RestaurantsLondonPeckhamSE15

survey result

Summary

£36
    £
3
Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “buzzy Taiwanese café” in Peckham is a “friendly neighbourhood joint” that does a good trade in “reliably tasty bao buns”; and has a “wonderful” brunch menu at weekends (“spicy beans with hash browns; kimchi pancake with onsen egg and smoked salmon and egg bao buns are all ‘must-tries”). There’s also a Daddy Bao in Tooting and a Master Bao in Westfield Shepherd’s Bush.

Summary

£34
    £
3
Good
2
Average
2
Average
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“A really good bet” in Peckham, serving “superb Taiwanese bao buns”. It’s “friendly, affordable and fun – so perfect for these challenging times”. On the weekend it’s “brunch heaven – kimchi pancakes and hash browns with ma po beans are really different and yummy”. Daddy Bao in Tooting and Master Bao in Westfield Shepherd’s Bush complete the family.

Summary

£32
    £
4
Very Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “lovely little Taiwanese local” is the place to go in Peckham “for delicious bao buns and dumplings”. It is the six-year-old original from which founder Frank Yeung has spun out a small group, with offshoots in Tooting and Westfield Shepherd’s Bush.

Summary

£38
    £
5
Exceptional
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

For a “cheap ’n’ cheerful” scran-fest, Frank Yeung’s small Peckham café comes highly recommended by reporters as distant as Gloucester! It’s all about the tasty Taiwanese bao – a total wow!

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293 Rye Lane, London, SE15 4UA

Restaurant details

Highchair
Yes
No dress code
50

Prices

Tapas / Dim Sum

Main Pudding
£9.00 £0.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £17.00
Filter Coffee £2.00
Extras  
Bread £0.00
Service 10.00%
293 Rye Lane, London, SE15 4UA
Opening hours
Monday12:30 pm‑3:15 pm, 5 pm‑10:45 pm
Tuesday12:30 pm‑3:15 pm, 5 pm‑10:45 pm
Wednesday12:30 pm‑3:15 pm, 5 pm‑10:45 pm
Thursday12:30 pm‑3:15 pm, 5 pm‑10:45 pm
Friday12:30 pm‑3:15 pm, 5 pm‑10:45 pm
Saturday11 am‑11 pm
Sunday11 am‑9:45 pm

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