Chinese Restaurants in Oxshott
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Good Earth
Pan-Asian restaurant in Esher
14 - 18 High Street - KT10
“Better-than-average Chinese” cuisine (“not cheap though”) and a “lovely atmosphere” ensure that this upscale Oriental remains “a local favourite”. The original branch of the now eight-strong (otherwise London-based) chain opened on the King’s Road in 1979, with this Esher spin-off opening just a little later – and, while the menu hasn’t changed much since that era, absolutely no one seems to mind.
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Imperial China
Chinese restaurant in Teddington
196-198 Stanley Rd - TW11
“Great dim sum” and “fast and efficient service” ensure this Oriental spot is “always packed” – “I’m of Chinese descent and this is the best and most authentic Cantonese restaurant in SW London. My family love their crispy noodles and won’t eat anywhere else” (although a more jaded view puts its popularity down to “a lack of local competition”).
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Four Regions
Chinese restaurant in Richmond
102-104 Kew Rd - TW9
This stalwart family-run Chinese of over three decades’ standing is “always enjoyable” and continues to attract a high volume of consistent praise for somewhere in a trafficky suburban location (just north of Richmond, on the way to Kew).
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Good Earth
Chinese restaurant in Balham
11 Bellevue Rd - SW17
“It might not be for a true aficionado of Asian food, but the welcome is genuine, the food is always meticulously cooked and presented, service standards are high, and it has pleased us for many years” – one report neatly encapsulates the strong virtues of this rather “glamorous”, “good-but-pricey” Chinese group: a family-owned chain with branches in Knightsbridge, Mill Hill, Wandsworth Common and Esher. “Why not save yourself the trip to Chinatown and enjoy a meal without the crowds, bad service, and soulless dining rooms!”
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The Red Duck
Chinese restaurant in Balham
1 Ramsden Road - SW12
2023 Review: “Top-class Chinese food, served in canteen-style surroundings” has arrived in Balham with the pandemic-delayed opening of this first solo project from Chi San, former right-hand man to Alan Yau of Yauatcha and Hakkasan fame. The relatively short menu is filled with standard dishes from the Cantonese culinary canon, modernised through the use of high-quality produce, and there’s an interesting selection of beers, wines and teas.
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Royal China
Chinese restaurant in Fulham
805 Fulham Rd - SW6
This “always reliable” and “slightly upmarket” Cantonese group “remains the standard that all other dim sum places should be judged against – exemplary is an overused term here but is very much justified”. But a somewhat dark cloud has hung over the operation since its prominent Baker Street branch was stripped of its licence to sell alcohol and fined £360,000 after a series of Home Office raids over six years discovered multiple cases of illegal immigrants working, in one case for 66 hours a week at almost half the minimum wage. As of August 2024, the Fulham Road branch is ‘Temporarily Closed’.
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North China
Chinese restaurant in Acton
305 Uxbridge Rd - W3
The Lou family’s stalwart fixture is approaching its half a century in Acton (it opened in 1976). What’s sustained it over all these years? – a “consistently high standard of cooking, which combines with friendly service in a well-decorated dining room that’s usually nicely buzzing”. Top Menu Tip – “I’ve yet to have better spare ribs anywhere – including China!”
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Shikumen, Dorsett Hotel
Chinese restaurant in Shepherd's Bush
58 Shepherd’s Bush Green - W12
At the foot of a large, Hong Kong-owned hotel beside Shepherd’s Bush Green gyratory, this modern (rather anodyne) dining room has built a reputation, since it opened nearly ten years ago, for “absolutely wonderful” dim sum and superior roast duck from a wide-ranging menu. The food rating dropped a notch this year on the back of one or two reports of “average” results.
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Zheng
Malaysian restaurant in Chelsea
4 Sydney St - SW3
Just off the King’s Road, this Chelsea Malaysian endures on a site that’s prominent if you are local, and out-of-the-way if you are not. It owes its longevity to a menu of “really good Malay/Chinese combinations”.
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Stick & Bowl
Chinese restaurant in Kensington
31 Kensington High Street - W8
“Fresh-cooked, cheap Chinese food in good portions – and in an area of overpriced restaurants” – means fans are “so glad we have Stick & Bowl”: a no-frills canteen that’s been a landmark of Kensington High Street for over 30 years now; and where a curry with rice or noodle dish will set you back well under a tenner. Top Menu Tip – “the pork belly is to die for”.
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Min Jiang, The Royal Garden Hotel
Chinese restaurant in Kensington
2-24 Kensington High St - W8
“As good as anywhere in town, never mind the views” – “amazing!”; this deluxe Chinese dining room at the top of a five-star hotel in Kensington remains an unusually impressive all-rounder. It’s “best to go in daylight, because of the panoramic view of Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park” and offers “a most professional and delightful experience from start to finish”. Thankfully, this includes the exceptional Chinese cuisine. “The Peking Duck, ordered in advance, is the best ever” and “dim sum is special” too: “cannot be beaten for quality or presentation!”. Top Menu Tip – “you could pass over the pre-order duck and concentrate instead on working your way through other options, such as the Gong Bao king prawns with cashew nuts and chilli (brilliant) and the beef with black pepper sauce. Not to forget the delicious range of teas, which is topped up regularly”.
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Good Earth
Chinese restaurant in Chelsea
233 Brompton Rd - SW3
“It might not be for a true aficionado of Asian food, but the welcome is genuine, the food is always meticulously cooked and presented, service standards are high, and it has pleased us for many years” – one report neatly encapsulates the strong virtues of this rather “glamorous”, “good-but-pricey” Chinese group: a family-owned chain with branches in Knightsbridge, Mill Hill, Wandsworth Common and Esher. “Why not save yourself the trip to Chinatown and enjoy a meal without the crowds, bad service, and soulless dining rooms!”
14.
Hunan
Chinese restaurant in Pimlico
51 Pimlico Road - SW1
“The dishes just keep coming and not one of them disappoints” at the Peng family’s Pimlico veteran – “an unusual Chinese restaurant that asks what you like and produces a banquet of what suits you until you say you’ve had enough”. “They’ve been doing it for a long time” (since 1982) “and they do it well” – it remains one of London’s better Chinese restaurants in a “rather agreeable retro way”. “The team try hard to make every visit special” and – though it is quite “pricey” – it’s excellent “for a treat”.
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Hot May Pot Pot
Chinese restaurant in Kensington and Chelsea
30 Beauchamp Place - SW3
2022 Review: Amidst the glossy boutiques of Beauchamp Place, this beautiful, luxuriously decorated Chinese opened at the end of 2019, and – aside from a favourable review by Fay Maschler – has never really had the chance to make waves. It specialises in hot pots, and the menu features much in the way of seafood and wagyu beef to accompany or incorporate. It’s listed (without a star) by Michelin, who typically list only extremely expensive, culinarily ‘safe’ Chinese restaurants: you can view that as either a positive or negative.
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Mandarin Kitchen
Chinese restaurant in Bayswater
14-16 Queensway - W2
“Just love this authentic busy Chinese!” – Since 1978, this “bustling” linchpin of Queensway has won a huge following and is a “favourite Chinese” for many Londoners. Despite its grungy, ’70s-tastic interior and brusque service, it’s actually known for high-quality seafood: in particular, lobster and noodles with ginger. That said, its ratings were more middling this year, on the back of some who say “the positivity this resto attracts continues to puzzle me”; or who find dishes “solid but uninspiring”. Top Menu Tip – “We always eat exactly the same things: salt and pepper asparagus, lobster with ginger and spring onions, Peking duck, chicken with dry chilli and ginger… because they’re so damned delicious; and fantastic value!”
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Fortune Cookie
Chinese restaurant in Bayswater
1 Queensway - W2
Almost everyone has walked past this 30-year fixture next-door to Queensway tube station at some point. Those who have dropped in for a meal have found “delicious and authentic Cantonese food”, including roast duck and seafood – “but don’t expect friendly service”. Top Menu Tip – “beef with black bean sauce and crispy noodles”.
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Mr Chow
Chinese restaurant in Knightsbridge
151 Knightsbridge - SW1
2021 Review: The very acme of dining glamour when it opened in 1968 – the late Sir Terence Conran once hailed it as a breakthrough in restaurant design – this expensive Chinese stalwart in Knightsbridge is now showing its age. “I used to love this place but the food is now old-fashioned and hasn’t kept up with the times” is the politest of the last survey’s feedback. Other reporters are blunter: “remarkable it continues to have any customers…”
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Four Seasons
Chinese restaurant in Bayswater
84 Queensway - W2
“The best roast duck in the world? I have no idea, but it’s certainly superb” at these Cantonese canteens… and “you definitely don’t go for the ambience. No, You go for the duck… if you’re really smart, the roast pork… or even better, the pork and the duck!”. “But the service is comically, disastrously rude – and your arteries will probably thank you if you don’t go too often”. Launched 35 years ago in Queensway, the group now has outlets in Chinatown, Soho, the Hippodrome (Chop Chop), Colindale’s Bang Bang Oriental food hall and Oxford.
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Gold Mine
Chinese restaurant in Bayswater
102 Queensway - W2
Some of “the best Chinese roast duck and excellent char siu” can be found at this no-frills Cantonese in Queensway (with a sibling in Chinatown) – “if you can put up with the surroundings”.
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