
Empire
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About Empire
Empire is a Chinese takeaway on Main St in Glasgow, offering a wide menu of 236 dishes for collection and delivery. The kitchen prepares items like salt and chilli chips, salt and chilli chicken, curry sauce and fried rice, with personalised meals available. The step-free, wheelchair-accessible entrance serves visitors with mobility needs. It opens evenings only from Monday to Sunday, closing on Tuesdays. Reservations are recommended.
Good to know
- ReservationsAccepts reservations
- ParkingFree of charge street parking
- AccessibilityHas wheelchair-accessible entrance
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Menu & Prices
236 dishes · mains £3–12- Chicken Noodle Soup£3.00
- Chicken Mushrooms Soup£3.00
- Mixed Vegetable Soup£3.00
- Chicken Sweetcorn Soup£3.50
- Hot & Sour Soup£3.50
- Crabmeat Sweetcorn Soup£3.50
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention salt and chilli chips, curry sauce, salt and chilli chicken and fried rice.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention salt and chilli chips, curry sauce, salt and chilli chicken and fried rice.
Customer Review Summary
Diners most often single out the salt and chilli chicken and chips as standouts, with multiple reviews calling the dish rather lovely or the best they have tasted. The curry sauce earns frequent mention, praised for its balance between thickness and runniness, though one reviewer found it too thick and another described it as lumpy. Praise for the food is matched by consistent notes on good value, generous portions, and a spotless interior, with several highlighting the willingness to personalise meals. Negative experiences centre on specific dishes: one reviewer reports chicken maryland as thin and tasteless, another describes burnt fried rice and brick-hard salt and chilli chips, and a third notes thin prawn crackers that break easily. One diner also criticises small portion sizes for the price. Several return for the salt and chilli chicken and the friendly phone service.
Customer Review Summary
Diners most often single out the salt and chilli chicken and chips as standouts, with multiple reviews calling the dish rather lovely or the best they have tasted. The curry sauce earns frequent mention, praised for its balance between thickness and runniness, though one reviewer found it too thick and another described it as lumpy. Praise for the food is matched by consistent notes on good value, generous portions, and a spotless interior, with several highlighting the willingness to personalise meals. Negative experiences centre on specific dishes: one reviewer reports chicken maryland as thin and tasteless, another describes burnt fried rice and brick-hard salt and chilli chips, and a third notes thin prawn crackers that break easily. One diner also criticises small portion sizes for the price. Several return for the salt and chilli chicken and the friendly phone service.
Featured reviews
- Gery Gallagher
“Great food and service, however curry sauce just bit too thick for my liking”
- Christina Gray
“Excellent food,staff lovely. Value for money, food is always enough to share. Place is spotless.”
- Fraser Stewart
“Food is tasty and service is great. Far more reasonably priced than some other local Chinese takeaways. We have had a few meals from here and so far they have all been good. They are always happy to change or personalise a meal too. Only slight negative I have found is the prawn crackers are a little thin so difficult to use to scoop up your rice as they break easily.”
- Kay Meek
“Where do I start! First take away from here and most definitely the last. Ordered chicken balls, fried rice, curry sauce with onions and a portion of salt n chilli chips. First the tub of curry sauce how is that even supposed to serve one person it’s a disgrace and was also lumpy. Now we go onto the rice it was that dark it wasn’t fried rice it was burnt. The chicken balls the batter was lovely but the chicken was absolutely tasteless. Now let’s start on about the chips. They were most definitely reheats that had been done a few times as they were brick hard and when you got your fork into them and bit it was just horrible. After not having takeaways for 6 weeks I could certainly go another 6 months after that experience! Avoid at all costs”
- Jackie
“My daughter and I went in here tonight and we weren't disappointed, fairly priced and food was really nice, salt and chilli chips were amazing and the satay sauce was nice.. mushroom foo Yung was great as was the vegetable satay .. definitely recommend and will be back”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Highlights
- Popular for popular for dinner
Amenities
- Has wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Free of charge street parking
- Accepts reservations
- Offers delivery
- Offers takeaway
- Casual
Show more amenities
- Serves late-night food
- Offerings· 1
- Quick bite
- Planning· 1
- Reservations required
- Dining options· 1
- Serves dinner
- Popular for· 1
- Popular for dinner
Location
Chinese restaurants near Empire
- Lucky House4.7861 mi£1–15
beef curry, chicken satay skewers, salt and chilli chicken
- Lucky View4.4932 mi
late delivery, cold food, chicken satay skewers
- Royal Blossom4.36482.2 mi£10–20
buffet variety, dessert bar, ice cream and cakes
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire | 3.877 | — | £1–10 | salt and chilli chips, curry sauce, salt and chilli chicken |
| Lucky House | 4.786 | 1 mi | £1–15 | beef curry, chicken satay skewers, salt and chilli chicken |
| Lucky View | 4.493 | 2 mi | — | late delivery, cold food, chicken satay skewers |
| Royal Blossom | 4.3648 | 2.2 mi | £10–20 | buffet variety, dessert bar, ice cream and cakes |
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