石库门 Shikumen Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Their duck with pancakes are must have, extremely crispy and juicy."
• "The peking duck was delicious crispy tasty skin with pancakes and buns."
• "Best Xiao Long Bao in UK so far... Ordered the roast duck too, very impressed - good dish for delivery, easy to reheat in oven even a day after without losing texture / taste."
• "Food is amazing. Best Chinese restaurant I've been to in London."
• "The Peking duck is amazing and the recent renewing of the menu added so many excellent dishes."
• "The Crispy Chicken in Sha Cha sauce, was deeply flavourful with a wonderful balance of soft meat in a delicious sauce."
• "Very yummy very authentic Chinese food."

Cons:

• "Dim sum & duck were good, but some dishes were way too salty."
• "Not great for vegetarians I'm afraid. Veg dish and tofu main were bland and uninspiring."
• "The portions were very small and overall we were underwhelmed, especially given the steep prices."
• "Literally just fat, bones and boiled skin like gum."
• "The chicken was cold and the other meat was questionable."
• "Today’s visit all dim sum is mainly frozen from supplier."
• "Had to return one item because it was off / gone sour."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was mixed. Some staff were excellent, while others didn't even look you in the eye."
• "The Service was also very good and I have no complaints."
• "The waiters were super friendly and approachable."
• "The staff were also fantastic."
• "The service was friendly and attentive."
• "The waiting staff were very friendly and helpful with the menu."
• "All the serving staff were very polite and friendly."

Cons:

• "It took over 10 minutes for a drinks order to be taken."
• "The waitress didn't write down our order, which is in theory fine but she forgot half of it... twice."
• "Avoid their delivery, very bad experience."
• "Service wise, a Chinese man there appeared rude and abrupt."
• "Service.... where do I begin."
• "The service was extremely slow; waited for 1 hour+ for our food to arrive."
• "The service here is probably the worst service for the price in London."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Perfect and good value at £39 hospitality."
• "Price is also very fair. Hard to get this kind of balance in Chinese restaurants in London now."
• "Around normal London prices."
• "Good value for money."
• "20% more expensive than your standard dim sum place, but 50% better quality."
• "It's very good value."
• "Reasonable pricing.. please keep the pricing ....as it is.. so people can come again..."

Cons:

• "A bill of over £80 was extremely expensive."
• "It’s okay in food quality and taste, but definitely not worth its price tag."
• "For the decline in food quality, it is sadly no-longer worth the money."
• "For what you are getting too expensive."
• "Would not recommend.. also very expensive."
• "You're looking at about £60 per head including a drink to satisfy your hunger."
• "The price is expensive and the food is not fresh."

Ambience

Pros:

• "It was Monday, very quiet but that’s what we wanted!"
• "The restaurant is tastefully decorated and the service very attentive."
• "The ambience of the restaurant is nice, it is definitely trying to portrait an upper class restaurant feeling."
• "The decor is modern yet keeping with tradition and is very clean."
• "Very nice ambient as well."
• "This place’s decoration is mouthdropping with subtle touches of the Chinese culture and style."
• "Atmosphere is an upscale Chinese restaurant."

Cons:

• "Unauthentic."
• "It is quite a hidden restaurant, you could walk right past it without noticing."
• "Gone quite downhill since I visited 2 years ago. Menu is different, place is quite run down now and needs a proper renovation and clean."
• "Was a bit empty when we went and it's not that cozy inside."
• "Decor a bit dated and generic, though superficially plush."
• "The banquette seating was strangely low as the luxurious cushioning meant some of our party sank to well below where they'd usually be."
• "Quite expensive too. I wouldn't go back."