BAO Marylebone

First time going here and it was amazing. Our waiter was so kind and helpful - so upset we didn’t get his name to mention him here. The food was visually beautiful and so full of flavour, the bao buns were delicious and the perfect size— I definitely will come again!! <3

Incredible food - we came on a Friday night and the place wasn’t too busy but service was friendly and food was just plain amazing. The most authentic Taiwanese beef noodles with the richest yet clear beef broth, similar to a birria flavour with fantastic freshly made chewy noodles. Bao’s taiwanese fried chicken also never misses. They also have a fun interactive VR menu! We took the £25 pp meal for the table and it was absolutely worth the money - definitely go visit at your earliest convenience!

Will be dreaming about this meal until my next visit and I will make it my mission to eat my way through the menu of all locations. The staff could not have been nicer or more attentive and the atmosphere is lovely and cozy. I had the pleasure of sitting at the counter and got to watch all of the energy that goes into these perfectly prepared dishes. I had the smacked Chili cucumbers that were packed with flavor and such a generous portion (Din Tai Fung WHO?!). But, the showstopper for me was the Prawn Shiao Song Bao, the fried bun was crisp on the outside and delicately soft in the middle and served warm and the prawns were dressed in a delicious sweet mayonnaise and the whole thing quite literally melts in your mouth. Finally I had the 40 Day Aged Beef Rice which was so rich and flavorful. The salty creamy yolk, the perfectly tender beef and smoky torched rice all paired together perfectly. I highly recommend getting all of these dishes. Also, the peanut milk, don’t skip it if you love peanut butter. So light and refreshing and not overly sweet. I also MUST shout out the people doing the creatives for BAO, as a former Habbo Hotel obsessed tween, I appreciate you and your designs more than you know.

My family had a happy birthday karaoke party 🥳 at there. The manager and staff were so nice to us. Foods and drinks are good. We definitely will visit again.

Incredible dishes and a terrific lunch £15 set menu which is outstanding value, grab it whilst you can. Must have dishes are the Taiwanese fried chicken, the prawn bun, aubergine, the beef noodles and leave room for the deep fried Horlicks ice cream bao! Delicious soft drinks like the grape soda and yuzu and grapefruit soda. Highly recommend and book ahead if you are planning to go at a busy time.

Had a great lunch here. Classic pork bao, chicken rice, aubergine and fried chicken. All really well done. Service was very good. Also good if you’re looking for a quick meal then this is perfect.

The restaurant itself is on a lovely street and a nice atmosphere. The staff were helpful and friendly, I didn’t enjoy having to view the menu on my phone and placing my order through here. We actually pressed place order by mistake before we had finalised what we wanted. It was a busy Friday night at 8pm, but I wouldn’t expect them to run out of so many items. When we arrived we waited over 20 minutes for our drinks as they ran out of ice, they then ran out of chicken and fish baos as we ordered and chicken wings. Leaving only the vegan and prawn option for us as we didn’t eat pork. The food came quickly and well presented, I actually found the prawn Bao to be really oily. However very much recommended the cucumber, lamb dumplings, the beef rice and aubergine! Overall nice dinner, wouldn’t come back though.

The lunch time set menu was great. The prices were so good considering the amount of food we ate. The prawn shia song and beef noodles were my favourites. The grapeade had the perfect balance of sweetness and sourness. The service was very quick and good. I will definitely come back.