Yauatcha Soho
Yauatcha Soho
15-17 Broadwick St
London W1F 0DL
Yauatcha City
1 Broadgate Circle London EC2M 2QS
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square or Liverpool Street
4.4 Yummy Stars
Price £££ £6-£15 per dim sum (excluding drinks) for dim sum
☏ 020 7494 8888 / 020 3817 9888
High end modern Chinese cuisine in a trendy setting
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Venison Puffs at Yauatcha Soho
Buzz factor 4.8/5 stars
Food 4.5/5 stars
Value for money 3.9/5 stars
Yauatcha was started in 2005 by the restaurant genius, Alan Yau (who also founded Wagamama, Hakkasan and Thai Busaba Eathai). As well as in Soho, it now has a sister restaurant in the City and 7 other branches in the US, India and Saudi Arabia.
Stunning décor – still beautiful and elegant after all these years. You enter through the blue door and you are immediately drawn to the counter of perfect patisserie as well as the walls of big tea canisters. You can either eat on the ground floor or in the basement with bare brick walls and cool lighting. The clientele looked just as sophisticated and the staff were well dressed and well behaved. You can come here and pretend to be a model or something.
Contemporary setting comes contemporary looking food. It didn’t just taste good, it all looked good, sitting so prettily. You feel guilty ruining the photogenic little gems, like everything else here (even the vases and I wouldn’t mind having one).
Their dim sum is of a high standard. Their xiao long bao (Shanghai dumplings) were terrific with a superb broth inside, the venison puff with its flaky pastry, har gau in its translucent wrappers (unfortunately – just 3 in a basket). Dim sum here while delicious don’t come cheap, averaging about £7 per portion (which is quite a lot more expensive than other dim sum restaurants in London). Their soft shell crab, crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. It came served with a mountain of slivers of crispy garlic and some chilli. I could easily eat all the crispy garlic by itself (even if nobody wanted to talk to me afterwards). Who cares if you’re having fun?
A place for a special occasion/treat and I strongly advise booking in advance.
