Orient in City of London

The food was divine! The service was speedy and the staff were helpful and attentive. The prices are ok it’s not unreasonable but it is pricer than some competitors, however you do get a lot delicious food as portion sizes are great! After visiting I discovered that as recently as October 2021 the food hygiene rating is 1 with major improvements needed for the management of food safety ect. Due to the 1 star rating and the prices of items on the menu I believe it’s necessary to remove one star as it is disappointing the food hygiene rating is not on display and therefore I would not visit again until this has been reviewed/renewed with an improved score.

Best dimsum in ChinatownNot a big fan of the seafood dumpling but everything else is great!Highly recommended

After giving the below review, I've discovered that this restaurant has a hygiene rating of 1 star and in need of major improvements. They do not display this anywhere in their window (I guess for a reason). So just FYI especially since COVID, as a lot of people are weary of eating out.So we visited on a Saturday and it was our first time coming here. Saw the good reviews so thought we'd check it out.Cleanliness and atmosphere in front of house was good, it's very different to your typical traditional Chinese restaurant. I would say it's more modern and with a more western feel, and everything down to the cutlery and food is very well presented.The food itself were reasonable prices but compared to your traditional Chinese restaurant you're probably getting less for your money's worth.When to comes to the taste I would say it's very average. To be honest I didn't like many of the dishes (which are dishes we always order at other restaurants). The Char Siu pork pastry arrived piping hot and the pastry was chewy and not flaky, it had obviously been put in the microwave and for too long. The Thai style chicken feet was very sour, and you get approximately 5 pieces in a dish. My favourite dish which is the Chinese doughnut in cheung fun was soft and soggy even before putting the soy sauce on, you also only get 1 row, compared to your usual 3 in standard restaurants. The Vietnamese spring roll which looked crispy were not, instead they were chewy and for some reason they seem to over season this with A LOT of black pepper to the point where that was all we could taste. The only decent dish was really the fried calamari.All in all I personally would never come back here for dim sum, there are much better choices in China town for this. Not sure what their dinner service is like as we've not tried so can't comment on that, but dim sum is definitely a no from me. Might I add that we both were also not feeling well after eating here.In a nutshell, looks good, taste bad.

Really delicious, the dim sum is this place is amazing, great service too, the place is nice and the staff were really attentive.

Lovely traditional Chinese food with quiet, polite waiters. We had the Set Menu 3 course meal and struggled to finish between the two of us - plenty of food. The duck was carved at the table which was a nice touch.

I had an average experience here. Was quite pricey and tasted better food if I’m honest, but maybe I just ordered something that wasn’t to my liking as I really enjoyed the starter and my mums dish was lovely

I’ve been here a few times for dinner and it’s a decent place just off the hustle and bustle of China Town. We came again tonight and the service was very good, friendly, and the food came out in good time. We had the chilli squid to start, which was good, but I would say the batter could do with being a little lighter. Soft squid though so that was good. The duck pancakes were fab as always, as was the Car Sui pork!!! So damn good! We also had sweet and sour Cantonese style for a change, which I enjoyed, but again the batter could have been lighter. All round decent Chinese food here

These guys nail it, we just had a fantastic lunch here. The service was fine and efficient, the space is very nice and our food was delicious. We had the wild mushroom dumplings, shanghai pork dumplings, spring rolls and the teppan ho fun w/ beef in black bean sauce. Each dish was excellent, go!

Came here for dim sum but felt like the quality has dropped since my last visit back in 2020. Nevertheless, still considered one of the better places in Chinatown in terms of the food.The sesame sauce that came with the plain "cheung fun" (steamed rice roll) was bitter and did not taste like sesame sauce. The deep fried prawn dumplings had too high of a pastry to filling ratio. The type of pastry they use now is also a little too hard. The roast pork puffs (triangular-shaped) tasted like they were microwaved; the inside was very hot and outside was soft. The pastry is usually flaky/crispy. Also ordered the salted fish & sliced pork steamed rice pot, which was standard. Dim sum is served until 16.45 daily but would advise to go early as certain items do run out before this time.The service is top quality, very attentive and they look after you well. The atmosphere at this Chinese restaurant is a little different to the ones on the main street (Gerrard Street) though, it's missing that traditional dim sum place feeling.

Good food and atmosphere for the money. Enjoyed the various dim sum dishes and Singapore style fried vermicelli noodle dish (spicy!). 4 dim sum dishes, 1 noodle dish and tea was £33.88. A filling amount for two people. Look forward to coming back and trying the roast meats and other dishes.