Chuan • Royal China Reviews Summary

Dim Sum

Pros:

• "I strongly recommend the dim sum!"
• "Ordered the shrimp and pork shumai, and veg dimsum. Both were quite yummy."
• "The dim sums here are quite authentic. 👍🏼"
• "Dim sum was very clearly from frozen, took a long time to serve."
• "Very happy with the food. Good quality and fair pricing."

Cons:

• "However, my friend warned that the other dishes might not be as good."
• "I think our mistake was coming here for dinner. It seems their dim sum is the reason to come here."
• "Too expensive for the small portions you get."
• "The food was tasteless and wayyyy too expensive."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were kind, and the interior was clean!"
• "The staff was very kind and professional."
• "The food is phenomenal and we ordered way too much but the efficient and polite team kept our drinks topped up."

Cons:

• "I never expect friendly service at Chinese restaurants, just efficient, and the servers here were that."
• "The employee that served us is really rude."
• "Service was slow. The food was disgusting."
• "Food is good. Very poor service. We feel discriminated and wait for a long time without any drinks to serve."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The tables were spaced out enough to comfortably have conversations while dining."
• "The atmosphere and food are decent. One of the nicer interiors in Chinatown."
• "The environment and food are decent. Well adjusted AC is a plus during summer."

Cons:

• "The tables presented pillows flipped which we set right upon sitting down only to realise the reason of them being flipped over. They were all filthy."
• "We were shoved away in some dirty and dingy separate room with cobwebs and only 3 tables."
• "The whole place needs a very very deep clean or maybe to be closed."

Authenticity

Pros:

• "We ordered beef with oyster sauce & cashew nuts and really enjoyed the taste."
• "Delicious, authentic dim sum 😋 I can recommend the lotus lead wrapped sticky rice and Shanghai pork dumplings."
• "This place is wonderful! We shared a number of items including sweet and sour pork, Peking duck, chicken noodles, softshell crab and it was all fantastic."

Cons:

• "It is made for European tastes."
• "We had heard good things about Royal China, but sadly, nothing was very good."
• "The cold noodles was too sweet. It tasted simply like a mix of chilli oil and maple syrup."

Price

Pros:

• "Prices are reasonable."
• "Service was great and prices are affordable."
• "The portion is satisfying and the price is fair as compared with other Chinese restaurant in UK."

Cons:

• "The only problem was the prices really."
• "Too expensive for the small portions you get."
• "17 pounds for 4 fried shrimps and two more that were not fried, without any sauce."