Temptation House
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About Temptation House
On Penny Ln in Saint Helens, Temptation House is a Chinese takeaway serving the evenings from Tuesday to Sunday, closed Mondays. Orders are placed by phone for collection or sent out with delivery drivers for those eating off site. The menu includes salt and pepper dishes such as salt and pepper chips alongside the standard takeaway range. Payment is cash only, and the counter runs on a walk-in basis rather than taking reservations.
Good to know
- ParkingFree of charge street parking · Free parking lot
Menu & Prices
174 dishes- Vegetarian Crispy Spring Roll
- Vegetarian Curry Samosa
- Vegetarian Spring Onion Pancake
- Crispy Chop Suey Roll
- Crispy Spring Roll
- Crispy Curry Beef Samosa
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention salt and pepper chips, chicken balls, black bean sauce and seafood dish substitutions.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention salt and pepper chips, chicken balls, black bean sauce and seafood dish substitutions.
Customer Review Summary
Praise centers on the cooking itself. Several reviewers call the food consistently excellent, hot and tasty, and one describes proper authentic Chinese with soup, rice and curry in good quantity. One says a dish for someone avoiding pork was tailor made with seafood, and another orders Chicken Green Pepper and Black Bean Sauce with salt and pepper chips. Close behind is a complaint from long-time customers that standards have slipped. They describe food arriving stone cold or tasting warmed up, overpowering salt and pepper seasoning, greasy chicken balls, and no more free prawn crackers. Service problems recur too. One order came with Szechuan sauce instead of the OK sauce requested, even after it was read back. Another reviewer reports a delivery order that never arrived, then laughter heard when the phone was picked up. One reviewer calls a delivery driver rude after customers and a driver blocked a residential road, and another reports a child tormenting a live crayfish at the counter. Portions split opinion, with one calling them small and another saying quality comes before size but the food still feeds two comfortably.
Customer Review Summary
Praise centers on the cooking itself. Several reviewers call the food consistently excellent, hot and tasty, and one describes proper authentic Chinese with soup, rice and curry in good quantity. One says a dish for someone avoiding pork was tailor made with seafood, and another orders Chicken Green Pepper and Black Bean Sauce with salt and pepper chips. Close behind is a complaint from long-time customers that standards have slipped. They describe food arriving stone cold or tasting warmed up, overpowering salt and pepper seasoning, greasy chicken balls, and no more free prawn crackers. Service problems recur too. One order came with Szechuan sauce instead of the OK sauce requested, even after it was read back. Another reviewer reports a delivery order that never arrived, then laughter heard when the phone was picked up. One reviewer calls a delivery driver rude after customers and a driver blocked a residential road, and another reports a child tormenting a live crayfish at the counter. Portions split opinion, with one calling them small and another saying quality comes before size but the food still feeds two comfortably.
Featured reviews
- Lauren Patterson
“Ive always loved the food from here and it is lovely! The owners and daughter have always been lovely. However customers and the delievery driver block access to a road that leads to our homes. Afyer blocking me from entering my own street with my disabled husband in the car I entered the takeaway to ask them to tell customers not to park there. Only to be met by a absolute rude woman who is a delievery driver for them. I will not be buying from them again due to the way I spoken to tonight in front of other customers too.”
- Janet Wallis
“I was absolutely disgusted and disturbed by what I witnessed at this shop. A young child brought a live crayfish out to the front, playing with it, draping it across the counter and tormenting it. It was heartbreaking and completely …”
- Stewart Rice
“Absolutely a waste of space no show with a £40 order then told a pack of lies about waiting for his delivery driver to come back. Then when tried to call the phone was picked up and could hear laughing if I could rate this take away a minus it would be a -10”
- Beverley O'Leary
“Always order food from Temptation House because it is consistently excellent, but tonight I ordered Chicken Green Pepper & Black Bean Sauce and Special Spicy in Yelliow Bean Sauce, both with fried rice & portion of Salt & Pepper Chips and …”
- Jayne Milligan
“Very disappointing, were the most regular customers, and tonight it were Stone cold, salt pepper season was well over powered unbearable to eat, chicken balls extremely greasy, hate complaining but this tonight as the been the worst ever in all yrs been a customer. Extremely disappointing”
Hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Highlights
- Small plates
Amenities
- Free of charge street parking
- Delivery
- Takeaway
- Casual
- Late-night food
Show more amenities
- Offerings· 2
- Quick bite
- Small plates
- Parking· 1
- Free parking lot
Location
Chinese restaurants near Temptation House
- Willow Dragon4.31071.6 mi£1–10
salt and pepper chips, crispy beef, sweet and sour chicken
- Shan Shan4.41272.3 mi£1–20
salt and pepper chicken, noodles, curry sauce
- 2.7 mi£10–20
chinese takeaway, sweet sauce, fish & chips
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temptation House | 4.2142 | — | £10–20 | salt and pepper chips, chicken balls, black bean sauce |
| Willow Dragon | 4.3107 | 1.6 mi | £1–10 | salt and pepper chips, crispy beef, sweet and sour chicken |
| Shan Shan | 4.4127 | 2.3 mi | £1–20 | salt and pepper chicken, noodles, curry sauce |
| Good Fortune Fish & Chips | 4.596 | 2.7 mi | £10–20 | chinese takeaway, sweet sauce, fish & chips |
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