Min Jiang Reviews Summary

View and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Beautiful view to Kensington Park!"
• "The restaurant overlooks Hyde Park which makes a nice change from all the restaurant in the City and on the east side of London."
• "The views overlooking Hyde park are amazing."
• "The view of Kensington Garden is beautiful."
• "Not only do you have an amazing view over Kensington gardens."
• "The view is simply stunning at lunchtime."
• "During the day, windows provide spectacular views of Kensington gardens and palace."

Cons:

• "The restaurant is in need of renovation and the toilets was not clean and not to my satisfaction."
• "Restaurant decor is nice, but it is so very noisy in there. The acoustics are odd in what is effectively a long corridor of a restaurant."
• "On the downside, the restaurant is a bit too noisy."
• "Noisy restaurant."

Service

Pros:

• "Our waitress was patient and helpful."
• "Service was excellent and the staff brilliant."
• "Service is generally friendly and prompt."
• "Service was very fast and kind."
• "Service is great—attentive but not smotheringly so."
• "Once we got to our table the waiters were great and attentive."
• "Staff were incredibly attentive and polite and the views fantastic!"

Cons:

• "The service level was below average."
• "I regret Martina our waitress did not do anything special to enhance our experience."
• "I have no words to describe how awful the service was there."
• "The service was good but not really attentive."
• "But unfortunately the waitress service was bad. Two of them were extremely unhappy and showed cold face to us the whole time."
• "The service is terrible... we got so many evil looks from the waiters and they were so unwelcoming."
• "When they served us, we said thank you to them, they don't even look at you."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is delicious. The view on Hyde park is amazing. The service is excellent. Wine list and drink options match the great food."
• "Everything is perfect. I celebrated my birthday here!"
• "The food is just as decent as the service."
• "Without a doubt, the best Chinese restaurant for Peking duck."
• "The quality of the food and service is impeccable."
• "The food is truly amazing though. The food is the scene stealer really."
• "The Alaskan black cod also didn't disappoint - again, well balanced proportion of fat and melt-in-the-mouth meat. Simply divine!"

Cons:

• "The miso and whisky was not detectable in the caramel sauce."
• "Although the duck tasted amazing, the dim sum menu were awful."
• "The food besides from, now just slightly above average duck, the rest of the foods are below average."
• "The duck skin is not crispy, and there’s still a layer of fat between the skin and meat."
• "The food was brilliant but the service was extremely disappointing."
• "Food was bland and uninspiring."
• "The dim sum dishes were also below average with a high price tag."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Price wise - it may look slightly pricey just looking at the menu but having tasted the food and the amazing service we received, it was worth every penny paid (and more)."
• "Food is pricy but it's worth the money!"
• "£400 meal for 5 persons without alcohol is very reasonable."
• "While it is still expensive, it is competitively priced compared to some of the same level in London."

Cons:

• "I might only come back for business lunches and will skip the duck."
• "Went here for NYE and felt completely ripped off."
• "We couldn't finish all the food that was left over and it was such a waste given the dishes were £25+ each."
• "Costed over £250 for three people without wine. Very disappointed - not value for money and definitely not worth it!"
• "Very expensive for what it is though; peking duck particularly is at least half the price if not even less in most authentic Chinese restaurants in America and just as good."
• "Excessively overpriced for what is essentially an average tim sum lunch & don't even get me started on their cut throat charges on their beverages like the Chinese tea & cockages."
• "5-star price for a below average service and dim sum."