Ruby Cantonese

i’m 6ft 5 so i couldnt fit through the door, as any of you that have been to the restaurant will know the door only caters for people that are only under 5ft in height. So that wasnt a very good start for me. i left and decided to call for a delivery. i ordered quite afew different things to try. the prawn curry i ordered was bathing in oil. the sweet and sour chicken is delicious but i think the delivery man must have started eating my fried rice as half of it was missing. and it arrived stone cold, so he must have stopped off somewhere to sample my food.
i say if you want the best chinese in lichfield go to lichfield house. They dont have a restaurant but you can collect your food or have it delivered.

A classic in Lichfield — and has always been perceived as being the best Chinese/​Cantonese restaurant in the area.
Recently enjoyed a pre-​Christmas meal with friends at the Ruby, and while we had to wait a while for food, we definitely enjoyed the meal when it did arrive.
In fairness the Ruby is a victim of its own popularity in some senses. Midweek it tends to be busy, but weekends are something else. Don’t expect to get a table on Fri/​Sat nights unless you book in advance.
The Sunday buffet (both lunch and evening dinner) is great value for money, and as you’d expect from Ruby the food is superb.
Drink prices are reasonable.

The Ruby is somewhere that has got to be tried, it looks like a house from the outside and is not very big inside but makes up for this with the food. The quality and choice is second to none and the staff are very helpful. It does feel a bit cramped inside so to me its not somewhere I would stay all night. The prices can be a bit expensive but in this case, you pay what you get for. They have set meals available which allows you to sample different courses again which can be expensive, they also serve alcohol which is great for a restaurant as some in the area do not. There is plenty of public parking near to the restaurant.

Great reputation, good food. The Ruby doesn’t look like anything flash — just a front-​door really. And it’s no tardis inside. It’s a small restaurant, full of nooks, crannies and waiters.
Decent selection of food though. The tables are a little too close together for my liking though (mind you, if they spread them out they’d only fit 8 diners in there).