| Venue name: | Mama Lan | Contact: |
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| Address: |
8 The Pavement London SW4 0HY |
| Opening hours: | Lunch served noon-3.30pm Mon-Sat; noon-3pm Sun. Dinner served 6-10pm daily |
| Transport: | Tube: Clapham Common |
| Price: | Main courses £3.50-£9 |
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Average User Rating
3.6 / 5
Rating Breakdown
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- 1 star:0
This is just simply one of my favourite cheap places to eat in London. I have literally eaten here about 20 plus times over the years and it is just always delicious. It's all about the dumplings (beef and spring onion, pork and chinese leaf and prawn and water chestnut), spicy chicken wings and vegetable balls (which are a bit like a chinese onion bhaji's). Don't bother with the soup - not that it's not good, it's just not as good as the other things on the menu. Everyone I have ever taken here has loved it and it's really cheap as well. They have become a lot more popular recently, expanding from their little family run kitchen in Brixton, to Clapham, Croydon, Shoreditch and Dalston which usually bugs me when my favourites become a mini chain but they deserve it. Just go!
Small place, good for the winter! The gyosa is really really tasty and the soup is good but not the best I´ve eaten. The staff is friendly (Clapham branch) and prices ok. I´d recommend to share the main and order 2 or 3 portions of the starters (2 is enough). Before 7 or 8pm they have a meal deal as well.
Love this little place! Small spot and small menu really deliver on taste! Also, great value for money.
Mama Lan is one badass cook.Not only does she offer you a plethora of yummy dumplings (the pork and prawn are the best) but she also teases you with her fried vegetable balls, pork buns and spicy chicken wings.We popped into the Clapham branch on a Monday night andwere lucky enough to grab a four seater table at the back, although this could be difficult enough due to the no booking policy.The no frills menu meant that we ordered pretty much one plate of each offering which was just right for 4 people and the total coming to £70 meant it was a bargain for the sheer amount of food!
Exactly what it says on the tin. All praise the Mama.
Amazing tasty food, served quickly and great handmade dim sum. Couldn't recommend the Gyoza enough!
Really nice place, great staff, yummy dumplings, but roundly disappointing main noodle dishes. Veggie and beef soups both lacked any depth of flavour beyond just chilli, and had way too much sesame for any of our tastes. But still definitely edible, v reasonable price, and some good sides.
Not the greatest food, not the greatest staff, it closes its kitchen way too early for Clapham and didn't really deliver on taste or experience, or value. You could do worse, though, it's not dreadful.
