Ping Pong Southbank

Been to most of the branches, this one is nice and is in a great location. Staff are generally friendly and helpful albeit a bit too busy. The food is good and well presented, however pricing is a bit stretched for what it is. The paper/pencil tick ordering method is clumsy, especially when you want to order multiple same items. They need to modernise this. Cocktails are good, especially the lemongrass one most come in mock-tail form and are equally enjoyable.

My first visit to ping pong. The menu mechanic had to be explained to us by the waiter, and it makes very little sense. You mark down what you want on a paper menu with the supplied pencil, manually writing any multiples. The waiters then come over and copy it down. Why not just order conventionally and not have to throw the menus away after every customer leaves? Service was attentive considering how busy the restaurant was. Food is decent, if you like dim sum. The Gyoza are quite authentic. At £180 for three people, I felt the restaurant was expensive for the "fast food" experience provided. If I returned, I wouldn't go for the £40 set menu, which was costly for the small amount of food provided for it.

We had a good time here; the service & vibe was great. The food was fine, I remember it being better in the past. The dumplings were great, as were the katsu chicken bao buns, but the crispy chicken & chilli chicken rice bowl just lacked a bit of flavour.