Peacock

Launched by Shanghai’s Linjiangyan restaurant group, Peacock is the group’s first London restaurant, joining a collection of upmarket restaurants in Shanghai and Chengdu.

Led by a top kitchen team trained in China, Peacock aims to bring the most authentic flavours of regional Chinese cuisine right into the heart of central London. An upmarket dim sum menu is served all-day, with an emphasis on luxurious ingredients like lobster Cheung fun, morel mushroom and truffle dumplings and iberico and foie gras gyoza.

The evening dining menu is just as decadent with options including wagyu beef stir fry, Scottish dived scallops and Canadian crab. For special occasion dining Peacock’s specialty is the Forbidden City duck served three ways.

The restaurant occupies an impressive river-facing space in the historic County Hall building – particularly impressive at night when Westminster Bridge and The Houses of Parliament are lit up.  The soaring ceilings and wood-paneled walls of this historic space are perfectly matched with turquoise upholstery that nods to the Peacock name, while the long curved dining room with its huge windows looking right out onto Big Ben is stacked with iconic views.