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Tao Tao Ju

Tao Tao Ju

15 Lisle Street London, WC2H 7BE, FSA Food H, United Kingdom

Soup • Vegan • Chinese • Vegetarian


"book here for a party of 6 for the Chinese silvesternacht after they do not make the booking for another restaurant due to this busy night. we ordered the peking duck and all the dishes for a happy and wealthy years like fish, noodles and dumplings. the dimming cum dishes came first char sui bungalow and xiao long bao were standard and tasted quite well. there were no spoons tho for the xiao long bao that made it a little harder less traditional. our dishes came next to the damped sea bass was delicious, the bones were taken out (except the side fins that made it easy to eat (but less fun, as I like to flipping the fish when a side is done) the Ho fun (rice nudel with rührei had a bit of everything in it huh, pork, garnel, tinted fish. we also have the plate of chinese broccoli (gai lan with garlic) (they must order a vege in a Chinese restaurant and this has proven to be one of my favorite food of the night. very fragrant and crisp. we also ordered Mongolian king prawn, that was a little disappointing, and actually felt like the sweet sour king prawn court (or perhaps the order mixed. . I also felt really like peking disappointing for old, so was happy to finally get some. I was a bit confused about the difference between peking duck and crispy aromatic duck both on their menu when I checked it at picking up the restaurant. it has been shown that it is a British ding (the population in Britain and the last escape is finished with a deep step, that is the cripple, and apparently it is a bit dry. we have two steam basket of pancakes for our peking duck not sure whether it is because we have asked enough pancake haha. I'm more used to having 2 courses when I pee, but they're not doing this here. we ordered a whole and we also got the usual plum sauce and gurken garlic shoot to go with it. Although we were given only 2 hours of eating time, we were eating pretty fast and finished after only 1.5 hours. they do not desserts, but gave us a lazy lucky cookie that was entertaining as we were in bed after reading each of our gap out loud! everything in all was a pretty good meal and service good (for a Chinese restaurant. we sat in the back room of the restaurant and the atmosphere was good, beautiful bright white walls and table clothes, and maybe not as crowded as the front. but it has a bit loud, because it is all great tables in the back room. some portions of eating felt not very, but overall we went full and happy for only £15 per person. the online booking was simple and (especially given the busy night they called me on the day to confirm our booking."

Big Easy

Big Easy

12 Maiden Lane London, WC2E 7NA, United Kingdom

Beer • Seafood • British • American


"we have booked to my man's birthday to eat 4.30 clock before we go to a show. we arrived 10 minutes early and were asked to wait in the hall on a sofa with several other people, then were shown to sit at the right time. we were not particularly welcome as we were taken down as there were so many people to dive around and then, as we tried to navigate the table, said the hostess, we had the table for 1 hour 30 minutes. Happy. When the waiter came to take our order, he said how they are, we answered well and asked him how he was, he replied atmospherically- only halfway through my layer. there was another table that celebrated a 60th birthday and frankly it was more like a Henne party that constantly screamed and singed, up to the point where we could not hear. eating was nice enough, but really the setting of the staff was not great. during booking we had the possibility of standard or high-seat - I chose high seating and honestly no warning, what that meant? I have also made special wish that it was my man's birthday and nothing was done? have they received this? I'm not sure what the point of this box is on the booking if it doesn't mean anything? to be fair, I could have said at the arrival, but the personal was so annoying and scarce, I could not really be harassed as we already made a cake for him. it wasn't the worst place I had eaten, and I would probably go back when someone invited me, but it didn't bother me to visit again."

Ruchetta

Ruchetta

6 Rose St, Wokingham, Reading, United Kingdom

Wine • Steak • Pasta • Italian


"After many years, on recommendation of others, went to this restaurant to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Whilst the food was excellent, the service was atrocious and totally ruined what should have a lovely night out on a very special occasion. Booked for and seated...promptly. Orders for aperitifs taken and drinks brought promptly. Order for wine taken, bottle brought and opened. Then it all went downhill. Waited for over minutes for our meal order to be taken and that only happened because I signalled to the girl behind the bar that I was getting unhappy. First course then took about minutes to arrive. However our main course took until to arrive. I have never ever waited minutes for a main course to arrive. It would not have been so bad if the staff had shown any interest or we had been able to grab hold of one to ask what was going on, they just seemed to totally ignore us! As mentioned earlier, the food, when it did arrive, was very good, it would have been even better if the side order of vegetables my wife had ordered had also arrived. We did ask what had happened to them but when we were told they had been overlooked, decided to just make do and share mine. To add insult to injury, while we were waiting we noticed that other couples were eating dishes that were not on the menu we had been given. I later found out that we were supposed to have been given a specials menu but this had also been overlooked. At the end, the manager was very apologetic and gave a cursory discount however this was not the point. It was a special occasion at a not inexpensive restaurant I would have preferred to pay the full price and not had a ruined evening. Needless to say, we will not be returning."