Super cheap, high-quality dim sum including shanghai dumplings - bite into them and slurp hot soup…read more(so moreish). My regret of the evening is not ordering a set to myself. I always get the excellent char siu pork buns. Sweet and fluffy outside, sticky and sweet inside. Plus, there's fishball soup! Another childhood favourite. As Mr Jamie Oliver would say: loverly.

Just shared an amazing meal at Lovely House, situated in my favourite part of Peckham. A tiny joint…read morewhich may not appear particularly promising from outside, hosts a feast of Chinese treats within. My girlfriend and I shared a meal with my mum and sampled amazing Chicken Shu Mai, griddled pork dumplings and har gao. All were delicious and extremely fresh. After this we shared a variety of mains including a delicious Duck Ho Fun - so tasty! The staff are lovely and so friendly, they overheard my mum discussing that she had sore throat, and suddenly they brought over a small bag of special Chinese tea they said would help her sore throat - so kind! The price is so reasonable as well, we paid about £16 a head and that includes two alcoholic drinks each, if you skipped the booze you could eat even cheaper.

Great place food was excellent. Past reviews have complained about the price but you pay for…read morequality so if you want a meal for five pounds in five minutes go to KFC! Service was good and attentive. All around great!

I have only every eastern in this exceptional Chinese restaurant, but I can still remember how…read moreAmazing the food and service were. Now that's not something you can sayoftern right! So, for anyone who hasn't eaten here and things they've had Chinese cuisine I would say very simply, you haven't eaten Chinese until you've eaten here. It the bomb, it amazing, it will give you taste buds a work out and best of all you won't wake up the next day full of Mac's regretting every mouthful. Expect to pay top money for a top meal and ambience A++++ The Risk

My family and I are Hong Kong Chinese and have been loyal customers at Taipan since its opening…read morealmost 20 years ago. The food is authentic and has beaten many of the Chinese restaurants I'd been to in London that were rated highly. Might've recalled only a few instances where the quality fell short, but they were odd and far in between over the two decades, I shrugged it off to probably temporary changes in management. The quality has been on large consistent. The service is also great. Never had a problem with the staff and they'd always been welcoming. Most days it seems quite quiet. The weekends at lunch and dinner hour is normally bustling.

The best Chinese restaurant in Milton Keynes and certainly the most authentic…read more The dim sum is absolutely delicious and the chef is spot-on. Their à la carte dishes are really nice and the menu is great, and they have a good range of Cantonese as well as Hokkien dishes. Without a word of a lie or exaggeration this is the best Chinese restaurant in Milton Keynes and the fact that 90% of the customers there are Chinese attests to that.

Exceptional food and service. We will return. Actually, it is the best Chinese we had in London…read more Very nice interior as well. Highly recommend if you are looking for a memorable experience.

We had a lovely Friday lunch here after attending the Changing of the Guards. The restaurant is…read morestunning and service was first rate. Total team effort, dedicated to high level service. My wife and I both ordered the dim sum lunch special. Good mix of dumplings. Asparagus. A bun. A stuffed rice roll. A spring roll. Mushroom chow fun. All good. The mushroom chow fun was probably my favorite. My son ordered a chicken dish with a sweet lemon sauce. That was different and very good too. 4.5 Stars.

Fantastic restaurant. Brilliant night…read more The food was excellent - we went for the 2nd set menu which was really nice and plenty to share between 2 people. The service was good. There was a piano player which was good and created a nice atmosphere. 100% would go here again.

Great food and ambience…read more Set meal was excellent with great tasting dim sum. We asked for steamed fish instead of the prawns as one of the main dishes and George(our waiter) couldn't have been happier to oblige. Mark(the manager) always looked after us. Very good, prompt and friendly service.

Who knew I'd have to go to England to get the best dumplings ever made. So delicately delicious…read more The pork and prawn were another level. Almost a religious experience. I was blow away with this little hidden gem. Do your tastebuds a favor and come check this place out.

Came here twice for the wontons. The pork wonton in chili oil and normal broth are so, so good…read more Very flavorful and mildly sweet from the pork fat. The pork and chive dumplings were good, but noticeably less than the wontons. The skin was not "QQ" or chewy enough, and the filling was just average. Cash only. I would frequent this place if I lived here.

The La Mian Stall is an institution and long time resident at the the sunday market at Brick Lane…read more To find them, they are near the top of brick lane market, right underneath the underpass, closer to Shoreditch High Street Station than Aldgate East. Sundays only from some time in the morning until 5pm when the market shuts down. What you will find is a little taste of Asia in the best possible way. Hand-stretched flour noodles (la-mian) made right there before your very eyes, boiled, then served in the broth and meat accompaniments of your choosing. I had one with minced pork and 'special sauce' (who doesn't like special sauce?) and it was really good. The noodles were (obviously) really fresh, the broth was decent, and the pork bits salty and flavourful. AND all for about £5 a bowl. They also have chicken, roast pork, chilli tripe, and all kinds of available versions in addtion to some wok-fried items and really tasty dim sum. The only dim sum I tried was char siew bao, and it was legit (£1.50 for two). Plus they have a plastic table-clothed table for a few people (can maybe fit about 8 or so people) and some cheap plastic stools to sit on, so it is one of the few places along the brick lane market where you can actually sit down to eat. So authentic in its practicality and function that it makes me smile. This is also a great stall because you can stare at the guy making noodles, which is a fun show in itself. He's got skills.

** IMPORTANT NOTE: I think these guys go on holidays for 3-4 months at the beginning of the year,…read moreso don't freak out like I did when I kept visiting Brick Lane every Sunday hoping to catch them! Hopefully they'll be back soon :( ** I've been extremely picky about Chinese food since arriving in London, but luckily, this little La Mian stall under the bridge at Brick Lane has got it right! Fresh hand pulled noodles (la mian), swimming in a bowl of broth with your choice of roast duck, chicken, minced pork, and a few other variations. They also serve up other small dim sum items, such as pork buns, shrimp dumplings (har gow), pork dumplings (shiu mai), spring rolls, etc. I've tried their roast chicken leg, which is very good. The broth that they use is a mixture of soy, chicken (possibly beef) bouillon stock powder, plus a few other things. I think the broth could be better, but for the quantity I get, and by London standards - there's not much else to complain about! I've also had their tan tan noodles, which came with 5 or 6 pork shu mai. The shu mai was alright, I don't think they make this, and it was in a spicy peanutty soup. I've had proper tan tan noodles before, and this kind of missed the mark. Tasty in general, yes.. but doesn't really resonate a true bowl of tan tan noodles. i think I'm just gonna stick with normal noodles in a basic broth + meat! As for seating, there's a little table with a few small stools, but good luck getting a seat unless you're on your own! There's also a huge jar of chili oil on the table too, so don't forget to drizzle some over your noodles before taking off. The cost is very reasonable, especially for the quantity that you get. I think it runs you anywhere from £5.50-£7 per bowl, and even though they don't look THAT big - don't let it deceive you, as you will literally have to roll away. In Chinatown, a crappy bowl of noodles will cost you about £6, plus their "discretionary" (translation: mandatory) service charge. However, be prepared to wait for your food! Its awesome watching the noodle man do his thang, but with everyone standing around watching, its hard to figure out where to queue, and if people are even waiting in the queue. I believe this is a 2-man show, and while I get that they are popular and I'm sure they're popping out as many orders as they can - we waited 45 minutes for 4 bowls of noodles, which is a bit ridiculous. I think if they had a 3rd person in there, it would really speed things up. In any case though, if you have a lazy Sunday, get in line :)

***龙年 Year of Dragon 2024/25 Dim sum Rat European AWARD for Best yum cha service***…read more Yum cha restaurant in long narrow space in Bloomsbury. There is often a wait for a table - it is worth it and they will tell how long. You can wait in the hallway or outside in summer. Atmosphere and service transports the Rat back to Central in Hong Kong; very fiesty! It warms the heart of this Dim Sum Rat. Standouts: Crispy Seaweed - very good on dumplings! Salt pepper soft shell crab Prawn zucchini dumpling Prawn spinach dumpling Steamed chili aubergine Pak Choi with garlic Not so good: Nothing that the Dim sum Rat knows of Service Magnificent! True yum cha. You can also dine quietly in the late afternoon

Authentic canton food! The dim sum here is fantastic. All the dishes we ordered were top notch…read more Will definitely be back to try other items on their menu. Must get the lava yolk buns for dessert to end the meal!

As a family we are always on the look out for new places for yumcha, so when my mum and dad asked…read moreme if I wanted to check it out with them I was pretty much first in the car. This is the second Imperial China, from the restaurant in Chinatown. On the out skirts of Watford it's easy to find and there's plenty of parking. If you're coming for dim sum I think they serve until 5pm on week days not too sure on weekends. Staff are friendly and very efficient and the restaurant is really tastefully decorated. The dim sum we had was fantastic, and my mum, dad and aunty are not ones to throw around praise if it's not deserved. I think we may have found a regular haunt here. YUM!

We dined here yesterday. The restaurant specialises in £17.50 a head "all you can eat" buffet: two…read morestarters, two main courses, plus rice, noodles and vegetables, and more of the same to follow if you still have an appetite. Drinks are extra. A sign at the entrance proclaimed that dim sum (referred to in an earlier review) was now permanently off the menu. We were also offered an a la carte menu. But, as that contained set meals comprising the same dishes as the barbecue, but at higher prices, we gave it a miss and ordered the barbecue. To say the service was slow would be an unparalleled understatement. It was for the most part stationary. The starters took 25 minutes to start arriving, after which they emerged from the kitchen at 5 minute intervals. The same happened with the main courses. We began to wonder if they were hot-wokking on a one ring Belling. Despite the painfully slow food delivery, I noticed that drinks (priced extra) were served and refreshed very promptly, both to us and nearby tables. Chinese tea was good, and a pitcher of ice cold tap water was delivered immediately without complaint. When the food eventually arrived, it was hot, but varied between tasteless, dried-up, greasy, and over-spiced. Unusually, not one dish stood out as good; but three were inedible: a soup ordered by my companion, a vegetable puree starter, and some noodles, which smelled burned and tasted greasy. Again unusually, there were no deserts or fresh fruit on the menu. When my companion politely mentioned that the vegetable starter was not very good, the waitress pointedly made no comment, ignored her and looked away. It worked. We made no attempt to comment further. In fact, the staff were generally inattentive and hard to find. To our shock, we saw a gentleman in a wheel chair arrive and struggle to open the door while staff stood by, watched and ignored him. I love Chinese food. I have eaten excellent (and not so excellent) Chinese food in Europe, the USA, the middle east and Africa as well as all over this country. Apart from a notably terrible restaurant in Philadelphia, this was probably the worst Chinese dining experience I have ever encountered. The staff told us on three occasions that things were about to improve due to the installation of self service, hotel-buffet-style, warming counters, so that large quantities of food can be prepared and kept warm. You may think that would be an improvement, but I couldn't possibly comment... The final straw was the 12.5% service charge added to our bill. We were tempted to pay the bill and make them wait an hour for the service charge. But, preferring a hasty getaway to ruining an already spoiled evening with an argument, we flourished the plastic and drove home past the nearby MacDonald's - which had never before looked QUITE so good. (PS my dining companion mentioned our experience to a friend today, who, it emerged, had also eaten there and experienced exactly the same problems.)

Came here for a lunar new year lunch with friends. We arrived at 11 with reservations and got…read moreseated immediately. We were handed menus and got too ordering. Unfortunately there were no carts rolling around so everything was ordered on a sheet. We got plenty of food. It's funny when they show you an and say 'this is the last one!' But they just opened. Overall the selection was just ok. Normally when I see a lot of Asians in the place it means it's really good. But just mediocre this time.

Imperial China Dim sum is one of the best I have tasted. It is even better than all the dim sum…read moredishes I have tried in California. It means something. Everything is freshly made and tastes super delicious. I am pleasantly surprised that I can find such authentic Chinese food in Teddington. Hope to come back again when I am in town.