Dim T Victoria
Restaurant - Chinese in London
56-62 Wilton Road
London
Greater London
SW1V 1DE
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Disappointing...
While I've had great experiences in other branches, notably London Bridge, I won't be eating at this one again - despite the Manageress' best attempts at salvaging our experience (once on the ball, she was very efficient). My dining pal and I waited over an hour for our food (?) and I had bothered to make a reservation. It took at least 20 minutes to even get a drinks order in. Then after *several* complaints to numerous members of staff - none of which helped except (I assume) the Manageress, we didn't get the Dim Sum we ordered. It just never turned up.So we finally ate our dim sum post-mains (like a bizarre dessert) after having to re-order - and in fairness this was gratis. But overall I found the staff brusque, and a little dense if I'm honest - aside from mentioned manager / head waiter.Disappointing as was meant to be a quick catch-up dinner that turned into a 2 hour exhaustion.The food *is* still good though.
A User - 05/07/2009 | report this review
Nice, relaxed restaurant in Victoria
It's handy to have another handy, 'stylish' enough (by that I mean not a grimey pub or a fast food restaurant) eatery in the area.I went here with a few friends for lunch one weekday. It was sunny outside so we sat in their outdoor seating area, which was really nice. There are plenty of tables and plenty of space, so we could relax without feeling crammed in.The service was good - polite and friendly - and the food didn't take long to arrive.Each of us thoroughly enjoyed our meals, and were happy with the prices being charged.There were several tasty sounding vegetarian options, so that kept me happy.We were left to relax at the end of our meal with some green tea, and the staff didn't hassle us with requests for drinks or desserts, which we all appreciated.
A User - 01/09/2008 | report this review
Dim Tasty
You can see why people are talking about dim sum as the "new fast food". It's tasty, cheapish (as long as you're careful) and comes with a dose of far-eastern medicinal mysticism that is as exciting to Londoners in 2008 as burgers and French Fries must have been to a nation used to Spam and Bovril in the 60's. And like the "old" fast food, we are starting to see embryonic chains of dim sum restaurants open up, as I imagine it's quite easy to standardise the dining experience of steamed dumplings and sake. There is Ping Pong, with branches across the city and serving some excellent cocktails, and there is Dim T, comparably represented in London and with a few in carefully-selected middle-class enclaves elsewhere (Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, you know the kind of places).As I've said before on many occasions, I don't have any problems with chain restaurants at all as long as they're good. And Dim T stands up incredibly well considering some stellar competition in the dim sum field (Yauatcha, China Tang). The menu is refreshingly brief for a chain Asian restaurant, nothing too unusual but enough to keep most people happy, and indeed this is somewhere that knows its customers well, with "Healthy" salads and soups on offer amongst the fried rice and crispy duck. The only problem I had was that it occasionally seemed a bit too dumbed-down, but then this is a minor and pretty pedantic (even by my standards) complaint.I was initially concerned when I asked for the duck dumplings that they were off, even though every other item containing duck on the menu was available. This suggests the dumplings had been made quite well in advance, but then maybe this is normal. Certainly it didn't seem to affect the standard of what did eventually arrive, as everything was at least good, sometimes excellent. My favourites were, after all, the Char Sui, big and fluffy and with nice spicy pig meat. The scallop and prawn dumplings were a strange lurid pink colour but tasted great, and also worth a mention were the spicy chicken parcels which went very well with the chilli sauce left on the table. The only thing you could pick fault with was that some of the dumplings seemed excessively 'sticky', suggesting perhaps slight overcooking, but who cares if you have to prize them out of the baskets with your fingers when they taste so good.Add in the usual perfect service and the fact that this feast for two (including a portion of fried rice and edamame to start and a couple of alcoholic drinks) came to just over £16 each, including the 12.5%, and you have yourselves a quite wonderful evening out. The décor also deserves a special mention, all dark wood and spot lighting that wouldn't be out of place in a restaurant charging three times the price. Better toilets than Yauatcha, too.
A User - 04/08/2008 | report this review
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