Dragon Pearl - Mendip

The staff and waitress were polite and welcoming. Waitress was very helpful explaining the menu. Our meal and dessert were delicious. The only problem we had was not being able to tip the waitress. Apparently all tips go to the chef. Which I thought was a scandal.

Situated in the town centre opposite St John's Church with plenty of parking nearby , we revisted this restaurant after.a gap of a few years. Still the same family running it. We had an excellent evening given a menu where you can build your own choice of meat or veg, sauce and rice noodles. Staff were most helpful and food prepared to the highest standard. Excellent dessert. Could not fault it in any way.

Upon sitting down the menu at the table was confusing to follow and the prices were far more than online. We ordered 2 starts and 3 mains to share between myself and my girlfriend. This, on the app was £36.80. When the bill came to the table after some tasty food, the bill ran to £69.30. This was shocking to us as the bill was double the amount expected. We tried to discuss this with the owner. She was rude and did not listen to our complaints and would not budge on our bill. We expected it to be a bit more as we are in but more inline with other restaurants. (Typically a 15% increase not 100% . We do like this establishments food and the takeaway prices is good, however we will never return to eat in store as it’s not worth double the price! Save your money and takeaway if you come here at all!

The wait staff were young; a lad was vaguely enthusiastic -the rest looked as if they didn 't want to be spending their Friday evening there. I ordered a Build Your Own: chicken, sweet and sour sauce, egg fried rice. It all had very little taste -and what taste it did have was a little unpleasant. The coffee was great -what there was of it -being served in quite a small cup. I asked for a Coke, and was open to being given a Pepsi. I was asked Large or small? I replied Small. I made the correct choice. It seemingly wasn 't even a cheap cola. It tasted dreadful. Some other guests arrived during the course of our meal , and were seated right next to us -even though the restaurant was otherwise completely empty. The lady who took our payment was the only other member of staff to raise something of a smile. My wife said her noodles were ok.

Wagon wheel effect in action. The two starters that I normally have were smaller than many previous visits. Same price.