The Real China in City of London, Westminster

Nunca he visto este lugar en Whiteley's cuando estaba abierto como un centro comercial, así que sospecho que se fue hace mucho tiempo, especialmente debido a la edad de las últimas críticas, pero puedo afirmar inequívocamente que está cerrado ahora que Whiteley's está realizando una importante revisión / conversión a pisos. / apartamentos.

Este es el peor intento de producir comida china que he encontrado. Todo era regresar comiera.

Este restaurante chino es otra desastrosa historia. Es el mundo de la comida congelada. Tengo un problema con el dolor de estómago y la comida estaba fría y sin sabor. Las bebidas son de £2. 20 por cristal de un borrador. . Es una bebida que horrible. El baño está sucio, muy sucio, antihigiénicos. . . Me pregunto que el Consejo no haya cerrado

Nos fuimos de allí desde Shepherds Bush a pie, porque hemos oído sobre él y el precio estaba bien (estamos ahorrando ahora : D) así que nos fuimos a pie. Por desgracia premio en la tienda era 2 libras más caro que en línea. Por lo que cuesta más, y la forma que llegar ... (frío!) Pero la comida era buena, poco concurrida (siempre mejor comida cuando se llena - fresco). Máquina de bebidas y era horrible. Tome mejor puede si quieres beber.

Mucho la pena, nuestro barrio buffet grasienta cuchara China ha cerrado. Este es un gran lugar para conseguir rellenos con un presupuesto limitado y dosis en el GMS para unos pocos meses en un instante.

We went for a dinner myself and my family and within hours later on at the middle of the night we all had a serious stomach ache and vomiting.add to that the service was terrible and the staff was so rude with a little understanding of basic English... NEVER AGAIN

liked my chinese time here thank you for everything things were super exact I liked it so las muchas gracias

Staff had difficulties communicating the menu, the overall service was absent, as far as I perceived it. The food had probably been sitting there for a few hours, resulting in it being overcooked, dry and bland. Many of the items on the menu were also unavailable. Pretty bad experience, to be honest.

Fondamentalmente sono un amante dei Buffet...in special modo quelli orientali...questo piccolo buffet all'interno de Whiteleys shopping Center, mi ha colpito per la pulizia e l'ottima e variata qualita' della sua offerta, prezzo davvero modico per il Lunch, ma presto spero tornare per il dinner, che ovviamente sara' piu' ricco e presumo ad un prezzo superiore, anche se credo di poco...personale molto gentile e disponibile...buono direi...

I would say, on balance, this place isn't too bad. There's lots of things they could improve on but you've got to bear in mind it's incredibly cheap. They can't be offering you the cream of the crop in terms of food for under £6 when what you can eat is unlimited. The lemon chicken is reasonably nice, as is the Chinese chicken curry. Some of the meat can look a bit dry and if it has been out for hours. You can also have all you can drink soft drinks for under £3 so that is good value too. If you're looking for a lunchtime belly filler or probably dinner too this isn't a bad option. If you're looking for fine dining - go somewhere else ;-) My only gripe is that there is no prawn option (in the lunch menu anyway) and I love prawns but prawns are expensive so this is probably why they are excluded!

called in at about 1:30 on Monday afternoon for a quick bite to eat,for £5.95 I don't know what people expect, ok it was limited as to what you can have but hot soup tasty and starters reasonable, mains consisted of food cooked to an european taste various chicken dishes along with pork and duck , rice, and 2 types of noodles,wouldn't say it was fine dining but ok if you want something quickly, staff ok when we were there and pretty attentive, can't say wouldn't go again, in fact probably would.

I can just say the food in this place is terrible. However it's quiet and pleasent. It's good if you are not hungry. I tryed everything just hopping on the one thing to say it's OK, but no luck. The staff are friendly but hardly speak any English. ;)

Staff friendy. Food average in taste. Not much selection. Went about 1730 and the food was reasonably dried up. Hit and miss for chicken in the sweet & sour chicked. Ants on counter

I popped in for a quick dinner. The small selection of food is OK but nothing amazing. It is in shallow heated trays with food drips on the surfaces around them. Needs more attention to cleaning up.

Out for quick dinner while overnight on business. This place had a nice look and well presented buffet menu. I almost got up and walked after warm hot and sour soup. Main courses were just as bad. If you go take a look first. Maybe they will improve. I wish I had done as normal and looked in TripAdvisor first. Was not so cheap either for buffet.

After visiting this place for a meal after work and was half way thought out meal I looked down to see the beef was raw and cold! I told a member of staff who couldn't really understand what I was trying to tell her, she toke my plate away and expected her to return and take the rest of the buffet tray away witch never happened! Anyway I decided to have a sweet after but when I got the the sweet fridge the tempter was 26c on the display not what you want with cream in your sweet! All in all really bad!

This is what you would call cheap and cheeful suitable for a quick lunch. Its proper cheap and not suitable for a anything but a quick fix. It is a buffet with limited choices, sometimes hot, sometimes cold, it really depends on what time you get there and how long the dishes have been sitting there. You get what you pay for and at less then £10 per person you can't really expect quality dishes. You do get unlimited soft drinks though for about £2 which I thought was good value for money. Included in the buffet is a small selection of desert items. For the price, I was well happy to fill my belly at lunch time. They are located in Whiteleys, so for the location I would say excellent value for money. In the West End where are you going to get a fulfiling plate of food for less than a tenner. The waitress service is pretty limited but the venue itself is actually quite nice with a seated area outside. If you require a budget meal whilst out shopping, go for it.

Decent pricing for London, unlimited soft drinks is always welcomed!Good choice of food, though not as hot as it should be served. Despite the temperature the food tasted great.

Went here because it was on taste card. What a mistake. All the food was stone cold and tasteless. The meat was the worst quality I have ever tasted. I wouldn't feed it to my cats. Avoid at all costs!!! GROSS

The worst Chinese restaurant I have been to. Terrible selection and the food wasn't fresh! So disappointing! Avoid at all costs!

Nous cherchions un buffet chinois dans les alentours de Bayswater et sommes tombés sur The Real China.Après avoir attendu 10 minutes qu'une serveuse daigne nous accueillir, nous avons été installés dehors sur les table décorative car le resto était plein. En y regardant de plus près, il était plein de tables sans client mais pas encore débarrassées. Donc niveau service 0.Les plats semblaient appétissants, au niveau du goût ce n'était pas l'extase mais ça passait.Pratique pour manger rapidement.

There is a fair selection of western chinese dishes here which makes the place well worth a visit. Unfortuantely the staff could be a little more friendly but to be honest my stomach was happy to forgive them for it!

Pagando 12,95 vc pode comer tudo que quiser com direito à sobremesa. A comida é muito boa e tem dia q é mais barato, sei q no domingo o preço é 9,99. O refrigerante é refil e custa 2,20. Eles também te servem um copão de àgua.Fica no shopping Whiteleys.

The place is very authentic few options to choose, I like the vegetables especially the aubergine and machroms, the meat is not great but the noodles is tastey, for the money you are paying is not bad, I have been few times to this restaurant but this time the food was not hot enough, and the person who was taking payment a Chinese lady was training a new staff a young Asian woman, she was so abrupt with her and very unprofessional, I felt so sorry and unconfortable with her training, I thought OMG and felt sorry for the new staff who was shaking while was taking payment from me she was constantly criticized and told off in every step she did, while serving with the previous customer and my self. However, the atmosphere was nice in general I had a good time with my friends. This place is not my favourite but okay for a change.

Sold as a buffet - very limited choices - may have been better earlier in the evening but the food was cold, left open trays, dried up and tasted like a prepacked meal you can buy in any supermarket. Staff pleasant but would never go back to this restaurant.

The service was pretty straight forward, nothing to much rave about .The food was average and cold , though that had variety . The good thing is there are plenty of restaurants in the Queensway Whitely area . Portobello is a shot walk away too .

Food is not great. The meat is of very poor quality and most dishes do not even look appetising. It is safer to go for vegetables if you must eat here. Desserts are bought in and somewhat better. Service is also poor. Tables are left uncleared, which means you have to eat in someone else's mess. I called the service to the table but they didn't turn up. I would not go back unless there was nothing else in the whole of London to eat.

most plates are always empty , uncooked food , cheap desert and small no fish on sushies and no prawn all stews were uncooked , not good service at all The toilet was smelly and dirty as well

We turned up just before the buffet ended/ restaurant closed. They let us in despite having almost no food left. Food was below average and poor choice for vegetarians.

Came here last night, before going to watch the excellent 'Gone Girl', at the cinema next door. The place looked authentic from the outisde - as authentic as you can be stuck in a shopping centre that is!However, all notions of getting a taste of 'The Real China', were dashed once we started the buffet. The food was entirely bland, so tasteless they may aswell have not had the descriptions above each plate. Never have I been so consistently disappointed with each and every dish. Not only were most just about tasteless, but some were cold and some of the dishes were undercooked. Wide ranging Buffets have always been a slight concern for me, as the more dishes that are prepared, the higher likelihood that the chef will lose control of the overall quality. There was also a laughable attempt at Sushi there aswell, which was an insult to a wonderful cuisine.For drinks there was a paltry selection of beers and wine, served by a waitress singularly devoid of personality. The decor inside was also poor, with tables too close together and amateurish lighting.All in all, I would advise you to definately avoid this place. There are plenty of Chinese options outside of the shopping centre and the Chinese Embassy really should get onto these people for misrepresenting 'The Real China'!!!

Visit thjs place quite often as its the only chinese buffet around we been customers since its opening day few years back and we've seen few managers come and go the food was delicious to begin with akways refilled fresh etc... soon as new manager took over it started to decline after a while a new manager came In and she did her best to improve the food and it worked but restrictions from the head office meant she couldn't order more Ingredients if the kitchen needed it if the beef run out tough luck deal with it sort of attitude they gave out... she ended up leaving for pastures new... new manager came in Chinese Lady who was apparently the company's accountant she seems quite content to charge customers bout £12 per person for dinner and not bother to refil the food often or to add something different to the buffet choice... at this rate it wont last long... best times to visit is lunchtimes food is fresh or unless you have a valid tastecard...

В целом не плохо если пришли посидеть и выпить китайского чаю, а что касается еды, то она желает быть вкусной, может для китайцев это и вкусно но для меня это не совсем то чего ожидал, я заплатил порядка 6 фунтов за человека чтобы просто покавырыться в еде и выпить чай который очень понравился

Avoid at all costs. Yes it's cheap place to eat but food terrible wouldn't serve it to the dogs. Cold food, tasteless food, and chicken well if it is chicken is a very strange texture. Not many diners in, and the environment doesn't look open for service. WORST CHINESE EVER!!!

хорошее обслуживание , вкусная еда, вполне демократично. можно хорошо поесть. удобно, быстро ну и не дорого

I went with a group of people last night for the buffet. I found the food tasteless and dry. I believe this must be frozen stuff that gets reheated. Also some of the food had been sitting there for a while wand was very dry. Even the dessert I had which was a slice of cake and ice cream was tasteless. With so many eating places in and around Whiteleys, give yourself a favour and get better food elsewhere (even McDonalds is tastier). Not worth the money.

Restaurante com comida chinesa nada de especial, apenas o valor, que em se tratando de pais caro, às vezes faz muita diferença.

We paid 5.95 pounds per person for lunch Monday to Friday (evening more expensive) .The food was not very good but what can you expect for that price ?What I ate or not ate :soup sweet sour > water, sojasauce, Maggi, egg = 1 starDuck > looked like the duck stepped on a landmine = 1 starfried rice > was OK = 3 starssojabeans > was OK but without taste = 2 starspork sweet sour > was OK but nothing Special = 3 stars

Food was full of fat and cold...after asking the staff they apologised but haven't don't anything about it! Half of the buffet was empty ...We didn't expected that much for £11.95 per person but at least minimum standards. The Chinese tea was the only thing which was good but well they couldn't do anything wrong with that !!! And the beer was okay...they can open bottles properly !!! Skills checked :)

We were looking for somewhere prior to a concert at the Hammersmith Apollo. Just by the exit opposite are a collection of pubs and cafes. This was a Chinese buffet and cheaply priced - £4.95 a head to eat in. That said there was a large selection of reasonably fresh dishes, as a result of the sheer volume of customers. Spring rolls, squid, two soups plus the usual staples for main courses. Its not fine dining but it did the job and at this price what do you expect?

Wandering around Bayswater and making a quick visit to Whitelys Shopping Centre we came across The Real China buffet restaurant. A lunch menu for only £5.95 a head and I felt I had died and gone to heaven. The restaurant itself was very pleasant and very clean, the food fresh, well prepared and a huge selection to choose from. The food was hot and I sampled as much as I could and I was not disappointed. The staff were courteous and very helpful and nothing seemed too much trouble, next time I am back in London this is a must for me.

went here for dinner. all the starters served were deep fried. they were quite oily, the tastes were so-so. the mains: all the rice, noodles dont like good, they didnt attract me to have them for my meal. felt glad that there were sushi. but the wasabi was diluted, nothing special for the sushi. only the black bean sauce chicken was tasty. the chicken was tender unlike other dishes. the satay chicken was not bad as well. quite disappointed about the fruits as there was only watermelon, pineapple and oranges. the ice cream was really bland.

This restaurant close to our hotel. All you can eat for 11pounds 95pence. Brilliant selection. Well cooked hot food, So much choice. Eat till you drop. Only managed normal portions. Otherwise couldn't try everything. Staff excellent very helpful.

I use Groupon to try new restaurants and so made the trip into Bayswater (with sister and son in tow) but it really wasn't worth the effort. There is zero atmosphere, indifferent service and while there is plenty of food, it is pretty bland (I resorted to adding the dried chillis in oil to everything. The strangest things were the 'dim sum' which looked like smooth semi spheres made of polystyrene - apparently they tasted as such. Deserts of ice cream, tinned fruit, haribos, crunchy melon or little cakes - no toffee apples! Drinks were reasonably priced at about £3.50 for a beer or glass of wine. Such a shame as they have everything in place so just need to make it somewhere that people enjoy visiting. OK if in the area and need to fill up but otherwise go to one of the real Chinese restaurants in the area.

From the outside the restaurant looks nice, once inside its a let down. Food cold and tasteless, the choices are very limited, should have been a wide variety of desserts and puddings, but there was only icecream. Best thing about it was the cold drinks, once you had paid for one, you then can top up as much as you want from the machine near the icecream.Would not go back.

Flies swarming. Cold food.Pink chicken.Nothing was labelled. Watered down soft drinks. Wine tasted like vinegar. Poo splashes on the toilet seat.Staff on their mobiles. That's the last time I'm falling for a groupon 'deal'.Hands down worst restaurant EVER

the variety of the food was wonderful even had sushi which was delicious. Service was good. We went with a groupon and they very happily supplied cold water with our meal. No pressure to have extra drinks etc. Would definately go back to pay full price. £9.95 to eat as much as you want.

This buffet represents decent food considering the low price. It is fairly cheap and cheerful but quite acceptable. There wasn't a great selection at lunch time but we were quite happy with what there was. Would happily come again if I wanted a quick, cheap meal.

We paid £5.95 each for a buffet lunch & thought it offered value for money. It wasn't too busy & we got a quiet little table for two. We ordered a drink but the service was so poor that the drink arrived as we were finishing the meal! The food itself was not hot enough especially as the plates are cold. I just had a plate of veg. & noodles as I wouldn't want to eat meat unless it was piping hot. There was a selection of tinned apricots, fresh melon, fresh orange slices, ice-cream & frozen chocolate cake for dessert. We saw the chef attempting to cut through a frozen chocolate cake, he eventually managed to slice it into rather large portions & put it out on display.We were happy with the price we paid for our lunch but wouldn't want to eat here in the evening.

£6.90 for dinner on a Groupon deal, i still don't think its worth. No many choices of food are cold, and the quality of the food is poor. Staff were chating with each other, reading newspaper, talking on mobile...Would not recommend going here.

Don't ever go. It was terrible. The food was cold and disgusting and the service was awful. The buffet had limited choice and wasn't appetisisng in flavour. They had no soft drinks left at 6pm, when the resturant opened. We booked a table for 5.40, which they suggested, upon arrival the resturant was shut and didn't open untill 6. Due to this, the suprise we had planned for our friends birthday was ruined due to a problem made by the resturant.

Went here on a Groupon deal. Arrived with no expectations after reading all the reviews, form the outside the restaurant looks promising. However the food is a letdown, the choices are very limited and the quality of the food is poor. Staff seemed generally uninterested, however the manager on duty was very friendly and helpful. Would not recommend going here.

Having read previous reviews on here we were very weary about going... But we got it on a Groupon deal for an evening buffet and thought what the hec... Give it a go!The shopping Mall Whiteleys in Bayswater is a minute walk from the tube station so its easy to get too...When we arrived it looked deserted in both the Mall and the food area was this a sign??Noooooo it wasn't it was great!Food was hot,plenty of it and all was extremely tasty!! The dessert choice was a little less than previous all you can eat Oriental buffets we have visited but what was on offer was tasty :) We would visit again for sure!!

food ok just not great variety no prawn crackers mo prawn dishes no dim sum no dumplings no crispy beef no fritters but plenty of sweet and sour which was nice. Sushi with an unusual twist of being smothered in salad cream?...

Probably the worst food i have had in London. Cold, Bland, Stale and just generally slimey. Staff really unhelpful too and when we spoke to the manager about the poor quality of the food, all she cared about was whether we are going to pay or not!!. Better to go hungry than eat here

Made the mistake of going to this place as we were plannign to watch a movie at the cinema nearby- never again! Some of the worst food served by the most incompetent staff. Dishes were cold, tasteless and positively slimey. Ended up giving feedback to the manager whosen response was that she had no control over her chefs! Sums it all up really!

We visited last night with a Groupon voucher. The food was cold, staff were unhelpful and unfriendly. The hot plate of supposed chicken balls looked and tasted more like mince meat.

Visited here for the first time today.Never again! As other reviewers havesaid you get what you pay for.Food tasted awful except for the ricewhich is hard for anyone to get wrong.Buffet Lunch menu says wide varietyof desserts and puddings but there werenone at all!! When I queried this with thewaitress she said she would ask but didnothing. When I asked again shepretended not to understand me!!A rip off.Steer well clear.

Great food, excellent service. Very reasonable prices. Nice atmosphere, wouldn't go anywhere else in Wrexham.

We are regulars at the Real China - it is enjoyed by all of the family. It has lots of choice and its buffet style suits us very well. Of course, the cooking is not as fresh as if something was served to the table in a restaurant, but the variety of the food and the "all you can eat" invitation more than overcomes that.

Everything tasted the same! It beats me how a vast buffet of numerous normally very delicious dishes can all taste as if they were cooked with soaoy dishwater. The ONLY things I loved were the deep fried whole mushrooms. They at least had a distinctive tase. How can Beef in Blackbean sauce taste the same as the stir fried prawns???

This was closest to my hotel and did an "all you can eat" buffet deal, or in my case, all you could stuff into a takeaway box. It was generic. Stick with the veggie options and avoid the ribs which were like shoe leather.

I am not sure how long this restaurant has been here in Whiteleys in Bayswater but hope it works .Food excellent very well priced and things in the buffet I have never seen before .Will be coming back very soon and so nice having it on my door step almost

Been going to that buffet since it first opened and still going regularly at first it was very slow in refilling food but since new management it's very fast in refilling and service is excellent staff do have a tendency to put you next to someone when there are plenty free tables around but not often and besides being a regular I get to pick my table lunch is value for money and dinner is extremely value for money anyone that moans otherwise is foolhardy to do so and does not know real Chinese cuisine....staff are definitely not rude or mean.... Will definitely keep going to it non stop....

I went with my family to the Real China Restaurant in Whiteleys in Queensway today and was served some of the worst Chinese food I have ever experienced by some of the rudest staff I have met.To add insult to injury, they claimed that children under 12 were charged half price, but my daughter, who has just turned 11 was deemed to be over 12 as they base the age on height!What a joke!Save your money and avoid this place. There are other much better Chinese restaurants in Queensway within 5 minutes walk!

Wow. Am stunned at how poor this place was. I went in with the expectations of a cheap all-you-can-eat buffet experience for lunch, and walked away regretting it. The location and atmosphere is fine; it's in the mall (Whiteleys), they've a decent set-up and should be convenient for visiting the movies, or if you're there shopping.The service is fine. Nothing spectacular. Staff basically ask if you want a drink, and then take your used plates away. Not much else. The challenge is the quality of the food. It's really bad. Even for the price (£6 lunch, £12 dinner). "RohanandSureet" have a pretty accurate description... it's not worth it for the money, unless you only want pure volume of food (e.g., need to put on 5lbs in 24hrs). One thing that is also not mentioned is that there is a limited buffet served for lunch (e.g., 50% smaller) - I literally almost had my hand slapped away when I reached for one of the desserts that was apparently "dinner only"Having lived in China for several months, I can safely say that this is the worst Chinese food I've had in living memory... and should be avoided.....There are much better Chinese options all the way along Queensway for a similar price, where the quality of the food is much higher. Go somewhere else.

With food, you generally get what you pay for. At £5.95 for eat-as-much-as-you-like lunch, it sounds too good to be true and it is. This is your typical bottom-end chinese where the food is either heavily coated in MSG or deep fried in thick batter. Think pile it up high, sell it cheap. The best dish here was the fresh melon, which I could not fault - it was ripe and tasty and not particularly chinese. The rest was not fit to feed to a dog.The food, however bad it was, was not the worst of our experience. On ending our meal, our 3 year old son had left half of his food, even at his tender age, he is able to discern between poor food and downright awful. We were told (quite rudely) by the waitress that we shouldn't pick up food if weren't going to eat it. It didn't stop there, she then said she would charge us next time if we left food on the plate. We told her there was no chance of us returning. Maybe its me, but the concept of eat-as-much-as-you like means you do do exactly that or not, as you choose. Whitely's needs to dump this restaurant double-fast !

This Chinese buffet restaurant in the Whiteleys shopping centre food court, is a real find. They serve a wide range of dishes including sushi, great seafood, meat, fresh vegetable and tofu dishes and desserts. The buffet dishes were quickly replaced. There was also a chef preparing fish and seafood on a hotplate The staff were very helpful, regularly replacing used plates and serving drinks. Fantastic value for money at £12.50 per head on a Saturday evening. The location in a shopping centre food court is convenient. Can't recommend it highly enough.