Lanterns - Menu

The food was excellent and the staff were extremely helpful in assisting us with selecting our meals for our party of 6 people.

The buffet menu offers great value at £22 per person. The atmosphere is lively, but can be noisy. There is a car park directly across from the restaurant, and it is an easy walk to the town center for bars and other amenities.

Most of the food was cold, the rice was undercooked and covered in grease. Some waitress kept giving me dirty looks and made me feel well insecure, the other waitress was really lovely though. Service wasn’t great, long wait for the food even though there was only a few people there and lots of staff. If you want a good Chinese in Ipswich go to mr wings, never had a bad experience there. View menu

this restaurant went out of the way to book a last minute of 6 on a Friday night. the waitresses were so beautiful, friendly, helpful and attentive. the restaurant and the facilities were clean. then there was food. we all had the buffet and every dish was amazing! and how nice to find a restaurant that she doesn't rush! we all hate to eat as if on a conveyor belt. we enjoy relaxed evenings when dinner as a family. thank you team lantern, you are fab x

This isthe second time we have eaten here, first was a birthday, second was on valentines day. Both times the place was very busy but this did not affect our dining experience. The wait for food was no different to any other restaurant where food is cooked fresh. The food itself is amazing and we both agree they are the best ribs we have had in any establishment (from Norwich and this includes the many slow cooked/smoked/rib specialists there). Would recommend this restaurant to anybody, not just the all you can fanatics. Decor is very pleasant, staff very friendly and approachable.

we went lantern's last night I was in the february and it was amazing! but last night was another experience the appetizers came it nicely presented and hot, but not really tasted of anything and after a long wait the escape came it was very badly not a cripple very fat, the gurke was dry and the earlylings had still attached the root. we then waited a long time for the main meal when they came, it was average the chow mine and the bun with cashew nuts saved the day, but the recovery was not great. the ladies were beautiful and made a great job! I don't know what has changed since februar, but improvement is necessary. View menu

Worst Restaurant I have ever been to went as a group of 5 for the all you could eat menu the first course was nice waited about 40 minutes after that took nearly 40 minutes for the second course which was a very small amount of duck and salad to go round 5 people then the third course took over an hour by the time it came out we had just under a hour to eat they put the air conditioning on so not only did the food go very cold so did we none of us really enjoyed the food after the first course I would have rather of stayed at home and ordered from our usual restaurant £120.00 worth of food. would not go back if they paid me

Upon our arrival, we had to wait a short while in an invisible line before being seated. Unfortunately, the menu was not explained to us, so we had to seek out a waitress to ask for clarification. Once we understood how it all worked, we were able to enjoy our buffet lunch. The variety of starters and mains offered were all delicious and catered to different tastes. Our family of five had a great time. It was also Mother's Day, and my mum was offered a complimentary glass of Prosseco, which she declined as she does not drink. It would have been nice if a non-alcoholic alternative was offered, but it was not a big deal. Overall, it was a wonderful dining experience.

I always used to love lanterns as they had great value for money and delicious food but the last two times I have ordered I have felt like I wasted my money. When I ordered the stir fry broccoli I got, no joke, 4 pieces of broccoli and the rest was barely cooked onion. Thought maybe it was an off day and ordered again today only to be baffled by what I was served. I ordered a chicken curry and received what appeared to be onions in water with curry sauce placed on top. Bit odd that a chicken curry only had five bits of chicken and the rest was again inedible onion. Not sure if they are under new management or trying to cut costs but this is ridiculous. I have requested a refund but no doubt... View menu