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Lotus
TLDR; this is no longer the pre pandemic Lotus. Quality of dim sum is same as the frozen stuff at best.
Very sad to see this place as a shadow of its former self. Before the pandemic this place was buzzing and whilst the dim sum were not the best, it was decent and the location made it a convenient to meet up with friends in the docklands.
Now only the top floor is for the restaurant and the ground floor is an Asian super market. Both are executed half heartedly.
The grocery shop isn’t particularly well stocked or priced. The restaurant has an extremely limited menu and I am pretty sure most of the dim sum are made from the frozen packets sold just one floor down.
I cannot emphasis this enough, the food is beyond disappoint. Just check out the photos, each dish tasted as sad as it looked.
With Royal China and TianTian super market just around the corner, it is no wonder why this place was so empty during lunch time on a Sat.
The only saving grace is that the staff were friendly and the view is still there. However, these are the only reasons why they this is not a 1 star review.
Very sad to see this place as a shadow of its former self. Before the pandemic this place was buzzing and whilst the dim sum were not the best, it was decent and the location made it a convenient to meet up with friends in the docklands.
Now only the top floor is for the restaurant and the ground floor is an Asian super market. Both are executed half heartedly.
The grocery shop isn’t particularly well stocked or priced. The restaurant has an extremely limited menu and I am pretty sure most of the dim sum are made from the frozen packets sold just one floor down.
I cannot emphasis this enough, the food is beyond disappoint. Just check out the photos, each dish tasted as sad as it looked.
With Royal China and TianTian super market just around the corner, it is no wonder why this place was so empty during lunch time on a Sat.
The only saving grace is that the staff were friendly and the view is still there. However, these are the only reasons why they this is not a 1 star review.
Rice Guys Canary Wharf
TLDR; service was quick but does not make up for the very little value at £8 a pop. The Hainanese chicken rice consisted of more cucumbers than chicken. The flavour was okay, mainly dominated by the sweet soy sauce, but far from the authentic / real thing and the chicken was over cooked. Having said all of this, there are not many alternatives in Canary Wharf. It is definitely better than Mama Lan a few stores down but that’s quite a low bar (check my other review)