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Royal China

1 Beach Rd | Colonial District, Singapore, Singapore
6338 3363
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Ranked #648 of 1,967 restaurants in Singapore
3.5 of 5 stars 20 Reviews
Cuisines: Chinese
Dining options: Reservations
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Brisbane, Australia
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108 reviews 108 reviews
Reviews in 48 cities Reviews in 48 cities
20 helpful votes 20 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 May 2012

They served yum cha by menu; not trolley service. Most of the items on the menu were recognizable to us so it was easy to decide what we wanted to order. The waiter also suggested we try their tea smoked chicken so we agreed. The jasmine tea we ordered was very nice; served weak without us having to ask. The... More

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Singapore, Singapore
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 May 2012

Booked seats for the restaurant in advance to celebrate Mother's Day and the reason for choosing this place was for the good reviews. The service standard of the restaurant was real bad the moment we sat down. No menu was given and no one even bothered to offer tea instead all were busy trying to sit the guests because we... More

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Singapore, Singapore
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60 reviews 60 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 April 2012

real exquisite chinese food at its best. enough said about the food, the environment is super gorgeous !

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Singapore, Singapore
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Reviews in 13 cities Reviews in 13 cities
14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 February 2012

Decent lobster noodles but the rest of the dim sum is just average. I brought my parents in law there and they though Wah Lok is much better.

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14 reviews 14 reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 February 2012
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Well, heard a lot of good thing about this restaurant. Called 3 weeks ago to book a table, with the intention to try their dim sum. Got a call from them a day earlier and only till then, I was told that the Dim Sum is limited to only 8 choices during Chinese New Year. Would have been much better... More

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Bangkok, Thailand
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 January 2012

I would have expected better service from a restaurant associated with the Raffles brand. The service lived up to true Singaporean service; rather rude and brash. The food was good though and the ineteror was beautifully and delicately coloured in blue tones. We had dimsum and also a Peking duck and both were delicious..

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 January 2012

great dishes in a beautiful place........................................

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See 7 more reviews by sjadec for Singapore
Exeter, United Kingdom
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 January 2012

We booked in for New years Eve and had one of the worst Chinese meals we have ever had. There was no crispy duck because they had sold out (8pm!) and the food arrived as it was cooked so that the 4 of us were all served our main course at different times. The rice finally arrived after everyone had... More

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Philippines
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 November 2011
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We loved all our orders. The food was served fast, and every food that came tasted heavenly, especially the layered cake with salted egg, lava bun, pork barbeque pastry, and royal china rice roll. Inspite of being located at Raffles Hotel, the price was reasonable. At the end of the meal, we made 2 more orders of the lava bun... More

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Singapore, Singapore
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29 reviews 29 reviews
Reviews in 14 cities Reviews in 14 cities
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 November 2011

The quality of the food and restaurant setting here is definitely above your average Chinese restaurant. And for the price you pay, it definitely also offers fantastic value for money. Especially love the dim sum here, would recommend to anyone who's willing to pay a little more for exquisite tim sum.

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