An extremely spenny but appropriately high-quality Cantonese restaurant, sitting innocuously on Goodge Street. Food from Hong Kong and its environs used to represent a massive part of London’s restaurant scene, so it’s nice having somewhere new flying the flag for Guangdong in 2025. Food at 3 Gorges is meticulously prepared and frequently accessorised with haute-cuisine flourishes befitting a head chef in Yipeng Qian, who won a Michelin Star at Gouqi.
As you’d expect, dim sum is exceptional here. All of the xiao long bao were juicy, perfectly prepared and flavourful. Peking Duck three ways, as a main, presents you with a whole roast duck, which is then whisked off to get spliced and diced into three distinct courses. All of the meat mains, including slow-cooked pork belly and black-pepper Angus beef cubes, are beautifully cooked. We’d also suggest you go in for the Yangzhou fried rice, a rustic regional fave, given an upmarket makeover by Qian and his team.
And for anyone looking to truly go to town, then Chef Qian and his team will also prepare for you a super-deluxe set menu, of the type of things usually served to Qing-dynasty emperors and high-ranking Imperial mandarins. Like the sound of pan-seared wagyu beef with ‘secret sauce’ or noodles with black truffle and crab claw? The 11-course Deluxe Jade Menu is non-stop legendary banquet dishes.
3 Gorges isn’t cheap (at all) but for anyone around Warren Street with a hankering for accomplished, fine-dining Cantonese cooking, it will very much hit the spot.