There are so many oriental restaurants in this area of the city, that it was hard to make a decision. Past experience tells us that those eat-all-you-can-for-£6 (or whatever) don't really benefit vegetarians as there's not as much choice for us and it can be hard to tell what actually IS vegetarian, so we're effectively subsidising the meat-eaters.
Decided on the Pacific in the end, because of the Thai food, but we didn't see the Thai section (it's upstairs) until after sitting down and ordering, so had to settle for Chinese after all, but this turned out to be not in the slightest disappointing.
The place was very busy for a weeknight, with a good mix of clientele, including families. There was a good choice of vegetarian dishes available, and we chose tofu with sweet and sour sauce, stir-fried vegetables, fried rice, deepfried noodles and another vegetables dish with aubergine in it which was quite hot and spicy. Everything was really well presented, and the portions quite large: five dishes were more than enough for the two of us. It tasted good too, though I always feel that Chinese tofu tastes a bit like eating bits of bath sponge. We also tried some Japanese wine, served warm, which looked like water but tasted like strong sherry and was served in egg-cups - one was enough for me! We spent under £30 for two.
I would recommend this place for vegetarians and would go again if visiting the area.
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