My sister and fiance live in Switzerland and the three of us are vegan and last time they were home decided to celebrate with a meal at the laughing buddha with all the family. (A table for five). The service was slow and delivered one starter then a thirty five minute wait for the other starters. This was followed by a fourty five minute wait to our main course in which our bowls of rice were platted in originally warm bowls but ten minutes later half of us were still awaiting our main dishes. A ten percent service charge was applied to tables of five or more we did not pay this due to the bad service. However, we did leave a tip of £3:50 which on reflection was not deserved. The owner took this as a insult and followed us to the door shouting at us in front of all the other guests as we were leaving and insisted we took it back. We did try to explain our reasons but staff either unable to speak English or trying to look busy without actually accomplishing anything. Shame as a party of us from work were going to book in for the following week but have now suggested to everyone i know not to eat here. I wouldn't eat here again /. what a shame

Lester

Hugely disappointing. Read good reviews and went for dinner with my wife. Functional decor, slow service, wrong orders and poor quality, overpriced, production line food. Won't be back.

Lb Fan

The best chinese food I have ever eaten bar none - its prices are slightly higher than your typical chinese, but that reflects the portions and sheer quality of each dish. Add to that the luxurious decor and cosy lighting which is all to often missing from chinese restaurants, plus great service - I cannot recommend this place enough!

Lipsticklady27

Very disappointed. Used to be a very nice restaurant but seems to have gone downhill since the new management have taken over. Don't bother trying to call them to book a table of order a take away...no one answers the telephone! Trust me....i left it on re-dial for 90mins! We eventually popped in (it was our favourite place to eat in didsbury so gave it the benefit of the doubt), told the manager but he seemed uninterested. The food came barely warm and needless to say we wont be eating there again.

Kate

After reading positive reviews on this site, we were extremely disappointed by our first experience of Laughing Buddah last night. The starter, hot and sour soup (£5), was far too thick with the consistency of sweet and sour sauce. It contained shrimp, rather than king prawns as described on the menu. My main course, Kung Po, was mediocre, as one might expect from any Chinese take away. My partner ordered a curry dish, which was also disappointing. Although the portion sizes were generous, this restaurant is very overpriced in light of the substandard quality of the food! The menu was confusing with far too much on offer, Gordon Ramsey would not be happy! Spend your money elsewhere, like Fuzion in Fallowfield - great and original food!

Laughing Buddha

Nice little restaurant in Didsbury, I have been a few times with my girlfriend and a group of friends and love the atmosphere esp on friday/saturday night. Would highly recommend to book as it gets full very early. Price was a bit pricey but the food was excellent and generous portions. Great wine menu, and the staff are really nice to talk to.

Peter

Went last weekend again to here. As usual, great food and service. We had booked and thank goodness we had as the place was full by 1900hrs and as far as I could see was goin to be all night! My female friend , who is a big fan of this establishment was also impresses as usual.

Peter CO

Third time we have dined here and again not disappointed at all. Food tasted great and the service was great too. Suggest people look at the offer to eat early on stated evenings as it works out very inexpensive for a great meal.

Tony S

We went to the Laughing Buddha for a meal after reading the good reviews. I certainly wasn't disappointed. The restaurant was a little quiet midweek which is a shame because this place ought to be full every night. This is simply great food. We had the buffet meal for two. it was all delicious. I have never had prawn toast this good, the main dishes were exceptionally good but by the time these were served we already content. We will be going here again for sure.

zoe

I go here all the time and they always make you feel special excellent service, friendly banter and amazing food what more could you want

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