Oriental Canteen

Reviews

• Lulu Y.

  star star star star star_border 2 June 2026

  Wow I didn't know in London (which is extra expensive ) one needs to dine in such a humiliating way in a posh neighborhood. The food was good but hygiene was bad, and apparently the store was trying to provide the food in the as cheap as possible way to poor students who like Chinese food.

• Katharina T.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 23 May 2026

  Located in the main restaurant row near the museums.
  Terrible food! Terrible service! Terrible ambience! I would give minus 5 stars if I could. My bad for going in.

• Brianna T.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 22 May 2026

  This has got to be one of the worst Chinese places I've ever been -- there were people in my party visiting from Hong Kong and they were appalled.
  
  First off, the portions (we ordered main dishes from the backside of the menu) are ridiculously tiny, and are served on plastic plates that bring Parks and Rec flashbacks of April and Andy eating turkey chili from frisbees. Yes, it was that bad. The bowls and cups we were given were also of the same cheap, colorful plastic.
  
  The food we ordered was not good. That kung pao chicken was the sorriest excuse for a kung pao chicken that I've ever seen. You could probably get better at Panda Express. The fried rice was bad as well. The only thing that was mildly alright was the eggplant dish.
  
  The service was absolute rubbish and the restaurant itself lacks severely in cleanliness.
  
  All in all I was extremely dissatisfied with this restaurant and do not recommend anyone to come here lest they experience the same disappointment.

• Shenae D.

  star star star star star_border 16 May 2026

  Cheap Eats London ..  yes I'll definitely categorize this place that way. It's definitely  Asian students haunt on a budget. I ordered a quarter duck for £6. Gotta say, the duck has more meat and the portion was more generous than Four Seasons in Chinatown. So thumbs up to that!
  
  My partner ordered a 'Wa Tan Hor'... it came with 4 fresh prawns that's rather large in size. Overall taste wasn't too bad either.
  
  Service was fast, food came quickly and Hot, the server didn't exactly flash the biggest smile nor showed up hospitality. But hey... Cheap and nasty... who's complaining? At least you don't get the server throwing the bill at your table while you're still eating... that crap.. only those Chinatown Chinese restaurants famously do! And oh, they were people queuing to eat by the time we were finishing... pretty impressive!

• Jason M.

  star star star star star 6 May 2026

  Stupid cheap for a World-Class city, reasonably quick, and quite excellent. One of the better cheap meals we've had in London, and it was like 13 quid for the two of us.
  
  Yeah, so there's barstool seating, 9 tables at most, and plastic cups and bowls for your meals. That's *clap* why *clap* it's *clap* cheap *clap*. We had some great little spareribs, some fried rice, and a soup noodle dish. All made for a nice filling meal.
  
  They were even willing to finagle the menu a bit so we could get everything we wanted, i.e. serving the ribs with a small side of fried rice so we could get everything we wanted.
  
  So, nice people, good food, not a ton of money. Three cheers.