Harden's survey result
Summary
“Makes a refreshing change from the Japanese ramen joints nearby” – Sunny Wu’s year-old small canteen doesn’t generate vast feedback, but if you’re looking for an interesting cheap bite in the heart of Islington it’s worth a visit for its Canton, Hakka, and Min dishes. Top Menu Tips – Hainanese chicken and house-made Yi Bua sticky rice cakes.
Summary
As well as specialties from the island of Hainan, Cantonese, Hakka, and Min dishes add interest to the Southern Chinese menu of this Islington yearling: a first bricks ’n’ mortar project from restaurateur Sunny Wu. It’s not attention-grabbing in looks – perhaps why reporters have yet to vote on it – but in a February 2024 press review, The Evening Standard’s Jimi Famurewa was impressed, if “for no other reason than the fact that no one else is really doing it” (i.e. cuisine like this) – “flavours are both mellow and highly unexpected… embrace the experimental, tactile blur of slurped herbal broths and snaffled quail eggs, then Hainan House, to the uninitiated, can feel like learning a thrilling new culinary language”.
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88 Upper Street, London, N1 0NP
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £0.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
 Extras |
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| Service | 12.50% |
88 Upper Street, London, N1 0NP
Opening hours
| Monday | 12 pm‑9:45 pm |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑9:45 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑9:45 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑9:45 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑9:45 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑9:45 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑9:45 pm |
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