Tai Tung in Croydon

I was looking for An Nam restaurant and sadly couldn't find it and ended up here. The food is way too expensive. The drink is also too expensive. 5.50 for a small bottle of beer, 20 for prawn and ginger dish. I paid 45 for bbq ribs, "sizzling" ginger and prawn (which had no sizzle at all), egg fried rice and a small bottle of beer. The service was fast but I also felt rushed and I had the bill land without even asking me if I wanted another drink. The restaurant was also empty at peak time and that should tell you something. Way too many staff standing around staring at you which makes you feel uncomfortable. So recommendation time. If you want dimsum, find a Chinese takeaway, but if you want a good 3 course meal, on my third night I went to the London Croydon Aerodrome Hotel (which is around the corner from where I'm staying) and I ordered 3 course and 2 actual pints of beer for £34 so costing less, more food and equally amazing service. ** I have no affiliation to the London Aerodrome Hotel. I'm in Croydon for 1 week on business and not even staying there because I found somewhere cheaper, but they'll serve you regardless.

Had starters and main course with soft drinks for three £84. It was a Sunday afternoon with just one other family in the restaurant. I enjoyed my food

Visited with a group last week, have been many times. An absolute gem in Croydon Authentic food up there with any of the restaurants in Chinatown

Staff is nice and friendly, only the cashier lady is very try bad in manner…

Chinese customer service or lack of it is right up my street. So fast and efficient. No BS and fake smiles Here for good food. Job done

Loved everything, food was good, not what you expect looking from the outside

Authentic and reflect cantonese style a lot! Both the dim sums and dinner taste so nice. Would definitely recommend, especially the tofu pot and crab yee mein.

While the food was decent, my overall experience was completely ruined by the ridiculous parking situation at this restaurant, and I feel compelled to warn others about it. I arrived at 5:20 PM and left at 7:41 PM after enjoying starters and a main course with a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time. Now, both of us are expecting £100 penalty charges—each! This is totally unacceptable and leaves a sour taste after what should have been a relaxing evening. What’s even more frustrating is that this restaurant is attached to a large superstore, so it’s entirely reasonable to expect people may need more than 2 hours, especially when combining dining with shopping. The fact that the restaurant got busier later in the evening also makes it highly likely that others will face the same issue. I strongly urge the management to sort this out—whether by allowing customers to extend parking time, validate tickets, or even pay for extra time if needed. Until this is resolved, I will not be returning and would advise others to think twice before visiting unless they want to risk an unfair fine.

Everything is delicious, including barbecued pork buns, Fujian fried rice, and there is a room next door that sells Hong Kong-style bread.

Went there today at 12pm for a quick lunch and dim sum. Foods were okay, atmosphere was noisy as expected. However, the service was very poor and rude. When you asked for something, you either got ignored or waiting for too long. Further to that, as soon as you finished your foods on the table, they are very quick to clean up your table and bill will be on the table within 2 minutes. They don't let you to settle down after lunch and enjoy chinese tea! When confronted, they ignored you again and ask you to hurry up to pay! Very bad service!

I was extremely disappointed with the staff’s behaviour. They’re very rude and unpleasant. One of their staff was really talking with me angrily. That was unacceptable. Staff’s are not very welcoming. Very unprofessional and disrespectful .

Staff was friendly. Had. Great service food was lovely and portion size sufficient.

Nice lunch in a really busy dim sum restaurant. Not an expert but everything tasted good to especially the fried prawn.

Going the right way! On target to be back to their best!

I have never been so disappointed. The food was cold every single course. Nothing more to be said. I went to Chinatown the week after had exactly the same dishes. It was like comparing the English Premier League to pub football

Lovely food. Not big in customer service. But one of the best chinese in Croydon area.

The food is good but I don’t have much experience, so I didn’t take any special photos. However, the standard seems to have dropped a bit recently, but it seems that it is still acceptable to find a more unique tea drinking place near the area.

Second try , of this place drove 140 miles to London for my daughter’s graduation , and drove to Croydon afterwards . It was Tuesday lunch , busy , we came last year and was not so good . Today we ordered the duck for me .. half for 22.00 arrived with other dishes , the duck was cold to almost chilled in the middle , and was less than 300 g approx for 1/2 . It was sent back waitress need a day off , food was substandard , quality not good . Rice was over cooked and semi warm EHO you need to pay a visit here , dangerous food procedures taken place .

I took my kids to eat in Datong a few days ago. The food there is very fresh, especially the dim sum. They are super delicious. Chicken feet, pork ribs, xiaolongbao and barbecued pork buns. Rice rolls are also delicious. I will come back again. Parking is also very convenient. There is free parking upstairs for four hours.

I would say dim sum was a bit below average. I’m sure the grilled dumplings were not made fresh and bought from frozen being stuffed with processed pork. Vietnamese spring rolls were old and refried so the skin was hard and chewy and the beef ho fun was rushed, no wok energy and could have done with a couple of more minutes on the wok to soften the noodles. Saying that, some of the dim sum were fine like the Thai style chicken feet, prawn and chive dumplings and beef cheung fun. Atmosphere was lively and busy. I felt like I was transported to the early 90s again where every Chinese restaurant in Chinatown looked this this. Staff were quick m, efficient and friendly too.

18 years we gave been coming here because the food is fantastic. Always the same taste and quality. But for some reason in the last months or so the food has changed. It's still nice but definitely not the same as it used to be. They need to get back to what's they were

The G.O.A.T. Always consistent, Always fresh and they use quality ingredients every time. Not to mention good service. Gets ridiculously busy on weekends.

Everything is all good except for the fry rice. I've been cooking here since 2006 and the recipe for tge fry rice is changed. It's dry not much flavour and the crispy pork belly is no longer crispy or nice and salty. Bit disappointed but the honey roast pork still same deliciousness

People often come here for dim sum. It gets busy on the weekend when the Cantonese families in the area meet for yum cha, and so, you may have to queue. Their roast duck is also popular. Service charge is included in the bill. If you're not used to Chinese service you might find them rude, but you need to go to Wong Kei in Chinatown to properly be treated with bad manners and not a care in the world. It's right next to the supermarket, which is convenient. Follow here and on IG for more travel and food and drink tips, ideas and reviews @one.more.step.along.the.world

Really bad services. The stuff constantly persuade us to pay for their tips. We decided not to pay. They told us next time to eat out if we don't want to pay them tips. It was a family gathering before my wedding ceremony the next day. Brilliant service and attitude!

Not sure why there are so many negative reviews. This is an old school HK restaurant so expect old school HK service. Rude to some but quite normal and in fact good, in my opinion! Food has improved exponentially since the mass exodus of HKers to London and it’s reflected in higher prices. I don’t bother with Chinatown anymore as dim sum and evening dishes are excellent here. Tasty, well executed and consistently good.

Felt like we were an inconvenience, food was tasteless , waiting staff just rude .so expensive, too . Won't be going again .save your time and money .. better place to go !!

The food was some of the best Chinese food we’ve had in the U.K.! Fresh and tasty. Will be coming back and bringing more people!

Delicious food but service was slow.

Chinese restaurant in Wing Yip complex, croydon.

Though I do not go and eat at Tai Tung often, the times I did I always enjoyed the food there, and I would have given a 5 star rating. But this time I'm afraid I am very disappointed. We were a family consisting of 6 adults and a child. My verdict of the dishes ordered were that one was so salty that we could not eat, some others were also salty, we had to have quite a lot of drinks of Coca Cola, Fanta and the child almost drank a can of Fanta. We could not eat the lot so had to take the rest home. This opinion is agreed with the rest of the family. My bill came to over £200.

The appetisers/ starters were great! However, staff were very judgy on how much we ordered for starters (it was just duck & pancakes, mixed hors d’oeuvres, and chicken satay) for 3 adults. The mains were a massive let down - things were burnt others tasted off. Wish we stopped at appetisers.

This is a nice little Chinese restaurant that has been next to wingyip/in the croydon area for the longest time! The food always does hit home for us, and The dishes always comes out so flavourful! Our favourite is the special sauce prawns! Defo worth a try!!

Delicious dim sum brunch with a variety of choices.

Had dim sum this afternoon with friends since last year. Foods quality is not up to the standard, the fried dry ho fun is unbelievably poor quality, worst than a take away shop. The most annoying is the assumed lady boss who taken payment. We asked the bills to be split and she said can”t do it because of weekend. We were curious what kind of rule it is and she said we have to follow the rule. In fact when we were seated there is no advice of such rule nor any notice being shown at the entrance or menu at all. If because of busy and take extra time (not full at all while we finished) she just need to employ more staff to get it done or to have extra card machine, in my opinions. China town chinese restaurant even busy than here but never have such excuses. This is against customer right and the local custom without appropriate advice. Dont think we will come back any more to this restaurant despite it is closer and not enjoy the overall service at all.

Good food but some of the rudest, most arrogant staff around. One rude old Chinese man serving us dumped the bill on the table and then returned 10 seconds later with the card machine. When I told him we weren't ready to pay he decided to get all rude quoting some nonsense about company policy. I reminded him that he was living in the United Kingdom and needed to learn some basic good manners if his mother and father hadn't taught him any, if you want good food,l and can tolerate the rudeness then go along, But if you want polite service, you're probably better off going elsewhere.

This place has a hygiene rating of 0. https://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/7105 No need to try the food, unless you fancy the runs. Avoid!

Not bad at all, the dim sum is pretty delicious compared to what you get in central London. Not the best of course but good enough. Always a good stop on the way to Brighton. Would come again!

Really good Chinese food, large portions, and not so expensive

The food was ok but the service was so disgusting. If you are not british they will treat you like a rubish. In addition, they will ask for service charge but their service was so bad.. i would highly recommend SANXIA chinese restaurant and TONGXIN restaurant.

Big restaurant Nice Ambience Good food

I’m going to start by saying that the restaurant is beautiful looking. The staff and pricing is brutal and the food isn’t the worst but definitely not worth the money you pay. We’ve been a few times now but nothing is ever consistent - needless to say we have given the benefit of the doubt a few times now. Yesterday was the worst yet, we won’t be coming back. We’re not sure if our baby threw the fork on the floor which ended up directly next to the table behind us, and the waiter picked it up and asked us if we threw the fork and my husband said that it was probably the baby or could’ve been the table behind but still apologised. The waiter then said abruptly ‘don’t throw forks’. Looooool how are you talking to a grown man like that who’s a customer? Then the staff have the cheek to look our way and have a giggle. Guys, your lucky we have decent bones and run a family food business because I really did feel like leaving the table messy and not tidy up after my children, I even picked up food that my baby dropped on the floor as always and paid the service charge. I’d strongly propose that the owner looks over most of these reviews who have been unhappy with the service and think of some change, this ain’t McDonald’s price’s we’re talking about. We’re paying so much money each time so at least whack a bloody smile on your faces!!

Food and service are the worst I have experienced in the UK. The staff has no sense of service; they seem to don’t like their job. The dishes are tasteless, and even the simplest Cantonese dish, beef chow fun, which they have overcooked, is bitter!

Spectacular dim sum. Worth going to waddon just for them

The dim sum and stir-fry dishes are all delicious, and there is also roasted suckling pig on weekends, which is really a special feature. The only siomai is a little bit worse, but the rest are basically good and authentic.

Just had some very nice Dim Sum, was quick and staff were polite, would happily go again

The service is zero stars, the service is terrible, there is no service at all, but there is a service fee. Zero stars for service, service sucks, no service to speak of but charges for service.

I have eaten there a few times, and the dim sum, fried noodles, and rice noodles have always been consistently good. Each time, I also order half a roast duck. Recently, I ordered half a roast duck again. As soon as it was served, I could tell that the duck wasn't from one single duck but pieced together from different ducks, and there was a lot less of it. I called over the middle-aged man to give him an out and asked if they had cut it wrong. He said it was half a duck. I asked him to piece together half a duck for me to see. He suddenly raised his voice, claiming that he had been in business for over twenty years and would never cheat customers. This time I was unlucky, but there won't be a next time. Anyway, a few dozen dollars for tea won't affect their business.

Bad experience. Rudeness of the manager was really unacceptable.

Great service and very fresh - best katsu Ive had in a while!!!!

The place is inside win yip shopping mall so naturally busy. The food was acceptable but isn’t the best dim sum you will get. I asked if there was any spicy items and they said they can make something and it cost extra which I accepted but the dish was nowhere spicy and it was bland.

The food here is amazing, and the less than great service can be forgiven due to the style it is delivered...🤣.

Nice as always, dimsum, lobster with noodle Roast duck, crabs yeemein Stir fried ongchoi

The food is generally OK but the quality may change day by day, depending on your luck. A very strange observation was the servers didn't allow you to order some more food once you made first order. That was weird especially if you have kids who may need some more food etc. The services are fine but depend which server who serves you.

The current rating of 3.8 is too generous. When I ordered duck rice, all I received was skin and fat, and it costed £10. I would advise everyone to avoid this restaurant.

The food was underwhelming, I suspect almost all dim sum items are reheated from frozen. I also did not expect to be admonished by a waiter for a very minor amount of mess my one year old made.

Great food no doubt, but they get a little overwhelmed when the place is crowded. Thye may need more staff. All in all enjoyed the experience.

I don’t think it is even worth one star with ZERO hygiene rating. Absolutely disgusting!

Bad services! Waitresses are rude! no split bill option because of busy?! And cannot order the food for second time for no reason! Kids cannot drink their own water! It doesn’t make sense!

Ordered roast pork and fried pork chop, both overcooked. Hard to chew. Made a complaint, was told pork is just like that. Unbelievable. Will not come again.

Nice Chinese food, and good service. One downside is that the food was quite oily, but apart from that it's not bad at all. Our food also came very quickly, within 10 minutes of placing our order. A nice place for Chinese food if you are nearby.

Absolutely no frills dim sum experience, get in, eat and get out kind of thing. Food is good (prawn har gau tasted a bit funny though), large quantity compared to other dim sum restaraunts. Service is… nominal. Also fairly expensive at £25/head compared to even central London

Beware the parking scam, stay longer than 2 hours and you’ll be charged an extra £100 for parking

We had lunch at Tai Tung today. Ordered 2 portions of double pork dish (Pork belly+Cha siu 双拼) to take home for dinner, paid £30 ish for 2 boxes/portions, one box for us and one box for a friend. We buy the same takeaway every other week, so I know how many meat should be in a portion of (Pork belly+Cha siu). Just opened the takeaway box for dinner, there's only half portion in the box. It seemed they charged the price for 2 portions but mistakenly gave me 1 portion in 2 boxes. Phoned the restaurant to let them know this happened, so they can be careful next time as I am not going to drive all the way to Purely. The manager was incredibly rude! I explained what happened and suggested to be careful in the future. All he said was 'Okay, bye bye.', shocking.

I went there with my son for Mother's day. The service was good. The food was ok but a bit on the expensive side. The portions were quite big...probably why it was on the expensive side.

The wonton soup was a bit bland but the dishes were so tasty! Staff is friendly and great with explaining everything. Certainly if you're in the area pop in!

We have been going here for years and years!! Eating either in the restaurant for dim sum or dinner or often even take away too! Food portions are great and food itself always tasty!!

Exceptionally expensive and food very very average. £16.50 for a bowl of Fookin Rice!!!??? Since when did a bowl of rice cost so much! It's price hiking gone insane and they should be ashamed of themselves.

The portion size is smaller than before but the price has gone up high. We had a fried rice and noodle soup with some starter, the food was not hot, even the prawn in the fried rice was cold as if it was just added from the fridge. Disapointed.

Authentic Cantonese food from dim sum to soups barbeque pork and duck etc. Can't recommend enough.

Food was bland. Had flavour but no real spices, etc that Chinese food tends to be known for. No exciting vegetarian dishes. Tofu was just wet and soggy with no taste. We ordered duck - didn't eat half. Egg fried rice - it was OK. Vegetable fried rice - it was OK. Tofu and vegetables - blah. Satay chicken - decent. Spring rolls - decent. Sweet and sour chicken - wife enjoyed. Lemon chicken - son enjoyed. Spicy chicken noodles - dry, lacking meat. Filling enough but nothing I would come back for. Quite expensive also. Could have ordered from local takeaway for better quality. Or made at home.

A good Chinese restaurant for dimsum and other Cantonese cuisine. Easily accessible from both East Croydon Station and West Croydon Station by public transport, it has great atmosphere and friendly staff to make the customers feel welcomed.

Unfortunately, this is the only place that does dim sum nearby. As a dim sum connoisseur the food has alway been overly salty. Over the past decade I have been to this restaurant far less than I should be. Most East Asians will know what proper dim sum tastes like and this place isn’t great because it’s so dang salty. Service is abysmal too but hey it’s popular with the locals since it’s the only place available. Since they love the compulsory service charge here’s a “tip” : reduce sodium content please your waiting staff are salty enough.

Fantastic Chinese food, quick service. Try the dim sum menu at lunchtime.. very yummy...we especially like the char sui. Good value. This restaurant food is really different from the average takeaway, but is reasonably priced.

One of the reasonably good Cantonese/Hong Kong style restaurants in the Croydon area with ample parking and other shopping facilities nearby

The snacks are functioning normally. If you miss drinking tea, you can give it a try. Recommend the curry Dongfeng snail. The fragrant tea is very fragrant I didn’t feel the attitude was bad, it was just because there were many people queuing up, the steamers after eating would be taken away immediately, and everyone in the restaurant would pay you the bill immediately. Overall, you can come again

My family went to Tai Tung restaurant to celebrate my daughter's birthday. We had dinned in the restaurant several times before, but we just got to notice the extra bill added. They call it service charge, which they claimed is optional. However, they add the charge automatically without informing unsuspecting customers. We challenged the bill on this occasion, and the treatment we got from the waiters was horrible! The male waiter spoke rudely to us in a loud voice, justifying the bill and cursing under his breath. The female waiter came to remove the table cloth while still sitting at the table. It was such a shame that we hurried away from the restaurant, avoiding any embarrassing incidents and definitely never to be back. The waiters need proper training on their duties. They were both rude and seem to value their service charge more than the food bill, which, according to them, is "optional"?!

The quality of the food is average, but the price is expensive. It's better to go to Chinatown for tea. A plate of fresh squid dim sum costs £7, and you get 5 pieces. After eating the dim sum, you sit on the left for a while and ask if you are a stranger. No next time.

After being let down by my local chinese takeaways , i decided to try this restaurant as I was craving authentic chinese food . I was absolutely blown away by the quality and taste, everything we ordered was really delicious .We had to queue for about 10 mins to be seated but that just proves how good the food is and it was worth the wait . Service is also very good and super quick.

Dim sum tasted ok. The restaurant only let you to get the table until all members of the group are there………

Food in average, some are tasteful such as fish cake, Siu Mei…etc.

High on MSG. You will drink a lot. They put MSG in everything.

I had reviewed thus place as 5 star before. Since the new chef the place is sh?t. Avoid it by all means. All mist all favourite food items taste so bad. Even the people who serve feel bad. Depressed… Before 4 years: Very good dimsum and probably best Chinese food on the south side. But service is very very slow. Though value overall for money is great.

Saves a trip upto town for Dim Sum. Food tasted good, portions large enough for our table of 5 people and I think the service here is very welcoming. Plenty of parking and you can also shop for chinese groceries post lunch. I think the place can get busy on weekends but we came on a weekday lunchtime and it was busy but not overly crowded, I am sure this can make a difference to the overall experience.

We went to Tai Tung Chinese restaurant last night (25th of July) We order we hot and sour soup, steamed fresh scallops,price are very reasonable £10 for 3pcs scallops steamed seabass, braised belly pork with sweet winter vegetables, sizzling fillet beef etc we always have Dim Sum or dinner.all good special last even better, good service when the restaurant full last night, service are good even they sort of staff. Excellent meal.