My Neighbours the Dumplings - Clapton Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are great, friendly, helpful and efficient."
• "The host did a great job and was super nice on a very busy night."
• "The service was amazing and great atmosphere."
• "Staff super friendly."
• "Service for us was great. We never sat there too long waiting."
• "Excellent server that allowed us to sample some saki."
• "Service was wonderful too. Everyone seemed to like working there and moved around with lots of positive energy."

Cons:

• "The waiter left within 5 seconds of slamming the menus on our table, circling 'return table by 9.15'."
• "Unfortunately there seemed to be a bit of miscommunication about our order and there was a long wait for half of our food."
• "Staff were friendly but it was really hard to get their attention."
• "We did not get few items we ordered because he did not even have time to double check the order with us."
• "The dining nightmare and vacant wait staff is only compounded by the fact they refuse to do take away orders if the kitchen is not in the mood."
• "Wrong food and drink was being brought to us throughout our meal and then a staff member spilt candle wax on my guest's hoodie."
• "Service was slightly slow."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is to die for and I could swim in the sauce that was smothered on the ribs."
• "The prawn dumplings were lovely."
• "Faultless food! Incredible flavours on the meat and veg dishes."
• "The place was fantastic, the service was immaculate, the food was creative and culturally eccentric."
• "Everything we tasted was amazing."
• "Food was SO good, it was devoured before my phone could get a photo."
• "The food was great, would recommend the pork belly, the ribs & Taro."

Cons:

• "The potstickers took forever to come and the quality is so bad."
• "The food wasn't as good as before and the portion sizes are tiny."
• "The lamb dumplings seems undercooked and doughy."
• "We also had the Korean ribs which were overcooked."
• "The pork belly was super fatty and both of us couldn’t really eat much of it."
• "The actual dumplings were pretty average, the mushroom potsticker almost inedible."
• "The food was average at best. The dumplings all had a mushy texture."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Nice vibes, cute interior."
• "Good ambience and lots of space upstairs and downstairs."
• "Amazing atmosphere, great sake cocktail bar."
• "Gem of a place. Charming, buzzy atmosphere and fun decor."
• "The atmosphere was amazing."
• "The decor is enriched by colorful lanterns and it's just a cheerful, lively little place with lots of character!"
• "A very cute and relaxing atmosphere. Calming music accompanies you, while you eat the delicious food."

Cons:

• "The atmosphere from the other kitchen staff was hostile."
• "It kind of feels like a hipster place with a wait staff that could care less about customer service."
• "Always a wait, and when you do sit down you can hardly enjoy your meal because the community trough-style seating leaves you pokey, and smushed between hordes of ignorant transplants."
• "Please be mindful that it can get very busy and a bit loud after 7:30 pm so not the most ideal for going on a date(especially first date)."
• "🤔 absolutely freezing inside."
• "The atmosphere is abysmal. Orientalist meets Hackney Wick warehouse vibe- seating is a nightmare."
• "VERY WHITE CLINENTL. 😭"

Value

Pros:

• "Meal and two beers was £44."
• "Really good food, small plates well priced."
• "Reasonable price for the quality of food you get."
• "The food is really good and the set menus give a really good value for money."
• "Myself & 2 other friends ate for £45 (not incl. cocktails) and we were stuffed."
• "Prices are very reasonable and the receipt offers a breakdown for spitting the cost between multiple diners, a really nice touch."
• "Pretty unique spot as well with different levels and very decently priced."

Cons:

• "Nice vibes, cute interior, but the food was only ok, small portions and very pricy."
• "Whilst I thought the sesame needles were overpriced for the portion size."
• "However, I was massively let down by the food which is really really over priced for what it is, even the tea is over priced and was served in a kitsch tea pot that constantly kept spilling all over the table."
• "Dishes are very expensive, £5 or so for four dumplings."
• "I wouldn't say it's cheap, but ... it's London and ... would you really want to go to a cheap place anyways?"
• "Tasty food but very over priced for what it is."
• "Portion sizes are way too small particularly for the prices."