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Regent Cottage — Chinese restaurants in Hitchin

Regent Cottage

Chinese restaurantsHitchin

4.3 out of 5 stars4.3(473 reviews)

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Quick info

+44 146 243 22 70
11C High St, Hitchin SG5 1BH, United Kingdom

About Regent Cottage

Regent Cottage is a Chinese restaurant in Hitchin, at 11C High St, built around an all-you-can-eat menu where diners choose dishes across 3 courses. An a la carte menu runs alongside it. Fried rice and shredded duck with pancakes, a Peking-style duck dish, are among the dishes on offer. The dining room is small, and the restaurant opens daily. Gluten-free options are available, and the team can advise on gluten allergies.

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Reviews

4.3/5
473 reviews

What reviewers say

Reviewers most often mention all you can eat menu, gluten-free options, special fried rice and shredded duck.

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Customer Review Summary

Reviewers most often praise the care taken with allergies: one diner describes staff knowledgeable about gluten, and another says the kitchen caters for their allergies well. Regulars of roughly ten and thirty years describe friendly, attentive staff, generous portions, and a busy room. One says the all-you-can-eat menu offers many dishes across three courses, and that booking is advisable for evenings even midweek. Recent accounts are sharply critical. Diners describe dry dishes that seemed reheated, shredded duck like burnt scrapings, mushy overcooked rice, and sauces with a chemical taste. One found a dishwashing liquid flavour in two meat dishes, and the same reviewer called the wonton skins thick, the soup salty, and the Peking duck pancake dry and powdery. Others found the crab and Mongolian lamb portions small, and the special fried rice bland even after asking for chilli oil. One reviewer reports food poisoning. Even the most disappointed diner called the fried rice good, along with the shredded cucumber and spring onions.

Featured reviews

  • Kate
    “Lovely choice of food and the cater for my allergies well.”
  • Laura
    “The food gave me food poisoning. The quality of food has significantly lowered since our previous visit last year.”
  • Navinkumar Pannaiappan
    “Not worth for money. 4 small pieces of crab fried for 9.80£. And egg rice mimicked as Special fried rice with 3 pieces of prawn and small pieces of chicken. Even after I told them to make it spicy adding chilli oil, they didn't, so fully bland and not even with salt. Same with lamb Mongolian style, 4 sticks for £9.80.”
  • jayne reeve
    “I had high expectations as this place used to be good years ago but it was so disappointing. I would have had better quality food if I had bought it from Iceland. Started all very dry like they had been reheated numerous times. Shredded duck was unrecognisable as duck, more like the burnt scrapings from the pan. The rice was so over cooked like mush and anything in sauce had a chemical taste. Our bill was £113 for three which included two half cokes and two beers. Think of all the takeaway we could have had for that money from our local Chinese delivery. How this place gets good reviews I will never know.”
  • jack doyle
    “Been visiting Regent Cottage for around 10 years and I have never had a bad meal. Food quality is amazing, staff are very attentive and friendly, overall always a very positive experience ❤️”

Hours

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Good to know

“Modern restaurant and takeaway for Asian fusion dishes, with all-you-can-eat and a la carte menus.”

  • Accessibility
    Wheelchair-accessible car park · Wheelchair-accessible entrance · Wheelchair-accessible seating

Amenities

  • Wheelchair-accessible car park
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  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair-accessible seating

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