New World

Located just off Shaftesbury Avenue you can’t miss this place with it being bright red. As you go inside don’t forget to wait at the desk to be taken to a table or you will be sent back again if you go into the restaurant.
Inside there is some interesting things on the wall, where I was a frog and a Chinese water scene. There was one problem where I was sitting, as it was at the front in a corner and as such was by myself the first dim sum trolley didn’t even come to me. I waited about 15 minutes for one of the trolleys to come to me.
The first trolley was fried dim sum, I opted for the wrapped prawns the food was luke warm but quite tasty served with a sweet chilli dip. The next trolley was steamed dim sum I chose my favourite Pork Bai and Prawn and vegetables, Time Out were definitely right about these they were tasty and fluffy with nicely sweetened pork inside, these were a bit warmer. I was given a huge pot of green tea which was a bonus.
There doesn’t appear to be any menu here and this most definitely be the closest thing you could get to experiencing something like this outside of China or Hong Kong. But with the lack of menus the staff have to tell you what they have and they don’t seem to want to list everything and I’m sure somethings got a bit lost in translation.
I’d recommend getting here early on a weekend as it definitely gets busy and going in a group after all who can eat 3 whole Pork Bai to themselves (runs and hides). I’ve still got 3 more places on Time Out’s Dim Sum list before I go off to try some other dim sum places.

It sure is hard to pick a place out of the many nearly identical places in this area of London. This seemed like the good option given what I could figure out. One way it’s a bit like Hong Kong is that there’s isn’t going to be dim sum carts at dinner time. Somehow I thought it might. Anyway, I was with co-​workers, and we ordered a good meal. Several of the dishes were very good, some not so much.
I did like that it’s not the sweetened glop we get in my area, but it wasn’t full on like I’d get in China. So, all in all, I’d try another place next time, although there wasn’t anything really wrong with this one. There was a good number of Asians here, but that probably only means so much.

Best Hong Style dim-​sum in London — complete with push-​carts. There is no point gushing further about this restaurant. Great for Sunday brunches.
Get the chicken feet and taro cakes with pork bits.

I’ve eaten here more than most people. I got a free calendar for years of customer experience here. The food is brilliant and tasty but expensive. I have to say that the new staff and food now, is terrible. Must be the economic or something. Unilocal wasn’t really there back in 2000 and these stars are overall service.
It’s lost the authentic staff with weird staff that can’t even pronounce the food correctly. The food would be colder as these young staff are soft handed. It didn’t need smaller portions either. It’s cheap westernised Chinese food now.

We’ve been to London twice in 4 years and each time we go to New World for dim sum. The dim sum cart experience is great. They have a great selection, including some things I just won’t eat. The lotus leaf rice was better than I remember and a big serving. I can’t remember all we had, but we kept pointing and they kept bring more. A great family experience. If you want really good selection and less crowds, come during lunch on a weekday.

Want to know how to crush a Chinese man’s hopes and dreams? Don’t feed him after lunch, then show him review after review of delicious dim sum served on elusive trolleys… then take him to such a restaurant and tell him that dim sum stops being served after 2200.
Though we briefly considered going elsewhere for a late night meal, our little merry band persevered, and it was well worthwhile! Considering most other London eateries close by 2200, I was just grateful to have food, and to have legitimately good food was beyond all expectations.
We went for a mad smörgåsbord of sautéed morning glory, kong xing cai (empty stemmed vegetable — if you know the English translation, please let me know), beef ho fun, salt and pepper pork chops, ma po tofu, salt and pepper tofu, and salty fish fried rice. I’m not sure how all that was a good idea to share amongst three people, but we made a valiant effort before having to pack up a good third of it all in takeaway containers.
The salt and pepper tofu was a recommendation from our hostess and went down an utter treat. Surprisingly, they were fried blobs of silken tofu — crispy and savoury on the outside, but still falling-​apart delicate inside. I’m really not sure how they were cooked without getting utterly destroyed in the process. I quite liked all the greens myself; request them cooked with some garlic and chilli peppers for a bit of extra kick.
The one dish I was quite disappointed with was the salty fish fried rice. It may have simply been not mixed terribly well, because whilst I was at the restaurant, I felt like it was lacking in flavour. But I took a good amount of it home with me as leftovers, and found that bit to have much more salty fish and chicken in it.
After a late school night carousing in Soho/​Chinatown, your dining options can be quite limited if you stay out too late. I can wholeheartedly vouch for New World being a reliable late night eatery that’s actually worth going to, whether sober or not. Just don’t go in expecting to still get dim sum like I did and you won’t be disappointed!

Pas trop mal
Bön chinois, on est bien assis dans des banquettes, et on mange de tout avec des spécialités cantonaise. En plus situé dans le quartier chinois à coté de Shaftesbury Avenue donc penser à ce chinois pour manger. Mais si vous né faites qu’un chinois, optez pour Mr Kong.