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3266 Opinions in 5 websites
This was a lovely restaurant, very busy at 6:30 pm on a Wednesday evening and I would certainly recommend booking. The waitress looking after us was really helpful however there are two negatives to this restaurant that I feel worth pointing out to make other diners aware. 1. They advertise having a happy hour both outside the restaurant and on the front of the menu that they give you when you sit down at your table. However, if you are a diner happy hour doesn’t apply to you, you can only access the happy hour if you are not eating and are sitting at the bar which just felt a little wrong as we were paying full price for our drinks, when are sat at the bar weren’t and we were pre-booked and sitting and spending a lot of money in their restaurant, I feel they could be a little bit more accommodating with this. 2. They offer a number of set menus both for lunchtime pre-theatre and a full tasting experience however none of these actually cater for a vegetarian. There is a selection of vegetarian dishes on the menu which were actually really nice. It would just be a little nicer if you were also able to do the tasting that menu experience as a vegetarian. Apart from those two issues we really enjoyed the food and would probably go back again just a little bit disappointing that they were aware of these issues as they told us other other diners had raised them but hadn’t done anything about it .

77 Opinions in 1 websites
Arrived on a Saturday afternoon and needed sustenance on a bitterly cold day. We ordered ramen noodles, which arrived promptly. I was hoping that they would be piping hot, but they weren’t. Perhaps the bowls needed warming? Looked fine, although the ramen bowls were unusually shallow. The two shiitake mushrooms on top were dry mushrooms, which seem to have been dropped in at the last moment. I had to spit it out as soon as I put one in my mouth. Rubbery and completely inedible. The tip is to soak dry mushrooms before use, which was not the case here. Asked for jasmine tea, which arrived in a teapot and was lovely. I would have the jasmine tea again, but the ramen noodles - no thank you. Drank all the tea and ate half the ramen.

20 Opinions in 1 websites
We were in london unannounced and looking for a place to eat. I remember topjaw reviewing this and the noodles that everyone was raving about. I can only assume it’s changed ownership or given up! Firstly we were shown up a small staircase to a dirty looking room. The staff all sat around eating off one table whilst the others remain dirty, uncleared and with strange stains. One poor lad with limited English was running around the three tables taking orders from 3 different menus, rushing off mid sentence and returning later. When the food did arrive, it was inevitably wrong and quite nasty. All three tables got some fried rice dish. The rice was old, it was full of some kind of over cooked pork and was super spicy. We also all got some weird fried dumpling that was swimming in oil and had pork again in the middle. None of the tables had ordered anything of the like, and it quickly descended into farce. The poor lad didn’t know who had ordered what and from where, so in the end just gave up and said “pay what you want”. We felt sorry and paid for the items he had brought. At no stage did any of the other staff offer to help him, just sat there on their phones eating skewers and dropping the sticks on the floor. I can’t say anything positive I’m afraid. It didn’t look clean, service was awful and the food inedible.

1507 Opinions in 2 websites
First time eating here thinking it was authentic Hong Kong style cooking, but not only it was not and dishes were quite small. Why the one star rating is because at the end when the bill came, they automatically added a 10% service charge which was no where printed on their menu or advised to us beforehand. On top of this, they also rounded up each dish to the nearest quid. So if it was 13.80 quid, they charged 14 quid. Well we had 4 dishes so that is 80 pence extra they charged. This is dishonest practice imo. We had the roast duck and soya chicken on rice and it was pathetically small with no skin on the chicken as it should have and only 4 very tiny pieces of each for 13 quid they charged iso 12.80. Bubble tea was 5.50 quid and the tea tasted very diluted and did not have any resemblance in taste to an authentic Hong Kong style tea should. At the end I refused to pay the 10% service charge that they wanted to charge due to their dishonest practices. Rounding up each item in price is not right either. I would never recommend CAFE PTP.

532 Opinions in 1 websites
Buscando una auténtica laska decidí probar aquí después del ballet y quedé encantada. El personal era muy amable y acogedor (parece ser de gestión familiar) , se tomaron el tiempo para explicar los otros platos que los comensales estaban comiendo, pero decidí ir por la laska de Singapur y no me decepcionó. Estaba sabroso, caliente, tenía una buena patada de chile y estaba lleno del tofu más delicioso que he comido, junto con pollo y gambas frescas. El restaurante estaba bastante vacío y no me apresuraron para que pudiera relajarme con mi libro después de mi comida. Cuando salía de una cola comencé a formarme, llegué a charlar con aquellos que estaban en la cola y que eran habituales y no podían creer que fuera mi primera vez allí. Sin duda volveré ❤️.

171 Opinions in 1 websites
We came here for a birthday and it was a bit of a mixed experience. Service was very average and it took a long time for them to even take our order - which was for hotpot. It then took ages for the soup base to arrive and the ingredient dishes to follow. One was missing and so we then had to chase that one. The air conditioning wasn't working well and so two of our party got a free facial all night long! We also ordered a thai dish which took again took ages and when we chased that up, it came straight away but was cold and congealed. We sent it back (with no issues) and a new dish came out, which was excellent. I really want to like this place and might give it one more go.

141 Opinions in 2 websites
Por desgracia no puedo hablar de la buena porque nunca llegamos! Nos fuimos después de una larga espera y nos gritó para decidir hacerlo, a pesar de que se deje claro que pagar por nuestras bebidas y aperitivos (a pesar de que no llega). Muy embarazoso en medio del restaurante. Experiencia horrible y me sha no volveremos.