Chinese

The people behind Pac Man dumplings are coming to London. Expect a modern take on Chinese dim sum with a few NYC influences too.

Duddell's has been a popular Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong and this sees them open next to London Bridge station. Expect high-end Chinese food as well as a weekend dim sum lunch menu.

This Michelin starred Chinese restaurant is the flagship for Andrew Wong (who is also behind Kym's in the City). In a pared-back room, the menu travels the broad spectrum of Chinese cooking and has a lunchtime dim sum menu that's absolutely worth crossing town for.

Park Chinois plays homage to the opulence and decadence of 1930’s Shanghai, with regional Chinese food and live entertainment. Behind the red doors is an interior inspired by the aesthetics of Chinoiserie; the French love affair for the mystique of the Orient. The cuisine is largely Chinese yet the ingredients and techniques used are chosen from around the world so there's dim sum classics as well as excellent express lunch options and a top cocktail list.

This Chinatown restaurant specialises in hot-pots, with boiling broth pots sunk into tables and the ingredients to throw in snaking around you on conveyor belts.

This has been set up by Alan Yau, opening right next door to his old restaurant Yauatcha. He's reinvented the space as a Chinese gastropub - so there's a more pubby environment downstairs with a Chinese restaurant upstairs. Expect a big focus on the duck, of course.

Hunan is rated as one of London's best Chinese restaurants, rated extremely highly by chefs and critics alike. As the name suggests, you can expect Hunanese cooking here - so there's heat going on, but you'll be asked if you want them to dial it back, if needed.

Aqua's first venture at the Shard definitely is the first European branch of Hutong - Yeo's Hong-Kong based restaurant which is known for serving up fiery Northern Chinese food.

Hakkasan Mayfair is the second site of the very successful Chinese restaurant originally set up by Alan Yau. The new location is on Bruton Street and while it features a lot of the old favourites from Hakkasan on Hanway Place, executive chef Tong has created some new signature dishes for the Mayfair site.

This is the third restaurant to be opened by the team behind Bar Shu and the Baozi Inn and it's been seducing punters with its innovative take on Sichuan cuisine. The twist here is that the menu is made up of small dishes that you'd more commonly see served up by street vendors. Needless to say, they get a more refined treatment here, but are just as delicious.

People may complain about the sharp table-turning at this subterranean Chinese restaurant - Alan Yau's follow-up to Hakkkasan, but you'll never hear a bad word about the fabulous dim sum.

The only new Chinese restaurant to nab a Michelin star in the 2009 Guide, Kai is run by Malaysian restaurateur Bernard Yeoh. Head chef is Alex Chow who works hard to redefine what restaurant-goers expect of a Chinese restaurant.

Fine Chinese dining with a fabulous view over Kensington Palace Gardens. You can't knock the attention to detail - Beijing Duck ovens and woks able to withstand very high temperatures were made in Singapore and brought over to ensure authenticity, which seems to have worked.

The original Hakkasan is tucked down a tiny alleyway just off Tottenham Court Road. Step inside though and you're transported to a Chinese den of black laquer and gold. Awarded a Michelin star two years after opening, it's retained it every year since.