Loon Fung Restaurant

Love it! It’s funny because we came at 3 pm and no one was there, but we were kindly greeted and set up with menus.
They have all day dim sum available — heck yes! We mostly ordered prawn dumplings, but they also have ones with pork. Tried egg buns and oh my goodness — so so good. They also have shaolong bao! Amazing, but they were called something else. Anyway they are dumplings that have soup inside, I always recommend them.
Fried rice was simple, yet amazingly good. I lived in Taiwan for 2 years and even though they serve Cantonese style here, this place felt like home. They have tvs with Chinese news and some pretty extravagant decorations. If you like Traditional Chinese food, come here.

Perhaps I am slightly biased… but this is my favourite Chinese restaurant in Glasgow. I know that my parents ate here before I was born and it’s the usual restaurant that my family gatherings of the foodie variety are held in.
I went recently and the quality of the food had improved. I am wondering if they have a new chef. The food was noticeably tastier and less greasy.
We ordered the 2 roast and rice (crispy roast duck & char siu). The duck was crisp with that tasty fatty bit along with the meat. The duck is on the bone and is not always cut right. The char siu was glazed and sweet tasting. The rice even tasted amazing and I kept filling up my bowl. The pak choi with the dish was crisp, not soft like most I’ve tried.
We added 3 dim sum dishes, the prawn dumpling har gaw, the char siu buns and wor teep (more mystery dumpling meat!). All of these were tasting good and I liked that the filling remained in the dumpling casing.
We drank pots of tea that they will gladly refill as much as you like. It’s cheap as chips and tastes good. Drink it for good health, as my mum would say.
Finally we received chilled cuts of an orange for free. Chinese love to end a meal with fruit!
Throughout dinner we listened to traditional Chinese music. It changed to club music and Nicki Minaj after we’d finished! Very strange. It was almost 11pm when this happened!

This restaurant is a traditional Hong Kong style. There are a lot of different dim sums for you to choose. The restaurant provides ever customer starters with rib soups and ending with sweet soups. It also offers some dishes with some special prices everyday. Hope everyone enjoy it!

Had dim sum lunch with a girlfriend of mine the other day and I was impressed. Walked past many times on my daily walk to work and eventually I made it. The frontage of the restaurant really let this place down but please don’t let it put you off. Inside the restaurant is rather clean and spacious tho the cheesy over the top Chinese deco is not my cup of tea but I’m here for the food. We had six dim sums for our lunch — prawn dumplings, Chinese chives dumpling, chicken feets (why not!!), roast pork Cheung fun, fried turnip cake with xo sauce and steam peakin dumplings. All good I must say and the staff was ok. They weren’t overly friendly but not rude either. All I’m saying is that if you want to try dim sum in Glasgow give this place a try and don’t let the front door put you off. It is a very handy location to have your dim sum lunch for a change of your normal boring sandwiches. Oh yes the bills came to £24 for the two of us and I had to take some away as we couldn’t finish them all.
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They were very unfriendly and unwelcoming. I ordered from the vegetarian menu and the waitress scoffed and laughed as she walked away. When she brought my food she placed it in front of me aggressivly; the other staff weren’t any better. On top of that, the food was very bland so we got up after a few minutes and walked away. If they didn’t want someone ordering vegitarian then don’t put it on the menue.

Just a quick review as I came here for one thing and one thing only — the Vietnam spring rolls!
I lived in Lille, France for a (n academic) year while studying at Uni and Chinese restaurants there did the most delicious spring rolls they call ‘nems’. These were a staple food, whether sober or drunk (particularly when drunk though, it has to be said!) and they’re definitely on my list of Things I Miss About Lille.
Since I had no idea what they actually were to begin with, I had no idea how to find them when I returned to Scotland (about 3 years ago now, scary!) and was distraught at the possibility of never having them again, without returning to Lille/​France in general! However, some not that clever Googling led me to find out that they’re actually Vietnamese spring rolls and that’s why Chinese places here don’t usually do them, unless of course I’ve just been looking in the wrong places. After some chance searching a few weeks ago, I discovered that Loon Fung serve these tasty morsels and just had to get me some!
As many people on here have pointed out, this place is surprisingly legit for somewhere situated on Sauchiehall St, in an area full of drunk-​food takeaways. The décor is great, really traditional and grand looking, plus it was absolutely full of Chinese Glaswegians which can only be a good sign! I just popped in for a takeaway order of the Vietnam spring rolls before a gig (I stood and ate them outside, no regrets!) but I’d definitely come back to have a proper sit-​down meal here.
The spring rolls themselves were AMAZING — almost exactly the same as my precious Lille nems! They were ready in about 10 minutes as well which was pretty good, the staff were really friendly too. My only quibble is that for 3 spring rolls it was £4.40 which seems pretty expensive… but in all honesty I would easily pay that for them!
Definitely a wee not-​so-​hidden gem in the City Centre!

«It’s where the Chinese eat», it must be good?“
Well, it is good!
We ate dim sum and I can thoroughly concur with my hot date that the lo bak go was simply wonderful. Dim sum is generally good value anyhow, but a decent meal for two with Chinese tea will set you back around £20. Stuffed? Certainly!
My only criticism is that the TOILETS WERE DIRTY! Not just overnight dirty, but months dirty. Come on get it sorted. The food and service are a good ⁴⁄₅ and this just lets you down. :/​
Visited February 2014

Despite this place having a massive chinese clientele, even on a Tuesday afternoon, I really couldn’t eat much of the food. Have you ever heard the saying that if you drink too much tea when eating dim sum, it’s not good dim sum? Well I went through like 3 pots alone on this. The food was very very salty, the enoki mushrooms steamed spring roll was salt overload, and the shanghai buns, the skin was way too thick and thats my benchmark for a good dim sum place.
Apparently, according to my family who live in Glasgow, it’s much better than see woo’s offerings, which scares me a bit. I hate to say it, but it was one of the worse meals I’ve eaten in Scotland. I know you can do better Scotland, I’ve seen how many chinese people there are.

There is a reason why, in the West, Indians don’t go to Indian restaurants. The same reason that Chinese don’t go to Chinese restaurants. Disappointment is inevitable. You will compare the gloop in front of you to what your grandmother used to make and have to fight back the tears.
So, when you walk into a Chinese restaurant on a wet weekday evening in dank February and find the place heaving with Chinese people, you know you’re on to a sure thing. Two other reassuring signs: several huge TV screens showing Chinese variety shows, a menu where Chinese script sits alongside English as well as delicacies such as chicken feet and pig ears.
Service is brisk, efficient and consistently good natured. Start with the ‘dim sum’ — traditionally breakfast food, this is a selection of interesting teensy appetiser type tidbits. Highly recommend are the Vietnamese spring rolls and beef/​ginger/​spring onion dumplings.
Pretty much everything on the menu is at least good. The whole steamed seabass is phenomenal — insist on having it served whole, swimming in a thin liquor of soya and spring onion. The crispy pork belly with greens is also exceptional — thinly sliced, flash fried, firm oh-​so-​slightly chewy meat with a crest of pork fat and dotted with greens.
Go for the steamed white rice — fried rice is overkill — and Chinese tea. And attack with chopsticks. No one cares if you’re crap at it, you’ll be great by the end of the evening.
PS. Don’t confuse the fast food bar alongside with the restaurant. You’ll know you’re heading in the right direction if you find yourself in a long corridor with a travel agent and notices advertising cheap flights to Shanghai. Keep going. It’s all part of the experience.

It took me a while to find an authentic Chinese restaurant in a city where most customers consider chips ‘n’ curry sauce to be Chinese food. Loon Fung is the real deal, with a menu that even offers chicken feet and jelly fish. I tried their dim sum and Tuesday night special, langoustines, and was blown away — the best Chinese dining experience I’ve ever had in the UK. I don’t think I’ll ever enjoy langoustines as much again…

When I was younger, I went often went to Chinese restaurants with my parents. After being seated we were given a different type of menu from our Caucasian counterparts, which were few and far between at the real deal Chinese restaurants. Most Chinese scoff at the idea of P.F. Chang’s (google, if you’re not in the know), but all the non-​Chinese just gobble it up! You see, some of the legit Chinese restaurants back home would provide the «Caucasian-​fied or Caucasian-​friendly» menu, which was normally for those who weren’t very adventurous and had a sterilized MSG-​laden concept of Chinese food. Every time, our family would always get the real deal menu, and boy it was delicious.
Want authentic Cantonese Chinese cuisine? Go to the place where the local Chinese-​Glasgwegians go… Loon Fung. Smooshed up between the crazy club/​bar-​infested Sauchiehall Street, Loon Fung dishes up both the Caucasian-​friendly menu, as well as the real deal. Lumberjack and I sauntered down from our old City Centre flat for some tasty grub. It was a quiet evening, and there were only a few tables occupied. However, you could hear the party going on with the karaōke downstairs. The décor is the stereotypical Chinese gold and red tones, and imperial designs. The menu was quite extensive, and we opted for the real deal. Prices were pretty reasonable, and for the aromatic peking duck on the bone (you can opt for the boneless), it was a killer deal. The service was good, and quite attentive since it wasn’t too busy that evening. The damage? About £30 for two people, from a starter, peking duck, sides including rice, and a couple drinks.
I’ve heard that they have the best dim sum in Glasgow… I have yet to experience it, but I’m definitely looking forward to it, because I love me some dim sum! Nom!
Bottom line: Authentic Chinese cuisine, where you’ll normally find Chinese-​Glaswegians dining = good sign. Be adventurous and try something new and different. Good service and tasty Cantonese fare at a reasonable price… everyone wins.

After a heavy night of drinking, there is nothing better than going into this place, ordering a ‘medium box’, and telling the person behind the counter to «fill her up!» This basically consists of a polystrene box being filled to the brim with ribs, prawn toast, noodles, chips, curry sauce, sweet and sour chicken, and anything else that looks mildly tasty to drunken eyes.
Disgusting? Yes. But tasty? Yes.

Loon Fung came highly recommended to me and apparently is a firm favourite with a lot of Chinese nationals. It may just have been what I ordered or maybe my expectations were too high but I have to say I was pretty disappointed and have definitely had nicer Chinese food elsewhere. It wasn’t that reasonably priced either.