Gold Mine

When they first opened we found the roast duck, roast pork (char sui), and roast pork with crackling skin very nice, and rather reminiscent of the excellent fare in Four Seasons down the street. And they threw in a large bowl of delicious soup which had been brewing over many hours (Compliments of the chef and absolutely free!!). Other foods were great. Went back recently and the roast meats were still nice, but the soup were less delicious and no longer free. Still a great Restaurant but no longer such great value for money. Of course the news tidbit that they were opened by the roast meat chefs of Four Seasons explained many things.
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Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 7
Thursday, August 20, 2009

I re-visited this place for an early dinner this week,and I found that prices had increased substantially.The menus have been "over-taped" with new prices-upwards not a reduction of VAT.I think they have a new chef.The food was nowhere near as good as in the past. Steamed rice very overcooked and all stuck together in a glob;Dry overcooked veal with no evidence of the XO sauce(my wife is convined it was pork and not veal);special soup very glutinous;no evidence of oyster sauce on the green veg.;scarce ginger on the shrimp dish.It all seemed substantially cheapened-down.

Don't think I will go back.Place was empty at 7pm ,in the past there would have been a queue-and other Bayswater Chinese places seemed well-attended.
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C.Elder
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Food 5 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 5
Friday, February 06, 2009

I´ve visited this Restaurant for the first time last weekend and i have never eaten anything more delicious than their Szechuan Chicken with Rice. Quite Spicy with a good amount of dried Chili, but just perfect for me! Also the Hot&Sour Chicken Soup was good, although a bit different from how it is served where i come from. I happened to find Shrimps in it, but thats just another delicious thing that i would have missed if i didn´t miss my flight home that day^^

Service was very friendly and helpful too, and i had to wait only about 2 Minutes für my whole meal, although the restaurant was nearly full.

Paid 11,10 for a standard portion with coke and a soup - including service charge.
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Thomas
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Very crowded at times, so best go outside regular lunch and dinner hours as they don't mind, and the service and food are actually better when they are not under pressure. There are many good dishes here,so please don't eat the usual sweet/sour pork and peking duck. Go to the last section of the menu where there are the chef's specialities and order from there. The food is generally well prepared and can be spicy if you are not careful. Wine choice is good and simple. Onlty glitch we had was the waiter adding service charge when it was already included .
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C.Elder
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Food 9 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

When the head barbecue chef at Four Seasons defected with other staff to form Goldmine, many of his regulars moved with him, and with good reason. The restaurant's Cantonese barbecue specialities are as flawless as ever, with some of the finest char siu and duck -- crispy or otherwise -- in the capital, a testimony to this being the regular Singaporean and Malaysian clientele, notoriously fastidious and discerning about their food.

On top of that is a relatively standard selection of Chinese dishes, generally executed well, though their seafood hotpot and sizzling fillet steak are excellent, with a few Straits dishes thrown in to reflect the culinary heritage of the staff; it's one of only a few restaurants in London that serves a decent kangkong belacan, one of Malaysia's spicy, better-kept secrets.
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Stairs
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Been coming here regularly since it opened early 2007. Friendly, clean and reasonably priced place. Serves a mix of regulars and tourists and overspill from the neighbouring Four Seasons - which is how I first visited. Now I have defected mainly due to the better friendlier service (i.e they don''t give a sour face when you don't tip as 13% service charge is added to the bill) and it ids much easier to get a table. Four Seasons can be like a zoo at times.

Food wise its up to par. The roast duck is very competent, roast pork is crispy and flavousome and the char siu is fantastic. They serve your usual chinese restaurant staples plus some more authentic dishes. Our faves being the steamed egg and seafood, fish and aubergine hot pot and the chilly minced pork with japanese tofu on a hotplate. They even recomended a dish once which was spareribs stir fried in a sweet sour salad cream sauce. Very unique to say the least.

You won't be disappointed, we don't even go to Chinatown anymore and I can assure you this place is better than 80% of the rubbish you now find in Chi town.
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Dezzydez - View all reviews by this user
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Monday, July 16, 2007