The best restaurants serving Chinese food in Marylebone High Street City of London, Westminster London

I love Chongqing noodles so Liu Xiaomian was definitely up my alley which I have been meaning to go. It is a hidden noodle bar located inside a pub which I got confused with noodle and beer. The location isn't exactly appealing because there are no other eateries or shops nearby. When you arrive, you are greeted with a pub situated in a mew, as you enter you will know you are in the right place as you hit with the aromatic smell of Sichuan spices. To get to the noodle bar, you go down the stairs where it is self service and you order at the kitchen. The simplicity of the menu was good as there are only a few noodles to choose from: Hot and Sour or Chonging style and snacks. What I liked about Liu Xiaomian is that they offer the chilli on the side so that anyway who can't eat spicy food can appreciate it. Here is what we had: Chongqing noodles with minced pork with chickpeas, Hot and Sour potato noodles and Ice Jelly in Brown sugar. Chongqing noodles: It was my first time trying non spicy Chongqing noodles thanks to the chilli on the side option. The non spicy version was surprisingly nice as you get to appreciate it differently and the broth tasted like pork trotters in red fermented beancurd. Adding the chilli made them even moreish which is how they are meant to taste like but I was in control of how spicy it was which was good. Some places use peas/mushy peas instead of chickpeas, personally I like peas as I am English. Hot and Sour potato noodles: Personally I can't stand potato noodles because of the annoying texture but it was the first time I enjoyed the broth because it was a nice black vinegar they used and the spiciness was just right. The texture of potato noodles are like soft elastic jelly which are annoying to eat. It would be good if they let you choose the other noodles instead. Ice Jelly in Brown sugar: This was a refreshing dessert but more like a soup as you get bits of clear jelly floating in a brown sugar soup with raisins and some sort of edible flowers. As I was really impressed, I plan to visit the Carnaby branch as there are some exclusive items there.

Had relatively high hopes walking in, service was good and also prices for the dim sum dishes were fine. Ordered like 4 or 5 dim sum options for around 7£ each, I was thinking I may come here more often. Then the waiter was like do you want any vegetables and I was like yeah, some bok choi would be great please. So the food came and the rice Congee was good, the Bok Choi was good, the waiters were good, but the dumplings were quite average, below average and same as the beef Cheung, which was kind of supposed to be the highlight. I’ve dined at 1000+ Chinese restaurants and had dim sum all my life. This was below average apart from the rice and vegetables. At this point I was like this an ok restaurant, not sure if I’ll come again but it’s like alright… so the bill came and it was more than I expected, the other dishes were all 7£ but the bok choi was 20£. I asked if there was a manager around and he was like I am the manager. And I was like? Why did you give me the most expensive vegetable, I told him I saw bok choi for 7£ on another menu and he was like, that’s for the raw bok choi, we gave you the cooked one. And I was like well I was looking for just a cheap side of vegetables, some notice would’ve been nice, you mind taking off 10£? And he was just like na. And I was a bit like ok I’ll pay but it’s not great business. He was like I don’t mind at all, gave me very I don’t care vibes, just want that extra 10£. I was like you know I was interested in coming here possibly more often, I’m on Baker St a lot, I live around the area, this is just bad business and I’m looking for a good place for the occasional dim sum. And he was just like ‘I don’t care’. Was a bit strange, I said I wouldn’t write a great review and would’ve loved to come more often if he’d just been a bit more honest with the vegetable pricing, but the manager was very like, I don’t need you to be happy to make this business successful, so best of luck to him, I will be looking for other good Chinese restaurants.

Delicious food and good quality products. The atmosphere is also nice for a lunch or dinner out

I don’t write reviews often but I will for this restaurant. I have never had a bad meal from Sun chuen, the food gets delivered very quickly and it is always piping hot… I can not fault them Staff friendly always allow me to adapt my order, delivery drivers are always polite and happy to meet you. I havent used another local chinese restaurant since my first order with these guys. 😊

We booked for a friend's special birthday dinner, having traveled to London for the weekend to celebrate. We were a table of four booked at 7:45 and the confirmation email said we had the table for 2hours. In reality as Selfridges closes at 9pm we had a little over an hour. Unfortunately no one told us this until we were delivered our bill while we were eating our desserts at 8:45. This was after our dessert order was taken while we were halfway through our mains and our desserts bring brought to our table while my friend, who’s birthday it was, was still eating her main meal! I did contact Adesse after the event to express our dissatisfaction but have been given a half apology and the offer of desserts and drinks on a return trip. Not really much use to me after a rushed and therefore ruined celebration and for a non-local. I was also told I should have said something at the time. I would of, if only we hadn’t been ushered out practically while we were still eating desserts and finishing the one round of drinks we managed to order. I’m surprised someone didn’t offer to doggy bag the lot for us just to get rid.

This restaurant serves good quality food with a relaxing atmosphere. Service is good. You will have full confidence that your guests will feel delighted if you invited them to there.

We saw a dead mouse at the entrance of the restaurant while leaving, food didn’t taste fresh at all - staff was super rude and restaurant is super noisy with its AC