What is it? Northern Chinese classics and all-you-can-eat hotpot.
Why we love it: A meal at Food House is to choose between parallel universes. Option one is family style sharing in the brightly-lit, carpeted ground floor where you’ll select from an extensive menu of Northern Chinese dishes. Option two promises the upstairs dining room, reserved for those enjoying an all-you-can-eat hotpot experience: a completely different ambience with dramatic red wallpaper, dim spotlights and mirrors casting atmospheric shadows. Out of the sharing dishes, highlights include the flat, dry-fried green beans, while barbeque chives are addictively salty. But the headliner is whole roast sea bass served on a large boiling platter and soaked in radioactively-red chilli oil and Sichuan peppercorns.
Time Out tip: Book a table downstairs if you want a (relatively) more low-key and calmer dining experience, but head upstairs if you’re looking for something more raucous.
Address: 46 Gerrard Street, W1D 5QH.
Opening hours: Mon-Sat 12-10.30pm, Sun 12-9.30pm.
Expect to pay: Starters around £10, all-you-can-eat hotpot £45 per person, or £32.80 for two or more per person.