Yauatcha

eh_trusted_cust

Thought this was great - had a twisted ankle when I went though so getting down the stairs was a challenge. Lovely staff let me use the lift - it was a goods lift though and I think it came out near the kitchen. Food was good, but the combinaton of dim sum and french macaroons I didn't quite understand. Enjoyed it, but wouldn't got back - Ping Pong is cheaper and better every time.

emmanx

Love the intense originality of the menu at this place. Textures and flavours you're not likely to experience in any other standard dim sum restaurant. Funny seating upstairs so make sure you get seated downstairs and don't take no for an answer.

durielz

I went for a party and i really liked it! Great people and good music.

NMD

The food is not bad.
( same as usual chinese restaurant)
Sevice man is too stiff
The deco was a great and warm place they spent a lot of quids

pwax

love it!

krikke

What a great place. You can come here almost every day and enjoy your lunch...

brenna

Top notch food at reasonable price for a restaurant in Soho. Well worth a trip - make sure you get the crispy duck!

barbd

This is a special place - for those dreary London winter afternoons. Quite pricey but as always, you get what you pay for.

Simply delicious dim sum, and many other tasty treats too, washed down with a cold fresh white wine. Can't think of anything else that I'd rather be doing (well one or two things ;)

Happy staff too - and a dark funky ambiance - make this an occasional (depending on your wallet) bolthole...

mandylayton

Went for afternoon tea with the family. The food is excellent and the quality and range of green tea's are superb. The service is not very good though. I kept asking for water and after asking for the forth time I went and got it myself from the bar. It is a mystery to me how varied the service can be when the food is so great and actually pretty reasonable priced.

sue

Why did it take me so long to visit Yauatcha? I think because I thought it was some sort of pretentious, expensive place where only the 'beautiful' people could get a table. I was so wrong, well they let us in didn't they!

Booking in advance, we got a table at Yauatcha for a Sunday lunch. After some serious browsing in Carnaby Street before hand we were ready to sample what we hoped would be some pretty special dim sum, and happily our experience lived up to expectation.

We had booked a table on the ground floor, and I'm glad we did. The downstairs, whilst interestingly decorated, looked a bit cramped and dark, especially on a sunny day. The service was friendlier than I was expecting and I was impressed with their efficiency considering how busy the restaurant was.

Knowing the menu was going to be large, and not being dim sum experts, I did some research in advance to see what dishes others recommended. This did indeed make the ordering process easier, though we still took our time, starting with a couple of interesting sounding cocktails - the Kumquatcha and the Lalu (or something like that), neither of which I was too keen on.

The food we ordered was:
Har Gau
Scallop and Kumquat Dumplings
Baked Venison Puffs
Prawn Cheung Fun
Pork, Prawn and Tofu balls
Pork and Century Egg Congee

My favourites were the Prawn Cheung Fun and the Venison Puffs - those tasty little venison parcels were as good as everyone says. The congee wasn't something I had had before - a type of creamy, rice soup with pork and preserved egg, the latter tasting better than it looked!

Can't believe we didn't have room for dessert, as they have amazing looking cakes on display which you can buy to take away too. My next visit may well just be for tea and cake sampling. And perhaps a cheeky serve of Venison Puffs too...