Royal China (Fulham) Reviews Summary

Category: Chinese restaurant London

Address: 805 Fulham Rd., London, SW6 5HE, United Kingdom

Phone: +442077310081

Rating: 3.1
based on 117 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Delicious, authentic Cantonese food, by very attentive hard working staff."
  • "Food hot and gorgeous!! Very high standards."
  • "Today Dim Sum were just perfect. So fresh and delicate."
  • "Especially the fried udong with assorted seafood was very unique and very tasteful."
  • "Fried noodles and salt and pepper squid were the standout dishes."
  • "Their custard buns are a favourite."
  • "The wonton soup was light and refreshing."

Cons:

  • "Beef was intangible."
  • "The rice was soggy and the tiny amount of sauce thin and tasteless."
  • "The dim sum was bland and tasteless and the cheung fun was especially bad with absolutely no flavour."
  • "The dishes are tasteless, even worse than any takeaway food I have ever tried."
  • "Food taste good, but poor quality. Gave me stomach bug two times I ate there."
  • "Food is oily."
  • "The morning glory was disgustingly overcooked."

Service

Pros:

  • "I also have to praise the quick service and pleasant atmosphere."
  • "Staff were pretty attentive and food came quickly."
  • "Very quick delivery (although to be fair, they are quite close to home), very pleasant and smiley delivery man."
  • "Enjoyable lunch here. Superb dim sum and attentive service."

Cons:

  • "Service was not adequate to the price of the dinner."
  • "We had to repeatedly ask for water and twice we were asked if we were finished eating when clearly we weren’t."
  • "Service was bad and we were not told there is minimum £20 per person when we first ordered."
  • "The waiter was abusive and we left completely shaken by the experience."
  • "Service was hurried and rude."
  • "The rudeness of the male 'manager' is appalling."
  • "Unbelievably rude staff."

Price

Pros:

  • "I also found the prices to be very affordable."
  • "Very good Dim Sum at a reasonable price point."
  • "Very good Dim Sum at a reasonable-ish price."

Cons:

  • "Dim sum is more expensive than what is usually found in Chinatown, but the quality is much better."
  • "Over priced for very average food."
  • "The price is absolutely ridiculous for what it is."
  • "They are expensive in terms of the portion you get and the taste of the food."
  • "The food was also really expensive and were very shocked when we received the bill."
  • "This is the most expensive bottle of beer in london."
  • "They charged us £54 for one whole sea bass!! Outrageous pricing."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "The atmosphere/decor was very nice and service friendly."
  • "The owners are really nice and helpful, they gave us recommendations and chatted a bit about China."

Cons:

  • "The atmosphere and venue are unfortunately what let's the experience down."
  • "Too many families with young children that they could not control, said children were screaming and making a racket constantly."
  • "The quality of the interior lets down the review a little bit - especially if you are seated deep in the restaurant."
  • "Atmosphere in here is like an empty school canteen."
  • "The atmosphere was also terrible - we had a baby with us and were told very rudely that they did not have any highchair."

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