Shikumen Shepherd’s Bush

I have walked past the Dorsett hotel hundreds of times and never guessed that behind the darkened glass windows was a large, interesting and beautifully laid out Chinese restaurant.
Starters were hit and miss, wasabi prawns were good, if pricey. Ribs cane off the bone but a good portion. We went for the roast duck option. This came as a whole duck to the table and was hand-​carved into perfect juicy slices at the table. Amazing. This was served with the usual pancakes, salads and soft buns too. The was super moist, yummy and delicious. I honestly could have eaten the whole plate to myself. They then take away the carcass of the duck and turn the rest of the meat into soup or fried rice. The fried rice was fine, but honestly? I wanted more pancakes and left to my own devices with that duck.
We also tried the fried seabass which was tasty but a waste of the delicate flavour of seabass in my opinion and the seafood ho-​fun lacked that wok flavour I crave. Other dishes were forgettable.
The bill was extremely high, £30−40 per person. Saying that, it’s hard to find high-​end Chinese food in London in a smart setting so in that respect, this is good value. It would definitely impress a date or a client.
Overall, I really liked it. The ambience is just right, smarter than your usual Chinese restaurant with the hotel as a beautiful entrance. My parents enjoyed their dimsum on a previous occasion too.

Pretty good dim sum for price and value. Wouldn’t bother ordering the xiaolongbao.
The vegetable and meat steamed buns come as 3, so don’t make the same mistake thinking that it’s just 1.

A little out of our usual area, we decided to meet friends at this place. It’s connected to a hotel which probably assures it a certain amount of business.
It’s reasonably new from what I can work out which maybe explains the manic waiter service, in particular the head waiter was rushing about looking a bit stressed… it wasn’t really that busy.
Our order was taken after a while and the food all turned up at a reasonable time. In general all the food we had was pretty good. We ordered loads and between 4 it came to about £20 each which seemed reasonable.
Not the best yum cha in the city bit a pretty good option!

Great restaurant in hotel Dorset. Foods overall is nice a good quality. Having dim sum there but if the portion is a bit smaller. Ended up having three kind of difference noodles to fill our stomach. Nice atmosphere and decoration. If they do some promotion, I would go again, otherwise it is too pricey.

It’s got too many sharp edges and shiny surfaces to call it a firm favourite yet. It doesn’t feel lived in and it hasn’t developed any real character so far. A few dropped dishes maybe. An instance of spilt blood as the head chef chases his commis round the dining room with a bloody great cleaver.
And the service is overworked and inattentive. Or it was when we went for Sunday afternoon dim sum anyway.
I love the idea of rushed servers clattering around being rude and aggressive with a trolleyful of delights as the rest of us demand more, now. But the waiting service here doesn’t come round with said trolley which is a shame. Maybe they consider themselves too smart for all that. There’s certainly the space in this luxurious dining room in the Dorset Hotel on the almost trendy now Shepherd’s Bush Green. You can see they’ve spent a bit on the place. But it’s all just a bit too considered right now. Except the service, which as I said consists of aa small band of totally overworked waiters who keep their heads firmly down while greedy guts paw the air in the forlorn hope of some attention.
Thankfully, the dim sum is fantastic. Beautifully made steam buns and dumplings. Noodles without the grease but with all the flavour. Accoutraments that have been carefully made and are a pleasure to dip tasty morsels into.
We picked a number of things and all were good but the highlights were the venison buns and the chicken taro croquettes, the latter being outstanding enough to warrant a second order although we were already fully sated. Greed and good food. Dangerous combination.
I love dim sum that looks good. This dim sum all looked great. Made with care and attention. All the better for destroying in one gulp. Isn’t that the fun?
So, roughen the edges, hire a couple more staff and this could be a hung over Sunday stalwart. On every other day it’s an a la carte Chinese that looks to be of a high standard and a high price. Our bill was very reasonable indeed even with the overpriced pot of jasmine tea which was charged out by the cup. Definitely worth a pop for some good dim sum. Even if you will have to brave the Shepherd’s Bush yummy mummies who think it’s fine to let their kids run feral around the place.
Where’s that head chef with the cleaver?

Great Chinese restaurant. I went for a dinner on a Friday night. The restaurant is quite big and spacious with very nice decoration. It was not very busy but had enough people to feel like a restaurant.
The menu is not very long but had a great variety with unusual dishes. Many were having its signature Peking duck dishes, suppose it is its signature dish. We had smoked chicken, tufu in clay pot with duck and pork belly with buns. All were excellent with excellent services. Price is very reasonable as each dish portion is quite big.
I really recommend it. Would love to try for lunch as its dimsum is supposed to be great.

Amazing food and wonderful service!
Roast duck is so authentic and tasty!
Pork belly is a little disappointing, so over cooked, although it looks nice and authentic.
Dimsum is less authentic but okay, better than the Chinatown ones.
Definitely worth going! The service is perfect.