Ping Pong restaurants seem to be popping up all over the place nowadays (at last count they’re up to 6 venues I think?) and I’m not sure when the one at Southbank opened but I can tell you the position is perfect if the number of diners is anything to go by!

Especially perfect for a quick bite to eat before catching a show at Royal Festival Hall which is the reason we went with Ping Pong. When Jenny and I walked in the place was heaving with a line nearly starting to go out the door (when we left the line did go out the door and they even had bouncers!) so even though Caro and Nate had yet to arrive we decided it was prudent to grab a table where we could. We ended up being taken to a table upstairs near the bar where it was extremely noisy and strangely rather dark!

As I’ve said before Ping Pong have quite an extensive cocktail and drinks menu so its perfect as a pre-theatre venue if you don’t want anything too heavy food-wise and yet want to have a nice drink too. I think though we managed to eat a good share of dim-sum though that didn’t stop Jenny and I wondering if we could somehow slip into the corporate group that were standing at the bar near us and help ourselves to the nibblies that were coming out for them …