China Boulevard on the River

Went to a friends's chinese wedding two month ago at China Boulevard. First thought is WOW what a beautiful restaurant. The 11 course meal was quality and deliciious. I very much enjoyed the champagne reception outside the restaurant. A great place for weddings and functions!

My partner and I decided to return back last Saturday - no dissapointments at all. The Menu was very authentic, selections of traditional chinese food (not the usual sweet sour chicken, blackbean and etc) - fantastic food and highly recommended.
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J Watson
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Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Saturday, June 27, 2009

We went to this restaurant on New Year's Day for lunch. Arrived about 1.30pm and had to wait about 10 minutes for a table. No problem at this point. However, after ordering the food, we waited half an hour but nothing had come. So we asked the waiter where our food was, and he told us that the order had not even been processed! Shocking service. Eventually, after an hour the food came. And then, it seemed our order was processed for a second time, and the food kept on coming. We had to turn away so many dishes. It was a joke!
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Mr Cheng
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Food 6 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 3
Thursday, January 01, 2009

I was disappointed when we visited on a saturday night. Even though we had booked a table for 7 people and there was lots of space when we arrived the table was not ready. The staff didn't seem to have a clue - the prices that they charge you expect to have a relatively high standard, the waitress brought crispy duck, pancakes, etc but no plum sauce - they were not concentrating at all! The crispy duck was very tasty although lots of the other dishes varied in quality, similar to standard of a take away. The restaurant reminded me of a chinese at a holiday resort!
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Food 6 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 2
Wednesday, December 10, 2008

We normally order our food via delivery and last Friday night I decided to dine at the restuarant for the first time with my business partners and clients.

Food was good, friendly ushering to table, wine and water was served professionaly. One of the best chinese restaurant in london
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James Parker - View all reviews by this user
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Friday, November 21, 2008

dim sum has dropped it's level - the prawns (prawn cheung fun, sew mai, prawn croqutte and spare ribs is not good..yam croquettes and pork puff pastry is always served cold!?

perhaps a new dim chef please?

Must say..dining is good..you guys have real good chef's.
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Mr M Chan
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Food 6 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 6
Thursday, September 25, 2008

I had my 40th birthday at China Boulevard, and I cannot fault a single thing. I had been informed prior to booking that there will be a wedding party on the same day, bearing in mind the reviews I had read I almost cancelled, but I went ahead. I booked a private room and I thought we'd be forgotten in there, but to the contrary. We were waited on as though we were the only party there that night. All the dishes were hot, the Dim Sum was amazing, and the prawns were fresh and succulent. We had two waiters in the room with us and the manager checked in on us every so often, she also assisted with serving the champagne and rice. They truly made my day special. My family and friends were rather impressed with the service, considering that these people have dined at the most swanky places across the world. I’d most definitely recommend China Boulevard.
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Remmy
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Saturday, September 06, 2008

It's a shame that the last reviewer had a bad time and chose not to have their wedding banquet there, as we had ours there at the end of June and I have nothing but praise for them.

The staff were wonderful and the food absolutely superb. My mother said it was better than the last banquet she'd had in a five star hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong! High praise indeed from a Chinese mother.

What was fantastic about China Boulevard was that we had a lot of extra dietary requirements due to my husband's family being mainly vegan or veggie but eat fish. They made up two other menus to cater to them and everyone was very happy.

The amount of "free" things you get if you have a banquet from them is amazing. They even threw in the cake as part of the wedding package.

And it's not just the "expensive" events that they cater for. Before we chose this venue, we checked it out a few times, both for the dim sum and the evening menu before deciding that it was the right one. All times we have been, the food has been of a very high standard.
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Amy
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Having been here a few times with family and friends, my partner and I thought we'd go for the 1/2 price dim sum.

Arrived and was greeted with great welcome and sat down to tick off our order on the dim sum sheet. We ordered 10 items as we didn't have breakfast and felt peckish.

As it was pretty quiet with just 2 other couples it didn't take too long for the food to arrive. Food was good although the siu mai was very dry and the fried squid was plastered with heavy batter. I ordered the octopus which my partner does not eat and I could not finish, so like most Chinese familes, you take it home along with a few other items we couldn't finish rather than throwing it away.

When we got the bill, I noticed we only got £8 off the £25 food bill. So I questioned the bill and was told by who I believe was the manager that because we didn't finish the food that we ordered to eat-in we were charged the full price to take it away - so then why was we also charged 10% service on the food we were taking away?

No mention of this offer being eat in only and no mention that food you do not finish would be charged at full price. He then started comparing it to buffet restaurants!?!? He said when you have buffet you can't take home food or you will be charged! Er hello - we are paying for each item we order and not one price for all you can eat. On that note we paid up as I knew we weren't getting anywhere.

Finally, I have decided not to have my wedding banquet here due to the greediness of one person over £4 as I'm afraid of any extra hidden costs they may add, although I would like to thank Claudia for her assistance in dealing with my emails. Shame though as they could of made well over £2,000 from this banquet.
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Charlie
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Food 6 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 4
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

I have been to this restaurant several times over the last year and am always very impressed.

Service is quick and friendly. The staff there are lovely.

The food is gorgeous. Fresh, tasty, decent portions. Endless green tea as the pots are always refilled.

Prices there are very reasonable. We had dim sum for four people there and it cost £15 a head, that was about 15 different dishes and one of those was half a peking duck.

The owner even helped arrange a huge 60-person birthday party for my grandmother's 90th birthday and managed to please the vegetarians and pescatarians alike, as well as the meat eaters. They made my grandmother's day fabulous.

Apparently in the week their dim sum is half price too. Which makes it even more worthwhile making the journey.

Love this place. Will definately be returning.
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Beagleskin - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, April 21, 2008

We booked a table here for Mother's Day and what a mistake that was! Firstly they had us down for 5 people, when we had booked 6, so they had to find us a slightly bigger table. That wasn't really a problem though. Problem was that the service was really poor. The waiters seemed to be untrained. The empty teapot sign (lid open on the teapot) went unnoticed by the waiters, as did about 10+ empty plates and steamers. When we ordered more food, we waited over 30 mins and it just didn't arrive, so we cancelled the order.

Some of the tables around us had been vacated, but the staff were very slow to clear them. At least 2 groups of people were waiting 15 mins because no one had cleared the tables. Eventually it took one of the managers to initiate the clear up. We noticed other tables were unhappy with the service too. One couple wanted to pay by credit card, but were waiting so long for the waiter that they left cash on the table and walked out.

As for the food, it was tasty, however the prices are slightly more expensive than other dim sum restaurants and the sizes are smaller too.

I liked the sinks in the ladies toilet, but that wouldn't make me go back to China Boulevard again.
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B. Lee - View all reviews by this user
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Food 6 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 2
Sunday, March 02, 2008