Good Earth

My favorite place for aromatic «crispy» duck. It’s the only place in the world I order duck. It’s delicious!

Really good Chinese food, more expensive sure but worth it. Décor is slightly dated so i prefer to get it to go.

Very nice dinner. Relaxed environment and good food. Prices are on the middle to higher range but throughly enjoyable. Service was very good.

This is a GOOD Chinese restaurant. I have been there twice and tonight will by my third time. Since I am planning on finishing this review, I will do so after my meal tonight. I agree with Fatima & Mobeen. The crispy duck is excellent! I also think the dining is better upstairs and would not advise one to sit downstairs (unless you are a big noisy group or have kids with you). Upstairs is classy.

I always go to this place, the food is excellent.
The crispy ducks and pancakes are my favorite and recently I have developed a palate for their succulent sweet and sour shrimp

My 4 stars on this are slightly deceiving. The bottom line is that the food was 5 star worthy but the restaurants manager knocked off a star. I shall explain in due course.
The food was, as I said, excellent. The duck was exquisite — I like my duck quite crispy all over and, more importantly, the same amount of crisp all over. And boy did they nail it! It was delicious. Next, we ordered some spring rolls because, well, why the hell not? They were standard, juicy yet crispy, run of the mill spring rolls. The mains were top notch. I highly recommend the Sichuan prawns — SO yummy. We also ordered some chicken in black bean sauce which was delicious — succulent, slightly tangy, and full of lots of different vegetables to be all healthy and that. For sides, we ordered the Singapore noodles and egg fried rice. In hindsight, I wouldn’t go for the Singapore noodles as they were quite light and didn’t really complement the rest of the dishes. I’d maybe pick the chow mein as a noodle side next time. Also a word to the wise — order more than one egg fried rice. So overall, food was excellent.
Now comes the downer. There was a very rowdy table full of extremely drunk young men. Fair enough — alcohol can do that to oneself, especially when complemented with only Chinese food. From standing on the tables, to throwing hand towels around to making a tower of their shoes and then proceeding to drink wine out of their shoes (I seriously hope that was a dare and not done by choice!) Now I understand that it’s rare for the management to have these sorts of customers. But come on, it’s standard practice for the manager to ask them to keep it down at least once or twice! I asked the manager why he hasn’t thrown them out yet or complained to them and his response was «they’re paying us well». I was quite shocked with this and so he’s lost his restaurant a star from my review. I’ll be sure not to return on a weekend. But that said, the food was so delicious I’ll have to come back for some more.

We went here because it was very close to the Egerton House Hotel where we stayed in May and we were very happy to find such a great restaurant so close to our hotel. I did think it was pretty expensive however.

We came to the Good Earth on recommendation of Unilocal.It was clean, service was fine, however it’s a very small restaurant so there was no space but to sit at the bar (at 2 in the afternoon).
We had a char kway teow and a monkfish noodle soup which was both pretty good. It’s a bit pricey for what it is, but it is London Central.

Almost no words for how good this was. We ordered the prix fixe menu and it was just simply… Amazing. The service was both prompt and elegant. Loved the atmosphere.
Just wish it wasn’t on a different continent than I am!

I’m so thankful to find this Chinese restaurant in my neighbourhood. Very clean, service is proper. Stir-​fried lamb with lemongrass is very delicious. Good quality of ingredients.

The Good Earth on Brompton Road remains one the better places for Chinese food in my experience.
I have only ever used this branch but if the others are similar I would say ‘The Good Earth’ group is easily on a par with the ‘Royal China’ chain of restaurants but perhaps lacking such a large & varied menu and legendary Dim Sum.
The rice & noodles are always cooked just right and the Char siu is up there with the best I have had anywhere.
Chicken & Black Bean tends to be a little milder then I like but is still good.
Service is good and the atmosphere is pleasant.
I have used their delivery service a few times and although it takes longer to arrive (avg 45−60mins) the food was always hot enough.
That was a years ago though as I am no longer in their delivery area.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

I don’t know why this place is listed as such an expensive restaurant. It’s not.
I had their ‘chicken’ szechuan. The ‘chicken’ in this dish is some of the best meat substitute I’ve ever had. It was fabulous.
We didn’t really intend to drink bottled water, which tagged about 4 pounds onto our bill; so be forewarned. ‘Still’ water means from an expensive bottle.
Overall, though, it was a great little restaurant.

Tempted to give only three stars… Food was very good, but well short of exceptional. Service was good enough, but not great. We ordered three dishes and rice w/​drinks and spent over £75… as a sum the restaurant did not do well enough to deserve that kind of sum for such a meal. Good, just not really impressed at this self promoted «Michelin rated» restaurant.

The Good Earth is a well located Chinese restaurant. Near the museums of South Kensington as well as good public transport and the Royal Albert Hall, it seemed a perfect location to eat at before seeing «Totem» at the Hall on Saturday evening. It was also close to Chinese New Year and our first choice «Min Jiang — Royal Garden Hotel» was fully booked.
We got there on time and the restaurant was ready for us, the service was efficient and polite (although no one took a drinks order). The menu is somewhat limited, with a choice of four or so set deals (starting at about £29pp) and then having standard starters and mains. There is also unusually a good Vegetarian section, with quite a few more than average dishes.
We ordered four dishes, which for two people was enough, (Singapore Rice Noodles, Fried French Beans, an Aubergine dish and Spicy Lamb) which in total with one beer came to just under £50, so therefore a fairly expensive evening already.
Food was delivered very quickly, unusually so (about ten minutes) so this was a good thing, but perhaps betrays the takeaway concept that some of this chain have. Anyway, the beans were good (crispy, salty and generally nice), but the other dishes were average at best. In particular Singapore Rice Noodles which should be an explosion of colour, taste and so on was a small portion and lacked that zing, taste and character. The lamb was spicy, but that was about it while the aubergine was far the biggest disapointment. We love Aubergine dishes and have had some great ones at various asian restaurants, but these were mushy with very little texture or taste having soaked in and an unusually gloopy sauce.
It was by no means «Bad», you wouldn’t send food back at all, but for £50, in a nice location I would expected a bit more. As it was with food and service I would have given it three stars. What dropped it to two was the table layouts, you were so close to other people that private conversations were impossible. There was no background music and with everyone keeping their voices down to try and have some kind of romantic or private night together, it was dire. Literally there was just under 2 foot between my table and the one on either side.
Anyway, not a fan of things like that. At least some background music might have livened the place up a bit?

This is the best chinese I’ve been to (there was one other one in Belgium called L’Asie Imperial, but unfortunately it closed).
I have been here so many times over the years, and every time I go back to London, The Good Earth is one of my first stops. Gosh, I’m hungry now!
There isn’t a dish I’ve had that that I don’t like. Everything is fresh, flavorful, and beautifully plated.
Okay here’s some things I like:
Grilled Chicken Dumplings
Lettuce Wrapped Chicken
Crispy Spring Rolls
Aromatic Duck — SO DAMN GOOD.
Grilled Monkfish — my friend was lovin’ this dish
Chicken & Sweet Corn Broth
Hot & Sour Soup
Won Ton Soup
Sweet & Sour Chicken: SO good because it is actually sweet AND sour … unlike most sweet & sour dishes at other restaurants where it’s über sweet and jellied.
There are many more dishes that are great — but i would be naming the whole menu.
Note:
This is not a cheap restaurant. Be prepared to throw down some cash … but it’s so worth it!
The portions are not huge, which is great, because you can order a variety of dishes ;)
Make a reservation because it always seems to pack in a good crowd.
There is a separate vegetarian menu

My wife and I have eaten here a couple of times on trips to London. The food is great and we always put this on our list of places to return to. The portions are modest, so OK to order a good selection of dishes. We’ve never made reservations, but mainly go on weeknights.

I tried their express service recently and was very impressed with their menu. Soft shell crabs are a delicacy you’d usually only find within Chinatown and to my surprise this was the best I’d ever had.
The food is simply delicious.

Having been here since the year dot, this restaurant continues to impress with good food and super service.
It is not cheap and you can expect to pay £50 per head with wine.
However, the food is well prepared and served perfectly by a very attentive staff who all know what the are doing.
It pays to reserve as space is limited and even on a Sunday evening it will be full. A testament to good food and comfortable surroundings