Harden's survey result
Summary
“A very good standard for a local Chinese” – this family-run Cantonese was famously the late Gary Rhodes’s favourite. It doesn’t attract quite the volume of support it did in yesteryear, though, and some diners feel “it’s decent enough, but not as special as I’d expected”.
Summary
“Victor and his team keep on delivering, year after year after year” at this famous family-run Chinese restaurant in the Kent suburbs that draws a busy crowd from miles around. “After lockdown the seating was reduced, but the welcome and food quality certainly wasn’t!”
Summary
“Outstanding Chinese food on a suburban high street” – “Victor and his team deliver year after year” at this “faultless” (albeit somewhat “cramped and busy”), family-run Chinese. “It’s hard to get a table, it’s so popular” so book ahead.
Summary
“Outstanding Chinese food on a suburban high street” – “Victor and his team deliver year after year” at this “faultless” (albeit somewhat “cramped and busy”), family-run Chinese. “It’s hard to get a table, it’s so popular” so book ahead.
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Restaurant details
324 High St, Orpington, BR6 0NG
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑2 pm, 5:45 pm‑10 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑2 pm, 5:45 pm‑10 pm |
| Sunday | 6 pm‑10 pm |
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