Excellent value for London. 50 quid for 2 people and we ate a lot. Friendly and fast service, allowed us to swap the soup for no cost. Got a soup, aromatic duck (would have preferred the peking duck) and 3 courses (crispy beef, chicken, vegetables) with egg fried rice. We were stuffed at the end...was going to get a steak and chips for 35 quid each and actually initially went into the world's rudest restaurant (Wong Kei) but they only accepted cash. but ate more and enjoyed the food more here....excellent value. Lady on the table near us got a chicken curry which looked very good...i.e. the curry sauce was a 'mud' color and not bright yellow. Only downside was the warm canned drinks...they could invest 500 quid in a big fridge to keep their drinks cold. read more

Quick, affordable and left my belly fully. Spent the evening roaming around Mayfield and wandered into SoHo and eventually Chinatown. I was hungry but wasn't sure for what. Eventually, I realized I was hungry for some dim sum. Walked in, grabbed a table and opened up my book as I waisted. Spent $30 and was not disappointed. Great service and very attentive. read more

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No. Just no! Bland food. Mediocre service. Clogged toilets. You can do much better than this!! Oh and by the way, the 2 of us had 1 1 wonton soup, 1 order crispy wontons, 1 order of spring rolls, 1 chicken fried rice, 1 beef and cashews and 1 beer and it cost just under $100. Miraculously neither one of us got sick. read more

Full. Thorough service and good. I think the dim some was by far the best. Outstanding. Soup was loaded and tasted good. Peking Duck was very good. Bean curd and green veggies was good. The fried noodles with honey bbq pork was very good. I wish I ordered more dim some. Maybe something else. I found this to be a good place to go to. read more

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Located in Chinatown near SOHO, this restaurant brings back some authentic flavors in traditional dishes... they also serve dim sum. Great experience overall! read more

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My first impression was face to face with sullen faced manager! The meal was disappointing. The steamed Turbot pieces with shallot and ginger had no taste. The soya sauce was not even salty! Anyone who orders steamed fish will immediately know what I mean. There is an expectation of what to expect! Chicken, mushroom & sausage claypot rice was ordinary. There was no crackling crispy rice at the bottom. The prawn stirred fried with cashew and mushroom was ok. Portions were not generous. The steamed white rice tasted authentic. read more

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What we ordered... 4 different kinds of dim sum dish, an order of shrimp fried rice, and an order of kungpao chicken. All we got is nothing out of the ordinary, almost a little bland and almost lacking flavor. I've been to China and Hong Kong multiple times and this isn't close to being authentic. Our orders came in at different times with a big delay serving the fried rice. We all love dim sum but this restaurant serves very little selection and also not up to par. A bit disappointed. The good thing is they take any form of payment, specially credit cards. The other places only takes cash which we didn't carry at the time. There was a line but they didn't honor who was first in line, the ones that spoke their language were allowed in before everyone else that's line up. We're not returning to this establishment. read more

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This place was recommended by a friend so I tried it. It was alright & kinda expensive. Had a mixed roast meats 燒味拼盤, a Buddha's delight 羅漢齋 and a mopo tofu 麻婆豆腐. The meats were quite good. The other 2, kinda average. All kinda expensive £35 a head! If would be 4 star if it were below £20 & 5 star below £12.50. read more

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Good Chinatown dim sum and noodle spot in London. No carts are pushed around the restaurant. You order with the waitstaff. Surprisingly we got our own table. We're used to sharing tables at other dim sum spots. The steamed dumplings are very good. The tea is better here than in other restaurants. We had no issues with waitstaff like some other Yelp reviewers. read more

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Excelent! We love this chinise restaurant. Very good food, beatifull place and good Service. Three times here!

Food is decent for the price, service is subpar, hostess is quite rude ambience feels authentic, although music was jazz and not chinese. read more

There was a line to get in, but it moved quickly. We loved the fried noodles, pork buns, and dumplings in chili sauce! read more

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Ok I see mixed reviews, but my experience was definitively amazing! I treated five friends with drinks and seven entrees to share, and can I tell you, everything was spot on! We had fried rice, shredded duck, broccoli beef, chow mien , orange chicken , spring rolls and dumplings. Boy was it delicious. My guest we super impressed and when I got the bill I was shocked how reasonable it was compared to a restaurant in Los Angeles. I highly recommend! read more

Very good Chinese in Soho. This is not a buffet, but a menu order restaurant. There was plenty of variety of standard Chinese dishes. The atmosphere was very comfortable and good service. read more

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Very bad and rude service. Please avoid. Food is very bland as well. The only saving grace was one new waitress who helped put.

We stumbled on this place in Chinatown and were hoping to get dimsum, but noticed that they only serve it for lunch sadly. The interior is clean and the menu is expansive with options for everyone. We ordered the duck, the chow mein, tofu with broccoli, and orange chicken. All of the food was FAR too salty besides the duck which was cooked perfectly. The only thing I would order again would be the duck. Everything else was too greasy, slimy, and salty. Overall, would not come here again! I had hopes since the yelp reviews were decent but this place disappointed me. read more

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A nice busy chinese restaurant in the heart of China town London. The restaurant is clean - 2 story and full of people dining. The food is flavorful, priced fairly, but I can tell that they used a lot of MSG. I felt the saltiness and headache after a couple of hours. The roasted pecking duck was great. And so as the rest of our order. read more

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I've been coming here for a long time. Used to be my go-to in China town. The food is good but the service is awful. The waiters/waitresses are all rude. The bathrooms were recently done up but the toilets do not flush. Went here 3 weeks ago and the toilets were not flushing then. They can't even bother to get it sorted. Absolutely revolting. It's the last thing you want to deal with after just having finished your meal. Food is decent value but for all the reasons above, I think we'll be going to a different place for our dim sum fix from now on. Also, the hygiene rating is 4. I think it could actually be lower than that given the toilets are disgusting. read more

My girlfriend and I luckily stumbled upon London's Chinadown while taking a stroll around Piccadilly Circus. Although there were plenty of restaurants to choose from, we rolled the dice on Golden Dragon after seeing their decent Yelp reviews. It was no surprise that about 95% of the customers were non-Asian and, from the looks of it, were probably tourists, but don't let that deter you from thinking the food was not legit. Once we got inside and were seated, we actually could have easily mistaken the restaurant for any Chinese restaurant we had been to back home in New York. In addition, we were greeted by employees that spoke to us in Cantonese, and in a way it made us feel like we were home. As for the menu and food, the menu selection was huge and very detailed. Every legit food that we could get back home was on the menu for all to see. All of it in Chinese and English. The only gripe we had about the menu ... the prices! Everything was much more expensive here. After mulling over the menu, we decided on the Crispy Sucking Pig, Orange Duck and Tofu with green vegetables. When the dishes came out there was an obvious observation and that was that the dishes were kind of small for family style type food. The flavors were OK, but nothing like we hadn't had before. However, it wasn't a bad thing either because we now knew that London had a Cantonese food scene that we didn't realize existed prior. Bottom line: The restaurant was huge (with 2 floors), the employees were fairly nice and spoke good English, the menu was legitimately true to Cantonese style food and the flavors were average compared to what we had experienced back home. read more

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A long line outside of this Chinatown restaurant would signal a popular place, so we stood in queue for about 20 minutes. Boy, were we wrong. The service was terrible. The angry server arrived at our table to take our order before we even picked up our menu. We asked for more time, and she huffed at us. She did not return to our table until we flagged her down. Very rude. Hubby and I enjoyed the half Peking duck and soup dumplings, but the prices are expensive for the meal. The cleanliness of the restaurant is less than desired. We watched tables being cleared and reset on dirty table cloths. The upstairs ladies toilet was disgustingly dirty. There was no water to wash hands, so one of the servers came in with a pitcher of water to pour on our hands. Yuck! read more

The staff is so rude. My one year old daughter played with 4 toothpick. The waiter said in Cantonese, "Don't hurt yourself. Otherwise you will cry with no tears." It means you can only blame yourself. He was not showing any care at all. And then my daughter played the china spoon. We was just gonna to replace our own plastic spoon. The same waiter came across again with a very mean tone: be careful don't break it. How can customers have enjoyable dining experience in your restaurant?!! read more

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The chicken fried rice was more like plain, unseasoned white rice with wet, spongy pieces of plain chicken, absolutely no seasoning to be found in the dish. The egg fried rice wasn't much better, again unseasoned white rice with some bits of egg. The service was fine. read more

My husband and I found ourselves wandering around Chinatown shortly after seeing a musical in the West End. Many of the restaurants had menu boards outside. Most of them were open late and we were interested in a snack. I had a terrible time deciding where to stop. I'm pretty picky about my Chinese food after doing a study abroad in Shanghai a few years ago. However, when we came upon Golden Dragon, all signs pointed to "here." First, there were about a million Yelp stickers on the window and I love yelp, it rarely steers me wrong. Secondly, Golden Dragon is the name of our favorite Chinese restaurant back home. Third, my husband saw the ducks and knew that was exactly what he wanted so in we went. My husband debated over which version of the duck to get and eventually decided on the duck with rice based on the recommendation of the server. He LOVED it. He said it was one of the best things that he ever put in his mouth. It was by far and away his favorite meal in London, but one of his favorite meals of the year. He wouldn't shut up about it the rest of the trip. I ordered egg fried rice which I know sounds really boring, but it sounded incredible to this pregnant lady. My stomach is super out of whack these days so I wanted something simple. It was also very late so I didn't want to eat anything too heavy either. I don't think the photo I took of my rice does it justice. It looks really boring, but it was actually super delicious. It had great balance of flavor. Finally, the prices were reasonable and the service was fast and friendly. I would definitely recommend this place. read more

Golden Dragon - Plain egg fried rice. It may look boring but it was good. - Dim Sum Near Me - London, XGL

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This was a mistake! We happened in for Dim Sum last week. We were looking for a place we visited a few summers ago that was amazing. Wasn't the right place but decided to give it a chance. I will start with how rude the wait staff was. Could barely be bothered with us. But the food was the real mistake. The Dim Sum was mediocre at best...the after effect was the real mistake. Everyone in my party was sick that evening! I realized the food was loaded with MSG and I was so sick from it. On top of that it was bad/spoiled. Everyone in my party spent the evening in the bathroom after. Don't make the mistake we did...pass this place by!!! read more

Absolute joke of a restaurant. Menu is over priced for below average food. The chicken spring rolls had essentially no chicken in it, see photo. I asked the manager to review and she said there is chicken and that's the end of it. I asked the waitress which appetizer is better between the two and she placed both appetizer in the order and argued with me when I explain I only chose one. The manager did removed the second appetizer but acted like she was doing us a favor. I would recommend every person stay clear of this place. Sweet and sour chicken and plain noodle photo attached. read more

We visited this restaurant on a Saturday for lunch. The tables were space apart but no partition in the room. We were given our menu with a bottle of hand sanitizer. We ordered our food and arrived shortly after. It was delicious dim sum. The waitress was polite. We will go back again and try more dishes. read more

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This was my second time at the Golden Dragon in London's Chinatown and so far there is little to complain and much to praise about this place. To praise is the food. Anything from the menu is good and is quickly served for feed hungry mouthes after a long stroll through Londontown. To complain, which is actually not surprising, is the service. I don't know if the service personnel is just stressed out or just gives a crap, but my expectation is to pay attention to your guest and what they order and that you don't start an argument if you forget to serve a dish and still put it on the bill. Probably just caught them on a bad day (busy Saturday), I hope. read more

The dinner menu here makes it easy to order your food just by pointing, but too bad not everything you order looks like the picture. No surprise some places do that. But then I looked over at someone else's table and their version looks like it's ready for a tv commercial. The waitress told me it was because I said I wanted soft noodles inside of crispy. The bbq pork looked like it was days old, had no red outer glaze, and was inedible. I asked the other waiter if he would eat it and he paused for a good minute making an awkward smile then replied no. Nothing was done to resolve this. The other dishes we ordered were ok at best. FYI - Service fee of 12.5% is added to your bill automatically. The table next to us was screaming about it read more

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Food is great! But service is horrible. My friend had a food allergy(egg) that we mentioned multiple times and they still served us food with egg. And when we asked politely to replace with something with no egg they said it was our fault that we ordered something with egg. read more

This restaurant is our favorite Chinese spot in London. Every time we're in London we always make it a must do. We come here for the Dim Sum which is our favorite. We live in the states and I got to admit this is the best Dim Sum I've ever had, including back home in the US. read more

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Golden Dragon is the go to place for dim sum ever since I moved to London. Their dim sum and the Cantonese style dishes are pretty good generally. It's interesting to see some people gave low ratings merely because of misunderstanding (culture wise). For example, they don't serve dim sum for dinner. I can confirmed that 99% of Chinese (dim sum) restaurants in the Far East don't serve dim sum for dinner. I never had dim sum for dinner in my life. Maybe the odd ones in China Town still serve it for western customers. Another person was complaining the waiter told them to stop their toddler from playing with cutlery and toothpicks. I also saw a waiter telling customers not to play with cutlery in one occasion. Maybe they don't know playing with cutlery is extremely rude in Chinese culture. Please bare in mind. Especially if you're Chinese, you should know better, and letting kids playing cutlery can be dangerous! It's also really funny, a person gave a low rating because they ordered too much food and complaint the waiter didn't warn them beforehand? Seriously? Some people are expecting life help! I do agree services can be a hit and miss. And I have to admit that one or two staff aren't my favourite. But a lot of them are very helpful and friendly. They made customers to round up the total (because they don't like pennies?) and when I asked them why, I just got the generic BS answer, rather than being honest to the customers. Anyway, I believe rude services can due to cultural differences and the use of English language. read more

Nice restaurant in chinatown. They served quickly your order but sometimes they are seems lost between all the tables to serve. We came to late to for the dim sums but next time, I will try them. read more

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After a full day of Stonehenge/Roman Baths sightseeing, we decided our best bet for anything that's open at 11pm would be in Chinatown. We wanted something relatively affordable and served quick to feed 7 hungry people. It didn't take us long to decide what to order and in 15 minutes, piping hot dishes of minced pork with aubergrine, mushroom and chinese broccoli, chicken fried rice, beef teriyaki, chicken with scallion and ginger graced the table. It was like a war of chopticks and forks when everybody dived into their food. The roast duck with steamed buns took longer to arrive and by then, we'd already placed an extra order of fried rice, because, Asians LOVE their rice! the boys each had a bottle of Tiger beer to round out the greasiness of our food. I stuck with good old black tea. Decor is typical Chinese resto with wooden accents and year round Christmas tree lights. The tablecloths were tattered looking but the plates are clean. Service was so-so and we had to flag our waiter down for our bill which was 100 quid with tips. Overall, an ok choice in Chinatown but we should've just gone to the $6.99 AYCE buffet across the street. read more

Dim sum in London? Look no further. This place is it. First of all, the dim sum menu (like most Yelpers said) is super friendly - with pictures for each menu item served so you know exactly what you are getting. I'm Chinese but my Chinese is shabby so I always somehow manage to order a wrong dish when faced with a menu with no pictures and just text (even when it's translated into English). The wait was under ten minutes for two people at 2:00pm on a busy Saturday. We got: shrimp/chive dumplings (good), bbq pork triangular pastries (a must get, there's a reason this menu item takes up one FULL page of their dim sum menu - it is definitely one of the hottest centrefolds I have ever seen), chicken feet w/ black bean sauce (really good), scallop cheung fun (pass, I have had better), fried shrimp dumplings with salad cream (pass, I have had way better), beef chow fun (good), taro croquettes (good), duck tongue (good, if you are into that stuff--my date was), and steamed spare ribs w/ black bean sauce (portions are too small but they are good). As for the spotty service, we didn't experience any. You get different servers who bring you what you have ordered and some of them are smiling, some of them are not - but who cares? I feel like people who leave bad reviews just because not every server smiled at them when they put the food down is just looking to get their egos stroked. The food is piping hot, fresh and delicious. When you ask for water, it comes fast and when you want an extra plate of chili oil, it comes right away. Tea pot out of hot water? Flip the top up and put it on the edge of your table - it is a Chinese standard way of telling the servers you are in need of a tea refill. Tea is £1.50 pp but it has unlimited refills, and the refills come fast, which is surprising since my date and I were seated in a dark corner - we thought they would forget about us, but that was far from the truth. I'm a generous tipper but don't like to be ambushed with the mandatory 12.5% service charge when handed the bill. This was the first dim sum place in Chinatown to have that mandatory 12.5% - so I took one star away. Other than that, I recommend this place and would take my parents here if they ever come visit me in London! read more

Could this restaurant sever the best Peking duck in town? I dare not offend, but yes! My mates and I were just craving some Peking duck and this restaurant, filled with yelp stickers on their window, served us exactly what we wanted. I would say I have an average knowledge of Peking duck around the world. Beijing tends to be really fatty and oily because that's how they like it. Hong Kong tends to serve the skin and aerate it so it's crispy and light. London, on the other hand, serves it crispy and light but cuts off loads of meat so we can eat the meat too! We also ordered some other side dishes as well. Roast pork, Pei Pa Tofu, Kung Po Chicken, Garlic Kale. They were all very tasty and I can see myself trying other things on the menu in the future. I'm making a mental note to try their Dim Sum in the new year! In terms of service, I felt that it could be better. Like any Chinatown restaurant, I find that they're a bit pushy. They wanted us to order food as soon as possible, eat and leave. I'm use to that. But I don't see why they need to be that pushy when they still have extra tables for customers. read more

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I came here with a couple friends on a Tuesday evening (around 6 pm) and the place was already fairly packed. The wait wasn't too bad though - no more than 10 minutes. For food we went for three dishes - sauteed prawns with vegetables, monk vegetable dish, and honey barbecue pork (I don't remember the exact names) - and three orders of white rice. After we ordered, the lady taking our order indicated that she thought three dishes wouldn't be enough for us - this was fine, but what bothered me was how when we said we would order more later if that turned out to be the case, she said that if we did that we would have to wait 20 minutes for the next round of food...I also didn't appreciate how when we got three orders of rice (for four people) and I asked how big the rice portions were, she said they were "very small" and "only for one person." Both of her claims turned out to be wrong, however, as the three dishes were perfect for feeding four people, and the rice portions were HUGE. Anyway, I was very satisfied with the food. My favorite dish was the prawns, which I thought was very light but well-flavored. I also liked the monk vegetable dish, which came with stir-fried tofu, mushrooms, and other greens. The honey barbecue pork though...I wasn't a fan - it was very difficult to chew and was too heavy on the sauce, in my opinion. Overall, I enjoyed my meal here (despite the service in the beginning) and the food definitely satisfied my craving for Chinese food. I've been to a couple other Chinese restaurants in the area, and this place has definitely been my favorite so far in terms of both food and service (overall). read more

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Fantastic dim sum place. We dropped in here with a party of five on a Sunday afternoon and got a table after only a twenty minute wait. Staff are very attentive and friendly. Their dim sum menu is quite large and everything was super tasty. Service is fast, even in a packed restaurant. There's definitely a reason people queue up to eat here. We didn't try their regular menu, but I'd highly recommend their dim sum, especially for larger parties! read more

Golden Dragon - Chicken feet! They're actually quite tasty. - Dim Sum Near Me - London, XGL

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For my first dim sum experience in London, Golden Dragon was a jaw-dropping and belly-gratifying opening salvo, so I'm glad my mates invited me along! We started with half a roast duck, dripping with nutrients (see: fat), and the flavors were so rich, I wasn't even really tempted by the usual orange sauce. My mouth just kept flashing DUCK, MM, DUCK into my brain, which was more than okay. Then the waves of steamed dumplings started washing over us all, and there were serene moments of the eight of us just chewing and sighing at how good it was. Big fan of their Shanghai soup dumplings actually, and the boiling soup didn't have that MSG tang when it hits the back of your throat. Other highlights were their aubergine clay pot (get some white rice to soak up all juices, folks), the sticky rice packets, and the spicy chicken feet. Staff was rather friendly! We had an OBSCENE amount of decadent food, and it came out to £17 a person. Come check it out on a Sunday afternoon with your eating dress on, and then go curl up somewhere for naptime before the dim sum sweats start. read more

With it being nestled in the middle of Chinatown, I'd say Golden Dragon is pretty popular, considering there was a huge line outside even though there are two floors in the restaurant. Maybe it was just because it was extremely busy when I went, but service was immensely slow, and we waited around 40 minutes for our food to arrive, and another 20 after asking for the check. For the most part, the food was decent. We ordered Beijing duck and fried noodles - both met our expectations for how the dishes were supposed to taste, but they leaned slightly towards the greasy end. Overall, there are probably other restaurants in Chinatown that are equally good, if not better. read more

The place has good dim sum as the place is very nice as it has 2 floor. It was pretty busy on a Tuesday It a place if you want a good place to eat read more