Going Out | Restaurants

Best for Shaftesbury Avenue

Chinese Experience is bright and modern.
10 April 2012

If you're looking for somewhere to grab pre-theatre dinner and drinks,

Charles Campion

Chinese Experience
118 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1
This is a bright and modern Chinese restaurant where the menu lists all sorts of authentic dishes - no dumbing down here. The Dim Sum is particularly good - and very cheap at lunch time. £25pp exdrinks. (020 7437 0377)

Rong Chen
72 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1
Rong Chen is a small, rugged and uncompromising Chinese café which specialises in dishes from Fujian, Canton and Dong Bei. It's a menu worth exploring - very fair pricing allows you to do so. £10pp exdrinks (020 7287 8078)

Mela
152-158 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2
A very sound and good value Indian restaurant, Mela has a strong reputation for regional dishes and a wide range of different breads. The fantastic lunch offers are well worth taking note of. £15pp ex-drinks (020 7836 8635)

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