Barshu

Barshu is a szechuan restaurant SoHo London located in United Kingdom.

8 / 10
164
ratings
  • Phone

    +44 20 7287 8822

  • Website

    barshurestaurant.co.uk

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  • Type

    Szechuan Restaurant

Address

28 Frith St (Romilly St) London Greater London W1D 5LF United Kingdom

Credit Cards Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Lunch, Dinner

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Keywords:

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Tobias Wacker

Ignore the negative reviews, this is legit Szechuan food . The water boiled pork (with tingly peppers ) is one of my favorite dishes ever. Cumin dry beef and "ants marching up a tree " are also awesome.

Daniel Hirschmann

Pretty much everything we ordered is excellent. Seriously worth coming to this place if you feel like Chinese food . Even more perfect if you're into Sichuan. Great staff , friendly to families

Kelly Heung

Super satisfied with the food; had to have three bowls of rice tho coz the dishes are very spicy ! Probably the best Sichuan restaurant in London !?

James Crawford

The tofu was great. I sort of disagree with vegetarian food too :) oh and the sea bass was excellent. I hope you like Chilli

Scot Imrie

Great food - looks pricey but large portion size. Gong bao chicken , Dan Dan noodles , hor fun all delicious. Recommend

Olly Stedall

Very authentic Sichuan food - I would know having lived in China for 15 years! That being said, it’s very expensive , and I think Sichuan Folk nr. Brick lane has arguably better food at half the price.

David McNamara

The fish fragrant pork slivers are amazing. Along with the gong bao chicken , lotus root slices and smacked cucumbers you can't go wrong. A proper culinary experience. Highly recommended.

Benedict Cullen

Excellent spicy food and smart decor. Not cheap but worth it. Try the pork knuckle and believe them when they say things are hot! (3 of 4 petals via Fondu) Read more

Bijan Young

Spiciest Chinese in town . The chili sea bass a must. But go easy ...can burn your stomach.

Evelyn T

Great choices of vegetarian appetiser and main dishes!

Ashton McGregor

Good to have this as a change from the usual Chinatown options. V authentic so my friends tell me though I haven't been brave enough to try some of the more exotic offal dishes

Thomas Farrer

We live in shanghai and were very happy to find a good Sichuan restaurant on our visit to London. Great food :-)

Jade L.

Yummy french beans and 'mouth watering' chicken . Strange as hell decor, including the tomb-like facade blocking the supposed main entrance (feng shui?). Refreshingly friendly/useful staff !

Nikhil Shah

Great soho Sichuanese . Also highly recommend the fish like aubergine . Super tasty!

Heather Rodriguez

Traditional Chengdu style food. Really good.

Kerry Chapman

Great food, especially the spicy potatoes , bear bean curd and fish like aubergine .

Evelyn T

Excellent Chinese/ Sichuan even for a Chinese!

Roxanna

Great food but only if you can handle spicy stuff! Awesome Ma Po Tofu ...

Betony Kelly

Really excellent food. Just go easy with the chilli bravado - the food is truly hot.

Tee

Similar menu to sister restaurant Bashan, but more expensive . Recommend the dry wok dishes, but generally prefer Bashan!

Tejan Timblo

As close as it gets to the real thing. It's a sign of authenticity when Chinese people goto to eat there...

Marc M

Spicy boiled beef . Very nice! Very spicy ! Lip tingling schezuan peppers .

Lexi Zhao

my fav Sichuan restaurant in London

Chefs Feed

Richard Corrigan, chef of Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill, eats here on his nights off. He loves the Irresistible lamb ribs w/ lashings of chilli . Read more

Sara

To get Málà spicy ; you must ask for it.

Yalin Solmaz

Order the twice cooked pork and cloud-ear mushrooms . Be warned, food is spicy !

Ambar Hamid

Amazing spicy food ! NOM NOM NOM!

Minh Le

Chongqing spicy chicken and his and hers appetizer

V

High quality Sichuanese food.

Bijan Young

Chilli sea bass , spicy food

jeffrey merrihue

Burn your lips off at the best chinese restaurant in the world. The house special sea bass in chili oil is epic

Melissa +squeak

Awesome! hot Szechuan peppercorn-infused food, and cooling vinegared sides like jellyfish . My kind of date night .

Zihao Yang

Foods are good, although not authentic . The food portions are large though.

Charlene Liu

Chilli chicken !

Sergio Fernandez

Warning, if you don't like very hot food, please avoid this place. Otherwise, food is good and tasty

Puppala Dupi

Expensive but very good

mylifeisgorgeous

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Andre Veiga

Try the Ma Po Tofu , absolutely delicious

Fedya G

Pork knuckle !! Take it and run!

tvnewswatch

Expensive, but authentic Sichuan cuisine . The menu is almost identical to Spice Spirit in Beijing though the prices are high. Expect £30 per head. Read more

Ciro C

The tofu , the tofu ! Spank and lick ;)

Tom Hatton

The food is normally great however on my last visit I had the worst food poisoning I've ever had. Good luck

sanjay gurung

Rice with spicy meat

Lanyip Giggle

Food has gone down in quality, service is lacking, grumpy, and slow. The dishes used to be much more vibrant, distinctive, and layered. Now, they taste greasy and flat.

Maestro

A must for chilli munchers!

Sarah Pilkington

Try the beef marinated in Sichuan pepper . Weird, weird, totally tongue numbing weirdness.

Abdel Abdulai

Overpriced but okay. I was not that impressed.

Christopher Golds

Erm... To be honest, this might be some peoples idea of lovely but it really wasn't mine... Don't order anything... Get out quick! Staff were rude and unhelpful too. Nill points!

Daniel

Very rude. Awful service

Almost Locals

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