Chinese Restaurants in Hyde Park Corner
1. Kai Mayfair
Chinese restaurant in Mayfair
65 South Audley St - W1
“Chinese food as it’s meant to be!!” – so say fans of Malaysian-born founder, Bernard Yeoh’s accomplished fixture, which has helped lead the charge in upping perceptions of Asian cuisine in the capital for over three decades now. Given its chic Mayfair location, it’s never going to be a cheap experience, but given the number of pricey launches in London over recent years it no longer looks like the outlier it once was. By way of a yardstick: Peking Duck is £118 (£94 at lunch) and is served in two courses: first with pancakes and signature chilli sambal; and then as a stir fry with a classic oyster sauce. It typifies a forward-thinking ‘liberated Nanyang [ie South Seas Chinese] cooking’ that wins it nothing but high praise across the board in our annual diners’ poll. The venue was also the first London Chinese menu with a world-class wine list, so it’s just the spot when you need to grab a bottle of 1990 Chateau Pétrus for £12,200! In 2025, in one of their known-only-to-themselves convulsions, Michelin inexplicably removed the star the venue had boasted since 2009.
2. China Tang, Dorchester Hotel
Chinese restaurant in Mayfair
53 Park Ln - W1
Hong Kong designer David Tang passed away in 2017, but his London restaurant legacy is this “very posh” cellar beneath the Dorchester which he opened in 2005 inspired by 1930s Shanghai. During his lifetime it always struggled to live up to the hype and high prices, but acclaim for it has grown in recent years, with very high ratings achieved across the board this year. More cost conscious types can eat from a dim sum menu at either lunch or dinner. Money to burn? There is a good selection of Chinese classics on the menu, such as Peking Duck (£128 or £258 with 30g of Kristal caviar); Japanese size 18 abalone at £388 or a luxurious seafood hot pot for two (£258). Top Tip – wonderful jewel box of a cocktail bar.
3. Canton Blue, The Peninsula
Chinese restaurant in Belgravia
1 Grosvenor Place - SW1X
This luxurious international hotel chain (whose 300-room original is the oldest hotel in Hong Kong) opened just south of trafficky Hyde Park Corner in September 2023. Its “extravagantly decorated” ground-floor Cantonese dining room has received a mixed rep in the newspapers (in his January 2024 review, Giles Coren in The Times said it “didn’t pass muster”) but our reports suggest a fair performance by the standards of posh hotel chains. Its advocates say it’s “very expensive but faultless” with “amazing” and “perfectly served” cuisine (particularly classic dishes such as seafood dumplings, char sui and Peking Duck, which all receive a thumbs-up). And service is praised as “really helpful, accommodating and professional”. Those who are less convinced don’t damn it but say “it’s overpriced for food that’s only OK, and served in a windowless room”. (There’s also Brooklands at roof level, see also).
4. MiMi Mei Fair
Chinese restaurant in Mayfair
55 Curzon Street - W1J
Inspired by pre-revolutionary Shanghai (MiMi is a fictional Chinese empress), this chic four-year-old from Samyukta Nair, queen of the Mayfair restaurant scene, is well-rated by its fans – but feedback is thin this year. It is billed on its website as ‘Mayfair’s best-kept secret’… perhaps too secret for its own good!
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