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Loon Fung
Canonmills
- Food served: Mon–Thu noon–11pm; Fri noon–12.30am; Sat 2pm–12.30am; Sun 2–11pm
- Number of wines sold by the glass: 3
- Delivery: up to £3, depending on area
- Private dining: Y
- Also offers: Gluten-free options, Children's high chairs, Wheelchair access, Takeaway
- Music on stereo: Subdued Chinese instrumentalism
- Capacity: 100
- Largest group: 60
- Open since: 1972
- Average price 2 courses:
£6.50 (set lunch)
£15 (evening meal) - House wine: £10.50 per bottle
- BYOB: £5 corkage
Nominate this restaurant forThe List Reader Award 2010
This review appears in the The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2009 – in the shops now or buy online.
A fixture beside the Water of Leith in Canonmills since 1972, Loon Fung must have been getting something right, and it’s certainly busy even midweek. It helps that the fresh-looking décor of white walls and Chinese water colours is welcoming and the service is brisk and attentive without being rushed. The menu features lots of Cantonese seafood and fish dishes, including some less usual specialities, as well as old favourites like sweet and sour pork. There’s a fair selection of dim sum for starters – the shui mai is succulent pork and prawn wrapped in pastry. A soup of substantial beef slices and satisfyingly al dente salted cabbage is lightly flavoured by the pickle. The surprise in scallops de Loon Fung is stir-fried chicken livers, crisp on the outside, pink and moist within, which works with the seared scallops, finely sliced carrots and spring onions. Among the vegetarian specialities, chunks of aubergine, coated in a sweet chilli sauce with slices of garlic, are cooked expertly – soft without falling apart in a mush. And thought extends to the banquet menus, which include at least one of the specialities.
- High point: Spicy aubergine with garlic like they make it in China
- Low point: Chinese tastes might favour a tad less MSG
Comments for Loon Fung (2 Warriston Place, Edinburgh)
- 1. Total Crap!, edinburgh – 21 August 2008, 12:47pmReport
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Went here with my family tonight. (Party of 7)
Quite frankly I was disgusted. Service was appalling; the only member of staff welcoming was the waiter. Food was distinctively average and the price was unreal. The soft drinks were flat when served (even when we asked for them to be poured from a can)
The interior is very outdated and the seating they provided for a booked table was cramped and uncomfortable.
I’m not a major fussy person, normally very easy please when it comes to eating out, but do yourself a favour: Look around I’m sure you can get a far better experience for your money.
- 2. jimjamjem, Easter Road – 16 January 2009, 10:05amReport
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I've been several times for lunch on a Sunday and have never been disappointed. The Har Kow(dim sum) and Singapore Vermicelli are paticularly good. I think, like most Chinese restaurants, this restaurant offers pretty good value for money and portions are fair. Nice laid back atmosphere. Perhaps decor a wee bit old-fashioned but then people usually go to a Chinese for the food, not for the wallpaper!
- 3. stevepip, larbert – 7 November 2009, 9:58am
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I agree that the decor will not blow you away, and is a bit dated. But after all it's the food that matters!
We travel 30 miles to get to this restaurant on a regular basis, and that's just for the chicken satay starters , then Cantonese steak. mmmm
All in all great value and very authentic restaurant.
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