New Sum Ye

Great food. Reasonable. Genuine authentic taste. Not too greasy. Very healthy. Even if you don’t know what to order and go for meal roulette everything is tasty. Only downside is that you can’t get a table sometimes since it’s so popular and they don’t take cards

I think I was in some kind of Café Soya fake meat haze when I went here. I’d convinced myself that if Café Soya did fake meat, then every Chinese in the area would also do such similar things. I think I’d even convinced myself their menu said something about fake chicken. So when I went in and asked about their fake chicken, the lady on the counter looked very confused and there was a drawn out conversation where we both repeated ourselves a couple of times, until it became evident that I am an idiot and NO they do real meat not fake.
Good job their noodles were pretty tasty nonetheless — and quick too! Sad there’s no fake meat, but that’s what I go to Café Soya for.

Delicious authentic food in huge portions, served quickly. Served without a smile unfortunately, as is often the case in proper Chinese restaurants, but that didn’t detract from what was a great feast.

One of a few lovely little hole-​in-​the-​wall Chinese restaurants just off of Chinatown proper, in the Arcadian, New Sum Ye is a great place to stop off after shopping or before a show, if you don’t want to spend a fortune.
My husband, stepson and I all ate out there for £20, and we were stuffed to the gills. I can recommend, without any reserve, the Cantonese Curry, Beef with Black Bean Sauce and Chicken Satay. Good god, how tasty is this food.
New Sum Ye specialises in Hong Kong style Cantonese food, but also serves Pan-​Asian cuisine, such as Vietnamese and Korean (haven’t tried the kimchee yet).
The service is typical of most Chinese restaurants — reserved and terse, without being rude. They serve no alcohol, so get your drink on elsewhere, you barbarian.
They have a few desserts, but as Chinese culture isn’t big on sweets, it’s mostly of the fruit variety.
The main attraction of New Sum Ye is for groups — they have incredibly good value set menus for groups starting at 6 and going up to 18.
For cheap, cheerful Chinese in a clean and tidy environment, you couldn’t do better than New Sum Ye.

Cheap! Great offers and nice food. The staff are helpful and accommodating to specific dietary requests.