Saikei Chinese Restaurant

This was our first time we came and definitely not last time. Chicken was one of the best I had in London. Chicken was fresh and good flavour in the rice. We also called for dimsums bbq buns, prawns and mushroom( instead of mushroom inside, it was on top of dimsum which was bit strange) Over all good place on budget with no frills.

This is always good to have dim sum with good friends here in London. This is not the most decent place with luxury and classy decor but a place for people to gather and chit chat with a good customer service. Food is good here but not excellent.. Hygiene is somehow questionable also. I never park here direct but getting to ikea free parking and walk over. Good for family gathering.

Been coming here for years. Always had a good time and experience. It’s a bit far for us but my friend always chooses and picks our favourites. The steamed buns are great! Yes the service is what it is but all is good here. The jasmine tea is always good with dim sum. It can get busy but we dine between 1pm-2pm on a Saturday and don’t have to wait too long for a table nor our food. Recommended if you like dim sum.

*Affordable and authentic transitional style dim sum, but please have no expectation on service and atmosphere (as you will with old traditional style restaurants in Asia). We have been coming to this restaurant for dim sum / lunch nearly every Saturday. It can get busy during Saturday lunch and you will need to queue for 20-30 minutes. Service is close to none (be prepared), you get attention if you ask for them, but otherwise they just leave you to enjoy your meal. The place is also very dated but you go there for authentic traditional style dim sum, not a fancy candle light meal ;) My must order dishes are: 49, 6, 61, 48, 29, 1.

Been coming to this restaurant for their Dimsum for many years now. The food is simply delicious. I have been to many Chinese restaurants London China town and I can say that the Dimsum at Sai kei is more enjoyable. Not easy to get to if you don’t have a car though. It is several stops by bus from North Greenwich Station.

The dim sum is good and with most of the dishes around £5. The fried noodle and hofun dishes are yum, but the portions are small. Service is good is good and reliable. For the atmosphere, it’s typically in traditional Chinese settings.

Update It’s our second time eating here and like before food and service is amazing. Especially auntie who gave me lots of prawn and fish crackers. Super sweet. We ate here last Dember 17 for my partners birthday around 2pm? We were seated right away and the service we got was great. I was skeptical to try this place because of the negative comments I read here. But what we experience is great, a factor probably because we did not eat here during rush time. We ordered dimsums, chowmien, spare ribs and salt and pepper squid. Everything tastes so good! I love that there chopstick were like the authentic one. Service and atmosphere was great. Definitely will go bacm and hopefully will have the same good experience. I forgot, they give you oranges which were super yummy as it is sweet.

Last time we were here was 3 years ago and both service and food was below average (compared to that from the past years) However we came back to try dim sum at Saikei again on 9th April and was pleased to find that the restaurant has improved on food seasoning and service was friendlier. However, prices have increased by at least £1 to £3 per dish. (See menu photos to compare). Teapot is charged at £1.50 per person. You will also have to ask for the chilli oil & sauce/other table condiments. The seating system is by you come in & tell front of house person in charge how many people dining and will then be handed a ticket number (keep this safe as you will need to give it to the person calling your number to be seated). There are a few seats in the waiting area. NOTE: it is not 1st come, 1st serve. Other groups or people will be seated before you even if they came after you as they go by the vacant table by number of seats/people: a big group may be seated before a couple or vice versa. Plenty of (pay online) onsite parking - instructions are clearly displayed outside, around the restaurant & on the menu. But if you can walk (about 10 mins), you can park in the nearby Odeon/pizza hut/B&Q/IKEA car park (free parking for 5hrs every day). Ordering is by marking the quantity required by the dish you want on the paper provided once seated. Any other dishes (not on the dim sum menu but you know is on the dinner menu) may be requested when the waiter/waitress comes to take the ordering paper. The bill has automatically added the service charge on it. Sakei also has takeaway service for their food/dim sum as well as the special whole suckling pig.