Maplewood Restaurant
Quick info
About Maplewood Restaurant
Maplewood Restaurant is a Chinese restaurant on Warrington Rd in Widnes, serving a Cantonese menu alongside a separate, colour-coded gluten-free menu. The team asks about dietary requirements on arrival, and gluten-free dishes are announced as they come out, so guests avoiding gluten can tell which plates are theirs. The main menu has its own vegetarian section and a choice of set menus, and a banquet option includes duck pancakes. Guests first sit at the bar to look over the menu and order, then are shown to a table. Extra soup or rice can be ordered and is left on the table. Reservations are required.
Good to know
- ReservationsAccepts reservations
- ParkingFree parking lot · Free street parking · Paid parking lot
- AccessibilityWheelchair: entrance, parking lot, restroom, seating
- Good for kidsGood for kids · High chairs
- DietaryVegan options · Vegetarian options
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention gluten free menu, sweet & sour chicken, salt & pepper chicken and salt & pepper chips.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention gluten free menu, sweet & sour chicken, salt & pepper chicken and salt & pepper chips.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers most often single out the service, describing staff for whom nothing was too much trouble and food that arrived quick and hot. Named dishes include sweet and sour chicken with salt and pepper chips and salt and pepper chicken with noodles, both called lovely. Close behind is the food, which several call delicious. One diner in a party of 20 praises a colour coded gluten free menu, with staff announcing gluten free dishes by name. The extra soup or rice left on the table is another touch reviewers like. The complaints are specific, though. One vegetarian reviewer reports being told that vegetarian dishes share oil and preparation space with meat and fish and contain oyster sauce. They also describe a replacement for the banquet's duck pancakes of unwashed lettuce and boiled vegetables that smelled foul. A longtime Sunday regular says five of them were squeezed onto a table for four on Mother's Day and will not return. Still, most say they would go again, and one happily tipped the staff.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers most often single out the service, describing staff for whom nothing was too much trouble and food that arrived quick and hot. Named dishes include sweet and sour chicken with salt and pepper chips and salt and pepper chicken with noodles, both called lovely. Close behind is the food, which several call delicious. One diner in a party of 20 praises a colour coded gluten free menu, with staff announcing gluten free dishes by name. The extra soup or rice left on the table is another touch reviewers like. The complaints are specific, though. One vegetarian reviewer reports being told that vegetarian dishes share oil and preparation space with meat and fish and contain oyster sauce. They also describe a replacement for the banquet's duck pancakes of unwashed lettuce and boiled vegetables that smelled foul. A longtime Sunday regular says five of them were squeezed onto a table for four on Mother's Day and will not return. Still, most say they would go again, and one happily tipped the staff.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“Lovely food. Excellent service. Very efficient.”
- Google user
“Best chinese restaurant EVER! I’ve never had a bad meal here, service, food, atmosphere always spot on, staff will go above and beyond! Thanks Sue”
- Google user
“Its been bothering me since I stop going here ..we visited here every Sunday at the same table which we enjoyed .we loved the food, the staff n whole place felt like home for us 2 adults and 3 kids then on such a special day as mothers day after going here wk in wk out for a very long we arrived and we were seated at a table thats was for 4 but squeezed 5 of us on it ..it was a kick in the face and it felt very uncomfortable especially on such an important day ...being loyal dont mean newt these days ive realised that and will not be returning even tho it was a gd experience xx”
- Google user
“We were asked on arrival if we had any dietary requirements to which I told them I am vegetarian, we have been 3 or 4 times before and on all occasions I notified them I am vegetarian and clarify every time that means I don’t eat fish, meat, or anything that has been alive. This time the server told me that the items labelled vegetarian are cooked in the same oil and prepared in the same area as everything else, including fish and meat, also that they put oyster sauce in all vegetarian dishes to ‘give them flavour’, this is not noted on the menu and should anyone have a shellfish allergy could have serious consequences. The server then said that my requirements are vegan not vegetarian as vegetarians eat fish. They do not that would be a pescatarian. I then clarified that I eat eggs and dairy but no meat or fish, which is vegetarian, upon being served a meal that had to be specially requested to the chef not to be cooked or prepared near meat or fish, the server told me that my gluten free meal was ready, so I explained my meal was vegetarian not gluten free to which he said ‘oh yes vegetarian gluten free’, there doesn’t seem to be an adequate understanding from the staff of what a vegetarian is. Given they actually have a section labelled ‘vegetarian’ on the menu, they should not be cross contaminating food or putting oyster sauce in vegetarian dishes. I was also served half a head of lettuce and a plate of boiled veg that stunk, this was allegedly to replace the duck pancakes portion of the banquet, but the lettuce had clearly not been washed as it had soiled on and the boiled veg was in a sort of murky green thick liquid, and as mention above it STUNK, will not be returning”
- Google user
“As soon as you walk in the door you're greeted by friendly, happy to help staff. You get to sit round the bar while you look at the menu. Once you know what you'll be having to eat the waiter takes your order and the menus. Around 5 minutes later your shown to your table and the food it shortly followed. Fantastic presentation of the cutlery and plates once they bring them over from the kitchen. We opted for sweet & sour chicken with salt & pepper chips, and salt & pepper chicken with noodles. Each dish tasted lovely and there wasn't anything bad we could say about them. The service level was excellent. Anything you needed they would sort for you without it being an issue. We spent around £105 for 2 appetisers, two mains with sides, 4 drinks and a desert. Although this is a little pricier than other places we were very much happy to pay the price due to the fantastic tasting food and the excellent service level. 100% recommend you visiting this place, easy to park, lovely experience!”
Highlights
“Classic Cantonese menu with plenty of vegetarian options and set menus, in a traditional setting.”
- Great beer selection
- Great tea selection
- Great wine list
- Popular for dinner
- Popular for solo dining
- Vegan options
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Accepts reservations
- Takeout
- Dine-in
- Good for kids
- Vegan options
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- Bar onsite
- Casual
- Beer
- Coffee
- Late-night food
- Catering
- Offerings· 5
- Alcohol
- Cocktails
- Hard liquor
- Vegetarian options
- Wine
- Popular for· 1
- Solo dining
- Family-friendly· 1
- High chairs
- Planning· 2
- Reservations required
- Dinner reservations recommended
- Dining options· 4
- Dinner
- Dessert
- Seating
- Table service
- Highlights· 3
- Great beer selection
- Great tea selection
- Great wine list
- Facilities· 1
- Restroom
- Crowd· 1
- Groups
- Accessibility· 3
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
- Wheelchair accessible seating
- Parking· 4
- Free parking lot
- Free street parking
- Paid parking lot
- Usually plenty of parking
Location
Chinese restaurants near Maplewood Restaurant
- Blue Sky Takeaway4.2881.9 mi£10–20
reheated chips, hot and sour soup, house special chow mein
- Lucky House4.11512.5 mi
fried rice, szechuan special, sweet and sour chicken
- Jenirics Chapelford3.31522.6 mi£1–15
salt and pepper chips, salt and pepper box, sweet and sour chicken
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maplewood Restaurant | 4.6846 | — | £10–50 | gluten free menu, sweet & sour chicken, salt & pepper chicken |
| Blue Sky Takeaway | 4.288 | 1.9 mi | £10–20 | reheated chips, hot and sour soup, house special chow mein |
| Lucky House | 4.1151 | 2.5 mi | — | fried rice, szechuan special, sweet and sour chicken |
| Jenirics Chapelford | 3.3152 | 2.6 mi | £1–15 | salt and pepper chips, salt and pepper box, sweet and sour chicken |
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