Review China Light Restaurant And Takeaways - Napier

My family's favourite place to get Chinese takeaways. They provide reliably high quality fried rice and chicken chop suey, and the food is always hot and ready on time when we pick it up.

The best Chinese in town and beyond. I've never had a bad dish. The lemon chicken is a must have, it never disappoints, and try the deep fried icecream balls for desert if you are dining in. Delicious food, quick service and family friendly.

The food here is THE BEST in Napier. Real yummy Chinese Food. Garden Green Veges. Fresh. Nicely Cooked. Perfectly served. Prawns with Cashews. Yum!! Desert. Banana Fritters in my goodness. Batter WAS light and so so yummy. Service by Sarah is Loving. Caring.AND Attentive. THANK YOU China Light KEEP UP the Quality and Excellence you GIVE!!! We'll be VACK for more...xx

The BEST Chinese food ever!! Been having this my whole life as this is our family go to. Try the pork and black bean spare ribs - Amazing, combo or chicken fried rice & the chicken wings are awesome too!

China light was the only place open on new years day and we're glad we stopped by. The chicken in plum sauce was amazing. We would highly recommend.

I don’t get the bad reviews of this place. It’s far and away the best Chinese in Hawkes Bay. We’ve been there over ten times and have never had a bad experience.

Food was awesome, service was great and the prices were reasonable. Definitely will go back and recommend.

Authentic food, one of my favorite take away places. Never dined in but looks sweet.

The food is absolutely divine, excelent quality, superb taste and a perfect temperature.

A yummy surprise. A little dated and the waitress was unhappy but food and service were excellent.

Excellent food and staff. Pleasure to eat there as I had visitors from out of hawkes bay.

We enjoyed a very delicious meal at the China Light Restaurant in Napier. The waitress was just the right amount of attentive. We ordered the crispy won tons and spring rolls as our entree, they were crisp and hot as they should be. The china light specialty fried rice was delicious enough to eat on its own although we did have it with the satay beef which definitely did not disappoint. Both left feeling very satisfied. Also the Peter Yealand Pinot Gris matched the meal impeccably

Honestly we were nearly put off Chinese because of the food here, it almost had a chemically taste and the vegetables were not fresh at all. Everything was greasy and clearly not a lot of effort was put into it. Would never come back here again.

One of the closest asian restaurant near Marina parade but the service is horrible. Your waitress a kiwi lady is horrible and has a very bad customer service. The restaurant was about to close and I ordered six dishes. She was rude and stupid and just wanted me to leave although I was a paying customer. She was restless and absolutely cared zero for a paying customer. Food was average. Go to the next road and you might find another good one.

decided to grab takeaways on way home for dinner last night. not knowing area well stopped when came across this restaurant. only after we ordered did i see the ratings on here and thought oh my god after awful lunch. shouldnt have worried. service friendly and efficient. food good. the let down is portion size for price and also lack of seasoning otherwise would have rated higher

was my favourite Chinese restaurant, but after two bad takeaway meals, I won't be going back,  there are to many other great restaurants out there, nasi goring is not just rice, if I wanted just rice , I would have cooked it at home, still waiting for the management to respond to my complaint

First Chinese takeaway for a while, the fried rice was perfect however the other three dishes, sweet & sour Pork, chicken curry and beef & black bean sauce, the meats were all undecooked. All four meals were barely warm and we only live 2 minutes away. For $70 I have never been so disappointed by a takeaway for a long time. This is a very expensive for takeaway whose quality is at the very bottom of the market. Buyers beware.

The dining room was cold &amp; dark. No where to hang coats or wet umbrellas. We had to drape these over our chairs, which were uncomfortable. Plastic plates. Paper placemats. The service was slow but reasonably friendly. The food was mediocre, overpriced. <br/>This restaurant has been open since 1980s when there wasn't the number of restaurants there are today. Management need to up their game &amp; realise that customers will not come back if they're unhappy. Plenty of other places to spend their hard earned money!

Bad food. Bad service. Too expensive for what we got. Tasteless veggy in sauce greasey noodles tough pork. Boss was rude when we say we dont like it. Would never come here anymore. Many more places to go that treat us right.

Just one word describes our experience with this place.. Disgusting! Visiting HB &amp; staying 40mins out of town. Decided to treat the family to Chinese takeaways after a busy day. What a mistake. Pork in sweet and sour was tough &amp; the carrot was old and leathery. Raw chicken in the fried rice. Rest of the meal was barely edible. Rang to speak to manager. Got put on hold then hung up on. Rang back. Got told to bring the meal back. Tried to explain that we were 40 mins out of town. Hung up on again.

Vegetarian spring rolls served on the same platter as deep fried chicken wings!!!. Doesn’t management understand that vegetarians do NOT want their food contaminated with animal products??? Indifferent staff, overpriced food. What a disappointment. What a joke! Never again.

We had our first dining in experience at China Light this weekend and we thoroughly enjoyed it! We have had takeaways from here before and the food is always fresh and tasty. We will definitely be back again!

Hi<br/>We are local people from Napier who have experienced many different takeaway options. Tonight's option to go to China Light left us feeling very dissapointed. The Chowmein was like eating boiled vegetables = very bland by anyones standard I must say. The sweet and sour pork also had little flavour and was very much like a reheated microwave dish. The pork itself tough and soggy. I definately would not reccomend China Light to anyone looking for a takeaway option especially as the price was at the upper end of the takeaway market. Very disappointing.

We've eaten here several times over the last year &amp; have noticed that the place has started to decline. The portions seem to be getting a bit smaller, although the vegetables are still lovely &amp; fresh. The last 2 times our rice has been cold &amp; gluggy. The service has been friendly but slow. Our drinks order gets taken then the waitress rushes off to answer the phone, serve in takeaways, deliver meals to another table before our drinks finally arrive. Surely if our drinks orders have been taken then we should be her sole focus until they arrive! Are we not as important as other customers? We decided not to order further drinks. What the owner/manager/staff have to realise is that there are many restaurants to choose from &amp; when we dine out we expect good service &amp; good food at a fair price. Will we dine here again? Probably, but we hope for an improvement in service. We feel this is a management problem, not a staff problem.

I'm really happy that China Light is open again after its holiday! Had to go to another Napier chinese restaurant for a work function and it was awful compared to China Light! No comparison really! The food is always tasty and you know it will be the same high quality when you order.

We've just moved to Napier &amp; were looking for a family friendly Asian restaurant.China Light meets all our expectations &amp; some!!Fabulous fresh food, large servings, all served by knowledgeable, friendly staff. Amazing value for money. We can't afford to eat out often so it was a real treat for us. Will definitely go back. Recommend it to anyone who enjoys fresh food in a clean friendly restaurant.

Got my wife to get takeaways from china light Napier as our normal Chinese takeaway was shut, what a bad mistake! When she got it home it wasn't hot, not even warm really. we started on the rice, it was over cooked and dry , next chow mein - all the vegetables were cold and not cooked, like a sauce had been put over raw vegetables . And finally the pork , once again vegetables not cooked and the pork had some strange lemon/lime zesty taste that was neither sweet or sour like what we ordered . This was not a cheap meal and when i've got to throw most of it out because its inedible and then try to find something else to eat. Worst Chinese ever!!

We have been going to China Light for years! Have dined in and frequently get take aways. The meals are ALWAYS tasty and fresh! The won tons and dim sims are amazing and the deep fried ice cream is something everyone should try! The meals are huge and good value for money. The staff are friendly and helpful and it has an awesome atmosphere!:)

My family have been customers for ages. 3 generations dine here or get takeaways.Fabulous fresh as food, HUGE portions. The dim sim are absolutely divine. Friendly staff.Maybe the dessert menu could be extended but the deep fried ice cream is ..WOW !