Ji Xiang Bao Zi
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About Ji Xiang Bao Zi
Ji Xiang Bao Zi is a Chinese restaurant run as a small street-food hatch at 27 Newport Ct in London, with savoury pancakes and bao buns on the menu. The oyster pancake is the main draw, made plain or as an oyster and pork version, and the kitchen fries pancakes fresh in a savoury batter with meat and vegetables. A chicken pancake sits alongside it, and the bao come filled with beef, duck or pork. Service is walk-in. Customers order and pay at the door, then take their food standing outside, as there is no seating and no toilets on site. Payment is cash only. Both the pancakes and the bao buns come large and packed with filling.
Good to know
- ReservationsWalk-in only
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention oyster pancake, bao buns, beef bun and chicken pancake.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention oyster pancake, bao buns, beef bun and chicken pancake.
Customer Review Summary
The oyster pancake is the item reviewers return to most, described as delicious, large, and packed with oysters and pork. One regular who has tried almost everything on the menu calls it a favourite. Bao buns come close behind, with a beef bun described as delicious and hot in cold weather, and one reviewer calling the pork buns the best in London. A chicken pancake is also called flavourful, and one visitor says bao were a highlight after finding other Chinatown meals plain. The praise is not uniform. One diner found the duck bao very bland, another called the beef filling plain though the texture has bite rather than fluff, and one reports poor customer service, with attitude when they asked for tissues. It is a street food counter with no seating or toilets, and one reviewer describes a huge queue that moves quickly, while others report little to no wait and lovely staff. Reviewers note that new pancakes are constantly being fried, so each one arrives piping hot.
Customer Review Summary
The oyster pancake is the item reviewers return to most, described as delicious, large, and packed with oysters and pork. One regular who has tried almost everything on the menu calls it a favourite. Bao buns come close behind, with a beef bun described as delicious and hot in cold weather, and one reviewer calling the pork buns the best in London. A chicken pancake is also called flavourful, and one visitor says bao were a highlight after finding other Chinatown meals plain. The praise is not uniform. One diner found the duck bao very bland, another called the beef filling plain though the texture has bite rather than fluff, and one reports poor customer service, with attitude when they asked for tissues. It is a street food counter with no seating or toilets, and one reviewer describes a huge queue that moves quickly, while others report little to no wait and lovely staff. Reviewers note that new pancakes are constantly being fried, so each one arrives piping hot.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“I’ve been to two restaurants in Chinatown before and, from my experience, the food was honestly pretty overrated. It felt quite plain and we were disappointed. That was last year, so this year we decided to stick mostly to street food instead, and luckily this time we were not disappointed at all. These bao were incredible. Easily one of the highlights for us and exactly the kind of food we were hoping to find.”
- Google user
“Packed with fillings at £4.5. Great. Lots of oysters.”
- Google user
“Best pork buns in the whole of London and such good value for money. Always worth getting home a little later to come and get one after work. Lovely staff too. Normally little to no wait as well! Super fresh and would have one every day if I could.”
- Google user
“I’ve tried almost everything on the menu, but the oyster pancake is just so good, definitely my favorite!”
- Google user
“It’s just really a street food place. No where to sit and no toilets. Huge queue.. but it goes quick. We ordered one duck boa bun and one oyster & pork pancake. The boa bun was not good at all.. very bland. I have had better. But the oyster & pork pancake was delicious hence why I gave it 3 star… otherwise it would have been a 1. Poor customer service.. I had to ask for tissues as it was not readily available on the table. Attitude was given when I asked.”
Location
Chinese Restaurants near Ji Xiang Bao Zi
- Leongs Legend4.11,6270.1 mi£20–30
bottomless dim sum offer, xiao long bao, shrimp beancurd rolls
- 0.1 mi
har gao shrimp dumplings, shui mai pork dumplings, smacked cucumber salad
- Little Four Seasons (Chinatown)3.72,4820.1 mi£20–30
crispy aromatic duck, bbq pork, egg fried rice
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ji Xiang Bao Zi | 4.6115 | — | — | oyster pancake, bao buns, beef bun |
| Leongs Legend | 4.11,627 | 0.1 mi | £20–30 | bottomless dim sum offer, xiao long bao, shrimp beancurd rolls |
| San Chiu Dim Chinese Restaurant Chinatown | 4.1743 | 0.1 mi | — | har gao shrimp dumplings, shui mai pork dumplings, smacked cucumber salad |
| Little Four Seasons (Chinatown) | 3.72,482 | 0.1 mi | £20–30 | crispy aromatic duck, bbq pork, egg fried rice |
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