San Chiu Dim in City of London, Westminster

Really decent place to have dim sum. They serve the classics and done well. Not everything is the best I’ve had, but at least they are well made, arrives fresh and hot, tastes good. Very good service, and although not exactly cheap, it’s standard price for the location and very reasonable service charge. Will be back.

After being awake for over 24 hours from a long travel day we stumbled into this restaurant for a much needed dinner. We got a few dishes, including the thai fried rice and sweet and sour chicken and they were amazing! We also tried two different types of dumplings which were also some of the best I’ve ever had. The atmosphere is perfect and service is extremely fast and friendly. Overall would definitely come back!

Excellent food and quick and friendly service. Highly recommended.

The waiter was so rude. Was not properly responding to queries. Not just the waiter, nobody attended the table properly.

The best restaurant in London for gluten intolerant people, the waitress explains very well what you can eat and brings you gluten-free soy sauce. The dish has chicken, vegetables, mushrooms and a type of very good noodles. They serve you very well and without rushing. Thank you.

we had a great lunch here- not a huge number of veggie options but what they have is very very good! the sichuan tofu was a particular highlight.

Good dim sum place in London Chinatown. They have all the standard options. We tried most of them. And they all tasted good. They are busy but there wasn’t much wait. The dishes arrive quickly too. This place is typical for a Chinese restaurant when it comes to service if you know what I mean. You won’t feel super welcome. But they get the job done. So depends on what’s important to you it can be a dealbreaker or in my case it doesn’t bother me much. :D We had a big group with some hangry ppl. So didn’t take any pictures of the foods.

Wonderful food and service. We had the mapo tofu, fried noodles, soup dumplings and wonton soup. It was all incredibly tasty!

As soon as we walked in, we were greeted by this happy, friendly man. He was so sweet and hospitable throughout the whole experience. It has been years since I've had good chinese food, so I'm happy I came here. The place looks fancy and cosy at the same time. The table areas are so spacious and comfortable. The food was great! We had the chicken skewers, the beef stew, the egg fried rice, the pork belly, the lamb stew and wine. I would highly recommend here. I'm glad I found it amongst all the other restaurants.

Lemon chicken very recommended. Service is fast but the place was kind of uncomfortable because of the many stairs. Taxes are not included in the prices.

Fantastic food and the service was brilliant! 😀

Had a wonderful set meal B. Food so tasty and thanks to Michael for his attention and help

Had a Christmas meal with friends here. Excellent service, really good value. The poached Sichuan beef - £19 - could have fed about 8 people. We were sure it was a mistake. Recommended.

The lady attending us was very friendly but other than that I’m sorry to say that we did not like this place at all. The vegetarian options weren’t great - I ordered rice and vegetable to go with the tofu sweet & sour. The rice was dry and tasteless and the vegetables were undercooked. It seemed kind of prepared in a hassle and was not seasoned. Below mediocre meal for a high price. Also right after finishing we were brought the bill without asking for it and felt pressured to leave quickly so they could occupy the table with new guests.

Sweet & Sour Chicken. Food was on the table quickly and tasted good. £12.80, rice is £4 extra. The store was well-stocked shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Michael, Ben and Sun are very kind and professional service, fast and efficient. Food are very delicious.

Sun, Michael and Ben gave us the best service, will come back here again. Great Chinese food and Dim Sum.

The food is delicious. Knowing a good restaurant in Chinatown is an important tip to save time and money! I recommend trying the dishes over dim sum!

I cannot believe it but yesterday after having a fantastic night with my boyfriend we came to this restaurant. I’m not going to say much apart from, there was hair in the food!!!!!

Excellent experience, all four of us had 2 starters each and one main course. We could not finish it, bottle of wine and water. Average spent 30£ per head. Thank u so much to Michael, O. Ray and Sun. We’ll be back soon!!!

I took my students there for lunch today and was impressed by the excellent service and the friendly staff. Thank you for providing ample space for us to dine comfortably. It was a delightful experience. The food was good. I miss the Golden egg yolk custard bun already. Should have ordered more.

Excellent food and service. Have been several times and always pleased.

Returned for the fifth time, never fails with good food, good service. The staff very friendly and helpful. Greeted by Michael, a very nice guy, most helpful and welcoming. I had to phone as we were lost, he explained how to get there👍 we strongly recommend this restaurant, that's why we continually return.

Best Chinese I've tasted in years and very attentive staff. Tried the set menu with lobster and they were very accommodating with a dish change.

The service was great and the food was also nice!

I recently visited this restaurant, and unfortunately, my experience left much to be desired. I felt misled as I was charged the gratuity twice—once included in the bill and then again suggested on the card machine. The staff bring the payment terminal directly to the table without giving you time to review the bill, and the machine defaults to prompting for an additional tip. This approach feels quite unrefined and leaves a sour impression despite the quality of the meal. Disappointing, to say the least.

Tasty dim sum (Hong Kong taste 👍🏻), friendly staff, clean, great price too. They gave me some chilli oil automatically, that's wonderful!! My 3rd time visit and will return! Thanks.

Very good food and experience. I recomand the restaurant.

Best food in town! The staffs are extremely friendly, especially Michael!

Really good dim sum with friendly quick service. Highly recommend the squid cake and soup dumplings

Amazing restaurant, very pretty and the food was fantastic, the service and the owner in particular stand out! Very clear they care alot!

My favorite restaurant in this part of London. Whenever I'm in London I visit this restaurant. I even got engaged there 😁❤️ Good food, atmospheric place and nice service.

Very poor food, not worth the price at all. I ate crispy beef: very thin steaks where only dough and starch; I could not taste the beef; very hard and barely warm. The rice is cold and sticky. Waiter without any smile. You will have to pay +12% on top of the menu price. Very bad

Went in and asked for spicy noodles, they said they could do it but then they weren't spicy and didn't taste any good. They said they would get chili oil but then just got ciracha sauce as they didn't have any chili oil for vegetarians. When asked if it could make it spicier with chili's, they charged us for the chopped chilis. Horrible food and Horrible service. Update: I got an email from whoever was looking after their email account and was provided a 10% discount on my next meal. Absolute waste of time! I do not know how this place has got 4 stars in the first place and would pay close attention to their 5 star and 1 star reviews. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND, DO STAY AWAY!

Delicious food and excellent service! Xiao long bao is so yummy! 😍

Very friendly staff and great dim sum!

Dim sum were excellent. Top service

The food is horrible. The chef doesn’t know how to chop a duck. It is ridiculous. I will never spend my money here again.

Lovely food! We tried prawn dumpling, 'crispy shredded beef with sweet and spicy sauce', 'calamary' and 'noodle with prawn'. We liked everything except the beef. it was too sweet. The service was average, they asked to take the plates away several times even though there was still food..

Duck is very good, and they are very fast in the kitchen. Servers are quick, but seem a bit emotion-less. The atmosphere is very calm.

First time I visit this Chinese restaurant in Chinatown and it was the right choice. They offer dimsum also in the evening and it was great! Very tasty and good portion for sharing! The mixed vegetable noodles also offered a different great taste to the palate! The taste and texture of the noodle is different compared to the other chinese restaurant. A must visit! Great food at an affordable prices! 4 kinds of dimsum and mixed vegetable noodles for £33 including service charge!

I loved their dim sums. We began with the basics and liked every one of them. We were put on the upper floor - warmer and quieter 👍🏻 decent food at a reasonable price without a queue (saturday 1pm)

Great food. Added to my "always visit when in London list". The duck appetizer was especially delicious.

Recently visited this restaurant and we were all very impressed with the food and service.... especially the crispy pork, and crispy duck dishes....they were amazing!!! The vegetable dish with cashew nuts and asparagus... delicious!!! Seafood fried rice.... delightful....in all, an amazing experience...we will definitely be back... Been thinking and talking about that meal, over and over again.....how tasty it was....thank youuuuuu!!!!

Quiet on a Wednesday lunchtime, we wondered if the dim sum was actually made to order rather than pre prepared as it was so fresh. The atmosphere wasn't buzzing but that's fine, we were there for the food and will return.

Food was greasy and bland, nothing terrible but nothing to write home about. They were super friendly and accommodating with our baby and the service was great.

Soup dumplings are absolute happiness in the mouth! Everything we had was delicious and the service was absolutely great!

Lovely family restaurant and felt food had a homely feel… very tasty

This is one of the smaller restaurants in Chinatown situated in the less crowded Lisle Street. Not withstanding to its size, the restaurant boosts an extensive menu like many of its competitors. We tried dim sums at lunch as that’s the staple for Cantonese cuisine & time of the day. Two of the main dishes like prawn dumplings & chives dumplings were good, but the soup dumplings were quite mediocre. We also had a plate of the three types of barbecued meat. It was actually a disappointment as the meat did not appear appetising. Skins were not crunchy & roasted pork was far too fatty to consume.

Love this restaurant. Me & my partner come back monthly just to treat ourselves, would recommend the travel into London to eat here.

Don't expect too much! Everything is average or below. We ordered stir-fried duck breasts, the taste just too sweet. You can skip the soup dumplings. Don't waste money!

It was our second time here. The food was again very delicious and most importantly fresh. Loved the service as well - very professional, friendly and welcoming. I truly recommend this place ☺️

Was recommended this restaurant by a family member so after attending the Leicester Square Theatre we popped in about 9.30pm. Was given a lovely welcome by the lady in there who was wearing glasses. (Sorry didn’t get her name). She was lovely and we ended up having a real laugh with her. Food arrived quickly and was very tasty. Portions are big so we could have shared a few dishes but they offered us a goody bag so that’s hubby’s lunch sorted today 😆 Would definitely recommend

I got 2 roast meats w rice - crispy pork belly and roast duck. Roast duck was ok, pork belly was tasteless hard and fatty. The rice was bland as the soy sauce was just splashed on. The veg tasted bitter and had a black rim on the bottom (visible in my photo). Really disappointing.. Also they bring a card machine with a tip option, the lady stood there waiting to see what I’d press. I stalled and finally when she left I clicked 0 because I saw they already added a service charge to the main bill..

Generous portions and good price for London. The har gow and crispy pork belly were nice.

Our favourite restaurant in china town, great quality food & value, this is the real deal, certainly not a tourist trip, all the staff are friendly & attentive. Highly recommend.

Very good food and the stuff is extremely friendly

We ate outside on a beautiful sunny day, the food was super yummy and the staff were so lovely and kind and took great care of us. We will be back again!

Great customer service, good prices, good portion sizes, tasty food

Delicious meal, very good service !

Definitely the best Chinese food I've ever eaten, would very much recommend. 5/5⭐

The red beef soup is really delicious. I ate it at another place and it was so good that I came here and ordered it, but it's really 👏🏻👏🏻 If you order it with rice, it's a perfect match for Koreans. It tastes like Western food at once, and the meat is really soft 🥹 A great restaurant in London,,👍

Been past here a few times. Ordered via Uber. The dim sum was very good. Good portions. Price is reasonable. Made a mistake in the Uber, but can't change the review. Turns out the scallops dim sum did arrive. My mistake

Extremely slow, don’t click. I waited for two hours and it still didn't come out. I was so hungry that my stomach ached.

The staff were so welcoming and were always ready to pick up my grandsons fork off the floor. Ha ha. Food was incredible. Me and my grandson would recommend the duck pancakes with the sauce and the sweet and sour chicken. We loved it. Thank you. Overall experience: 9.5/10 From Ben and Wendy

Good option to eat Chinese food. The best, the kindness and sympathy of the waiters. Reasonable price

Very well eaten, lots of tastes and flavors, BUT, but, but. ⚠ When we order dim sum (very good) for 2 and there are 3 of us, the homemade hors d'oeuvres for 3, and then 3 dishes, we are not used to having everything on the table at the same time . Which means the noodles were cold before we had time to start eating them! Furthermore, the "service charge" that everyone complains about is listed on the menu but not outside, and it is also clearly stated that a minimum of £15 per person is obligatory. I can assure you that reaching £15 is not difficult! 😁 For the rest, we had different servers, one of whom was much less friendly than the others, and having difficulty understanding the order. However, as said, it was very good. 😁

Popped in there on holiday in London. Me and kids loved it. Food was really good and the service was great. Would go back here again next time in London.

Excellent dim sum for reasonable prices compared to others in Chinatown. Very authentic compared to US SF bayarea.

Worst Chinese I’ve ever had a weird smell as you walk in the staff was very rude food was not nice it came half raw AVOID DO NOT EAT HERE!!!!

Quick and easy meal before a show. Get the golden custard buns. So good.

Charged for extra food that wasn't given a price and then heavily prompted with the tip page on the card reader. Pricey but good food.

I have eaten dim sum at various restaurants, but this one is far superior to any of it's rivals. Dim sums are fresh with the right texture & super tasty fillings. Albert made us feel welcome and made us at ease upon entering the restaurant. Fantastic service on top of quality food made this dining experience a pleasure. All of the team 's service was excellent. One will not be disappointed eating here and I will definitely eat here again when I am next in from Kent.

The shrimp dumplings with bamboo shoots and shrimp rice rolls are both delicious. The shrimps are freshly cut and taste great. At least they are better than those from Taiwan and Tim Ho Wan from Hong Kong. The dim sum is much more delicious. The fried beef pho tastes good too!

Great food, amazing service, overall delightful experience

Amazing food, relaxing atmosphere, extremely helpful and polite employees! We went as a family and even with 5 people the food came fast and at a reasonable price, if you're visiting Chinatown I strongly recommend giving it a try

Delicious food and great service. Highly recommend

Meal tastes good and original, bathroom clean 👌🏾

This store is right next to the supermarket. Every time I go to the supermarket for shopping, I go there to eat. I recommend the authentic Malaysian flavor of Gan Xiang Crab and Typhoon Shelter Fried Crab, which are also delicious! Must order beef river and ganxiang fried rice noodles! The pot is full of energy! Service attitude is also very good

We recently went to celebrate my friend's birthday and the food was delicious and very high quality. The service was exceptional and the staff were very attentive and friendly. They had an amazing selection of food and drinks. I really enjoyed the lobster with noodles in a ginger and spring onion sauce. Would highly recommend visiting here 😀

This has to be the best chinese food i have ever had. The staff where so lovely. We come on the 20th May and the lady on shift was the most welcoming and accommodating. The service was quick and the food was piping hot and tasted delicious. It's was great quality for the price too.

HORRIBLE SERVICE I DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!!!!!!!!

Great experience with a party of 7 of us having Dim Sum. Food was good, service excellent, ambience relaxed and well worth what we paid. We will defnitely come back again and it was a relief from the usual hustle bustle of Chinatown Sunday Dim Sum when restaurants hurry to get you out...

A lot of people eating when we came. So we decided to give it a try and had a couple of dishes. Food was ok, loads of MSG though that you could taste which made it really filling really fast. Couldn't even finish all the dishes. Then the payment came by, oh boy was it a shocker. What the other reviews saying they overcharge is true. They would add service charge and then add gratuity on top of the service charge. I was shocked that for about 4 dishes and 2 rice we were billed over a £100. The food was ok, but it was not worth the £100+. Definitely was a rip off.

I've eaten in alot of Chinese restaurants around Chinatown and this is one of the better ones. Service was quick and the staff where attentive plus the restaurant was clean.

Loved their prawn dumplings, and boneless ribs!

Basically the best Chinese restaurant I have ever eaten at. Everything was amazing and the service couldn't have been better. From the beginning they have asked about possible allergies at the table and have offered us alternatives in some of the dishes, replacing seafood with chicken. A 10.

Very clean place and the best Chinese food I have ever eaten, it was very clean and very good service. sugar cane

The service is very friendly and attentive, and the food is some of the best Chinese cuisine I have ever tried.

A very nice clean restaurant, nice staff and very quick service, the food was really good and well priced for the location

Not sure why there are so many one star reviews on here - the staff were very welcoming and friendly. We ordered a variety of dim sum and one main each, and everything was delicious.

great variety of Chinese dishes which were really tasty

Fantastic Dim Sum!!!! We enjoyed our meal. We tried 10 items, cost was about £90, which I feel was reasonable for 4 people with drinks incld.

The food was nice enough (we had the dim sum) however they deserve no more than one star for their dodgy charging. When requesting the bill at the end of the meal, we were presented with the card machine with the total already programmed in. The server then requested a tip to be added via said card machine. With no itemised bill provided, it was only after we received the receipt that we realised that they had already added 12.5% 'service charge' to the total and then requested another 12.5% 'tip'. The unapologetic and confident manner of the waiter when doing this, combined with the lack of itemised bill at point of sale, makes it very clear that this is something they do often. So, whilst the food was perfectly acceptable, I could not recommend a place which is so obviously out to rip their customers off with 25% 'service'. Not worth the money.

Good food, friendly staff. Gladly again...

The guy in the picture didn’t want us dining in. He first said there is minimum charge and then said food is not good. No idea what he was trying to do. MANAGEMENT - better take some action. Either a lunatic or he’s trying to run down your restaurant.

Had one of the best 干炒牛河 here 2 days ago. So glad to have great Chinese foods while away from home. The staffs and environment are also very nice. Would come back next time I visit London.

We checked the menu which showed outside. Price seems acceptable and let give a try. It is nice and delicious except the beef meal ball, too soft, can’t taste any. The service should got 1 star because 12.5% service charge CANNOT avoid even you are not happy with that, you need to order with minimum charge £15 per head which they never show or told you before you seated.

The food was amazing and great service! Definitely coming here again!

Spring roll ok, Dim Sum really good, Sweet sour king prawns needed more sauce and flavour, Szechwan chicken drier than the Sahara desert. Fast efficient service by a robot. Pretty average.