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The Taste Lincoln

Restaurant Chinese restaurant Asian restaurant

One of the Most Reviewed Chinese restaurants in Lincoln


Address

40 Silver St, Lincoln LN2 1EW, United Kingdom

Website

thetasteorientalbuffet.co.uk

Contact

+44 7506 930657

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

3.90 (765 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: 12 to 9 pm
  • Monday: 12 to 9 pm
  • Tuesday: 12 to 9 pm
  • Wednesday: 12 to 9 pm
  • Thursday: 12 to 9 pm
  • Friday: 12 to 9:30 pm
  • Saturday: 12 to 9:30 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: staff (14) member (9) nice (6) good (6) manager (6) table (6)
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  • 1/5 Peter H. 2 years ago on Google • 103 reviews
    Avoid this restaurant. It was awful. Gordon Ramsey would have a field day here. Some of the food was dryer than Gandis flip flop. The food was bland. Lots of items where not available. Picked 2 cakes both where frozen. The straw erry cheese cake was taken away and brought back after it had been blasted in the microwave. The chocolate fountain looked limp and was not working.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Hungry M. 1 year ago on Google • 31 reviews
    My visit was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food. All of the dishes were fresh and well made, offering great value for the price. The prices were very affordable and allowed me to get my belly full without breaking the bank. The staff were also very attentive, constantly replenishing the buffet and making sure everything was well-stocked. This was a nice touch that made the dining experience more enjoyable. However, the selection was limited and some of the dishes could have used more flavor. Despite these shortcomings, I still think this restaurant is a good option for a budget-friendly meal. I would give it a 3 out of 5 stars for its good quality food, attentive service, and affordable prices.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Jonathan M. 1 year ago on Google • 36 reviews
    Without doubt the worst all you can eat Chinese buffet I have ever had the misfortune to visit. The hot buffet items had been sitting on the buffet for far too long and we're practically inedible. The cakes were stale and just in case that wasn't bad enough they decorated them with cherries held in place with a barely visible cocktail sticks just waiting to stab the unsuspecting diner in the mouth. The only good thing were the 2 girls serving who were friendly and were doing a good job of keeping the place clean.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 patricia 3 months ago on Google • 206 reviews New
    Friendly efficient staff. Food very tasty, constantly checked and filled up. Plenty of choice. Good value for money. Some things could have been hotter and plates were cold. Will definitely be back.

  • 5/5 John K. 1 year ago on Google • 12 reviews
    Today i with my family arrive tnus restaurant around 1:00pm. I am very hapoy thst good food , very fresh , good service. All you can eat only £9.9 , kids under 10 yrs old only 5.9 from 12:00pm to 8:30pm everyday. I will come again if i will come Lincoln.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ross A. 7 months ago on Google • 18 reviews
    This place was great. The food was nice and you could keep going back for more and more. They had deserts as well, which you could go up to collect. They had many different foods from chilli shredded beef, prawn toast, and chicken Chow mein. The staff were very nice and there was this one person whose name I did not get, who was very nice and informative. Will go again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 joanne l. 3 months ago on Google • 20 reviews New
    The food is mainly very nice. Some dishes a bit cold but others fine. Decent choice of everything most people want from a buffet.

  • 3/5 Shoaib A. 5 months ago on Google • 20 reviews
    Excellent value for money. Can’t complain for £10pp. However, very tired management and staffs. Visible confusion can be seen among all of them when asked about the dishes, they seem to have little to no idea about whats going on and also some information by them are misleading. Immediate improvement in management is necessary. Otherwise lovely place to be with friends and family.

  • 5/5 Ben L. 5 months ago on Google • 4 reviews
    Very nice staff 5 star food Will be back for more

  • 1/5 nicola louise M. 7 months ago on Google • 1 review
    We have been regulars here since before it was even The Taste, we’ve never ever had a problem and always enjoy our visits during which we always spend an excessive amount because the cocktails are beautiful. We regularly recommend to friends and family and have organised multiple festive work meals here. Well no more. After the way your manager spoke to me this evening, I will strongly be recommending that no one visits this establishment as the standards have dropped so drastically. Tonight, I made a complaint because I did not believe that it was acceptable for the staff member on the door to be actively turning away patrons when the restaurant was half full, simply because they could not keep up with cleaning the tables. They had offered us a table that we could not fit our pram next too without blocking other diners, directly in the path of the kitchen and within full earshot of the bar which is too loud for our daughter and actively upsets her, when I asked if we could have one of the other multiple available tables. We were told no, we couldn’t because they needed cleaning and to find elsewhere to eat. That is poor service and turning away customers is obviously negative to a business especially when you really weren’t busy in the first place. We would have happily waited for a table but instead of telling customers to wait a moment whilst a table was prepared, the staff member told us to either use the table that was unsuitable for our needs or leave. I approached the man behind the bar and calmly voiced my complaint, explaining that it was very poor customer service to be actively telling people to eat elsewhere instead of inside your establishment. I explained that I had been coming for years and had never experienced a staff member actively turning away a customer before. The staff member behind the bar then told me that because he didn’t recognise me it must be a lie that my family and I visit regularly because he’s worked there for 5 years and that I must be lying about the staff member turning us away. I explained to him that I had absolutely no reason to lie about the situation and if the situation hadn’t occurred then I would not be making a complaint to which he responded why are you lying then and told me that the other staff member had not said that. To which I responded with ‘you were not present so how would you know, I have absolutely no reason to lie about it’. At this point he became very rude and arrogant, rolling his eyes and sighing at me so I asked to speak to a manager. He told me that he was the manager so I then asked him why he was not listening or dealing with what I had said in a professional manner. At this point he became verbally aggressive. Repeatedly calling me a liar despite the fact that I was not lying. He then called the staff member in question over where that staff member admitted to the manager that he had asked us to leave exactly as I had described, he then expanded on that and gave an explanation that he had done it because some tables were dirty and he did not want to seat a table of three on a larger table. (Which we would have understood and we would have returned later had this been explained to us in this way but it was not) Despite the staff members admittance which was heard by multiple other customers. The manager still continued to call me a liar and verbally insult me until he just walked away because ‘I was distracting him and he was bored’. I have honestly never ever encountered such poor service before in my life and especially here. This situation could have been resolved with an apology and a quick word with your staff member about turning custom away without explanation but due to the actions of a manager that is incapable of dealing with a situation without acting like a petulant child you have lost multiple customers that have supported you for a long time. It’s a shame because you really were one of my favourite places to eat but I do not go into a restaurant to be insulted and spoken to so rudely. There is absolutely no need for it.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Paid street parking
    • ✓️ Free of charge street parking
    • ✓️ Somewhat difficult to find a space
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Halal food
    • ✓️ All you can eat
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway

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