{"id":482960,"date":"2025-10-08T12:45:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482960\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:45:30","slug":"china-tang-at-the-dorchester-turns-20-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482960\/","title":{"rendered":"China Tang at The Dorchester turns 20: review"},"content":{"rendered":"

China<\/a> Tang has been an uplifting pocket of colour and Cantonese cuisine beneath London<\/a>\u2019s Dorchester hotel since 2005, when the late Hong Kong<\/a>-born businessman and restaurateur Sir David Tang opened the restaurant as a cinematic homage to 1930s Shanghai<\/a>. The idea was simple yet audacious: to revive the romance of the city\u2019s Haipai era \u2013 that heady fusion of Chinese tradition and Western modernity \u2013 through a restaurant that married elegance with wit.<\/p>\n

Two decades later, the mood endures. China Tang at The Dorchester remains a lavishly detailed time capsule, where art deco geometry meets the allure of an old-Shanghai salon; a space that still hums with cosmopolitan decadence and after-hours intrigue.<\/p>\n

Wallpaper* dines at China Tang at The Dorchester<\/p>\n

The mood: art deco meets old-Shanghai salon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Courtesy of China Tang)<\/p>\n

To mark its 20th anniversary, local studio Burrwood has refreshed the restaurant with a deft touch, retaining its distinctive patina while re-energising its key moments. The entry staircase now stages a \u2018dramatic arrival\u2019, lined with bespoke geometric carpet runners and stair rods that descend directly into the emblematic yellow cocktail<\/a> bar.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Courtesy of China Tang)<\/p>\n

In the main dining room, a new deco-inspired carpet anchors the space beneath a shimmering quartz crystal chandelier by Dimitri Stefanov. Private rooms are dressed in softer lighting, lacquered Chinese greens, and bespoke carpets that vary just enough to lend each its own rhythm. Throughout, Tang\u2019s personal art collection remains intact, from Luis Chan\u2019s vivid Psychedelic Psychos diptych and Fish to Yu Youhan\u2019s politically charged Portrait of Mao, touchstones of modern Chinese art.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Courtesy of China Tang)<\/p>\n

The food: theatre at the table<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Courtesy of China Tang)<\/p>\n

If the mise-en-sc\u00e8ne is a dialogue between East and West, the menu remains firmly anchored in Cantonese tradition. Over 30 varieties of freshly prepared dim sum open the meal \u2013 from the prawn-filled Har Kau to the barbecue-flavoured Cha Siu Bao \u2013 followed by a succulent Peking Duck topped with Kristal Caviar and served alongside handmade pancakes, all dished up by staff in new uniforms designed by Huishan Zhang.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Courtesy of China Tang)<\/p>\n

Those lingering over dinner should settle in for the \u2018Art Deco Cocktail Flight\u2019 \u2013 three miniature creations by the bar teams across China Tang\u2019s outposts, evoking the character of each city: the complex China Tang Martinez (London), the silky Tang 12 (Hong Kong), and the bright, fruity Chishui Flow (Dubai<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Courtesy of China Tang at The Dorchester)<\/p>\n

China Tang at The Dorchester<\/a> is located at 53 Park Ln, London W1K 1QA, UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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