“ I love Red Chilli, but my only critique is that the service can be rather slow and inattentive. The food, on the other hand, is incredible! Crispy chilli shredded beef is one of my favourite dishes, and that is how it is. Crispy. Spicy. Shredded. Beefy. Perfect. On my last visit with colleagues for a leaving lunch, I ordered the salt & pepper baby squid for a starter, and it was very tasty. For my main, I ordered the Gongbao diced chicken. Again, quite a spicy dish, with the added bonus and flavour of peanuts. Superb! Red Chilli offer a great lunch deal that comes with a starter and main for less than £10, however, in December they add an extra couple of pound on this, despite offering the same food and calling it the "Christmas lunch deal". Come on guys! Step it up a gear! The decor is quite bold, but offers a comfortable setting, with large round tables for groups, dark wood dividers and booths. ”

“ Amazing food, atmosphere, staff. This Red Chilli on Oxford Road I'd a lot better than its parent on Portland Street, not as central but big, great decor, good chouce, quality food, good price on wine, starters, set menus x had prawn and pork dim sum for starters, crispy beef fillet, king prawns in red and green chilli, belly pork with Pak Choi Cabbage and egg fried rice, 14 quid for a good Chilean merlot, 7 quid for starters and about 8 quid each main course :-) x ”

“ One of our favourite restaurants when looking for some excellent chinese food. This restaurant specialises in Szechwan dishes, so do expect that most items on the menu will have a chilli rating next to it! This is one our favourite places for Peking Duck, hanf carved right in front of you. i would also recommend any variety of their lamb dishes, including the lamb ribs. If you're feeling adventurous, try the cold spicy platter too. Only gripe about this place is the lack of available parking. There is a multi storey nearby but its not the cheapest place to park! ”

“ Always one of my favourites Red Chilli felt it had lost a little of it lustre on this visit - in attention to detail though rather than quality of food. Arriving at 8 for dinner for two we were not treated (nor was anyone else) to the usual complimentary appetisers of roasted nuts and pickled vegetables. Service was as friendly as always and the food was great. Prawn and pork dumplings, seafood and beef birds nest and braised pork with pak choi rich in aromas and flavour. We were however surround by stacked chairs and a stored table which felt lazy and undermined the ambience and sense of occasion. After so many fine meals here though, I'll forgive them this once. ”

“ I visit Red Chilli fairly often, since in my opinion it is the best Chinese restaurant on Oxford Road. The menu is infinite, so that every time it takes me a while to decide what to have; alongside vegetarian dishes, they offer many different types of meat (beef, chicken, duck, mutton, pork,...) and fish. I've never been deceived so far: meat is good quality and always well-cooked, and also the sauces they prepare are extremely tasty and some of them have a delightful sticky consistence. Mind that dishes on the menu that are marked with more than one chilli can be very spicy! :) Prices are definitely affordable, for a main dish they range between 7-10 ponds, that is coherent with most of the other Chinese restaurants in the city. My unique remark is about the staff, that gets kind of nagging when the kitchen or the restaurant is going to close. Once I've been forced to order so quickly that I almost chose a random dish (which luckily turned out to be delicious). Therefore, I would recommend not to go too late. Toilets appear to be pretentious, with a huge sofa just in the middle. ”

“ My parents are from Hong Kong so I've not been brought up eating chillies or very spicy dishes but I am a big fan of this Chinese restaurant which specialises in Szechuan and Beijing cuisine! Unlike most of the tired looking restaurants in China Town, Red Chilli is boldly decorated - a bit blingy for some! It's a large restaurant with wall dividers creating intimate spaces as well as large round tables for parties of 8+. I've been here for their lunch specials - service can be quite slow during busy lunch times but the food comes out piping hot and generously portioned. The lunch affair is a little bit more than your average British Chinese favourites but not much. The real gems come out of the pictured main a la carte menu. This is amazing because having pictures make people unfamiliar with Chinese food more adventurous! The dishes are authentic and this is evident from the large Chinese patronage. On our latest visit, we ordered a selection of starters - Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings, Salt and Pepper Soft Shell Crab (came out in a heavy batter rather than a light cornflour dusting), Spare Ribs in OK Sauce (the ribs came chopped up in bite-size pieces), Filet Steak Rolls in Cantonese Sauce (the beef was a bit dry) and Pan Fried Shredded Courgette Pancakes - all were generously portioned. For our mains, we had Shredded Pork, Tea Tree Mushroom, Sliced Bamboo Shoots and Pepper Stew (not spicy, very light and good textures) and Frog's Legs in Big Grandma's Chilli Sauce Stew (very tasty and not too spicy) both of which were served on a mini cauldron and bubbled away at out table. We also had Stir Fried King Prawns, Chicken and Fried Beancurd Balls (a nice light dish usually but wasn't too great here), Spicy Hot Poached Mutton in Chilli Oil (very hot and only for the adventurous - looks slightly overwhelming but the soft tendon mutton is so worth it!), Geleshan Dry Fried Diced Chicken with Pepper Corn & Dried Chilli (this was not so great - the chicken was a bit on the chewy side and did not taste of much unless you got one of the dried chillies but then it was only heat and not actually tasty). Come here if you love your traditional Chinese food! Especially if you like it spicy! ”

“ OMG what can I say, I am so glad i walked that extra mile to come here rather than Portland Street.. On arrival from the bitter wind, this place was huge, with imaginative decorations such a little birds cages for lamp shades , embossed wooden paneling and stone like columns. We were soon spotted by the point of house, and guided into a naughty corner. To be honest from this point my hopes were dampened , because we were cornered in by other people and there was a unattractive plastic fan near my head. I thought we would be forgotten about, I was wrong.The waitresses were lovely, especially in their black and red garb ;p and were most helpful. Here the menu offers a selection of lots of Chinese dishes but with extra fiery chili, I do not normally like photos of the food within a menu but these were helpful/ A good thing to note, is that they do not offer everything on the menu in the Portland Street Red Chili so come here to avoid disappointment! For starters we chose prawn and pork dumplings and quarter of a shredded duck.. When the duck came it was really tasty (yes I am a bad pescetarian).. but the buns...wow they were huge! I had to actually share these and leave one behind.. From the chef special menu I decided on the spicy seafood in a clay pot. costing £16. My companion went for the chili beef noodles.. After barely five minutes later they arrived,, and I almost died.. a word of caution..when you order something make sure you are sharing with at least another person! PORTIONS ARE HUGE!! Mine was of full of juicy big scallops, which are not cheap. At this point the waiter laughed at our bewilderment. .. I honestly felt so guilty that we had hardly made a dent in our food stack, again you really need to come here with a group of people and sit at the round tables bearing a rotated service. A lot of large working groups were sat at these to discuss things over dinner.. After prodding our food for awhile we admitted defeat. The waiter who had kindly laughed at us in jest offered to put everything in a doggy bag. I usually decline to do so, but there was so much left over that I didn't want the chef to be insulted. Plus it made a good meal the next day! My only regret after such a good meal was not having a lot of change to tip appropriately .. I will come back here again with a group. I think I will enjoy the atmosphere better, and try lot of other tasties. ”

“ Four stars! I came here for the Yelp world food night, and was advised by my new friend Max that Sechuan was the specialty. He wasn't wrong. The food here was outstanding, authentic and full of flavour. There were seven of us and no one was shy with the experimental stuff so I got to try some incredible dishes. High points for me were the eel, the pork belly stew and the spicy Sechuan pork and noodle soup. I'd recommend this place to anyone who wants to try some new dishes that go beyond takeaway standards. The tofu was the best I've had, having tried it a couple of times before with less than joyous results. Here, it made sense and I truly did enjoy it. ”