I knew this place was going to be a firm favourite, but it's not fair to say that after just one visit, right? Right. Since our first visit was at a slow time of day, I figured we'd hit BD's (can I give them a nickname? is it too soon?) on a Sunday night. Sure enough, it was buzzing. The dining room was divided nearly in half, with white folks seated up at the front and all the Chinese diners clustered around the cosier space in the back, near the bar. We ended up getting tucked into the back area, which was perfect--my darker-haired half got to see just how much of her Mandarin language classes she'd retained, and the atmosphere was more convivial than intimate. So how was BD on a busier night? Food came out just as fast, and everything was just as good, so they clearly run a tight ship. Spicy pork xiao long bao do not disappoint--the spice is pleasant and a little on the mild side, so make sure you ask for the chilli oil if they don't offer it first. If you aren't familiar with 'soup dumplings', you will inevitably burn yourself with the first one, no matter how many people warn you. Consider it a rite of passage. We opted for enoki and wild mushrooms, as well as chicken fried in garlic. Both dishes were perfect, not greasy, and neither was overwhelmed with sauce. Portions are generous. The classic cold cucumber salad is, and always will be, one of those things we just 'have' to have. Sesame oil, salt, soy, garlic, chillies, cucumbers? Perfection. Also good for soothing your scalded tongue when you bite into a xiao long bao too soon. Share a pot of Chinese tea (usually jasmine) and you'll come out under £30. read more

We are looking for Soup Dumplings as good as Kung Fu Xiao Long Bao in Flushing. At this restaurant the soup dumplings were not as good as in NY but eatable and enjoyed by our grandkids. The "cover" was a bit thick and not a lot of soup in the dumplings in our opinion. The Chicken Fried Rice and the Singapore noodles was OK with a bit of Kikkoman and chili sauce. The servings of chili sauce was quite small. We also had good Pak Choi. Were seated in the basement. The ambiance was as expected and the service was reasonable. The kids enjoyed there first experience with Xiao Long Bao and that was the most important. read more

It was a somewhat warm and sunny Sunday for once in England and ... Ah a story is not needed. This place is really nice, my brother had recommended it, after he, funnily enough, got dragged her too. We ordered beef noodles and pork and crab dumplings (First dumplings I have ever tried). This food was just pure NOM! the noodles, were good, very good. We had them in little bowls, and I attempted to use chopsticks, gave up with them, then gave up with knife and fork and went back to my first option, chopsticks. Dumplings, were hand made in the window, and they tasted as good as they looked! the soup came out, when you bit into that juicy juicy pouch! so damn good! the noodles, one of the best I have tried to date. I would recommend this place, if you are looking for a nice place to eat in china town! read more

The famouse chinese hospitality strikes again. Staff is rude, brash and mostly interested in getting you out quickly again. Anyway, the dumpling which were advertised as being served in a soup of broth, came swimming in plain hot woter without any salt or seasoning and only had a couple of dashes sesame oil sprinkled on them. I thought it was a joke. The dumplings itself couldn't make up for it either, unfortunatly. The dough was very sticky, the filling bland and boring. read more

Until today my number one spot for dumplings was the Jen Cafe. No longer! Beijing dumplings offers a better range at better prices in a more pleasant environment. £5 for a set of 8 pork/chicken/veg/spicy dumplings with/without broth. Give it a try. They also do an all-you-can-eat Sichaun hot pot for £10 per person (minumum of 2 people), which I shall look forward to trying soon. There were other things on the menu. I didn't look. read more

This place offers slightly better than average soup dumplings. I came here during my time in London due to its reputation for amazing dumplings and left disappointed. Neither the broth nor the meat pack a substantial amount of flavor for both the pork and spicy chicken. Although the service was attentive accesible. All in all, come here if you want very affordable decent soup dumplings. read more

Fried pork dumplings were excellent. My girlfriend and I got three orders (9 dumplings total) and could've done three more easily. On the side we got steamed white rice. would definitely recommend this place for dumplings. read more

This is my favourite dumpling house in all of London, God knows I've tried a few and have fond memories of the old 'Dumpling Inn' of many moons ago. The dumplings are made in house and fresh which you can see as they are made right at the front by the window when you walk in. I make my own at home and know what it takes to make good dumplings and these are really good, especially the spicy chicken dumplings in soup which is big enough for two big fellas to struggle with. The quality and value is just as good. This is great authentic staple food in a relaxed informal environment that is just special! It's simple but it works and I sincerely hope, like is the case so many times in soho, that this wonderful little unique place does not become a victim of its own success. Keep it up Beijing Dumpling!! read more

Ordered a number of appetisers such as the spiced pepper tofu, fried aubergines and spare ribs and it all tasted of MSG. The service was slow and very poorly given and they added a 10% service charge on by default on the bill. Best stay away as there are lots of tastier dumplings to be eaten at the other restaurants nearby. read more

If you like dumplings - you will love this place! You can watch them prepare and steam the dumplings at the front of the restaurant. We always order all the steamed dumplings and have never been disappointed. Absolutely great! The staff might seem a bit rude sometimes, but its usually just because they are in a real hurry, but this place is always busy and you still won´t have to wait long for your orders to arrive - so I´m never bothered by it! You never have to wait long, even with a queue in front of the restaurant! We also tried the whole duck, which is delicious, crispy, and just perfect! read more

Rudest staff I have ever encountered. Tossed the menus on my table and grunted approval of my order. Food was okay. read more

Beijing Dumpling - Dim Sum Near Me - London, XGL

Giving this place 2 star "s for food and staff. start with staff that mainly cause it to be 2stars. they forgot sauce twice because the blonde hair kid was playing too much with other staff. now the food! duck suck because it's dry as f..k. dan dan noodle more like don't don't noodle. shanghai dumplings was serve and cook without under layer the broth in dumpling gone. tour trap i say!! and reviews who give 4 or 5 star you such losers. worth part the michelin guide employees should be fire! who the hell this place made it on your list. well michelin not the same, they cheapen rating probably to cater the liberals. read more

The service is pretty bad, but the dumplings are so good that it still deserves 4 stars. Loved the dim sum, the fried pork dumplings and the pork and vegetable dumplings! read more

Had excellent food and service here. Ordered the seafood dim sum platter, veggie dumplings in soup, and some shrimp appetizers. Wait for the table was a drag but worth it in the end. read more

Not as good as a lot of Chinese restaurants I have been in NY or San Francisco. First time I saw Peking duck prepared as shredded meat instead of whole meat. Pork chop is really fried pork loin. Soup Dumplings are okay but can be better. read more

For a place that has "dumpling" in its name, you would think that the dumplings would be the star of the meal. Methinks not! The xiao long bao was disappointing; the skin was too thick, there wasn't enough soup in the dumpling, and the overall taste was lackluster. That was just the beginning of the disappointment. I ordered a white wine that came out sour and a Szechuan prawn dish that was uninspiring. The only reason this place gets even gets a single star is because the decor is interesting enough for a Chinese restaurant. One more thing...the wooden stools were uncomfortable to sit on for more than 5 minutes. read more

Having had siu long bao all my life growing up, this place makes me feel cheated. We ordered the crabmeat .... Where was the crab?!? We ordered spicy pork... it's basically just pork with piece of chilli... flavourless. And the most important thing about siu long bao is the skin, which was unspectacular as well. It was thick and not "que que" which means it has bounce to the dough. The whole point of soup dumplings is to have an amazing soup that fills the spoon, this was 4 drops... We counted! Worst part was there was a £10 minimum per person for awful food! read more

Ordered the Dan Dan Mein (noodles) mostly because I'm craving a hot soup on this cold, wet London summer evening. The non-spicy chicken and pork xia long bau (dumplings)was sold out by 6:30 pm so I took the spicy pork XLB. I know I'm comparing to the venerable Din Tai Fung.... But the dumplings are basically dry with just a hint of soup in them. The noodles are pretty good with the sauce showing less peanut flavor that I'm used to- but still tasty. Portion sizes are good. I just don't understand why a basic signature dish should be sold out so early on a Tuesday night- they must make all the dumplings at one time early in the day and not continuously like busier restaurants like DTF. If they had kept a full menu by 6:30 PM when I showed up, I might have given four stars for the quality of the food. read more

Supposedly this place is on a Michelin 2017 list (at least according to the sticker on the door). How that ever happened is beyond me. There's not a lot to rave about this place. The dumplings are OK but certainly not up to the level of Din Tai Fung in either California or Taiwan. The vegetable dishes we had (bok-choy and spinach) were greasy beyond belief - they must have used a whole bottle of oil in the wok. The sauce for the stir fried beef was a gelatinous, gooey mess (altho it did have a reasonable taste and the quality of the beef was decent. Service - well that's another story. When they brought a wrong dish, they insisted (including the manager) it was our mistake (even though the waitress had marked our special request herself on the form!). Finally, when I said that if it was that important to them, charge us for the incorrect dish, but please bring us what we ordered, did they agree there was an error. The room is typical for Chinatown - tight, a bit noisy and minimal ambiance. Price was OK. We waited about 20 minutes for a table on a Sunday evening. There are definitely better options in London's Chinatown! read more

im not sure if we just came here on an off night or they dont make the XLB the "correct" way anymore but we got two different orders of them (crab and pork && spicy pork XLB) and they were both DRYYYY!! nooo soup AT ALL! and again, im not sure if the style here is just different that what ive had my whole entire life... but the salt and pepper pork chops here was not fried, just simply baked or pan fried i was just a tourist in london so i cant really compare this place to other places in the area and what locals expect from a chinese restaurant, but as far as authenticity goes, this is nottt a place i would recommend read more

Really good the Dumplings, I am not an expert but they were really tasty. The other dish (Fried rice noodles) was tasty and in good quantity. The restaurant is small and your table can be too close to the next but with space between something that others don't have. The price was good, so overall I would recommend try it. P.S. Iny next visit I have to try chiken wings, they look delicious in the table next to mine. read more

XLB soup dumplings were disappointingly mediocre - too little soup and skin too chewy - and the zhajiangmian noodles had a watery sauce . Service and prices were fine read more

Avoid. Very rude staff. Asked what is in the hot and sour soup , staff replied "meat". Turns out there are prawns in the soup which i am allergic to. Dumplings were dry and hard and soggy at the same time. Avoid this restaurant. read more

Love the food! The service is not good and the restaurant seems quite "sticky" overall. Anyways, I love the food and I am always happy to be back read more

This mostly empty place just refused me, my wife, and two teens an order of two dishes of xiaolumbao saying we needed to spend a minimum of 20£. Their loss... I had originially requested takeout. Took my money down the street... read more

My friends and I love to go into this place, as its food is good and it's reasonable priced for such a tourist area. Around Leicester Square you will find a lot of overpriced but bad Chinese eateries, so we were glad to have found this nice place. They also don't rush you out of the door like some of the other restaurants in this area. One can watch the chefs prepare the dumplings in the front window and the food is always fresh. read more

Being a tourist in London, I was fascinated with the performance art in the front window of several Chinese restaurants with chefs making dumplings so we stopped in for dinner at this place with the lure of fresh xiao long bao. I was excited to see how they would turn out and ordered the crab and pork batch. And while they were good, I still prefer the NYC Chinatown version of them. When I bite into them, I like them to be extra soupy even though it may just be melted pork fat in them. The dumplings here were not very soupy, but that could have been a difference in preference from across the pond. The seafood chow fun was ok at best, but the Taiwanese Chicken was pretty good. The decor was a bit bland with wood panels everywhere and the service was rather slow and unresponsive. read more

Nice atmosphere, delicious food and good price! We loved that place! You definitely have to try the dumplings.. they are worth it!!

Given the name of this place, you'd think you're getting Beijing-style food; however, after eating here we determined it's really a Schezuan take on Beijing-style food. Our tip-off was that every dish had peppers in it, except for the xiao lan bao. The xiao lan bao were decent, but I was expecting them to be juicier. I've definitely had better. We also ordered zha jiang mian, fried mussels and an eggplant dish. The zha jian mian did not taste like zha jiang mian, but it was good. The fried mussels were in the spicy salty tradition, so they were great. The eggplant was decent as well, but not too memorable. Service was better than usual for a Chinese restaurant, but that could be because it's in the middle of tourist-central. Overall, a decent Chinese place! read more

Half the XLB HAD NO SOUP! Pretty tasty otherwise. Fried rice tasted a lot better than it looked; should have asked for veggies in it. Waitress a bit sour. Pretty skimpy portions got the price. read more

The absolute worst service I have ever had in a restaurant anywhere. I couldn't believe how rude and disinterested the staff were.

We only ordered the soup dumplings & pan fried dumplings, both were good! The broth was clean tasting however there wasn't much of the broth though. Din Tai Fung is my favorite still, but since there isn't one in London this was good enough. read more

My husband loves the dumplings , but the veggie dumplings are not flavourful at all. I tolerate this restaurant since he adores it.

Went here on a busy Friday night, it was packed but we were seated quickly. We had a variety of dishes but the stand out ones were the chicken dumplings and salt and pepper prawns - both were absolutely gorgeous, so impressed! Also had a lovely bottle of prossecco for only £19 which is remarkably cheap for central London. The place itself is very cute, very buzzy with lots of Chinese people eating there which is always a good sign. The food and drink are very reasonably priced and good portions. The seating is benches so might not be the sort of place you go to and stop all night but fine for popping in on a night out. So impressed with this place - will definitely be back. read more

I lunched here today with an old friend. The dan dan noodles were, as ever, superb. Spicy enough for to warm us up on a cold day, but not so much that the taste of peanuts was overwhelmed. As mentioned in other reviews, the noodles are thick (Ho Fun?) and make for a dish that's filling enough to eat as a main. Nice atmosphere, pleasant staff. I'll be back soon. read more

Looking for some Chinese food Monday night while walking thru Chinatown. Decided to try Beijing Dumpling after reading the reviews. Ordered Dim Sum platter, Crab Dim Sum, Pork and vegetable fried potstickers and Szechuan chicken. The chicken was tender with a clean fresh taste, the all the dim sum was very flavorful and perfectly cooked . Great service and good prices. I will return there again. read more

Had dinner here the other night alone on a whim after some shopping. The frontage is very alluring with two chefs busy making dumplings and the interior is busy and cosy with dark wood surrounds. The menu is surprisingly sparse of dumpling options given the restaurant's name and you choose much like at many other dumpling places such as Ping Pong. New to Beijing Dumplings I chose three options at random - chicken fried rice, pan fried pork dumplings and pork bao. First to arrive was the rice. It was very disappointing as the chicken looked more boiled; very anaemic and fatty and there was almost no taste to the entire dish. Next was the pork bao, this was much nicer with 8 dumplings in all. It was flavourful and filling. Last, the pan-fried, had a lovely texture but sadly very little taste to it. Also worth noting, the staff are efficient but a little impersonal. Lots of potential seen as restaurants like Ping Pong are almost twice as expensive, but I wouldn't return in a hurry. read more

We came here on the assumptions that they would do a huge selection of dumplings as its in the restaurant name. When we looked at the menu we were surprised to only find a few dumpling dishes. It didn't put us off that much and we ended up getting one pork dumpling dish, dry beef noodles, garlic chicken and prawn toast. The prawn toast arrived as a starter and we were very underwhelmed. For a £6 starter you would expect something special but it was 4 tiny soggy pieces that you would expect to receive from a bad takeaway. The two mains arrived shortly after and we were very happy again. The noodle dish was incredible and the portion sizes were huge. The dumplings arrived last as they are cooked fresh to order, again this was absolutely amazing. It's very confusing how some dishes can be so poor but others be great. (Visit - 12/05/2015 Dinner) read more

Amazing, I was drawn to this place by the sight of the 2 chefs skillfully rolling and wrapping dumplings in the window. Standing outside in the rain watching them we decided we had to give them a try. The dim sum that was served to us weren't just dumplings, but art, they were so neat and full of flavour. One of them was shaped like a perfect little fish complete with little orange eyes. In the hustle and bustle of Chinatown it would be all too easy to overlook this little gem, but to my mind they make some of the best dumplings in London. Give them a go you wont be disappointed. UPDATE Sadly I came back to Beijing Dumpling for a repeat of my previously good experience. Unfortunately I was faced with bland dumplings that all tasted the same. The salt and pepper squid was not bad but not good enough for me to justify the 5star rating, unfortunately I feel Beijing Dumpling is now a 3 star establishment. read more

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Had the crab buns and veggie/meat dumpings. Both very tasty and as good as I have had in China. Service was in a bit of minor chaos but at a hole-in-the-wall pace like this, I take that as a plus. Dumplings and buns were made to order as you can clearly see from the window. It was awesome to be able to have such good Chinese food so far away from China. Cheers! read more