Joy King Lau

Chinatown Dim Sum Restaurant Joy King Lau Announces Permanent Closure | Eater London

"A long-running Chinatown Cantonese institution known for daytime dim sum and a full dinner menu of roast meats, fried dishes, curries and soups, it is particularly celebrated for its siu mai and har gau. The owners announced an early-July closure and change of management, with the current team—many staff having served for nearly 30 years—leaving; they expressed deep gratitude to customers for their support, especially during the pandemic, and said the brand’s future is uncertain though the name may live on under new operators. The closure is described as part of a broader wave of longtime Cantonese restaurants in the area being forced to shut amid rising rents, landlord-led “placemaking” and shifting commercial and demographic pressures; the business is not directly a tenant of Shaftesbury PLC, despite appearing in the landlord’s “Chinatown London” portfolio." - Adam Coghlan