Tai Pan Restaurant in Luton

Reviews

1. Kieran Meegan ★★★★★

   I have recently converted to this Chinese and I have to say its a bit of a vibe. Food is clean piping hot and tasty. They also cook the food in front of you as it’s an open kitchen. Place looks spotless. There is also a friendly member of staff on the till at all times. Nice touch. They only take cash which is slightly annoying but not that deep really. Get down there.

   1 year ago
2. zoe ★★★★★

   We had takeaway from TaiPan last Tuesday - the food was excellent, in particular the sweet & sour chicken and duck in plum sauce were very tasty as well as the rices and noodles. The portion sizes were very good and everyone had enough to eat. We’d certainly eat from here again.

   1 year ago
3. Debbie Chen ★★★★★

   Really enjoyed the food, moderately fast, big portions with lots of meat!! They all had good value and wonderful flavour. I tried this place after my regular chinese takeaway which was down the hill... What can I say, this place is just so good!! Definitely going here again!! Only shame is that Taipan doesn't do delivery , but still worth it!

   1 year ago

1. Xiujuan Lu ★★★★★

   As a new Luton resident, I just tried Tai Pan for the first time and was genuinely impressed. Unlike many typical Chinese takeaways, their open kitchen is clean and gives off a really good first impression. The food was absolutely delicious—freshly cooked, full of flavour, and generous in portion. The salt and pepper chicken and ribs were especially outstanding—probably the best I’ve had! The lady at the front was also very friendly and welcoming. Great to have a spot like this in the area! Definitely coming back!

   1 year ago
2. Tifa Lockhart ★★★★☆

   As a recommendation from a friend who lived in the area who claimed it was his go to out of the lot in Luton area. I decided to sample my two go to dishes here. Overall, was well made and decent. But not perfect and a little bit of excessive MSG use left me thirsty afterwards. A good chinese place does not need to use too much MSG. I’ll start with the BBQ Pork fried rice. I actually ordered this without pea but was still included, perhaps a miscommunication, so I’ll let that one slide. Can’t say they contributed much to the flavour unfortunately. The pork was decent had flavour with the egg and rice. Not too salty but can tell it had salt, unfortunately not enough soy sauce (both light and dark) was used. The colour of the rice was pretty light and they compensated by using more salt and MSG rather than putting reliance on soy sauce to do the job. Egg felt like it was missing flavour, it tells me they may have separated the egg yolk out and didn’t crack a fresh egg in the wok. The BBQ Pork was deep fried rather than roasted and shown signs of marination; decently prepped. It wasn’t the best was definitely decent. Above the UK national standard I expect from a Chinese takeaway/restaurant. Good portion size for the standard size container. Now salt and pepper chicken. I must praise the size of the chicken & how well the batter was made. Chicken texture was not dry, very well made batter, crispy without overcooking the chicken. 10/10 on their prep and deep frying anthology. Unfortunately, this perfectly well prepped chicken is let down by their salt and pepper spice mix, the mixture was not distributed well so a fair share of the flavour was stuck at the bottom of the container. Right level of spice kick from using fresh chili, correct. Excessive amount of fresh chopped onions is used, it didn’t spend enough time in the wok doing the spice mix so it wasn’t charred unfortunately. Good mix of other dried spices and seasoning. What was most interesting was the inclusion of what looked like crispy rice noodle at the bottom underneath everything. Not a bad thing but thats a UK first for me in comparison to other chinese establishments. Despite my criticism, I do recommend coming here to order. As the food quality all round is good. It also wasn’t oily! Do be aware that they only accept cash before visiting.

   almost 2 years ago
3. Ed Dill ★★★★☆

   Really good food - vegetables still had some bite and best egg fried rice in town. May be a little light on flavour but cooked and seasoned well.

   almost 3 years ago

1. M Pisko ★★★★★

   Really good tasty chinese food use this place often for many years

   almost 3 years ago
2. Lauren Denison ★★★★★

   Always an amazing meal. Prices are reasonable and worth it for the food. Always cooked perfectly and the gentleman at front of house is always welcoming and polite

   almost 3 years ago
3. Jan Vandevelde ★★★★★

   New customer, excellent food would highly recommend cannot fault at all. We ordered several dishes each was perfect. Will definitely be back.

   almost 3 years ago

1. John Man ★★★★★

   So clean and tidy, open kitchen. Meal was delicious

   almost 4 years ago

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