Baozi Inn

The food and service were HORRIBLE. Do not go there. McD's is still a better option

Mmmm, spicy food, chilli dumplings, iced oolong tea- I was pretty happy.

i've dined here alone, with friends, during busy and quiet times and it's been a consistently pleasant experience. good food, good value, and good service. actually, compared to some restaurants in the area, GREAT service. especially as they tolerated our little boisterous slightly intoxicated party of four without batting an eyelid or telling us off. but then we did order quite a lot of food...

nice spicy dishes, great salads, lovely dumplings.

i'm sure the service can be bad. i've experienced table turning at their sister restaurants - you don't expect to be kicked out if you've ordered a lot and frankly need to digest what you've eaten.

but overall i'd say give this place a chance. especially if you're a fan of spicy sichuan food.

We ate here last night and it was fantastic. Admittedly the menu is smaller than a lot of more usual chinese restaurants but there's still a lot to choose from and what they do, they do excellently. The flavours were superb and I wanted to try the whole menu!The service was impeccable and the ambience really lovely (compared to the flourescent bulb-lit, cafe-style restaurant typical of most in Chinatown). Beware they don't take cards, but the cash point is only a couple of minutes walk away. Disregard the reviews below, perhaps the restaurant got off to a bad start but it's wonderful now. I'm tempted to go back this evening!

The food is deliciously different to typical Chinese food, but the menu is simple, offering a fairly limited selection of dishes. This said each dish is done well, and very quickly, with the simplicity of the menu working well. The dishes are all quite cheap, and the Baozi rival those I have eaten in China. The menus are a bit tatty, but this is compensated to an extent by the interesting Mao-era propaganda decor (and music in the background). When I was there the staff were very friendly, and funny, particularly when my friend tried to chat up the Malaysian waitress. Service can be brisk, but so is the food, with an entire meal being over in as little as 20 mins.

Unfriendly service, bad food, small variety. Dont go.

The food is ok. but the service is really bad. I asked to use the power socket beside my table, the thin man looks like the manager said "No, you cannot." in a rude tone. I was really shocked. It's extremely unusual for restaurant to refuse such a small favour. I asked why. He said there was no reason, just no.

There was another time, the waitress commanded us not to wave hands, refused to put less spice, complained we ordered too little...

Well, the decision is simple to me: I'm NOT going there again.

This restaurant has a serious attitude problem. The deliberately rude waiter hemmed, hawed and smirked that we two girls ordered one giant bowl of noodles to share--this despite us ordering one starter each.

The noodles were startlingly lukewarm, and soggy, and arrived too quickly. Who knows how long ago they were made, and left to sit in the kitchen harbouring germs?

I'll grant them that the salads (cucumber, tofu, peanuts, bamboo) and veggie buns (egg, chives, vermicelli) are good and authentic. But I'm so put off by the rude staff and sloppy cooking.