Christmas At Hutong, Exclusive Use

We visited this restaurant right before the sunset, so we got the best view of both before and after the sunset. It was amazing. The food is also amazing. We tried appetizer, main dish and deserts. Everything was on point. The duck was tasty and the presentation of the cut in front of us was great. Staff were friendly and polite. We also really enjoyed the cocktail. One of the best I’ve ever had.

We had an amazing view from the table.. overall you do have a lovely view from the restaurant. Max served our table with a smile and also checked with us if everything was well. He was great! Food was amazing, except that some dishes had red chilles in an extreme proportion! A few we do understand..but literally every bite had a red chilly in it...but it was still tasty..as we could tolerate that level of spice.

First off you gotta love the dark atmosphere and traditional Chinese interiors that fills the place with a sense of energy and mystery. The fantastic views towering over London certainly adds to this other-worldliness. And then there’s our server Claudiu, a tall, confident and comforting presence always in the shadows ready to offer us a friendly chat or interesting menu recommend. The cocktails are strong and smooth and you’re set up for the perfect meal before you even had the chance to check the menu. The dishes are a good selection of traditional and modern Chinese cuisine. You got some classics like Crispy beef and beef tripe, some reinventions like their prawn spring rolls (which should be given a more elevated name and status) and then you got their aubergine strips (vegetables have no earthly business tasting so divine). And you must order the Dim Sum platter… you must! And that is probably also its main issue. As far and wide as the dishes take you, what is lacking in their approach is a culinary philosophy that takes on Chinese cuisine by bringing all the dishes together as an expression and celebration of its head chef’s singular vision. Although we are far from the madding crowd of high street Chinese food; paying the amounts that only a few can pay, I was hoping for a true celebration of China and what makes its cuisine uniquely its own. Instead I got a lot of different, unrelated but ultimately tasty dishes of food.