Tang's Chinese Restaurant in Southampton

We were going to an event at the Guildhall and looked on maps to see what places were about for a pre show meal. Looked at the reviews for Tangs and phoned up and booked as the majority of reviews were good. We arrived at opening time and ordered from the all you can eat buffet menu. The food was excellent! I can’t understand some of the negative reviews I’ve seen. The location and opening time for a 7:30 show at the Guildhall is perfect! Next time we will come here again, the restaurant filled up fairly quick after opening which is always a good sign. Highly recommended!

Waited ages for our duck, had too ask twice for it then the manager came to order our mains and we said we were still waiting for the pancakes, didnt seem intrested when we complained at the end of the meal.

Avoid. Very disappointed as we liked it a few years ago. First of all our food tasted like it was made on very old oil and dirty pan. I & my partner had 2 different dishes and both of them tasted the same bad. (Sweet and sour chicken and pork with vegetable + soups) Second you can see the dishwasher room from the restaurant and what surprised me they wash all by hand with very dirty sponges, I was shocked. And the service is very bad. We asked for chopsticks and got chips instead?! Also the lady who served us didn’t understand what green tea is. It’s sad overall because we really liked the restaurant before. Also, they include a service fee in the bill, keep in mind it’s not mandatory to pay so you need to ask them to take it out of your bill if not satisfied.

Really nice piping hot and tasty food. We got one of the set meals for 2 takeaway which had a great variety of flavours.Normally after Chinese you dont always feel great from eating so much rich processed food but I have to say the food here dosent feel too greasy and leave you feeling abit rough after, like other Chineses can.Sensible prices too!

Good food, good location, nice place and friendly staff. Not overly busy. Cleanliness is good. Thumbs up here.

The owner was really friendly. The restaurant is very basic, almost like a small school dinner hall. The starters and duck, from the buffet, was amazing. However the mains for all of us (4 different dishes) were a little overcooked resulting in chewy chewy chicken! The main off putting point though was the cost of the drinks - £40 for 3 vodkas and 1 coke! This will actually stop us returning which is a shame.

The chicken dishes here are made from frozen processed meat or something just as bad, the taste was terrible. At 3AM I was awake with terrible stomach cramps and I am still ill on the toilet at 6.20am. Avoid

Massively overpriced buffett with average food. Not bad in any way just not great. Drinks are warm out of a bottle and overpriced.

Great food and service - staff very attentive and polite, good portions for the buffet. Would go again.

We tried tang’s last night for the first time, the all you can eat buffet is made to order (which I prefer) and costs only £18.95 which is great value. All you can eat starters and a long list of main courses, service was great also.