Hoi Tin

This was thefirst Chineese Café I ever visited, It was our lunchtime eatery every Thursday (Half day closing) when we would have the lunchtime special 2/​6d (12.5p)this is still available but is now over £5.00 just think how many of us could have eaten for a fiver !! It was not the first to open in Warrington but when it did we considered it to be up market. The food remains just as good the staff just as friendly and I still eat here once a month. The décor is now a little dated and the large fish tank still has c couple of fish in it. Very handy for the new town centre and the business sector.

This is one of your bog standard chinese restaurants. For many Warringtonians, it was their introduction to foreign food, way-​back-​when.
It has all the cliches, but seems to rise above it all because of the standard of the food and the second-​to-​none service.
I once took my wife there for a celebratory meal (can’t remember what we were celebrating, probably catching up with the bills!) and deliberated over the menu for a good while.
The head waiter approached and I expected a comment about the time we were taking, but he simply said, I believe madam would be best with… and proceeded to reel off most of what she had been deliberating on. Short of hidden microphones, I think he genuinely remembered our tastes from previous visits.
All choices are reasonably priced and served within an acceptable time.
It loses a star only for being the predictable, chinese night out of many Warringtonians.