Leong's Legends

My partner is Taiwanese and Leong's Legend (both branches) is probably our favourite place in Chinatown. As others note, the Siu Long Bao is excellent, as is the pork & sticky rice, vegetarian fish, morning glory, preserved egg...want to go back there now just thinking about it. Yes, the service can be a bit curt, and not everything on the menu is as good as the items listed, but the best of the food is so good, and such good value, that this remains our first port of call when in the West End.
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Ted
8 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 9
Monday, June 03, 2013

Went back to Leong's Legends last night for the first time in a while. I found the food as good as ever. Xiao long bao were delicious (the nicest I've had in London, although I have to admit not up there with the best ones I had in Shanghai) and I also had the green beans fried with minced pork, which were very good, with lots of garlic and chilli. My vegetarian friend had the vegetarian 'fish' (basically spring roll type things in a spicy sauce), which got the thumbs up, and vegetable dumplings which were lacking the nice soup you get in the xiao long bao, but were all eaten with relish nevertheless. We went early (pre-theatre) on a weekday night, but the place was still pretty busy, and service was very prompt and polite. I will be back again soon, I hope.
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Anna - View all reviews by this user
8 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Used to eat here often, but with their various expansions, this place has gone downhill. The food quality is atrocious. My favorite dish (aromatic chilli lamb) has morphed into a stringy mutton inedible thing, worth only for the bin. Dim sums are full of water. Also recently they managed to give us completely wrong dishes, it was a takeaway so we were stuck with it. Try talking to them on the phone, not worth it. So dinner ended up being pizzas instead, all the items from Leong's Legend ended up in the rubbish bin. Don't waste your money. This place has lost all quality and effectiveness. There are loads of great eating places in London, try them instead!
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Fejoia
1 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Friday, February 22, 2013

Had a great meal here on a Sunday lunchtime. The dim sum was truly excellent, service was good and the food was brilliant value for money. Would definitely recommend it to others.  The  xiao long bao, Taiwanese kebab and pork buns were a highlight. 
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9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Monday, November 26, 2012

Very bad experience. Food was good, but very poor service. Feel very bad because the staff there are so rude. Especially the manager there even does not care about customer complaints. By the way, she looks like under 20 years old and has no idea about how to deal with complaints. Unbelievable that the owners employ such kinds of people to run their business. What a shame!
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4 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 0
Saturday, June 16, 2012

terrible service - 3 staff none of them were paying any attention (only two customers)

we had an issue with our food. when we told them, they seemed they didn't care. some of the food was good, but most of them tasteless.
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2 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 2
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Popped in for dim-sum. Both staff and food were mixed. All the dumplings were great but the Taiwanese-style pork kebab was bland. Spring onion pancake good. One of the waitresses that served us was friendly and helpful the other wasn't. Nice table upstairs next to the windown although the view isn't up to much. Reasonably priced. I'll probably go back and try some more of the menu.
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Rex - View all reviews by this user
7 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Monday, July 04, 2011

What a disgrace !!! Shame on you Leong’s !

First of all, I am a chinese and I know how to rate a quality of chinese foods.

Regardless the food quality, I don’t really deserved these kind of humiliation or any discussion at my back from the waitress with their native languages which I don’t deserved to be talked down. I was disappointed when a cold rice have been served and a glass of uncooked pearl milk tea (chewing jelly type in the drink). I requested them to change the cold rice and get me another fresh make pearl milk tea . From their conversation, they were just heat the rice from the microwave. AND she poured the existing drink into a new glass to look like a freshly made. I saw it with my own eye when I walked past the counter which gave me a BIG SHOCK!! I immediately cancelled it. I am totally unhappy with these kind of services and low quality of foods. It made me even more angrier is I even HAVE to pay them a 10% service charged on top of the bill. Please note the waitress said the 10% is a compulsory fees and it cannot be taken out. REALLY? I don’t mind to tip them, but with these services manner, I would rather pay for a beggar at least they are being thankful not a big rolling look down eye.
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Pamela Tsang
0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, May 25, 2011