New City

Reviews

• Qype User (Pengui…)

  star star star star star 27 May 2026

  A fantastic community restaurant. Although I don't live near by I would travel to eat here for a spot of decent, comforting home style Chinese food. Portions are generous and therefore excellent value.
  
  Mr Penguin and I had dinner here last night: chilli and spring onions deep fried chicken wings for starters, chicken satay sauce with special fried rice and veggies in black bean sauce with egg fried rice. Including Chinese tea, the bill came to £15.10 and we also did a small doggy bag (the portions were sooooo decent). The lovely staff also gave us a few slices of fresh orange segments at the end of the meal. Wow!!!
  
  All the dishes we had were very good. I could smell "wok chi" the moment my veggies and black bean sauce egg fried rice arrived. Mr Penguin's chicken satay sauce special fried rice had a fragrant, subtly spicy taste and was very good indeed.
  
  The staff are really, really lovely and coped most graciously while inundated with eat in, take away and telephone order customers. They all speak pretty good English and were well presented.
  
  Highly recommended.

• Natalie W.

  star star star star star_border 27 May 2026

  New City is exactly as the other reviews say - a local Chinese restaurant which doesn't try to be fancy but does serve some very nice crispy duck (as we discovered) and some decent versions of the albeit a little boring English/Chinese classics. I agree with other reviewers that this doesn't seem like it's mass/advance prepared - our spring onion/ginger beef had a fresh and well infused taste. Generous portions and lots of happy faces around the restaurants - they deal well with groups, one of which had a nice circular table. You might not be blown away but it's reasonably priced and unlikely to seriously disappoint.

• Marc S.

  star star star star star_border 20 May 2026

  Fresh, inexpensive, well-prepared food.  The House Special soup is sure to warm you up on a cold London day.  
  
  Downgrading from five stars only for aesthetics.  The restaurant is not much to look at from outside (indeed, it looks somewhat dismal).  Inside, it is comfortable, but not cozy.  
  
  The food, however, is exceptional.  Fried rice is freshly prepared, and you can individually taste all the ingredients.  They meld together well, but it is not mass produced friend rice, merely warmed up.  The seafood soup is really nice -- flavourful broth, precisely cooked vermicelli, and nice pork and seafood to complement the noodles and broth.
  
  The price point is amazing.  This place should be rated £ or perhaps ££.  But the most expensive lunch item on the menu is around £5.60, and the portion sizes are quite large.
  
  Would definitely go back.  Wouldn't necessarily travel far to go here, but this is a fantastic Chinese place in Battersea, one that I'm sure I'll frequent over the coming winter months.

• Craig D.

  star star star star star_border 19 May 2026

  New City is my new local chinese joint!
  
  I have not the slightest idea why this place currently has a ££££ rating. At £8.20 for a large plate of noodles and some dumplings I think £ is more accurate.
  
  Overall, this place is pretty decent  The staff are friendly, portions are generous, and the quality isn't too shabby either. However, I am forced to give this place 4 stars simply because I ordered a rice dish and got the equivalent noodle dish instead. Don't get me wrong, I still ate it and it was goood!

• Angel L.

  star star star star star 17 May 2026

  Super yummy with very reasonable price. Can't stop going to this shop for lunch, dinner or order for delivery when I visited London!  Highly recommend