Maybe in 2006 this palce was good but in 2008 it's not in my opinion.My girlfriend is Chinese so we go to more than our fair share of restaurants. We normally eat at Mayflower but fancied a change. What a let down. The service wasn't good and they became even worse when we sent food back - twice!!The menu says that the food might not look like what actually is delivered. Well, no shit! The spare ribs were cold and had no meat on them (unlike the meaty version shown in the picture). They were the worst we've ever had. We sent them back to ask for warm ones and the waiter was really upset that we had the audacity to send food back. They microwaved them!!! The dry-braised fish was awful and I think we ate less than 1/4 of it - at £22/fish it should be good. The veggies that came with garlic were inedible. My girlfriend had a few fork-fulls and just couldn't eat them. It was ridiculous there was so much garlic it wasn't right. We just left the veggies. We didn't see another waiter until the end of our 'meal' and that was after waved and waved for him to come over. When he came we asked for the bill and to take the veggies off as they were awful. He told us we should have told him earlier. Well, had he came over to see us earlier then we would have done. The manager gave us the bill, added on 13% as a service charge and said that he was doing us a favour by not charging us for the 1/2 veggies that we ate. I asked for the service charge to be removed and I would decide for myself how much I would tip and he brought the menu over to me, opened it up, and siad, "It's NOT discretionary, you must pay".Ugh. This place really sucks. Never going back. Ever.

I found Bar Shu to be delightful. The spicey food is not too hot, but just enough to get your sweating a little! Really good service - lovely head waiter, who was most concerned about getting us to sit where we wanted. He was very funny and attentive. Bar Shu is well worth a visit.