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.

Shanghainese at the top of its game…read more Xiao Long Bao to die for. Dim sum as good as any I've had in the NY/NJ metro area. Lobster was amazingly fresh and served over perfect ginger scallion sauce. The greens were as fresh as any I've tried. Top tip: Reserve in advance. This place fills up quick from walk ins. Sits in Chinatown near all the tourist spots.

Stumbled upon this spot because we just needed to rest for a bit, and they had patio seats. We were…read morepleasantly surprised, I'm always on the hunt for some good rice noodle rolls, and they were pretty good. Service was excellent as well. This was my first Chinese restaurant experience in the UK, I'd say it was not bad at all. Come for dim sum if you're in Chinatown or Leicester Square area.

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.

I understand why this place has received such poor reviews and only 2.5 stars. Despite (one of the)…read moreowners working very hard (white hair Guy in a suit and tie), most of staff are pretty clueless and have no idea what they are doing. Very lazy too I feel. Food wise, it is a hit or miss. Being a Hong Konger, we are very particular about our dim sum and the freshness of the food served to us. (We can tell) there are many occasions, espeically on a weekday, that overnight dim sum is served, which is pretty awful yet common for Chinese restaurants in London. I visited on a Sunday afternoon for lunch and the restaurant was very busy. Apart from the owner who gave attentive service, the rest of staff were again day dreaming and clueless. The food today was mediocre. Steamed dishes were OK, but one of the "za Leung", fried dough was not fresh.

Was reviewed by Giles from The Times to be one of the best Chinese in town or all if UK…read more.. We went for dim sum on a Saturday and it was horrible. It is in a way very authentic - for really cheap street food in Hong Kong... Ingredients are really cheap and low quality... And everything is slightly sloppy... We found most of the dishes not enjoyable as ingredients are really low quality but every dish is quite large portion . If you are not picky (I.e. Can eat Chinese take away) and big eater, this may be your place. The place looked quite packed for a Saturday dimsum. I tried - BBQ pork puff: quite good pastry and pork but dough is too think and off proportion of pork and pastries - har gow(shrimp dumpling): very fishy shrimp and slightly salty. Good overall but felt like it was one of purchased frozen hargow... Not making their own... - Chung fun with dough: good but very low quality Chung gun with not enough texture and thickness is not right ( not enough layers) not enough sauce either - chicken and vegetables chow mein ( crispy noodles): good portion and sauce but chicken so disgusting that I cannot eat it and all vegetables feel like it has not been washed and cut...

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.

The prices here are somewhat high for the dim sum, but you get elevated classics like siew mai…read more(shrimp and pork dumplings), lopatkou (fried radish cake), various tools with bean curd skin, chagio (Vietnamese fried spring rolls). The salt fish fried rice is decent but needs more salted fish pieces

Dim sum in London? Yes, absolutely! If you know where to go…read more.. Just like So Cal, the best Chinese restaurants in London are not located in Chinatown. Royal China is in the Hyde Park area, across from the northwest corner of the park (Princess Diana Memorial Playground). It is literally just steps away from two tube stations -- Queensway on the Central Line or Bayswater on the District or Circle Lines - so you can easily get there from almost anywhere in central London. The dim sum was legit and comparable to some of the top players in the San Gabriel Valley. I was particularly impressed by some of the dishes that are hard to find outside of Hong Kong. FRIED MINCED CUTTLEFISH BALLS: Even some of the best dim sum places in the SGV don't offer this or can't make it right. But this was perfectly 5 stars! The batter was light, and the minced cuttlefish filling had a good consistency and bounciness. The cuttlefish filling was mixed with some chopped water chestnuts which was the authentically correct Cantonese recipe. It was delicious and without even a hint of fishiness (GREAT!) PAPER WRAPPED PRAWNS WITH SESAME SEEDS: This is another bold and hard to find item. The wrapping tasted like bean curb wraps and it was deep fried. The prawn tasted fresh and again, without a hint of fishiness. A generous sprinkle of sesame seeds added the final touch to this delicious and creative dim sum plate. TURNIP CAKE: Pan-fried to a nice golden brown, these slices of turnip cakes were truly my cup of tea! Without the fishy dried shrimps that so many restaurants in the SGV tend to use, this dish was like a breadth of fresh air! Instead of dried shrimps, the cakes were mixed with small pieces of cured meat (Chinese sausage) that gave it a truly Cantonese flavor. The other dishes were good but not as impressive. SIU MAI was good and was comparable to those from an average SGV place. The black bean sauce of the PORK SPARERIBS was yummy but the dish was mostly bones with little meat. We also ordered a CHINESE SAUSAGE AND CHICKEN RICE which was topped with small pieces of thigh meat that were rather bland. The only flavor for the rice came from the Chinese sausage. Overall it was still a delightful and solid 4-star dim sum experience. I will definitely be back the next time I find myself in the streets of London.

Don't you hate it when a really pretty person is really shy and you thus never get to know her?…read moreWell, this is how I feel about the "Dim Sum House" in Golders Green. Let me explain this analogy: When I talk about a pretty person, I actually mean the nice decor and the really welcoming and friendly staff at this place. In fact, I've yet to find a Chinese restaurant where the staff is more courteous and polite. And this prettiness also extends to the way the dishes look and how they're presented - beautiful! Especially the dim sum looks fantastic. Now, let's talk about the shy part of my analogy. And by shy I mean the flavours of the dishes. In fact, it feels like the chef was toning down the ingredient list to make it more appealing to a more European audience, but unfortunately that didn't work neither for me nor my Taiwanese partner in crime: we were looking for authentic and bold flavours, but they were just not there. (My triple-meatball noodle-soup not only lacked in flavour, but also in meat...I think I counted a total of 6 tiny meatballs.) So, as much as I usually make a fuss about how important really good service is, I have to say that if we could swap, I'd rather have the usually rude and ignorant staff of many Chinese establishments, but the boldness of a real Chinese meal in exchange! (Foodwise I really think they don't deserve three stars, but because the service was so nice, I would feel terrible not to give three stars...)

The dim sum is good. But the manager is an unfriendly boor who seems to hate his customers. He does…read morenot bother to dress properly, and greets his diners with an attitude of 'what are you doing in here? how dare you come in to my restaurant!' It is a pity because the dim sum is delicious, and the service of the other staff is generally decent. Yesterday the manager seemed reluctant to seat my party upon arrival because we had no reservation. This was in spite of there being many free tables all evening. At the end of the meal he accused my friend of giving him a counterfeit pound coin when it came to paying the bill. Although I have heard that around 20% of pound coins in circulation are counterfeit, I have never actually been accused of paying with one and it is surprising that the manager would choose to alienate a customer for the sake of a pound. I would recommend to the manager of this establishment that he learns to treat his customers with the respect and courtesy. He should also dress like a restaurant manager in a dark suit and tie. His attitude to customers and presentation lets the whole restaurant down. It is a real pity because the food is good.

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 :)

Yauatcha serves dim sum in the heart of SoHo, London and has maintained a Michelin star since 2004…read more Pros: -Accommodated our walk-in party of four despite being a busy night, showcasing great customer service -Menu highlights popular/recommended dishes making the selection process easy for newcome -Unique array of curated cocktails Cons: -Portions are on the smaller side -Didn't find that it was better than Din Tai Fung despite all the accolades it's received

Really enjoyed dinner and drinks here for my girlfriend and me. Definitely recommend it.read more

brilliant traditional food at a fair price. only gripe is the supermarket was pretty cold so had to…read moreeat with jacket on.

This cafe inside the Hoo Hing oriental supermarket serves a selection of dim sum, and simple rice…read moreand noodle dishes such as roast duck and roast pork over rice or as noodle soup. It's fairly hidden away so even on a Saturday lunch time, when the queue at wing yip could be an hour long, there are plenty of tables here.