Wong Kei

Fantastic restaurant introduced to it by my brother in law over 15 years ago and still visit each time we come to London. Excellent value for money and the atmosphere is great as well. Would recommend to anyone to go. We have friends in London this weekend and they will be visiting on our recommendation - love it.
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Sandra
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Thursday, June 21, 2012

i love the place, order all you can say in one sentence and it arrives for the generous price of 4 quid, please try .....barbeque pork, crispy pork green vegetable rice.
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ian mac
6 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 7
Friday, June 08, 2012

Just eaten at Wong Kei tonight, worked out I have been eating there for 30 years, I recommended it to my parents and my father has eaten there for over 25 years, he recommended to his brother who has eaten there for 25 years, my children and their partners eat there and many others have been recommended. As usual tonight I have had an excellent meal, for an excellent price, service was good, hopefully i will be eating there for the next thirty years!!
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Anne - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Sorry to repeat others but have been eating at the Wong Kei for 25 years. Such a shame that some have had a bad experience, I have had almost 100% consistently excellent food, my only criticism being that my favourite hot and sour soup was less sour or hot sometimes. I took my children in pushchairs as babies and they are now teenagers and have held chopsticks from 6 yrs. Staff are entertaining and treat you with the same respect you give them, food excellent (try something new) and fantastic value. I drive 1.5 hours to visit here at least once a month as I no longer work in London but so worth it.
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Vicky Price
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Being a Londoner, one develops ones favourites. We had three such favourites, and Wong Kei used to be one of them. Not so much because of the food - virtually ALL the restaurants in this region are superbly authentic (I lived in Hong Kong for 3 years) - but because of the outrageous behaviour of the staff.

They are the entertainment, and the principal genre is to be seriously rude, generally to one and all.

The last time we were there was just beyond typical: on entering we were bullied to our table "you sit tha". We ordered some crab-meat and sweetcorn soup and waited a fair bit for the soup to arrive - being amused by the rude treatment of other tables. The soup arrived, and a simple inspection showed that it was not crab-meat, but crab-sticks. I pointed this out to the (boss) waiter and he said "No, is crab-meat", I then said that I was not happy with it and perhaps he could take it away. He came back with "You not like soup, you get out!" and repeated more words of the same effect.

We were no longer laughing, and left, feeling humiliated. Would we ever go back again (and skip the soup)? Perhaps, but not for a long time.
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SeptimusFry
4 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 5
Sunday, March 11, 2012

Having lived in China a while back, I am always looking for Chinese restaurants in London that can take me back to the amazing food I had when I was there. I started to go to Wong Kei in 1993. The place may not look exuberant, staff may not ask you every two minutes if everything's alright and I have seen better food presentation in a McDonald's BUT when it comes to having a cheap, fun and tasty eating-out unique experience Wong Kei is second to none. From the tasty and filling hot-pots, the garlic-y Broccoli, the brisket of beef with rice, the braised pork in preserved veg to the steamed sea bass and the crispy pork and roasted duck fried noodles. I have always brought tourists and friends there and it has never let me down to this day (including Vegan/Vegetarians). People from all walks of live, snobs and paupers have invariably taken away some rare fond memory of the place. Let it be the free "magic" tea that the more you drink the more you can it or the fact that you sit with people you don't know and they don't seem to mind having their conversations broadcasted right in front of you... And all of this, for around £5 to £10 per head (depending on greediness).
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Andres Crespo
8 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 9
Thursday, February 09, 2012

Visited Wong Kei yesterday on a freezing cold day, met me son who is at UCL, for a late lunch, I had a quick look at the other local chinese restaurants, most offering set meal for 2 at between £12 to £18 pp, wong kei's offering the same for £8.50! I've been going to this restaurant on and off for 25 years so knew what to expect in terms of "up up" as soon as you walk in the door although once was amazingly told to go "down down". This time we were let off with a 1st floor visit and shown to a table with a couple eating although plenty of free tables, bear in mind this is more of a cafe than a restaurant so expect to share a table, which is no big deal. Given a nice large pot of Jasmine tea (free!) and we were given the menus, we ordered the set meal for 2 which I highly recommend, love the sweet and sour pork "hong kong" style, hard to get this in most chinese take aways. Was going to order an extra dish, but the brusque but decent old boy serving us said "plenty food there - u don't need it, order when u get the food", so took his advice and he was right! Great meal that was served quickly, couldn't finish it all,

bit cold near the window, but very nice staff, friendly as we were polite and friendly to them, great value for money considering it's Piccadilly, went to Waxy O'Connors for a pint of Guinness afterwards which was also a great pub!
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Paul Yallop
8 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 9
Friday, February 03, 2012

Wong Kei was a hilarious experience. The waiters and waitresses are very rude, but if you have a funny sense of humour you will laugh at their misery! I heard them shouting to this family "WELL!? ARE YOU COMING OR NOT?!" It was the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. Other than that, the food was gorgeous, however, it was Chinese new year so service was slow. Our plates were thrown at us, and the bill was chucked at us even though we hadnt finished our food.I'm actually being serious when I say this but I had a great time laughing at the rude waiters!!
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5 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 3
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Visited Wong Kei's this afternoon with my wife as i had been there many years ago. Unlike previous reviews the staff were not that unfriendly but the food was somewhat disapointing......the chinese tea tasted like dishwater, the veg spring rolls were great but my main course of sweet and sour chicken was very average and my wife's of mushrooms and green vegetables on rice was disgusting with the mushroom being like chewing rubber and the whole meal being gloopy and full of msg!! Other people on the same table had some meals that looked ok but on a whole very very poor. The food is cheap enough but being charged £2:35 for each can of coke just spells rip off. We were so disappointed as several of the other chinese resturants we walked past afterwards looked so inviting...........a lesson learned!!
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2 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Thursday, January 05, 2012

I have been going to Wong Kei for 13 years and really enjoy the food and service. My wife has been going for over 10 years. If you are looking for cheap quality chinese food in the west end of london, then this is the place to go. We recommend Yau nam noodle soup with plenty of chilly oil! Also, fried Chinese broccoli is a hit. Staff are bit rude, but once you get to know them, they're sweet! Being VIP customers, we always get the best table and quality service. We even get a smile sometimes!
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Buki and Xiao
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Sunday, January 01, 2012