Island Star
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About Island Star
On South Beach in Stornoway, Island Star is a Chinese takeaway operating from a plain, unassuming frontage. The menu runs through the standard range, with spring rolls filled with chicken, pork and bean sprouts, and crispy shredded chicken served either on its own or in sweet and sour sauce. For larger orders, a Set Meal for 4 comes packed into a single large box. Portions across the menu tend toward the generous side. The shop takes walk-in orders rather than reservations, with no booking process to navigate.
Good to know
- ReservationsWalk-in only
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention crispy shredded chicken, spring rolls, large portion sizes and set meal for 4.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention crispy shredded chicken, spring rolls, large portion sizes and set meal for 4.
Customer Review Summary
Portion size draws the most praise, with several reviewers describing huge, heavy set meals for four that stretched across multiple dinners. Close behind is the crispy shredded chicken in sweet and sour, called superb and tasty, and the spring rolls, praised as bigger than usual with chicken and pork filling. Diners repeatedly call it reasonably priced and quick despite an unassuming exterior. Complaints recur around consistency and communication: one reviewer's duck with beansprouts arrived with only onion and no beansprouts, another found sweet and sour chicken mediocre, and one describes spare ribs, chips, and rice all dry with prawns lacking taste, calling it warmed-over food from the day before. A separate reviewer reports a missing meal after being told they'd get a callback confirming the order that never came. Against that, several diners came away full enough to have leftovers the next morning.
Customer Review Summary
Portion size draws the most praise, with several reviewers describing huge, heavy set meals for four that stretched across multiple dinners. Close behind is the crispy shredded chicken in sweet and sour, called superb and tasty, and the spring rolls, praised as bigger than usual with chicken and pork filling. Diners repeatedly call it reasonably priced and quick despite an unassuming exterior. Complaints recur around consistency and communication: one reviewer's duck with beansprouts arrived with only onion and no beansprouts, another found sweet and sour chicken mediocre, and one describes spare ribs, chips, and rice all dry with prawns lacking taste, calling it warmed-over food from the day before. A separate reviewer reports a missing meal after being told they'd get a callback confirming the order that never came. Against that, several diners came away full enough to have leftovers the next morning.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“Very very large sizes ,like we ordered the dinner for 4 people and it came out and it was so much food”
- Google user
“Worst Chinese meal to takeaway I just had spare ribs dry no taste chips rice all dry and the prawns in sauce no taste.. This lot was warmed up food from yesterday never eat here again”
- Google user
“Unassuming from the outside, service was quick and food fantastic. Generous portion sizes and reasonably priced. Only visiting but would recommend stopping in on your travels.”
- Google user
“Findlay Fairgreive! What a man 👨 The chef allowed me to sit in a camping chair while watching my crispy shredded chicken sizzle over the sizzling hot pan! It was absolutely rumptious”
- Google user
“Absolutely shocking! Ordered in shop then phoned up to confirm order ! I was told they would phone back they didn't! So assuming the order was now fine we went to pick the order up and one meal was missing! Not happy with the communication! Absolutely terrible!”
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