Cafe De Hong Kong

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47 Charing Cross Road,
London,
WC2H 0AN

0871 971 3474
Note: Calls cost 10p per min plus network extras.

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Reviewer Oli_Lovecage
13/04/2010
I went with 5 friends feeling pretty optimistic about this restaurant, prices looked good and some of the food sounded different / exciting.

We ordered a fairly large variety, whole duck, sweet and sour pork, cuttlefish, ducks tongues & pigs trotters, brisket curry, fried beef dumplings and some rice / noodle dishes. About a 1/3 of what we ordered was unavailable but we managed to replace them with other items.

The food came within five minutes and was largely disappointing. We had to send back 5 of our dishes because they were only warm at best. Even after we had sent back 3 or 4 dishes the waitress continued to bring us out more ambient dishes. The dishes then came back again so quickly that they had clearly been microwaved.

The duck was thoroughly flavourless, the curry sauces were greasy and tasted like they were out of a jar. The best dishes were the noodles and special fried rice which were buffet standard. We failed to finish most of them.

When we complained at the end the old chap who manages the place said that many of the dishes were meant to be cold (I found this unlikely as they weren't cold but a bacteria loving body temperature), and that since we weren't happy we didn't have to pay the tip. We explained that we weren't paying the tip anyway and in the end left paying £70 for the six of us.

We all left feeling a little queasy and still hungry
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14/02/2010
Excellent French Toast. Good for anyone feeling home sick for HK - this will make you feel a little better.
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Reviewer Anonymous
17/05/2008
this is possibly the worst place ever, i orded steak,potatoes and gravy.
It took 45 minutes for this to arrive, by this time my friend's noodles was finished.
It was so small, very hard and the potatoes were cold and burnt. the funny bit was the 'gravy' which was BRIGHT orange and was blatantly just grease scrapped off a pan with thiick colouring.
Then the bill came and it said optional service charge and so my friend put down the amount except for the charge, then the manager counts the money WHILST we're sitting there and demands we pay the extra charge. appalling. really bad. oh and then half way through the 'meal' a man comes over to us and asks us to donate money for charity.
seriously what kind of trampy business is this!?!?!
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Reviewer Anonymous
17/12/2007
Bit of an ugly looking building but some nice food served here - just on the edge of Leicester Square.
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