China Blue

Had terrible experience there when I visited Glasgow with my parents. When we entered the restaurant, we met a Chinese waitress with blonde hair and smoky eyes. She was very rude and we couldn’t feel welcomed at all. Then, without asking, they gave us Chinese tea that would cost 1.8 pounds immediately after we sat down. They didn’t tell us that the tea would be charged at all until we saw the bill. The price is very unreasonable. I live in Oxford where all the great Chinese restaurants are almost half the prices of this terrible place. The Chinese restaurants in London are even cheaper than this place. The food is just okay, but definitely not worth the prices. The other waiters are fine, but the blonde Chinese girl was terrible. I would highly suggest not go to this place if you wanna enjoy your meals. The fine Thai restaurant nearby is even cheaper than this horrible place.

I last visited China Blue a few years ago so this will be something of a nostalgic review, and sadly without pics.
This Chinese restaurant which is tucked away up an old close in the heart of Glasgow’s bustling Renfield Street is an absolute hidden gem! There are actually quite a few similar style restaurants nearby, such as New City Palace, China Sea and Xiangbaia Hotpot, but from what I’ve heard China Blue blows the competition out of the water! I believe it was my mother who recommended we try here and I’m glad we did, upon ascending the stairs and arriving the restaurant atop them, we were immediately greeted by a very welcoming member of the waitstaff team who showed our rather large party to our table for the evening.
Have you ever been to a restaurant and thought: ‘this place is totally style over substance’? Well China Blue is the exact polar opposite of that! It is very traditionally decorated and in no was overly-​fancy — which I feel can be off-​putting at times. The place is also very naturally lit with big, old fashioned style windows facing out onto the street. It’s also very spacious and tables aren’t positioned too closely to one another.
Anyway when we ordered, apart from a few other couples, the restaurant wasn’t busy which was splendid as it meant the waitstaff gave out table their full attention and were constantly coming back over to make sure we were fine for drinks etc. The majority of our table ordered the Hong Kong style sweet and sour chicken — which has to be some of the best and most authentic I’ve ever tasted! I also seem to recall our waitress being very friendly, especially with my younger sister Ruth — who speaks fluent Mandarin (and is basically Chinese).
In conclusion I’d definitely return to China Blue next time the opportunity presents itself and I’d thoroughly recommend it!

So for Chinese New Year celebrations, I was invited to have dinner at China Blue with my friends from Malaysia!
Located behind Burger King, one floor up, on Renfield street, this place is a pretty typical Chinese restaurant; super no-​frills, with very fast paced staff members and karaōke sets. Yes, time to sing k y’all! Hehe
Anyway, there was about 20+ of us so we had a pretty huge meal! Started off with the lou sang which is a pretty traditional dish of shredded vege, slices of fresh fish and other goodness. During CNY, everyone surrounds the lou sang with their chopsticks and starts mixing everything altogether! This is suppose to bring us luck and prosperity! :)
Then afterwards came the main food! Fried fish, chilli prawns, roasted duck, fried tofu with bak choy, pork with vege in oyster sauce, vege curry, roasted pork, rice and of course, endless pot of tea! It was a FEAST! My favs were probably the fish, prawn and tofu. SO GOOD. It all came up to £20.20 per person which is reasonable for the amount we ate!
And of course, soon after was the karaōke session. It was really fun! Felt like I was back home celebrating CNY with my friends!
Anyway, if ya wanna have a go at something realz, would def recommend China Blue. It was easy for me cause my friends speak mandarin and communicated easily with the staff so everything was fast and efficient! Don’t expect a «top notch» experience though cause after all, this is a pretty authentic place. ;)

No reviews for China Blue? What on earth is going on?
Hidden on Renfield Street, this is the second time in about 2 years i’ve been up here, a perennial favorite with asian students by the looks of things, with a menu that rivals Asia Style and Rumours.
A lot of stuff I’m very unfamilar with, last time i stuck with the familiar, this time i went for a hundred chilli squid, with fried rice. The squid was a tad chewy, i’ve better from Rumours, but the flavour was lovely and the right side of effin spicy. The fried rice was lovely too, it actually looked as if it had been cooked properly.
Staff were great, and helpful.
Well worth hunting out, and going off the normal menu…