Joy King Lau (Chinatown)

• As the staff are quite responsive
• So we decided to check out Joy King Lau (Chinatown) as it was clearly buzzing and the recommendations come high
• You can generally tell a good Chinese restaurant if there are plenty of Chinese people inside
• Three of our dim sum choices came quite quickly as we devoured the tasty morsels (the prawn dumplings are pretty great)
• The final rice option never materialised which was very disappointing and quite frankly we had no more patience to wait any longer so we paid our bill and left
• First time when I tried dim sum was here and everywhere else I've tried since then was still not as good as Joy King Lau (Chinatown)
• The restaurant was recommended by a Chinese friend and first time
• She ordered all the food for us and then later on when I came back here with other friends we took the risk and ordered randomly as I couldn't remember what I had before
• The menu is vast with plenty of choices
• Service is incredibly quick considering how busy is the restaurant
• The server asked us to place our dim sum orders hastily as they were about to stop serving it so okay
• Braised Noodles with Chinese Mushrooms
• Braised Noodles with Roast Pork
• I thought the broth was really nice and flavorful
• The shrimps were definitely cooked perfectly perhaps thrown it at the last couple of minutes
• The vegetables were half cooked
• Most of the Chinese ala carte restaurants I've been to were poor with the serving portions
• One noodle dish could've covered our stomachs along with the noodle soup and the yet to arrive dim sums
• My order of Roast Pork Braised Noodles was really delicious for me
• I was guessing this was due to the strong taste of the mushrooms
• Let me start this review by saying I actually really like the food but I was very disappointed with the entire experience
• This restaurant is really big with 3 or 4 floors and the service is incredible fast
• The waiter who was with us was so rude and fast that we end up not eating exactly what we wanted
• The spring role and the rice were good but I've had better
• The noodles were very tasty but because the waiter did not explained the difference between stir fry and normal noodles we ended up with a very hard and crunchy plate of noodles which wasn't our idea
• They also don't serve dim sum at dinner and that was a big let down
• To finish the experience we were almost put outside the restaurant and the plates were taken from us so fast I actually felt I should eat faster
• I know is normal in London and fine by me but with this kind of service I wouldn't even pay 1%
• Even though the food is quite good
• On one of the less traveled roads of China town it is worth a detour
• Joy King Lau (Chinatown) was recommended to me by a colleague from Hong Kong
• All of the staff wear ear pieces so are in constant communication with the kitchen
• Because they are not routinely brought to the table as you sit down
• The standout dish in our order was the prawn cheung fun
• Plenty of big juicy prawns with the stuffed rice sheets sitting on a pleasant sweetened soy
• I would also recommend the turnip paste (also known as turnip cake) and the yam croquettes which were both really tasty
• The prawn filling was made from a finely ground paste
• I prefer it when the prawns are left whole
• Texture on all the steamed dumplings was otherwise perfect
• Stuffed bean curd sheets were good but not outstanding
• The dishes I wouldn't order again were the bland vegetarian dumplings and the chicken with chinese mushroom
• This last dish consisted of plain steamed thigh meat with shards of bone hidden in it and half a reconstituted dried shitake on top
• A large lunch for two (7 dishes in total) with Chinese tea came to £
• The highlights were the pork buns &
• The ambience here is pretty standard to all the other restaurants &
• The pricing was actually cheaper than their competitors in Chinatown
• Nothing meets expectation and service could definitely be better but it does come with the place being so busy
• The sauce was a bit gluggy and the pieces were small chunks
• The tastes are authentic and there wasn&rsquo
• Service was to the point and we were able to be in and out in a very short space of time
• My favourites are the meat croquettes
• Only thing to watch out for is the line there's always one snaking out on weekends
• Favourite dishes are crispy seaweed
• Crispy noodles with vegetables
• I have visited this restaurant since 1991 and is used to be excellent HOWEVER having made a family of 5 visit yesterday I honestly felt ripped off and very disappointed
• Excellent restaurant with great food and good service
• Good atmosphere with many rooms to eat

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