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Golden Dragon Chinatown

Chinese, Dim Sum·
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SquareMeal Review of Golden Dragon Chinatown

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This old-school restaurant on Chinatown’s main drag has had its ups and downs over the years but is currently on top form – a well-deserved popularity attested to by the long queues of Chinese families queueing for weekend dim sum.

Don’t be put off – there’s never too long to wait for a table in the large two-floor dining room decorated in classic Chinatown style with fibreglass dragons, paper-clothed tables and hard-wearing carpets. Golden Dragon might not threaten Hakkasan or Yauatcha in the design stakes but it all looks spic and span and not without its own comfortingly familiar charm.

Daytime dim sum delivers well-steamed dumplings, skilfully fried rolls and pastry parcels baked to perfection. Slithery sheets of char-siu cheung fun, nicely seasoned beef balls and prawn-stuffed har gau have all impressed from the steamed section recently, as have guiltier pleasures of deep-fried prawns with salad cream for dipping and pastry triangles stuffed with roast pork.

Once the dim sum ends at 5pm, we’d recommend springy coils of salt-and-pepper squid, deep-filled pork dumplings or crisp bites of smoked chicken with garlic and chilli. To follow, hot pots deliver complex, deep flavours, or there’s an excellent rendition of roast pork atop a bed of crispy noodles.

But don’t feel any shame ordering all of your high-street favourites here. Prawn toast, barbecued spare ribs, sweet and sour pork and beef in black bean sauce are all prepared to the same high standard, though some eel dishes aside, this is not the place to explore the more esoteric side of Chinese cooking.

To drink, there’s a short wine list, though Chinese teas and Asian beers are really the best thing to order here.

Add in staff who are friendlier than the Chinatown norm and reasonable prices for large portions and Golden Dragon is a reliable name to know before the theatre, after the pub or anytime that some straight-up Cantonese cooking is required.

Good to know

Average Price
££££ - £30 - £49
Cuisines
Chinese, Dim Sum
Ambience
Lively, Traditional
Food Occasions
Dinner, Lunch
Special Features
Vegetarian options
Perfect for
Birthdays, Child friendly, Group dining [8+]
Food Hygiene Rating

Location

28-29 Gerrard Street, London, W1D 6JW

020 7734 1073 020 7734 1073

Website

Opening Times

All day
Mon 12:00-23:30
Tue 12:00-23:30
Wed 12:00-23:30
Thu 12:00-23:30
Fri 12:00-00:00
Sat 12:00-00:00
Sun 12:00-23:00

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2 Reviews 
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Anon

29 March 2022  
Food & Drink 4.5
Service 5
Atmosphere 5
Value 5
Fantastic

Everything was fantastic, could not ask for a better meal.  Staff very attentive and service was on point.  Food delicious, ordered from the main menu.  Did not feel rushed to leave we finished.  Going back very soon!  Thank you.

Anon

23 December 2021  
Food & Drink 0.5
Service 0.5
Atmosphere 0.5
Value 0.5
Worst one in years out of a plethora

Out of all the numerous Chinese restaurants I've been to this is by far the worst if I could I'd rate it zero stars.it was such a horrible food and service experience.The food arrived slow and not all together with the server being quite obstrusive with insult being added to injury with the well awaited food being distatful and the beef cashewnut being boredline inedible akin to rubbeen the stir fried rice leaving much to be desired as .the pancakes were also quite few and not very nice.well I've learnt my lesson not to expect much in terms of food as well as hygiene from a 2 star rated restaurant .I was thoroughly disappointed so much so that I've made sure my colleagues and friends would not make the same mistake.Overall I was left hungry and nauseous.

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