Gold Mine

Just focus on the boneless roast duck, that the best dish on the menu. Saw many taking away the whole duck which cost about 22 pound each

If I was a duck, I’d want this place to cook me.
Took away their roast duck rice last night. There was a perfect duck meat to fat ratio and the sauce was more savoury than sweet — something else that I like a lot.
This place is often compared to (sshh) Four Seasons, just down the road. Honestly, I prefer this place. Four Seasons is great, but their duck is fattier than I’d usually prefer and their sauce is rather sweet as well. The duck skin is crispier at Gold Mine too. Though, which restaurant you prefer probably comes down to personal taste. Try both and make your own decision if you can! If not, I’d recommend you eat at Gold Mine first.

Roasted duck — Goldmine, Queensway
Goldmine has been taking over Four Seasons for London’s best roasted duck for the last few years.
The ratio of fat and meat was very balanced. The meat was so juicy and tender. Compared to other Chinese restaurant, Goldmine ‘s sauce is not as sweet but more on the savoury side. You don’t feel greasy afterwards. I just don’t like the fact that they deboned it

J’y suis allée pour prendre à emporter du poulet de la rôtisserie et des nems. C’est bon mais pas non plus exceptionnel. Un restaurant chinois parmi tant d’autres dans Londres et sur Queensway.

Well authentic, except that the service is far too polite to be truly Cantonese.
Had the roast duck, roast pork and a stir fried kailan in oyster sauce.
Roast duck is tasty — meat was tender and moist, very nice and consistent layer of subcutaneous fat. We opted for a deboned duck, and the chef’s deboning skills are excellent — not even a bone fragment. However, skin was not as crispy as we would have liked — just a touch too soft for our preference.
Roast pork was decent, skin was very crispy and there was a good proportion of fat to meat. However, the meat was just slightly over salted.
Stir-​fried veggie was way over salted. While the veggies were well sautéed, the chef just got way too carried away with the oyster sauce.
I’m a huge fan of Cantonese style roast duck, and I’m blessed to have regular access to really good duck back home. This place definitely isn’t the best, but for London I reckon it’s as good as it gets. Well worth a try if you’ve never tried Cantonese roast duck.

i have eaten here every time i’m in london for their great roast duck which can come deboned (yes!!!).i ask for the sauce on the side as it can overwhelm the dish.
their vegetable and rice dishes are yummy too as id the chashu (roast pork).some times the service can be a little rushed so don’t go during the busy lunch hours and weekends.

Authentic Cantonese food in Paddington.
This Chinese restaurant is well known for the delicious «Peking Duck».

They may have the best Peking Duck in London. V. busy for dinner.
Ron Swason would say «The food is incredible. Please eat it. Thank you. End of review.»

I heard many great things about this place from my Malaysian friends but only came to this place for the first time recently.
The roast duck I had lived up to my expectation. I went to heaven for 1s after the first bite. It was soft, juicy and tasted divine. The side dishes which my friend ordered were also great. We had spicy tofu minced pork in a clay pot, stir fry kailan, yummy shrimp dish (not so sure the exact name). A very standard satisfying oriental meal (especially for a international student in London like me)
The only minor complain is the service here. But I am willing to look past that since it is such a busy place. In fact, the place was so packed that there was hardly any room to move.
And one small tip: there is a place called «tinseltown» near the restaurant. If you still have room for dessert, I suggest you come there and treat yourself another round with ferrero rocher milkshake. I actually even bought giant bubble wand in a pound shop and play with it when I was having my milkshake. (In case you were wondering, yes, conveniently there is also a poundshop from Goldmine to Tinsel Town that sells F*** underwear — you get the idea haha)
Divine roast duck + Milk shake + Bubble = Perfect night out :)

Conveniently location, fast service, good quality bbq meat (tried the roast duck), in general a very positive experience.
I have a feeling I’d be getting a lot of take-​away boxes here…

The food was quite bad, but the service was 100 times worse. Won’t be coming back here.

We had a GREAT dinner here after a movie at the Odoen Whiteleys. Everything was fresh, flavorful and well enjoyed. Highly recommended!

Great food, the owner is very nice but the maitre d’ has all the personality of an undertaker. No excuse for that.
Tried the Kung Pao chicken, it was completely different from the versions in Southern California but superb. The other dishes were excellent as well.
Oddly enough, when we asked for a side of rice they quoted £3, and for a small bowl of hot and sour soup it was £3.30. I didn’t want to buy the place settings, just the food!
I’d go back, but you have to be careful with the side dishes.

Outstanding roast duck.
These guys are Cantonese and know what they’re doing.
Trust me I’m Singaporean and have had excellent Peking duck in Asia. This is comparable to those in Asia.
Worth a try.
Extremely popular with asians and always crowded. Nuff said

This place does excellent duck off the bone. The interior is clean and pleasant. Each dish is good for sharing. The spinach we ordered could have comfortably fed 4 – 5 people. The curried lamb was quite delicious too, lots of cinnamon and star anise in it. Soup was a simple chicken and sweetcorn and there was nothing wrong at all with it.
In all, this place is special not because it does anything extremely well, but because it does almost everything right with little fuss. The limited dessert range was disappointing, but it’s likely because they were about to close when we wanted to order this. We managed to order a red bean pastry dessert which was probably frozen and a little oily without the normally customary sago pudding dessert.
In all, if you’re looking for some decent Chinese around Bayswater and don’t want to risk disappointment, then Gold Mine is the safe bet. There are a lot of cantonese people that eat here. A good sign.
Otherwise there are plenty of Malaysian restaurants around due to the ex-​pat community, and the nearby Malaysian hall, but the quality of these places aren’t close to the cuisine you’d actually find in Malaysia. So again chinese here might be the safest bet.

Not a fan if this joint. I was intrigued by the number of people milling outside and waiting for a table. I came in to get take away and the charge to get a side of white rice is nearly 3 quid! That’s a truly ridiculous price for white rice.
Plus when my food finally arrived, it came out ice cold. The flavor of the duck has a very strong iron taste – vaguely bloody and not in a good way. Anyway, over priced amount of food.
*Maybe the duck is good served hot and fresh but I am underwhelmed.

After payday, I decided to treat the in-​laws to dinner. They’ve very traditional Cantonese, so they’ll only eat at places they’re used to. The same could probably be said for the «locals» that queued up to get inside. MY cunning brain knew about the possible queues on a Saturday night so I reserved a table. Typically with most Chinese restaurants, its all about filling the tables, meaning our table was NOT reserved despite us arriving 10mins early. After a 30min wait the, waiter apologised and offer us free house soup. Unfortunately we’re all to used to being treated in this conveyor belt type service: wait your turn, eat, bill arrives before your last bite, get shunted out so that they can once again fill the table.
I can’t complain about the food. It IS good and you can find many traditional dishes, despite the obligatory lemon chicken and spring rolls for westernised tastes. Duck is comparable to Four Season, but is it better/​worse? You decide.
My one recommendation would be the chefs special: Japanese tofu with pork and mushrooms served in a clay pot.

A tourist in London, Unilocal really came to the rescue when I had serious Chinese food cravings. Gold Mine did the trick. The restaurant was packed Tuesday night with both Chinese and non-​Chinese folks. Three of us ordered Beijing duck, veggies, and tofu. Everything was right on authentic and now I’m drooling just reminicing about it.

Somehow, my countrymen have decided to descend on this place in the droves. I was there tonight, and within a 5 minute window, a good friend from Singapore and my own cousin walked in right behind each other. (No, they don’t know each other, and no, I didn’t know they were coming to London).
I guess this place passes the Asian quota (unlike some Ba*a*a Tr€€ places I’ve been to :) — Still don’t know why people go there). Anyway, it is as people say, one of the best places for a good Roast Duck. Always go boneless — it’s just easier. Don’t order the Siew Yok (pork belly) there are better places for it. But a good combo that is basically my regular order:
1. Roast Duck (boneless)
2. Aubergine with minced pork
3. Salt and Chili squid
4. Pei pa Tofu
5. an order of green veg stir fried with garlic.
Boom done. Thanks and good night.

Lately I’ve transferred my roast duck allegiance from Four Seasons to Gold Mine. Simply because Four Seasons’ duck quite often look a bit crispy (read «burnt») at the ends to me and Gold Mine’s simply looks better. In reality, they both probably tastes just as good as each other.
Having not been to either for lunch, but having trust their ducky takeouts, we ventured in for lunch.
Mistake #1– I then decided to eat actual chinese food despite lots of everyone else having «roasts» around us. Our chicken, tofu and salted fish pot was good but a tad gloopy for me.
Mistake #2– Ordered vegetables– Chinese veggies in the UK is always tres expensive. Though we ordered our peashoots simmered in soup, it still came a bit tooo oily.
Mistake #3– Expectation of any jot of service. Hello! This is a Chinese restaurant in London! What service?
Conclusion: I had a numb tongue for the rest of the afternoon. So I think I will be sticking to ducky and meaty takeouts only.

Rumour has it among the Chinese community that the best roast duck in town crown has passed from Four Seasons just up the road in Queensway to Gold Mine. In common with Four Seasons, they will offer to take the duck off the bone here.
The English speaking staff are friendly and efficient.
The duck is certainly tender with a good amount of meat and I get a plate of this to go with whatever noodle or rice based dish that tickles my fancy on that particular day. I would certainly recommend that you give Gold Mine a go if you’re after good roast duck