12 Of The Best Asian Restaurants in London

Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate it than with a meal at a top Asian restaurant in London.

From Chinatown to Shoreditch, the city is brimming with places serving dim sum, sushi and popular dishes like chow mein and peking duck. Whether it’s a multi-course dinner you’re after, or a quick bite to eat, London has you sorted.

So, on that note, here are 12 of the best Asian restaurants in London:

Baiwei

Address: 8 Little Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JJ

Nearest train station: Leicester Square

Baiwei is a lovely restaurant in Little Newport Street serving fiery Sichuan cuisine. It's a small cafe with wooden stools and traditional Mao-style paintings. If you like spicy food then head to Baiwei.

Cafe TPT

Address: 21 Wardour St, London, W1D 6PN

Nearest train station: Leicester Square

Café TPT is a cosy, unassuming sort of place, great for those on a budget, offering all sorts of Cantonese and Malaysian food. More a street kitchen than a restaurant, its popular dishes include bak kut teh, Malaysian meat broth, deep fried crispy oyster, and fried pork dumplings.

Inamo

Address: 11 - 14 Hanover Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9JP / 134 - 136 Wardour Street, London, W1F 8ZP / 265 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 7QX

Nearest train station: Covent Garden, Tottenham Court Road, Mornington Crescent

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Inamo are a Pan - Asian restaurant/bar which uses top-of-the-range technology to help make the user experience even better. This, partnered with one of the most extensive Asian menus in London, makes for one of the best places to experience Asian food and culutre.

Candy Café

Address: 3 Macclesfield Street, London, W1D 6AU

Nearest train station: Leicester Square

Candy is an internet café specialising in Asian-themed drinks and deserts. It’s especially popular for its bubble teas, and offers over thirty different flavours of the stuff. Its signature dishes include kaya toast and sago pudding.

Shuang Shuang

Address: 64 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6LU

Nearest train station: Leicester Square

Shuang Shuang is best known for its hotpots and invites diners to create their very own from a conveyer belt of ingredients. The restaurant is modern, nicely laid out, and one of the newer additions to Chinatown’s dining scene.

Hakkasan

Address: Hanway Place, London, W1T 1HD/ 17 Bruton Street, London, W1J 6QB

Nearest train station: Tottenham Court Road/ Green Park

Hakkasan is a Michelin-starred eatery with restaurants in Mayfair and Fitzrovia. It’s upscale, design-led, and features ornate wooden screens, open-plan kitchens and beautiful bar areas. Signature dishes range from peking duck with Beluga caviar to seared Wagyu beef with white asparagus.

Bao

Address: 53 Lexington Street, London, W1F 9AS/ 31 Windmill Market, London, W1T 2JN

Nearest train station: Oxford Circus/ Goodge Street

Bao comes highly recommended on several counts. It’s intimate, stylish and boasts some of the best steamed buns in London. You may have to queue to get in, but it’s totally worth the wait. Bao has restaurants in Soho and Fitzrovia, along with a bar in Netil Market.

E&O

Address: 14 Blenheim Crescent, London, W11 1NN

Nearest train station: Ladbroke Grove

E&O combines a Pan-Asian restaurant and cocktail bar. It does a wonderful dim sum brunch, and, by night offers tasty sushi and tempura. E&O can also be booked for special events like private dinners and parties.

Champor Champor

Address: 62 – 64 Weston Street, London, SE1 3QJ

Nearest train station: Borough

Champor Champor has a distinctly global feel about it. Its menu is Thai-Malay, and, inside you’ll find tribal artefacts and old Buddha statues. Its flavoursome food is matched by wonderful tea and herbal infusions. The restaurant also has a beautiful candlelit balcony, making it great for couples.

Banh Banh

Address: 46 Peckham Rye, London, SE15 4JR

Nearest train station: Peckham Rye

If you like Vietnamese food, then you’ll love Banh Banh. The trendy Peckham joint is run by five siblings who cook using the same recipes their grandma did in 1940s Saigon. Classic dishes include summer rolls, pho and a noodle salad.

Mamalan

Address: Unit 18, Coldharbour Lane, London, SW9 8PR/ 8 The Pavement, London, SW4 0HY/ Pergola, Level Five Rooftop, Olympia Car Park, Olympia Way, W14 8UX

Nearest train station: Brixton/ Clapham Common/ Kensington Olympia

Two words: handmade dumplings. Mamalan is tasty and affordable, with spots in Brixton, Clapham, Shoreditch and Dalston. The Beijing kitchen offers mouth-watering noodle soups, buns and side dishes. The spicy chicken wings are also delicious.

Bang Bang Oriental Foodhall

Address: 399 Edgware Road, London, NW9 0FH

Nearest train station: Colindale

Bang Bang is London’s largest Asian food court and combines a wide variety of speciality restaurants and shops under one roof. Visitors come from all over to sample its many delicacies which span Tokyo to Malaysia. In one corner lies the patisserie and, in another corner, the formal Golden Dragon restaurant.

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