Gerrard's Corner Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are efficient and friendly."
• "The service was very fast and pleasant."
• "Service was quick and attentive as we visited at 1PM on a Monday afternoon."
• "The service was quick and polite."
• "Service is fast and efficient, typical of China Town restaurants!"
• "Service is very effective."
• "Quickly resolved the bill, so didn't have to sit there ages after eating."

Cons:

• "The waitress was so aggressive you could hear boss music whenever she approached the table."
• "The service was awful they hover over you waiting for you to clear a plate then they take it."
• "Service was not as attentive and I can’t believe they charged us £3.5 for chili oil."
• "very slow and bad customer service."
• "Very bad service, very pushy, disrespectful, rushing you and very rude."
• "Service is terrible. You have to flag the waiters down to ask for anything at all and you receive food one dish by one."
• "The overall attitude of the staff was rude, unwelcoming, and truly appalling."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Gerrard's Corner is one of the more established restaurants in Chinatown, serving up a wide selection of Dim Sum and other a la carte dishes."
• "Absolutely amazing, tasty and plentiful dishes to share between 2 people. Truly happy with the food/drinks!!"
• "Food was tasty, and portion sizes decent."
• "The pork dim sum in chilli oil is a must."
• "The poached meat with spicy oil was amazingly delicious."
• "Each dish was honestly delicious and full of flavor."
• "The Peking Duck is some of the best in China Town, Ribs were memorable, and sweet and sour prawns superb."

Cons:

• "The Crispy Pork Belly was extremely dry."
• "Food was super ordinary, taste below my expectation, not worth the price I paid."
• "The tofu was ok, beef was ok, but roasted meats were TERRIBLE."
• "Food portions small and far overpriced."
• "Fast food but was not nice at all, very bland and no flavour!"
• "The food was ABSOLUTELY disgusting, waitress got angry because I complained about the food and did not even apologize, they also over charged me including the tip."
• "Food was bland at best, fairly tasteless."

Pricing

Pros:

• "The price is good considering the location and quality."
• "At least the food is good and relatively affordable given the location."
• "Really nice food at a decent price."
• "Good prices too."
• "Excellent food and well priced!"
• "Very nice Dim Sum place, tasty but not too expensive."
• "Cost about £20 for half a very good duck, enough food for 3 people easily, probably 4 with a one other dish to share."

Cons:

• "Extremely overpriced, my share of the bill for half portion prawn crackers, a small portion of crispy beef, boiled rice and a can of Coke was almost £28!"
• "VERY expensive for very standard, uninteresting food."
• "The prices of both the beverages and the food were exorbitantly high."
• "very overpriced for the quality and taste."
• "Very expensive too. £11.95 for deep friend squid and only got 8 small pieces."
• "Felt ripped off. 87 pound for two meals."
• "For 6 dim sum dishes and a pot of tea they charged £52!!!"

Hygiene

Pros:

• "One thing that I must say is a plus are the toilets. They were clean and didn't smell."
• "The place was clean with nice music playing in the background."

Cons:

• "The menus were old and worn down and hard to make sense of."
• "The toilets were the most revolting I have ever set foot in."
• "Unhygienic food."
• "The whole restaurant seems to be quite unsanitary, but the toilets really take the crown here."
• "Poor Hygiene, HAIR ON THE FOOD."
• "The atmosphere was terrible dirty around the curtains old nasty carpet the place needs a make over."
• "And, yes, the toilets are terribly dirty."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "I must say I had a wonderful experience mainly coz of the company."
• "But the food was good and it was nice to be sat outside, especially when the 'opera' singer walked passed slowly singing."
• "The atmosphere was great from street art music."

Cons:

• "The restaurant was busy and loud and the staff were really rude."
• "The vibe was just so suspicious."
• "The atmosphere was also not very nice, not even to speak about how cold it was in there because of the AC."
• "The restaurant was pretty tightly packed."
• "Premises were packed, there was no space between tables whatsoever."
• "Thought sitting outside might be nice as it was a sunny day, but were put on a dirty table in the middle of the busy street."
• "The atmosphere was terrible dirty around the curtains old nasty carpet the place needs a make over."