My 'home from home’ in London; I know Chinatown like the back of my hand. It’s an interesting place, and you can meet all sorts of characters there, from tourists looking for a taste of China to drunk Chinese men pissing against the wall (yes, I have seen this!). If you look vaguely Chinese in this area - I’m Thai - be prepared to have random people trying to sell you stuff and talking very fast in Cantonese to you. However, Chinatown is great for supplies! Supermarkets such as New Loon Moon, See Woo and Loon Fung import goods from a variety of Southeast Asian countries such as China (obviously), Hong Kong, Thailand and the Philippines.
I personally wouldn’t recommend Chinatown if you want amazing Chinese food, but the 'London Chinatown’ (confusing name, I know) and 'Canton’ restaurants are my favourites when I want decent food that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.

Chinatown is a big place is the West End. The colours and lights make the place look like Chinese new year all the time. The restaurants are great some modern some old, which is great because it shows different chinese cultures. No matter what restaurant you go to you are guarenteed to get an excellent meal.
There are always people around you, tourists and others.
Everyone there is so welcoming and warm.
There are buffets all at great prices too.
Its a great place to have dinner/lunch and i suggest you do.

China town is a complicated place. You could find yourself eating one of the tastiest meals you have ever had or you could find a coackroach scuttling accross your feet when you go to the loo (I'm not been overly mean gere, I am speaking from experince!!). There are the famous places - like wonkies who have made their name from having the rudest waiters. Personally I just think it's dull old bad service and mediocre food, but you have to take your hat off to them for making the most out of it!! There is one small place that has a cheap and cheerful set menu that includes crispy duck - £8 per head or something, I'm afraid the name escapes me but it is the 1st road parallel to leicester sq before you get to the main China town street and it is the one with the oriental watercolours of running horses - vague?? nah, you'll know it when you see it!!
Something I would recommend is heading into ne of the little cafes and trying the steamed pork dumplings, they are quite large and cost about a quid, but very good. The cafes can be a little intimidating as they are pretty authentic - but that's why the food is good. Also, Dim Sum on Sunday mornings is a China town tradition.

I’m hardly an expert and this isn’t a part of London that I’ve explored all that much. Love it when I’m around on the early side of lunch. Hate it late on a weekend night. I have a couple of particular restaurants that I always keep in mind and enjoy meandering around in search of buns and other treats. It seems rather mild and tiny compared with New York’s Chinatown but it is a wonderful bit of London nonetheless.

China Town is just around the corner from Soho. It's a bustling area with a wide choice of Chinese restuarants and shops.

You enter a street through chinese 'gates' and you've arrived. You can browse through the chinese and japanese shops at your leisure. There are some very interesting types of food and it may inspire you to widen your horizons on the cooking front.

The food is cheap and the restuarants are the best of the best for Chinese in London.

Take a stroll down the side streets for cheap clothing and nick nacks.

Buzzing, bubbling melting pot of everything oriental London has to offer, all packed together in a colourful network of streets and alleys, just off Shaftesbury Avenue. Fantastic for food from roasting ducks and bright yellow squid in the restaurants to crazy mad exotic fruits and veg and packets of seaweed in the supermarkets. The Chinese cakeshops are worth a look too - marvel at their intricate works of art. You'll necver be short of lucky charms, fortune cookies, fans parasols, and a good deal of other stuff - curios and very good knock-offs and also a plethora of what I can only describe as tat. One of my fave places here. Nearest tube is Leicester Square.

A multitude of chinese stuff is waiting for you there. To be honest I was expecting to find the things to be cheaper, but I was deceived....So I bought nothing.
If you love meat, you'll find there plenty of restaurants, serving you with all sorts of meat dishes...with rice, of course. If you are a vegan, there is a good place to spend some time and money on all sorts of exotic fruits and vegetables.
If you're going to buy presents or something like this, ...don't go.
In a market I found a BIG fruit that I was impressed of.

The present Chinatown, off Shaftesbury Avenue in London, did not start to be established until the 1970s. Up until then, it was a regular Soho area, run-down, with Gerrard Street the main thoroughfare. In 2005, property developers has proposed a plan to redevelop the eastern part of Chinatown. The plan is opposed by many of the existing retailers in Chinatown, on the basis that they believe that the redevelopment will drive out the traditional Chinese retail stores from the area and change the ethnic characteristic of Chinatown. Despitante all eefords it still remains as the basic for the chinese community. With all the restaurants, travel agencies, chinese supermarkets, chinese cake shops and 2 genuine chinese banks. The streets are visited by many tourists and ofcoarse the chinese from all over London come to chat, dine and meet. A lively area, worth to visit. The closest underground: Leister square. Have a look at the menu before entering, some restaurants charge an arm and a legg, others are human friendly, but overall the food is excellent and fresh.