I understand why this place has received such poor reviews and only 2.5 stars. Despite (one of the) owners 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. read more

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Was reviewed by Giles from The Times to be one of the best Chinese in town or all if UK... 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... read more

Jun Ming Xuan - Interrior - Chinese Near Me - London, XGL

Firstly, this place is out of the way. In Colindale it's above Finchley on the northern line. This isn't a terrible thing. If you love food and know TFL like any Londoner you'll be there in no time. I did go by car but i know it's not the worst to get to considering an equivalent to South options. It does also mean less of a queue if any. This area is certainly like something from Truman show. A bit artificial and strange when I walk out of parking and looked around. We turned up for lunch and my friends virtually ordered the whole menu. We of course came for dim sum and as well 10 selections of dim sum we ordered chicken feet, other dishes and dessert. It was all good and the best bit is that for a place rated so highly by Giles Coren as the bet in England the £17 per head we paid and got stuffed was excellent. I can't help but feel only half the dishes made me stand up and go wow is come back. I have to be honest and say I have no clue of the names of the ones I loved. There were about 4/5 but if I do search out and remember exactly then I will update. But it's worth a dim sum booking with a big group to share. And good value. read more

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Went to my local dim sum eatery for the first time having heard of its successes. I ordered the following: - Prawn, chive and spinach steamed dumplings - Chicken feet in black bean sauce - Crispy won ton with prawn - Stuffed beancurd wrapped with prawn - Beancurd with mashed prawn - Fried rice with mixed duck The steamed dumplings come with visual interest, with a definite but healthy greenish hue greeting the eyes upon lifting the steamer lid. The chives work well with the prawns although my dining partners found them a bit overpowering. The chicken feet was average with not much flavouring in the juices that accompany them. I could get a whole box readymade at an Oriental supermarket which would be just as good so these were nothing to write home about. The crispy won ton with prawn was good with a nice overall texture coming from a crispy outer surface mixed with the spongy prawn meat within. This dish was in many ways representative of the quality across the board; it was well made with a satisfying clean appearance indicative of fresh oil which isn't necessarily standard at some dim sum restaurants. The two beancurd dishes were excellent and worth coming back for alone with a wonderful balance between crisp and tender in their texture, and sweet and salty in their taste. Also worth noting is the slight differences in the sauces that came out with each plate which suggests a good eye for detail. My only gripe is that some vinegar would have been handy for certain dishes as a general comment. Lastly, the rice wins the 'Pleasant Surprise' award arriving late to the table but impressing everyone who had some. It comes with a gorgeous thick, slightly smoky sauce and a generous amount of nicely chopped meat. The mangetout really completes the dish, again adding balance with some crunch and sweetness to round what was the best bowl of rice I've had in a long time. As a general summary, Jun Ming Xuan seems to focus on quality over quantity which is no bad thing but I did feel like there were a few items I would have liked. There wasn't any tripe or much in the way of beef which was a let down. As a word of warning, the menu on the website seems to be out of date as a few of the dishes were not on the menus we were given which was disappointing. I feel fortunate to have dim sum of this quality and at a very generous price range on my doorstep. A bit more variety would have improved things a touch but still a very repeatable experience. read more

We live close to this one, so seeing their sign claiming to have been reviewed as the best dim sum in the UK, we were curious. It really wasn't a good experience. The staff seemed clueless and slow, dim sum offered was completely different than what was offered on the menu available online. We ended up ordering mains and all four of them were really bland and not entirely enjoyable. After we finished our meal we waited for over 20 minutes for the bill, though we had asked for it twice. Frustrated we went up to the bar in the front and had to wait another ten minutes for our bill to be ready. Especially considering they charge a 10÷ service fee, the service really was sub par and I will definitely not be visiting here again. read more

Like one of the previous reviewers, I also travelled to JMX (from the other side of the city) in order to try 'the best dim sum in London'. While my experience wasn't quite as bad as the others, it was by no means substantially different from a normal dim sum lunch anywhere in Chinatown. There were some slightly more unusual items on the menu (seafood and mango croquettes, Shanghai dumplings and some tasty cuttlefish cakes). But most of it was exactly the same as I've enjoyed at pretty much any other dim sum restaurant in the same price range (£3 - £4.50). The har gau, roast pork puffs, glutinous rice in lotus leaves etc. were all standard. I certainly won't be spending another hour and a half to visit it again and would suggest that anyone with reasonable access to Gerrard St needn't bother either. read more

Disgusting poor service! I ordered takeaway from the restaurant and was appalled by the amount of food I recieved for the amount I paid. I placed an order for crispy shredded beef at an extortionate price of £15.30 and received half a portion. I called to ask why but was greeted with rudeness and was told that I am ridiculous and had the phone put down on me. I will never be ordering from this establishment again. As a paying customer info not expect to be verbally abused and recieve bad service! read more

HORRENDOUS! ordered house special and had to explain to 3 members of staff what that is as they kept telling me "house fried rice" When the food came I WAS NOT able to pay by card as my card was not registered to my student address. I had to go cash point! The house special came in 2 seperate containers. One plain rice and and the other like warm gravy and cooked meats There was 1 king prawn, 2 over cooked scallops, pork chicken and beef in Bland gravy I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND OR ORDER FROM AGAIN !!!! read more

Shockingly bad service. The manager was rude, argumentative and clearly doesn't understand what customer service is. Shame, as the dim sum was actually quite good. Still, I won't be going back. The other staff were great and efficient. The "manager" though is clearly inexperienced and VERY rude. read more