Ping Pong Restaurant, St Katherine's Dock Review

Ping Pong is a great place for dim sum. They have a bunch of restaurants around London, not sure how many exactly, but the one I tend to go to most is the one in St Katherine's Dock near my home.



They have a great view over the marina if it's sunny and you want to sit outside. If not the inside is fine but avoid the place early on Sunday if you're not particularly child-friendly as the place is full of yummy mummies from trendy docklands who don't like to tell their kids to keep quiet!



The food is great. I particularly like the shu mai dumplings and also the pork puffs but it's all good. You get either three or four portions per plate depending on the dish so it's great for two but order more than one dish if you are more than three. About 5 plates for a table of two would do but I normally end up ordering 6 or 7 with a friend.



The have a great range of fruit ice teas. Cocktails are a little on the expensive side (£7-8) and weak generally but I suppose it's about average for London these days.



The only thing that is not so great is the staff. Like most places that are part of a chain the turnover of staff is quite high and don't they seem particularly knowledgeable about their dishes which is fine if you know the food but not a great help if you don't. The can also be slow - especially if it's busy.