“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

“It’s simple, straightforward an perfectly judged. Chop Chop might well be Edinburgh’s best Chinese restaurant.”

Mark Fisher, The Herald.

“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.

"Serving the dishes they love in China"

"Can a billion people be wrong?"

Opening hours

Tues – Fri
12.00 to 2.00 & 5.30 to 10.30

Saturday & Sunday
5.00 to 11.00

Menu Introduction

How much should you order?

As a reasonable guide to portions, consider an average meal to be either four small dishes or one large dish and two small. Where size is not indicated on the menu, take it that any dish under £5 is a small portion.

If you would like to try a representative selection of our food, may we suggest the following:

(plenty of vegetarian or spicy alternatives)

For two

8 pork & coriander boiled dumplings (3), 4 pan-fried prawn dumplings (53), small cucumber salad (85), small aubergines with garlic (91), two soups, small lamb with cumin seed (71).

(Total cost £28.00)

For four

8 pork & coriander boiled dumplings (3), 8 beef & turnip boiled dumplings (17), 4 pan-fried chicken dumplings (35), 4 pan-fried prawn dumplings (53), small sweet and sour pork ribs (75), small cucumber salad (85), small shredded potato salad (861), small aubergines with garlic (91), two soups, small lamb with cumin seed (71) stir-fried chicken and potato (spicy) (825) and large boiled rice (136).

(Total cost £56.25)

For six

8 pork and coriander boiled dumplings (3), 8 chicken boiled dumplings (9), 8 pan-fried beef and chilli dumplings (41), 8 pan-fried prawn dumplings (54), large sweet and sour pork ribs (76) small cucumber salad (85), small shredded potato salad (861) , large aubergines with garlic (92), Crispy Northern beef (749), three soups, small lamb with cumin seed (71), large seasoned chicken wings (74), stir-fried chicken and potato (spicy) (825) and large boiled rice(136)

(Total cost £89.00)

Your server will be happy to help you further with your selection.

Drinks

To accompany your meal you may wish to try an excellent Chinese beer (Tsingtao, Beijing Gold , Chongqing or Yanjing) or a specially selected light wine from our wine list. White wines, rosés and sparkling white wines pair particularly well with the above food.