Four Seasons (Wardour Street) Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "One of the best roast duck ever, the sauce is what make the taste that never been tasted anywhere before."
• "Meat was tender and the plum sauce that comes with it was so tasty!"
• "The flavour was divine and it’s juicy."
• "Most of the things I've ordered in here over the years are pretty so-so... but lord that tender roast duck smothered in delicious umami goodness is the one."
• "Food wise the roasted duck was sensational."
• "Great Chinese duck, both Pechinese style as starter (cold, to be eaten with pancakes) and fantastic in Cantonese style (fat and juicy)."
• "The food was delicious, I had prawn toast to start which was lovely. Then for my main the beef brisket which tasted divine."

Cons:

• "Seriously, the food is overrated."
• "The soy source over the meats was too salty and too much."
• "The special roasted duck Cantonese Style was not crisply but warmed-over."
• "Bland food."
• "The food was awful I would not recommend."
• "The main was crispy chilli beef and beef with vegetables. Crispy was more concrete."
• "Chicken was extremely sweet you didn’t taste neither chicken nor lemon."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was good, better than your average Chinese restaurant."
• "They filled our tea and rice constantly."
• "Service was quick and efficient with friendly staff."
• "Very friendly and polite staff, I came here in the new year, I had 3 portions of food, the food never let me down."
• "Reasonable price very friendly staff."
• "Service is good for Chinese up in town."
• "I was pleased with the service -- very efficient and also polite."

Cons:

• "Worse service than wetherspoons at shepherd's bush and now takes top spot for the worst restaurant experience I've ever had."
• "The workers were overly aggressive and pressured us into staying and eating there."
• "We were waiting for 30 minutes before we got any service at all."
• "The service was basic and one of our orders did not even arrive."
• "Impolite staff, rushing you to leave."
• "Glass smelled like vomit, drink was warm, fork still had food in it, waitress and staff were rude."
• "The servers were very infriendly and disinterested."

Value

Pros:

• "Amazing price for the huge portion, always satisfies my picky pallet and makes me feel homey!"
• "The price was around 13GBP, decent for a lunch in London."
• "The roasted duck that we ordered was very fatty but worth the price."
• "If you want Chinese duck at very good value, this is your place."
• "Their 3-combination bbq meat dish is affordable, delicious, and takes comfortably under 5 mins to reach the front door when busy."
• "Beyond my expectation and reasonable price."
• "Value 5*"

Cons:

• "It is a little bit overpriced comparing to the same or even better quality duck anywhere in New York City."
• "This place is way overpriced for its service and portion, although the food is ok."
• "Expensive being China Town £9,75 service charge also for a table of 2 on a Monday night."
• "The prawn dumpling was a hefty £7.20 for a small tiny rice bowl size with little soup."
• "The price isn’t cheap either."
• "Plain rice costed us £2.50 a portion, which is just plain ridiculous... it’s not even of good quality."
• "The white rice was £3.9 PER PAX, an extremely expensive price."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "so family oriented atmosphere and cozy, foods were very delicious as well!"
• "The restaurant decor is very old school, making us feeling very nostalgic."
• "Typical Chinese restaurant ambience."
• "Picture this.. a Saturday crowd, lit by the full moon and lanterns overhead."

Cons:

• "Not a place you go to for ambiance, customer service or interiors."
• "The space is so crowded with tables that it makes it hard to enjoy the food."
• "This location is small and claustrophobic."
• "The second floor interior is smelly. The thick carpet seems to hold on to unpleasant smells."
• "You would enjoy a better atmosphere in a McDonald's."
• "Crammed dingy decor."
• "Small and cramped, service was not good even for a Chinese restaurant."