I've been a regular of the Dragon Castle for a few years now and the early reviews were accurate it's a great Chinese restaurant. The food, the decor, the service everything is just a great. A 5-star experience ! read more

Portion sizes are large and service is very friendly, which is what's earning it 4 stars. Not 5 because the food is only average, nothing that I think separates it from other places. read more

Entrance looks really good and food was decent but way over priced for what it is. One of the fancier places in Elephant & Castle but not sure if it's worth paying westend prices. read more

I was here as part of a big group on Saturday night, we had one of the private karaoke rooms upstairs. The food was tasty, would like to eat the food again, but won't be going back. Table was booked for 7.30pm, drinks took forever to come. I asked for water 5 times before being given a tiny glassful. The starters came - I had dim sum - it was delicious, amazing! The problem was the wait for the main course. We had pre-ordered and it still didn't appear until 10pm. We asked where it was, they took about 3 drink orders between starters and mains, it just took ages. The waiter wasn't overly friendly at all. base don't he service I'll not be coming again, which is a real shame, as the food is the real deal. maybe take away is the way forward. read more

The food was really good but it was expensive for what you get. The restaurant itself is pretty intense and highly decorative. That may be why they charge more. read more

Really really good Chinese food, though it is expensive, I personally think it is worth it as I would say the food is exceptional. They do dim sums at lunch, but you can still order from the full menu too. The full menu is the best bit about this place the food is delicious. Service is great too. read more

As it's right next to elephant and castle tube it's not the first place you'd look for a quality restaurant. Though this place really does serve excellent, authentic dim sum, far better than ping pong! Make sure you book on the weekend as it gets busy, even though it's a large restaurant, which surely is a good sign. read more

The quality of food at Dragon Castle can be variable. Some dishes are flavoursome and cooked with delicate spices, whereas others can be tasteless and very greasy. The portions are generous but by no means cheap (Don't be fooled by it's Elephant & Castle location) The restaurant itself is smart and large (100 covers+) but very rarely full. Despite this, the service is often mediocre. I have eaten there several lunchtimes, where I have found the service varying between inattentive to pushy (for an additional tip after service charge has been added to the bill !) Worth visiting if you're in the area. It is one of the better Chinese restaurants outside Chinatown. read more

This is better than all the places in Chinatown! Amazing service, lovely, hot to the table food. Highly recommended

My daughter and I came in with high expectations and we were not disappointed. Amazing crispy duck! Wow. So so good. The service was impeccable. The portions just right. The food!!!!! Heaven. Finished with golden paste buns. Bliss. Friendliness just perfect. :-) read more

We've heard good things about the Dragon Castle and thought we'll give it a go ourselves. Perhaps we went on the wrong day or something, but too many things went wrong for us to give it a second chance. One world sums up Dragon Castle, and that word is 'COLD'. 1) They lost our reservation and we waited over half an hour to be seated. 2) They have no central heating and we sat there with our overcoats on. 3) The food arrived cold, it might have been hot when it left the kitchen, but it wasn't when it arrived. 4) The service is unfriendly, and they said that they were too busy to listen to our complaints, of which we had many. Though we asked, we didn't even get to speak to the manager. We really can't recommend it. read more

Dragon Castle on Walworth Rd is some of the best dimsum in London and cheaper than the usual Chinatown suspects. Went there with clients for a business lunch and we came away raving about the charsiu pork and claypot rice. Another advantage Dragon Castle has over other places is the space - we could conduct our meeting without being overheard by other tables. When I'm missing my days living in Hong Kong I'll be heading down to Elephant and Castle for my yumcha fix! read more

Not sure why, but the average review of restaurants in London's Chinatown can range from average (good food, terrible service) to awful (terrible food, terrible service). So I decided to take my mateys away from the throng of central London and go to my family's favourite dim sum haunt, Dragon Castle (100 Walworth Rd, Elephant & Castle). A short walk from the tube station, I've only visited it by day - but in the evening it seems to undergo a slight transformation....sparkly chandeliers, dimmed lights, upmarket chairs and a change of table configurations. The restaurant is modern, large and spacious and they pipe out cheesy pop music (S Club 7 to Jennifer Lopez to Lady Antebellum...this pop princess was very happy indeed). We decided to go for a set menu which looked very good value - starter platter with the usual fare (spring rolls, ribs, prawn toast etc) very generous and not greasy. The second course was the obligatory crispy duck and pancakes (duck was tasty and there were more than enough pancakes for everyone). The final course consisted of plates of stir fry veg, a tasty seabass in soy sauce with spring onion and ginger, chilli beef, prawns with onions served in a pastry case and fried rice. By the last course we were totally stuffed, but very happy that we'd had a tasty, good quality meal in lovely surroundings. Service was friendly and efficient - my friends had their wine glasses regularly topped up with no need to prompt the waiters (by the way the wine portions were generous). The set menu we chose was £23 per head not including drink - a lovely evening had by all so check it out. (By the way the loos are modern, clean and spacious - you can't say that about the average chinese restaurant loo!) read more

Not long after we were seated a waiter was bringing us peanuts and dropped the plate and bowl right in front of our table, shattering peanuts and ceramic everywhere. He swept it up right away but he missed a few pieces of ceramic that we had to point out. Another waitress came to take our drink order and after only the first person said water she assumed the rest of us wanted water without asking and took all the wine glasses away by reaching over us. When we were trying to order we were trying to ask if they had something like chow mein noodles and she had to go ask her manager, why wouldn't she know this herself? She then came back and suggested something so we just said sure not really knowing exactly what we had ordered except for a dim sum dish, dumplings, some sort of fried noodle, and two set menus for four of us to share. We didn't really know exactly what was in the set menu as one of our party had just glanced at it and said everything looked good but didn't memorize what came in it. We were brought a fried duck with onion and cucumber to be wrapped in a rice tortilla like thing with a plum sauce. Our dim sum and dumplings and a soup that came with the set menu were brought out not long after. When we were done eating what was currently on the table the waitress came back. She accused us of having known we didn't order the duck thing and we let her serve it to us anyway and now a guy at another table was waiting for it for a long time so she was going to have to order him a new one since we ate his and she was going to charge us for it. We immediately said it wasn't our fault that she served it to us and she said yes it was because we knew what we ordered, which in fact we had thought it was in the set menu for two, so no we didn't know it wasn't ours. She persisted that we needed to pay for it, even admitting that it was her mistake but we had still eaten it so we needed to pay for it. My step-mother asked to speak to the manager and the waitress said she would get him but that we he was busy at the moment. After her rudeness at accusing us that it was our fault we just wanted to pay for what we'd eaten and leave. The waitress cleared off our table repeating between each trip that she'd get the manager next time. My step-mother went to go get him herself and he merely asked what table we were at and then brought us the bill for the whole of what we ordered before he even realized we hadn't eaten it all because of the problem. He went to go see about something real quick and the waitress returned to finish clearing the table saying it wasn't her day at all and that tomorrow was going to be her last day, largely implying that she had just lost her job. We just wanted to get out of there at this point. The manager finally came back and said we could just leave without paying for all the fuss and problems. I'm so sad that this restaurant didn't turn out very well because it was my step-mother's last night visiting me and my flatmates in London before returning to the US and the waitress and manager made her feel so bad. Both me and one of my flatmates work as waitresses and we were appalled at such ill-mannered employees. That is in no way how you treat a customer! If it is your fault for serving something to the wrong table, you don't admit it but still blame it on the customer and then try to make them pay for it! We are never coming back here again! read more

My family and I visited Dragon Castle this week. I found it to be ornately decorated to a high standard and the staff were really friendly and helpful throughout, even suggesting dishes as we hadn't tried dimsum before. The food arrived pretty quickly which was great considering how busy it was and it not only tasted mouthwatering but it was displayed beautifully on the plate. My overall experience is that this is the best chinese restaurant i have ever been to and next time in London will make sure to revisit but this time to try out their main menu. read more

You know, the first time I went to the Dragons Castle. I was a bit sceptical because of the area. Walworth Road to Camberwell doesn't really seem like one of the nicest places to dine. But there are hidden diamonds in the dirt. And this restaurant is one of them diamonds. The décor is fantastic, something you see from a Chinese movie , you'll never expect something so fabulous to actually be somewhere other than China Town. As you walk in, you see a waterfall with fishes in a fantastic pond or low fish tank!! And you are welcomed inside which some ushers wearing their native wear "which you rarely see any more" The staff are fantastic, the presentation of the tables are grand. Now the Food!!!! For the price the food is fantastic, I love the sizzling hot plates, you don't have to wait so long for delicious food, and everything is presented to you very nicely as well. Their Dim sum, is what made me love dim sum so much right now. And their food isn't that costly either. For all this great food, you get exactly what you bargain for, and I have been there 5 times after. I am actually about to plan my friends surprise birthday here. read more

One of the best dim sums ever. You will be surprised.

Sadly, I would not recommend the Dragon Castle anymore - in fact I'd strongly recommend you stay away. 6 or 7 years ago when it opened it was fantastic - a revelation. 2 years ago it had become average but still worth a visit. Tonight (Feb 2013) I bought a takeaway for 3 including dim sum, peking duck, pepper squid, szechuan beef and vegetables. It was inedible and we threw it away after a few mouthfuls despite having spent £70. It was greasy and tasted of chemicals and flavourings. Yuk. read more

find Dragon Castle to serve a better quality Chinese food compared to the restaurants in Chinatown. It also helps that it's near our home. We've been there several times and were always pleased with it. The prices are of good value compared to the quality of food and restaurant interior. You could take someone there on a romantic dinner or a large celebration dinner. We usually go there for dim sum and order about 10 dishes for two of us, some beer and chinese tea and end up paying around £10-15 per person. There is a large amount of waiters there and gets busy on weekend evenings. The restaurant actually reminded us of restaurants in China or Singapore with the quiet background music, soft light, chandeliers, and waterfall feature in the entrance hall along with pleasant music playing in the toilets. The toilets are clean, modern and of a higher calibre than other restaurants in London in general. read more