Made in Hong Kong

On our visit to Edinburgh we are delighted to visit this authentic Hong Kong cha chaan teng 茶餐廳, serving delicious classic dishes with a rather tongue-in-cheek menu (if you read Chinese - fear not they do of course have a menu in English!). We gathered that they have only opened in the last couple of years (?) We sampled the honey chilli chicken wings 蜜辣雞翼which were fresh and still steaming hot when served, and were crispy and super flavourful. The beef brisket rice牛腩飯was tender, and the tomato, egg and beef rice 港式茄蛋牛飯just tasted like how it is in Hong Kong. The best dish was the Peking sauce pork chop rice京汁豬扒飯 - the pork was lightly battered and fried and was juicy and succulent against a zingy sauce. We were rather full from the generous portions but managed to fit in a warm pineapple bun 菠蘿包，an egg tart 蛋撻and a pastel de nata (Portuguese tart) 葡撻。Again they were fresh and not too sweet but rich, eggy and creamy. We will have to go back to try the French toast (it looked huge!) The server was very friendly and attentive: giving us wet wipes when he spotted us enjoying our wings by hand, and asking if we want our water cold or hot (very Chinese!) They don’t charge a separate service charge as this has been factored into the prices already. For me this is one of the best Cantonese/Hong Kong food outlets in the UK and is far superior to those much more expensive/low value for money Cantonese restaurants of London. Highly recommended. We would definitely be returning for a taste of authentic HK food on our next Edinburgh trip.

£10–20

We went there at 12:30 on a Tuesday, which is within its opening hours according to Google and the sign posted in front of the restaurant, however it’s all dark, clearly not even preparing for opening to the public. The location is far away from city centre and we walked quite a while to reach the restaurant and it’s a huge disappointment for it not being opened. We had a look on the menu and the price is surprisingly high, a set meal is around £18 which is higher than other Hong Kong Style restaurants (within £15). Cannot comment on the taste of the food though because we don’t even have the chance to try it. Edit: we saw 2 other group of customers leaving because of the closed shop, it’s impacting quite a lot of people actually, and there is no notice of closure on its website either.

Quite authentic Hong Kong cha-chaan-teng style cuisine but slightly overpriced at almost £20 per dish.

£20–30

Nice food with an old-fashioned Hong Kong cafe vibe. Pricing slightly on the high side in the neighborhood though. Noted that they had two different menus in two languages. The Hong Kong menu in Cantonese had more authentic Hong Kong cafe type of food and drinks. The English menu, as I understood, was an adapted version to suit local tastebuds and preferences. But that was very confusing to customers who read either one or both menus really. One bilingual menu would easily solve the problem.

I have to be very honest, was extremely excited to try this place out seeing as there are not many authentic cantonese places around Edinburgh. Upon arrival, the staff came across quite cold and looked at me and my girlfriend weirdly when we walked in. There is no atmosphere at all. Nonetheless, we didn’t care much for that because the food was most important. They gave us the menu and to our surprise they had changed the prices significantly from what was shown online. A simple dish or snack with cheap ingredients doubled in price. It was blatant overpricing. Again, we looked past this and ordered anyway. The food came and I have never been so disappointed. Nothing about it was authentic or justified the price. We left feeling robbed and will never return. Really do not recommend this place unless you want to be taken advantage of.

We discovered this newly revamped café a couple of weeks ago and have already been back for more! The food is absolutely delicious and authentic, with large portions, and the service is fast and friendly. The coffee and cakes are also lovely.

£10–20

Very friendly environment and funny staff with really nice food! The express menu is very reasonably priced, is a good portion size and very delicious. The same goes for the coffee and the carrot cake! Definitely would go again and would recommend!

Very friendly staff and good service, food is amazing. We won the prize of two tartars by answering to puzzle questions on the wall of the restaurants! Super fun!