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Chinese restaurant in [[Locale Wapping|Wapping]] offering Peking and Cantonese cuisine.  As the name suggests, the restaurant has a river view, being situated in a converted warehouse on the north bank of the Thames, in Wapping.  It's quite big - seats 200 according to its website - and has a terrace overlooking the river.  It's been there since 1990, [http://web.archive.org/web/20200219232706/http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/conMediaFile.6050/The-River-View-Chinese-Restaurant-Wapping.html according to Port Cities].

[[Kake]] and [[bob]] tried out the delivery option in July 2009.  Steamed chicken dumplings (&pound;4.60) turned out to be siu mai; they weren't bad, but a dipping sauce to go with them would have been nice (perhaps this was what the sachet of soy sauce was intended for).  Eel satay (&pound;8.80) was good; for an eel fan like [[Kake]], tasty enough even to justify the price.  Spicy pork Szechuan style (&pound;6.70) had a fairly bland sauce with a very occasional bit of nicely-hot chilli.  The meat was very tender; [[Kake]] would perhaps have preferred a bit more bite to it.

On previous orders in February 2008, [[Kake]] and [[bob]] tried:

* Dragon and phoenix rolls (&pound;8), which turned out to be chicken and king prawns, sandwiched together, battered, and deep-fried.  They weren't very flavourful and the texture wasn't really to [[Kake]]'s taste (though it might be better if ordered in the restaurant and eaten immediately, rather than boxed up and delivered).  They came with a tub of salad cream for dipping.  [[Kake]] wouldn't order this again, at least not for delivery.
* Hot and sour soup, which had a decent amount of chilli heat, including fresh chillies.
* Crispy beef &#8212; rather tough and chewy (possibly a timing issue; other items in this order arrived stone cold, though this problem was rectified in our most recent order).
* Chicken and aubergine hotpot &#8212; only had about two pieces of aubergine in; lots of lemongrass though (the predominant flavour).
* Pei pa beancurd (&pound;7) &#8212; mashed tofu croquettes braised in a mild sauce with carrots, Chinese cabbage, and Chinese mushrooms.  Very mild flavour though.
* French beans (&pound;4.50) &#8212; good and crisp but not very exciting; one portion would be enough for at least three people unless you <i>really</i> like beans.
* Steamed rice (&pound;2.20) did the job but was nothing special.

[[Kake]]'s verdict: It's quite expensive for takeaway, but the quality is relatively high in comparison with many takeaway-only places.  I'd like to go and try eat-in some time.  I'd certainly order takeaway from here again, but not if I was feeling poor.

See also:
* [http://londonist.com/2010/06/dining_beyond_zone_1_river_view_16 Londonist review]
* [https://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/river-view-chinese-restaurant-london Yelp comments]

<div class="last_verified">Food last sampled by [[Kake]] and [[bob]], July 2009.  Opening hours taken from the River View website, December 2017.</div>

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