Oriental City, London

Advantages: Only place I know in London to have a food court like this.
Disadvantages: The whole place needs a bit of buzz

My interest in Oriental City was sparked when I saw Ching He-Huang(Of Ching's kitchen) recommending it on T.V. recently. Having lived in South East Asia for a long time, I'm very familiar with the food courts in South East Asia and it's one of the things I miss most now. I've been craving proper Asian Food like Chicken Rice, Mee Siam and Laksa for ages now, so I couldn't wait to go. It was relatively easy to get there. We stopped at Colindale Underground ...
...the station to Oriental City. It's a huge building so, not too hard to miss. If I remember correctly, it's flanked at the entrance by two stone lions. We were there on a weekday, so it was quite quiet. The moment you step into the food court, you are dazzled not by its size (for it's not very big), but by the incredible choice and staggering array of food available. A good cross-section of Asian cuisine is represented in the food court. Chinese, ... Read review

Advantages: Great selection of different oriental food mostly delicious, Reasonable prices, Rowdy Atmosphere
Disadvantages: Not really a shopping centre, Rowdy Atmosphere

The idea of an indoor oriental food street with loads of food stalls doesn’t seemed to have caught on here as well as places such as the far east and in American cities where people swarm to such places for lunch or dinner. What am I talking about? Well, if you've been to a huge shopping mall such as Bluewater, Lakeside or Meadowhall, you we have notice how they always have a food hall where people eat their lunch/dinner taking a break from their ...
...dishes from all sorts of oriental cuisine? That’s what Oriental City is. Opened in the early 90's Oriental City based in Colindale, North London has been renowned for the shopping centre of oriental food. It started life as YaoHan named after the south-east Asia shopping/hotel consortium. YaoHan went bankrupt in the mid-90's and the Colindale location faced closure but a group of Japanese businessmen decided that it was too good to shut down, so ... Read review

Advantages: cheap, tasty, big dishes, wide variety of different styles of food
Disadvantages: None

Oriental City is based in Colindale North London next to the Asda on the A5. It does not only do food but has shops and small cafes and a few restuarants inside too. It is a big long complex based on two floors. The buffet section is on the ground floor and has many different huts serving different types of Chinese food. I love Chinese and so does my partner, considering he is from a Chinese background it helps because he has an idea of what I ...
...Now back on to Oriental City. The buffet has many diiferent small huts ranging from Thai, Dim Sum, Vietemise, Malyasian and many more. Each serving their own dishes. Now Dim Sum you may never of heard of because I didn't until he introduced me to it. Dim Sum is dumplings filled with minced meat, crab, prawns and is steamed. It is great tasting and great value at Oriental City. You get 4 and they are quite big. Prices are between £1.70 and £2.20 ... Read review

Advantages: Great value and great food
Disadvantages: The supermarket is a little expensive

Oriental City is situated on Edgawre Road in Colindale, next to Asda. The complex comprises of mainly eating places where you can order from a large selection of Oriental food, including Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian, Singapore and so on. Once you order, you sit down and wait for your order to be called out and go over to pick up the food. The food is of an excellent standard - my favourite is Malaysian. The prices are also very good. I tend to go ...
...floor selling a variety of Oriental goods (furniture, clothes, books) and food. There is also a supermarket where you can purchase anything from Chinese Tea to rice cookers. I do find the supermarket a little expensive in comparison with your usual Tescos and Sainsburys but it is a good source for items not available in Tescos and others. Overall I think this is an excellent place for the lover of Chinese food. ... Read review

Advantages: Variety, activity, and uniqueness
Disadvantages: Nothing fancy, but that's not why you go here!

...are a furniture store, an oriental (mainly japanese) plate/cup/mug/bowl store, and some other random asian shops. The plate store is very reasonable and has a lot of handmade and unique items in it. The food court is as I said the main thing you'd come here for most likely. Available are: Thai, Korean, Japanese (including sushi), Chinese (several regional varieties), Malaysian, Vietnamese, and some Indian, Pakistani, and Caribbean foods as well. ...
...authentic dishes and SEE them, there are picture menus at each of the restaurants. You order by number, sit in a common food court area, and wait for your number to appear to get your food. The atmosphere is buzzy (not sure what previous reviewer was talking about saying it needs a buzz) and active, this is not the place for a romantic meal (although there are nice restaurants upstairs for that!). It's a good place for cheap eats (2-10 quid depending) ... Read review