Saikei Chinese Restaurant

Saikei Chinese Restaurant, London 85 Bugsby's Way - London

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• Sit down

74/100
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Derek Newbury
+5
Best dim sum in Town. Great dishes on the full menu. Go without hesitation
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Amy Pateman
+5
First time back in 18 years! Was delicious especially the fried prawns with garlic and chilli. Recommend !
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Vi Vian Woo
+3.5
Sai Kei Restaurant, North Greenwich – In my experience, the better dim sum places in London are mostly Hong Kong style. Sai Kei restaurant is one of them. This Chinese restaurant was recommended by another fellow foodie Malaysian who works in See Woo at Greenwich. It took us a while to go to Sai Kei because our 'local' dim sum restaurant, Yi Ban, was a family favourite and that was quite hard to beat.

So, the style at Sai Kei is, you collect a ticket number upon arrival and wait. There are two queues for this; small groups for up to 4 people and big groups for 5 or more people. The queue for big groups generally moves faster. There were only 3 of us so joining the the small groups queue, we waited well over half an hour until we got a table. I am not complaining but every time a number was called we were longing hopefully that it would be us. When it did, it turned out to be a late lunch. Definitely hungry!

Walking quickly with springs in our steps (I wonder if, in the eyes of others, we looked as though we were running) we did not waste any time to order. Chinese tea and congee first! Still it was out first time here so we had to spend a little more time to study the menu going through the list of steamed, fried, noodles, desserts, cheung funs, specialities and chef's picks. I do initially judge dim sum places by the variety that the restaurant serves. Chicken feet, jellyfish, duck claws, chicken claws all sound pretty authentic but squid in satay sauce suggest that they felt a need to compromise. Still, as it is I find it pretty good and ticks on dim sum sheet done, the food came pretty quickly.

preserved egg pork congee £5.10 – Steaming hot bowl of porridge to calm the hungry tummy first. The congee was good – consistency, thickness was so smooth that it was as though drinking a thick soup. It had chicken strips instead of pork, as described on menu, but otherwise delicious!

After the ordering and had my first bowl of congee, I felt I could let the atmosphere soak in. Many locals, families, Cantonese speaking people. Ah...felt like Chinatown, with better service. More good news is that Sai Kei is opene for dim sum during week days too. So,  hopefully there is not such a long wait! I am looking forward to trying out the Sai Kei a la carte menu after my dim sum experience.

Parking is free if you dine in Sai Kei. Give your car registration number when you collect your ticket for the dim sum queue. But, don't worry if you forget because there is a big bright sign. It's quite impossible to miss.  

A unanimous vote for Sai Kei as our new family favourite restaurant. It is difficult to say if it could beat Yi Ban. I think we need an up-to-date visit soon to make the comparison.
Jul 20, 2016
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Why Waste Annual Leave?
+3.5
I'm not a believer in the notion that every meal and mouthful has to be some kind of life-altering experience with fancy presentation and fusion flavours. Sometimes (actually often), I finish work late, my hubby does too and frankly, all we want to do is get in our car, drive somewhere we can park, not have to worry about restaurant bookings and reach somewhere we know will have decent, hearty, cheap food that won't disappoint on taste.

Saikei is just that. We have been several times to this Greenwich Chinese restaurant, located in the grounds of the Holiday Inn Hotel and the fact we always return proves that for this purpose, it serves our needs well.

This was a bit of a last minute trip (the fridge was empty and we were feeling the post Christma blues). To start, we shared a quarter portion of crispy duck. It needs to be flavoursome (tick), crispy (tick) and with all the accompaniments that one expects with enough quantitiy to share between us (tick). That in itself had left us quite full so we should have ordered less for main but we always make the same mistake when we come here. It's just as well that this is the kind of informal place where they are more than happy to give you a takeaway box.

That was dinner sorted then for the next day. We kept it simple with egg fried rice and a portion of salt and pepper baked prawns as well as a portion of chicken chow mein. Not the most boundary-breaking dishes I've ever ordered but after a very long day at work, boy did it hit the spot.

The interior is quite large compared to many other Chinese restaurants I have visited and you can park on site. The service is polite but not overly intrusive. Will I be back? I absolutely will. As far as hearty and un-pretentious Chinese restaurants go, this is one of the better ones in the Greenwich area and you'll find all the classic favourites and very fair prices.
Jan 02, 2015
5
Avinash Bhogun
+5
Been coming here for years. Always had a good time and experience. It’s a bit far for us but my friend always chooses and picks our favourites. The steamed buns are great! Yes the service is what it is but all is good here. The jasmine tea is always good with dim sum. It can get busy but we dine between 1pm-2pm on a Saturday and don’t have to wait too long for a table nor our food. Recommended if you like dim sum.
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Tiffy C
+4
*Affordable and authentic transitional style dim sum, but please have no expectation on service and atmosphere (as you will with old traditional style restaurants in Asia). We have been coming to this restaurant for dim sum / lunch nearly every Saturday. It can get busy during Saturday lunch and you will need to queue for 20-30 minutes. Service is close to none (be prepared), you get attention if you ask for them, but otherwise they just leave you to enjoy your meal. The place is also very dated but you go there for authentic traditional style dim sum, not a fancy candle light meal ;) My must order dishes are: 49, 6, 61, 48, 29, 1.
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Steven C
+4
This restaurant is quite an unknown restaurant, more like if you know, then you know but if not then you wouldn't even know it's here type of place. Although its been at this location for a long time. The food on the other hand, it's 👌👌👌 the food is delicious. Can be pricey but with the quality of food you receive then you won't complain. They serve dim sum from mid day to late afternoon which is nice for a light snack if you want. But the main can still be ordered. The decor seems a little out dated but nonetheless I would recommend giving this place a try. Staff are also friendly. A good venue for special occasions too
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Raymond Lew
+4
The dim sum is good and with most of the dishes around £5. The fried noodle and hofun dishes are yum, but the portions are small. Service is good is good and reliable. For the atmosphere, it’s typically in traditional Chinese settings.
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Emily Ip
+4
Very good dim sums freshly made to order, lukewarm service, but I am OK being left alone when I don’t need the attention. Don’t agree with some reviews saying parking is a problem. The restaurant has a QR code for customers to scan and pay, at a reasonable rate (£3.5 as of April 2023).
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Laura Litam
+5
We ate here last Dember 17 for my partners birthday around 2pm? We were seated right away and the service we got was great. I was skeptical to try this place because of the negative comments I read here. But what we experience is great, a factor probably because we did not eat here during rush time. We ordered dimsums, chowmien, spare ribs and salt and pepper squid. Everything tastes so good! I love that there chopstick were like the authentic one. Service and atmosphere was great. Definitely will go bacm and hopefully will have the same good experience. I forgot, they give you oranges which were super yummy as it is sweet.
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Kim-Thùy Huynh
+4
Last time we were here was 3 years ago and both service and food was below average (compared to that from the past years) However we came back to try dim sum at Saikei again on 9th April and was pleased to find that the restaurant has improved on food seasoning and service was friendlier. However, prices have increased by at least £1 to £3 per dish. (See menu photos to compare). Teapot is charged at £1.50 per person. You will also have to ask for the chilli oil & sauce/other table condiments. The seating system is by you come in & tell front of house person in charge how many people dining and will then be handed a ticket number (keep this safe as you will need to give it to the person calling your number to be seated). There are a few seats in the waiting area. NOTE: it is not 1st come, 1st serve. Other groups or people will be seated before you even if they came after you as they go by the vacant table by number of seats/people: a big group may be seated before a couple or vice versa. Plenty of (pay online) onsite parking - instructions are clearly displayed outside, around the restaurant & on the menu. But if you can walk (about 10 mins), you can park in the nearby Odeon/pizza hut/B&Q/IKEA car park (free parking for 5hrs every day). Ordering is by marking the quantity required by the dish you want on the paper provided once seated. Any other dishes (not on the dim sum menu but you know is on the dinner menu) may be requested when the waiter/waitress comes to take the ordering paper. The bill has automatically added the service charge on it. Sakei also has takeaway service for their food/dim sum as well as the special whole suckling pig.
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Samson Wan
+4
Service was incredibly fast for a weekend. The dim sum was great. The only problem was that it is a little difficult to get there or even getting there, there is a car park….. but you can park at B&Q where it’s free and walk over. I walked 15 minutes from the O2, it’s nice and open until you get close to the myriad of roads you have to cross to get there.
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Martin C
+4
One of the most authentic Hong Kong style dim sum restaurant in London. Some of the dishes are rarely found outside like deep fried cutter fish cake. Price is somehow reasonable in London style. Be expected the service is really local Hong Kong style, but not British warm welcoming. But it’s really a good place to experience Hong Kong local food and dining culture.
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FoodieCurly HK
+5
As a Hongkonger, I love yum cha and dim sum so much. This is my first time to have Canton yum cha in Britain, I feel very satisfied here. Their dim sums are very good. Quality is similar to Hong King’s restaurants but of course much more expensive. I just dunno why the waiters handed me all the dim sums but not put them on the table.

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Monday:
12:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Tuesday:
12:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Wednesday:
12:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Thursday:
Closed
Friday:
12:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Saturday:
11:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Sunday:
11:00 AM - 10:30 PM

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