Baozi Inn - London

I am not sure why but Chinese restaurants never seem to score high marks, although for anyone who lives in London and has seen Chinatown develop over the last twenty years or so, you will know the very high levels of cuisine that have now been reached. I found the quality of the Sichuan food here totally excellent. I had wonderful prawns, sublime dumplings in chill oil and superb Dan Dan noodles. The quality of everything was extremely high, a shame though they couldn’t serve a cold beer to go with their wonderful cuisine. Can’t wait to go back.

I had the spicy Pork Dumplings and Dan Dan noodles. Both were delicious and I loved the strong garlic flavour with the dumplings. Lovely warm heat from the dishes. Good choice of food and drink on the menu and good service.

Not the nicest setting but the dan dan noodles are great. Dumpling are good however I would avoid the spring rolls as they came out to us cold. Service is ok. Better to sit downstairs than upstairs if you get the choice.

Never before has a waiter clicked his fingers in my face to get my attention, until I came here. I asked him if he just clicked at me like I was a dog, to which he replied yes and laughed.

Having read other reviews was expecting something a bit special, instead experienced a culinary disaster. Ordered the seaweed salad, crispy fried chicken and king prawns and then pork wonton in hot broth. The seaweed was close to inedible, slimy and covered in raw garlic. Only one taste and that was the garlic, we left it after a couple of bites, even the Chinese lady sitting next to us could only manage a mouthful. The fried food was poor, the batter dominated, and left the prawns dry. The wontons were passable but the broth had no flavour and seasoning, just an insipid liquid with chopped spring onions/chives. Best advice keep on walking, plenty of much better restaurants in Chinatown.