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Magasasa

3.6 (59 reviews)
InexpensiveChinese
Closed 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Casual
Good for kids
Good for groups

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Yumeng Y.

Highly recommend! I love the boiling fish! Tastes just like the restaurant in China. Best for sharing with your 3-4 people.

Nafisah W.

Went to this place for the first time last Saturday after hearing so many people saying this is the best Chinese restaurant in Copenhagen. As an Asian, sure I can't miss a chance to eat here! So here it goes, I ordered a fried noodle which was blown me away. The taste, I can really say it's authentic and super YUM! The portion was HUGE and satisfied my hunger. The price was nice for my pocket too. So win-win situation for all my senses. Definitely coming back for more and more chinese foods.

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Linda F.

Sign me up for the Magasasa fan club! I can see why it's gotten good reviews. They do good Chinese food with a wide range of flavours including numbing Szechuan spiciness and mild curry in Singapore fried noodles. It's nothing fancy, but the food is satisfying and tasty. Two dishes and two beers around 270 kr. We managed to get a table by walking in Friday night and from what I could see, tons of other people just walked in off the street too. So maybe reservations are not essential if it's just for two. Service was fast and friendly, but a little forgetful and we had to ask for things like bowls and utensils. There is an obligatory tacky tv-fish tank in the back which I both love and hate. The only thing I didn't like was the use of preserved bamboo shoots in one Szechuan dish because it has this distinct fermented flavour I don't enjoy. But boyfriend liked it, so to each their own. I prefer this Magasasa (Istedgade) over the Amager Magasasa, just because I like the menu range a bit more. Although the Amager location is brighter and larger.

Snack before dinner
René K.

South Chinese food well seasoned and done good. Nothing fancy about the place, it's only plane good food. A lot of Chinese eat at the place, and they do it in the right way with of bowl of rice and their dish at the side. Non-Chinese get a plate to eat of. We tried the beef in black pebersauce, eggplants and porksauce and duck/pork roast. They all tasted good.

Rice with roast duck and pork
Kevin L.

I had the Peking soup to start (hot and sour) and found it was tasty but a little too sweet for my taste. The main was rice with roast duck and pork and this was very good standard. The taste was very good and would come back here for that again. As for the service, well I never really expect that at a Chinese restaurant to can't say I was disappointed. The waitress took my food order and the proper food came out. Overall very good value for money and a place I would come back again with hesitation next time I am back in town.

Very typical Chinese cooking and taste! Best and wise choice if you like real Chinese food!
Jean C.

Very typical Chinese cooking and taste! Best and wise choice if you like real Chinese food! yummy yummy yummy~ if you don't like waiting for the table, please go there to have a try as early as possible!

aubergine og svinekød.
Mina S.

one of the only places in copenhagen (and possibly denmark) where you can get real chinese food. i recommend you order from the sichuan menu or the other laminated paper menu and share the dishes family style. aubergine with pork, green beans, happy family hot pot, fish with pickled vegetables... they are all winners! if you are not of the *ahem* asian persuasion, be sure to ask for it spicy if you want it. they might go easy on you whiteys out of compassion. (;

Danie R.

My normal standards would give Magasasa a 3, but in Denmark it is more of a 4... You probably won't find much better Chinese food in Copenhagen unless I invite you over for dinner. I've recently been told I should have Danish standards for the places I review while living abroad. AKA lower my standards. Here goes? Service was heinous, but that's normal here, right? So I can't subtract points for that. A small plate of very delicious spicy green beans for almost 100DKK? Reasonable, for Denmark, but not anywhere else. 33DKK for a coke? Standard and crazy. But yes, a light dinner for 2 with a drink each was 230 DKK total. That's not really too bad. The food was really good too. The noodles weren't too crazy priced, tasty, and salty. I like that you can see the dude in the front in that tiny little kitchen just busting out your food with the quickness. I also like that a ton of Chinese people hang out here. My ears were filled with mandarin the entire night and I even got to practice my Chinese a bit too. In summation, good food that does not completely rape your wallet, but don't expect much for service or decor. I'll come again, but not super often.

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The service was ok, the sweet and sour chicken was delicious, excellent rice, but we didn't like the fried noodles which were too greasy.

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one of the only places in copenhagen (and possibly denmark) where you can get real chinese food.

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Restaurant Canton

Restaurant Canton

3.5(12 reviews)
0.3 kmVesterbro
$$

Summary: Rounding up to 5 stars because it deserves a higher rating than the other 2 Chinese…read morerestaurants in Denmark I've been to. Service starts out slow but gets better. Attention Yelp... you deleted 2 other of my Chinese in Copenhagen reviews because your algorithm felt I was not a local. Usually, I'm ok with the purity of that, but as 1 of the 50mm huaqiaos I consider it a civic duty to the 1.4 billion ethnically Chinese population to QC our food globally and help other Chinese find a happy stomach while traveling. (Can you plz plz add back my reviews so I don't have to rewrite... plz plz?!?) Rating notes: This place would likely deserve 4 stars, but I gave Royal Garden 4 and Magasasa 2, so I have to give Restaurant Canton 5. Portion sizes are average. Pricing: Entrees are between 80-150dkk. If you're like my A-yi's (the actual A-Yi, not the word that now means maid) then you will probably be thinking WHAT? that's a lot! But CPH is expensive. Atmosphere: It's pretty Cheesy old school Cantonese with the gold everywhere and lions in front, but I kind of think my mom would like it. Plus, if you're a Chinese tourist a little too confused to read the signs, this kind of helps you identify grub. Hence, I am a thumbs up. It's also very clean from what I saw on a slow Monday night. They have many 8 tops that all sport a lazy Susan. I've never understood why this particular invention has not caught on like other useful Chinese innovations like paper and the compass. Service: She was really great once she got to me. There were 8 tables and about 40 people, which is a lot for 1 server. I waited a bit for water such that I almost left. Glad that I didn't. Once she got to me, she was very nice explaining what the"best of" was. I only took her up on one of her suggestions. She was also quite quick once she started serving me. Food came quickly, she checked on my regularly. Very efficient waitress. I can see if they only have 1 server it could be a problem though. The restaurant owners need to figure out how to increase staff or slowly monitor the number of tables to increase staff and avoid bad reviews. The food: Delicious. There is a dim sum menu they don't share at night, likely because they don't have everything on it at night. As I was seated next to the menus, I just grabbed one and asked for the items I knew wouldn't cause a hassle. Peking soup - The is the best one I've had in Copenhagen. Unlike there two sweet versions that make me sad, this one not only is the right flavor, but also has pickled cabbage and enoki mushrooms. Chef needs to slightly lighten his soup thickener or just add more water, but I'll give it 5 stars as the flavor is perfect. The soup came with a little eggroll that was delightful. It seemed like the oil was very clean, which isn't always the case with Chinese restaurants. nice accompaniment. Stir-fried Ho-Fan Noodles - This is Gan-chow Ngo Haw (Gan chai niu he) a typical Cantonese dish that was perfect in flavor. The chef seasoned the beef perfectly before stir-frying and also used fresh ingredients. He managed to cook it without excessive oil on plating. My only criticism is that he could go ever so slightly more al dente on the noodles, but that is personal preference so, 5 stars. Chicken with veggies and peanuts is Kung Pai Chicken which is actually a Chinese dish called Gung Bao Ji ding. This is actually a Cantonese version of the Szechuan dish. Personally, 4 stars, not because you Canto-ized it. I think the restaurant is catering toward an audience that doesn't do extreme spice. As a result, they've removed the Szechuan peppers and pepper corns and replaced it with chili paste... if I had to guess Lee Kim Kee brand which is a Cantonese company that offers a lower hot spice level. I would continue to experiment with the spice level and possibly increase some of the savory aspects of the sauce to get a little more punch. It's pretty good right now, but it mellows likely more than you'd want when you add rice.

My wife and I came to this restaurant shortly after arriving to our hotel. This was a…read moredisappointing experience. We ordered two tap waters, fried prawns, and pan fried noodles. The location is convenient and near the train station and hotels. The atmosphere, facilities, and general decor were fine. However, the most important thing (food) was lacking in portion. The taste was okay and like another reviewer said the food is a Westernized version of Chinese food. They have a wide variety and decent amount of choices, but I don't think they really cook Cantonese style as the food was dull. We didn't order much, but it did cost 153 DKK, which probably isn't expensive in Copenhagen, but it was a pitiful amount of food for about 28 USD. Again, I recognize its unfair to judge the portion size against Chinese restaurants anywhere else in the world, but consider that tap water charge of 20 DKK and the fact that you can get a Carlsberg beer from 711 for about 17 DKK or only 5 DKK from the grocery store. Yep, beer is cheaper than water... It wasn't horrible, but I wouldn't recommend this place and would prefer the savory danish and a Carlsberg at 711 for less than 50 DKK.

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Restaurant Canton - Pan fried noodles

Pan fried noodles

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Restaurant Royal Garden - Homemade Ho Fun with Beef, 04/29/2024

Restaurant Royal Garden

4.0(49 reviews)
1.9 kmKøbenhavn K
$$

I don't know how it got high rate, maybe this restaurant has good taste food. However, the service…read moreis very poor. I walked in with Asian face and the owner kick me to the corner even there is no much people here. I feel sorry for this but I need to write down true feedback.

We found the Royal Garden restaurant on our last night in Copenhagen. The family was craving…read morenoodles and soup and this was a perfect place to have dinner. It was a cold and windy Copenhagen day and we needed the comfort food and a warm place to eat dinner after a long day of sightseeing. We ordered the beef with housemade rice noodles, the sizzling chicken with veggies, and the beef fried noodles with veggies, along with the chicken hot and sour soup. EVERYTHING was delicious. The food ingredients were high quality and fresh and every dish was perfectly seasoned (just needed a little salt or soy sauce to taste). Then we shared the fried banana with ice cream for dessert! It was an absolutely wonderful way to end our meal. More great flavors.The waitstaff was kind, welcoming and accommodating. We didn't have reservations, but we were still able to easily get a table on a Sunday night at 7:00. The restaurant was filled with happy diners of couples, friends and families. And it's a very pretty and very comfortable place to relax and have a wonderful meal. We would certainly return and would highly recommend the Royal Garden. AND they have a huge dim sum menu for those looking for dim sum!

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Restaurant Royal Garden - Pretty restaurant!

Pretty restaurant!

Restaurant Royal Garden - Siu Mai, minced pork & shrimp, 04/29/2024

Siu Mai, minced pork & shrimp, 04/29/2024

Restaurant Royal Garden - Menu at the Royal Garden 2024-05-05

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Fu Hao

Fu Hao

3.6(43 reviews)
0.1 kmVesterbro
$

Excellent Chinese food! We were visiting from the San Francisco Bay Area, where we have a large…read moreChinese population and are used to high quality dim sum and other Chinese dishes, and this was as good as anything there. More expensive than a neighborhood Chinese place in the US, but it seems like all restaurants are more expensive here.

In Copenhagen for only 2 nights on business (having never been here before) and I'm a little…read moreashamed to even be reviewing Fu Hao. My intent was to avail myself of all of the local Scandinavian food specialties to immerse myself in the culture of it all. On night 2, I couldn't take another meal of under-seasoned fish or rye bread. So, I did a search for ABS food (Anything But Scandinavian) and Fu Hao popped up. Like moth to flame, my dinner fate was sealed. Within 1 block of the central train station, this will be within walking distance of anyone staying around city center. It is on a quiet side street and has a fascinating mix of old Euro cement architecture with pictures of their dim sum menu on the windows. Around the area is a Little Asia neighborhood sporting a mix of other restaurants such as Thai and Japanese along with several Asian grocery stores. There were numerous bike food delivery people in and out of the place picking up while I ordered take away so they do a brisk take away business but the place was also completely full with patrons, both apparent tourists and locals alike with several tables of local Chinese patrons represented. It was so busy that when I stepped in to order, a woman got up from a table, took my order and sent it to the kitchen and later told me she doesn't even work there but she was there for dinner and knows the shop operators so well that she jumps in to assist them when they are in the weeds. It is that kind of place. She took my order, told me some history (the restaurant has been there operating for over 30 years) and then sat back down to finish her meal. That was a pretty awesome interaction. There is a full bar set up squeezed in above the cash register with a prominent Carlsberg beer tap, the obligatory waving good luck cat toy, and small Danish flag on display but no bar seats. The inside is small and compact, perhaps with enough tables and seats for up to 50 people all in. The menu had a full selection of dim sum offerings including some things I was surprised by such as tripe as well as pretty standard offerings you would find in most Chinese restaurants. The latter is what I would expect. The former is what impressed me as I would not think that full scale dim sum would be a hit with the locals (maybe they get sick of under seasoned fish too) but it must be and kudos to Fu Hao for being able to offer it so far from the motherland. The food was tasty and comforting to me. The dim sum is quite serviceable and I read the negative comments from others related to use of MSG by the kitchen. My answer to that is that MSG (stands for "Makes Sh*t Good") is a traditional and basic seasoning used throughout Asia. So while some disapprove of it, without it there is a degree of inauthenticity and that is a little like saying you are an aficionado of Chinese food but don't eat rice. It's incongruent. I found the food here to be pretty authentic which says something from the middle of Scandinavia. Copenhagen has a lot going for it but, in my opinion, world class native cuisine may not be on that list. Thank goodness though that they have Fu Hao (and other places like it) to keep their dining scene international and interesting. Would I eat from here again? Of course.

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Fu Hao - Corner set front entrance

Corner set front entrance

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Fu Hao

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Chun Bo - Buffet

Chun Bo

3.5(11 reviews)
1.5 kmNørrebro
$

As per my Danish standards, this would be a 3 star review, but a 2 star in the States. This is an…read moreOK buffet. All the food is pretty good, but largely fried or greasy. this is NOT Veggie friendly, AT ALL. Skip it, vegans/vegetarians.. There are a few items that are vegetarian, but not worth the 128 DKK price. If you eat seafood, or are a full on meat eater, you would do fine here. Lots of Thai curries, fried spring rolls, dumplings, tempura, sushi, and more. The people that work here are fine enough, but they tend to talk to each other in Chinese and you don't know what is really going on (but I do ;) They are good about coming by and clearing your plates regularly as well. Their soft serve ice cream dessert station is pretty awesome. It's just vanilla in cups, but there's 4 different sauces and 6 different toppings. I made 2 sundaes! Yum I didn't get sick here, so that's a good thing, yeah? This place is always busy so I feel like they go through a lot of product quickly and as a result, it's likely anything ever goes bad... So at least you're safe on that front.

Normally I'm not a big fan of Chinese buffet kinda places, but Chun Bo is somewhat different. The…read morefood is always freshly prepared, and is never sitting out all night. There is a mix of thai, chinese, japanese (surprisingly decent sushi). And last but not least a SOFT ICE (ice cream) machine.. yay.. Especially a fan of the spring rolls, red curry and the sushi.. The staff are always super polite and friendly. So yes, taken to consideration that it is a buffet place, its fairly good and deserve its 4 stars for that type of restaurant.

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Chun Bo - 128dkk buffet!

128dkk buffet!

Chun Bo - Indgang

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