Courtesan Dim Sum in Lambeth

Had an absolutely lovely birthday dinner at Courtesan. Highly recommend the dim sums, especially the delicious mushroom puffs and mushroom dumplings as well as the warm sesame balls for dessert.On a Sunday it was cosy and quiet, perfect to hear each other and chat - will be returning for the show for sure next time.

Booked for the cabaret show. Had a confirmation email saying that we booked for the show and we had to pay £20 per person ONLY IF WE ATTENDED THE SHOW (confirmed in the email, it was in bold and underline). We showed up and were told that we must have not read the email correctly and only booked for dinner. We tried explaining it to staff who refused to listen to us or look at the emails and was extremely rude to us.If you over book, which can happen, apologize and be polite about it.We will definitely not be returning.

After realising they had overbooked for the cabaret (and way after taking our pre-paid entry/table deposit), we were treated as if their confusion with their own system was our fault and shown the most unreasonable hostility and disrespect from, I assume, a manager.There's many other options for similar cuisine and entertainment around Brixton, this place is not worth your time or money.

What an experience!! Went to courtesan to celebrate a friend's birthday and wow! The show was INCREDIBLE, so lively and authentic. Houseofmarijames was 10/10, oozed talent. Very pricy drinks but deffo worth it for a special evening.

DONT RELY ON YOUR BOOKING BEING VALIDif you are booking for a birthday or special occasion, do yourself a favour and give this place a miss as the communication is so poor it’s not worth your time. Sort the reviews by 1 star and see the theme of hostile management.Arrogant behaviour and terrible bookings manager. Accidentally double booked here, one booking for dinner and one booking for dinner and a show. We sent multiple emails saying we would like to see the show and dinner. Communication was poor to say the least but after multiple emails expressing we would like to definitely be seated for the show courtesan cancelled one of our bookings and sent us a email link to pay the £20 Burlesque cover charge.One could assume that would mean that we have been accepted to see the show since we had been charged for it in line with their terms and conditions; otherwise why would we be paying this (plus we had sent multiple emails expressing we would like to be seated for the show)Our booking stated we were only seated for dinner but this was at odds of the deposit we paid for the show so we sent another email re-affirming that we would like to be seated for the show. Radio silence on their end again but so we assumed, incorrectly, that surely if there was an issue they would reach out; especially if our group has now paid £100 before even entering the business.So we arrive to our booking to no one at the door despite a please wait to be seated sign and awkwardly standing outside in the could before we decided to just head in where we were then shown to our table; to a non burlesque area.We ask, who we assume was a manger, that we had booked for the show, explained the double booking and that we requested clearly in email that we wanted to see the show and had even been charged the burlesque cover charge.This resulted in some of the most poor crisis management I have ever seen. The manager was rude and insistent that we were in the wrong and that we should read the fine print next time, at which point we showed him the fine print in question, the one that states we the £20 per person we paid be only applicable to patrons who are seeing the show.He refused to acknowledge this and then the rest of the time argued in a gish gallop manner, refusing to acknowledge or hear anything we had to counter, saying it was a miss communication.To be clear we communicated very clearly over multiple emails and now were taking the brunt for THEIR poor communication and booking management while being accused that it was all our fault for the communication.The situation could not be handled more poorly with his sheer arrogance pouring out of his demeanour so bad that our whole table was disgusted with the managers behaviour so much they all requested we leave immediately.All could of been avoided if we were met with an apologetic stance; instead we were met with arrogance and confrontation with all the blame shifted on to the us, the patron.We live across the road and thought we would try and support local but with the poor booking system, lack of communication and hostile management, courtesan does not deserve to survive in this climate.

After our initial booking was cancelled due to me not paying the deposit for the table quickly enough (I had emailed to request a change to the table numbers, which was done and then 2 days afterwards, the booking was cancelled) I encountered the rudest treatment I have ever experienced with the (assumed) manager of the venue.After rebooking that same day of the cancellation and accidentally requesting the table twice due to an error at my end in selecting 'dinner only' initially, I requested a second booking for the Burlesque show, emailing the venue, multiple times and asking them to please book us in for the burlesque table, apologising for my delayed payment of the initial booking. I then received a payment link for the £20 per head deposit which in the terms and conditions of the email is bolded stating "only applies IF you remain or book for the burlesque show." Assuming (incorrectly) that this confirmed that we had our burlesque table booking, we arrived on the night and were told that we only had a dinner reservation and that all tables were charged the £20 burlesque charge and refunded if you didn't watch it (forgive me, this seems VERY misleading to make us pay for something we definitely were not able to have?).I understand that the double booking was my error but after emailing multiple times and paying the burlesque charge, I feel that we were clear. The manager was completely rude and made me feel extremely uncomfortable to the point my boyfriend had to come to assist me in trying to speak with him. When showing the manager the explicitly stated bolded burlesque charge text, he dismissed us. No attempt was made to try and seat us in the show area or apologies given, and we felt so appalled at the interaction the manager that we left.The demeanour of management was completely unacceptable, and unprofessional. For a venue not to check their email is extremely poor. The tagline of their emails is "Thanks so much for your support—our community means everything to us right now". They aren't doing well in fostering that community support.

Highly recommended! delicious cocktails , dimsum is outstanding and their shows just incredible.

We went for a the dinner a show on Friday night. We had a lovely evening! The drinks were delicious the dim sums were nice and the show was very fun. The venue itself is what is what is best, very cosy, intimate and beautiful decoration. My overall experience was great.However some bits can be improved. The ordering system does not work.. It would just be nice to have someone come and take your order at the table like the old days.. The show costs £20 per head and is not included as part of the dinner. I am not sure that was very clear to me when I made the booking. The show is a bit short I thought.. I have been to other bigger cabaret in London where you pay £60 food and show included and the show is a lot longer with more acts.So overall I though it was pricey for what we got.

Hidden Gem, the outside doesnt loom all that nice that when you enter it's a different place , very cultured decor and in the evening they bring out the tea light so it sets a different tone to the place -like a date night. Dim sum was lovely enjoyed myself will definitely come back again. I took a star off because I didn't like the passion fruit drink.

Really cool space away from the hip central Brixton village bit. Opium den vibes with the low lighting and some of the decor.Food wise, most of the menu is excellent. Been a few times and the char sui buns are always top notch. Had the ribs before which were nice and spicy. The steamed dumplings are very good: prawn and wasabi, pumpkin buns, pork and prawn dumpling and softshell crab all top notch.The jerk chicken rice I'm not too sure about unfortunately... But thr rest of the menu makes up for that.Great cocktails, decent beers, friendly staff. Can get busy so book ahead!