Awards & Achievements

January 2011: Daily Record Restaurant of the Year Competition

Finalist in the Best Oriental Restaurant category

Sept 2010: Tsingtao Legacy of Taste Competition

In an online poll run between June and August, votes were cast for over 500 Chinese restaurants. Chop Chop’s 969 votes placed it comfortably in the position of Britain’s most popular Chinese restaurant.

March 2010: AA Rosette Award  AA Rosette

Awarded 1 AA Rosette for the quality of the food

January 2010: Daily Record Restaurant of the Year Competition

Finalist in the Best Speciality Restaurant category

November 2009: Gordon Ramsay's F-Word

Finalist in Chinese category of Best Local Restaurant. Featured on Channel Four

April 2009: Scottish Chef Awards 2009

Jian Wang highly commended in Best Asian chef category

March 2009: The Observer Food Awards 2009

Runner up in Best Cheap Eats category

February 2009: The Independent

Featured on the list of the 50 Best Cheap Eateries in the U.K.

January 2009: Daily Record Restaurant of the Year Competition

Finalist in the Best Speciality Restaurant category

November 2008: Tsingtao Legacy of Taste Competition

Named Best Chinese Restaurant in Scotland. Competing against other regional winners in the Grand Final in London, Chop Chop was named 2nd Best Chinese Restaurant in Britain. 1,700 restaurants were nominated in the competition by over 5,000 voters.

November 2008: "The Herald"

Celebrated two full years on the Herald's weekly list of the 25 most interesting restaurants in Scotland.

April 2008: "The List"

'Hitlisted' for the third successive year as one of the best places to eat in Edinburgh.

November 2007: "The Herald"

Celebrated one full year on the Herald's weekly list of the 25 most interesting restaurants in Scotland.

April 2007: "The List"

'Hitlisted' for the second successive year.

November 2006: "The Herald"

Appeared for the first time on the Herald's weekly list of the 25 most interesting restaurants in Scotland.

April 2006: "The List"

Just three months after opening, Chop Chop was 'hitlisted' as one of the best places to eat in Edinburgh by "The List", the leading weekly guide to dining and entertainment in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

What They Say About Us

In a short time, this restaurant has acquired a well-deserved reputation for quality, value and authenticity.
The List - Hitlist 2007

I was well impressed with Chop Chop. It is a very useful restaurant – cheap, fresh, tasty, and healthy.
Joanna Blythman. Sunday Herald Magazine.

The perfect place for cheap and easy eating, with a conspicuously child-friendly mindset and food that is well out of the ordinary.
Richard Bath, Scotland on Sunday.

It’s simple, straightforward an perfectly judged. Chop Chop might well be Edinburgh’s best Chinese restaurant.
Mark Fisher, The Herald.

A place to enjoy sharing a meal of no-nonsense northern Chinese fare at incredibly low prices.
Finlay Wilson, Edinburgh Evening News

Chop Chop is the kind of place that generates queues around the block in exclusive London neighbourhoods.
The Sunday Times

Like no potato salad I have ever had before... Delicious. Far more than the sum of its parts. Likewise with the cucumber salad.
Ron MacKenna, The Herald Magazine.