Yum Cha Silks & Spice

Food was terrible - straight out of the freezer and fryer with sauces from a bottle.

Good dim sum, not particularly tailored to Western tastes (hence the presence of chicken feet on the menu which, according to my dining buddy, were excellent). The restaurant is scruffy but the food is good - if you don't like authentically "Chinese" Chinese food, then you probably won't like it. But that's ok, you can go across the road to Camden Market for sweet and sour chicken balls in highlighter-orange sauce and leave this place to us.

Best Dim Sum in London! Very traditional Hong Kong style dimmy, fast attentive service, good food. Spaces available downstairs for booking also very good. Highly recommended, good value for money

Following this review I ordered the dried shrimp and mushroom cheung fun, and a chicken dumpling. The chicken dumpling was good (although a bit dear at £3.50 for 3 dumplings), but the cheung fun - although 8 or 9 long pieces in the serving - was an utter disappointment, containing almost no filling and totally flour-y and glutinous. I'm not one to judge a restaurant on one visit though, so will definitely go again - but during the half-price evenings mon-wed.

one of the best dim sum places in town. the food wouldnt be out of place in royal china. cocktails arent half bad. excellent value for money (even at full price). ive been there twice, and i only have two complaints, the atmosphere is dull and cheap, and the service is shocking, but the food is churned out quickly. definitely reccomended though.

It was quite decent dim sum, not out of this world but decent. Go for the 50% off evening dim sum on Monday to Wednesday and you'll find it to be great value. The portions were small-ish so do order slightly more than you would usually do when it comes to dim sum. Service wasn't very attentive but don't worry because the food comes out pretty fast. Recommended.

Four stars? Seriously? It wasn't bad, but it really wasn't great either. I'd probably give it two and a half stars, or three at best. We ordered six plates of dim sum. Two were really very nice, three were decent and one was awful. (The awful one was the chicken shumai - minced chicken in an open wonton case with no discernible seasoning at all). Only the first two were actually better than the standard of the equivalent Waitrose ready meal. It's not that I thought it was awful, but it certainly wasn't good enough to merit a return visit.

I always buy time out, I hope this will not disappoint me.

Absolutely brilliant dim sum - the best I've tasted in the UK. This Singaporean restaurant seems a bit shoddy from the outside (and the inside), but don't be fooled. There is nowhere in Chinatown that does dim sum this good. And it's cheap as chips. I only wish that I wasn't accelerating the day when there are massive queues on weekend lunchtimes to get into this place. Royal China, eat your heart out....