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.

Average taste and overpriced. I waited for more than half an hour for the food to be served. The service staff did not pay attention to the customer's needs at all. No one refilled the water. I also waited a long time for the bill. I will not go back.

There are three dim sum restaurants at this Baker Street corner and I made the mistake of picking the closest one. It's not bad, but an underwhelming experience at an exorbitant price. It certainly is not an inviting welcome; the woman at the door bordered on hostile, though perhaps it was because of a lack of confidence in her English. Our server was quiet but helpful when asked and seemed a decent guy at heart. The menu is disappointing. There are no bird-based dumplings (chicken, duck etc) except chicken feet. Several of the fish-based ones included Chilean seabass, a fish I dislike and is certainly neither Chinese nor European. We managed to find six dim sum which interested us, but it was otherwise slim pickings on the menu. Everything was good, but nothing remarkable enough to justify the price. (We have had a lot of dim sum, including in Hong Kong and Shanghai). The best was a siu mai shaped dumpling with shrimp and pea shoots. All the dumplings were pretty bland, including a crab spring roll which seemed Vietnamese in conception. The most interesting menu page has auite a few cheung fan options. There is no excuse for these prices. Most of the plates contain three dumplings and cost 10.8 pounds, though as I look at our receipt, most of ours were 8-9 pounds. . Tea is 4.5 pounds a person and I gather from other reviews that they charge for refills. It was a price we simply balked at. They also suggest a 15% gratuity, which is high for London, I think. Our bill for a light lunch for two was 62 pounds. The upside, as I said to my wife, is we did not over eat as we usually do in dim sum restaurants. But this was at best an okay experience, and not one we will repeat.

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.

Big restaurant with so many tables & quiet noisy. Fried rice was very good but the prawn toast was horrible. Honestly mixed feelings but one thing i genuinely did not like is that the waiters are NOT friendly not helpful at all.

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