, and the soup is honestly one of the best around. We'd much rather have consistently good-quality food than a huge selection of average dishes. The owner is always friendly, welcoming, and works hard to make every visit enjoyable. The restaurant is clean, the atmosphere is relaxed, and we've never left disappointed. Thank you for so many great meals over the years. We will definitely keep coming back and highly recommend Oriental Express to anyone visiting Cleethorpes 😉”

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  carl neale

  ·2 months ago

  “We visited on a Saturday lunchtime yesterday. The restaurant is dated and there's stacks of clutter everywhere. However the staff were very welcoming. A young bar lady was lovely as was a Chinese lady who looked like manager/owner . They had a much larger selection of food than I expected for £12.50 Beef, chicken, pork, ribs, wings etc. Sweetcorn soup and Malaysian chicken curry were favourites for us. I've taken a star off for the wings (extremely dry) and some of the sauces didn't have much taste. Quite watery. A few dishes just tasted the same. I'd go back for the price. The location was amazing. Right next to a boating lake. Ducks, geese, boats and a beautiful walk. You can get access to the lake via the back door of the restaurant. It was also 5 mins walk to the light railway..”

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  Macaulay Gallacher

  ·2 months ago

  “Great experience! Really nice restaurant. Lovely food with a good range of options. Great value. Would definitely go again.”

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  North Linc’s Foodie

  ·2 months ago

  “The food is of a good quality and the choice is excellent for a lunch. It has been a while since I’ve been here and I believe the quality has improved considerably. I really enjoyed the food but felt that a lot of it could be warmer. The overall experience was good though.”

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  Tony

  ·2 months ago

  “So I normally I write good reviews this place was so/so. Its fairly cheap so the selection is limited. There was alot of fried elements, the food was edible but not great. Some of the elements was very dry. Think the highlight was the ice cream with the syrups. So ok place not great place but fairly reasonable priced”

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  Bobbie Smith

  ·4 months ago

  “Food was lovely although could have been a little warmer. Some of the chicken was little chewy , but everything else was perfect. The onion rings were amazing as was the whippy ice cream . The view across the lake was beautiful 😍 I would 100% return if I was in cleethorpes.”

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  artonmysleeve arton

  ·1 year ago

  “The oriental express was recommended to us by some friends who visit 3 times a year. We felt the place was dirty, staff stood around and customers didn't know what they were doing. It was an expensive visit and the food was not to par, chewy ribs, soggy spring rolls, and the rice was stodgy and tasted old, chicken balls could have been used as hockey pucks. The whole place needs a refurbishment, tables had wear from lots of use, everything just seemed under cared for. The best food was the pork king po, noodles and chicken wings. I felt ashamed to be leaving so much food to go to waste but as you can see from the photos we left a lot and shall never return. Advice for the owner, if your charging money for top notch please provide top notch food. I really cant express how disappointed we were.”

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  Simon Lewis (79DESIGN)

  ·1 year ago

  “Right from the off - I totally recommend this place. Parking is just up a little hill from the paid car park, so it is free, I got there at midday on a Sunday, and straight in. Sofas in the bar area to wait. Lots of boxes all over the corners, which is the only reason Atmos is 4 stars, not 5. Second thing to say, reviews are negative about the bathrooms. **They have been redone**. I think recently as can sort of smell "fresh tiles". New sinks, all stainless (no pic as someone was in there so felt wrong). But assurance, bathrooms are clean and no wobbly taps!). When I got to my table, it was just cleaned, all damp and shiny. Got my food - various plates to try things. All a very good temp. One of my plates was mucky, so got a fresh one, and that plus my soup bowl very quickly taken away. Various things to try. The Fruit Salad is FRESH fruit - not tinned (that's a big bonus). Plus the ice cream machine was working very well. Again, would definitely recommend. I will certainly be returning. Some small bits of advice to the owner: Might be better if the napkins were by the Cutlery. As you get your plates from one end. Your Cutlery from the other, and the napkins are at both ends. Just nicer if they were together. Boxes in the bar area... get rid. Not the best look when you first walk in. And not sure if it's right to charge 50p for a small jug of tap water. These are all tiny gripes. Everything you may have heard about mucky floors or the bathrooms etc... for me, ignore them now. Price was £11.50 for the buffet. Good value, considering how many things I tried (could never do that with a takeaway). The chicken and sweetcorn soup is really good as a starter too. There were children there with families. It does start to get a little noisy, but you soon adjust. Don't let that put you off. Food is better than I expected. Place is cleaner than I expected (from the reviews...). This was my first time there. Recommended. Whatever was wrong before, isn't wrong now, so far as I can see.”

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  MARK RATCLIFF

  ·1 year ago

  “£12 for all you can eat! What could you possibly complain about? The food is good standard and a small but decent amount to pick from. Ice cream, fresh fruit salad. The place could do with an up lift and maybe think about cleaning the cutlery area boxes as i felt a little uneasy eating with them cutlery. I would go back”

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  FATOKI AYOWALE

  ·3 years ago

  “This restaurant is just beside Cleethorpes boating lake which is strategic. We went in after a great time boating on the lake. After food, we went straight on the light rail. We paid £10.50 per head and we were allowed to eat as much as we like. The pricing is very fair, food options were really vast as well. The interior design was good but not excellent however. Customers also get a view of the boating lake from the restaurant, there is a better view from the patio.”