Reviews - The Old House
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Jean M. • 14 reviews
May 28, 2025
10/10For sure the best Chinese food restaurant /by far in Lisbon. Exceptional service, great food, varied menus, lovely location. Perfect anything.
Despina C. • 2 reviews
May 17, 2025
10/10Nice food , very good service
Jayne T. • 7 reviews
May 13, 2025
6.5/10Average food for the price point.
jose j. • 19 reviews
May 13, 2025
5/10One and a half hour waiting for the food?
Marcelo S. • 11 reviews
May 11, 2025
10/10In the reservation I requested a table with view or in a quiet location. They confirmed upon arrival that that was our request and they seated us on the second floor in a booth next to the window. The food was excellent and the service too. We will be coming back.
Peter L. • 2 reviews
April 26, 2025
8/10We went there for lunch on a quiet day. The view was over the river bank, but we had to ask for a change of seating for it. The food is good, but not great (compared to restaurants in San Francisco or Los Angeles), i.e. we had better Szechuan food outside of China elsewhere, but this may be excellent by Portugal standards. We didn't select too many dishes (for lunch), may be other dinner dishes would be better. Worth a visit if you are in need for authentic Chinese food.
Stephanie S. • 45 reviews
May 1, 2025
9.5/10Fabulous Chinese restaurant in a nice setting!
Paris H. • 9 reviews
April 23, 2025
10/10Great Service and tasty food! Will be back to try more dishes.
Karishma M. • 5 reviews
April 15, 2025
10/10A good chinese restaurant very well located by parque das nações. Has a typical chinese decor and plates & staff is very friendly. Went for a birthday and they were very kind to attend a last minute request (a small desert as a birthday cake).
George D. • 1 review
April 22, 2025
8.5/10The staff was very friendly and the food was excellent
jorge p. • 1 review
April 19, 2025
10/10Food, atmosphere and service at very good standard,
MIKU O. • 1 review
April 19, 2025
9/10
+1If we could pay by card it would be great but the food was all good!
Betty M. • 1 review
April 4, 2025
10/10Amazing…. The food is delicious, service 5 stars and the venue beautiful. Never disappointed….
KORHAN A. • 3 reviews
April 4, 2025
9.5/10The attendant waiters and great choices of dishes along with a special/private table of four made our dinner very memorable.
The Old House • Owner
Thank you for your nice review.
Tanya B. • 1 review
January 31, 2025
9/10Pretty authentic Chinese food (we lived in HK for 20 years) with a great level of spice :D
Catarina M. • 2 reviews
March 15, 2025
6/10Way to expensive for the food they serve.
The Old House • Owner
Sentimos que o nosso preço acompanha a qualidade dos ingredientes e a confecção dos pratos apresentados. No entanto agradecemos a sua opinião que será tida em conta.
Tunch Y. • 16 reviews
March 4, 2025
7/10Not the old “Old House” anymore. Slight improvement over recent times where it was quite mediocre but the food is still oily, dried out, not fresh etc. Even the rice was average… Overall I would say the food is slightly better than your neighborhood Chinese but not by much. You can see the drop in quality from the menu itself: what used to be an expensive booklet is now cheap plastified pages… Service was better than the food and the decoration is still nice.
The Old House • Owner
We are constantly working to adapt and improve our customers' experience, all opinions are important for this to happen. We hope that on your next visit you will feel the results of our work. see you soon
Lilly K. • 1 review
March 5, 2025
9/10Simple reservation through google, friendly service and authentic Chinese food.
The Old House • Owner
Thank you for your nice review.
Pedro Miguel D. • 28 reviews
March 2, 2025
7.5/10We went with high expectations but unfortunately they weren't met. Food was ok, but not WOW. Taking into account we had better Chinese for 1/4 of the price. We won't be coming back.
The Old House • Owner
We are sorry you did not enjoy your experience.
Celina D. • 2 reviews
March 1, 2025
9/10For groups it is very nice
The Old House • Owner
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Maxim G. • 7 reviews
February 28, 2025
9.5/10Really authentic place, tasty food, lovely atmosphere. We’ll come back for sure.
The Old House • Owner
Thank you for your nice review
Alexandra S. • 5 reviews
February 27, 2025
8/10Everything I had is really good
The Old House • Owner
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Mayur D. • 34 reviews
February 23, 2025
10/10Excellent Peking Duck.
The Old House • Owner
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Karin v. • 7 reviews
February 12, 2025
8/10
The service is as usual friendly. the food is very tasty but the speed of operation was much too fast was only halfway my first dish when the second one already came on the table
The Old House • Owner
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ana s. • 1 review
January 30, 2025
8/10everything good
The Old House • Owner
thank you for your review
Andreea R. • 1 review
January 28, 2025
10/10
good 👍
The Old House • Owner
muito obrigado pela sua avaliação
Scott D. • 5 reviews
January 11, 2025
6.5/10We ordered 2 starters and 2 main dishes along with drinks. While we were still eating the starters, both mains arrived on our table. So within 15 minutes of sitting, we had all our food. It's an upscale Chinese restaurant, so we expected a leisurely service. I don't have to tell you that a nice restaurant should never serve the main course before the starters are finished and cleared. The food was excellent so we were satisfied with our meal. However when it came time to pay the bill, the waiter told us the credit card machine was not available (broken?). We were not warned when reserving or upon arrival, but I don't believe that an expensive restaurant is not able to take cards. For these reasons I decided to write a review to share our experience and say that we are unlikely to return.
The Old House • Owner
We regret that your experience fell short of expectations, we work every day to improve our service. Our restaurant accepts cards, if we weren't accepting them it was because there were either problems with the machine or more likely problems with the ATM network since we have several machines and if one breaks down we can use another.
Ana A. • 10 reviews
December 29, 2024
10/10
it's just amazing! The food, the service, everything
The Old House • Owner
thank you for your nice review
Jean M. • 14 reviews
December 29, 2024
10/10For authentic Chinese food in an absolutely gorgeous setting try The Old House. It’s worth a trip out to Parque das Nações
The Old House • Owner
Thank you for your nice review
Niall O. • 6 reviews
December 20, 2024
7/10Impressive Resturant and attentive staff except they forgot a number of items we ordered and brought the rice with the starters. The starters were served quickly which was a little off putting but was fresh, the dumplings were lukewarm though. The main courses were large but still a little overpriced, have happily paid higher but for white glove service.
Vivian S. • 5 reviews
December 8, 2024
8.5/10We waited an hour for the food
The Old House • Owner
sorry for the delay. we work everyday to give the best experienc possivel to our clients.
Kislitsyna M. • 3 reviews
December 8, 2024
5/10The menu cut twice in variety and the quality of the food is not the same like before. We were customers all this years, but not coming back anymore. Pity.
The Old House • Owner
We're sorry you didn't enjoy your experience this time. win every day to provide our customers with the best experience possible.
Bev M. • 75 reviews
November 22, 2024
10/10Always a go to when in the area. Kind staff and yummy food! we missed the big menu books and look forward to seeing new items to try.
The Old House • Owner
thank you for your review
Nadine S. • 1 review
November 16, 2024
6/10
+1I was looking foward to try this restaurant for a while now, and i’m glad that i did, but just for the food. The food was delicious, good portions, and very quick to be delivered wich was surprising. Clean, cozy and charming ambiance. Asked for a few starters to try and an entree with rice, everything to share between 2. Everything had incredible flavor but the fried rice was kind of bland, wouldn’t order it again. Entrees prices averaging around 20-40€ but for me very much worth it. As of the service, didn’t like it at all, the first waitress (íris of isis) took the order without even looking at us, didn’t smile, i think she didn’t even speak, it was like a robot, even when she delivered the food…not good. The second waitress (francisca i think) was what it seemed to be mocking us for some reason, maybe because we were wearing trainers and she thought we didn’t have money? It was wierd. Over all i would definitely come back for the food, and i will come back for the duck!
Brenda R. • 25 reviews
November 6, 2024
8/10We have previously enjoyed dining at The Old House numerous times, all of which have been consistently outstanding. Until now. The food was excellent, yet the service was appalling. Our waiter asked my husband what spice level he would prefer for his curry, to which he responded, “three”. The waiter said that was too much and he would prefer to give him two stars. My husband knew he wanted a spicier dish, based on our previous experiences at this venue, yet he wanted to be respectful. When the meal arrived, the curry had zero spice and the waiter delivered two servings! We were so confused, and he angrily declared that my husband ordered two entrées, after he convinced him to not order three, which was definitely not the case. The entire evening was a disappointment thereafter and the waitstaff was disengaged. We will no longer recommend this former favorite and will sadly not return.
Carole D. • 17 reviews
November 10, 2024
7.5/10
We had a pleasant time but I feel it is a bit overrated. Food is good but it’s overpriced (we had a 50% discount so it was ok but I wouldn’t pay the full price for what it was). Service was ok but could be better, it took a long time before someone came to our table to order (hard to catch their attention to call them).
Nena F. • 6 reviews
November 9, 2024
10/10Great
The Old House • Owner
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Diogo L. • 3 reviews
November 2, 2024
8.5/10Worth it as it has more authentic Chinese food than most restaurants.
The Old House • Owner
Thank you for your nice review.
David J. • 9 reviews
November 1, 2024
6.5/10the food is very good but the service leaves a lot to be desired - the two of us ordered two main courses to share and a dish of fried rice - one of the dishes arrived at the table and then we had to wait 15 mins tor the other two dishes to arrive by which time the first dish was cold - they need more waiters particularly when the restaurant is full inside and outside .
The Old House • Owner
We work every day to improve our service and give our customers the best experience possible. We hope that on your next visit you will feel the results of our work.
rajiv s. • 45 reviews
October 31, 2024
10/10Fantastic food
The Old House • Owner
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