Silver City Takeaway
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About Silver City Takeaway
On Caldon Rd in Irvine, Silver City Takeaway serves Chinese food for collection and delivery. The menu covers sweet and sour chicken balls, chicken curry, and salt and pepper chicken, alongside salt and chilly chips, with a sweet curry sauce among the sauce options. Orders come with a choice of boiled or fried rice, and house special fried rice is not offered as a substitute. Prawn crackers have been included with orders. The shop operates on a walk-in basis, with no reservations taken. Delivery reaches customers beyond the shop itself.
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Menu & Prices
115 dishes- Special Noodle Soup
- Crab Meat & Sweetcorn Soup
- Chicken & Mushroom Soup
- Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup
- Chicken & Noodle Soup
- Cream Of Chicken Soup
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention sweet curry sauce, fried rice, salt and pepper chicken and spring rolls.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention sweet curry sauce, fried rice, salt and pepper chicken and spring rolls.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“I have been ordering from the Silver City chinese for over 30 years. Since 2020, the prices have just increased so much, It's basically double the price it used to be in the last 4 years. The sauces aren't as good as they used to be. Often a part of the order is wrong. Large spring rolls instead of Mini spring rolls. Will not be rushing back for another chinese from here.”
- Google user
“Food used to be good and the Sweet curry sauce is amazing! But the portions sizes have drastically got so tiny, its appalling! The fried rice is horrible now, tastes like sticky rice now not like it used to be! Wont be rushing back and not even a prawn cracker in sight? Go elsewhere for better value!”
- Google user
“Good food. Have been using for many years. Bit disappointing that they have increased their prices yet again, a curry has went up by nearly £2 in last 18 months. I don't think this is justified and seems to me profiteering! Probably go elsewhere now for better value.”
- Google user
“I was at Silver City Takeaway Irvine Ayrshire and I wanted to order sweet and sour chicken balls with house special fried rice but I was told I had to have either boiled rice or fried rice, I offered to pay the extra for the special fried rice instead of the boiled or fried rice but the answer was still no, so I cancelled the order and left feeling disappointed. I thought that as the customer I could order what I wanted not what they wanted me to have. Could not rate the food as I didn't get any and the service and atmosphere was extremely poor. All I can say is very poor service and I would not go back there or recommend it to anyone else.”
- Google user
“Been using for years.... Until they messed an order up, and the "chef" just wasn't for listening.... if I ask for chicken and ham, I expect ham, not just extra chicken and told to be happy about it. From one chef to another ( so called at least ).... Learn the golden rule, customer is king. Just lost a valued regular customer for your blatant cheek.”
Hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Customer Review Summary
Long-standing regulars describe a takeaway that has slipped, with rising prices the most repeated complaint. Reviewers say a curry has gone up by nearly two pounds in 18 months, and one says costs have roughly doubled over four years. Close behind are smaller portions, fried rice that now tastes like sticky rice, and sauces that are not what they were, though the sweet curry sauce still earns praise. Order accuracy is the other recurring problem: large spring rolls instead of mini, extra chicken in place of the ham one diner asked for, and a missing portion of rice that staff reportedly showed no interest in fixing. One reviewer left without food after being refused special fried rice in place of boiled or plain fried rice, even when offering to pay extra. Delivery draws mixed reports. One waited over an hour with no time given, while others call it on time and hot. Positive reviewers call it one of the good Chinese takeaways in town, with nice staff, though the salt and pepper chicken is described as light on chicken. One late-night diner found a 21:50 collection could not be fulfilled despite last orders at 21:30.
Location
Chinese restaurants near Silver City Takeaway
- Raymonds Kitchen4.0600.5 mi
chinese curry sauce, chips, salt and pepper chicken
- 1.3 mi
chicken curry, salt and chilli chips, fried rice
- 2 mi
chicken fried rice, chips, spicy crispy shredded chicken
| Place | Rating | Distance | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver City Takeaway | 3.9119 | — | sweet curry sauce, fried rice, salt and pepper chicken |
| Raymonds Kitchen | 4.060 | 0.5 mi | chinese curry sauce, chips, salt and pepper chicken |
| New Hot wok Chinese Takeaway | 3.759 | 1.3 mi | chicken curry, salt and chilli chips, fried rice |
| Rice Paper Thai & Chinese Takeaway | 4.0193 | 2 mi | chicken fried rice, chips, spicy crispy shredded chicken |
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