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Phoenix Palaceone star

Address:5 Glentworth Street, London NW1 5PG
Tel:020 7486 3515
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Website:Visit Phoenix Palace website
Price: £40.00Wine: £15.00Champagne: £33.00
Opening Hours:Mon-Sat 12N-11.30pm Sun 11am-10.30pm

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Silky blankets of cheung fun stuffed with plump king prawns, & sweet char siu buns are testimony to the fact that Phoenix Palace serves some of London’s best (& best-value) dim sum. A lengthy list of dumplings & much more besides covers everything from soup-filled xiao long bao & juicy siu mai to dense turnip cake – all impeccably crafted, carefully presented & full of flavour. An equally extensive main menu is available throughout the day (dim sum is only served until 5pm), encompassing the textural delights of jelly fish with roast duck, a spicy plate of prawns with crispy garlic, chilli & herbs, & a perfect dish of pork belly with pillowy dim-sum buns on the side. The recently refurbished dining room is vast, decorated with carved wooden screens & framed scrolls. Despite this, lunchtime queues are common at weekends, when the place buzzes with large tables of families & friends, many of them Chinese.

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Reader reviews of Phoenix Palace:

GH
Reviews: 1

GH ( 30s, Female, United Kingdom )

Amazing food, perhaps the best Chinese in London. I go there regularly and have taken friends there. All of my friends enjoyed the food every time.

21 June 2010
Overall:9
Food and Drink:10
Service:8
Atmosphere:8
Value for Money:8
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Liz G. ( 30s, Female, United Kingdom )

Went there for a family dinner on Saturday (two reasons behind choosing this place was – Chinese and child-friendly). Had a very good meal – enjoyed through and through, even by my fussy-and-very-little-eating 8 y.o. son. For starters, Chrispy seaweed came in a generous portion and of very pleasant taste, and deep fried shredded squid was nicely done (I would prefer it more salty, but that's my individual salt-mad taste). Peking dumpling in soya chilli dressing were a bit bland to my taste, or may be required a different sauce, but Crab meat sweek corn soup was very very nice. For mains, King prawn with scrambled egg was perfect for the kid (succulent huge prawns in a delicious scrambled egg), Quick fried Squid with morning glory in shrimp paste was absolutely delicious, and Enoki Mushroom E-Fu Noodle was very nicely cooked and came in a huge portion (had to share between us too and took some home as well).
For Saturday night dinner the place was packed full, but this did not affect the service which was very prompt and efficient, the toilets clean and decorated to a high standard, and the kid watched the fish in the aquarium and got a lovely paper dragon to play with. Will definitely be back.

8 March 2010
Overall:7
Food and Drink:7
Service:8
Atmosphere:8
Value for Money:8
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Arabella S. ( 20s, Female, United Kingdom )

This is one of my neighbourhood favourites. Even though the location is ‘whatever’, and the decor is dated, the food is always very good. It's always packed with large chinese groups and sometimes you'll have to wait for up to half hour for dim sum lunch on weekends, but it's worth it. Food is always good and my husband and I go at least once a week for a quick after work dinner, or a leisurely saturday lunch.

20 November 2009
Overall:7
Food and Drink:8
Service:5
Atmosphere:6
Value for Money:8
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