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Sichuan-Folk, London,

Sichuan-Folk

4.2
4.2
144 Reviews
£26 to £40
Chinese
  • Innovative
  • Good for groups
  • Romantic
Sichuan Folk in London's East End has just about the coolest location of any Chinese restaurant in London: right on Hanbury Street, the main route between Spitalfields markets and Brick Lane. Its location alone would be enough to make it popular with students and locals needing a quick, economical nosh, but Sichuan-Folk is the real deal: a reasonably authentic Chinese restaurant with a focus on Sichuan cuisine and with a few intriguing dishes to tempt the punter. Try the Sichuan-folk special-flavoured chicken or peng-peng crab or jump right in to the frog legs with pickled ginger. There are vegetarian options and children are welcome. The dining room is cosy with Eastern-motif-painted walls, dark wooden tables and seating and trad tassled silk lamps. Sichuan-Folk is still a great choice for quick meals, but the food and the warm welcome lift the restaurant into something more.

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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    £26 to £40
  • Cuisines
    Chinese, Sichuan
  • Hours of operation
    Mon–Fri 12:00 pm–10:15 pm Sat 12:30 pm–10:45 pm Sun 12:30 pm–10:15 pm
  • Phone number
    020 7247 4735
  • Website
    https://sichuanfolk.co.uk/
  • Payment options
    Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress

Menu

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What 144 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

4.2
4.2 based on all time ratings
  • 4.3Food
  • 4Service
  • 3.5Ambience
  • 3.9Value

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144 Reviews

  1. Tallpaul28

    London

    68 reviews

    3.0

    68 reviews

    Dined on September 7, 2023

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 3
    We ate the hotpot, which was a lot of food. The soup base and sauces were excellent. It was a hot evening and they have air con but unfortunately didn’t have it turned on - leaving the door open instead, making it quite hot inside.

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  2. Jaya

    London

    2 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on August 22, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    The best Sichuan restaurant I've been to in London, very authentic. My dinner guest was able to order in her native Chinese language and enjoyed the food served immensely. The staff was very friendly and helpful. We will definitely be going back.

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  3. Chadr

    London

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 28, 2023

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3
    Staff was great. Food was excellent. It was quiet venue but we were there for an early lunch.

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  4. GSLondon

    Melbourne

    187 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    187 reviews

    Dined on February 8, 2020

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3
    The braised aubergine on its own makes this a restaurant that one must go to! Delicious. Friendly, good service and authentic Chinese food. Lovely!

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  5. OpenTable Diner

    London

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 25, 2020

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 2
    Good food, poor management no use of online booking meant a queue for seats. Very loud. Basic decor. Good food though, for London reasonably enough priced.

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  6. AbigailD

    London

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 18, 2019

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    Everything about Sichuan-Folk is amazing! The food the, the way your glass is always kept toped up. Unpretentious but delivers on flavour everytime. Only down points was getting us on the naughty step with open table by saying we had not attending after we had just paid for a meal for 5!

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  7. Nishb

    Kent

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 20, 2019

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Amazing food, staff couldn't of been more helpful and accommodating. Wanted a chicken dish boneless and they went the extra mile. If you want to try some beautiful chinese food and lovely staff definitely go and try this place.

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  8. Phoebe

    London

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on June 6, 2019

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 2
    We came with my partner to eat the hot pot. When we ask for precisions they didn't answered just asked us to change table. When the food arrived all was frozen. Fom the fish to the tofu and even all the meat. We had to wait for it to unfroze to be able to grab some pieces and put them in the pot. It was suppose to be a "all you can eat" but when we ask for more prawn we had to wait for 20 min to have them. Overall it wasn't really good, there were a lot of people so the waiters didn't have a lot of time for a good service. It was really noisy (we were under a speaker and it was really powerfull) between the speaker and the full room. I will not come back.

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  9. Anna

    London

    2 reviews

    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 15, 2019

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 3
    We went for lunch and they did not show us the lunch menu but the all day meny which was much more expensive for very similiar products served in the lunch menu.

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  10. WenE

    London

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 1, 2019

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Excellent as usual and our favourite restaurant. Every time we go we try new dishes. Service friendly and wine affordable.

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FAQs

Sichuan-Folk offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at 020 7247 4735.

Sichuan-Folk is rated 4.2 stars by 144 OpenTable diners.

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Google Map for Sichuan-Folk

32 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields, London, E1 6QR

Additional information

  • Neighborhood
    Spitalfields
  • Hours of operation
    Mon–Fri 12:00 pm–10:15 pm Sat 12:30 pm–10:45 pm Sun 12:30 pm–10:15 pm
  • Price
    £26 to £40
  • Cuisines
    Chinese, Sichuan
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    None
  • Payment options
    Mastercard, Visa
  • Additional
    Beer, Delivery, Full Bar, Outdoor Smoking Area, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
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