Lee Garden

As with life itself, for so long I was always on the outside of Lee Garden looking in.
How happy customers seemed. How easy it was to imagine the restaurant as a place to which they had been returning for years… for special occasions, because it was Friday, or the best reason of all: just because. Oh patrons behind the pane, which exams had your children passed? Who had learned to drive? Congratulations on your promotion and Sue, you don’t look a day over 47.
I had to be part of it. I can use chopsticks. In I went.
I decided to order takeaway initially, just dipping in my toe like battered prawn into plum sauce. «Would you like a beer while you wait,» was the brilliant question put to me. And wait I did. But not for long.
As befitted a restaurant of decades-​standing, which, as said, always seems to attract a happy and at-​home crowd, the food lived up to the popularity. With this type of fare, though, we all have our favourite places, where, somehow an individual venue’s nuance claims your heart and loyally commits your tastebuds with irrational zeal. Personally, then, I have other local favourites; years put in elsewhere making me return to the tried and trusted ahead of Lee Garden. But this is no criticism of the restaurant — its fabled Sunday buffet is loudly calling my name.

I’ve been visiting Lee Garden for a number of years and I’m pleased to report that in all that time the quality of food and service hasn’t wained. My latest visit was a birthday celebration and the staff made it that bit special by decorating the table with flags and balloons and making the whole evening that more special. I can’t be specific about the menu as we chose to mix and share. What I can say is that every dish that came was delicious and the service was superb. Well done Lee Garden

While not a massive fan of Chinese food, Lee Garden is one of the best in the Midlands excellent food, with very attentive service and a diverse range of dishes. The Sunday/​Monday buffet option, which still means all of your dishes are freshly made to order, but in smaller quantities, are a great opportunity to try a few different delicacies that you’re unsure of.
While it could do with some modernisation, what it lacks in style, it makes up for in taste.

Don’t be fooled by the old fashioned slightly tatty looking exterior of this restaurant, inside is a lovely little place with a great selection of spirits and a fab menu. 5 days a week Lee Garden is a standard chinese restaurant with a good menu but on a Sunday and Monday they offer a different menu, not as comprehensive as their main menu but still with plenty of choices. Their Sunday and Monday menu has a set price (i think it’s about £12) and you can order as much as you like in any quantity you like, so say you want the sesame prawn toast and the chicken wings but can’t manage to eat both you can order a half portion of each.