Yauatcha

51°30′50″N 0°8′7″W / 51.51389°N 0.13528°W / 51.51389; -0.13528

Yauatcha
Yauatcha storefront
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese丘记茶苑
Cantonese Yaleyau1 gei3 cha4 yun2
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQiū jì cháyuàn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationyau1 gei3 cha4 yun2
Jyutpingjau1 gei3 caa4jyun2

Yauatcha is a Chinese restaurant in Broadwick Street, Soho, London, England, specialising in dim sum.

The restaurant was created in 2004 by Alan Yau, who previously created the Japanese Wagamama and Thai Busaba Eathai restaurant chains as well as the more expensive Hakkasan restaurant, also in London. Like Hakkasan, Yauatcha gained a Michelin star rating in 2005, which it lost in 2019.[1][2]

In January 2008, Yau sold a majority interest in Yauatcha and Hakkasan to Tasameem, part of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.[3]

Yauatcha opened a branch in Mumbai in December 2011, and another branch in Bangalore in September 2013, Delhi in November 2013 Kolkata in September 2014, with Honolulu[4] and Houston[5] locations both opening later in 2017. The Honolulu and Houston locations have since closed.[6]

  1. ^ Coghlan, Adam (7 October 2019). "One London Restaurant Lost All Three of Its Michelin Stars". Eater London. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Michelin deletes stars from 16 restaurants in 2020..." The Caterer. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  3. ^ Hakkasan and Yauatcha sold for $60m
  4. ^ Magin, Janice L. "Chinese dim sum teahouse to open first U.S. location in Honolulu".
  5. ^ Houston location opens
  6. ^ Honolulu location closed