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Chinese Restaurant Services Edinburgh
Chinese restaurant services Edinburgh uses from one kitchen: dine in, takeaway, delivery, catering and private hire at 45 South Bridge. Call 0131 563 9054.
WHAT WE DO
What Jimmy's Express Does
Chinese restaurant services Edinburgh can use in one afternoon: eat in, take away, or have it brought to the door. We also cater, host private dinners and hold tables for groups. All of it comes from the same kitchen at 45 South Bridge.
Family-run
Behind the counter since day one
Cooked to order
Nothing sits under a lamp
South Bridge
Six minutes from Waverley
Open daily
Noon until half nine
The Chinese restaurant services Edinburgh uses most
Most days start with lunch. The dining room opens at noon and the first tables are usually people who work within a few streets: a bowl of won ton noodle soup, a plate of char siu and rice, and back out inside forty minutes.
Then there is collection. Ring, order on HungryPanda, or stand at the counter. The whole menu travels, and the roast meats and rice dishes travel best of all.
Evenings split three ways. People book through RESV for a table, they order delivery through Uber Eats or Deliveroo, or they ring us about something larger, a birthday, an office leaving do, a function that needs feeding. That last one is where catering and private hire come in, and it starts with a phone call rather than a form.
Catering, private dining and larger tables
Office lunches are the part of our Chinese restaurant services Edinburgh companies use most. Trays of fried rice, noodles, salt and pepper chicken and a vegetable dish or two will feed a meeting without anyone having to choose from a menu in advance.
For something more deliberate, we cook for birthdays, family gatherings and work dinners. Whole ducks, a sea bass, dry pots and a spread of starters to put in the middle. We will talk through numbers, timing and what travels well, and we will tell you if something will not work.
Private hire and large tables are booked by phone on 0131 563 9054. Online bookings stop at eight people. Above that, the room and the order need arranging by a person, and we would rather do that properly than have you fill in a form and hope.
Choosing the right option for your evening
If you want the duck at its best, eat in. Crispy duck is assembled at the table and it is a different dish when someone has walked it across town. If you want it quick, collect it. If you want to stay in, use the apps.
If there are more than eight of you, book by phone even if you are eating in. Large tables change the shape of a service and we plan for them. If the gathering is at someone else's place or in an office, ask about catering.
If none of those fit, ring us anyway. The odds are we can do something, and if we cannot we will say so rather than take a booking we cannot keep. Chinese restaurant services Edinburgh businesses rely on tend to be the ones that answer the phone.
Gift vouchers, and other quiet favours
A voucher is what people ask for when they do not know what to buy. We do them at the counter and over the phone, and the person on the other end can spend theirs on whatever they like from the menu, from a bowl of soup to a whole duck.
For a first-timer, mention the duck. It is the dish that explains the restaurant in one go: pancakes, cucumber, leeks, hoisin, and a bird carved with the skin on. It is also what people talk about when they come back.
There is no online checkout for vouchers, which suits us and, we suspect, most people. They make a decent present for a neighbour, a teacher, or somebody who has been meaning to come in for a year. Ask when you next collect an order or ring 0131 563 9054.
Arranging the thing with a date on it
Chinese restaurant services Edinburgh can arrange by phone include the ones with a date attached: catering, private hire, tables above eight and anything involving a set order. The number is 0131 563 9054 and somebody answers it during opening hours.
Email works too, on jimmyexpress888@gmail.com, and we aim to reply within 48 hours. If it is urgent, the phone is always faster than a form. Email is for things with a bit of runway.
Tell us the date, the number of people, the budget if there is one, and whether anyone cannot eat something. Everything else we can work out from there, including whether the room will take you. We will tell you honestly if the date is already impossible.
Common questions
Questions we get asked
Can I book a table for a large group online?
No. Online booking through RESV takes up to eight people. Anything above that goes through the phone on 0131 563 9054, because a large table needs planning and a real conversation about timing, numbers and what you would like to eat.
Do you cater for offices?
Yes, and it is a steady part of what we do. Trays of rice, noodles, chicken and vegetables are the usual order. Ring or email jimmyexpress888@gmail.com with the date, the number of people and a rough budget, and we will come back with something sensible.
Can you do a set menu for a party?
We will build one with you rather than hand you a list. Tell us the number of people and anything the group will not eat, and we will put together a spread that works for the table. It is easier over the phone than by email.
Is there a service charge?
No. The price you see on the menu is the price, and it includes VAT. Delivery apps add their own fees at checkout, and those are set by the app rather than by us. Payment is by cash or card, including the usual phone payments.
One kitchen, several ways to use it
Eat in, collect, take delivery, or ask us about catering and larger parties. Everything starts at 45 South Bridge, noon until half nine, seven days a week.
How to use us
Eight ways to eat at Jimmy's Express
One kitchen on South Bridge, eight ways in. Eat in the room, collect at the counter, have it delivered, or let us cater the thing you are organising. Every route starts with the same wok line.
Dine-In
The dining room on South Bridge, open noon until half nine, seven days a week.
Dine-in details
Takeaway
Ring ahead, order on HungryPanda or stand at the counter. The whole menu travels.
Order takeaway
Catering
Trays of rice, noodles and roast meats for offices, parties and everything between.
Private Events
The room for birthdays, work dinners and families who want the table for the evening.
Private dining
Group Bookings
Nine or more? Ring 0131 563 9054 and we will plan the table and the order with you.
Group bookings
Gift Vouchers
Done at the counter or over the phone. No online checkout, which suits most people.
Buy a voucher
Book a Table
Online bookings up to eight people, confirmed by email. Walk-ins always welcome.
Reserve online