Ping Pong Belvedere Road

We went to a few Ping Pong, non of them have good service. this place is disgrace. why do we want to pay to get such awful service when the food is not that particular good??!!! the host of this place should be fired, or maybe the manager, if they don't understand the value of customer, or if they don't want to serve, why are they there? I know some restaurants just happen to have big investment behind, so they afford to have best locations, no matter what they serve, or how bad is the service, people just flood in.. unless you have no place to eat, otherwise, don't bother. go to Ping Pong, just waste your money! go to china town, you can get better dimsum and better service!

Excellent fresh and steaming food. A great selection of different flavoured things to choose from, and the crispy hoi sin duck spring rolls were superb. Plus they sell Tiger Beer, so we were quite happy.
Only complaint is that the waiter could have explained the menu a bit better, but otherwise – very impressed.

We had a terrible experience here last night – service was abysmal, in fact its only the second time ever that I have refused to pay the ‘optional’ service charge.

The food was ok, standards have definitely dropped from previous Ping Pong experiences, and the serving size for the pok choy was almost hilariously meagre (for £4!). We were never asked if we wanted drinks after the first round (we did) and after waiting 1 ½ hours for the final dish we were we told graciously that it would be complimentary, which was lucky as we were getting ready to leave.

If you are after a quick eat in the southbank area there are plenty of other similar options nearby that I would recommend. Sorry Ping Pong – never again.

Something different and for the adventurous, this modern stylish restaurant is located right next to the Festival Hall and while propably not the best place out of the parade, they do very well to look alluring and inspiring. This venue is both smart and elegant looking which compliments the menu and cocktails they have to offer. Outside sitting available but giving the location eating inside might be more comforting.

The food ordering system consist of marking on a tick box format order form but don't let this put you off as it adds to the character and fun of the place. The atmosphere is lively and seems constantly busy making the staff prompt and very attentive looking for where needed. The food and presentation is just as interesting as the menu suggests, arriving in nice woven packages of baskets and leaves which is tasteful. Steamed dumplings a must and the sticky rice being exactly sticky. Cocktails are a treat too, offering a wide and vibrant range of both alcholic and non.

Overall this place is as interesting as impressive and merits more visits to get to full taste of the experience. However, this is by far a great way to try this style of food giving the portions as everything but the cocktails and desserts comes in threes. Spacious restaurant and generally busy so I can imagine they can cope with large parties and the round bench like tables inside would cater for a small gathering of friends.

As a HK Chinese brought up on dim sum I can't say Ping Pong has done a good job of serving steamed items, which are often over-steamed and falling apart. From what I am aware, the chain is not run by Chinese people. Moreover, we don't eat dim sum after 3pm so seeing a restaurant serving it well into the evening is a bit weird.

Ping Pong generally does what it sets out to do: deliver half-decent dumplings to the masses in double-quick time. But although the site at Royal Festival Hall may look inviting and stylish, it's struggling to cope with the crowds (particularly pre-concert) and the service and food quality have taken a nose-dive. On a recent visit we were served nothing but a tiny saucer of crackers for half an hour and then the wrong dish. When we tried to speak to the manager, he barely looked up and waved us nonchalantly off. We certainly got the impression that we were not the first dissatisifed customers to walk out of that door. Feng Sushi next door is a much better bet.