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Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern)
Goodge Street (Northern)
Mon-Fri, Sun 12:00 - 15:00
Mon-Sat 18:00 - 0:00
Sat 12:00 - 17:00
Sun 18:00 - 23:00
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Very sexy restaurant. Service was great - told the server to pick about 6 dishes on the menu for me and my date to share. His choices were great: crispy duck salad was my favorite, along with a spicy prawn dish. The lychee martinis were fantastic so I had a bunch of those. Main downfall for me was our seat. We had to both sit on the same side of the table and there was a couple right next to us doing the same thing. It was a little close for comfort.
A lot of business dinners but also a lot of dates and party groups. Versatile restaurant with good food and service.
I'll be brief: The best customer service I've received in a long time, and probably in my top 5 dining experiences ever. I was never left wanting for anything, the staff was incredibly knowledgeable about every menu item, and plates were brought in and taken away in a completely unobtrusive manner. These people are professionals of the upmost degree, and hats off to them.
The food was excellent. We shared some 4 small plates and entrees, plus a noodle dish and some excellent vegetables. I'd say the highlights for me were the small plates, particularly the salt and pepper squid and the dim sum platter (i'm looking at you little scallop and prawn wrap of tastiness) Unfortunately, it was still Chinese, and despite spending some $400 American on a meal, we were still hungry a few hours later and ended up at a Burger King.
I can't say i'd come back unless I was once again invited as a guest, as this place is definitely WAY out of my price range. Still, I feel incredibly fortunate to have had a chance to experience this meal.
I was on a business trip to London in late March/early April that coincided with my 30th birthday. My ex-pat cousins invited a couple friends and fashioned a nice, little, away from home, celebratory gathering for me at Hakkasan.
I'm not quite sure how my cousin found Hakkasan (She'd been once before, I think). It's nestled in a corner down a handful of streets to tiny that in NYC (where I'm from), we'd call them alleys. From the outside, you can tell it's perilously hip. The clues are the lighting (yes, even from outside) and the bouncer-type folks at the door.
We were greeted once inside and invited to the bar for a drink while waiting for our reservation/table that was almost ready. There's a coat check right there (always appreciated in the London weather). The interior is darkly lit (but menus and such are still clearly visible), larger than one would ever expect (and very well populated), and still quite hip.
The bar service was quick and efficient and my prosecco was quite tasty. Only a few minutes later, our table was ready and we moved with our drinks to sit.
The menu is quite extensive. And with our party of six, we used it as an excuse to try a LOT. We had 5-6 appetizers, 5-6 entrees, a couple of bottles of sake, and 6 desserts shared around the table (OK, the desserts were a little less shared because certain people had become territorial over their sugar by that point). It's now July so I won't attempt adequate descriptions on so many dishes months later. However, I remember some truly succulent duck (I LOVE properly cooked duck) as well as a host of other dishes that were creative and all nicely balanced-spice-wise.
Our waiter was attentive and had plenty of answers and suggestions when we asked for his thoughts on the menu (always a good thing). He was present without being overbearing and a delight. And one of our party members accidentally dropped a glass, breaking it. The staff acted as if it was no trouble at all and it was cleaned up and replaced faster than one could blink.
My dessert was presented with a "Happy Birthday" beautifully written in cursive in chocolate on my place.
My only real qualm with Hakkasan is that they asked us to put our camera away. I hadn't planned on snapping over and over throughout the meal (Those people annoy me too), but I did want a few shots since it was such a monumental birthday. I guess that would disturb the hip vibe.
Hakkasan seems expensive, but I am American and everything in London does. Was the price of the same number in USD as opposed to GBP, I wouldn't bat an eye. However, I was treated...and even if I wasn't, I am happy to pay for good food on nice occasions. Perhaps I will have another on a future London trip.
I always make a reservation at Hakkasan when in London. The food is excellent, the wine list is phenomenal, and the crowd is sexy. It's a Michelin-star winner and deserves all the hype it gets. My favorites include the sesame prawn toast, salt and pepper squid, and stir-fry black pepper rib-eye. Remember your veggies! You won't go wrong with the pak choi and gai lan.
In a word, awkward. There is no other way to describe it. Was it that I was checked in for a near empty restaurant in the alley entrance? Was it that someone's job was to just open the bathroom door? Or that people seemed to be lingering around you at all times, just odd.
I had no idea what I was doing with this menu and the waitress was little help. If you offer your help with the menu, I'd expect that you, well help. We began with salt and pepper squid and the dim sum sampler. The dim sum was the better of the two. My wife had the sea bass for her main and I had the Mongolian stir fry venison. I liked the venison a lot, but wish it had more veggies. They also do not have brown rice and they don't even include rice with your mains, which seems really nickel and dime. Good thing the food was great. Call that a 4 and the service a 2. On the plus side there is an impressive bourbon selection that included options you can't find in the states, Maker's black label anyone?
Listed in: London calling, Goodbye to Romance
I had a superb dinner here with a group of mates. After descending the polished black stairs with their floor level lighting your welcomed into a picture book image of Chinese fine dining with facelift friendly lighting and traditionally carved screens.
The service was impeccable -- very very good and the food was certainly nice. The Wagyu beef was expensive but worth every single penny being succulent and full of flavour!
I would recommend Hakkasan for a business dinner or sumptuous eats with mates.
Go for drinks, stay for the crowd
Hakkasan is one of the more spectacular bar settings you will find. Fantastic lineup of all your high-proof friends, backlit from behind and below, and a bartop that is miles long. I hear the food is decent, albeit a bit snooty for chinese (dim sum) but no matter, hit Hakkusan on your way to Roka or one of the other great West End choices nearby.
After surviving a crazy taxi ride from the hotel I was greeted by beautiful people and a super expensive Italian car; my world was shifting all about. I wondered if I was awesome enough for a restaurant like Hakkasan even before I saw the interior. After descending down a dimly lit and sexy flight of stairs we were greeted by a comely hostess who was happy to seat us. Things became normal from here on. The restaurant is in a semi Chinese style with low illumination. Our server was friendly and prompt as was a manager who came by the table to check in.
The food at Hakkasan is very tasty Chinese gourmet but not necessarily the best one will encounter. It may be the best at the high price you pay but honestly has been out done by restaurants who charge a third the price.
The bar makes good drinks and overall the restaurant provides a good time which can be quite romantic or plain old nice.
The atmosphere was a bit pretentious, and I was not a fan of the whole "designer-y" look. The drinks and food were delicious though, and the seafood clay pot is one of the best dishes I have ever had.
I went here with a (former) boyfriend and his co-workers for Chinese New Year celebration. It was delicious! It is a bit difficult to find as it is hidden in what you might think is just a back alleyway, but the interior is beautiful and sleek.
The service was great. We kept ordering more and more to share and our waitress was patient with us but prompt with bringing our food to the table and also offered her suggestions on what we should have.
One warning. The toilets are a bit tricky. I wasn't able to tell which one was the ladies' and which one the mens' because of how they are marked! Once I figured it out though, it was fine!
Listed in: Greater London
Dim sum is one thing that can be done very well for reasonably cheap, so I entered Hakkasan's luxurious space afraid we would be shelling out for the chic flower arrangements, the lush seating, and the seductive ambience. My fears found themselves unfounded - yes, Hakkasan presented its food with impressive, elegant trappings, but these were just a gorgeous frame worthy of presenting the attractive and phenomenally delicious dim sum.
I'm going to get two brief complaints out of the way first. 1. No pictures allowed, and that's company policy. 2. Our waitress seemed a bit impatient at first, as we were first-timers who didn't necessarily know how much to order or how this new-fangled cartless dim sum worked. She answered our questions, but seemed a little surly about it. She did warm up to us quickly, though, and service was generally unproblematic and even friendly at times.
Now, the food. We were presented with a la carte and dim sum menus, and went all dim sum, with one order of vegetarian dim sum from the a la carte menu. We started with this vegetarian dim sum platter, which came with two pieces each of crystal dumpling, vegetable shumai, yam bean and shiitake dumpling, and vegetable beancurd roll. We proceeded with the steamed king crab noodle wrap, the chinese chive dumpling with prawn and crabmeat, the seafood dumpling consomme, the scallop shumai with tobiko caviar, the char sui bun, and an order of the Singapore vermicelli with prawn and squid.
Each dim sum order came in its own little bamboo container or ceramic bowl, and everything looked beautiful - dumpling skins in deep honeydew green, glistening scallop topped with jewel-like tobiko, burgundy pork peeking out of white clouds bursting quietly at the seams...the presentation was a cut above any dim sum I'd ever seen before.
Incredibly, it tasted even better. Every last bit of dim sum was cooked gently to unveil bold flavors and toothsome textures. The dumpling skins were impossibly good, the consomme soothing and deeply aromatic, the Singapore noodles fluffy and wonderful laced with firm bits of seafood. Not one bite fell short of eye-opening, and Hakkasan unlocked a new level of dim sum in my culinary universe.
We should have stopped there, but curiosity got the better of us and we tried the tapioca pearl pudding, which came with little snatches of vanilla panna cotta, poached banana, passion fruit sorbet, and caramel popcorn. I prefer the humbler version of this dessert offered at lower-end dim sum places. This one tried too hard and the result was a messy hodge-podge of clashing and cluttering flavors. The rest of the meal was so delightful that I'm going to forget this final bit ever happened.
Hakkasan was a revelation. In one meal - and a lunch, at that - I obtained a new lens by which to judge dim sum. My experience wasn't perfect, but the core of it was, and it is upsetting that I can't go back and repeat it any time soon.
Also, the bathrooms are REALLY COOL.
Listed in: Collecting Michelin Stars
Went here on the last night of my trip in Europe because my dad (who lives in London) said its his favorite restaurant. Now.. obviously I'm from California, so going to a high end "asian" restaurant in England made me skeptical from the get-go.
The first thing that ticked me off about this place is the fact that we had to have our reservation checked not only once but TWICE by the stuck up snobs that worked there (once at the door and once again when we got inside). Yeah, I know a family does not fit the profile of young and wannabe rich, but that shouldn't warrant attitude from restaurant staff of what's supposedly high end (this is not a damn club). We're going here for the supposed good food, not to act like douches and stare at everyone else in the restaurant. This ain't Hollywood.. so the B.S. shouldn't even be a factor here.
Secondly, they sat us all the way in furthest corner of the restaurant in the furthest place from other guests as humanly possible. I thought I had escaped the L.A. pretentiousness by going across the pond but I guess its even worse here even when they don't have any celebrities to cater to.
Lastly, nothing we ordered was bad.. but NOTHING was what I would consider good - AT ALL. All the deserts were mediocre too. The only thing that lived up to my expectations was the service; but it should be a given in a place like this.
The only points I'm giving are for the service and for the decor/ambiance because both were very nice. Looks wise this restaurant does rival nice spots in Los Angeles so its a good place to 'impress' someone I guess.
Given the ridiculously bad attitude from the staff and the fact that the food did not impress me at all, I would definitely have to say there's no way I would ever go back. But I can see the appeal for most people.
I was recommended Hakkasan by around a billion people (which is coincidentally about the population of China), but it was my old flatmate's words that got me here in the end.
"Just came back from Hakkasan... guess who we saw there? Jordan. And The King of Jordan"
Haha, what a perfect double-celebrity sighting! I had to go.
But sadly for me there was no celebrity sighting just boring nobodies around me, I wonder if the people sitting on the tables near me thought the same of me. Pah. Of course not... they'd be honoured to be sitting near Tom E off of Yelp.
So with no celeb sightings what else would Hakkasan offer? Well, the dark chocolate feel of the comfortable deep tones and wood made it certainly feel chic, modern but also perfectly functional inside. Kudos to Alan Yau once more for his skill in design. The service was impeccable as expected and the salt and pepper fried squid was beyond superb. I can still taste it in my dreams.
But for the price (high as a Hong Kong block of flats), other dishes were just not on par. Specifically I'm thinking of...
1. The dumplings... good but not orgasmic, and
2. Mapo Tofu - a limp excuse for 4 times the normal price of my all-time fave chinese dish.
[sad face with tear coming out of one eye]
Still, it was a great experience I'd love to try again but not until I've been to little sister Yauatcha about a million more times. That's where my loyalty lies.
Listed in: ££ Bling It On ££
Think sexiness, think pleasure, think a dining experience that makes you ooooooooooze sex ... think Hakkasan!
I have wanted to go here to eat for a long time .. only ever managed to make it for cocktails before.
Last we went for some food to celebrate life. It was delicious. The ambiance and attnetion to detail of this place is wonderful.
I had Duck rolls for starters and Roast Duck for main ... just devine. The side veggies were cooked to perfection.
We had a beautiful seasoned Rjoca to top it off ..perfect.
It is pricey but I think totally worth it!
Would recomend for romance , would recommend for cheering up, would recommend for drinks !
Loved it !
Fantastic interior, food very good to fantastic, wine list very good. The bar and selection of spirits and cocktails is particularly fine. Good number of front-of-house staff, so service is superior too. Can I say the exotic fruit platter dessert is worth the trip all by itself.
Beautiful ambience, but i've had a better meal for £5 in Chinatown. We tried a dozen different dishes, and not a single one was memorable.
The pricey cocktails were also a disappointment - for £10 and 10 ingredients, you'd think you'd get something other than a gin and juice.
Shame all this sexy atmosphere is wasted, but silly me, this is clearly a feast for the eyes, and not the tongue.
The food is good, if perhaps a little over-priced. But this is all about the scene. The guys in black suits on the door, the squadrons of pretty waitresses, the ambience inside, and the people-watching. Get a seat facing the room or you're missing the point.
For really authentic dim sum, go to Royal China or Top of the Town. But those won't be full of media bunnies in tight suits and short dresses, and you'll go home alone...
If you can't get a table, try Yauatcha, which is equally sceney and has arguably better food.
Awesome. I hate the word but credit where credit is due. V Good food. V Good atmosphere.....and the cocktails....Take the Hakka cocktail - a fine beverage- I dare you to drink 5 hakkas and make it out the door without wanting to be amorous with the bouncer on the door (mate in case you read this please note that I am straight), the door, the lamp-post outside. It's not an aphrodisiac but it sure puts you in a good state of being... all that without the Yoga exercises. The price for the dining experience.... mmmm...bite my head but I did nor find it that bad. Less classy joints have cost me more even with vast amounts of alcohol I ordered. This place is my current favourite in London.
This place is amazing and you pay for every bit of it. If you feel like splurging on a stylish night out, then this is a great choice.
You have someone greeting you at the door of this sleek hideaway. You have someone take your coat and yet another person check your reservation and guide you in. I'm surprised they didn't have someone forking the food into your mouth.
I've found it tough to find a quality, creative cocktail in London - Hakkasan is clearly trying to make up for this and they do a good job. They also have a stellar wine list.
The menu can be overwhelming. It's also shocking to see main entrees for £150 or more. I'm not kidding. It's nuts.
My friend and I decided to split a bunch of starters including the dim sum platter (yummy), ribs (amazing), lamb salad (meat was too dry, I wouldn't pick this again), mushroom and water chesnut with lettuce (mediocre), soft shell crab (big yum).
The waiter was average and didn't do a good job of advising us on how much to order and what makes a good combo, nor did she have any wine suggestions. For a place of this calibre, you'd expect the waiters to be pros.
But in the end, it was all about the experience. It felt like being in a sleek spa, with scrumptious cocktails, original and memorable food and WAY too expensive. I guess you're paying for them to have fifty people waiting around to show you to the bathroom and to keep up the gorgeous space...
This place has a sexy ambiance and the food is pretty good. It's a great place to go if you want decent Chinese food in a nice setting (which is not so easy to come by) but you do end up paying a premium for the ambiance. I still love it though! Plus they have a nice selection of wine and lots of fun cocktails which I'm trying to work my way through.
It's better to show up with reservations. A few times we didn't and were still able to get a table but one time they were being very anal about it so the BF pretended that he had made reservations and proceeded to get very upset that they somehow "lost" it. They gave us a table right away. But I think that only works if you act and dress like a banker. By the way, I was very embarrassed but also very hungry.
The food is not bad, but their focus is more ambiance and atmosphere which is nothing wrong. :)
If I want to get good/authentic dim sum/yum cha, then I would rather go to Royal China. But if I want to enjoy some cocktails with friends and maybe some dim sum munches, then I would come here.
Very Sexy place! I would go for a special occasion.
Enjoyable dinning experience. Fun drinks to enjoy at the bar with friends or a date.
Food is great, but kinda pricy. If you just want to enjoy some delicious, quality Chinese/Taiwanese food, go to Taiwan Village!!!
I've been to Hakkasan several times and it's one of my all time favorite places to go.
Decor: this place exudes sexiness. very dark sumptuous colors . This is a great place to just hang out at the bar and have cocktails.
Cocktails: champagne cocktails right up a girl's alley. Came here once on Chinese New Year with no reservations and we drank cocktails at the bar until the very nice staff managed to find us a table.
Food: Everything here is good, but not everything is great. Dishes that really stand out include the dim sum platter, any sea bass, and pork belly clay pot (my mouth is watering just remembering it). Everything else was still good but not quite as great.
Service: hit or miss. Normally I never have a problem with the staff there except the one time when I asked the waiter recommended we order a too large number of dishes then gave me grief for wanting to take food home (half of all dishes). Yeah, i know it's not the norm in the UK but if you say we should get a certain amount of food that is obviously too much for us to eat, did you expect us to just let it get thrown away? C'mon, we're Chinese! So we got a lecture on how the chef doesn't recommend we eat the food except at the temperature it comes out of the kitchen at. But then they were really nice and packaged it up in a tinfoil basket for us. I will give them the benefit of the doubt about spitting on the food since it is a Michelin star restaurant.
Price: you can get the crazy expensive stuff and spend a fortune, but there are many great dishes in the £15-20 range. Two people can eat here for as little as £40; if you include some cocktails you may want to double that amount.
When my boss heard that i had actually called up Hakkasan this morning and had got a reservation for tonight, he became all gloomy ... effect of the recession maybe, he says, gazing in the distance beyond me ... otherwise in the good old days you had to wait for days at least.
Reminder : Will tell him on monday not to worry too much. The place was packed with people. The fact that i was alone must have helped (why don't i have a friend in London who likes chinese food ? boo hoo).
I start with a crab meat starter. Tastes good ... a bit like calamari ... but nothing too special. But the main course was very good (i am proud of my choice). Mongolian venison ... soft, and very well cooked meat. It was lovely. Had it with the egg fried rice, which was rich and tasty. Is it my imagination, or was the light (rather, the lack of it) playing tricks on my eyes ? It seemed to me that they cook the fried rice only with egg yolks ... it was all yellow ... and did i mention that it was rich and tasty ?
The bowl contained a lot of rice, as the sweet lady serving me had warned. When she came to clear the table, she said "wow !!! you ate all the rice !!!". I spent exactly 6.2832 seconds trying to decide whether to feel proud or embarrassed. But i was too full to do much thinking.
I would have finished there and then. But those evil people going on around serving food and clearing the plates ... one of them sweet talked me into asking for the dessert menu. Can't give Hakkasan credit for the glorious sweet red sparkling wine that i ordered (didn't even know these things existed) ... but full credit to them for the sweet talk though :)
One star less because the place was too loud. I doubt if one can have a decent conversation here.
P.S: There were a group of arabs in a table nearby. Their glasses were being continuously refilled with wine without them even asking. If this can happen in a michelin starred restaurant, my boss has nothing to worry :)
Listed in: Special occasions, My ROTD's
This place is chic to be sure. But I had doubts about the food as we walked in. The dimly lit, sexy feel of the place echoed Mr. Chow's or some gimicky Chinese fusion place. And in a way, it IS gimicky, but it's still damn good. You won't come here just for the food - you'll come here for the "scene" as well. But we were surprised that this place had the authenticity and deliciousness to back up the scenester vibe. Every dish on the menu is almost as good as the real thing served in Chinatown or Paddington or Bayswater, or even Vancouver, NYC, or LA. The dishes are well presented and tasty, and they should be, because you're paying an arm and a leg for courses that should cost half the amount. The steamed dim sum was pretty good, as was the stir fried morning glory vegetables, but our favorite was a dish of chicken braised in a clay pot with dark soy, ginger, and vegetables. The flavor of the dish was deep and hearty and very, very satisfying.
Hell's Kitchen or simply Hell? Gordon Ramsay's head would have exploded. My friend and I decided to use our hotel $$ savings from the Hoxton's £1 Sale to splash out at London's first Michelin starred Chinese restaurant. Huge mistake and we knew it the minute we walked in to face a row of sullen Robert Palmer 'Addicted To Love' zomboids.
The people of Hakkasan appear to be the most irritated species on the planet. Not only do they begrudgingly take coats and hold open loo doors, they also forcefully remind you (for the tenth time since making the reservation two months ago) that you absolutely must be finished with your table after 90 minutes, no exceptions. (And a hearty hello to you, too, oh irritated ones!) But it doesn't stop there. If you can open the menus without assaulting your closely situated neighbors, you are then tasked with divining the ingredients in the title sans descriptions dishes. We saw three duck dishes and made the mistake of asking our ill-humored waiter how each was prepared. Instead of waxing rhapsodic on the virtues of each, he snapped, "They're all duck, that's all you need to know." Hmmmph! It went further south from there, but at least it was consistent -- consistently awful to the point of hilarity.
Spare yourself the scorn and scolding, unless of course, you're into that kind of thing.
In the centre of London the theory is: the better the quality of the food, the more recession occuring in your bank account. And Hakkasan most definitely keeps that theory alive!
The food is Incredible [kindly note the use of the capital 'I' for emphasis!] The restaurant itself is beautiful - with the lighting transforming the joint into an almost intimate, high-end night cub by the evening.
Perfect for dinner with the person you wholeheartedly adore and would rightfully spend a fortune over. Though I suggest large group of friends or students go for the cheaper alternative and head down to Cape Town Fish Market - equally delicious but a little more affordable and a little less high-maintenance [I mean that in the best way possible....I do - hence the fifth star! hehe]
Turn the lights down low enough and everyone in the restaurant looks beautiful and mysterious. The lighting here is dark, but to be honest, the strategically-placed spotlights work well. And it all adds to the atmosphere, which is most of what this cool restaurant is about. The food was a bit pricey for what it was, but it was also unique and memorable, as well.
If I wasn't such a style slut I wouldn't rate Hakkasan as highly as I do. The interior is dark and decadent. It's been rated no. 19 by the San Pellegrino top 50 restaurants in the world. Amidst the almost black browns and dim lighting, snooty staff glide through the restaurant.
It's not a place you can linger in as you have set times to eat and get out. Yes I am rather cynical about it all.
The vegetarian dim sum is delicious. One day I'd like to have the luxury of experiencing the menu with no concern for budget but for now I will stick to lunch time starter menu.
I used to come here a great deal a few years ago. I have eaten here a few times, but I much prefer the experiences I've had just propped at the bar enjoying their delectable cocktails. Yes, the cocktails. I only ever come here specially to drink them. The bartenders are very professional, where making the drinks is almost a form of art. And the ingredients used are only ever fresh ones. I also always order their prawn crackers, which are the proper sort, tinged in a dark orange colour, served generously in a large bowl.
However, the prices for the food are much too expensive, almost too much for Chinese food to be honest. But despite this, it is delicious. In all, it is worth a visit just to bask in its amazing interior and to gorge on as many cocktails as possible!
Best meal of my recent visit to London. Like some of the other yelpers , being from the west coast and living in NY, I was skeptical of an Asian fusion spot in London. I was pleasantly surprised from the moment we pulled up into the small back lane entrance and walked downstairs into a fabulous underground lair. The decor was beautiful asian-style and contemporary plus the place was packed with a great, upbeat ambiance. The food surpassed my expectations - it was adventurous chinese mixing a nice balance of authentic flavours with new flair. Served family style, it made for a great group meal and I kept eating long after I should have put the chopsticks down. Not to mention the delish lychee cocktails which were more creative than the usual lychee martinis you'll find at so many asian fusion spots. Only downshot, cocktails were a bit slow to be offered and then delivered to the table and after our allotted dining timeslot, we were politely but firmly asked to leave rather than enjoy another drink. Understand this is a reality for hot tables in London, NY etc but I prefer a subtle request versus the pointed ushering towards the door.
All said, I would absolutely return!
Rude and torturous. I completely agree with ridiculousness of three bouncers plus a 'guests list' person on the street, and they remain rude after you pass the reservation test!
My reservation was checked again 30 steps down the stairs, and then AGAIN at the bar while I was trying to order a weak-sugary but pretty cocktail. During this third interrogation, I though, just maybe the Maître d' was taking the piss (joking), but she was serious, so I finally had to let loose and let her know how I felt and this was not a good start for a supposedly nice restaurant and pleasurable meal. She just walked away, silent.
The ambiance was nice, food was tasty but small portions, service was professional, but in all honesty I will not be back just because of the interrogation techniques, and I thought torture was deemed illegal, per the UN conventions.
One of the most intense dim sum experiences I have ever lived. The setting here is truly amazing and a special place to eat a dim sum like you have never experienced.
This is all about the scene. Can't remember a single thing about the food. Cocktails are good and wine is on the more expensive side. Dark, red interior, lots of glass, quite noisy, but great for people watching.
I love this place. I hadn't been here in 3 years but it was just as enjoyable. The design/atmosphere really can't be beat. The cocktail list is exotic and everything I tried was good. I loved the vegetarian dim sum platter, you get to try a little of everything. I highly recommend the roasted silver cod with the champagne/honey sauce. Yum! Also got the tofu claypot which had a really good sauce. Ok so things are overpriced but you're paying for the experience, which for me was worth it.
Went here a few years ago with family while we were in town. Amazing food, and even made a dish without soy sauce for someone in our group who was allergic. I think I had the mango duck and it was great.
Hakkasan is the parent of Yauatcha, another favourite restaurant of mine.
This is an exclusive and tranquil restaurant, which means eating here can be expensive and that also means I dine here only on the occasion.
It has a trendy ambience to it. It is located on a quiet road, and on entering you walk down some stairs into a basement, its dark and romantic, with the decor mixed with modern and oriental influence.
Menu is Chinese cuisine but more gourmets with some interesting flavours fused together which comes up with interesting tastes.
I love my deserts, but dont tend to go for them in the Oriental restaurants, but on my recent trip here, I had a a pineapple cannelloni, which I never heard of, it was brilliant, but on the small side, I just wish there was more of it.
This is somewhere I would recommend you take your partner for a romantic meal, it's got a lovely, romantic setting and it's a great way if you want to impress somebody. However it comes with a price tag, drinks are relatively highly priced, and so is the food, expect to spend roughly £150 for starters mains and drinks for two, i have never spent less than that in here!!
However, its definitely worth it for a nice treat. The whole experience is tops!
The service is of high quality as expected and the music is really funky, lounge with latest DJ's mixing their music. There is a small bar where you can have a few drinks before you dine, they have thought of everything at Hakkasan. I love it, and wish it was a little cheaper!
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Named one of the 50 best restaurants in the world by a respectable survey, this place is another of Alan Yaus burgeoning and incredibly popular outposts of Asain gourmet cuisine, Hakkasan must rate as one of the best eating experiences in London. The style is opium-den decadent and the food, although expensive, is mouth-wateringly good and worth every penny. A fun extrovert crowd adds to the allure. The cocktails are out of this world, get any that has lychee, as are the extraordinary desserts. Hard to find, tucked away down a back alley, but once you're there you won't regret it.
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uber cool place very dark lighting which gives it its coolness great place to impress and just forget wat time it is.
Ling Ling @ Hakkasan is the bar of the famous Chinese restaurant Hakkasan. The bar is really good with a mix drinks including cocktails and special chinese drinks, they are prepared in front of you which is cool and the atmosphere is great in there. This place is perfect to have a drink before the supper in the Hakkasan or just to have a chilling out session in.
Neighborhood: Marylebone
Neighborhood: Mayfair
Neighborhood: Soho
Neighborhood: Fitzrovia
Neighborhood: West End
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