Shan Shui Jian

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  B S

  ·3 months ago

  “I came back from China a few weeks ago and this place felt like coming back to China. Very authentic. And a very nice and friendly girl serving. Will be coming back for sure”

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  Demiral S

  ·3 months ago

  “Dear Shan Shui Jian, I call your phone everytime that’s answered within seconds and even if i don’t call you make my special order the way i want it. as a middle eastern guy for me this chinese restaurant is the best ever tasted in my life. i have been to china too and more over the world they make orders fresh and well made. thanks to peter for taking care of my orders for over a year now he is also a big reason i keep ordering and recommending this place. 10/10 food and service.”

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  Rehaan Nihal

  ·4 months ago

  “i ordered mapo tofu with my friend demiral. this is the best chinese restaurant in london. we talked to a person named peter who helped us order food how we’d really like. i give this place 10/10 🙂”

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  Naomi L.

  ·7 months ago

  “My friend and I wanted to try Northeastern Chinese / Dongbei cuisine specifically, so we went for the Chinese sauerkraut with pork and the chicken stew with mushrooms. We also ordered a cold tofu in garlicky sauce starter. (We over-ordered- that was too much for the 2 of us!) Everything was delicious, and the waiter very helpful and friendly. I also really appreciated the fact that our tea came in a cast iron pot and was regularly refilled without us even needing to ask.”

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  Toddy Peters

  ·7 months ago

  “Perfectly barebones simple cafe style restaurant. Menu is a little overwhelming, great pictures, but so much choice! Lots and lots of unusual northern Chinese options but also many of the familiar dishes for the less adventurous eater. Portions are large. Kimchi rice is an exercise in delicious self sabotage - spicy and sour with generous kimchi. One of the best salt and pepper squid I've ever had. Better than Four Seasons in Gerard Street. The pork mince vermicelli was stretchy and chewy and perfectly spiced, a wonderful immersive Sichuan experience! Green beans with pork mince could have been better with proper long beans but the seasoning was so excellent with crunchy chilli pieces. I also tasted a piece of sweeter than expected Kung Pau chicken, but the ratio of nuts to chicken was great. Others had tofu and beef in black bean sauce and a noodle dish but as we were in a large group of people who didn't all know one another and weren't instinctively table sharers I didn't taste all. I think the food would be better shared family style, and they lost points because the service was exceptionally slow and inattentive. There were 2 large tables (including our party) and the rest of the seating was empty, but we had very long waits for the food and also before we could even ask for the bill. There was also a steady stream of delivery orders appearing and disappearing but it's alway hard to wait for food when the hold up is invisible delivery clients. However perhaps on a Saturday evening they could be more prepared for being busy? I will definitely go back despite the tricky location, the menu had so many options and I need to see how it goes family style as it should be.”

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  Mo Mo

  ·11 months ago

  “Great food and authentic dishes. Service was friendly and she was helpful describing dishes and helping us choose and reducing spice in one dish for us. Go for the mouthwatering chicken salad with cucumber, dry hot chilli chicken in the bone and any aubergine dish! It's a small place so I'm glad we booked ahead. Takeaway and delivery were extremely busy.”

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  Foodie400

  ·1 year ago

  “My absolute favourite Chinese restaurant! I love the food and the service is always nice and welcoming. Only for Ambiente 3 stars - but I don’t mind that because I go there for the food and i actually love the authentic touch of the „just chairs and tables“. It makes you feel a bit like a holiday in China. I can definitely recommend it IF you are into authentic Chinese food. Lots of spices, chili and very rich flavours.”

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  Z

  ·1 year ago

  “Had dinner in Shan Shui Jian with family friends for Chinese New Year Eve. The food was very nice. Service was also very good. It’s a bit far from me but will definitely go there again if have a chance”

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  Xinan Yang

  ·2 years ago

  “This restaurant serves very authentic and delicious Northeastern Chinese food. However, the service was disappointing and among the worst I’ve ever experienced. The staff seemed discriminatory. Although the waiter was also Asian, he was very kind and gentle with local customers but became impatient and rude when dealing with other Asians. There were two dishes with very similar names in translation, and we ended up ordering the wrong one. When we raised this issue and asked for a reasonable solution, the waiter became extremely rude and refused to help. At the end of our meal, we asked to pack the remaining food. The server just tossed us a box, implying we should pack it ourselves. I'm not sure if this is appropriate, especially considering he charged us extra service fee. No matter what, we did not deserve to be treated like this.”

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  X

  ·2 years ago

  “Wonderful Chinese food in London. Thanks to the chef and our savvy friend, everything on the table is delicious. My first time trying the lamb spine 羊蠍子— very tender and most meat falls off the bone easily. The broth is herby and aromatic. 小雞燉蘑菇 Chicken and mushroom tastes great and I picked up all the mushrooms. 酸菜魚 Fish and fermented cabbage are also nice though can be slightly more sour/spicy. 麻婆豆腐Mapotofu has slightly firmer tofu but I like it too. 地三鮮 The eggplant potato and peppers are tasty, especially the well cooked and flavorful potato 炸醬麵 The noodle with fried bean sauce was quite different from the more common Beijing version. It is lighter in taste and contains egg instead of diced meat. (I did some research and found the egg version is more northeastern style.) I was not a fan of the overly salty and sweet sauce in Beijing and this one is actually delightful. Food came fast and service is nonintrusive. Perfect for friends’ gathering. Price is decent too.”

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