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Chinatown

Practical London guides tagged Chinatown.

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A divided steel hot pot on a table burner, one half red with chilli and Sichuan pepper, the other a clear broth with cabbage, corn and rice cakes

Food and drink

The Best Hot Pot in London, and How to Order One if You Never Have

The best hot pot (hotpot) in London: Haidilao is named by seven of 17 sources, Chilli Cool and Shu Xiang Ge lead the independents. Budget £25 to £40 a head.

  • Restaurants
  • Chinese restaurants
  • Asian food
  • Dining
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Bamboo steamers of prawn dumplings and other dim sum on a dark table

Food and drink

The Best Dim Sum in London: 15 Rooms Compared

The best dim sum in London and Chinatown: Royal China on Baker Street, a two-Michelin-starred lunch at A. Wong, trolley-era Joy King Lau, and who serves all day.

  • Restaurants
  • Dim sum
  • Chinese restaurants
  • Chinatown
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The corner of Old Compton Street and Dean Street in Soho

London areas

Soho Guide: Chinatown, Carnaby Street and After Dark

Soho is two places depending on when you arrive: a working media district with quiet streets and good coffee by day, the busiest nightlife in London after six. Chinatown, Carnaby Street, Old Compton Street and where to eat late.

  • Soho
  • Chinatown
  • Carnaby Street
  • Neighbourhoods
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The Chinatown gate on Wardour Street, a painted Qing-style arch with tiled roofs, above a street strung with red lanterns

London areas

A Walk Through Soho and Chinatown: Tin Pan Alley to Gerrard Street in Eleven Stops

A numbered walking route through Soho from Denmark Street to Chinatown: the plaques to Marx, Mozart and Blake, Berwick Street market, Kingly Court, a churchyard raised by its burials, and where to eat on the way. With what is shut on which day.

  • Soho
  • Chinatown
  • Carnaby Street
  • Walks
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Happy Lemon's bright yellow shopfront at 24A Newport Court, with Bubble Tea, Fresh Fruit Tea and Rock Salt Cheese painted along the fascia

Food and drink

The Best Bubble Tea in London, Cross-Referenced Across Every Major List

The bubble tea shops London's lists, blogs and boba reviewers agree on, checked for what's actually open. Several of the most-recommended names have closed.

  • Cafes
  • Chinatown
  • Soho
  • Drinks
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