Joy King Lau in City of London, Westminster

Wonderful atmosphere food and service!

We had a fantastic meal. The crispy aromatic duck and black bean beef were truly delicious. The staff, especially Jay, are excellent, attentive, polite and very friendly

The manager is amazing!! And food was great. Definitely recommend.

We stopped in for late afternoon Dim Sum before the theatre. Staff were very friendly and welcoming. Food was amazing. I've eaten in several dim sum places in the area, and this was absolutely one of the best. I highly recommend the chicken with black bean fried noodles

Great service, absolutely lovely food and a wonderful atmosphere. My favourite spot in chinatown

Clean and spacious. Dimsum was average. I guess most people will pass it as good. My experience with dimsum feels that there is more to desire from this restaurant, lacking taste and flavours. Presentation of one of our dishes needs improvement, looking as if someone just picked the dimsum pieces and threw them into the steam bamboo case. Not all the dishes came hot as one might expect to be freshly steamed. One fried bun had a hair on it, white hair. Beware of your bill, there is a discretionary gratitude charge which we were not aware until after payment.

Really good food. Servings are very generous and lots of choice on the menu. Staff are lovely. Would recommend.

Attentive staff, tasty food. Definitely little gem

Great food as usual!!! Lovely team and service, helpful and so friendly! Massive choice of restaurants in China Town, this is the only place to come 🤗

Oh my gosh…. I really was not expecting that!! First time coming to this place and I will be back again. The dishes are very full plated aka large servings, flavours are beautiful and the staff are friendly and happy.

Lovely food and very helpful staff.

I came here for a big birthday meal. Loved the atmosphere!

Sat there for 15 mins while the waiter delicately placed plates and chopsticks at the next table rather than taking my order. Left before I got trapped there forever.

The staff were rude but the food was alright. I recommend the food & the atmosphere not the service.

Really decent Chinese restaurant with a few Szechuan region dishes like Mapo Tofu and a speciality in gorgeous pillowy dumplings.

That night I ordered Fujian fried rice, which was very generous. The whole bowl of rice was covered in it. It was a bit like a rice bowl, but the food was richer, including mushrooms, meat and some vegetables. It was very delicious when eating and the taste was very authentic.

Very yummy dim sum, will come back again. Highly recommended.

Food was great.Tan was really helpful guiding us through the menu.Service was on point.Definitely coming back🍷

Had an amazing lunch of dim sum. Jay was very helpful and friendly. I will be back.

Amazing atmosphere. Amazing food. Great customer service by Tan

Was out with my family for looking for a nice dimsum restaurant. I saw there was a lot of Chinese restaurants around Chinatown. Found this hidden gem. Went for lunch service, everything was tasty. No complaints. It was so good that we went back for dinner service. Again no complaints. We enjoyed the food for lunch and dinner.

Very authentic and nice chinese restaurant!

Cantonese restaurant with great service!

Very authentic food, top employees

Dim sums were quite ok but noodles were definitely not worth the price - completely without any taste. Especially stewed beef brisket ho fun. Meet was not even chopped and there were lots of uneatable disgusting pieces. My local takeaway has better food for portion of the price. Service was also quite poor. Long wait even though it wasn't busy at all and I had to ask a waiter every time for attention.

Nice & cosy place in Chinatown. we weren’t rushed throughout our meal like other places. We enjoyed with my family of 6. Thanks to our host “Tan” for taking care of us.

Very good place for Chinese Food, our host Tan was amazing! Would recommend.

We had a wonderful experience at Joy King Lau! The food was delicious and authentic, with a great variety of dishes to choose from. What made our visit even more special was the exceptional service from our host, Tan. Tan was incredibly welcoming, attentive, and made sure everything was perfect throughout our meal. His warm hospitality really stood out and made the evening memorable. Highly recommend Joy King Lau and a big thank you to Tan for making our night so enjoyable!

Food was cold and not good at all. They also got our order wrong. Would not recommend this place.

Fantastic experience at this restaurant.fresh seafood with stunning Cantonese dim sum. Also great customer service! Highly recommended!

Tanvir was super helpful. Its difficult to find gluten free options in china town and he was super helpful at recommending what i could eat etc. great service

Lovely gem of china town. Tanvir was brilliant at making sure our dietary requirements were met and taken rmseriously. We had a fantastic meals and we will return in future!

Best food and best service by Tanvir. I will definitely be back!

Food was on point! Ordered roasted duck noodle it watered delicious. And the manager were really nice and took care of us. Recommend to come back again!!!

Tasty food and bakery good friendly service. Maggie soy sauce fried rice is a must try

The food was absolutely delicious and very filling. Our waitress was super friendly and caring.

Very good place and food. Very charming Host Tan, Thank you very much for making our experience so good.

Probably the worst dim sum I've tried in Soho. Gummy texture, strange aftertaste in the mouth.. Would advise going elsewhere

the food was absolutely incredible!! best chinese food i’ve ever had which is quite the accomplishment! even weeks later i couldn’t stop thinking about it. the staff were also incredibly friendly

The dim sum is always delicious. Service is fast and very affordable prices. This has become my go-to restaurant in China Town.

Don't understand why this is rated only 4 stars. What a gem. Really delicious dumplings, great/quick/kind service, very nice and relaced atmosphere. Loved it.

Food amazing and staff very friendly lovely experience

Recommended by the Savoy. The food was amazingly fresh. We had Szechuan beef, sweet and sour chicken, egg fried rice, noodles, dim sum. Best shrimp spring rolls I've ever had. It was so good we came back the next day. 5 times in London the only restaurant we have gone to twice! Delicious!

Very nice waitress and nice food!

Very efficient service and order taking. Loved the sui mai dumplings and a reasonable wine selection !

Efficient service and ordering was quick as we pre-theatre dinner option. The Sui mai was very good.

This is a wonderful Chinese restaurant in the centre of town. Best pork/prawn dumplings in Soho. Sweet and kind service.

Need a dim sum fix? This is your place. Been a few times, great selection

Such a great place and such a good atmosphere. Many thanks to Mr. Tan for taking care of us!

One of the best spots for dim sum in Chinatown. Delicious fresh food, reasonable prices, very speedy and friendly service in a lovely laidback atmosphere. Don’t miss the turnip paste dumplings!

We love Joy King Lau, it’s become our regular dim sum spot and never disappoints. Fast service, good prices and delicious food. Ever since New World closed we’ve searched for our new favourite - now it’s not trolley service and I understand that we’re unlikely to see another trolley service dim sum - but it has the perfect vibe and I’m sure we’ll be coming here for years to come.

What a bloody disgrace!! We had a deeply disappointing experience at this restaurant due to what felt like outright DISCRIMINATION, RACIST ra and unprofessional service. From the very beginning, the manager’s attitude was shockingly hostile. We decided to order six starters to begin with, and instead of accommodating our request, the manager looked visibly annoyed and questioned us with a tone of judgment, asking why we would order only six dishes when there were four of us at the table. This comment alone felt unnecessarily rude and discriminatory. After placing our order, we waited for nearly an hour with no update or explanation. When we repeatedly asked why it was taking so long, the manager eventually claimed that steamed dishes take more time. However, we later found out that they hadn’t even entered our order into the system yet—something that became clear when another table who arrived after us received their food much earlier. Throughout the entire waiting period, not once did we receive a proper explanation or even a basic apology for the delay. We were left feeling ignored, disrespected, and unfairly treated. Dining out should be a pleasant experience, but what we encountered here was anything but. We surely not be returning, and we hope the management seriously reflects on how they treat their customers.

Friendly staff, good food away from the busy crowds

Absolutely Fantastic Food, and very friendly staff.

Everything spectacular! The best Chinese food in London!

The food is delicious with traditional flavors and good quality. The service is exceptional. All the staff are very attentive and willing to suggest the best options. We had a 100% recommendable experience. The best Chinese food in London!!

The food and service was lovely! I took my elderly chinese parents and they thought it was very authentic!

Our favourite restaurant. We've been coming for over ten years and the food is consistently amazing. On our most recent visit we took along my Romanian mother-in-law, and the staff couldn't have been more welcoming amd helpful for her first dim sum meal! We love it.

We have been coming to joy king lau for years, everytime we visit London. The quality, service and food have always been great and hold strong. The staff is friendly and welcoming. Highly recommend

Great food, lovely atmosphere, not been here for a while but will return

Environmental hygiene, Hong Kong style taste, salt and pepper squid are like Hong Kong Friendly staff and worthy of support

This restaurant(Joy King Lau) is really long established, I come to this restaurant every time when I come to London China Town, the food and atmosphere is great, very friendly staffs. Highly recommended 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

The service was good and the staff were friendly. We had chicken satay skewers for a starter. They were a bit dry but ok. My wife had Kung Po and it was to was just ok. The chicken curry was a huge let down. It unfortunately had no flavour. Sadly a first and last.

Lovely staff. Food was nice decent price taste was okay nothing particularly to rave about though. Portions were good

lovely food, big portions, great staff

Yummy food, it is in my mouth, it tasty. mmmm mmmmm

Had a great experience! One of our faves

super authentic dim sum, third time back now, service is really good everyone is smiley and you can tell the staffs are happy there.

Good food at a reasonable price

We had lunch together in this newly refurbished Chinese restaurant, lots of dim sum choices, food were very tasty, service was super, price is very reasonable compare with the other Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. Highly recommend to Chinese dim sum lover.

I eat Chinese food often in the West End but here is the best yet! Food is first class. Lady Manager was first rate. Definitely go back!

I ordered the wonton noodle soup which tasted great. I also ordered some pan fried pork dumplings. I bit into one and saw inside that they had given me vegetable dumplings instead. I mentioned this and they took the dish away and brought it back after several minutes Except it was the same dish with 2 pork dumplings and the rest were vegetable dumplings. They probably didn't think I could understand Chinese, but I heard one of the waitress say to the owner "yes he ate them all", thinking that I didn't notice the rest were vegetable ones. Good food let down by scammy behaviour.

I’ve been here a few times in my life. The food is always good. The standouts for me were the roast duck and the dumplings. Both sumptuous. Service was efficient, smiley and friendly. My daughter had sweet and sour chicken and she said it was great. There was a lot of rice for one dish though. I will go again

Good restaurant in Chinatown! Definitely take the pekin duck its great (sorry my picture sucks). The food is coming fast and its very tasty! Would come back for sure

Ci sono stato a pranzo con un amico. Abbiamo preso solamente dim sum che non sono solamente i ravioli al vapore. È un modo cinese di mangiare a pranzo, arrivano ravioli o piattini. Abbiamo preso piatti cinesi, trippa, polipo, seppioline e ravioli. Molto buoni, un po' piccanti. Servizio essenziale, prezzo nella norma.

Amazing food - liked it really - I suggest the sizzling platters .. yummiiii 😍

The food servings were good but the quality isn’t. We had the wonton noodle soup and it was bland. The king prawn fried rice was 2/5 stars, if it wasn’t for the prawns it will be tasteless. The food is lacking of authentic Chinese flavours. Additionally, upon payment, we explicitly stated that we were not contributing to the discretionary gratuity. However, they still charged an additional amount.

The food servings were good but the quality isn’t. We had the wonton noodle soup and it was bland. The king prawn fried rice was 2/5 stars, if it wasn’t for the prawns it will be tasteless. The food is lacking of authentic Chinese flavours. Additionally, upon payment, we explicitly stated that we were not contributing to the discretionary gratuity. However, they still charged an additional amount.

One of my go to dim sum places in London. Convenient location with lots of seating and friendly staff.

Change of boss and whole kitchen in last 1 year. Not as good as before. Not bad anyway.

Good variety, attentive staffs and friendly. And the food quality is good. And easy to get a table bc they have multiple floors.

Been to a few places around China town and this is the best one for Dim sum on par with Hong Kong, other dishes looked very good too so must come back Will definitely be coming back

Food was just okay, service really not good.

The food was good in terms of variety and flavor, and we enjoyed the meal. However, there were several issues that left us disappointed. The items on the menu didn’t match those on the order sheet or what we actually received, which created confusion. Communication in English was also difficult, making the experience more frustrating. The worst part was that, in an illegal and completely unjustified manner, they added a service charge of over 10% to the final bill as a tip, without informing us anywhere. This imposed gratuity left us feeling upset, and due to this unfair practice, we will neither return nor recommend this place.

Muy buen lugar para el almuerzo. Personal amable. Buena comida a precios razonables. Plenty Dim sum más cursos de hombres para elegir. Opté por un poco de cada uno. El personal muy atento y regularmente recarga el té sin tener que ser preguntado. Recomiendo encarecidamente una visita aquí.

They were nice before we order food, once we ordered less amount as they expected they get mad....and the food quality is not worth for the price range !

Staff is very bad and very rudely behave and no management

the lady manager is very nice and friendly, felt very comfortable and food was amazing. service was excellent.

When to this restaurant with friends on Thursday, the food was fantastic along with the service it was 10/10. The lady serving us was the sweetest and gave us great suggestions❤️ would definitely come again !

The food was authentic and sublime. The service was speedy and friendly.

A wonderful place to have food at. The service was absolutely amazing, especially from the new manager. She was remarkable. Super attentive, super friendly and super professional. Not only is the service great, the food is impeccable too. From the Dim Sum, to the Braised Beef, to the Mouth Watering Chicken, every dish was delicious. I will definitely continue to come here and recommend everyone to too!

Great food and good service although they forgot some things - and the service charge was put up to 20% for that day we visited.

One of the best dim sum in Chinatown.

Gran comida y a un precio muy razonable. Selección muy grande con algo para todos. Siempre es bueno terminar con una cerveza Tiger.

Food is not bad. Me and the waiter had some misunderstanding for paying the bill. It's not even a big deal. I mean, the waiter didn't have to express his emotion by taking a 'SIGH'. This is soooo unexpectable situation in UK hospitality business. No matter how you feel, DON'T EXPRESS YOUR EMOTION TO CUSTOMER UNLESS THEY'RE RUDE.

Expensive for what it is. If I order a certain fizzy beverage and ask if it is available before ordering and I am told "yes we have it", then I expect my beverage to be served and something else because "they are the same"

Decent Chinese food in Chinatown

Best meal in China town for many years. Really tasty , sauces were fresh and clean, fantastic service and very reasonable

El restaurante era muy servicial a nuestras necesidades, tuvimos una fiesta de 10 personas, pero el personal era bastante antipático. La comida era buena, en términos generales, ya que estábamos en la ciudad de Londres China. Lo muy decepcionante fue que se sirvió en un estado cálido, en absoluto caliente. Era como si la comida se hubiera dejado enfriar antes de servir. No volveremos, cuando hay tantas opciones en la zona.

Dim sum is very delicious!! The wonton noodles were also good haha. The portion of fried rice was too much. All the food was good. The atmosphere is good too