Barshu Restaurant in City of London, Westminster - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Amazing selection of dishes. Extremely good quality. Polite and caring staff. We’ll definitely come back. Recommended.

Excellent, as usual. I've been going there two or three times a year for a long time. It is always outstanding. The service is very speedy, and the food is reasonably priced. I can't fault it, really.

Barshu is very organised. The seating area is well spaced. Service is quick and prompt. Don't expect European Chinese food. Their food is authentic and people going to Barshu should aim to enjoy that authenticity. We ordered the beef with peppers,Dan Dan noodles, soft shell crab and pork and prawn spring rolls. Excellent food.

Great food somewhat spoilt by unfriendly service.

The boiled fish in sizzling oil is still good. The mapo tofu was way too salty and lots of MSG. The service was good though.

Great chinese in SoHo . Food was amazing and the ambiance busy but nice. Ok price for the amount of food that you get ! We do recommend this , don’t forget to reserve a table

I don't know enough to tell if this is genuine Chinese food but I tell you this: It was really, really excellent. They even make scrambled egg that is full of flavour! We will 100% return at some point. The menu is a bit confusing and looking at the other tables it might be easy to order too much food, so ask if in doubt. Not the cheapest, but great staff, great wine, and did I mention the food? Excellent.

The service staff looked unhappy and inattentive. The food is cold when arrived. It’s rather disappointing this time as it was good when I eat here once previously.

Amazing ! Been coming here for ages authentic & special ! PROPER

Delicious food as always. Faves include the fragrant fish finger-sliced aubergines, veg mapo tofu, greens in garlic, and cumin lamb. I'm a regular!

I'm so glad we discovered this restaurant! On the outskirts of Chinatown it feels authentic, intimate and welcoming. All the staff were efficient and friendly and the lead waiter was extremely helpful in explaining how the ordering process worked how much food we should go for. There was so much choice and so many interesting and unusual dishes that we really were spoilt for choice. Everything we ordered was delicious, a highlight was the chicken the szechuan peppercorns and chilli, totally unique flavour sensations for us! We were also very pleasantly surprised with the prices too, especially considering we were in heart of tourist land. We can't wait to go back.

Service was dreadful, had to ask four times before our drinks were brought to the table. Would be better if all the food arrived at the same time.

Always the best spot, never fails. The cooking gets better every visit

The food was fabulous and fresh. The staff and service was friendly - making it really enjoyable experience. It’s a lovely place to eat. I would highly recommend it.

Food is so flavourful and the host is very pleasant. It does take them a bit to get your drink and we never received the tap water we asked for.

A very unique and authentic food experience, delicious every time.

Nice atmosphere and quite welcoming. Service good, workers very proactice and work well together. The food however was adequate unfortunately! Sad to say but most of it was quite oily. We had chicken noodles which had far too much oil. The chilli prawns were over chilli'd and should have come with a warning. West End prices but quite disappointed really.

The food was outstanding. I particularly liked the sea bass dish which was tastefully prepared and presented

I have cooked with Sichuan pepper corns for years, be aware they use the very very young pepper corns, and we had the typical mouth reaction big time!. I could not eat the Gong Bao Chicken with Peanuts and the Dan Noodles also were heavy on pepper corns. Service was a bit rushed as they asked us to order 5 times in a 15-minute period. The other food items we enjoyed

Nice authentic Sichuan flavours.

The food was delicious and outstanding but the staff is indifferent

Delicious food and great atmosphere!

Great food as always can’t fault it! Highly recommend.

I ordered takeout from here so I can only comment that the mapo tofu I had here was authentic and delicious (even after the travel and reheat). It's not easy to find good szchuan cuisine done right. Surprised and delighted for sure.

Probably my favourite restaurant in London! Authentic Sichuan cuisine, nice and spicy - looking forward to coming back. The menu is huge, staff are friendly and the kitchen is extremely fast. It’s definitely on the pricy side but it’s well worth it.

Food is amazing. Authentic and tasty. Portions are huge and the service is timely. Would definitely recommend.

Fantastic food and fantastic service, I cannot fault

A great place for Sichuan cuisine, I’ve visited twice and we enjoyed the food on both occasions!

Expansive menu choice. Ranging from what a westerner and non-travelled person might regard as very exotic to some of the more usual Chinese restaurant suspect but chop suey and prawn crackers this ain't and it is so much better for it. Similarly range of very spicy, through spicy, to not spicy and dare I say it....... suitable for the blandest palate. But all full of excellent flavour. In all probably the best Chinese meal I've ever had.

Food was very spicy even if it said it wasn't spicy

A real gem with an interesting menu and interior and good service

Great food, fast service. Prices are average. Recommended!

compliments to Miss Helen who manages the restaurant well

Loved it! The food is absolutely amazing! I lived in China for some years and love authentic Chinese food.ö, which I really found at Barshu

Hand torn cabbage wasn’t as good as normal, not as much flavour. It is very pricey as well for what it is - we love it as it’s so rare to get these dishes, but we can’t come as often as we would like because it’s too expensive. 1 meat and 2 veg dishes and some drinks should not be £80+. Closer to £50 and we could do it more.

Bar Shu is one of the best restaurants in London!

Great experience, very unique flavors and delicious food with a very friendly staff.

Love this place…very authentic sichuan food

It's very unpalatable. It's all pre-made dishes. Don't eat it. Forget it, just try to trick foreigners. The waiters are simply rude.

Barshu is incredible. We’ve been back 4 times and are always blown away. The food is delicious and the staff are lovely and attentive

The food was great but the service was really rude. We had the table for 1,5h but the waiter brought the bill immediately after they took off the plates and we just ordered new drinks. We still had over 30 minutes left to enjoy in peace our drinks. The waiter came ever 3 minutes again with the bill, literally pushing us out to make the table free. This was very rude and unpleasant.

On the upside, the menu looked amazing, service was good and quick, and either of us died. However - although the food was clearly cooked well enough, it tasted - to me - awful. Not just poor; or unusual; but really, really bad. I accept that this could be a matter of personal taste - the restaurant was rammed with Chinese people who seemed to be enjoying their food - but I've eaten out a lot, worldwide, and for many years - and that was one of the worst tasting selection I've ever had. And not cheap .......

This is a superb restaurant serving fabulous Szechuan food in large quantities. The staff are friendly and it is comfortable. You can get reasonable wine by the glass or carafe but it is the excellence of the cuisine that makes this such a special place.

Great food with friendly professional staff who make the experience a lovely experience. Highly recommend.

Food is good and served quickly. Service is poor though, borderline rude at times given the price point for the restaurant they need to do a better job. I don’t think we’ll go again.

The food was really not nice - greasy, oily and so very salty. I’d go as far as say one of the worst meals I’ve ever had a restaurant. I ordered a vegetarian dish - my noodles had pork. There was zero apology from the waiting staff. A pint of beer is £9.90!! The prices are absurd for most things. We felt rushed by the rude waiting staff, sat next to a drafty window about 1 inch from the next table. We said we aren’t paying service charge - this was met with more rudeness - blows my mind this is expected esp when you order yourself on a bit of paper!! Awful. I feel unwell today due to the salt. I have a horrible taste still in my mouth from the oil. So unsure why they have good reviews.

Spicy indeed, big plate can be shared. Love the fish soup so good

Five stars for the lovely guy serving on the top floor on Saturday night - thank you! Food also great.

We had a great experience at Barshu. We walked in without a booking and the host found us a table within 5min. We were sat outside which was fine as the street is not too narrow but I’d recommend booking at least a day in advance. The food and service were amazing. Our waitress took the time to explain to us some of the dishes we were interested in and gave us her recommendations. I will definitely come back. UPDATE: I am now on my fifth visit and the dishes remain consistently excellent. It is now one of my favourite restaurants in London. The dry wok twice cooked pork and fish fragrant aubergines are our two must haves when we come.

I was one of the first customers to visit Barshu back in 2006. Back then it was fresh, energetic and it stood out from the blend and anglised Chinese food scene in London. I have visited a few more times since but the freshness wore off and a lot more competitors came along offering similar if not better things. Last week I took friends over with the aim of introducing them to "haut cuisine" of Sichuan. Disappointed is an understatement. The starters such as "salivating chicken" and "husband and wife beef inner salad" are ok but nothing extraordinary. The dry wok dishes are over salty, piled up with dry chilli but very little meat - could be covert cost cutting measure. For the type of price they are charging , It's highly unlikely I will go there again in the foreseeable future.

Fantastic place, great food, attentive service, been coming here for years and will certainly continue doing so!

The average person is 50 pounds. I ate six large plates of MSG. It’s super salty. Can you please stop using the pre-made seasoning?

Authentic food, ask for the chili sauce on the side

Wonderful service with even better food, good size portions and while the price may be higher than the average place, this is because they are way above average!

It’s too salty. This is the saltiest dish I’ve ever eaten in my life. I ordered 7 dishes and only one was edible. The other six were too salty.

It’s really rubbish. It’s so salty. It’s enough to go with two big bowls of rice. Is the salt just sprinkled on top without stirring? ? ? Once I ate it, I didn’t say a word. I won’t come here again🤌

The food is very salty. This is my first time eating something this salty in my life. It's delicious, so if you really want to eat it, order a pot of rice and eat it with it. It's very expensive, but it's so salty that I left it all haha;;

The staff was quite hostile and not welcoming from the moment we walked into the door. An extra noodle serving was accidentally ordered and the staff was not willing to take it back, which was unusual. The food was nice but the service was not great

Really special. Fabulous sichuan food, the host was super friendly, service was swift, good atmosphere, pleasant noise/music level. A new favourite and will be back.

We got in got put on a small table next to another table inches away, felt like i was having a meal with strangers. I walked in with my chinese wife already being ignored, not even a hello, fine. Seated in wanted to go to the bathroom so i got up to ask a staff, came face to face with a tall chinese guy who was talking right through me completely ignoring me. I tried being polite to say hello after a actual staredown of at least 8 seconds he walked of completely ignoring me after talking to a chinese girl behind me (im white) so i went to the other short fat guy he ignored me as much as he could while he stared down at the floor. Idk maybe there intmadated by my insanely muscular figure, eventually after interogating him he told me where the bathroom was.

Over the top in every way !!! Real Sichuan experience in every way. Going back.

Barshu is the best Chinese restaurant in London. The menu is authentic and hots the spot with the Sichuan spice level!

Yummy good and authentic Sichuan dishes. If you are there first time trying out Sichuan cuisine would recommend asking for recommendation from staff. Quite helpful. Do book a table in advance to avoid waiting. Thanks for looking at review hope you enjoy the space as much as we did!

Excellent and delicious... authentic

I’ve been Barshu several times. The food is superb, excellent service and a great atmosphere.

The dishes are small and expensive, and the service is terrible. They don’t even provide tap water and charge a 12% service fee.

The service attitude is poor, the men in white clothes make a bad face, and tipping is compulsory. The portions of the dishes are small and expensive.

Very poor service attitude, treated differently. When treating foreigners, I wish I could introduce each dish. Chinese people are not willing to double check after ordering, and then check the numbers on the menu. I come to have a meal and practice my memory. I have to remember to order by myself. The number of each dish? The so-called Michelin-starred Chinese food turns out to be precooked dishes? I ordered sweet and sour pork ribs. It was shown as a cold dish on the menu, but it turned out to be hot? After asking the store clerk, he admitted that we just took it out of the refrigerator and stung it, but this time we overdid it. Can only say 6 Great lightning protection!

There were three tables next to each other, and each of them had a quarrel with the waiter. Of course, our table was not left behind, which was very strange, but he was very enthusiastic about the locals. They moved chairs and greeted us with smiles. We just ate what we could, don't comment. ? The cold dish came out hot. Tell me it was taken out of the refrigerator. It was hot because the microwave had been on for a long time and then left...? The service attitude is so bad. It deserves so many bad reviews and Michelin... Chinese people don’t lie to Chinese people

Super disappointed. The food was salty and oily. Worst service ever. They were pretty rude and really ruined the whole experience. Definitely won’t visit again.

One of my favourite spots for Sichuan food! Seabass is stellar and their lotus root and potato dishes are great for vegetarians. Lots of choice for all dietary restrictions. Perfect for a small or large group meal, and easy to have conversations as there isn’t music blaring or anything like that. Pro tip: it can be a bit warm inside and the spice levels could make you feel warmer than usual, so maybe wear one jacket less on a winter’s day!

Very good traditional Chinese restaurant. A little outside of Chinatown. I strongly advise. You must reserve to be sure of having a place.

Delicious food. Reasonable (for London) prices. Nice people. We are fairly new to Szechuan food so took pot luck on a couple of dishes, but were not disappointed. Interesting flavours, complex warmth - not just ‘hot’. (We didn’t have the hottest options). We had hot and sour soup, chongquing noodles, aubergine and green beens, salt and pepper king prawns and salt and pepper lotus root. All delicious. If I had to pick a favourite probably aubergine and green beans - perfectly cooked. Aubergine soft without being sludgy and green beans just cooked with a bit of crunch left. Lovely savoury, hot, ginger and garlicky sauce. 2 large glasses of pleasant but undemanding wine and change from £80 before tip. Will definitely go back.

Fabulous Sichuan food. Been a few times. Most recently we got a table full of vegetarian options, which were all amazing. Our waiter was really good humoured and helped us select the best veggie options as well as some unique signature dishes. Highly recommend if you like Sichuan flavours (how could you not!)

The restaurant gives you 1.5 hour to finish your meal (including the time you order food and waiting for the dishes to come). It does feel a bit rush at the end, time is up and you need to leave. However, the food is great and authentic.

I was recommended by a friend to try the restaurant, so I was excited and had an expectation. The food was okay, and some dishes we found too greasy. However, the waitresses kept rushing us out while my friend hasn’t finished her drink. Overall, it wasn’t a great dinning experience.

Great food, amazingly fast service

The food esp the Mapo Tofu and Green beans were very very salty :/

非常糟糕的餐厅，突破下限了 -完全不正宗，含粤量极高，小炒黄牛肉怪异难以用语言描述 -烤鱼很柴，鱼不行且有些地方炸过头了 -上汤蔬菜完全不鲜，菜煮过头了，还用了火腿肠 服务态度极差

The food is super interesting & the menu dauntingly huge! The service is great. I found the food a bit beyond my (normally quite high) spice comfort level.

Food absolutely delicious. Staff very polite and friendly.

Barshu serves up authentic Szechuan cuisine in a classy, relaxed and spotlessly clean setting in a wonderfully central location. The staff are friendly and well-informed. We go as often as we can!

Barshu is an authentic sichuan restaurant in central london! The food here was absolutely delicious and authentic and the portions were huge. The cabbage vermicelli we ordered was balanced and the refeshing whilst the lazeji was really spicy and flavourful. I would definitely recommend this place if you’re looking to try authentic sichuan food.

Broad selection of dishes, appetising; well catered; comfortable environment

Good food but be careful not to over order - portions are generous. Very noisy - really Chinese in that respect. Not a place for a long dinner - you are told not to take over 1.5 hours when you arrive! Still - the food is good so do try it. Bok well ahead.

one of my favourite restaurants, food is always incredible. Get the saliva chicken (口水鸡） am yet to have a dish i don’t love!

For the price we paid it wasn’t the best quality of food. Very very very oily food. Prawns were not cooked properly either.

Lovely clean restaurant in Soho. Great Sichuan food but very pricey for what you get. I visit a Sichuan restaurant in Liverpool and the food is just as good quality for half the price. Obviously paying for the location 🙄

Food is average quality, service is poor. Not recommended.

Delicious food. Not too long of a wait. However, the dishes we ordered were brought out one at a time and just put on the table. They didn't tell us what the dishes were until we asked.

Every dish we ordered was delicious! Quick service, busy even just after opening at 12, booking definitely recommended

Great food. Wide variety on interesting dishes to try, decent veggie choice too. It is a noisy, lively room.

excellent food, but it all seems to have suffered from shrinkflation, this was my 1st visit this year and something has changed and not for the better. the spicy seabass seemed to have a filet missing , it used to be a whole fish! A shame really.

口味不错，烤鱼配菜略少，可能是因为价格比较贵让我有这种感觉，米饭3.5一位，人均35-45

Whilst the food was very good, there was a general lack of interest or knowledge on the part of the staff. No one explained that we had to fill in a form to order. We relied on another diner to explain! The young waitresses did not appear trained and kept trying to take unfinished dishes away.

We were in the room normally reserved for private meals - its not nearly as pretty as the main room, but its really quiet, only 3 tables total. If you dislike how loud restaurants normally are, you could request a table in there, although the main space isn't too bad for noise either. Service was pretty quick and efficient, food was amazing. Possibly one of my favourite meals recently. A bit pricey, but we'll worth it. Google gives it 3x £, but realistically you only spend £40-£45pp. You have to order the smacked cucumbers, dry fried green beans, and salt and pepper squid is good too.

Very busy and table slightly too small for amount we ordered but worth it for quality of food

The food was amazing. One of the best spring rolls I have eaten in London. Fully recommend!

Friendly service and fantastic food. Perfect place if you want some proper mouth numbing Sichuan spice.

Service is TERRIBLE !!! Food is just eatable. Such a bad experience.