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We also ate there tonight and thought that it was excellent.


Really nice Dim Sum for around ?2.80 per dish - the Char Sui Dumplings were fab! Main courses for around ?5.50


It's run by a young Chinese couple who are charming and very attentive - they really deserve to succeed.


It makes a change from all that Indian food on Lordship lane!

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In terms of quality, value, and choice it is lagging behind Chinatown, or places like Dragon Castle or The Peninsula (Greenwich). However, they have no local competition, and the couple running the place seem very nice, so still worth bearing in mind if you want a dim sum fix without travelling.
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+1 for me too. Nice people, happy to talk you through the options, pleased that you're trying their food, and keen for you to enjoy it. As others have said, the menu does the basics only, but it's cooked to order and good value. The char sui buns are good - my dim sum litmus test - nice and fluffy, not claggy, not too much filling. There was a sign outside last night which said they are going to try a new menu soon. I'm hoping they will do a couple of more adventurous options like taro cake.


Worth supporting as they get their business off the ground imho.

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Well, we dropped ?20 here on Saturday afternoon, and it was perfectly pleasant. Not much choice, mind you, but what there was... seemed all right. The best was the squid (salty, crunchy, not identifiable as out of a deep-freeze). I can't see us going out of our way to visit again for a full "dim sum" meal (the choice question, versus Dragon Castle), but if my next GP appointment (I use the practice up Chadwick Road) is somewhere near lunch / tea, I might stop in for a snackette.
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I also remember the squid as being the best dish. Likewise, I might pop in for a snack if I'm in the area, but wouldn't go out of my way. It really is quite a bit more expensive than the average London dim sum, bearing in mind that all the servings contain one less item than is customary. I can see why people think it's good value though, given some of the other local options.
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Just to add our two cents worth... tried Lovely House for the first time this evening and we were really impressed... have had so many awful Chinese take aways and this puts them all to shame. The food was really tasty, reasonably priced and didn't leave a GSM taste in the mouth!


Very sweet couple running the place.


Highly recommend giving them a try if you are local.

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Went to lovely house this weekend after seeing positive posts on the web. Have to agree that the couple running the place are lovely but the food is not. I was sat facing the kitchen and saw every item of food we ate being taken out of some packhaging even our roasted pork was taken out of a plastic tub. Not really my idea of a restaurant. Would rather buy the dim sum from the chinese supermarket and steam them myself.
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crano Wrote:

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> Went to lovely house this weekend after seeing

> positive posts on the web. Have to agree that the

> couple running the place are lovely but the food

> is not. I was sat facing the kitchen and saw every

> item of food we ate being taken out of some

> packhaging even our roasted pork was taken out of

> a plastic tub. Not really my idea of a restaurant.

> Would rather buy the dim sum from the chinese

> supermarket and steam them myself.



I have no idea but is it possible that they prepare it fresh prior to service and store it in plastic tubes? I know most restaurants prepare food in advance.

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I liked Lovely House before, but think it has got better and more interesting recently. The lighting and decor is much nicer. I love the regional specialities- the Shanghai beanshoots/sprouts and the amazing potatoes that are a bit like potato bravas but without sauce..think they are Satwanese.
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going to have to again now! didn't try the Shanghai Beanshoots... :-)


Huggers Wrote:

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> I liked Lovely House before, but think it has got

> better and more interesting recently. The lighting

> and decor is much nicer. I love the regional

> specialities- the Shanghai beanshoots/sprouts and

> the amazing potatoes that are a bit like potato

> bravas but without sauce..think they are

> Satwanese.

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