Our usual favourite place in Chinatown was busy so we thought we'd try out somewhere different as we were hungry. We saw this place and thought we'd give it a go - and so glad we did! It was very busy but the service was good. The only thing we found a bit odd was that the starters came out... More

Friends were flying in from Sweden and they love Chinese food so after reading reviews we chose the Manchurian Legends. We booked a table for four at 10.30pm on 14th Feb 2012. We arrived at 10.20pm and were shown a table by the counter. We were then told that we had to order our starters and mains, which would arrive... More

Forget Chicken with Cashew Nuts, forget Beef with Black Bean Sauce and Green Peppers, forget Chicken and Sweetcorn Soup. This is the real deal. A proper regionalised and authentic Chinese restaurant in China Town. At last. I went after reading a review and it is now firmly my number one favourite in China Town. Not an easy achievement after being... More

Loved our dinner! As vegetarians, they happily adapted many dishes. We specified no pork, chicken, fish and stressed our love for spicy food. They gave great suggestions and it was a rare treat! Definitely recommend!

Manchurian Legends is the hip new place in Chinatown, featured in the broadsheets since my uncool person was dragged there by the organizers of a tech conference back in August. A long, tall building with an unimpressive-looking ground floor, it's got stacks of seating upstairs. Because of the disorganized nature of the conference, people kept arriving and arriving - and... More