Dumplings' Legend in City of London, Westminster

Their soup dumplings were so good, they also ate 5 years ago and were not disappointed.

All the dishes we tried were excellent.

Sadly well past its prime from when I first came 20 years ago. But at least it's cheap.

Fantastic food ,lovely family. Great place to eat.

Great food, authentic food and really good for a group of 12.

Pretty expensive for what it was.

Big place, staff always friendly and helpful. Food is good - some of the pastry is a little thick on some items.

If you want an absolute racism establishment go off! White people behind us got in. go off though

Food was delicious plentiful. Staff atmosphere 👌 👏 xx

Good Chinese especially dumplings,

Ate dumplings for the first time. Were very tasty. As a tip, don't order too much at once

Lovely little place. Great service. Excellent quality food.

Very nice good. Hot and always topped up.

Friday dinner works party could not fault anything food was fantastic, service was great and friendly best restaurant iv visited in China Town by far .

Excellent service, fast and very good reps. The sweet and sour chicken is excellent. I recommend

I tried a number of signature dishes and they all came up reasonably well done: fried pho with beef, ministeamer dumplings, chicken soup, prawn dumplings... That means the dim sum chef, chefs are very 👍. Seatings are a bit cramped for my liking, but it is London Chinatown. Service is fast and courteous but nothing out of the ordinary. Location is good and convenient, bang in the heart of Chinatown - short walk either from Leicester Square or Tottenham Court Road station.

The beer was as expected. Very, very rarely, poor Asian food or service was rated. We will remember the visit, unfortunately not positively. Absolute disaster

Fun and relaxed place, open late. Service was friendly and excellent. They post their menu prices without VAT, which is illegal. I left happy, but just a little confused over the unexpected 20% charge on the bill.

Milk tea is not allowed to be brought into the store to drink

It was a last minute stop as I was hungry. The food is average, which is a shame, as it used to be a pretty good restaurant. Wonton noodle soup (main dish) was just warm. Lots of wonton noodles and wontons. Broth was ok. Lacked any real depth of flavour. I ordered salt and pepper chicken. There was no salt and no pepper. It tasted like cinnamon chicken. A very strange dish. I did send it back and got it removed from the bill. Another China Town restaurant I won’t be going back too.

We had the Black Pork Xiao Long Bao, stir fried green bean with minced pork, and grilled buns with pork and truffle. They were all very good and petty authentic. The food was served at a good speed despite how busy it was. Would come again.

The food is delicious - one of the best in Chinatown, perfect fluffy dumplings and tender duck - arrives within minutes of ordering and is reasonably priced. The bad reviews complain of poor customer service- I get that but they're running an incredibly busy canteen-style restaurant, managing to turn around dishes in a very tight timeframe and so yes the service is brusque (but efficient) to match

To flee…. On the map it makes you want When the dishes arrive it’s visually appealing again But once in the mouth it’s disaster, disappointment after disappointment. Don't be fooled by the pictures of kings on the walls. It's inedible.

Good veggie Xiao Long Bao! Service was fast and efficient Good if you are alone ☺️

Would give minus stars for service. Horrrrrrrrrible experience as far as service is concerned. It's like they don't want people to sit in!!!!!! Food was not bad.. but I'd rather do a takeaway and eat on a bench in open. The management should create a team of service members that are polite. Horrrrrrrible service

Really bland dumplings and incredibly rushed service, the waitress actually took the plate from under me as I still had the last dumpling in my chopsticks 😂 actually shocking. There really wasn't anything noteworthy, just a tourist trap.

10/10! Fabulous service, friendly and attentive staff. Incredible food, (the spicy Pork Xiaolongbao is a must order!) And an amazing atmosphere. We arrived at opening time on a Monday, 11:30, and by 12 tables were filling up quickly. I would recommend getting there early to ensure you get seated, but even if not the wait is worth it! Reasonably priced for the quality of food you get. Loved it and can’t wait to come back!

Good food, great atmosphere, and excellent customer service

Outstanding meal. Staff is incredibly friendly and courteous. Really enjoyed a great lunch

Not quite finished eating, the table is cleared and the bill is placed on the table. Ambiance like a canteen. Food just very mediocre. Not recommended. Unfortunately it doesn't work without a star

Very good food, but with this service it doesn't help at all. No service, automatic 12.5% ​​gratuity surcharge, if the water is still, the most expensive water in 0.8l is immediately brought to you without asking and in an unfriendly manner.

The food is okay; it's actually better than we expected, as we know how Chinese food (more like Cantonese food, nothing like Chinese food from northern China) tastes in such restaurants in Chinatown. However, the service is very bad. The guy who took our bill looked like we owed him a million dollars. We will never come here again.

The food is good for the price and the variety of options is huge. The service is quite rood, but at least fast and efficient.

Food was good, and came fast. service was good I really enjoyed the sichuan spicy

Excellent quality and service plus great choice of menu.

The lobster black truffle dumplings were very good, but that was about it. The service was incredibly poor. They’re very rude. Soup dumplings were all right, but I expected more from the dumplings overall, namely, the pan fried dumplings, which were small.

It was an awful experience, service extremely rude. We ordered 2 sets dumplings (8pcs each) and we were forced to consume more on top of the mandatory service charge. We also asked for a glass of water but never came. Food pretty was good. Save your time and money, there are plenty of options in Chinatown, don’t make my mistake, go somewhere else.

Very good food, terrible service. The price, for the area, is acceptable. We paid €30/person without drinking alcohol or dessert.

The place is good, they have an insane quantity of choices and they serve your order very fast. I tried this place under a friend suggestion and even though was good, I know of a few places in the same area where I believe the dishes were more to my taste. This being said absolutely a valid option for a good traditional meal

Avoid this place! Rude staff and they rush you so they can have the table back greedy money making awful rude people!!! The food isn't the best quality and so many more better and cheaper chinese restaurants in the area of soho please avoid this awful restaurant, the manager also the most rudest person ever she shouldn't even be working in hospitality & the dumplins like goey slim not so nice like they advertise!!

The food is very inconsistent and very expensive for the end product. We were disappointed with the meat dishes in sauce and the service was not very friendly. We enjoyed the dumpling and fried rice.

worst experience at a chinese restaurant ever. My friends and I popped in after having a stroll around central London as we saw there was a queue outside so we assumed the food would be good- also considering the prices. We ordered roast pork, which came to our table stone cold, we then decided we do not want that particular dish anymore as pork served cold seems like a serious health hazard. Our special fried rice came out slimy and with sauce on top that ruined the entire meal. We complained to staff and they were ridiculously rude to all of us, we kindly asked them to remove it of our bill however the woman rudely refused and stated towards me a black woman that ‘I knew you would be like this when you walked through the door,’ which I found profusely horrible. After a while she settled for taking off the rice which was £12 and she only took off £6.80. I am highly upset at the service we received at this disgusting place. No hospitality at that chaotic place whatsoever. If I could give 0 stars I would.

All the dumplings tasted the same and the service was inhospitable.

Excellent Hygienic food🦟 Experience in London Long story short, In my noodle, there was a mosqito and unknown material on inside of plate. When I told the Chinese staff, she said she can give me 10% off to the dish without saying sorry with incredibly rude face. If you were nice to me, I would paid and left. But I couldn’t stand their incredibly nice behavior, so I did spoke up, and finally the owner said just leave without paying. I ordered a noodle. The Chinese female clerk was rude, so I thought she was paying for me. She said I sit just next to the couple and it was really really close. Also felt uncomfortable because the couple next to me looked at me so much. So I decided to going to eat quickly and leave, but I found out the mosqito while I was eating. All my life, going around the world, going to different restaurants I've never had such a dirty dish before. Not only a mosquito, but also unknown substances inside of bowl surface because they not washed properly. I notice because when I tried to scratch them, they were removed 🤮 When I saw the review here, I saw it wasn't clean, but I didn't expect it to be this dirty. I thought I was going to throw up when I saw them. The staff just tossed me to the owner. The owner said like “IT IS NORMAL AND NATURAL MOSQITO IN THE DISH BECAUSE WIND COME TO INSIDE THE RESTAURANT” Excuse me. Seriously? I also couldn’t hear some apology from them, and she said I could go without paying finally. But of course without some apology. Also I heard something bad words like blaming me when I left the restaurent. The only fault for me was I should eat them slowly to stop eating. I was so rush because of feeling of being hungry and discomfort. Thank you for you guy’s unbelievable behavior and services below than Mac Donald🦟💕

Second visit, food lovely great choice , friendly waiters/waitress.

The food is soooo good here. The best place in London to get xiao long bao (soup dumplings).

This is our favorite lunch place for all these years, dim sum are always good, manager Derek always look after us very well, highly recommend if you want proper Chinese food.

Expected better. The spicy duck dumplings were great the others we tried ranged from okay to a little better than okay. Service was good.

Expensive and not worth the price.

The food is okay, but the service is really bad. It's not a good experience to take away our plates before we finish eating.

Average Chinese food & trash service from the manager.

We basically walked by here by accident and saw those dumplings filled with meat. It was also a great luck that they were just opening. But it was truly a gourmet experience. Spicy pork dumplings are top. Anyone who likes this cuisine should definitely stop here.

Good quality, fun, friendly China town institution. A wide range of interesting dim sum. Friendly service. Great pricing. A real banker. Highly recommend.

This place is called Dumpling Legend for a reason! The prawn gyoza were superb. We also enjoyed the soup dim sum. Another standout dish was the chicken noodles. I could eat these all night long!! The staff were great and friendly to the kids. Each were given a lolly on the way out. This place came recommended, and I would have no issue passing that sentiment on

Food was great. Service wasn’t so great

Non mi ha entusiasmato. Ho cenato in questo ristorante e devo dire che è stato al di sotto delle mie aspettative. Dumplings nulla di che, pollo dong bao pieno di aglio, noodles con pollo discreti. Verdure piccantissime. Conto salato 111 pound. Non ci ritornerei.

Dumblins were good I can only advise against pak choi! There is an automatic service fee of 13% and a minimum order value of €15 per person, even if the restaurant is empty

Speedy and friendly dim sum lunch. Classics done very well.

Staff not responding when you asked something, food was just okay-ish.

Superb, freshly prepared Chinese Food. Delightfully authentic and delicious.

- I arrived when the place just opened for a quick lunch. The staff was not quite attentive at that time, so I had to walked over and handed my order to them. And they became more attentive later, as they should, because they charge 12.5% for service charge. - The food was amazing. - The place is not so clean. Lots of sauce stains on the table cloth.

No Roast Duck or Crispy Pork that's all you need to know......

Always happy with the quality of the food. Fresh and tasty. Service was rushed however and not as friendly and professional as previous times . A bit disappointed

OMG everything was good but the “cherry of the cake” was the staff..so polite, professional and nice I definitely recommend and I’m gonna come back❤️I arrived at 1 am for a late dinner with my partner and..just WOW!!❤️❤️💋

Food was good. But pricey. Service was very stressful. They wanted us to leave even before we finished eating

It's worth going in and trying the dumplings.

We came to this restaurant because my friend saw it in a video by a famous Spanish YouTuber and we decided to try it. We didn't have a reservation on a Saturday night but there was no problem, the place is huge. We stood in line for a long time and ended up getting in. The menu is super extensive, there are many options. We ordered recommendations from the waitress, who was not the joy of the garden, it was obvious that she was in a hurry and she conveyed that to us. Since we were only two people we couldn't order much, but what they served us was good, nothing out of this world either. In terms of prices, for being the center of London, it is very good. Good quantity in the dishes for a correct price. It was about £93 with a bottle of water (water alone £7, more expensive than the plate of dumplings...). With all the options there are in London, I don't recommend it as a "must-see" restaurant either. It's fine to get by and if it catches you on the way.

Cleaniness rating of 3. Dumplings were fine. Crispy beef had no beef in it, batter only. When we pointed that out the server was rude. Typical tourist trap. Avoid.

It’s hard to get past the uncomfortably bright white lights they are almost clinical. Services fast but the food is average at best.

Lovely place, food is very tasty!! Love seeing lazy-susan on few tables, simply wonderful!! Great place for lunch gathering!!

We ordered different dishes: duck, dumplings, cucumbers in chili, spring rolls and fried chicken. Everything was very tasty. The store is quite crowded and very loud, that was the only thing that bothered me.

Adequate dim sum and special won ton prawn soup. Horrified to see food preparers wiping their faces with their bare hands and dropping utensils on the floor and then continuing to handle the food.

Loved the food so much we ate here two nights in a row. If we didn’t have to leave tomorrow we would’ve eaten here again! We had seafood crispy noodles, soup dumplings, bbq pork bao and three meat platter. Everything was delicious and fresh but most impressive was that the duck was actually already deboned for us which made the duck so much more enjoyable to eat since we didn’t have to deal with pesky bones! Service was excellent and staff super friendly, food came out so fast and piping hot. Can’t wait to return to London soon so we can eat here again!

Amazing dim sum!! Love the place!

Not a pleasant experience. The mains came up with the starters and got cold. The food was bland and the waitress was not very welcoming. We almost walked out after ordering due to her attitude, but drinks arrived and we didn’t. wish we had after tasting food.

Very good dumplings, generous portions and good service. However very pricey and the house wine at £34 a bottle is a rip off.

The soup dumplings were tasty, the rest was ok. We've eaten much tastier dim sum - a shame. The service was unfriendly and the service fee was high. We wouldn't go there again and assume that there are much nicer and better Chinese restaurants in London where the price is more appropriate for the service.

Unfortunately Dumpling Legends gave us a very bad start to our trip to London. Looking at the setup it looked worth trying out but from the start the staff and service was very disappointing. For someone who had never had this cuisine and was curious to understand what the items are or the right way to eat things this was the worst place to be. Staff were in their own world dumping the things on the table like "eat and get lost" sort of attitude.. No courtesy... overpriced food.. pathetic service.. the smaller shops around the area had better customer service, taste and satisfaction as compared to them. Never gonna visit, wouldn't recommend to anyone..

Consistently excellent food for over 25years!!!

Very good food and a huge menu. I would recommend one of the set menus! It was quite loud in the restaurant though. Good service

Do not come here - terrible service, less than mediocre food

tldr: TOURIST TRAP. Food is okay-ish, but overpriced and they try to get more money from you in shady ways. Asked 4 dishes, 1 was delicious, 1 terrible and 2 okay. Portions are quite small. BUT THE SERVICE, while the food is served quite fast, the employees are not very friendly. We had ordered 3 dishes and they told that was not enough, it was mandatory to spend at least 15pounds per person (later, we heard them tell this to another table that basically told them they had no right to ask that and they just accepted their order). Worst of all, is that no person in that restaurant knows the meaning of “discretionary”. We told them we did not wish to pay the service fee (as mentioned before, service was not good - not even water was given to us), and they said it was mandatory. In this moment, another employee (possibly the manager?) jumps into the conversation and tell us that’s the practice in all city, to which we reply we’ve been here for a couple of days already and nobody ever forced us to pay it (even though we sometimes did, as the service was good). By this time, the possible manager is basically saying that if we did not want to pay the tax we should’ve ordered take away. We ended up paying it as we’re getting late for something else - but avoid our mistake and if you do want to come here be prepared for some fighting for your costumer rights. Still quite sad to spend more than 20€ per person and leaving quite hungry.

Bland very overpriced food. Mains arrived before starters. We were laughed at for asking for cutlery. Not many wines by the glass. Service charge added.

The dumplings were a bit thick, but tasted good. Their version of kung pao chicken was just sweet with ketchup undertones, but not bad. Good sized portions and the service was great!

Visit 28/9/2024 3 people starters soup 3 main drinks The food is average, customer service appalling, Ordered chicken and sweetcorn soup as starter and specifically asked about aromatic duck as main course which I was told would be OK. 1st thing the waitress came and placed in middle of table was the duck they weren't happy when I confronted them about it and then all through the meal was given the evil eye by staff for complaining about it. Staff commented ad we left felt uncomfortable 3 people bill £110 including service charge of £12 it's a joke

Terrible service but the food slaps 🔥

Our waiter Jayden was just amazing, we went to celebrate our friends birthday over the weekend ( 21st September ) and he treated us so well. Food without a doubt was good as well. He gave us a special surprise by giving us free custard buns with a candle for our friend so we can sing her a bday song. He was also careful to inform us that the table behind us kept eyeing our friends bag. Jayden was very attentive and stood by us ensuring everything was okay.

tasty food, good quick service 😋

Super great food for a fair price! Bottled water for free!

We come here every time we're in London, never disappointed

Expensive and very average dim sum. It's nicer at home from frozen dim sum from the supermarket. Had noodles that were dripping in grease. There are better places nearby.

Lovely food. Though some portions were of a good size, some were a bit small and pricey. The pot of tea was very flavoursome. Service was good.

The food is ok; authentic, but mostly bland. Decor is poor. Mains are vastly overpriced. They will add on a service charge regardless of party size and will not remove.

Terrible food and difficult to digest, only one choice of vegetarian ravioli that tasted like nothing, the vegetarian crispy duck is very greasy. Soup with hard, undercooked noodles. The final price was exaggeratedly high and it is not clear how the figure was reached.

Great dim sum and selection of dishes. Lovely duck and veggies. Can improve on service with a smile.

Incredible food. Best dumplings, have been going there for over 10 years. Dragon always comes to eat some lettuce for Chinese new year. Wonderful manager.

Worst dinning experience EVER! Read reviews before going to this trap! I don’t like writing negative reviews, but this place merits one. We went to this place with a couple of friends visiting London for their first time. Such a big mistake and awful experience. I wished we had read the reviews, as they consistently highlight how rude staff are. Initially we were nicely welcomed in by their front desk staff. However, as soon as we went in the nightmare started. As we were sitting down we were told we had to order in 5 minutes as the kitchen was taking last orders (fair enough, the restaurant closes at 11 pm, and the kitchen closes at 10 pm). Whilst we were looking at the menus we had 3 different staff rushing us into ordering. I wished they realised rudely harassing customers does not speed the process, instead they could have offered some suggestions to help us with our order. Still, we were understanding and we ordered the food very quickly. Unfortunately we were not allowed to order drinks, as apparently the bar service also closes at 10 pm. I understand the kitchen stops taking orders as they have to prepare the food, but I don’t understand why they could not serve drinks, as I presume they are not making their own wine on the premises. Food came quickly but with no explanation in relation to the different dumplings, which we would have appreciated as one of us was vegetarian. As soon as the food was served, a very rude lady came with the bill and payment machine (they did the same with all the other customers). It was around 22.15 pm. Usually we would pay if staff asks politely, but considering how rude they have been throughout, we said we would pay at the end, as we feared once we had paid they would start pushing us to leave. Up to 5 staff members came over asking for the payment. They even had the audacity to add service charge! We obviously declined paying it (it is the first time in my life I refuse service charge, and we dine out A LOT). We finally decided to pay as trying to eat whilst continuously arguing with them was incompatible. As soon as we paid, they started cleaning with a very strong product, so we were forced to leave. It was 10.25 pm We chose this place because it closed at 11 pm (as indicated in Google, but we also confirmed with them). If we had known they wanted to close at 10.30, we would not have gone. If you are still reading, food is quite mediocre so definitely does not compensate for all the rudeness. Dumplings were quite dry and the sauce plates were almost empty. I hope you enjoy eating anywhere else in Chinatown.

If these are homemade dumplings, I'll eat a broom. I was really disappointed and the atmosphere was like a hall. Way too expensive for what you get. Guests next to me got up and left because they were not satisfied and the guests afterwards had to correct the food that was delivered three times because the wrong thing was brought. The staff wasn't very friendly and we were given large drinks straight away, which I then complained about. In my opinion the guest is being ripped off here. And as you walk out you see them warming up frozen dumplings. The staff wasn't very friendly and we were given large drinks straight away, which I then complained about. In my opinion, the guest is being ripped off here. It was an experience that I don't have to have again

Not quite sure what has happened, maybe it's them catering a little too much to the tourists walking past and forgetting that there is a local audience to pander to as well, but the food quality is not what it used to be. Don't get me wrong, their dumplings and dim sum is good but they are a shadow of what they used to be. Sorry, this used to be the one of the best dim sum restaurants in London, now it's just good.

**⭐ 1 Star** If you love feeling unwelcome before even sitting down, *Dumpling Legends* has you covered. The manager was rude from the start, and the waiter—clearly allergic to paying attention—served us shrimp noodles after we mentioned a shrimp allergy. When I pointed out their mistake, he kindly printed the order to prove *I* was wrong. Nice touch! The food? Singapore noodles with a single strip of chicken, dumplings that weren't what we ordered, and a waiter yelling "CHICKEN" as she ran away. Double-charged for the noodles too, because I guess one strip of chicken is worth twice the price. Avoid this "legend" unless you’re into chaos dining!