The Welcome Restaurant
476 Reviews
$$$$
- Friday5.00–11.00 pm
- Saturday5.00–11.00 pm
- Sunday4.00–10.00 pm
- MondayClosed
- TuesdayClosed
- Wednesday5.00–10.00 pm
- Thursday5.00–10.00 pm
About the Business
The Welcome |
Contacts
Website
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+442890381359
22 Stranmillis Rd, Belfast BT9 5AA
Hours
- Friday5.00–11.00 pm
- Saturday5.00–11.00 pm
- Sunday4.00–10.00 pm
- MondayClosed
- TuesdayClosed
- Wednesday5.00–10.00 pm
- Thursday5.00–10.00 pm
Features
- Debit cards
- NFC mobile payments
- Credit cards
- Delivery
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
- Wheelchair-accessible car park
- Wheelchair-accessible seating
- Dine-in
- Takeaway
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Cocktails
- Coffee
- Spirits
- Wine
- Dinner
- Dessert
- Seating
- Toilets
- Cosy
- Romantic
- Family friendly
- Groups
- Accepts reservations
- Good for kids
- High chairs
- Kids' menu
- Late-night food
- Lunch
- Casual
- Assistive hearing loop
- Small plates
Recommended Reviews
Sarah Floyd
11.03.2024
The Welcome Restaurant
The gentleman serving us was amazing. Had lots of stories. Very helpful with the menu and explaining how everything worked.Our starters were delicious. One pair got the sharing platter. And the other 2 got the satay skewers and the duck spring rolls and shared. Presentation was impeccable. The mains didnt pack the same punch. We were expecting a bit more spice, they were tasty. Just not as flavorful as we were expecting.
Sophie Quinn
02.03.2024
The Welcome Restaurant
My mum and I needed gluten and dairy free options and the accommodated very well. My mum is coeliac and gets very sick with the smallest crumb, they warned her that there's no guarantee that there won't be cross contamination but we've been twice and she's been perfectly fine after both visits.
Norn Iron Man
24.02.2024
The Welcome Restaurant
Came with work friends midweek to try the set meal for 4. It had been a toss up between here and the Asian barbeque in Donegal Pass but we liked what we saw on the website for the set menu. When we arrived were told they had taken the set menu off even though it was still listed on the website. Ended up ordering the same dishes as that was what we'd planned to get and paid a lot more for the same food.Left a sour taste. Probably trying to fleece the Christmas party punters but if you are going to do that at least have the decency to amend the website. On a plus note the noodles we ordered on the side were lovely but won't be rushing back. Shame as this was the first Chinese I'd eaten from about 35 years ago and I'd been feeling nostalgic about visiting again after so many years.
Marco Lupo
31.01.2024
The Welcome Restaurant
Was in The Welcome" me and my gf last night.Enjoyed the atmosphere & the lovely jazz music in the background. Staff was warm and welcoming but that's as good as it gets. Was very hyped given the average reviews of 4.5. Meal was disappointing chicken curry tasted like vedge stock & rice was dry and overcooked. And the whole meal was extremely salty and full of MSG to the point the we both ended up drinking buckets overnight and still feel severely dehydrated. The king prawn starter was good on the upside.My overall rating is poor unfortunately as It's definitely not worth it."
Tanya Fourie
16.01.2024
The Welcome Restaurant
The atmosphere was lovely, the team was amazing! Defnitely worth the experience of going to eat out. The food was mouthwatering and full of flavour! Highly recommend the set menu for 2, to try a bit of everything, go hungry!!Thank you for a wonderful experience!
Chris Hutton
11.01.2024
The Welcome Restaurant
My partner and I visited this restaurant tonight.We had an excellent meal here with aromatic duck for starter (which was shredded in front of us), sweet and sour chicken, salted chilli chicken, rice and chips.The atmosphere was excellent although a little loud at times (not the restaurants fault, there was a birthday party enjoying themselves).The staff were very friendly and after the meal gave us some tips on places to visit locally.Portion sizes were fantastic and we both thoroughly enjoyed the food.The icing on the cake was when we received the bill and it was incredibly reasonable for the amount of food and drink we had.Would recommend a visit here.
Chaz Carstairs
07.01.2024
The Welcome Restaurant
My wife and I dined here the other night. We were pleasantly surprised how good this place was because we know that good Chinese restaurants are hard to come by. We called to book a reservation with no problem. It’s street parking which, we have learned whilst in Belfast, isn’t the best. Thankfully we found a space not too far away.The restaurant itself is quite fancy looking. They have a cool ceiling. The place is of reasonable size with plenty of tables which are adequately spread apart so you don’t feel that you are too close to any neighbouring diners.The service was excellent. The two ladies that served us were on the ball. They were always busy but seemed to have everything under control. They were also very pleasant.Normally Chinese menus are exhausting to read through and it’s nearly impossible to decide. However this menu is a great size. It provides variety but it isn’t overwhelming.I was naughty and got 2 starters. I got the duck with pancakes and hoisin sauce and also the pork ribs with pecking sauce. Both of these were delicious. The duck came on the bone and the waitress shredded it upon serving. The duck came with 6 thin pancakes and the hoisin sauce was lovely. The pork ribs were indulgent. They came right off the bone and tasted amazing. This alone was probably enough for me but mains to come. My wife got vegetable spring rolls for starters which she enjoyed. The pastry was very sick and crispy. For mains my wife got chicken fried rice and curry sauce which is her go to Chinese dish. She thought it was tasty and a generous portion. I got Szechuan chicken which was nice along with chow mein. The chow mein was an enormous potion compared to the chicken which was quite small. For the table we had prawn crackers which were…well prawn crackers. I squeezed in some dessert. We shared deep fried ice cream which I’ve never had before. It was surprisingly good.The only 2 negatives was that the taps in the bathroom were only trickling out and the meal was expensive. It came to just under £80. Which for Chinese food standards is a lot. We did order a lot of food and it was all very tasty so can’t really complain.
Nadine Rogan
04.01.2024
The Welcome Restaurant
Unfortunately we didn't have the experience we were hoping to have from one of the supposedly best Chinese restaurants in Belfast. I brought my Mexican family to eat Chinese food for the first time and did not get the service I was hoping for. We were seated 5:30pm ordered our drinks and mains yet did not receive our mains until 6:45 after being told the restaurant needed our table back at 7pm. During that time 3 other tables were sat and received their food. The food was just okay, I have had tastier take away Chinese sadly. To add to the disappointment the restaurant had no baby changing facilities or disabled facilities in which I could change my 5 month old so I had to resort to changing her on my knee in the women's toilet whilst sitting on the toilet for stability. I was greatly disappointed in the experience as I had read so many good reviews.
Matthew Foster
20.12.2023
The Welcome Restaurant
Overall disappointed. Stopped off here to get something to takeaway. It was busy with people dining in. Member of staff that served us was very friendly and quick. The menu in my opinion is overpriced. Main dishes start from £12.50 with takeaway getting a 20% discount on main meals if you collect, then you have to add on a side which isn't included in the cost. The honey and chilli chicken was very poor, the rest of the food was no better or worse than other places.
Michelle Craig
18.12.2023
The Welcome Restaurant
We called in to get crispy aromatic duck as a take away, supposedly for 2 people. We got it home and discovered that it was barely enough for one let alone two. It was quite greasy and there was a lot of unrendered fat under the duck skin. Tasty enough but wouldn't get again.
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22 Stranmillis Rd, Belfast BT9 5AA
The Welcome Restaurant