Hao Hao Chi in Southwark

My family and I were looking for a good Chinese food place and this was rated 4.5 but we weren’t impressed at all. The noodles tasted burnt probably due to the pans being burnt. Nice people but food wasn’t that great.

Wanted a Chinese for our last night in UK, before returning to the USA. Based on reviews we took an Uber from our airport hotel, having called ahead to reserve a table (something you should do). This place gets busy ! The speed of our service suffered due to this, but we didn’t have time constraints. BIG DIFFERENCE !!! The entree dishes are small, but are priced fairly. You could easily order 3 or 4 for 2 people. Our duck with pancakes was very good, as was my special chop suey (not a lot of protein content), but my wifes chow mein, while tasty, was very dry. When questioned the server said this was their normal style and sauce could be added by ordering a ‘special’ chow mein. A few tweaks here and there and this could be an excellent Chinese.

Very tasty food and good service. Interesting dishes to try.

Hot & Sour Soup: weird taste. Fried Soft Noodle with Prawn: Big Portion but tasteless and dry. Crispy Fried Prawns with Spicy salt and chili: tasteless and not spicy. Crispy fried shredded beef with chili: it was the most disappointing dish. No hint of spiciness but very sweet. Despite asking the waiter (not friendly at all) to prepare everything spicy.

Food was great, I come here regularly but as we had a private dining suite the waiter was dedicated to our booth but was not around most of the time. I understand there is other tasks to do but management have to ensure this is met at all times. The waiter was great, smiley and polite but the management of Hutongs structure needed to be tweaked but overall 5 stars. Fresh food and cocktails ⭐️