Dragon Castle

This restaurant currently serves shark fin suit - this practive globally sees 73 million killed each year. Shark finning is the practice of slicing off the shark's fins while the shark is still alive and throwing the rest of its body back into the ocean where it can take days to die what must be an agonising death. Some sharks starve to death, others are slowly eaten by other fish, and some drown, because sharks need to keep moving to force water through their gills for oxygen.

Not having eaten at the Dragon Castle for over a year my wife and I went there yesterday expecting to eat as splendidly as we had often done in the past. No chance. What was once a restaurant where it was a pleasure to eat, seems to have transformed into your average small town Chinese, as opposed to the serious Soho rival it used to be. The salt/pepper squid starter, consistency of chicken nuggets, was sent back as largely inedible, Cantonese duck old, overflavoured with star anise and textured as if someone had crushed it with a mallet also took ages to arrive ( we had to ask). Of the other dishes, the soft shelled crab was oversalted, the mixed seafood in a basket merely bland and vegetable heavy, the shredded beef merely OK in a sweet n' sour kind of way.. The total including three glasses of house wine came to £55 which is far too much for food which we could have ordered in far better quality, and far less price, either from our local Brixton Acre Lane Chinese take away. I cannot recall when I have eaten Chinese food as badly prepared as this. The Service was fine, the food was not. When asked if the restaurant was under new /recent management we were told it wasn't. Either way, we won't be going back. Sadly, an very unpleasant experience.

I heard that the restaurant was under new management and after being a customer for 4 years I decided to give it another go. The meal was very nice and the quality had improved sufficiently since the last time I went there which was about 2 months ago. There seemed to be all new staff who were very friend and helpful with recommending what dishes we should try. The food came out quite quickly and we werent disapointed. I would highly recommend Dragon Castle restaurant to anyone living in the South London area and to anyone willing to travel to a place which serves up a great Traditional Chinese Dining experience! I plan to go again to try the dim sum this weekend with my boyfriend!

we were so happy that we finally had a local alternative to chinatown when dragon castle first opened. the dim sum was good and well priced, and service was polite. but both seemed to be slipping over our last few visits. we had lunch there today. i can cope with strange, incompetent and sometimes rude service if the food is good, but it wasn't. it was like the average chinese you can find on any street corner in england. two of the six dim sum weren't available, although they didn't tell us until 20 minutes after we had finished the rest of the food. oh well, back to royal china in bayswater. id rather travel than go through that again. or can anyone recommend another dim sum restaurant in south london?

Over the weekend my girlfriend and I visited Dragon Castle for the second time. We have had dim sum there before which was some of the best we’ve tasted. Certainly better than anywhere in Chinatown and extremely reasonable. The full menu was as equally pleasing, containing traditional Cantonese dishes along with authentic hotpots and stews packed with flavour – a personal favourite. The only minor complaint was that the staff speak little English and we felt rushed as the staff pounced on every empty dish. Overall I would recommend this to anybody and will certainly return.

I went here for my boyfriends Surprise 30th bday party i booked the room upstairs so it was just myself and my family and boyfriends family and it was so nice, the staff was so helpful, we had the best night ever and we still talk about it now, im also going to go here for my bday the food was great, the drinks were great overall everyone had a lovely time and i will be going here again!!!!!!

Very disappointed by the poor service. We called up the restaurant to ask about their opening times.They said last order was at 10:30. We specifically asked if we should come by 10 and reserve a table and they assured us that it won't be a problem and no booking was needed. When we turned up at 10 sharp, at first they said they had closed and when we explained that we had called and confirmed, they reluctantly agreed and gave us a table, but the staff was extremely ill mannered and trying to rush us through the order. We finally decided to leave without a meal. The manager came and tried to apologize but overall a very bad experience due to unprofessional staff.

we love this place & come every year for a big Sunday birthday dim sum.... dim sum is as good and varied as chinatown & comparatively affordable & the special birthday tune they do with the cake makes it very special! used to come for take-aways in the early days but live too far away now, so suppose we wouldn't have noticed if the dinner menu has dropped in quality.

Really is worth going to if only just once. But bet uphill be back again.

I and a group friends have been coming to this restaurant on Sundays for the past year for Dim Sum lunch. The service was tremendous. The staff are very helpful and polite. The prices are reasonable compared to Chinatown. The food are good and tasty and fresh. We never have to wait for more than twenty minutes before the food arrive. One snag is that all the food ordered arrived within fifteen minutes. We were never hurried and plenty of time to socialise amongst ourselves within our table. A well deserved place in South London. We will be coming back for more. Keep up the good work.