Noodle Rice - Lewisham

I visited rice and noodle, 5minutes walk from Liverpool Street and 5 minutes from Spitalfields market on a Monday really lovely service interesting menu with some really interesting Chinese authentic dishes we went for some sharing starters including, a jelly dish which was really refreshing, some home-made noodles which nearly blew my head off, some sweetcorn fritters and some potato cakes which were really tasty but they’re better known for the big bowls of Slurpee noodle soups a lot of the things on the menu are quite spicy they also do some really nice Chinese teas. I’d really recommend it for some authentic Chinese food.

I'd had a couple of cheap reliable Chinese meals here before, but more recently tried their Vietnamese menu this was excellent (one of the best I've tried in the area), very fresh and still good value. Friendly staff too.

Ordered some prawn toast, got 8 slices, ate a couple slices but soon realised that it was absolutely disgusting, extremely oily like soooooooo oily if I finished it I would have threw up, the toast was oil and prawn mush. I was first told by a male manager I wouldn't have to pay, but then a lady came along and told me I must pay for eating some and continued to argue with me because I refused to pay full price for something I hadn't finished. Finally settled on paying half. Terrible customer service and terrible food. Restaurant itself is like a smoke dungeon as the kitchen is downstairs and the smoke from cooking comes straight up .

The food is good, but it has a very westernized Chinese taste, like most restaurants in the area. I have experienced issues with my online orders, either receiving the wrong items or missing drinks. However, for a fast meal, this is the only Chinese restaurant I will visit in the New Cross/Deptford area.

Attention all vegetarians! Be aware that this restaurant uses oyster sauce in their vegetarian dishes. When I mentioned that vegetarians do not consume seafood, I was informed that this practice is common in UK restaurants and is not specified on the menu, making none of their dishes suitable for vegetarians.