Very good, properly spicy, Sichuan food. The peanut shrimp was truly amazing. Although the service isn't great, Baiwei still lives up to its reputation as one of the best Chinese restaurants in London.
I’m no expert, but I’d say naming your restaurant after a Maoist regime that saw the death and displacement of hundreds of thousands of innocent people doesn’t make for comfortable dining. Thankfully, ‘The Great Leap Forward’ – a dinky little Sichuan eatery located on Newport Road – is now named Baiwei (百味, which translates to ‘100 flavours’), which I think you’ll agree is far more appetising.
A small but well formed restaurant with a very authentic feeling of a Chinese restaurant. The food at Beiwei was fantastic and very reminiscent of what I encountered in the Szechuan province of China earlier this year. I would highly recommend the Dan Dan noodles!
When you get collared into giving a sympathetic ear to a tale of work woe, I've found that the only thing to do is to take them for a spicy lunch to blast past the doldrums. It's my version of chicken soup for the soul
I have tried a few dumplings at the restaurant and was very impressed. The prices are more than reasonable. The fish and the pork dishes are a great deal for money. The place offers authentic Chinese food which is both delicious and sumptuous. Highly recommended. I shall visit again soon.
This place serves delicious and authentic dishes from chinese cuisine. The place is a traditionally chinese. The atmosphere is bright, interiorised with small tables and stools. The food does all the talking here, we ordered, Duck served with vermicelli. Also ordered aubergine which was amazing as well. The dishes are flavorsome. Cash Only place!
Happen to be a Sichuan lover? Must give this place a shot. They possess a great variety and wide options of food to choose from. The pricing of the items are amazing and very pocket friendly. I recommend the chicken salad strongly. It is delectable. The staff happens to be amazing and the service offered is very efficient and quick. I am definitely visiting this place again.
Recommended highly.
Everything here looks so tempting that you get confused as to what to order. We ordered a variety of dishes and they were all quite memorable and delectable. The chicken and trip were the highlights of our meal, but all the dishes were very impressive as well. The food is quite expensive so be ready to lose some money. The food and flavours, however, are worth it. Definitely recommended.
A decent Chinese restaurant in the neighborhood. The food ranged from average to amazing. The chicken was strictly mediocre. The tripe was the star of our meal though. The service is efficient. The interiors are simple yet comfortable and appealing. The food can get too spicy sometimes though. They accept cash only which maybe another downside.
I recently tried this place which offers Maoist cuisine and was quite impressed with it after trying it for the first time. The ambience was great with wonderful, authentic and tribal themed decor. The was a wide range of options on the menu to choose from which was pretty interesting and innovative. I would love to visit this place again and would recommend others to try it as well.
It was very busy on a Friday night, but we managed to get a table for 4 without booking. The mocktail drinks (green tea and fruit) were delicious! The service was really rapid. The dumplings and bao buns were really tasty. I had the noodles with pork belly and they were flavourful. My husband had the spicy mince noodles with pig intestines and he loved it. Another one of group had the aubergines with rice which had a wonderful sauce. We also had the crispy chicken, which was a bit gelatinous and the seaweed salad which was a bit oily and too garlicky for one of our group. Overall, I liked it and would recommend a visit.
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The Maocai (Hot Pot) is an absolute winner. Tasty, hot and huge. The bowl is massive and filled with wonderful flavours. The dumplings and Bao were delicious. The Aloe Vera drinks are so refreshing and tasty, especially the watermelon. Faye was an absolute star and very attentive. We highly recommend this restaurant in China Town
The skewers were really quite nice. Flavour was perfect and just enough spice and “numbness” to the spice!
I loved how every skewer tasted perfectly and it’s just one of those things that are hard to find these days.
It would have easily been a 5 star joint for the skewers alone BUT for like £7 for 5 skewers, that’s quite some healthy margin considering that makes it £1.5 for 2 fish balls or £2 for beef tribe which is almost free from western butchers!
Love this place. I work close by and usually go couple times of week.
I recommend the soups mainly the Dragon wonton or Chengdu dumplings in broth. My all time favourite is the Black fungus salad and Mixed Chengdu dumplings in spicy sauce. Simply the best in London.
I wouldn’t say it’s a cozy place, but definitely somewhere I’d go when I need a spicy & soupy meal. In general, it’s comfort food with ok price, but also noted that there are not many vegetarian options.
The spicy beef stew noodles was very nice. The food came very quickly and the staff were very helpful.
The overall mood is quite Asian. Nothing really special. It's quite cramped.
The spicy beef brisket noodle soup was sooo good and comforting- it got spicy but I enjoyed it. The fried chicken was also delicious as well. Efficient service and friendly too!
Was surprised to find really decent mala noodles at this London joint. The numbness was perfect, reminded me of the ones I had in China. The place also provides free wifi which you can log in by providing fake email details and also has toilets in store.
Simple, sometimes deceptively simple food. At first when I got Dan Dan noodles was disappointed, but when I moxed it, let flavours infuse and eaten with side greens - it was delicious. Baozi buns very big, succulent meat inside, though not as good as Shanghai street dumplings, 3 are enough for a meal.
Next time have to take aubergine - it was looking sooo tempting.
£9 for lunch main
Can't deny was an f tasty lunch. £9.9 for the set. Left full and happy. Staff friendly enough and knowledgeable of the food, which was FAST. Really hit the spot. Each dish 👍 was the first person in at 12:00, left thinking this is now every day should start! Be seeing you soon.
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