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.
Good to know
- ReservationsWalk-in only
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention sweet curry sauce, salt and pepper chicken, fried rice quality and delivery timing issues.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention sweet curry sauce, salt and pepper chicken, fried rice quality and delivery timing issues.
Customer Review Summary
Order accuracy and portion size dominate what reviewers describe here, with long time customers noting fried rice that now tastes different, spring rolls arriving in the wrong size, and one diner's chicken and ham order returned as extra chicken with no ham at all. Rising prices form the next recurring complaint, with regulars pointing to a curry that rose by nearly £2 in eighteen months and portions shrinking overall, plus one account of a delivery arriving with no rice and the rest cold. When it works, reviewers single out the salt and pepper chicken and sweet curry sauce as reasons they kept ordering, with some praising delivery that arrives on time and hot and staff they say go above and beyond. Others describe longer waits, including one caller left over an hour past a promised time, and one customer who cancelled entirely after being refused a fried rice substitution.
Customer Review Summary
Order accuracy and portion size dominate what reviewers describe here, with long time customers noting fried rice that now tastes different, spring rolls arriving in the wrong size, and one diner's chicken and ham order returned as extra chicken with no ham at all. Rising prices form the next recurring complaint, with regulars pointing to a curry that rose by nearly £2 in eighteen months and portions shrinking overall, plus one account of a delivery arriving with no rice and the rest cold. When it works, reviewers single out the salt and pepper chicken and sweet curry sauce as reasons they kept ordering, with some praising delivery that arrives on time and hot and staff they say go above and beyond. Others describe longer waits, including one caller left over an hour past a promised time, and one customer who cancelled entirely after being refused a fried rice substitution.
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.”
Location
Chinese Restaurants near Silver City Takeaway
- Raymonds Kitchen4.0600.5 mi£10–20
chinese curry, chips, peking sauce
- 2 mi
undercooked chips, egg fried rice, large portion sizes
- Stanley's Kitchen3.9635.8 mi away£10–20
mixed grill, chilli chips, chips and gravy
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver City Takeaway | 3.9119 | — | — | sweet curry sauce, salt and pepper chicken, fried rice quality |
| Raymonds Kitchen | 4.060 | 0.5 mi | £10–20 | chinese curry, chips, peking sauce |
| Rice Paper Thai & Chinese Takeaway | 4.0193 | 2 mi | — | undercooked chips, egg fried rice, large portion sizes |
| Stanley's Kitchen | 3.963 | 5.8 mi away | £10–20 | mixed grill, chilli chips, chips and gravy |
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