Royal China Club
Chinese restaurant · Marylebone
40-42 Baker St, London W1U 7AJ, United Kingdom
Highlights
Dim sum & Cantonese dishes in a sophisticated, Oriental dining room
Dim sum & Cantonese dishes in a sophisticated, Oriental dining room
"The dim sum at the original Royal China Club on Baker Street ranges from the familiar (prawn cheung fun) to the fancy (crispy rolls with scallop and foie gras), and it can easily add up to west London club prices. That said, this is a club where everyone’s welcome and has a good time. You won’t find the extensive dim sum list past 4:30pm, but there’s a page-long evening dim sum list including a steamed seafood platter and some deep-fried options." - jake missing, heidi lauth beasley, rianne shlebak
"Sometimes you don’t want somewhere full of natural light when it’s a roaster. Sometimes you just want the blast of artificially cooled air and enough dim sum to sink a ship. Which is why you should be sitting in Royal China Club on Baker Street. This legendary Chinese restaurant is a cheung fun-filled haven from the outside world, and it’s so big that most of the time you can just walk in." - jake missing, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak
"Royal China Club on Baker Street is a Cantonese institution where the hoisin-stained white tablecloths can bring back all kinds of memories. The lengthy dim sum menu is legendary for good reason. It ranges from the familiar (prawn cheung fun, say) to the fancy (crispy rolls with scallop and foie gras), so don’t be surprised that it can easily add up to west London club prices. That said, it’s worth it for a special meal centred around special cheung fun." - rianne shlebak, heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, sinead cranna
"This legend among London’s Cantonese restaurants is a sight to behold on a Sunday at lunchtime, as families from across the city gather for steaming baskets of soup-filled xiao long bao, har gow, siu mai, crisp-fried spring onion pancakes, and glistening plates of cheung fun packed with sweet-salty pork or chubby prawns. This incredibly well-oiled machine has been running for decades, rightly becoming one of London’s most famous dim sum restaurants. Best for: The formality of the vast dining rooms and huge round tables makes it the perfect spot for celebratory feasts." - Adam Coghlan
"Does this big old-school spot on Baker Street make some of the best dim sum and Cantonese food in London? We think so. It’s an institution that plenty of people get a little misty-eyed about and the chilli oil or hoisin-stained white tablecloths can bring back all kinds of memories. Don’t be surprised that it can easily add up to west London club prices. That said, this is a club where everyone has always been welcome and sometimes you deserve some dim sum with a difference. Now strap in, because here comes your order. You’re going to want the minced pork and shrimp dumplings, the roasted pork buns, the prawn cheung fun, the sesame prawn rolls, and the honey roast pork puffs. Around this point you’ll consider the shanghai pork dumplings and think, well that’s a lot of pork. Ignore that voice, it also told you that emo-eye-patch fringe was a good idea. Go ahead and lean into the pork offerings and please note, the classic cheung fun is essential." - Heidi Lauth Beasley
