Beijing Dumpling Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is deeelicious, really."
• "Everything tasted amazing!"
• "Loved every single dish."
• "The food was delicious, we had king prawn fried rice and it was one of the best I ever had."
• "干炒牛河 was excellent; full of wok hei and beef was tender."
• "They tasted nice. Authentic."
• "The food here was generally very good and the staff efficient."

Cons:

• "The queue is not worth the food!"
• "This squid was like chewing a rubber in some watery sauce."
• "The skin was too thick and there was barely any soup inside the dumpling."
• "Szechuan chicken tasted like sweet and sour chicken- poor."
• "The “spicy” dumplings have no flavour and definitely no spice."
• "The food was not great."
• "The soup was tasteless and the dumplings didn’t really have much flavour either."

Service

Pros:

• "Very impressed by the food and customer service provided by the staff at this restaurant."
• "The waiters are fast and attentive and the food is fresh, hot and tasty."
• "Staff were kind and courteous."
• "The staff were friendly, professional and courteous."
• "The service was quick and prompt."
• "The staff were really helpful and reactive."
• "Lovely, attentive staff. Friendly assistance with the menu."

Cons:

• "The service was really terrible."
• "God awful service, dangerous food standards - give this place a miss."
• "The waiters were extremely unfriendly and curt."
• "The attitude of the waiters was terrible."
• "Never been spoken to so rudely!!"
• "Possibly the worst service I've received at any restaurant in the whole of London."
• "Staff were very blunt, barely spoke and clearly did not want to be there."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The place is clean with a warm, relaxed ambience."
• "The atmosphere was mostly chill."
• "It seemed cozy with great ambience."
• "The atmosphere is very cosy."
• "Cute aesthetic within building."
• "The atmosphere is great too."
• "The restaurant had a rustic charm with staff available when we needed something."

Cons:

• "We happened to sit next to cutlery collection area so the noise constantly came up and we had to shout so we could hear each other."
• "The atmosphere is terrible really uncomfortable hard seating."
• "In the restaurant it was playing pop and rnb music which wasn't really moody, absolutely do not recommend."
• "All felt pretty rushed."
• "Underwhelmed. Not sure why it’s recommended by Eater."
• "The toilets are downstairs and there is no lift."
• "Plus the seating arrangement was very uncomfortable."

Accessibility

Pros:

• "The people who work there are nice and easily accommodated my friend's wheelchair."
• "The restaurant is over 2 floors and the ground floor tables at the front would be accessible by wheelchair."
• "It's tight for a wheelchair but should be manageable."

Cons:

• "We couldn’t eat there because the waiter let us wait almost an hour because he had no table for 5 people."
• "We were a group of 7 and after an hour waiting in the street at 0 degrees, they divided us in 2 tables and didn’t offer a solution for us to have dinner together."
• "A tall person might find the tables’ leg space a bit too low for the knees."

Value

Pros:

• "The food is also affordable🙃 must visit."
• "The prices are reasonable too."
• "Amazing food at a good price."
• "Food tasted great, especially for the cheap price."
• "Food is at affordable price."
• "Price and quality were very good."
• "The price is extremely reasonable for what you get."

Cons:

• "For what I got it’s a little pricey."
• "The prices were too expensive for what was received."
• "The prices were way cheaper than a lot of the restaurants."
• "For 4 portions of ravioli, a portion of chicken, a beer and a bottle of water, in two, we spent 50GP. It is not worth it!"

Hygiene

Pros:

• "The place is clean with a warm, relaxed ambience."

Cons:

• "What was sad was that I found a hair inside the dumpling. That just makes me question the hygiene condition."
• "The toilets are a joke as it looks like no one ever cleans it and it smells."