Ping Pong St Katharine Docks Reviews Summary

Category: Chinese restaurant London

Address: 3 St Katharine's Way, London, E1W 1BA, United Kingdom

Phone: +442076807850

Rating: 4.0
based on 202 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food is so delicious we did not want to leave."
  • "Incredibly tasty food, great location, staff were attentive and lovely."
  • "Delicious food. Lots of options. They have a lot of vegan options too."
  • "Food is very good, we loved the ink and shrimp dumplings."
  • "The Crispy Prawn Balls and the Griddled Spicy beef gyoza were exquisite."
  • "Everything was tasty and delicious."
  • "The food was interesting, really tasty and served lovely and hot."

Cons:

  • "The food was way overpriced for the amount of food they actually give you."
  • "Food was cooked badly and all the dim sum was sticking to the paper and looked like mush."
  • "The crunchy golden dumplings were a huge let down. Maybe don't label them crunchy to avoid confusion. They aren't."
  • "The food is bland, tasteless and over priced."
  • "Below average dim sum, very westernized interpretation making it an overall confused experience."
  • "The food was quite pricey and not authentic Chinese cuisine."
  • "The food is bland and over priced."

Service

Pros:

  • "The service was excellent. The view was nice."
  • "Love this place. Always good service."
  • "Staff and cocktails were brilliant here."
  • "Staff were friendly, attentive and good to deal with."
  • "Thanks for amazing service on my birthday."
  • "Our waitress Portia, made this whole experience even better with her kindness and attentive service."
  • "The service was perfect, specially from the lovely Henok!"

Cons:

  • "This will be the third time I've come during the day and the staff members have been hostile or behaved in the manner they did on this occasion."
  • "However, not the most attentive or friendliest of service."
  • "Service was practically absent, no waiter come to check with me."
  • "The service did not even bother to apologise for the tardy service."
  • "They took 1hours 45 mins to bring out food in the most random order."
  • "Service could have been a little faster as it was not exceptionally busy."
  • "Service was quite slow."

Ambiance and Location

Pros:

  • "It's on at Katherine's dock so really nice surroundings too."
  • "The location was beautiful and the interior design pretty."
  • "Its situated nicely away from any 'busyness' and has a good view of some yachts and the water."
  • "The area was really nice to eat in."
  • "The location is great, offering nice views and allowing you to people watch."
  • "Nice vibe for a birthday meal in the very pretty setting of St Katherine's Dock."
  • "The location is amazing just straight in front of St. Katherine’s docks!"

Cons:

  • "Tables are squished together so much my friend couldn’t even pull the chair out to sit down."
  • "The tables were so close together it just felt really claustrophobic."
  • "The general atmosphere doesn't fit with the food, the tables and furniture make the place feel cold and service feels as though they are simply there to bring food and remove plates as soon as they are empty."
  • "It's not particularly spacious but it's not the worst."
  • "If you have a large butt, you'll find the seating uncomfortable."
  • "The place is great and well locat but the food is overpriced and not that good."
  • "Service here was atrocious."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "The cocktails very good price for top notch quality."
  • "Pricing was good considering location."
  • "Outstanding value for money."
  • "£25 a head with the option to have a bottle of bubbly for a further £10, it was a reasonable price considering the amount of food we had!"
  • "The food was affordable. Very tasty. I recommend the prawn toast and spring rolls."
  • "Large glass of wine, good cocktail, five dishes enough to fill a hungry guy for 35 GBP. Top notch."
  • "Good value for money during happy hour."

Cons:

  • "You're paying adult prices for child sized portions."
  • "The food was quite pricey and not authentic Chinese cuisine."
  • "Very expensive for what it is worth."
  • "Prices are still the same, but you're getting less for your money."
  • "£9 for prawn toast was outrageous."
  • "Would not come back to this place where the food is over priced and it’s not true Asian inspired at all."
  • "But portions are tiny, just not enough of it."

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