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.
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.
When I first walked in to this restaurant, I feel like I was in China.. some rural area.. It is a very old traditional Chinese decoration restaurant . Food is average, not really amazing, generous big portion tho but it is very oily too. Service is okay, if you visit here, please don't expect you will welcome with smiling 😔 face . the restaurant is quite huge, sometime you need to raise hand to get attention or walk to the counter.
Large portions. Very tasty spicy food. Very busy with Chinese students and locals. Need to hire more staff. Recommend if you don't mind waiting. Authentic
Sept 2024 update.
Warning. It's true. Angry waitress still there from reading previous comments from others. Mum Asked for two glasses of water and got snared at. Really horrible service. Even her colleague was avoiding her. She really didn't want to be there. We were first in today. Sunday, after a walk around the market. Ordered the beef noodles and special Lo Mein and lamb and chicken skewers. Noodles were over boiled so mushy and flavours were bland and diluted. The lamb skewers were £2 each and bland. One chicken wing for £2 also. Not sure if they have changed chefs coz it tastes totally different from when I when there before. Will probably not go again and walk extra 5 mins to yeye's dumpling and noodles instead. Portion size was big but if the taste and quality is crap then why bother. Removing a star. 3/5
Came here last night to celebrate my friends birthday, I can confirm, It is the kind of restaurant suitable for large gatherings. The meal tasted good particularly the fermented potato, spicy chicken and black fungus and I ate until I was full but this morning I had an unsettled stomach which is rare because when I lived in Paris I ate many rotten vegetables so my stomach linning is strong. This is the main reason I would not return. I think what was fun about it was the location in an unsuspecting basement door and Staff are very friendly with good atmosphere but food was not outstanding and had a complicated after effect. Also the meal was very expensive, every one at my table spent £36. I would have liked to spend £15-£20. I would rate this restaurant a 6.5/10.