Min Jiang

Royal Garden Hotel, 2-24 Kensington High Street, London, W8 4PT - View on a map
Telephone: 0207 361 1988

Min Jiang Restaurant In London
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Overall 5.6
Food 6.7
Service 4.3
Atmosphere 5.3
Value 6.0
Based on 3 reviews

what the critics say

Telegraph

Zoe Williams - 6.5/10

Thursday, May 07, 2009 - There is no hotel on earth that would waste a view like this on an ordinary guest. For the wow factor you have to have the duck. It was quite theatrical, watching it cut, though - finally, showmanship! I can't remember now why I was longing for it. The pancakes, though, served two ways, were amazing... With the rest of the duck, there were six options, including a soup; we chose to have it with ginger and spring onion. I must admit, we weren't adventurous, but I think our conservatism paid off. It was exquisite.

Metro

Marina O'Loughlin - 4/5

Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - The trolley chef doesn't speak much English but he's smiley and skilled at wielding his super-sharp knife. It whizzes into the crisp skin, the prized part just below the bird's neck and – whoosh, whoosh – razors off a handful of paper thin, almost translucent slices. We're instructed to dip them into sugar. Yep, sugar – pure and utterly simple. Or rather debauched and utterly sinful: the combination of savoury, brittle and fatty skin combined with refined sugar must surely be as close to toxic as anything you can put in your mouth. It's also absolutely irresistible.

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Went to Min Jiang restaurant last night for my birthday meal. We had the Beijing duck which again met all our expectations. We also had the Dim Sum platter which we feel match or exceed other dishes of this type we have experienced on our various dining experiences. The service was very attentive and there was also a very good atmosphere in the restaurant. The view over London with the lights from the Hyde Park fairground adding to the Vista. Given that we were dining in a 5-Star hotel, the bill came out at less that what we were expecting. Have been there on several occasions and will definately go back.
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Liliane
Overall rating 9 stars
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Went there for lunch last month, food was good. Service was bit rigid and unfriendly. Good view though.
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Soulfood - View all reviews by this user
Overall rating 6 stars
Food 7 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 6
Sunday, December 02, 2012

Really disappointed with this restaurant. We went for dim sum one quiet weekday lunch time. Service rigid and unfriendly. We were refused a window table despite there being many available. During our entire meal, no new diners came in and those tables remained vacant. I have been to many, much better Chinese restaurants in terms of taste and value for money. At this restaurant, you are only paying for the view of the park (not the food) which is limited when you are not next to the window.
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Overall rating 2 stars
Food 4 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 3
Friday, June 15, 2012

The view is simply amazing. Food good but nothing to die for. Service inconsistent... Some of the staff didn't make you feel like you wanted to be their best friend, let's say.

I will go back for drinks, and to enjoy the view.
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Pascal
Overall rating 7 stars
Food 6 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 5
Thursday, May 10, 2012

AMAZING views over Hyde Park. This is definitely a place to impress your guests. Service was good and the place was nicely busy on a weeknight.

Highlights include the authentic & slightly sticky pancakes for their famous peking duck- unlike the mass produced ones for crispy duck in Chinatown, and the crabs are not bad either.

But beware of the heavy dose of MSG and the high prices (easily £50 per head without wine)
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Overall rating 7 stars
Food 7 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 5
Friday, May 13, 2011

Just come back from a dim sum blow out at Min Jiang and our considered opinion is, it was good but not great. The only stand out was the crispy duck rolls and everything else was on the good side of average. Beautiful view obviously, and lovely service but our usual dim sum venue, Dragon Castle in deepest Walworth, can still hold its head high. We saw a lot of people ordering the whole duck though so we're going to return to try that soon.
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Jane Lancaster
Overall rating 7 stars
Food 7 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 6
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Just had dinner in Min Jiang and it was amazing! The View, the service the food...all met my expectations to the full! Love this place
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Overall rating 9 stars
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, January 10, 2011

Min Jiang has one of the best views of London. It also serves some of the best Peking Duck in the City. It should be a very good place to dine. But sadly it is very badly let down by the service. The staff had the rushed, discourteous manner of a much lesser restaurant and the tone with which the restaurant manager dealt with the problems which arose was especially unattractive. Avoid.
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Overall rating 5 stars
Food 8 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 5
Saturday, July 31, 2010

what the bloggers say

Tamarind and Thyme

Tamarind and Thyme

Saturday, August 04, 2012 - Har kow had a good prawn filling but the skins were ever so slightly mushy. Roxanne taught me to look out for a good springiness to the har kow wrappers. The stir-fried turnip cake with XO sauce had a surprising amount of heat and was utterly delicious. Soft chunks of steamed daikon cake had been fried together with the XO sauce and the addition of beansprouts added a great crunchy contrast...Was it the best dim sum in London? No, I don’t think so though it was very good and very refined but, gosh, that refinement came with a hefty price.

A Rather Unusual Chinaman

A Rather Unusual Chinaman

Monday, February 08, 2010 - Firstly, we were presented the pancakes in a 'traditional' style, with thinly sliced spring onions, some cucumbers and some hoisin, fillings that I am used to with aromatic duck. Slightly boring, and unfortunately exposed the fairly one dimensional flavour of the duck. We were then served the pancakes Min Jiang style, filled with garlic paste, radish and tientsin cabbage. Whilst the previous pancakes seemed devoid of flavour, this variation really brought out the flavours of the duck.

Dos Hermanos

Dos Hermanos

Sunday, August 23, 2009 - Everything is freshly prepared and cooked to order by the chef and the results show - this is some of the best Dim Sum cooking in London. Ok, the range isn't wildly inventive but there is a preciseness to the preparation and a lightness to the end result...Char Siu Puffs - pastry encasing a rich porky filling - were a revelation, all hot and crumbly. Cubes of squidgy Turnip Cake were made into a spicy stir fry. Greaseless Spring Rolls came tightly packed with shredded Beijing Duck with a thick dipping sauce.

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