Green Cottage in Camden

The steamed fish gave me diarrhoea. I paid £25 for a seabass that had gone off. Do not eat fish here.

15 of us went early on Sunday and we were able to have two tables upstairs. The food was great and authentic Cantonese cooking. It wasn’t too salty and I don’t feel very thirsty either after the meal like many other Chinese restaurants. Highly recommended!!

Having been here many times this is one of my favourite Chinese restaurants in London. Perfect for authentic Cantonese dishes - they even have steamed minced pork with salted fish (鹹魚蒸肉餅) a very household dish in Hong Kong that I have never seen in any Chinese restaurants in the UK. The dishes are made with authentic ingredients such as straw mushrooms (草菇) and water chestnuts. The roast duck is juicy and flavoursome.

Best salt and Chili squid and Won Ton soup I’ve ever had and trust me I’ve tried then all (including in HK and various Chinatown’s around the world). I’ve been frequently GC since a truanting teenager and even after relocating to America, whenever I am back in London I head to GC for my much yearned for dishes. The batter on the squid is light, crispy and cooked perfectly. A white gold lacquer you don’t tend to see on a classic dish of this kind. The chopped chili and onion topping has an addictive umami profile - salty, sweet and spicy. A seasoned dream pairing. The juicy pork and prawn won tons contain the right balance of both pork and prawn and without the sour after taste some have. The soup is clear and deep. Again, perfectly seasoned and comforting. I’m already mourning the closure of this beloved restaurant, which I think is the 1st Dec. So this is an obituary of sorts.

The best Chinese food I have eaten in London, excellent service

This was the second time we have been here and it was as good as the first time; I must say is the best chinese restaurant I have been. Great food and fantastic customer service. I came with 3 other friends and we all agreed, everything was just delicious.

Great selection of Chinese food in London! Prompt and friendly service by the owners. A staple restaurant in the area.Two floors to serve the never ending fleet of customers. Gets busy during peak dining hours. Been here for years on special occasions and quality of food is always consistent!

Wow, what a treat for a Sunday brunch...Stir fried chicken with carrots and Chinese mushroom wrapped in lettuce, spinach with ginger sauce, sweet and sour prawn and roast duck with crispy noodle.Had a feast for lunch. The Kai Lan was cooked to perfection, crunchy and tasty with ginger. Steamed sea bass fillet was moist and tender, Singapore noodle was delicious and of course the very scrumptious roast duck . Still as good as it has always been.Service is excellent.

Best Chinese food I've ever tasted. This is the place my family and I are now going after being disappointed from previous places. I would recommend the Lemon Chicken, Steamed Rice, Noodles with Beansprouts and Shredded Beef with Chilli :)

After many happy years of eating at our favourite Chinese restaurant in Queensway we were forced to look for a replacement after it shut down years ago. We looked and tried many different places but none could replace the quality and service of our old favourite until we accidentally stumbled across this delightful place on Finchley Road.I don't usually tend to give 5★ reviews at all as there is almost certainly always room for improvement, but not only did we find the food most agreeable to our fairly picky palate the service we receive during our first visit was the best ever and rest assured I've been to may Chinese restaurant over the years. Seriously the staff at Green Cottage deserve a lot of praise and it is due to their constant attention to detail and pleasant service during our visit (even re-seating us when a better & more appropriate table became available!) that I decided to award Green Cottage my first ever 5★ review. Well done, you deserve it judging from by our first experience. Please keep doing what you did and you will see us coming back for many years to come.OK now a word about the food. It was all very tasty and very much to our liking. If anything it all had a slightly healthier feel to it compared to other Chinese restaurants, everything seemed lighter and none of the dishes were greasy in any way whatsoever. Perhaps the plum sauce served with the crispy duck & pancakes could have been slightly richer, but then again the way it came was fine and in line with the rest of the restaurants offerings. There was three of us who visited for a birthday celebration (we didn't mention this by the way in case you are wondering) and we all agreed that the food was super tasty and the service second to none.To top it all the price was very reasonable for what we received and I can recommend this Chinese restaurant highly to anyone looking for one in the North West London area or beyond. For us this Chinese restaurants now sets the benchmark by which we will judge all others.