Number 10 Restaurant

Nice clean restaurant with very fast responding staff. We had one of the sets and I can’t really fault it much.
Chicken and corn soup was the starter as it was quite often when I travelled China earlier in the year. My only comment would be that it’s somewhat sweeter than the real thing, but then I remember that often Asian dishes are sweeter to suit a western population.
Crispy pork, beef black bean and miso chicken were satisfactory.
Prices are decent, especially for drinks.

Authentically Chinese, unlike most Chinese restaurants in Europe, which are more European versions of Chinese restaurants than pure Chinese. I was the only European there tonight. Delicious food, large portions, tiny prices, good service.

Ordered delivery from No 10 last night — hadn’t been in over a year and thought I’d give it a go.
Ordered: spicy bean curd, beef belly on rice, egg fried rice, and duck pancakes. Yes, this is a sichuanese restaurant, and I’ve clearly ordered cantonese dishes so perhaps my rating isn’t that relevant, but hey, they put these dishes on the menu.
Duch pancakes were standard, probably pre-​made and simply deepfried on location. Beef belly stew was quite good, although the amount of meat was certainly lacking (and im not sure it was all belly, some drier bits, some very fatty). Spicy bean curd wasn’t spicy, but was quite tasty. Egg fried rice was gloopy, and gummy (as those synonyms?).
Delivery isn’t excuse for any shortcomings.
Would certainly order again, and may stick to Sichuanese specialties (though found them to be decidedly average at last visit).

I went here after being informed ‘No. 10′ was a decent Chinese restaurant of the few scattered around Earl’s Court.
I found it disappointing as it was closer to the inferior quality places in Chinatown for food.
The Char Siu was fatty and had an unpleasant aftertaste (not MSG!) and the rice & noodles were merely adequete.
The atmosphere inside is very nice and relxed and service is commendable. I really wish the food was up to standard as I liked everything else.
I was hoping my first visit was a bad day but a subsequent take-​away of different dishes was just as lacklustre.
The prices are more expensive then most of the chinese cheapies in Earl’s Court and the place itself is pleasant but the food is sadly the same.
‘Mr Wing’ remains the only Chinese outlet in Earl’s Court I have found worth visiting.

Another reviewer said that one of their servers has a bit of an attitude problem, probably the guy with the emo haircut. I’d say that all of their servers have attitude problems, but that only adds to the authenticity.
From what I can tell, they don’t seem to like Caucasian customers very much here. For that matter, they don’t seem very fond of Asian customers, either.
The food is very good, but the uncomfortable chairs and pissy servers prevent it from being a 5-​star establishment.

Spicy… But not spicy enough.
Kind of like the Spice Girls without Geri. Pretty good still, but lacking the full punch. That’s what I thought of number 10 — the small, busy Chinese restaurant in Earl’s Court with a reputation for Sichuan food.
We ordered only from their specials — the Sichuan section — and for £40 the two of us had:
1. Boiled Beef in spicy sauce
2. Offal cuts in spicy sauce
3. Sichuan chicken noodles
4. Cucumber and garlic salad
5. Chinese broccoli with garlic
Plus beers
3 was nice, creamy and textured. 5 was in pieces too big to eat. 4 was amazing — so refreshing and sour. 2 was a bit bland for something sounding so exotic and lastly 1 lacked the punch it touted.
I’m glad they’re taking on Sichuan food, and it was quite nice stuff… but if I can only find 6 sichuan peppercorns after sifting around for ages in a huge bowl of boiled beef then they’re not doing right. Acton’s Sichuan restaurant would’ve had hundreds!

General Tso’s chicken is to American-​Chinese cuisine, what chicken tikka masala is to Anglo-​Indian cuisine. Whilst not exactly authentic, this combination of lightly battered fried chicken in a tangy spicy sauce with garlic, ginger, and chilli pepper is probably the best-​known Chinese dish in America. When I did look this dish up on the internet, I can’t say I was that interested in it but over the years my indifference has waned and I’ve found myself wanting to check it out. So when meandering around Earl’s Court one day, I got quite excited when I spotted the similarly named General Shou’s crispy chicken at No.10 Restaurant. I would’ve tried it on the spot but for the fact that I was full. The other thing holding me back was that I wasn’t 100% sure that it was the same dish as General Tso’s. With that in mind, I made a note of the Chinese name, and this matched when I checked it on the interweb. I’m also glad I waited, as I realised having never eaten this dish, I had no idea how it should taste. That’s when I decided to call in some expert help with some North American expat friends. To be honest, I was a bit disappointed when I finally sampled this dish in that it was like a bog standard sweet & sour with some chilli. I’m also not sure what the hell peanuts were doing in there either. It was as if General Tso had started a fight with Kung Pao and won custody of the peanuts. My fellow diners agreed that this faux-​General was a bit of a let down. The search for the real General Tso in London goes on. What about the rest of the meal? To be honest, it was a mixed bag. My tip would be to stick to the Sichuan specials at the front of the menu. The boiled beef aka shui zhu niu rou, spicy shredded chicken cold noodles, and sea spicy aubergines aka yuxiang qiezi were amongst the better dishes of the evening. On the downside, we were a tad miffed that the dry fried green beans were off the menu. Less successful was the Cantonese twin platter of siu yuk (crispy belly pork) and cha siu (honey roast pork). The siu yuk was obviously reheated and too dry whilst the cha siu was tired looking and had far too much red food colouring. That said the gai lan stir-​fried w/​garlic was well cooked. Together with rice, drinks, and service, the bill clocked in at around £75 or £15/​head pretty good value. For a similar price, Chilli Cool is superior but still it’s good to know that there’s a restaurant in Earl’s Court that knocks out competent Sichuan.

This is a nice (if not perfect), affordable, little local Sichuanese place on the Earls Court/​Kensington borderland that is Hogarth Place. They have a very exhaustive menu that also includes many Cantonese and Thai dishes, but their specialty — and specificity in an area full of Chinese diners — is the oily chili-​laced stuff from Sichuan province. Try the boiled beef with chilies, or the green beans with chilies and shredded pork for a taster. The price is decent. I can get two or three dishes plus rice for under £20, and the portions are good. Look out for the loose use of ingredients though. The green beans I had were over-​salted for example, but I assume that’s a one-​off. Either way, definitely worth a try, at least, if you are in the area. It has a small dining room, so do not go for the atmosphere, but it also does takeaways and deliveries in the area, which is another viable option.

Absolutely love this place. Great prices and great food. The one downside I can think of is that one of their servers has a bit of an attitude problem but that is easily forgotten as soon as you dive into some great sweet & sour chicken and sesame veggie spring rolls. You gotta try it!

Hidden off one of the side-​streets quite close to Earl’s Court tube station, this place has some seriously good Sichuanese chinese food. Many of the chinese restaurants in London have the occasional sichuan style dish on the menu (mapo doufu etc.), but most are pretty poor renditions. This place definitely has the mojo and skills to do this spicy cuisine right, plenty of chillis and peppercorns in the dishes. The english menu looks pretty similar to any other cantonese style restaurant and honestly I’ve never tried anything of it. Instead, I head right for the white board with the «chef’s special selection.» Unfortunately it’s all in Chinese so bring a friend who can read it or ask the waitresses for some recommendations.
I especially love their numbing and spicy shredded chicken cold noodles (ma la ji si leng mian) and dry cooked pork intestine (sounds gross but is SOOOO addictive — gan bian fei chang). Unfortunately they don’t have my favorite sichuan dish for the summer — northern sichuan bean thread (chuan bei liang fen). If anyone can find a good version in London, I’d be eternally grateful!
The restaurant is quite reasonably priced with a decent portion size and most dishes on the specials board between 6 – 9