Duddell's is conveniently located by London Bridge station. The traditional green and gold interior…read morewith vaulted ceilings is quite striking. I had the half duck and it was one of the best I've ever experienced. They carve the duck at your table. The first course is the traditional crispy duck skin with pancakes and a variety of sauces and accompaniments. Once the crispy skin is carved, they take the remainder of the duck meat back to the kitchen to prep a second course. You have a choice of sauces to stir fry the duck meat, which is served with egg fried rice. Outstanding!

Located in the historic St. Thomas Church near London bridge, this is definitely not where I…read moreexpected to find cantonese food, but what a pleasant surprise it was. Chef Daren Liew who was previously an executive sous chef with the Hakkasan Group has definitely brought an elevated version of authentic cantonese food to the London restaurant scene. I came here for dinner a few days ago. At dinner they serve a trio of dim sum (dim sum symphony) with other classic cantonese dishes while at lunch it's a full dim sum menu. We ordered: - Peking duck: Traditionally not a dish in the cantonese cuisine, I hesitated to order Peking duck at a Cantonese restaurant as it's usually cooked in cantonese roast duck style rather than real Beijing style. To my surprise, this the best Peking duck I've had outside of China. The duck is carved right in front of you (only took a few minutes) in two ways: crispy skin only and meat with skin, just like how it's served in Beijing. On the side, there are traditional dipping sauce and toppings (shards of green onion, cucumber) and a few more creative toppings (pomelo pulp, peanut sauce, etc). I ate the skin with sugar first, it was perfectly crispy and extremely satisfying. We devoured the rest of the duck by making little duck wraps and the only regret was that we only ordered the half duck rather than the whole! - Dim sum symphony: beautifully presented trio of dumplings with prawn, lobster and crab fillings. They looked delicate but was full of flavours. - Baby bok choy: to balance the meal with a bit of green, we ordered sautéed baby bok choy with garlic. It was fresh and tasty. - Seafood vermicelli: this is the only disappointment of the meal (hence minus 1 star). I love vermicelli, but the noodle we had was simply too dry that we couldn't even finish the plate. Overall I am a big fan of this place and the peking duck in particular. The service was friendly and efficient, and the environment is very elegant. I'd definitely come back to have a whole duck next time!

I had a wonderful work lunch in the mid afternoon with 6 colleagues (I love working in insurance --…read moremy trips to London for a week, several times per year, include 4-8 truly excellent meals, limited only by my diet.) This is a northern Chinese restaurant on an upper floor of the Shard, a tall skyscraper on the south side of the Thames overlooking the City. While they could easily just coast on the location, it also has beautiful Chinese design throughout the restaurant, and quite good food (comparing it to some of the best restaurants in Shanghai). Service, especially in the less busy times like our late afternoon private dining, is quite good as well (we had a dedicated server in our room for 2 hours). Unfortunately you do pay quite a bit for all of this (fortunately for me it was covered by work, and actually the supplier/partner was hosting us); you could easily pay $200-300/person without alcohol, and up from there, but there are some set menu lunch options which could be $100-200/person total. I'd love to go back for drinks in the evening sometime, but for food, I really enjoyed mid-afternoon when the place was fairly empty, quiet, and very attentive service. We did the least expensive set menu per person (GBP 35 for 3 small plate versions of popular items), a whole duck, and maybe 7 other dishes (multiple orders of a few types of dim sum, some vegetables); somehow managed to be the perfect amount of food with less than half a plate left over, across 7 people.

Came here expecting something fabulous the location and the prices. The views are great, even from…read morethe toilets. However the food on the other hand is not worth the price. Chinese food can be made very inexpensive but this experience wad the total opposite. 3/5 1/2 duck - very cool to see them slice the duck table side but left so much on the bones that I was deeply shocked. What do they do with the rest? Served with wraps and sides. Tastes ok but I've had better. 4/5 King prawns - this is the best fish we had, but for the price there should be more than just 3! 1/5 Kai lan - the worst dish. Served with an additional side but the veggies were very bland I surprised the portions were so small for the price. I wish the waiter would have told me this. I also told him this was our first time. My suggestion, go to the shard for views and cocktails. Not for dinner. However the lunch menu seemed much more affordable.

BAO Borough This is…read morea sister restaurant of the Michelin Bib Gourmand BAO, but it's not the original that earned the distinction, and that showed unfortunately. The dishes were all good, but none were particularly excellent. I had: Aged Beef Rice (£14.75) - Incredibly salty, but I like it like that. Classic Bao (£5.50) - Good, but not distinctive. Meat was a bit dryer than it should, and bun wasn't soft and hot. Beef Short Rib Bao (£6.50) - I preferred this to the Classic pork bao and it was quite good, but again, not distinctive. Grilled Cucumber Salad (£5.50) - A nice side dish, but was swimming in oil, so not as healthy as we hopped. House Salad (£5.50) - Mostly kale with some dressing, a nice addition to get some greens. Service was a bit chaotic, it was sometimes unclear how we should order or from whom. At last call, we asked if we needed to order dessert now, and one server said we could order that later, but when the time came, we were unable. The setting was a bit compact, and most of the chairs are stools with no backs. I feel like this place was designed to be half the price, but the Michelin designation spoiled that. It'd be hard to leave full for under £35-£40 without drinks, and for that pricing, I'd at least like a proper chair and elbow room.

So yummy! The wait staffs are very friendly and helpful…read more The interior reminds me so much of the little restaurants in Taiwan! Very casual setting and we all sit on stalls. Beef rice: great potion of beef but it's pretty spicy - not just from the black pepper but i think they also added chilly oil. If you can't take spices, perhaps ask if they can take it easy on the chilly? Baos: I've tried all of them and I love them all. The bun is very soft and spongy with a bit of sweetness to it. I could have it all day everyday. Roasted aubergine: wow! Please order this. It's like an Asian version of babaganoush! The fried dough is a fried version of their bun - so yummy.

We were looking for food after our visit at the Tate across the street, and happened upon Lin's. It…read morewas our last night in London and we were really hungry after hitting 3 museums, but this was the first Chinese food we had here and it didn't disappoint. We left with empty plates and full stomachs!

Mediocre food and worst service I have ever experienced. The manager literally told the server to…read moreignore us and go bus the table next to us. These rude people should not be in the service industry.

Popular Chinese restaurant with a quick turnover…read more They have a lunchtime meal including two courses and a soft drink for £6.80. They also have beer (I think Carlsberg) and wine. Not the best quality Chinese I've had but certainly good value for money. Get there early to guarantee a seat. They also do takeaways.

I wish Yelp would let me give this a 3.5…read more This is Reasonably-Priced-Chinese just over London Bridge. We tried several different dishes and while they were perfectly serviceable we didn't think they were substantially better than the take-away-only place around the corner from us. So if you want to eat your prawns in blackbean sauce at a restaurant table and be served your dinner, you can do it here; but don't expect anything spectacular. The loose-leaf jasmine tea was Yummers, though. The atmosphere is a little claustrophobic because the tables are set so close together. Also, we found the constant entrance/exit of people picking up take-away orders to be very distracting while dining.

This place seems to do a lot of take-away business, mostly delivered by guys on motorcycles…read more There were two tables in use when we walked in for late lunch. When we left, there were diners sitting at four other tables. The restaurant was clean and well lit. Service was efficient, friendly and personable. We were hungry and ordered too much food. They started us off with a three section sampling of Pickled Cabbage, Pickled Daikon and Carrot and Roasted Peanuts. We ordered: Grilled Pork Potstickers - 4 - good flavor, thin skin. I prefer more veg. Won Ton Soup - 4 - four Won Ton, cabbage, green onions in a nice broth. Had I not been hungry, I would have ordered Hot & Sour Soup with Won Ton added in. Hot & Sour Soup - 5 - Lot of stuff in the soup and it was both Hot and Sour. Alas, the soup portions are individual sized and I didn't order it. Egg Fried Rice - 2 - absolutely nothing special but we needed some rice to absorb the Duck juice and aubergine sauce. Roast Duck - 3 - it was okay but not nearly as fatty as it should have been. They made up for that by adding a gravy. The gravy flavor mixed in well with the Nappa Cabbage underneath the duck. That made the rice more palatable. Aubergine, Potato and Bell Pepper in Garlic Sauce - 4 - lose the potato and they have a winner. I'd rather have a slightly smaller portion than an unnecessary filler.

Racist lady. I am visiting London from the USA. I visited this place. First, no welcome. I waited…read morefor 30 seconds. The host completely ignored me. I asked for the veg menu. She had zero interest in explaining. She just threw menu at me and walked away. She didn't give damn to me also. I figure and felt that this place doesn't like color people in their restaurant. I walked away.

Fabulous service! The manager William was very attentive and good with recommendations. Great lunch…read morespecials!! A treat while waiting for our car repair a block down. Highly recommend!! Dim sum is yum some!!

Poor service, food was mediocre. Chinese food in San Francisco, CA is so much better. No free hot…read moretea refills; if you want another pot of tea, you have to pay the regular price and what was very upsetting was they did not put a fresh bag of tea (I was watching them). They threw away the original tea bag and filled the pot with only hot water. Our second pot of tea tasted like hot water with small traces of residual tea from the original bag they discarded. That was highway robbery. I also ordered dessert when we placed our dinner order, they never brought it, so no dessert. I made them reverse the dessert charge from our tab. Lastly, it took 20 minutes to get someone's attention to bring us our final bill so we can pay. I don't know what all the hype is about with this restaurant, but I am giving my unfiltered, honest review based on my experience.

Refined Chinese with a twist. Andrew Wong new restaurant is a hit!…read more Good atmosphere, really like the pink darkish lighting of the place. It gives it a groovy vibe. Food wise, I wouldn't it is the best Chinese I have ever been to but it's very good food and worth going if you want upscale Chinese without the crazyness of central London/Chinatown. We shared for starters the spicy sechuan aurbergine (a must order), mushroom buns (as nice as the ones from aWong) deep fried green beans (also a must) and the crispy duck ( Im never a fan but aWong and Kym's probably have the best ones and amazing plum sauce) For mains we tried the three treasure (soya chicken, iberico pork char sui and crispy pork). I think my favourite was the crispy pork. Its a good way of tasting all the rotisserie but if you are super hungry I would recommend ordering 2 of the rotisserie separetely. As for desserts, we tried the Pineapple bun and the cherry ice cream both lovely. Awong is definitly the king of custard. although I think the custard bun from aWong just beat everything lolol.

I have traveled London many times and was fortunate to stumble upon Kym's. This was my fortune as…read moreI have a minor addiction to Dim Sum and Kym's savory spin was unexpectedly brilliant. Victoria set the stage and steered me to a sampling that did not disappoint. Egg roll - not your typical egg roll, enshrined in a crispy rice shell, lightly fried to perfection, accompanied by a tangy sweet dipping delight. Followed by the mushroom steamed buns, and capped off by the most spectacular pork and shrimp boa boa, perfectly spicy, fully satisfying, a work of art. The service was spectacular and matched the experience. Make this a stop on your foodie tour of London.

We walked into this unassuming mostly-Chinese restaurant at the shout of approval from a passing…read morelocal and it was a great suggestion. Great prices, good food, and efficient service from easy to understand, friendly Thai women. The ginger & honey tea was EXCELLENT- most definitely homemade with fresh ginger and just the right touch of honey. Nom. I had N8- vegetables with noddles, which was very much like a chow mein, but you could also get the dish as a soup. Others at the table had vegetable noodles in a black bean sauce (nice spice), a pork dish and a sweet and sour chicken. This was very standard Chinese food- everything was tasty, nothing was outstanding or unexpected, it was very much what you would expect and done quite well with fresh veggies and good sauce. Also, they make their own hot sauce, which is a nice little touch. Tea was 80p, entrees between £3-5. Five of us ate a great lunch for less than £30.

Read reviews and placed on my "list". Today is somewhat cool, so after a long walk, I wanted…read moresomething warming, a good curry. Very basic place. Food quantity quite generous. And, oh, very reasonable prices. Curry plus a soda, £7.

Buffet V is an entirely vegetarian Chinese buffet. I'm a big fan of any vegetarian restaurants, but…read moreI've only come across a few Indian ones aside from the healthy/organic wholefood type, so I think a Chinese all-you-can- eat is a great idea. You can peak through the window at all the dishes to choose from in canteen style heaters and it really does look as good as it looks. All the veg is fresh and the dishes aren't soggy or stodgy like so many other Chinese buffets. Of course it's not posh nosh, but for a lunch where you feel like picking at a dozen different meals then it's worth a try. The spring rolls are lovely and crispy and they do nice spiced aubergine slices in a tangy sauce. You can get veggie 'chicken' and 'duck' dishes, and these are basically just tofu pieces flavored with soya and spices, not meat substitutes like soya or Quorn.

Out looking for dinner late on a Friday evening, my friend M. and I were enticed by the "£6.50 all…read moreyou can eat" sign in Buffet V's window. Peeking through the glass, we saw a great variety of what looked like yummy dishes, so we hurried inside to get our food on. We were shown to our table quickly, but the waiters and waitresses all looked angry and annoyed at the customers. And, after filling our plates with heaps of food (none of the dishes in the buffet were labeled, so I went for what looked good), we began eating one of the most disgusting meals I've ever had. A good amount of my rice wasn't even cooked, the noodles were pretty much just grease, and the tofu in every dish I tried was watery, tasteless, and gross. M. made some comments about what the meat substitute tasted like, but they aren't appropriate for repeating here. The only edible food on my plate were the pineapple chunks and the samosas. (For their credit, the samosas were pretty good.) The previous reviews make this place sound pretty good, so I'm wondering if I hit Buffet V on an off-night (a VERY off-night), or if the place has just gone downhill in the past year. Either way, though you can't beat £6.50 for an all-you-can-eat buffet, I definitely felt a little ripped off. This is one restaurant I'll be staying far away from on future trips to London.