I love TPT! Yes, its sort of a dump, yes the staff don't really like anyone, yes, the toilets are tiny and have buckets collecting water from leaking pipes, but this place does the best cheap Cantonese in London. The beef brisket curry is probably one of the world's finest -- i have eaten this all over, and my friends from HK and I all agree that this is better than anywhere else we've ever tried it. Seriously, if you want a fantastic meal have a beef curry. The char kway tuey is good as well, and the beef fried rice can be fantastic. I think they excel in malay chinese dishes despite front of house being cantonese! read more

We have been here twice for our late night snacks! We love how delicious and authentic the good is here. Many Cantonese speakers go here so you know it's good! The food also comes out quick. My kids and I especially love their mango and sago deserts! read more

My new favourite spot in Chinatown. Amazing salt and chili tofu, spicy cucumber, ho fun, stuffed peppers and aubergines...I do believe I am drooling. The service here has been excellent every time I have been. Attentive, efficient, and helpful. They even came back to the table to double check if we wanted extra rice. Not a ton of ambiance to the place, but this is a typical Chinatown joint in that it is sit, order, eat, and leave. If you're in the area I would highly recommend popping by. They are open from 12pm-1am, so if you've a late night hankering for some Chinatown foodstuffs, they are your place! read more

Great place for some some lovely Chinese food. I don't really know how to classify it - it's a weird combination between a cafe and a restaurant but I do like it. Food is amazing and quite delicious with some minor things that need polishing. The staff can be a bit forgetful but I guess that's forgivable since I received so many apologies when they misplace my order. Anyway, good place to eat in Chinatown. read more

We were out late on our first night in London and as we were looking for food we wandered into Chinatown. We decided to have a bite here. We had dumplings, curry laksa, and glass noodles. The food was good and inexpensive. The crispy pork over rice looked delicious as well. I don't know how this compares to other restaurants nearby but it seemed to have a decent offering of Chinese/Singaporean food. read more

If you like authentic Hong Kong/Chinese food, you'll like this place. Located in Chinatown, this place is small and has the feel of a typical authentic chinese restaurant with cooking going on in the front near the window with a food elevator thing, and just a few tables on the main floor. (you may have to share a table, or wait, or be willing to eat upstairs). I sadly don't remember the menu but what we did order was delicious (see pics for details). We also had some beverages which were good (hot and cold milk tea). The price also is good. The waiter was nice also and spoke english for those that can't speak english. That was a nice change cause as every knows, usually asian restaurants don't give good service lol. Overall, I really liked this place and recommend it. If your in Chinatown, this is a good choice to grab a meal. read more

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It's almost midnight, I'm hungry, I'm jet-lagged and I'm wandering around Chinatown in London. I went here because it was jammed packed full of both round eyed and non round eyed customers. The first good sign is the staff immediately recognised that my family heritage is Cantonese and spoke to me in perfect Cantonese. By the way, just a general rule of thumb, when in a Cantonese restaurant, order Cantonese food. The other dishes on the menu are just there for show. I only speak enough Cantonese to order roast duck and roast pork over rice. About as Cantonese as you can get. Both were very good. Not as good as Chinatown in Amsterdam or San Francisco, but close enough. Prices are reasonable and being open late for the jet-lagged doesn't hurt either. I'll be back the next time I'm in London. Since I was by myself, I shared a table with a local Londoner. We chatted about the inevitable demise of the Euro and how the British were brilliant to to keep their Pounds. read more

My favorite place to go in Chinatown. The restaurant is really tiny, so there is usually a queue by the door, but usually half of the people waiting are waiting on takeaway orders. A HK-cafe style (茶餐廳) restaurant, that also does good Malaysian style hawker food. My favorite thing to get here is the Malaysian rice noodles in egg sauce (滑蛋河). They come out in a giant bowl full of seafood, fish cakes, pork, charred rice noodles, swimming in an eggy sauce. They give you a small dish of chilis to dump in as you please. Their roast pork (燒肉) and bbq duck (燒鴨) are also excellent. My only disappointment is that they do not open before noon on weekends. This isn't any different than most of the other Chinatown restaurants, but it still annoys me. Aren't Chinese restaurant owners typically known for being industrious? If I find myself lurking around Chinatown before noon and starving, I'll usually go next door to Old Town 97. read more

The stickers on the glass window advertising this as a top cheap eat doesn't feel deserved. Lots of seating (upstairs) and fast service. The problem is there is not really a good value here with dishes I ordered. The Hainanese Chicken plate was dry(including the skin being rubbery). The wonton noodle soup seemed okay but nothing special. The char siu from the combo chicken and char siu plate was sub par. (Bland and limp-- not even roasted properly) The hot tea by request was good.. but they charged 3 pounds for it. (Not even a pot of complimentary tea). We also got a side dish of choy sum with oyster sauce and some fried dumplings. They may do some dishes better than others. There are a lot of choices in London. Choose wisely. read more

SHORT VERSION: The food was good (I ordered the duck with orange sauce), it came out fairly quickly. But it was extremely fatty, which I know duck often is, but they only give you chopsticks to eat with so there is no way to remove the fat, which is not the melt in your mouth kind, but the really chewy kind). The pieces are also rather large so having something to cut them in to bite size pieces would be nice. The service however is awful, while quick, the staff themselves are VERY rude. They don't talk or really even look at you. They threw the menu on my table as they walked by, without greeting me, and never checked on me or asked if I needed anything the entire meal. - - - IN DEPTH VERSION: I went to Cafe TPT after reading out it on timeout.com/london. It was recommended as an affordable, delicious place to eat in Chinatown. I myself am not super wealthy, and since I'm staying in the city for a month with no guaranteed income, I am trying to eat affordably. So I tried TPT Cafe. Never again. SERVICE: I walked in to the small establishment. No one greeted me. I finally made eye-contact with some who worked there and they pointed to a table, they didn't say anything to me. I sat down and a waitress walked by and literally "tossed" a menu on my table. It landed upside down across the table from me seat. I peeled it off (as the table was still wet from being cleaned and the menu was plastic (so appetizing). After a few minutes of looking over the menu (which had an 8 pound minimum order, wish that had been mentioned in Timeout's article), I got the attention of the male waiter (not wanting to speak to the rude Chinese woman who threw me my menu. I guess he was a bus boy because he then got the rude woman to come take my order. I ordered the cheapest thing on the menu that still met the 8 pound minimum requirement (duck in orange sauce). "Thats all?", she said. Clearly unsatisfied with my small order. "Yes." I said plainly. WAIT: The food only took about 10 minutes to come out, but I had to ask for water, no one offered it to me while I waited. FOOD: The food came and actually looked and smelled quite appetizing. It was duck with rice covered in orange sauce. The flavor was actually amazing but all of the fat was left on the duck and with only plastic chopsticks to eat with I wasn't able to remove it. They also cut it in to huge (larger than bite-size) pieces, and with no knife or fork or anything other than chopsticks I wasn't able to make the bites smaller. Like a snake, I attempted to unhinge my jaw to fit the enormous, fatty pieces in to my mouth. Failing every time, I ended up with sauce all over my face and other patrons giggling at me from across the restaurant. I'm usually anti fork and knife at places that intend for you to use chopsticks, but at least prepare the meal in a way that is suitable for this. PAYMENT: I asked for the check, and again had it "thrown" on to my able. It was barely legible but considering tax is included I knew it was under 10 pounds, so I left a ten and got the hell out of there. I will not be returning. read more

One of the many Chinese restaurants in London China Town. Several to choose from in the area. We went with Cafe TPT per a friends recommendation. Space is a little tight but we did not have to wait for a table. Staff is helpful although there is a small language barrier. We ordered a couple items off the menu. The meat bowls are good. The fried rice was average. Overall we were not super impressed but the food was fresh. Will probably try a different place next time we are in the area. read more

My friend and I came here for dessert, I got the mango/coconut dessert, I forget the name...It was around 4.20 for each bowl after tax?? I thought it was okay. Kinda bitter, which was weird, but I like eating the clear balls. Should be a minimum fee of 8pounds per person...so, I would come here for dinner & dessert, and not just dessert. read more

Most amazing BBQ pork and mango sago dessert. Cafe TPT never fails! read more

Cafe TPT - Mango sago - yum! - Chinese Near Me - London, XGL

Terrible soft shell crab appetizer; heavy batter fried with old oil, some of the crab was terribly burnt, batter was raw on the rest! Excellent server service!!! read more

I think the owner/staff are better at doing Cantonese food - but the Malaysian dishes we ordered - they were really not good. One of my friend's chicken wasnt really nice - all slimey - after eating a piece, it left me feel sick. The food there wasn't really good. My boyf wasn't really impressed. However their drinks etc are much better than the food itself. Go there if you like your drinks but don't go there if you want your food. I would not recommend the food there at all :-( read more

Excellent! We found it through yelp and the place didn't give us much promise but we decide to follow the reviews and it was also full of chinese customer so that was a good sign. We had the seafood lettuce wraps, king prawns and Scallops on XO sauce and the stir fried chicken... Everything was delicious. Best chinese restaurant I have ever been to. Good price! read more

Had the Peking duck. Not as fancy a presentation as I have had in China or Hong king but very good nonetheless. Spicy cucumber is very good and healthy. Manager was very attentive regarding food allergies. read more

We ordered the shrimp dumpling soup, egg white and crab meet, baked pork chop and the black rice dessert. I wasn't blown away by the food. The shrimp dumpling soup was a bit bland. However, the food is reasonably priced and conveniently located within Chinatown. Please note that it is quite small and can get easily cramped. Overall, it's decent Chinese food. read more

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Always love coming here for desserts, you might not be able to get a seat if you are just ordering dessert but I don't really mind. Price is reasonable for the quality of the food which is really good. I've only sat for dinner in here a handful of times but if you are looking for a range of Chinese street food then this is one to try. Bit tight for space in the restaurant but then so are most restaurants in Chinatown. read more

The Chinese dessert is the best in London! Service is OK. read more

Cafe TPT - Roast pork and duck with rice - Chinese Near Me - London, XGL

Great food (spicy wonton and soft shelf crab) and DELICIOUS dessert (mango sago with grass jelly). Highly recommended.

I got this tip from a Yelper that lived in Hong Kong for a few years. It came with a strong recommendation as one off the most authentic places in town and it certainly delivered. Amazing food that didn't taste like the usual Chinglish fare you get in this country, complete with lots of specialty choices for the braver (or perhaps just more Asian?) amongst us. The service was a bit rude and impersonal but to be honest that just added to the authenticity. Would recommend for a casual bite to eat. read more

Highly recommend this Chinese restaurant to American tourists. Very much like Chinese food you find back at home. The egg fried rice and Kung pao chicken had really good flavor. My son had a soup that he really enjoyed and my daughter had the crispy seafood noodles. I tried her scallops and squid and they were very fresh. The service was good and the food came out quickly. I would definitely come back. read more

This tiny spot is open late and hit the spot after a day of walking the British Museum followed by an evening at the National Gallery. Good homestyle chinese food at reasonable prices (for London), washed down by your favorite milk tea with boba. Some roasted meats on rice for takeaway was even a better value and dessert with mango, sago and rice was tasty. Better than Denver for sure, but not better than NYC Chinatown. read more

Authentic Chinese cuisine that's as close as home cooking comes in Leicester Square. A bit pricey (£45 for two - two mains, bowl of rice and one drink) and small and cramped interior. Overall, good for dinner if you're wanting food that reminds you of Hong Kong. read more

Worst service ever. They do not even deserve the one star, if only Yelp allowed me to post a zero star review. We went at 10pm for dessert and a rude guy (presumably the owner), said we had to order one meal per pax. We left and came back at 11pm and tried to order takeaway drinks. The same rude guy said that no takeaways are allowed after 11pm. We have to eat in and order a minimum of 2 orders of £8 each (wtf???). I seriously do not understand the rationale of treating their paying customers this way. I would never ever recommend this place to anyone, except maybe to my enemies. read more

Best cheap little noodle shop in China Town. Char kway teoh is particularly good. But my prawn dumpling soup had a bone fragment. What kinda prawns have bones?? I suspect piggies! read more

This place is the real deal. Matches the best Cantonese restaurants my mother-in-law from Hong Kong takes us to in San Francisco. We had perfect roast pork and Hong Kong-style crispy noodles. read more

So many choices in Chinatown...found this one on Yelp! Wasn't sure of the ambiance...BUT...Great friendly service! Speedy fast! Delicious Chinese food to say the very least! Great Sesame Prawn Toast: Simply AMAZING!! Aromatic Crispy Duck with Pancakes: One of, if not THE best in town! Supreme Singapore Rice Noodles were good too! Even had great wine choices, not many but the right ones! Open late till 1am! Incredible value for the $$! Will MOST definitely be back! Thanks guys!! Keep up the great work! Your reviews (4.5 stars) speak for themselves! read more

Good for reasonably priced Chinese food. Service has been both good and horrific in the past but for what it is, I suppose top notch service isn't expected. The food itself is quite consistent. I always make sure to end the meal with a mango sai mai lo. read more

One of my friends recommend me to go there to get great Chinese food and I was not disappointed! Their hot pot is a must! Simply love it :)

Not good. Rice felt like it had been sitting for a while...not fresh. I had sizzling tofu stuffed with prawns. Thank heavens for the chilli sauce on side. Very unspectacular for Chinese food. I was fooled by a Trip Advisor sticker. Next. read more

After reading positive reviews of this place on Yelp and Timeout, I was looking forward to a flavourful meal. However, what I encountered instead was the worst Chinese cuisine of my life. Kung po chicken which had likely been made the day before and which was served lukewarm and tasteless. Ribs that had been likely prepared 2-3 days before were haphazardly microwaved and presented as steaming hot and fresh. The curt service only accented what was a terrible 42 minutes of disappointment and moderate anger. There are dozens of other Chinese restaurants in the area. Please don't make the mistake of wandering into the TPT cafe. read more

Basic service and small portions for very high prices. We ordered sea food plate and we almost got a food poisoning. No go.