Gorgeous food and smurf music toboot! (Wing Wah Restaurant (Coventry))

Member Name: xxfoxyredxx

Product:	Wing Wah Restaurant (Coventry)
Date:	19/04/08 (1395 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Very reasonably priced for such an extensive menu

Disadvantages: Drinks a little on the pricey side, not a cental location and annoying smurf music!

I absolutely love food! I particularly have a fondness for Chinese food and the best way of eating it for me is a buffet style restaurant where I can eat lots of different dishes to my hearts content for a set price. So when Coventry eventually got this restaurant (which used to be a pub I drank in once upon a time), chuffed to bits I was!!!

Where Is It?....

WING WAH CHINESE RESTAURANT & WINE BAR
583 Fletchamstead Highway (A45)
Coventry
CV4 9EL
Tel: 0247 669 1818
Fax: 0247 667 8811

Wing Wah resteraunts are also in Birmingham, Oldbury, Burton On Trent, Wolverhampton and Nuneaton.

What Wing Wah Says For Itself....

'Visit Wing Wah - Together with our finest cooking, and an experienced and friendly team of dining room staff ready to serve, why not let us surprise you with a whole new gastronomic experience at Wing Wah?


Restaurant & Bar Our fully equipped bar, has an extensive range of spirits, cocktails, beers and our award winning wine list'.

Fine Chinese Cuisine Our menu boasts some of the most extensive selections of Asian food that you will find anywhere, and blends many flavours and textures from the many regions of Asia. Wing Wah's combination of flavours and cuisines will ensure you find the meal your after.

The food is inspired from many regions of China, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand and the Philippines.

The Restaurant..

A very large one floor restaurant. Brick building with lots of windows being very light and airy. As you walk through the double doors there is a bar that greets you and a small seating area and a desk to go to for a table. Never have I had to wait for a table but if your worried about this or making a special trip here do book a table just to be on the safe side.

There are loads of tables varying in shapes and sizes, well set out with white tablecloths and flowers on the tables with a complimentary wicker basket full of prawn crackers (they will refill these if you ask), cutlery is already there as are wine glasses.

Pine floors and cream walls, lots of greenery and pictures. The place is fairly attractive and very clean indeed think sort of like a canteen. The buffet area is huge and there is a separate dessert area and at night along with that there is sushi in that area and a chocolate fountain.

Service....

Excellent. Front of house is run by English women in long Chinese dresses. Thigh cut outfits and they wear these in the day which is a bit extreme (or maybe I'm a little bit of a prude!). The waiters/waitresses and chefs are all Chinese wearing black trousers and white shirts and are very clean looking indeed. Tables are quickly cleared the the only fault I can give is trying to get their attention to get a drink takes ages cos they're so busy and the wait can be a while.

The Atmosphere....

Can be very lively particularly in the daytime cos the menu is a cheaper one. You get alot of families in and weekend days are full of parties of birthdays so it can be very hectic, but always friendly and full of comradory.

The Food...

Fabulous and varied. The buffet area is very big and is in a u shape. The menu is different in the day to the night (hence the price). Always well stocked and refilled nothing 'sells out' so you don't feel the need to rush and be a gutsy pig.

Day-times and night-times there's a great selection of appetizers, starters, main meals, rices, noodles, and salads. Daytime the foods are a little bit 'cheaper' such as onion rings, battered mushrooms, seeweed, yuk sung, Spare ribs, won tons, chicken and sweetcorn soup (2 or 3 soups), chicken pancake rolls, chicken curry, chicken with mushrooms, sweet and sour chicken, beef in black bean sauce etc but still very varied but missing fish dishes but lots too choose from (I've only mentioned a few dishes and these do change) ad there's plenty of veggie options which are clearly marked out.

Night-time well I've never seen anything like it! It's the bomb!

There is the same amount of dishes but cos your paying more the food is made of pricier ingredients! There is a whole tray of fresh salmon, steak, sushi, king prawns, calamari lemon chicken, etc Also the hot plate is only open at night and there is a section to pick your own bits and bobs into a bowl and the chef cooks them in front of you which is just lovely. You have a selection of meat, fish, vegetables, noodles and sauces to choose from and he heats them up in seconds (again you can do this as often as you wish and you choose how much or as little you want to eat). A selection of sauces are always available to go with your meal and the night time deserts are alot nicer and more interesting than the day (ice cream in the main in the day lol), and at night lots of sweets and quality street sweets are about along with gorgeous tiramisu and chocolate fudge cake and the likes, you just have to remember to save room as there's loads it's like a grotto!.

The food is all delicious and always hot and fresh and there are about 100 dishes to choose from so you don't get bored. I've never eaten something I don't like there its all so well cooked and meat is always tender. They do the best fish dishes I've ever eaten! There are a few vegetarian dishes available that anyone can help themselves to and most of the rices and noodles don't contain meat. The noodles here are simply the best!!

This is not canteen style food, regardless of it's premise. You are not rushed around the buffet and out of the door. You are free to take your time and enjoy your stay here. You can have as much or as little as you like and no one looks down on you cos you visit the buffet boat (the buffet is encased into like a boat) 200 times if you so desire and you see people making alot of trips and you do wonder how people stuff it all in!

The Drinks....

A little more pricey than in a pub, this is where they make there money. For 3 cokes in here it sets me back about £9.00 and a pint is £3.60. Bottles of wine are available as are champagne and the bar seems stocked with lots of bottled beers and spirits but no alcopops live here! All drink are on the menu along with Chinese tea and coffee etc. Wing Wah's website mentions cocktails but I've never seen anyone drinking one and I haven't seen them on the menu.

The facilities....

There is male, female, and a disabled toilet here just off the main restaurant room. White fresh and exceptionally clean and fragrant and music is softly played into them.

There is a function room and it's a large room that is soundproofed and is also just off the main restaurant room. Here you can book it for works do's etc and then everyone pays for their meal at the going prices. Tables can be laid out, with waiter service just as the main room and you come out and get their food along with anyone else (queues included). They can set up plasma screen, karaoke etc. I personally haven't been to a do in here but it looks great and I've seen many fancy dress do's here and a wedding party! Looks fantastic!

Children are very welcome here and if you have a baby and want to give it a bottle etc they are more than happy to accommodate you and if you need anything and can supply high chairs etc. On the menu (night and day) if your children are not daring there are chips on the menu and fried chicken wings and chicken nuggets (sauce provided for us more daring customers, which is optional!) So there is food to keep the kids happy as well!

Special Events....

For Valentines day, Mothers Day, Fathers Day etc booking is really advisable. Special menus are occasionally laid on and prices can and do change for this cos of the demand.

If you are going for a birthday and you let them know in advance they will put on this horrible smurf music and the waiters come over (even if you haven't finished eating!), singing happy birthday at you, the whole restaurant watch and sing while the waiter tries to take a photo and they give you either a melon full of fruit and ice-cream (£5.00 including photograph and embarrassment) or a frozen swan with a candle, fruit and ice cream in it (£7.00 including photograph and embarrassment). I report this cos my parents did it to me with a deformed looking ice swan! I'm still working out if I can ever forgive them! Do remember though you have to book this as far as I'm aware and I think you can order a birthday cake with them well in advance as well. Do be aware though its so embarrassing! Oh and you get the photograph they took of you with the price someone paid to get the fruit thing on the way out of the door which they place in a cardboard frame advertising the restaurant (I loved my photo!).

Overall....

A really fantastic restaurant with nothing at all to complain about apart from so many birthdays in one place at one time and the same happy birthday song running in your head for the duration of your visit! Can be annoying but you kind of get used to it! If you want to avoid this it tends to be quieter at night but still busy but mainly couple orientated. Your left to your own devices and can chill in a nice clean environment. I adore the place and now I really want to go back again!!

Highly recommended this one and I've never heard a bad thing about this restaurant. It's very well thought of in Coventry and I shall continue to regularly visit! Day-times are incredible value for money whilst the evening is a bit more expensive but still cos of the dishes is still excellent value, do go! Oh and I must add really easy to manage here is a wheelchair as well with big doors and the aisles are big.

Opening times and prices....

Prices....

Lunch - Sundays To Thursdays
Adult - £5.90 1.4m in height or below - £3.90

Lunch - Fridays and Saturdays
Adult - £5.90 1.4m in height or below - £3.90

Evenings - Sundays To Thursdays
Adult - £11.90 1.4m in height or below - £9.90

Evening Fridays And Saturdays
Adult - £13.90 1.4 in height or below £9.90

Opening Times....

Monday To Saturday
Lunchtime 12pm-3pm
Evening 6pm-11.30pm

Sunday
Lunchtime 12pm-5pm
Evening 6pm-10pm

TAKE-AWAY ALSO AVAILABLE!

For lunch and night buffet (Takeaway), just fill a box provided (certain items not included) and prices for sit down meals and take-aways do vary from restaurant to restaurant. I'm not sure of the price for this as it depends whether it's lunch or dinner but it's around £5.25 in day I think but I've never done it.

Summary: A fantastic meal, day or night!