Definitely one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in the City, go there for lunch quite often with colleagues. We love their food as all dishes are flavorful and come in very good portion as well. Plenty of space in the restaurant but they still tend to get really busy during lunch or dinner time.

✋🏼You can stop restaurant hunting now. This is the most underrated spot in London. At time of writing it has ~3.5 stars, which is the sweet spot for a Chinese restaurant (if you haven’t heard of this, search ‘Chinese restaurant 3.5 star theory’.

Whether you’re looking for your death row meal, your newborn’s first bites, or a workday lunchtime spot - you won’t regret choosing My Old Place. (Maybe not for a newborn, because all lifetime culinary experiences would never live up to this.)

Don’t get me wrong, service is awful, they talk to you like your dad did when he helped with maths homework. And don’t complain because it’s not decorated with cute waving cats. You’re there for the food.

You must get sharing specials - I’m talking the Szechuan Fish bowl, or large tofu in soup sharing bowl. (I ate pescatarian but the meat kebabs are popular too.) You can’t go wrong, just look at what the regulars on the table next to you have ordered and get the same. Serving sizes are huge - it’s affordable and they don’t shove service charges down your throat.

The photos attached are NOT the sharing dishes. Please get the sharing dishes.

Lots of veggie options, allergy friendly, not halal meat.

It’s been only 6 months since I lived here. But this is the best chinese restaurant ever. The price is relatively cheap compared to other restaurant and the taste is really authentic. Ah, it’s just full of love, I like chinese food. I’ve known this 3 days ago. This is the best. Please try to pork dishes.

Since 2008, I have been dinning in this place. There are up and downs, I see mixed reviews. Not sure what people are looking for when they come to this restaurant, for me the food is the only thing that matters when I come here. The dishes are not as good as 15 years ago but still the best compare to other Northwestern restaurants in London. Some of their popular dishes are still great, just don’t order random new dishes, they are pretty bad. The place has been newly decorated but still feels a bit worn out, the lighting could be a bite better. The place smell of mold, I am sure that’s something it can be easily fixed. There was a stupid woman / waitress everyone talks about, I have also experienced my self, she is a truly wast of space, I am glad I haven’t seen her today. I hope the owner can keep it up and make some simple improvements.

The place has amazing atmosphere, it suddenly takes you from a back street of Brick Lane and teleports you somewhere in China. But it deserves 3/5 stars only because it is extremely expensive and the service is not on par with it.

That being said, most of the dishes on the menu are tasty and they are as authentic as they can be. Still, they lack a bit of taste, some need more salt or a bit less spicy. But they are authentic and a lot better than the one in Chinatown.

At the end of the day, I'd probably come back again (for 3rd time), but I wouldn't come as frequently as I would if they fix the overpriced dishes or improve the quality of the food.