Urban Jade - Eastbourne

Good but nothing special and quite pricey I thought, basic chinese but nice enough for a midweek takeaway

What an excellent takeaway. Everything cooked to perfection. I first rate my Chinese by the greasiness of the prawn crackers, these were perfect, good flavour without the grease. Our meal was for five so we had a mixture of chicken, prawns, beef and mixed veg plus rice and noodles. We often have a Chinese takeaway and from all the places in Eastbourne that we use this has been the best.

Ordered a takeaway today(12/03/2023) for several items. We ordered tofu curry, veg, duck fried rice, veg fried rice , sea weed, sweet corn soup. Even though the quality of items seemed okay all the items ordered were tasting salty. Because of the saltiness we couldn’t enjoy the food at all. Sorry to say but it’s extremely disappointing to say that none of the dishes had a normal taste so that we could have said atleast one item was okay.

Urban Jade Oriental is our reliable local Chinese Takeout. They also do Thai food. When we get home late and don’t feel like coking we love that they stay open until 10pm (closed on Tuesdays). Favourite dishes include Crispy seaweed, Sesame prawn on toast, Crispy Aromatic Duck with pancakes, cucumber, onions hoi sin sauce, Hong Kong style sweet and sour, and all the yellow bean sauce dishes. Its not fancy, but the food is good, and if you call n to order as a takeaway , rather than rely on delivery services (Ubereats Just eat etc) your order is prepared really quickly and you get it piping hot.

A very mixed experience for our first Chinese takeaway in the lovely town of Eastbourne. My kung po chicken, while lacking in subtlety and finesse, was a hearty plateful of satisfying takeaway grub. My wife’s special fried rice, however, was anything but special — somewhat dry and lacking in the tasty morsels one would expect to find in this classic dish. We will try Urban Jade again, once we’ve sampled a few rival Chinese takeaways.