Park Chinois

"One-of-a-kind experiences come in many forms, and having a burlesque dancer twerk beside your basket of dumplings in a Sauvage-scented bunker is just one of them. Park Chinois isn’t where we’d choose to spend our money or time, but it’s undeniably a place that’s unto itself. The Chinese clubstaurant on Berkeley Square has two sides to it: the downstairs club that mixes tacky taste with teenage ideals of a restaurant, and the Lynchian red velvet upstairs dining room, where you can enjoy crooning jazz and a cracking signature peking duck, all at once." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing

"Old fashioned glamour, strikingly rich surroundings and live music combine to great effect at this sumptuously decorated restaurant. The menu traverses the length of China, with dim sum at lunchtimes and afternoon tea at weekends. The delicious 'Duck de Chine' is roasted to order." - Michelin Inspector

"You can’t turn up to Park Chinois in flip-flops. In fact, it would probably confuse the live brass band and they’d start an awkwardly sad rendition of Summer Nights from Grease. No, when you go to this Mayfair spot you can expect big prices, some decent Chinese food, golden live entertainment, and a crowd that thinks Aldi is the name of one of their mate’s eight pet St. Bernards. Basically, it’s a bloody good laugh, there’s no such thing as being overdressed here, and it has some of the best people-watching potential in London." - Heidi Lauth Beasley, Rianne Shlebak

"Therapy is expensive. Park Chinois is also expensive. But Park Chinois also has acrobats and a delightful peking duck. It’s an easy choice really. This Chinese clubstaurant in Berkeley Square is a Lynchian meets Butlin’s fever dream. It’s all red velvet, gold accents, and crooning live jazz on stage. While it’s by no means a top-quality culinary experience, that’s not always what you need in the midst of a break-up. You need distractions, you need black truffle dumplings, and you need absolutely no one to ask if you are OK. So even though the atmosphere here is less Frank Sinatra and more Frankie & Benny’s, we have a feeling that this is exactly what a £120 an hour therapist would have prescribed. Well probably not, but that’s OK." - rianne shlebak, sinead cranna

"And, for the first time, Michelin announced a Cocktail Award focused on the art of mixology. That award went to Makis Kazakis, of the restaurant and bar Park Chinois in London." - ByLi Goldstein