Cathay Rendezvous Mǎn Tíng Huān Bristol Centre

Service was a bit sporadic. Food nothing to write home about and had trouble getting the bill. Also no WiFi which should be standard for a restaurant.

Very welcoming and friendly staff, seats outside and in, across several rooms and levels creating a nice ambience. Simple and well laid out menu with good choices for vegetarians and carnivores alike. The set menu for 1 was great value (overnight biz stop) Everything was fresh and hot, served with a smile. Very Very busy beer bar scene nearby, great location.

The standards have dropped over the last year, staff were pleasant but the food disappointing. I feel for businesses at this difficult time but I won't go again in a hurry.

Hospitality businesses have had it tough over the past few years, but even making allowances for that, there’s no excuse for probably the worst meal I’ve had for a very long time. I should have paid attention to other recent reviews. It takes a particular skill (and not a good one) to be able to serve up a meal so completely lacking in flavour and taste. First up, the restaurant lacks any atmosphere. Granted it was early evening but we were put in an empty room so cold we had to keep our coats on. A couple of small heaters had no impact at all. On the positive side, service was attentive. The mixed starter plate was the usual mixed starter in a Chinese restaurant. Not home made, all bought in, we’ve had it numerous times. The chicken satay was a particular low point but fairly typical of all the meat dishes, a rare combination of tough but watery. As for the sauces, absolutely a million miles away from even moderate flavour to coat the meats. And sesame toast and spring roll – how can you cook the flavour out of that? Crispy aromatic duck with pancakes – the pancakes were the only things as expected. A bit of a high point, almost. There was no crispy and no aromatic, the duck was bordering on tepid and again no flavour. We had a polite word with our server who said he would speak to the kitchen to see what could be done. Given they were unlikely to be preparing fresh for us, I doubted we’d get anything. Three dishes came out flavourless and barely warm. A chicken dish came out with the server proclaiming the hope that this dish would be different. Indeed it was. It was hot, for a start. Then we found out why, it seemed like in order to get some flavour into the dish, it had been given a quick go in a wok and doused in soy sauce. So, it did have flavour, just not the flavour of the dish. Given it was so cold in there we couldn’t really even laugh the experience off as ‘one of those things’. I can’t recommend this restaurant to my worst enemy.

Cathayz rendezvous is the best chinese in Bristol i have been across then all and the standards here remain the best , the w Quality and quantity of food is great ! Service is always attentive and the value is great for what you get ! There was 5 of us and we really got some tasty bits in! The prawn toast from here is always the best really thick juicy layer of prawn ! Delish ! The satay chicken was a real winner too with a thick satay sauce ! The pork chop in honey pepper was as always fantastic! The seafood medley hot dish again a real winner! 5 happy diners looking forward to another visit!