Wokmania, Cheapside, Derby

Its spacious and relaxing, food available in abundance. The atmosphere was great when visited the place for the first time on the evening of Friday, 23rd January 2009. The staff were a bit slow at serving us, though one member of staff in particular worked tirelessly, but was disappointed by some other staff. When we went to pay our bills one member of staff forgot to give us a receipt and when we demanded it, he seemed quite rude and said he couldn't print it. his colleague printed it and all was sorted.

I would visit the place again but I would urge the management to motivate staff

I have eaten here 4 times previously, it was absolutely stunning the first 2 but the last 3 including tonight have gradually got worse, I personally feel they are cutting costs and it is very noticeable.

Some dishes (one the vegetarian one my vege mate had looked forward to-pumpkin curry) on the hot buffet were left empty throughout our meal, and when asked if they were to be replaced the staff said they had asked but it had not arrived. The blue lighting on 4 of the eight trees seemed not to be working, the singapore noodles were so dry they cracked in my mouth and the sweet buffet was practically empty compared to previous visits, with the ice cream machine out of order, as was 1 chocolate fountain and most of the plated sweets appeared to be cheap chocolate and jam sponge roll slices. Possibly all this is indicative of the fact they were offering 25% off the evening buffet price this month 12.90? I'd have rather paid the full rate or done lunch instead 8.90 had I known, I took 3 friends to experience Wokmania for the first time, on my recommendation and I was mortified at the slip in standards I feel I experienced.

My friend and I go often to Wokmania and find it excellent value for money, we sit in a quiet spot with our food and bottle of wine enjoying the food and surroundings, I live in West Hallam my friend Mansfield, well worth a visit. We found the staff friendly and the manager very pleasant, we certianly will be going again soon.

I would say the good points about Wokmania, Derby are that it has a good selection of food. Price all inclusive. Good reductions for over 60's !! Nice atmosphere. Good value for money.

You have to remember this is an all-you-can-eat, its not some fancy restaurant but for the price the food is generally very good, its got a great atmosphere and theres a good selection. Overall, excellent value for money, decent food, nice atmosphere.

Wokmania, Cheapside was an incredibly disappointing evening for us. Who would have thought that such reputable chain of restaurants would deliver such a dismal service on this occasion. Not visiting again, actively discouraging others. Our bad points were - 1) WORST QUALITY FOOD EVER SERVED IN ANY BUFFET RESTAURANT. Chewy prawn crackers and spring rolls, main dishes either bland or over seasoned, cold, soggy, dripping in oil... sauces congealed, noodles raw, desserts sloppy, I can only describe the fruit as in later stages of life, wonderful chocolate fountains with nothing but jelly babys to coat in chocolate.

2) Cutlery provided for self service hotter than the food, after being under buffet cart lights, which is a safety hazard.

3) Limited choice of drinks (they had run out of coca cola, lemonade and pineapple juice on our visit- so we opted for water which I felt had a strong sense of chlorine).

4) Staff I dealt with had a very interesting attitude to say the least.

5) Crockery either unreplenished, dirty or still wet from the quick rinse.

6) Cutlery that I picked up was filthy.

7) Kitchen visible from the buffet, not a problem in itself however it was in such a state to what I am used to.

8) Whilst we were there we only witnessed two dishes being replaced - fried rice (terrible) and gelatin sweets.

9) All the salad I selected I found to be soggy, unappealing, dressings by ASDA in original packaging (note: we actually quite like ASDA, but we would have visited ASDA had we wanted to consume ASDA goods).

10) Table had been furnished with a tea light at some point in the past however all we found was its metal casing as it must of brunt out and was not replaced.

11) Overall, I would say from my experience it was overpriced, especially considering points 1-10 I gave it.

Disastrous evening out at Wokmania for my daughters birthday. The food was mediocre and appeared overcooked. The only good bit was the free drinks.

Fun atmosphere; mainly for large parties of friends and families to enjoy. There isn't anybody that's gone with us before that have liked the 'Pizza Hut' desserts that are on offer either! Not a place for a romantic first date, more for a 'we've been dating for a while' place.

I thought the food at Wokmania was bad. Warm but not hot. Dried out not much choice. We went to the evening buffet advertised 120 dishes don't think so. Not a king prawn in sight absolutely terrible. The afters were awful again dried out. I think everything was left over from lunch. They had a chocolate fountain that appeared to have nothing to dip in it.

Overall opinion will not be going again. We have been to quite a few chinese buffets and this was the worst one. It cost 12 pound 90 for the evening meal we got better meal for five pound at another chinese buffet in nottingham.

Great place food spot on the building fantastic me and my college buds will be back again. The food was amasing coplete turn around from the last time me and my friends went. Staff were very polite and of great help when chosing our drinks.