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Duck & Rice

Cantonese · Soho

90 Berwick Street, W1F 0QB

Budget £50 · typically ~£45 pp·1 min walk

Location

84Score
LocalBite score from taste, value, discovery, authenticity, and local confidence — not Google stars.

Taste

8.8

How good the cooking actually is.

Value

8.5

What you get for the money.

Discovery

7.5

How easy it is to stumble on, versus already famous.

Authenticity

8.5

How true it is to the cuisine — not a diluted version.

Local confidence

8.0

Whether locals who care about food actually go.

Why we recommend

Alan Yau's Cantonese inside a restored pub on Berwick Street — dim sum upstairs, roasts, and a designed Soho room. Visitors tend to find it before Chinatown; the kitchen is still a step up from the canteens around the corner.

  • What diners say

    Diners praise the delicious Chinese food, particularly the crispy aromatic duck and dim sum, complemented by a wide selection of drinks including good tank Pilsner Urquell

  • Atmosphere & service

    Warm and friendly staff are consistently praised for their excellent service and helpful recommendations

  • Worth knowing

    Service can be inattentive

What to order

  • Siu mai

    Our pick

    Order a steamer first — this is the dish people come back for.

  • Peking duck

    Our pick

    A curator staple at Duck & Rice — the dish we'd send a first-timer toward.

  • Salt & pepper squid

    Our pick

    A curator staple at Duck & Rice — the dish we'd send a first-timer toward.

  • Cocktails in the pub room

    Our pick

    A curator staple at Duck & Rice — the dish we'd send a first-timer toward.

Good for

Something amazingNew cuisineLate night

Practical notes

Book weekends. Pub downstairs can get lively.

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