Kam Tong (Bayswater)

• Excellent roast duck and with much shorter queues than Royal China up the road
• In Bayswater where to food is just as good (if not better) and better value for money
• A veteran of the restaurant game with over 35 years experience
• I put that to the test with a classic order of hot sour soup preceding BBQ pork and soy chicken on rice you can't get more authentic than that right
• I'm pleased to say that both were fantastic and pretty damn generous too
• We also order a plate of Thai rice noodles which were also great but I was here for a taste of home and I got it
• Kam Tong is a snappy restaurant with swift service and a buzzy atmosphere
• Their dim sum was very good with generous portions
• Tried a variety of dimsums well it was ok nothing bad to write about but nothing wow either
• It was all because they were very unwelcoming when we were waiting to be be seated and I said to the manager who took us to our table that I hoped the service would be friendlier
• It was me and my husband who were really shaken up when left the place
• I really enjoy Cantonese food and myself and a group of friends were in Bayswater recently and we decided to try Kam Tong
• The wok fried noodle dishes we ordered were generally pretty decent and so were the soup based noodle bowls
• We were disappointed with the quality of the seafood items we ordered
• We ordered prawns with caramelized cashews and some of the prawns were not cleaned well and still had their black veins
• Quality wise Kam Tong was not near as good as other restaurants nearby
• What really let this restaurant down was the awful service we received
• It took 20 minutes to take our order and what seemed like ages later when the food finally did arrive our starters and mains were served together
• When we tried to complain to the manager he was extremely rude and unhelpful
• It is one of my 2 favourites on this street crowded with a surfeit of Asian restaurants
• I heavily recommend the pumpkin shaped fried dumplings and the pork ribs with fermented black beans is outstanding
• They have sweet dim sum too which are a lovely way to end your meal
• I've had to content myself with poor attempts of this superbly flavoursome soup at home
• Most staff know the hidden ingredients (a complicated thing in Asian cooking) in the dishes and will happily reconfirm with the chef to assure you of the presence/absence of allergens
• The staff is very helpful and a couple of them are now familiar enough with our presence to begin talking and joking with us
• Went there with a group of friends staff was courteous
• Soup was good too with really good vegetables

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