Young Cheng Chinese in City of London, Westminster

Me favorito la mejor comida es dulce amarga pollo con vegetales fideos deliciosa sabrosa. Y el personal era muy amable, muy amable espera. . . Es lindo trabajar pasión mantener el más concurrido el negocio por la comida china. Y mantener el buen trabajo! ! ! Por desgracia, es hoy en día. . . Es mi desenfado romper y contrariado. . . Restaurante cerrado ahora joven Cheng! No sé qué sucedió hacer ahora? ? ? Podría ser renovación o ido. . . Mucha gente que le encanta este restaurante para siempre. Pero este propósito cómo desilusionamos que uso favorito muy desilusionamos. . . Cómo ido o cerrado, no hay aviso de la información no es. (Qué triste perdido: reletion. . . Bastante cerrado por desaparecido o algo por reforma? ? ? Pero espero que intentarán reabrir aún mismo, volveré de nuevo. . . Espero volver abrir o ver aún desaparecido. . . Lo veremos, Guardo mis dedos cross!

Fui con mi novia en 13 de febrero después de un largo día de viaje y turismo y sinceramente puedo decir que fue la mejor comida china que hemos tenido. Teníamos dos entradas cada uno, vieiras, rollitos de primavera, costillas cantonesas, dim sum. Todo increíble y nos se burló la parcela. Para los platos principales tuve el Chow de mariscos mien eso fue deliciosa y ella tenía el curry de pollo que probablemente tenía la salsa mejor degustación que he probado!

Evita este lugar como la peste! Cometieron un error por nuestra parte con nuestra orden que nos ha aceptado totalmente y estaban dispuestos a pagar hasta el gerente groseramente interrumpido nuestra comida literalmente diciéndonos en frente de los otros clientes. Fue os dejéis embaucar y embarazoso y ha dicho todo sobre la falta de clase, profesionalidad y atención al cliente este establecimiento ostenta.

Mi restaurante favorito para comida china en Chinatown. Lo que no era saber que este iba a ser mi última comida en el restaurante antes de cerrar por lo que espero que es una renovación. Como se puede ver en mis anuncios que tuvimos que ir al mar, cuando me pareció que estaba cerrado.

Um restaurante bom, género buffet, que está quase sempre cheio. A atendimento foi feito à pressa e com um inglês muito básico e algo confuso, principalmente para estrangeiros que não estejam familiarizados com a língua, mas a comida tinha uma boa qualidade.

Este es mi comida ir lugar para comodidad chino ... Por £5,5 -6,5 libras se obtiene una porción masiva de delicioso arroz o tallarines plato además de una sopa gratis a la hora del almuerzo. Probar los fideos - uno de Laksa de los mejores que he probado en Londres! Excelente relación calidad-precio, buena comida. Una auténtica joya escondida.

Esta es una de las raras joyas en ChinaTown - si lo que quieres es comida de Wagamama, sin lujos y los precios a partir de £5 que también incluye té caliente y gratuito tonic - chino gratis de sopa en un gran plato - entonces no busques más.

Ate here with some chinese friends. Good value food, made like mama would have. Efficient staffing. Very good.

this is not 5 star glamour or service but the food is delicious hence why we have returned on every london trip. They always have people waiting for tables its quick fast but if you need help they will help a most of the signs in mandarin on the wall . dont be put off with the downstairs dining are cramped and pokey and always full its full always for a reason because you will get the best meals

An unserem letzten Tag in London suchten wir um die späte Mittagszeit eine Möglichkeit, schnell und günstig asiatisch zu Essen. Wir spazierten durch Chinatown und dieser Chinese war (im Gegensatz zu den anderen) sehr gut besucht - hauptsächlich von Menschen mit asiatischem Aussehen. Das ist es - dachten wir uns. Drinnen - nicht sehr nett - eher wie ein Imbiss - sehr voll, aber eine Dame mit rudimentären Englischkenntnissen schickte uns in den Keller - über eine schmale Treppe in einen fensterlosen kleinen Raum. Nach dem Studieren der Karte fiel uns ein Hinweis an der Wand auf - Menue mit vielen Gängen für 8 £ - und in der Karte das Gleiche für 11 Pfund inkl. Wein und Wasser. Wir waren 5 Personen und bestellten für 4 das Menu M2 (siehe Bild) - was völlig ausreichend war.Es gab wirklich alles - ne Flasche Rotwein; als Vorspeise Ente mit ner Art Pfannkuchen und als Hauptgericht Huhn, Schwein, Krabben und Rind mit Gemüse und Reis. Das Dessert haben wir uns verkniffen, denn wir waren gut satt.Service: gewöhnungsbedürftig und die Kommunikation war schwierigEssen: sehr gut - nur das Schwein traf nicht meinen GeschmackAmbiente: grausamPreis/Leistung: ausgezeichnetEmpfehlung: wenn man gut und günstig essen möchte, dann ist man hier perfekt aufgehoben.

in un locale davvero modesto. Certo l'importante è il cibo, ed è gradevole e vario davvero, ma siamo finiti in un seminterrato, che a quanto pare era la sala più grande, per la verità un po' asfissiante, in un grande tavolo tondo condiviso con altri clienti.Comunque siamo rimasti soddisfatti, il personale è veloce, anche troppo. Non accettano carte di credito.

Food is very average. When you enter the restaurant, their way of welcoming you is bu using thiser fingers to call you and point at the seat where were suppose to be sitting. Must say one way to make you remember. And why service charge??? For what??? For grumpy faces and treating you like nothing??? A lot of restaurants in chinatown needs to sort themselves in terms of service, quality and standard. Until then AVOID.

If you are looking for an elegant, formal or classy Chinese meal, or an elaborate dining experience look elsewhere - that's why we have Hakasan, Royal China and many other places.If, however, you want to taste the real simple basic Chinese food the way it is eaten in Asia, walk in, eat and go, Young Cheng is your place.The food is authentic, tasty and never fails to surprise.Service is what you would expect in a place like this, fast, not overly friendly and always reliable. Do not expect three star dining experience, as this place is not trying to deliver it.My only problem is that many dishes are not listed on the "Western" menu, so it was only after many meals there, when once eating there with an Asian friend, that I realised the place has most delicious and authentic Char kway teow as a special, but it was only advertised on the walls in Mandarin pictograms. So, talk to servers and inquire about dishes not displayed on the main menu.And get ready for quite an extraordinary and authentic if not too sophisticated experience.

FREE tea, FREE soup and very affordable food. This is the only place we go for quick single-dish meal when we're in the Chinatown. Don't judge the place by the size - it's supposed to be a "fast food" restaurant! Fast food in the sense that the food is cooked and prepared with speed and delivered to your table in no time. Food is always served very hot no compromise for the quickness. If you're a couple or go there alone expect to be seated on the ground floor. You will have to share tables with strangers. If you go with a group of 3 or more expect to be seated downstairs. It may seem a bit cramped especially in the "storage room" tables but the food and service will quickly make you forget all that.

Been here a few times now, always a very tasty meal and reasonably priced. Polite staff and traditional decor. They need a new house red wine though because the usual one they have is awful! Otherwise i'll be going again!

As china town has so many options, we looked for restaurants that were busy and frequented by oriental people as signs of quality (check and check). although the waiters are always in a hurry, service was satisfying. The crispy duck (whole) easily fed 3 people at less then 10 pounds each.

I took my daughter here for her birthday. Big mistake. Substandard food, totally overpriced for what it was.NEVER AGAIN.

The ground floor dining room is preferable to the gloomy basement, but wherever you eat in this restaurant you will be satisfied. Big menu - lots of choice. What we ate was good: crispy pork with rice, hot and sour soup, and fried rice with mushrooms duck and prawn. Around us other diners were eating what looked like apetising dishes. We will return to try some of them. Prices reasonable and service was good.

So, this is one of most authentic Chinese basic diners in Soho. Being authentic means that it is like Hong Kong - crowded, your dinner is almost thrown at you and there is no time for sweet-talk waitress service. Good food for great value, although presentation and service are not tops. Always hugely busy at 1pm, so best to come off-peak. Savvy Chinese or cognoscenti customers know you get served fast and food is delicious. I often do a budget £7 lunch here of rice and BBQ duck and char siu pork. It's a steal.

Service rut ,asking you all the time,if you finish,makes you eat in a rush.Food horrible ,when I complain,she told me that I'm in a wrong place and I shouldn't black again.NOT ACCEPTABLE !!!!!!! avoid ,waist of money

This place is authentic delicious Chinese, Steamed pork Buns amazing, BBQ pork, stunning, dim dims MMMmmmmService great, nothing else to say except GO! Thanks to the staff for being part of an amazing day

One of very few decent authentic hong kong rice plate/noodle diners in Soho. Good value/wide selection of tasty home style cooking. Always busy with mostly chinese customers. Fast and tasty, you'll struggle to spend over £8pp in this unpretentious gem.

Been coming for years and finally thought to put a review up as one of my top two in Chinatown (the other one is C&R Malaysian in Rupert court). No frills, down-to-business and quick service (like what you'd get in Hong Kong) which is my favourite kind of eating out by miles! The dishes are authentic, freshly prepared and tasty. It's very well priced. You can get a delicious mixed roast-meats on rice or hor fun noodles for 5.50. At lunch they give you a large broth soup and tea for free. One of the few places left that doesn't sneak in an "optional" surcharge of 10 to 12.5%, so I always tip. Recommended!

Over crowded, dirty tables, poor quality food & they charge £5 for a bottle of still water & 50p for a glass of tap water.

The most uncomfortable restaurant in Chinatown and service quite bad, yet very busy because the food is good, better than the old established, similar typed Wong Kei. Lunch comes with free tea and a bowl of soup. Best for a fast food-over-rice dish, eat quickly and be gone so that the next customer can squeeze in. Best dish 'deep-fried oyster over rice' : it is this dish, a full meal for 6 quid, that I return.

It was pouring with rain and we were in china town. We sat down and ordered. Suddenly the clumsy waitor just dropped the plates! They took nearly 10 MINUTES to clear it up. The food we had was burnt and it was clear it had been on a table for a long time. I am not going there again.

A huge variety of frequently stocked Chinese specialties. Great value. Clean and hygienic restaurant.

Came in and got a seat finally.Took the menu for 8.80 gbp including a soup, main dish plus a bowl of rice. Simple And good, nothing else to say!

Went here with 4 friends. Staff asked a friend how many to eat, 5 was the reply. I ended up not eating and just having a beer. They charged us for 5 meals and would not accept that I just had a beer. Even said they'd call the police! What the hell? Ridiculous and rude staff. Cannot believe that is how they dealt with a customer! At least I know not to make the mistake of walking through the door of this place ever again.

Ok, so a friend brought us here for the first time. It's not usually one of the restaurants I would choose to try without any recommendation.First of all, this restaurant is very cheap for Chinatown prices. We came on a weekday and were offered free pot of tea and a big bowl of soup each. We ate the Fuk Kin noodles, fried koay teow and rice with salted fish and aubergine. All dishes were in big portions and tasted good!!Highly recommended! You may be ask to share tables if you are seated on one of the larger tables.

Went here last night with 3 friends after quickly looking on TA for a good place to go in China Town. We went for the set menu V2 which is exceptional value at £8.80 each. This included half a crispy duck (plus pancakes et al), 4 different main dishes & more egg fried rice than you can eat. We also got some starters on top of this set menu incl chicken & sweetcorn soup, seaweed, prawn toast & spring rolls. Add in 3 beers and lots of tap water and we only spent £15 each. What a bargain. The food was good, but not exceptional hence why I haven't given a higher score. We did have a rather good table, downstairs & almost in it's own room! Service was adequate. The main course dishes let this meal down, but perhaps (as I always find) we had eaten too much of the starters & duck. I would recommend, but would not return purely because there are so many other Chinese restaurants in the area to try!

Had a lovely set meal at this restaurant. The food was excellent and we could not complain about the amount and quality.The service was adequate but far from good but this did not spoil the night and we would go again for the food

This is a well priced, busy Chinese restaurant. We had the roast duck, minced pork and aubergine, squid, pork belly. The food was nice but nothing out of the ordinary. The price however was quite cheap. Good value.

Popped in for a spot of lunch whilst on a girlie shopping trip . The dim sum was to die for and the main courses were hot and plentiful ! Great resturant at great prices with great service will defo return !!!

Went here last night with friends. Had trawled Chinatown looking for a suitable place to eat, the 'posher' restaurants were so expensive! Found a few places like Young Cheng, offering buffet meals, but this was one of the few that didn't have a 'pre-pay rule'.Extremely busy, a bit canteen like, but excellent for the money! I visited the buffet bar twice - plenty of choice and food replenished frequently. Food kept hot and area very clean.Drinks were expensive, £3.40 for a small can of Chinese beer, but such nice beer I didn't mind!Staff were friendly.All in all a throughly lovely meal and if in the area again I would go back.

We went to this very well priced buffet after a busy morning in London. The kids were starving so this was perfect as it was instant food. The staff were friendly, it was clean, and the food was good, plenty of it and lots of variety. My only complaint (and the kid's) was they didn't do pudding. But would highly recommend for a quick, reasonably priced meal. Will be visiting next time we are there!

Whenever we go to Chinatown in London, we usually have lunch at Young Cheng restaurant in Shaftesbury Avenue. The food is good, service quick and price excellent. We went there today, 4th November 2014 and they gave us free soup and tea, as soon as we sat down. I had my usual of sweet and sour chicken, with boiled rice and my wife had salty fish and egg fried rice. Total cost 12 pounds, which is pretty cheap for Central London. The place was busy, but service quick and the main course arrived as we 'd just finished the soup.

Posh it ain't but so what? I have been eating here for over 20 years and have never been disappointed. It is definitely no frills but the food is good and portions are generous.

For £8.80 each we had a set menu offer. Included was a quarter crispy duck (with pancakes etc), a big bowl of fried rice, a vegetable side dish, a sweet and sour chicken and a beef in black bean sauce. Chinese tea on the side was about 80p each.A bit salty / MSG-y, but otherwise OK, and we left feeling very full. Given the price, I was very satisfied. Customer service was a bit grim (the staff really didn't want to be there) but they were speedy and got the job done.

This marvellous "no frills" restaurant is just fab! As long as you don't mind sharing a table, you will love it. The service is lighting fast, you get a free bowl of soup and large glass of Jasmine tea as soon as you sit down. The menu is suitably comprehensive and the prices are absurdly low. What's not to like? You can get a rice dish (my favourite is crispy pork and barbecue pork combination) for just £5.I thoroughly recommend it.

I was taken there by a Chinese friend, food is genuinely Chinese and since then I've been back many times. Service was not always the best but last time the waiter literarily ignored us and was extremely rude without a reason. Will never get back again personally but food is worth it.

I'm a foodie and I'm Chinese. This is not my favourite Chinese restaurant but it is my go to restaurant. I eat here about once a week for the last 13 years. I eat here more than any other restaurant in London. The food is unsparingly authentic Hong Kong Chinese diner food, just like how you get it in a Hong Kong diner. The quality of the food (eg the roast duck) is very good at a very reasonable price. For lunch, you get free homemade soup (this is the kind of soup that no other London chinese restaurant will serve - it's the real homemade soup that my mum makes) and free Chinese tea. Service charge is not included and you don't have to tip (but I recommend it and always do). Many reviewers will complain about the unfriendly service and the cramped seating. I understand their thinking here but if you grew up in China or Hong Kong, you will not only be unbothered by this but appreciate the authenticity of the atmosphere and service. This is the kind of service you get in a Hong Kong diner. Rushed, waiters yelling across the room, plates almost thrown down on the table. They are not being rude. They are just being Hong Kong casual and trying to move fast to get you your lunch fast. If you joke with them in Cantonese, they will joke back nice and loud and you'll have a lot of fun. I love it. The most authentic and best value Chinese food in town.

Here we are back again and have to say that the quality and quantity of the food is getting worse. Still good value considering and with a bowl of free soup. Sadly is not as good as it once was. Even the other half agrees and he is Chinese.

Encontramos este restaurante callejeando por toda Chinatown con un presupuesto de menos de 12 libras. Apareció este restaurante con el cartel de Free Buffet y un precio de 8,95 libras que invitaba a entrar al local. Decidimos tras ver la variada y cara oferta de los alrededores entrar. El restaurante por dentro parece pequeño y desorganizado, pero tienen un sótano que amplia el aforo del restaurante. El ambiente general del loca es de sórdido y sucio, bastante cutre en comparación con otros locales mas caros y lujosos de la zona. La comida estaba bastante buena, recomiendo encarecidamente la salsa de cacahuetes y cualquier producto cocinado con pollo. La comida se notaba que era oriental y tenía un sabor bastante delicioso, pero es una comida que puedes encontrar en cualquier buen restaurante chino del resto de Europa. Aun así, la variedad era bastante pequeña, pocos platos y mucha cola para coger. En resumen, es un restaurante chino normal con un sabor bastante bueno pero pequeño y con una decoración pésima. Por el precio del buffet no puedes esperar mas de la poca variedad que tiene pero lo recomiendo a la gente que tenga poco presupuesto en su visita a Chinatown. Si tu bolsillo te permite otras opciones mas atractivas, te recomiendo que no visites este lugar

Great Chinese restaurant! Very authentic dishes (dry the pork & rice), incredible value - especially given the location.

Young Cheng on Shaftesbury Avenue is my go to Chinese fast food if I'm in the area. I think it's great value for money. The food is tasty and the portions generous. However, don't expect great service. The waiting staff always look a bit hurried and harassed. I had a quick late lunch today of special fried noodles and my companion roast duck Lao mein. Free Chinese tea before 3pm so the bill came to just a little over £10, what more do you want?

I have written another view for here with positiveness. However recent reviews have noticed some deterioration. Today (18th June) i had a wonderful meal, great value, no rush to finish, free soup and tea. No deterioration noticed at all. I suggested in another review, that the male waiter needed a break and hopefully he has listened, he was not there today! All the other waiting staff were fine, yes they could of smiled a bit more, but overall the food was excellent

Young Cheng has quite a few other branches in Chinatown - this review is of the one in Shaftesbury Avenue. It is not the branch in Wardour St with the buffet nor the original one in Lisle Street. This restaurant has a Malaysian Chinese twist - hence you get really tasty Laksa Noodles for instance - look to the back of the a la carte for Malaysian dishes. The place is well known for its very good value rice plus roast meats - roast pork, char siew pork, roast duck, soya chicken etc. You get a really tasty ginger sauce with the chicken which is not to be missed. If you go at lunch time you get a complimentary soup of the day - If you havent had it before do not be put off by how unpromising it looks. It is delicious from the stock & stuff from a real kitchen. Most dishes are around £5-6 which is amazing value. The food is good. I have been coming to YC for more than 10 years so I hate to say that the service which could so easily be a warm Malaysian welcome has more and more become a sour & impolite grunt - its a great pity. Thankfully the food is still good so if you come, ignore the service , order, eat, pay & leave. Just follow this simple plan and you will be OK ! If you found this review helpful - thanks for the vote !

Excellent food, excellent price for all you can eat buffet and excellent service very friendly, no frills restaurant hence cheap prices, and fresh food was being put out regularly making sure the food was fresh

I've been coming to this restaurant for years - introduced many friends to it, and have been thanked for the recommendation. It always used to be great value - huge portions of good "home-style" food, massive menu, friendly, quick service. Even my mother (a Hong Kong Chinese born woman of an age where criticism comes quick and fast!) loved it.Unfortunately, on my last two visits, all this has changed. The service was so slow we had to ask for every bit of attention - the waitresses (we seemed to be using 3 different ones) were all distracted and not in the mood for working. Three of us had 2 courses each, with 2 of these having to go back as they were FRIDGE cold in parts (no, they weren't supposed to be). The food (even the hot stuff) just wasn't up to what I expect from Young Cheung. I've never expected a fancy dining experience from this place, but (based on previousy experience) I do expect a no-frills, honest Chinese grub, lots of it, and quick service with a smile.I suspect there's been a change in management and staff morale (both front of house and back) has gone down the pan. I really hope this is a temporary thing, as this was my default, quick, tasty eats venue for central London. Such a shame.I really hope they manage to pull it back and can take notice of this friendly advice to pull their fingers out!

Came across this by chance and not through recommendation or reputation. It is small but there are more tables in the basement. It was very busy mainly with Chinese people which is always a good sign in Chinatown given the choice. We were ushered to a table for two but beware: you could be sat with strangers if space is limited which is most of the time. It is very cramped. It is not pretty. It is busy and noisy. There are no frills. It is a busy establishment with a quick turnover. People walk in but if there are no tables they are brusquely ushered out and told to wait on the pavement till called. People simply shrugged and did precisely that so clearly they wanted a piece of the action irrespective. Still they did not have to wait long.No sooner had we sat down than two large bowls of thin soup were placed before us. These contained mainly vegetables but also tiny morsels of meat. It was tasty. A beaker of green tea was also brought and this is free. A set menu states that for £8.80 you get a bowl of soup, a main course and a bowl of rice so we thought we were on the fixed menu and ordered one main course each but as another reviewer has said, as we did not specify the set menu we got the "a la carte" for want of a better phrase, as such a term has no place here. Thank goodness. We were served an enormous bowl of sweet and sour chicken and an equally enormous bowl of crispy spicy shredded beef, accompanied by yet another enormous bowl this one containing boiled rice. The dishes were tasty and although we did our best to finish them we were beaten. For two, our bill was under £20 with change to spare, sufficient for a reasonable tip.It is true that service is not happy and smiling nor is it particularly polite or courteous but it is not rude. That is the ambience of the place. It is full of local Chinese people I suspect who are interested only in a cheap but tasty meal and the food and surroundings are no doubt similar to what they get in the old country. It is a cafe more than a restaurant, maybe the equivalent of a greasy spoon but the food is better than that. The majority of tourists will probably not consider contemplating going in because of its appearance but the more adventurous tourist who can spot a good thing anywhere in the world will walk in, as we did and a few other non- Chinese.Go in and enjoy reasonable food at good value and forget about the other peripheral non essential requirements you may expect from a more upmarket eating house. That way you will better enjoy the experience.

Have been using this place for years and visit about every month. The food is excellent and have never had a bad meal here. On one visit a Chinese man i was sitting next to said that it is very well known and respected for its roast meats within the Chinese community. Yes the staff are not always cheery, some of the female staff can smile, but the male staff member is so miserable, and i sometimes wonder if he needs a holiday or counselling! Joking aside it is well worth a visit, full of Chinese people (which is always a good sign) and i feel frustrated when tourists by pass it, and instead go to another eatery moments away for a buffet, which i cant believe is as good!

For decades they have been there, delivering no-frill, quick and fragant chinese dishes for all kinds of people looking for the original fare. Expect great value for money!

The food was good and a good price, but the waitress who served us was very unpleasant. She was looking to anywhere when we were talking to her to command or ask something and she forgot to serve the forks and the dishes.

I've been here numerous times since I first came with my mum when I was a kid. The food is good and reasonably priced, plus you get a free bowl of soup!It's very cramp though and you sometimes have to share a table with complete strangers when its busy, even if you're with friends. If you can, try to get a seat downstairs.

Main came out cold about a minute after having ordered. Never mind that I had ordered a starter! When I politely asked that I had also ordered a starter and would have liked that first, the rude waitress just said 'you ordered the starter after the main meal!' Yes, I probably had, but she took the order whole order in one go, so why bring the main before? It was obviously already sitting in the kitchen before we even entered the restaurant. She reluctantly took the plate back to the kitchen and soon came out the starter. Very average, tasted like I had got it from the supermarket. Another waitress reassured us and said the main meal would come out again after the starters. Not a second later, the first waitress brought the main out again before we had finished eating the starter. I explained that her colleague had told us we could finish the starter first. She gave me a really dirty look and refused to take it back to the kitchen. I gave up at that point. Unsurprisingly, the food was cold and rice was dry, so that was left on the plate. The other main meal we were expecting only came out half an hour after the first had been eaten, so they couldn't even get the timing right. No apology, no recognition of what restaurant service should be! I have never seen anything like it. Really annoyed to have gone into this place when there are so many others in Chinatown. I suggest going into Mr Kong next door. Really good food and never had any problems with the service. That's actually where I was heading, but made a really bad decision to try this one out. It isn't cheap, prices are average, so I expect to be treated with respect as someone who has chosen to spend my money there. I had to ask for the bill about 4 times before I got it. They really don't care about the customers and don't even try to hide this. From the way they just whack the food on the table like it's worthless, to the way they look at you when you question when something isn't right. The only positive thing I can take out if going there is that I now know the name and definitely will not be going back! Would advise others to go anywhere else but here. If I could advise the restaurant owner, it would be to teach their staff some good customer service. I can accept average food in a restaurant, but here it was the shockingly bad attitude I couldn't swallow!

in a day like today, I would say i was very lucky to find this little Chinese restaurant were the food was very good. We ordered several mains and of course we ordered half duck. Duck was superb. The other meals were ok. Service was pretty good and fast. the restaurant is really nothing special ( we also ended up in a little corner of the basement) but prices were convenient (we paid 15 pounds for a main plus a drink).I would definitely recommend the crispy duck!

First went here back in the 1990's as it was famous amongst London's Taiwanese student community as a good value restaurant for roast duck / pork / chicken with rice. I went there recently and the portions were just as large and served with a free soup and tea. The other dishes ordered though vere very oily and average. Will continue to visit, but just for the duck. The best time to go is early lunch or early dinner when the freshly cooked meats are first hung in the window.

Called in here after a show one evening. Admittedly it was quite late but the place was still busy so we thought we'd give it a go. Wish we hadn't bothered. Staff were rude and unpleasant, no friendly greetings just "what do you want" and "you need to order now, we are closing". Food was also sub standard. All in all a truly awful meal/experience.

After Les Mis ( WOW ) , we went to China town, 5 secs walk ! We wanted dim sum with our meal as never had before. We walked around and found this place before the show, it was packed and most people appeared to locals. The staff were polite and attentive. We ordered crispy duck to start, epic no complaints. Then we had a selection of dim sum: crispy squid, crab and prawn, and spicy vegetable, it was hot and very tasty.As we were still hungry we ordered beef chow mein to share, again hot, and utterly delicious.The meal came to £44 with beers.Superb meal, attentive staff, good price and delicious food.Thank-you.

We returned to our regular chinese restaurant as we always do when we in London. This time we were served complementary soup with a glass of chinese tea.Served our mains, forgot what my partner ordered (sorry) but i had my usual cha sou and crispy pork. The portion was larger than my previous lone visit.Overall still very good value for what you get and the food is delicious.We noticed the chilli seems to have been changed as it tasted different, but it didn't stop us putting it on our food.

This Young Cheng in Shaftsbury Ave is not a buffet resturant like some reviews are claiming and it does not serve dim sum clearly they've written it in the wrong Resturant. This is a little place with some seating on ground level and a few more in the basement. Be prepared to share tables, this place is great for BBQ meats, pork, duck and soya chicken, great value for money too. Enjoy

Similar to the small restaurants/coffee shops that you find in Asia and mainly Hong Kong where you get seated at any available seat.Have always used this restaurant whenever in London as it is good hot food and a plate typically costs an average of £5/6 including chinese tea. My partner who is also Chinese loves this place when he feels homesick.My favourite dish is crispy pork and cha siu with rice. However of late i am finding the service of food hit and miss and in that when i am there on my own at lunch, my portion seems smaller to other asian diners and when there is free soup being served at lunch, on two occasions i have never received it and yet is given only to asian diners and other caucasian customers were looking around to find out why they were not given the soup.This occasion with my asian partner, we both received soup and also a bigger portion. We also love the chilli that you can add to the food subject to taste. On this occasion we both felt that they have changed the chilli being served as it is not as nice as when we were both there last time.I hope sincerely that they are not discriminating with the ethnicity of it's customers and will keep you posted on my future visit's.

Traditional Chinese dishes of steam fish, fried fresh vegetables, sweat & sour shrimp in very good cooked. The quality was good as a meal at home town...nice & helpful waiters in a traditional manner...

接客の態度の悪さは最低。だけど小龍包や春巻き、チャーハン、スープすべて美味しかったです。さらに安い！

I've tried many but this is definitely the best. Full of local Chinese and the food is fresh. You can tell because the vegetables are still crunchy and the prawns not over cooked. But it's a functional place, don't go here for a romantic dinner.Try the salted squid and ask for vegetables in garlic sauce. They are not on the menu. It's amazing.

羊城小馆在伦敦唐人街的街面上，斜对面就是看歌剧悲惨世界的剧院。因为是一个人，且热爱河粉，所以点了牛腩河粉和耗油菜心一份，两道菜的份量都很足，特别是牛腩粉里的牛腩，给足小半碗，且牛肉炖得很入味，甜咸适中。青菜一般，份量足，但有些老。如果只叫河粉，6、7英镑就可搞定，点炒菜就有些贵了，对于穷游来说。

Visited here last night. Very small selection of food. None of the food is labelled so who knows what was being served. Some chicken meat was cooked well, others had traces of blood. Most of the food I had was overcooked. It was less than £6 for the buffet and is open quite late. Also be prepared to pay for tap water if you request that. Not a bad place to fill yourself up for a few quid but expect low quality food.

40 years ago while living in London for 3 years, this was my favorite Chinese restaurant. At that time, it was called The Good Friend. Although the name has changed, the ambiance and quality of the food remains excellent. The chef still cooks many of the soup noodle dishes in view of the customers in the store front window. My favorites are the shrimp dumpling soup and the lemon chicken. The cusine may not be haute or fusion, but it is authentic. As the numerous asian customers present verifies. Also the prices are very reasonable for London. They also give a free beef broth soup with most dishes.

when there are more than half of the customers are of the same ethnicity as the food. Really tasty, well priced food - large portions which is excellent - bear in mind when ordering. mmmm mmmm - will definitely go back!

Went here twice with friends. The food are quite tasty. The price are standard. The staffs are attentive. Service not bad. Would recommend if looking for Chinese food with good service at this area.

The forty-ish looking "chief waiter" working on the ground floor is such a unpleasant man, no smile,no greetings, very rude. "What do you want" is the only thing you would hear from him, nothing more nothing less. I plugged my iPhone charger on the wall, first second he saw it, he came to me immediately and went: you are not allowed to plug your charger here, unplug it now! I have never seen anyone so rude like him!Will never come back here!

We entered ther because of the menu... and ordered without noticing that the bowls were that big... the dim sums.. were dilicious.. and the noddle soup with duck and vegetables.. was impressive... the thing is we ordered two different kind of soups.. and we couldn't finish none of it..

We visited Young Cheng after a recommendation. We visited on a Wednesday lunchtime and were somewhat taken aback to be served soup and a drink almost immediately upon arrival, without having ordered it and without any explanation. We subsequently discovered that it was complementary! The soup was good. We ordered a few dishes (sweet & sour chicken, chilli beef, fried noodles with beef and egg fried rice) and the food was good. Not the best we've had in this area of town but better than average. The prices were very reasonable. The service was quite abrupt and not as friendly as we usually expect. I probably won't rush back.

I have been to this restaurant a couple of times, but probably never again. The food isn't too bad. Very nice crispy duck, and reasonable quality chicken and beef used in other main dishes, which is not always a given in Chinatown. Perhaps the best recommendation is that 80% of the diners present are Chinese. So why only 2 stars I hear you ask? Because they sat me next to the bar upstairs where there was the continual clattering of china as plates and bowls are unceremoniously dumped by a sink for washing. I don't mean occasionally, but continually with no regard for any customers sitting nearby. I actually started to get a headache it was so loud. The service is also quite surly, although I don't hold this against them, and is pretty much the norm in the area. If you do dine here either sit downstairs, or at the front area upstairs well away from the bar.

I had dinner there last evening and both dim sums and noodles were excellent. My problem was I ordered too much food and they didn't tell me dishes were that big and could be easily shared, so now you know for next time.

My friend and I always go there when we are homesick. There are hundreds of Chinese restaurants in China Town but Young Cheng is our favorite. The food has good flavor. The price is affordable. And the portion is big! If you go there for lunch, they provide free soup and tea! Strongly recommend Dry fry rice noodles with beef. You get a lot of beef in this dish! Yummy~

Ενα καλό εστιατόριο μπουφές στην Κινέζικη συνοικία,καλομαγειρεμένο Κινέζικο φαγητό,μπορείτε να βάλετε στο πιάτο σας οσο θέλετε αρκεί να το καταναλώσετε,επίσης μπορείτε να ξαναγεμίσετε το πιάτο σας οσες φορές θέλετε.Η τιμή δεν περιλαμβάνει ποτό,αναψυκτικό.Τα φαγητά ανανεώνονται συνεχώς και εχει αρκετή ποικιλία.Ατμόσφαιρα απλή,λίγο στριμωγμένα τα τραπέζια το προσωπικό ευγενικό και γελαστό.Τό τσίλι που υπάρχει στο τραπέζι χρησιμοποιήστε το με φιδώ καίει σα διαόλος,εκτός αν αντέχετε τα πολύ καφτερά. Serart

Ate here early evening. It's by far the most revolting Chinese food I've ever tasted. The corn kernels soup tasted like dirty dish water. I wouldn't be surprised if the Chinese beer had been watered down- the prawns dish had an odd flavour so didn't didn't finish it. Service surly ( surlier than the norm for Chinese restaurants in Chinatown). Staff kept bumping against our chairs. Had to sit in sub zero temperatures (it was the coldest week of the year in London) because staff couldn't be bothered to shut the door after each customer entered. A very unpleasant experience and a total waste of money, even though it was cheap. I've eaten in all sorts of restaurants offering meals at all prices and have never before eaten such poorly cooked and presented food (except for one occasion when I went to a Thai restaurant last year which fortunately has breathed its last).

very happy with our dinner that night. food was hot, delicious and cooked with care. the service was good, but i wont say fantastic, the lady on the front was nice as we were .10 pents short instead of having to pay with a 50 note. they had a very large range of food and since our previous night of chinese was a little daunting it was great to step back into the reality of good chinese cuisine. will definitely return!

For those with long memories the Wong Kei is etched on our minds- a place that stood out as authentic; taking no prisoners in its approach (no service given, no service charge expected but vey good value food). This mantle has now passed to Young Cheng. You get a bowl of scary looking soup/stock without asking but persevere as the flavour is good even if large mutton bones look scary. Very good single plates with all Cantonese and Malaysian favourites for around £5.30 including tea and soup. Not to be missed and I recognise - 30 years on - some of those knowing faces from the Wong Kei, here now.

8 of us went here on a Saturday night with no booking and only had to wait 2 minutes for a table! Food was delicious with a fast service and very polite waitress! Considering the location it was very good value and we didn't feel rushed at all! I would recommend and will certainly be back again!

I've been going to Young cheng for over 10 yearsthe ice lemon tea is the besti always order duck/crispy pork and rice its the bestand i've eaten many other dishes there as wellthe portions are goodthe rice is always fresh and so is the foodthe only problem is the waiter and waitress are so miserablethey dont pour the tea they just put it on the tablethey take your order sounding so cold and miserable once you finish your meal they hand you the billtheir racist and cold towards their own i seem to findif your a westerner you may get your tea poured and some customer servicebut if your chinese or oriental you can forget iteverytime i go there their always cold and rude and no customer servicethere used to be some friendly waitresses working there who would be nice and give me free ice lemon tea because ive been a loyal regular but now all the nice people have goneif you go there look out for a really short guy he is miserable and rudethe waitresses there are the samei choose to go here because the food is the best in chinatown and if it wasnt for that i would have stopped eating here a long time agoi recommend the duck/crispy pork and riceor soya chicken/duck riceor belly pork and rice

This resturaunt is disgusting!!!!!! The chicken was pink inside, and fatty.The noodles were greasy.The rice was very salty.And the service, well that was as bad as the chicken. We left all of our mains and didn't get asked what wa wrong just handed a bill.A 10% service charge is made however they hand you a bill with one final number and do not break it down like any other resturaunt in the uk. My advice go elsewhere as there are many other resturaunts in Chinatown where you will get better service, and isn't that what you pay for A GOOD SERVICE? Disgusted!!!

メニューにみつからなかったのですが、クリスピーポーク（＆BBQポークをつけることも可）プラスベジタブルオンザライスとオーダーすると入口脇のカウンターでさささっと作ってくれます。結構な量のごはんの上にカリッとしたコロモのポークと数本の茹でた野菜。これがとっても美味しい（し、結構なお客がこれを注文している）。ドリンク付けて、￡7-位。サービス料は勝手に上乗せされてきません。大抵、１人で行って、ささっと食べて（相席になること多いです）、ささっと出るのですが、１回だけ３人で訪ねて１品料理を数個とってみたことがあるのですが、特にわさわさせずに楽しめました。結構どれもボリュームがあります。ワンケイよりは清潔度がやや上がるので、ワンケイはちょっと無理、でも、早くて安くて美味しい店（寛ぐ店ではないですけど）が良ければ、こちらがいいと思います。

Went into Young Cheng today and ordered half crispy pork half barbeque pork, for which the guy taking my order didn't understand. Then my brother tried to make them understand by saying it in Chinese (we're not chinese) and they didn't understand, THEN the waiter literally rolled his eyes and sighed and made a face. It's not our fault he doesn't understand English. I made a gesture showing that it's half and half... he didn't understand. My brother said '1 portion crispy pork 1 portion bbq pork on 1 dish'... he didn't understand. So we paused while we thought of what to say...which prompted more eye rolling and sighing. Then the waiter said in an irritated tone to me 'You said half and (pointing at my brother) you said 1 portion so which one is it?' So we said half and finally he understood. By now we were quite angry but it's not worth a fight so we took the food but swore we'll never come back here again.I've been to a lot of 'horrible' restaurants where you wait 1 hour with no food, and bad service etc. but NEVER had a waiter roll eyes, made a face, and sigh multiple times. This is LITERALLY THE WORST SERVICE I'VE EVER SEEN ANYWHERE, not just in restaurants.In terms of food, the pork had a bad smell to it. It wasn't that cheap. The atmosphere was horrible, like eating in someone's shabby dining room. Will never be back.

great value nice food with helpful yet unintrusive staff. I am in a wheelchair and was offered help in. Highly recommended

Cuando estás por Chinatown puede ser difícil elegir un restaurante determinado. La oferta es grande, hay luces por todos lados, mucha gente alrededor...algunos acaban cayendo en la trampa de los buffet "all you can eat", tragando desde sucedáneos occidentalizados de comida china hasta patatas fritas. Una forma de decidir el local es ver si dentro hay asiáticos comiendo, en particular si van sin bolsas ni mochilas (más probable que sean de la zona y vayan habitualmente a comer allí).El Young Cheng cumple estos requisitos. Y no defrauda. La comida está impresionante, las cantidades son generosas (cuesta acabar los menús), y el precio es muy razonable, mucho mejor que en las calles centrales de Chinatown, donde un menú degustación no suele bajar de 15 libras por cabeza y aquí cuesta 8'8. Los camareros son un poco secos pero el sabor de la comida lo compensa, notas que no son versiones.Aunque parezca que el restaurante es pequeño y está lleno, tienen un comedor en el sótano, donde está la cocina y el baño, limpios los dos, cosa que da más tranquilidad al elegir este restaurante (como al entrar al baño y ver al cocinero lavándose las manos, que hay sitios que los ves ir a mear y volver directamente a la cocina). Si estáis en la zona, no lo dudéis.

A must visit place every time I'm in London. Almost always the same first order. Won ton soup, roast pork with rice and tea. All excellent at terrific prices, especially for central London.I prefer to visit at lunch time as in the evenings food quality seems to suffer a bit.Whichever time you go, though, the waitresses will be talking non-stop and at least two of them will be eating. Great stuff.

non scrivo punteggio pieno soltanto perchè il servizio e la presentazione del cibo sono mirate all'essenzialità ed alla concretezza. Il cibo è ottimo ed i prezzi ragionevoli. E' difficle mangiare così bene a questo prezzo nel core del west end londinese.

Was taken by a Chinese friend and slightly unsure when first went in as it reminded me more of a cafe than a restaurant. But the food was fantastic and could see why the majority of the people eating there were Chinese. We had the set meal for 1 or more on the seperate menu which meant we chose a soup, a main course each and had plain boiled rice. The soup was delicious. The main dishes were big and had a big bowl of rice they kept refilling. With a pot of Chinese tea that they kept refilling cost us less than £10 each and left feeling full and satisfied and having ate genuine tasty Chinese cuisine that many of the cheap buffets nearby fail to deliver.

We had spent about an hour walking around the Chinatown/Soho area looking for a nice meal, there was just too much choice! Stood deciding what to do outside the restaurant, a passer by tells us he's been eating here for years and it is an excellent restaurant and reasonably priced - we decided to take his reccommendation and give it a go.... wish we hadn't now! We were taken downstairs to a table and given a menu. The downstairs was pretty filthy looking and we could hear the chefs shouting through the kitchen door. I went to use the toilet, which was also fairly unclean and very cramped. We both decided to order our favourite Chinese food, Crispy Pork Rice. I decided to go for the Crispy Pork + Roast Pork combo. We also thought we'd try out the ribs and went for the Salt and Pepper ones. The price was very reasonable, under £6 per dish. Probably a bit too reasionable! We also ordered a beer each to wash it down with.The Rice arrived very quickly, before the starter. Tucking in, we realised the meat was COLD. Only heated by the warm rice underneath. We ate it anyway as we were hungry, didn't want to make a fuss and there was a lacking of service. I wondered if this was the way Chinese people actually liked the food as it seemed busy and popular. The ribs were deep fried, very tough and the batter was not nice. I was sort of enjoying the rice part of the meal until I found some rather dodgy looking mystery staining in the middle of it..... not sure what it was but didn't look too good. I nibbled the 'crispy' part of the Pork but was feeling rather sick after 5 minutes. My partner commented that he felt like it was going to give him food poisoning. I agreed.We couldn't wait to leave! When we got the bill which we reluctantly paid £23 for,we told the waitress that we weren't happy with the food and that it was cold. We were actually told that they leave the pork hanging around in the kitchen until someone orders it, then it is just chucked on some rice with some sauce - apparently if we had wanted it warm, we would have to ask for it to be microwaved! I would never go back there and would certainly recommend you avoid unless all you want is a cheap, crappy meal. Almost certainly the worst Chinese food either of us have ever eaten! I had serious heartburn and a stabbing pain in my stomach for 3 days after eating here. Maybe we just made a bad choice in food but I wouldn't be willing to give it another go.

Young Cheng is a popular Chinese 'greasy spoon' in China Town. Don't expect silver service as this is a typical Chinese fast-food place where you order a one-dish meal, eat up and then go. Service is fast and efficient and the food is good quality and fresh. The price is very reasonable too.It's location makes it the ideal place to drop by if you need a quick meal and you're in the centre of town.Their BBQ dishes, e.g. crispy pork, char sui, roast duck or soya chicken are always good.You can come on your own or with a small group of friends.

Having just been to NY and had a very poor meal in the highly rated Wo Hop, it was good to get back to London and some proper Cantonese food. Melt in the mouth crispy belly pork, and succulent roast duck. Light sauces, fresh tasting ingredients that can be individually recognised. Mixed seafood with fried noodles was excellent. Has the glass top tables and bustle of a lot of Chinatown restaurants, but if good quality food is your priority, you won't be disappointed.

i felt absolutely like i was in Tsimshatsui in Hongkong. it was an authentic, family run cantonese restaurant with excellent food and a massive menu at a decent price.

I've been coming here for about 10 years now. Usually have one of about four dishes: pork (bbq or crispy) and rice (ask for the ginger "relish"); dry beef ho fun; prawn dumpling noodle soup; laksa soup. All of which are reasonably priced and very tasty. Don't take your other half here for a romantic dinner - it can get quite hectic and cramped as well as being a bit basic. The ice lemon tea is very cooling on a hot day.

They have a very yummy crispy aromatic duck, duck soup and other delicious dishes, OK, service and deco could be better, but the food is gret and prices are reasonable. Try the lunch specials or the set dinners. Hmmmh!

Stunningly authentic HK-style Chinese food at very down to earth prices. The deco and service is nothing to write home about but the food is stunning. If you're a party of 3 or more, try the special set dinners - you get great value for money that way.