Went here for Early Bird - €17.50 for 2 courses + tea/coffee. Quite cold in the restaurant. Staff not particularly friendly. Starter of minced pork dumpling very tasty but main of sweet & sour chicken quite bland - needed crispy veg such as onion/peppers/mushrooms or some pineapple perhaps - something to liven it up. Felt I could have had nicer sauce at home out of a jar. 1st time dining here and wouldn't rush back. Pity as nice layout but staff need to improve their customer skills & chef needs to add a little zest to the dishes.

Have just returned from a lovely meal in the Chrysanthemum. The restaurant, which is in the grounds of the Orchard Inn on Butterfield Avenue, opens at 6 p.m. which was very handy as we went there straight from work. There's plenty of parking in the grounds and the area is well lit. They do a very good early bird of 3 courses for €17.50 per person. There was no atmosphere in the restaurant, but you wouldn't expect one at 6 p.m. in the evening. What I would expect though is a restaurant to be warm - the Chrysanthemum was absolutely freezing. A dish of prawn crackers were brought to our table along with glasses of fresh water which were topped up by the waiter for the duration of our meal. The menu wasn't extensive but the choices on it were good. I had soup to start (which warmed my frozen bones up for me) followed by House Special Chow Mein. My dining companion had Spare Ribs to start followed by Prawns with Ginger. We both finished off with coffee - no drinks this time as we were in the car. We both agreed the meals were excellent - had we been at home we'd have licked the plates clean. The service was prompt and our waiter was very pleasant. There were quite a few tables occupied when we were leaving so this is a popular place by all accounts. Will pay a return visit at some time but do hope they have the restaurant warmed up by then.

Went here last night for dinner have to say the food was excellant as was the service , it was our first time at this resturant and im sure we will be back again there was a good few tables dining in the resturant so for a bank holiday monday evening it was good to see. The waiting staff were very attentive and even kept an eye on our water glasses and topped them up whenever they got low which is always a plus for me the food was reasonably priced too for starters mains an extra side and a bottle of wine all for only €69 great value and wonderful experience keep up the good work we will be back