The Swallow

First time I’ve ever been here. I was enticed by the good hygiene sticker in the window a ⁵⁄₅ rating. The service was somewhat grumpy and the menu was extremely limited. I ordered a chicken kung po, a meal I’ve had many times from numerous takeaways over the years.
The whole experience was disappointing. £5.60 for a small square container (the kind takeaways put rice in), the rice was not included in the price so for £7.20 I got a few dry lumps of chicken with sliced cucumber. The flavour was nice but there was hardly anything to eat, and no sauce.
Left hungry and will never go again. Advise others not to waste their time.

You can have traditional Chinese food in this restaurant

The Swallow until recently was a much loved Chinese restaurant for those in the know, however it is now solely a takeaway restaurant. Times may have changed, but the food however has not. I regularly get food from the Swallow (it’s a family tradition to get food from here on New Years Eve), and am always very satisfied. The food definitely has a homemade feel, and is all the better for it (my family are addicted to the duck). I do have one little niggle with the menu and that is the absence of seaweed (surely a must for any Chinese?), but aside from that I would highly recommend the Swallow to Chinese lovers like myself.

Despite the fact that the business listing simply calls this restaurant ‘The Swallow’, the sign outside the front of the shop says ‘Swallow Chinese Takeaway’. Feeling hungry, and with no knowledge of the chinese takeaways in this area, we decided to go for the one whose name made us laugh.
Swallow chinese takeaway we did, a lot. And it was just delicious. We got an array of dishes and all shared them amongst us. Egg fried rice, satay, friend vegetables, spring rolls… everything you’d really expect to get.
We went in to collect our food as we were in the area and we didn’t have to wait that long, which I was happy with (I was very hungry…). The service in general was great and even though the prices weren’t incredible compared to some other places around here, the food was really good.

This is Cardiff’s best kept secret. The best Chinese food I have ever tasted from a takeaway. Prices are reasonable and the service is great! Wouldn’t go anywhere else for a takeaway.