Browse Chinese restaurants in Edinburgh

About China Star

China Star is a long standing Chinese restaurant on West Maitland Street in Edinburgh’s West End. From char siu pork to hot and sour soup, all the staples of a Cantonese menu are there along with a few surprises. If you have ever hankered after Mongolian crispy lamb or almond chicken with an orange and Cointreau sauce then China Star is for you.

About Chop Chop Edinburgh

Chop Chop on Morrison Street is unique among Edinburgh’s Chinese restaurants. Not only has it been awarded an AA Rosette but it also featured on Gordon Ramsay’s F-Word. The decor is comfortable, clean and basic while the welcome is always friendly. The main draw is the fantastic food, especially the dumplings.

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About Feast Chinese Restaurant

A five minute stroll from Haymarket and the tram line, Feast Chinese Restaurant offers a wide range of Chinese dishes and menus. There are dim sum, DIY hotpots and plenty of familiar choices like the beef in oyster sauce. Or take a deep breath and order up the wine-marinated chicken claws, beef tripe and salted fish in pork rice.

About Jade Garden Edinburgh

A compact Chinese restaurant, Jade Garden is on Canon Street in an area which has recently seen a significant expansion of eating out options. At Jade Garden, diners have a wide choice of familiar dishes such as special fried rice, beef foo yung or pork kung po. More adventurous diners might opt for the stew beef with tendon or the pork liver with fresh ginger and spring onions.

About Loon Fung Edinburgh

The Loon Fung has been serving Cantonese food on Warriston Place since the early Seventies. House favourites include the lemon chicken; the crispy aromatic duck and the extensive seafood selection. The restaurant also offers a range of dim sum – handy if you have a hankering for shiu mai, oyster sauce bean curd rolls or a couple of lotus cream dumplings.

About Seasons Vietnamese

Edinburgh is well served for Thai restaurants but there is less opportunity to try dishes from its nearby neighbour. Seasons Vietnamese Restaurant on Newhaven Road is helping to change that. If you have ever wondered what people eat in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, now is your chance to find out. As with many of the noodle shops of Vietnam’s capital, the decor at Seasons Vietnamese Restaurant is functional rather than plush.

About Szechuan Kitchen

Very handy for Haymarket train station and the tram line, Szechuan Kitchen is a compact Chinese restaurant on Haymarket Terrace. As you might expect from a restaurant which has Szechuan in its title, there are plenty of spicy options here. The intriguing house specialities include salted egg yolk baked king prawns, lamb with cumin powder and deep fried chicken with hot chilli.

About The Rendezvous Restaurant

An Edinburgh fixture since opening in 1956, Rendezvous, on Queensferry Street, is one of the capital’s oldest Chinese restaurants. There is usually a bustling ambiance in an upstairs dining room featuring elegant white and red décor and a central bar offering wine and cocktails.

About Xian Bala Hot Pot

Be prepared to get hands-on at this authentic hotpot restaurant on Dalry Road. Diners are invited to select the broths they want and the ingredients they want to cook in the broths. Filled with simmering broths, the hot pots are brought to the table and diners cook for themselves by dipping the ingredients in the hot liquid. Hot and spicy, curry and tomato are among the broths on offer. The ingredients include lotus roots, mushrooms, tofu, lettuce, noodles, sliced meats and a great range of seafood such as razor clams, prawns, mussels, crab and squid.