Hutong at The Shard

We arrived at the Hutong 5 minutes early and were promptly seated by a waitress. We chose the 4 course set menu with a glass of bubbles. Waitress bought over our bubbles which were Cava and our still water. First course was a monk fish broth, quite thin like a consomme with a couple of pieces of monk fish and a few small sweet peppers, it had a subtle flavour, but we found a little plain. The next course arrived with an assortment of 4 colourful different flavoured dumplings in a bamboo steamer (1 steamer each) which were tasty, accompanied by a soy and a vinegar dipping sauce, afterwards the main courses arrived, rice, cuttlefish with chilli sauce, beef in a light batter with chilli's and pak choi with garlic. All these courses were tasty, the chilli's plentiful, both the cuttlefish and the beef dishes we found quite spicy. Finally a smooth mango desert, then we opted to have coffee to finish the meal off. All the staff were very efficient and polite. We enjoyed our visit to Hutong and the experience of eating on the 33 floor of an iconic building, interesting view especially when a weather front rolled in engulfing the Shard with thick cloud and rain and then watching it fade away to reveal the view of London's sites in the sunshine. (note you cannot book a table by the window its first come first served basically). We thought that the individual dishes on the a la carte menu are quite highly priced and drinks are fairly expensive. The set 4 course set menu with bubbles was good value and a reasonable price. Overall a great experience.

Fabulous views from atop the Shard. Exquisite antique Chinese decor. Excellent service. Good food

Very pleasant.

I send this feedback to the Hutong at the Shard just after our meal but they did not respond!

We had a table of 5 on Saturday night (30/6/18). I thought I might be disappointed in the food because your prices exorbitant. In fact, although it is hugely overpriced, the food was fine. What was disappointing was the lack of personality, welcome and friendliness. The toilets we not very clean and 2 out of 3 in the ladies had a cheap broken toilet seat. Our table was moved to give another table more room so our light was off centre and half the guests were in the dark. At the beginning one of the guests couldn’t see because the sun was right in eye line. The waitress shrugged as if to say what can I do its the sun. The whole evening felt cheap but, my goodness, it was not. Also don't be fooled - you are only half way up.

good food , good view , good service

The whole experience was incredible, getting to dine with fantastic views and impeccable service. Favourite dish was definitely the dim sum and the crispy beef was incredible. Amazing and will definitely go again!

We thought meal was fab ! And so were the staff
Wonderful restaurant thank you so very much x

We enjoyed our dinner, the view was spectacular and the food was delicious. We were slightly disappointed that none of the waiting staff are Chinese.

View.

Dining experience was great as it was my friends birthday and I feel like we were well taken care of and well attended too.