Imperial China

Imperial China is a dim sum restaurant Chinatown London located in United Kingdom.

7 / 10
198
ratings
  • Phone

    +44 20 7734 3388

  • Website

    imperialchina-london.com

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  • Type

    Dim Sum Restaurant

Address

25 Lisle St (White Bear Yard) London Greater London WC2H 7BA United Kingdom

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes (incl. American Express & MasterCard)
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks Full Bar

Comments / 42


Keywords:

dim sum sum in london crispy duck great value good for groups stir fry casual bar town dinner congee good for special occasions lunch vegetables well alcohol
cui

One of the best dim sum places in London yet not too expensive (unlike other overrated places). They do great siu-mai, century egg congee , and shredded turnip pastry . Everything else is also yummy!

Giggle Giggly

Not buggy friendly if you have a young baby as you'll have to move the buggy up through narrow flight of stairs. Dim sum is not bad but pricier than others in the area.

Julia Sandler

One of Chinatown faves for yum cha/dim sum. Great quality food and well priced in a nice atmosphere!

Gizem Aydemir

I can’t say service is great but one of the best crispy duck in the area. Entrance, greeting and ambience is nice

Nat M

Service staff seemed lost at times. Food was just ok; found the xiao long bao skin a little too thick & roast meats nothing to rave about. Also note that they charge £1 for chopped red chili in sauce

Kay Hui

Authentic HK dim sum . Service may be curt but that's typical in HK and food's defo better than your stock standard local (unless you live around Gerard St)

Gerry Schneider

Great food & nice atmosphere!!

Rebecca Mazza

Good dim sum on the weekends for London

Giggle Giggly

If you prefer ambience over quality of food, this is the place to be.

Marc S

They don't take Amex which is bit 19th century. Good ok

Brindusa Gabur

dim sum is just great, I particularly like sticky rice in waterlily leafs

Jade Tokarczyk

Old faithful - not the cheapest but always reliably good! Nice staff , not rushed.

James Scott

Lots of vegetarian dim sum options

Simon Lee

Fantastic Dim Sum . My friend from Hong Kong also rates it highly so it's definitely the real thing!

Caroline

Fantastic dim sum . Be sure to get the fish congee and steamed pork buns . For dinner , get the Cantonese duck .

Thomas Harvester

Big selection of food but flavours are just average. I had much better Chinese food elsewhere in Chinatown.

Shannon Low

Worthwhile dim sum , pretty fine.

Caroline

Fantastic dim sum . Love the congee .

Johnny Innes

Pescatarians beware... The fish hot pot is loaded with minced pork but no mention on the menu. Beautiful dim sum though.

Londonist

It might not look like much on the outside but this place has some of the best dim sum in London

Rob Steel

Ask for the traditional Chinese menu

Levent Akgerman

This place deserves 8.0 or higher.

Guy Griffiths

Singing is top notch

S DM

Great clean location . Service could be more frequent.

Sreedhar Kurella

DimSums are amazing here...

Isabelle Defaut Juneja

Best dim sum in town !

Anna Appleton

Great veggie pancake rolls and crispy duck !

Jenny BP

The fried seafood noodles (crispy ) are a good sharing choice for 2.

Dani Dutra

One of the best dim sum places in London!truly fantastic!!

Hao Nie

Seabass is excellent

Daniel Torres

Best dim sum in china town

Scott G

This is not the best dimsum in Chinatown, jeez. Food is mediocre, nothing too special. Supposedly a Chinese president has been a customer here before....

Hazza

One of the hidden gem

Nick A

THE best dim sum in London !

Mark Choi

Current favourite for dim sum in London

Ricky Sowler

Fried prawn dumpling tasteless

Angelique

One of the best Chinese :o)

Richard H Harris

Great dim sum !

Dimitri Popov

Found hair in the dish, staff didn't apologize. Then we had to ask to subtract the cost of the dish, and then the £7.00 tip!

Jonny Hough

First time dim sum - very nice

Adrian Nabarro

Avoid the seaweed if you like it sweet. It's very salty!

JASON

Crap Bad service expensive for stuff you can buy at your local.

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