I don't know what the going rate for Chinese food in London is, but Christmas Day menu is plain absurd. Prices and menu weren't posted. They purposely covered up their normal menu on the board posted outside. Dishes ranged from GBP 30-47 for below quality and small portions. Plain ole inexcusable price gouging. The menu says cash only, but they absolutely take credit card. Do they really expect people to pay multiple hundred pound meals in cash? Beef chow fun was burned to a char. We had to send it back for a replacement. read more

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Some hits, some misses--overall just mid! Ambiance & Service: Spacious restaurant with two floors. We sat by the window--great lighting but a few bugs. Service was quick and efficient! Food: Chili Tofu: Looked spicy but lacked flavor; tofu was watery and too spongy. Vegetable Fried Noodles: Delicious! Crispy, savory, and well-seasoned. TL;DR: Quick service and solid noodles, but overall a mixed experience. read more

Golden Phoenix - Vegetable Fried Noodles - Dim Sum Near Me - London, XGL

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Our first stop in London was to find some dim sum so we headed to Chinatown and picked this place. Very nice decor with a second floor. You order dim sum off a menu. Don't know if they offer cart service on the weekends. We tried a dish that was new to us Americans. It was all very good. Prices were a little on the high side. Service was efficient. Extensive dim sum menu. read more

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Food is amazing. Every time I come to London I go. Never disappointed. This time was seafood soup and eggplant with pork. Also pork fried rice. ********** read more

The food was OK, soups weren't super flavorful. Actually quite bland. Dim Sum was good and cooked fresh to order. Service was good and the inside was very nice. 2 stories with a nice winding staircase. Located in Chinatown in the center of London. read more

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Really delicious option for Chinese food in London. Everything was on point from the Chow Mein, Shu Mei, Salt & Pepper shrimp, and won ton soup. Was great setting, as well as a short weight. Plentiful menu and overall delicious food. Make sure you check it out. read more

Golden Phoenix - Pork Dumplings were delicious.... - Dim Sum Near Me - London, XGL

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One of my wife's goals during our London visit was to have Peking Duck in Chinatown. Upon entering the gates of Chinatown, we saw Golden Phoenix and decided to try it. I heard once that you know you're at an authentically good Chinese restaurant if you have a surly waiter. Well, in our case, we should've had great food, because our waiter was not exactly Mr. Personality. He seemed impatient, and had a rudimentary command of the English language at best. However, I will say he brought out the food very quickly, and we did order several items to family-share. The Peking duck my wife craved came out first. Mr. Surly, using a butter knife and fork, deftly cut up/shredded the duck into easy to eat pieces. The duck was flavorful, and most importantly, moist (I've had more instances of overcooked, dry duck than I care to recall). I had a really delectable soup, sweet creamed corn with crab. The pork dumplings had a nice savory quality. Spare ribs with chili and salt were rather small, but had a nice presentation. Mixed vegetable noodles were "meh". The Szechuan beef was good, but extremely hot, a 5-alarm mouth fire for sure! There are a myriad of other items available, their menu is one of the most extensive I've seen. In summation, the Peking duck was rather good, and that's what we wanted. However, the other food was just "ok" and the dining experience (rather loud and chaotic) combined with the surly server left something to be desired. Also, some of the prices are market, and the bill turned out to be higher than anticipated. 3.25 stars overall for Golden Phoenix. read more

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We were stuck eating here on Christmas night as nearly everything around town was closed. There was an extremely long line outside however we waited through it to get a table. There was a sign on the front of the door saying it was Cash only for the day due to the Holiday, which also meant they had set menus with pricier dishes than normal. We asked for water when we got there and watched them fill it up under the sink. We ordered Sweet and Sour Chicken along with Chicken Fried Rice and Fried Wontons. The food came out after quite a long wait. It seemed like all the other table around us were getting service a lot faster than us. The fried rice and chicken came out together. The rice was the worst version of fried rice Ive ever eaten and the chicken was unimpressive as well. They had forgotten the fried wontons so we had to remind them twice. When they came out we were stunned. They were simply fried wonton wrappers with a tiny sliver of meat. It was definitely not worth the price they charge. The food ended up making a lot of us sick and we were very disappointed with our christmas dinner. read more

Golden Phoenix - Dim Sum Near Me - London, XGL

I don't get all of the bad reviews. The night I went there was a great experience. First, they have 2 menus. One a normal menu. The other a "special" menu. Of course, the special menu has the more authentic dishes. I started a bamboo steamer of har gao. It was fresh, the skin was thin and stretchy, which is good. The dumplings were also very large. Must be top 10 har gao I've had worldwide. Not bad of a start. Then I had 2 dishes. One was pea leaf shoots sautéed with garlic. I also had a special seafood hotpot. It has a few special things in there aside from the seafood including duck feet webbing. The interior is a bit interesting. 2 floors of seating. Typical traditional dark wood and lots of red. Kind of feels like a nice Chinese restaurant! Overall, it's a great authentic Cantonese Chinese restaurant in the heart of London's Chinatown. If you were to stop in one place to say you ate in Chinatown, I'd definitely put this place on the short list. read more

Golden Phoenix - Pea leaves with garlic - Dim Sum Near Me - London, XGL

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Service is fast and people are very friendly. Food taste wonderful no need to add soya sauce way better then California Dim Sum.

I liked everything. All the fried stuff does not have heavy fried taste. The noodles are interesting. The duck was excellent. The pork was excellent. Fried rice is not greasy st all. It's white rice lightly tossed with meats and egg. Jasmine tea. Get the Dim Sum which ends at 5 pm!! Pork dumplings are the best I ever had. Service is very good to the exception of removing empty plates from table. They won't remove until you're done with everything. FYI. They have birds nest and shark fin. read more

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Usually the Chinese food is delicious and full of flavor. What we got was a tastless food especially the chicken fried rice was so white and not fried at all without any soya sauce. The noodles also not far away from it too. Moreover, they charge you in advance to make sure you don't complain. Also the service was efficient to set you dow and take the order and make pay in advance, but later on complete ignorance!!! read more

I really like this place. Good value for the money. My personal favorite in Chinatown.

We went for lunch and order several dim sum. They were very good. The servicer was polite and we sat apart from other diners. I would recommend this place who visit Chinatown in London. read more

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We came into Golden Phoenix late night looking for dim sum. We ended up ordering the Mixed Steamed Dim Sum Platter (Scallop Dumpling, Prawn and Chive Dumpling, Crystal Prawn Dumpling and Seafood Dumpling) and the Rice Noodles in Singapore Style (with Pork and Shrimp) also known as Singapore Mei Fun Noodles in the US. Surprisingly, it was pretty good. Sure, it wasn't the best I've had but it was tasty. The dim sum was pretty good. My favorite was the Prawn & Chive dumpling. The rice noodles were also very good, full of flavor. It had tons of meat and veggies. It was enough to share between 2 people if you're looking for a quick bite. Overall, if you're in London's Chinatown, I would recommend Golden Phoenix. read more

This is one of those places you regret eating in. Food is expensive, greasy and you leave feeling kind of gross. We went for Chinese New Year so everywhere along the China town strip was rammed packed. After waiting for around 20 minutes for a table we were seated on the third floor of the restaurant (this place is massive!). We ordered the duck curry (super salty), the ginger chicken (meh), the prawn and lychee in wine sauce (which didn't taste like anything except hot lychee - super weird to eat), some rice and a veggie dish. Service was extremely slow that day but understandable because of CNY. Luckily my mum understood Cantonese because hardly any of the waitresses could speak English. They were super friendly once they knew how to communicate with you though. The bill came up to an extortionate £30 per person considering the food is pretty much the same as any standard Chinese takeaway. Would not recommend :s read more

Golden Phoenix - Prawn and lychee - super weird combo - Dim Sum Near Me - London, XGL

Okay, first I have to say going on Chinese New Year weekend with all the celebrations and footfall in Chinatown, I believe food can be below par on the whole street. But I was pleasantly surprise. I expected dire service, I mean it still wasn't great, but I've experienced far, far worse on this street and think it's part of the parcel with Chinatown. (And already having service charge included) So let's get to it... joined a long queue outside and was only waiting 10 mins before we were seated. Had to ask for a menu. Waiter comes to take a drink order and realises we haven't been give a drinks menu. We have a tsingtao each, which was £3 for a 330ml can. Ordering was fun... A form which you mark against the dishes you want. Had to grab a guy to take the order, he advised it's the only opportunity to order, no add ons, probs because it was busy but I guess good to know. Food arrived as and when it was ready, i'm not a dim sum know - it - all so it was rather hit and miss (as I ordered dishes I wasn't sure I'd like, just to try) but I did enjoy the deep fried prawn toast, vietnamese rolls, octopus satay and mixed seafood rice. I didn't enjoy the hueng rolls; they were a bit to glupy for my liking and the pork steamed dumpings weren't great. All in all a much better experience than my last Chinese new year in Chinatown. Bill was £39.30 including service charge. Put £40 down and the guy never came back with my change. Rather cheeky but I wasn't going to cry over 70p. Shame someone didn't look after our table and serve us properly. I was always looking around to ask for something or other. One Waiter wished me happy new year on the way out which was nice. I would go back - which is a statement!! Next time I'd know what to order and really enjoy it all. Oh the dragon came in from the street and danced in the restaurant - that was a treat. read more

Golden Phoenix - Octopus satay... pretty tasty, with a tiny bit of heat. - Dim Sum Near Me - London, XGL

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Here is a bog-standard Chinese restaurant in the middle of Chinatown; the exterior and staircase may look grand but the plates and bowls are plain white, the service is a little lacking and the toilets are not well signposted (the men's toilets misleadingly has a logo of a woman and a man on the door). Nevertheless, the food is acceptable; they provide sizeable portions of dim sum, all looks fine enough and makes for a satisfying meal. (P.S. The custard bun is the lucrative kind with warm liquid custard oozing from the centre - not available everywhere but a delight to savour when you do find it.) read more

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We heard that the Chinese food here is better than those in New York so we came here for dinner to see for ourselves. We were happy with the food it's good not exceptional. Service was good too the young gentleman who served us was very polite and attentive. Our only complaint was the price. Rice was £4 ($6) each and tea £2 ($3). So for a party of 4 we paid 30USD for rice and tea, which is ridiculous. I guess it's London. read more

Our experience here was great. The crispy aromatic duck was spot on and the table side service was efficient. The chicken date was cooked which doesn't make it sate but the peanut sauce was blended with a chili oil so it was very tasty. The spare rubs are in an interesting fruity BBQ sauce and well cooked. Shrimp toast was crispy and delicious. My only complaint would be not having Mai Tai in the menu but the bartender was able to throw together a rum and pineapple that was yummy. The service was very attentive and quick without having us feel rushed. read more

Busy ,but we got a table 6 . The food came in the way we wanted even though the waitress spoke no English The sweet and sour fishy was yum , the duck curry ??? Yes the dim sums were good . On the whole an experience which can be revisited . I was surprised that leaving a tip was mentioned by the cashier . Happy to do so but didn't think tipping was a big culture in the UK read more

Visited London with my dad in November 2014. Came to Golden Phoenix 3 times: twice for dinner and once for dim sum. Dim sum: Better than the top dim sum place in New York, but still not as delicious as Hong Kong. You order it off of a sheet, so they make it fresh for you. The crystal shrimp dumplings (ha gao), chicken feet (fong jiao), and shrimp rice rolls (ha cheung) were delicious. The fried dough rice roll (ja guai cheung) is a must try. Dinner: Ordered peking duck on both nights, and it was delicious. The duck was perfectly sliced for the thin pancakes. We also ordered a veggie dish and a crab dish. The veggie dish was cooked very well and seasoned perfectly. The crab also had a lot of the orange stuff that is expensive and delicious. Overall, one of the best Chinese restaurants I have been to in London. Highly recommended. read more

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Nice restaurant but not excellent. The crispy duck was the lone standout, the rest if the food was only fair. The service was very friendly.

Had large family style (of course) dinner here with family and some friends. Sampled large selections of foods and also a fish which was pretty humongous and that we couldn't finish :( In any event pretty good food which is little pricier than what I'm used to back in Houston/Texas but I imagine is pretty fair here in London. Cheers! read more

Gross. I ate it because I was hungry. That's it. Food had a strange aftertaste. The servers were not polite. As I was taking my order, our server was looking around & communicating with other servers. I had to ask him if he was ready. I was hoping the food would make up for the lack in service but it didn't. Disappointed. We came to Chinatown to be wowed but we left wishing we went somewhere else. read more

Delicious dim sum!!! We tried every possible vegetarian dish and stand outs are the fried doughnut with spring onion cheung fun. Amazing. We sat by the window for some great people watching and they were extremely quick to bring everything out. read more

The grand entrance of Golden Phoenix does make you more likely to take notice of a restaurant and tempting to walk in to try. However, as you will have heard "never judge a book by its cover". Although the restaurant looks grand, the dim sum here is reasonable price. I felt my overall experience was like Wong Kei, which was once known for bad service and cheap pricing. Golden Phoenix might not provide bad service like Wong Kei was once known, but with no service charge do expect a lack of service. The egg tarts (£2.80) was the traditional version with the puff pastry which I prefer over the butter shortcrust pastry. I thought the egg tarts was better than the BBQ Roast Pork Puff Pastry (£2.90). The Deep Fried Scallop Rolls (£4.40) came served with a salad sauce. I thought it was decent with the crispy whisker wrapped around the scallop paste that was inside. We ordered variety of steamed dim sum to tried and each one was resonable quality. But I was not keen with the filling in the Mixed Meat "Fun Gor" Dumplings (£3.10). The mixed meat did not work for me and I have tasted better version in other restaurants in Chinatown. The Spicy seafood dumplings (£3.50) was actually seafood dumpling with each topped with X.O sauce. Although it refer to being spicy, I didn't find it spicy. The Scallop Cheung Fun (£5) was okay but wouldn't consider as one the best I have had in London. At least it had scallops and the pastry was not too thick. Custard & Egg Yolk Buns (£3.60) was disappointing. The BBQ roast pork buns was much better. When it first arrived we saw leaking yolk oil and thought this must be good. But when I made my first bite in to the bun, not only was it not a fluffy bun there was a lack of filling. There was a big whole in the middle of the bun which should had been filled with the custard yolk filling. Overall the dim sum was average with the exception of the custard and egg yolk buns which was the worse dim sum we had on the table. We were seated upstairs and there are many large tables which reminded me of Wong a Kei layout. May be I have found a Wong Kei experience for dim sum. Well just almost! read more

We have come here multiple times over the last 5 years. The duck is amazing. We have always had an incredible experience.

2.5 Stars. Your average Chinese restaurant in Piccadilly. Not the worst nor the best. I would say the decor here is a bit above average in Chinatown. There's room for improvement on cleanliness for sure. They also have some good banquet-style deals. The food is okay but pricey for dim sum. The service leaves a lot to be desired. Not the most friendly waiting staff. When we first entered the restaurant, they were eager to sere us. But by the time of serving our last dish, they seemed bored and disengaged. So I would say 'pass' for Golden Phoenix. You won't find anything memorable nor wonderful here but if you just want a Chinese food quick fix, it's probably worth a try. read more

I was very lucky to visit this restaurant on their opening day. I was looking for a dim sum restaurant for my friends' gathering. I passed by the restaurant and I took a peek inside. I saw how the dim sum looked and I was quite sure that's the place I need to go. That could be the reason that i took me less than 15 minutes to get a table of 4. It's my first dim sum in London but it doesn't affect my standard to judge a dim sum place. There are not too many dim sum place really passed my standard: Hong Kong - a few, Bay Area-only a few, DC- none, Manhattan Chinatown-none. The decoration is fancy, the place is clean and spacious. The dim sum here are excellent. It's so difficult to find good shrimp dumpling and they made it. Right thickness of the dumpling skin and fresh shrimp inside. The roast pig is delicious too although it costs 10 pound a plate! All other dim sum are really good. The service is ok. I feel that they were running around and stressed out while it doesn't look like that busy. Later on I found out it's their first day. That is understandable. To my surprise, each of us only pay 14 pound for this meal. We really stuff ourselves until we can't move. Great value! I highly recommend this restaurant. i wish I have some pictures to show!!! read more

The Dim Sum here is AMAZING! I haven't a clue what genuine Chinese dim sum tastes like, but the was great. The variety was great, if needing a little help to decipher. Service was prompt, if a little over efficient, although that is pretty typical in Chinatown. But seriously the food is great! And incredibly reasonable! 5 ate till we were bursting for £60. That is hilariously good! Best place on Gerrard Street by a mile! read more

Worse chinese food that I have ever eaten Beef horfun was oily with dry overcook beef, vegetable was oily n salty n crispy duck was dry Service was bad Would NOT recommend Sk read more

Your ho-hum typical tourist trapping Chinatown Chinese restaurant. I mean, if you need a quick fix with you in-laws because they only eat Chinese, then I guess it's ok. No, strike that, there are better choices in the area. read more

This place could use better flavour and nicer service. We ordered the winter melon soup - flavor less and melon still firm. Black fungus with sesame chili oil was bland. Dim sum dishes were better. Fried prawn in bean curd skin. read more

This was nothing spectacular. The restaurant is big and impersonal. Service was so-so. The food came out slowly and was solid but not great. Our vegetarian dishes were average and the meat dishes came out with less meat than usual for this type of dish. read more

Hubby and I ended up here because we were able to be seated right away and they took American Express. The service was less than desired, and what we assume is the manager because he was not in uniform, was probably the most unhappy service guy working in the service sector of all of London. We asked for a recommendation between the two types of duck and he mumbled (suggested) the aromatic one over the Peking duck. We wanted a dim sum dish as an appetizer, and he looked disinterested in bringing it out first. The duck flavor was good, but it was very dry. They gave us more than enough pancakes to finish the duck. The menu board outside advertised no service charge, but the additional pricing on the items made it about the same pricing as those restaurants that applied the 10% service charge. Perhaps the no service charge advertisement was gave the staff a negative attitude. A dim sum appetizer and shared half duck was £30.50 for two people. Atmosphere could have been better. We were seated on the third floor with groups of children running around and playing drums with their chopsticks. Not a good environment for a couple. OK, but not something I would recommend coming back to. read more

Nice looking restaurant, food was good but small portions and charged for everything, including rice. Expensive but it's London. Food served very fast (it took longer to get someone to take our order than it did to get the food). Probably some better options around but we didn't have internet service to check. read more

Suggestion for every consumer: you don't have to leave tips/gratuity for the waiter because it's not required, but if the waiter is really nice to you of course you should. The food there was good, but the service was really bad, and not too polite. The waiter was supposed to put the order for us, but he didn't even ask to wait a little bit, and just got.... Then we raised our hands and nobody acknowledged after 15mins.... Such a bad service... You won't be seen that in the US. read more

I love Chinese food, but this place was horrible. Worst wonton soup I've ever had...

We took the "F" Menu. We now now why it has this name: it is a grade. We did this so you don't have to. Service is quick, restaurant is big, there is no wait time. That sums the upsides. The spring rolls were the least remarkable I ever had. And they were the best part of the greasy starters. The crispy aromatic duck is supposed to be a UK special, derived from the Peking duck. It was torn to shred with a spoon at the table, a feat I don't hope to have to witness again in my life. I'll stay with the Peking duck, thanks. After filling with dry meat, skin and some small bones the 11 pancakes we were given (for 4 -- that may be a secret reference to Spinal Tap), things got worse, with an assortment of food (from fried rice to an improbable lemon fried glutamate duck that will haunt me for a long time). The 5 perfume beef was pretty good, the rest was at best meh. For an extra Bollywood James Bond feel, take the Martini Dry at start. I have no idea what it was, and I don't intend to ever find out. All-in-all, it was a so-bad-it-is-good unforgettable kind of meal. read more