Array36 - 36宴

Fine dining restaurant · Temple City

Array36 - 36宴

Fine dining restaurant · Temple City

5449 Rosemead Blvd, Temple City, CA 91776

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5449 Rosemead Blvd, Temple City, CA 91776 Get directions

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"Array 36 is one of the top Chinese fine dining establishments of its caliber to open in recent years in the San Gabriel Valley. Emphasizing presentation, the restaurant specializes in Shanghainese cuisine and a fusion of Northern Chinese culinary traditions. The $88 signature roast duck undergoes a captivating tableside carving following a fire demonstration. A server pours baijiu, a potent Chinese spirit, onto the duck, setting it ablaze before expertly carving it. The roast duck is presented in three ways: with the skin alone, with the meat as is, and smoked tableside. Other noteworthy dishes comprise Sichuan-style beef short ribs, slow-cooked for 48 hours; Shanghainese sautéed eel, air-dried for 48 hours before cooking for another four; and cold Shanghai-style river shrimp. Diners can indulge in Buddha Jumps Over the Wall soup, a specialty demanding meticulous preparation, incorporating a lavish set of 20 to 30 ingredients." - Kristie Hang

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CeeCee Peng

Google

It’s a very nice Cantonese restaurant. The Peking duck is a must, and I recommend adding the soup. All of the dishes we ordered are yummy with amazing presentation. We had a great time here. Make sure to call and reserve your table since it’s quite packed during the weekends. They have quite some parking in the lot. Highly recommended!!

Harry Zheng

Google

Well decorated place and good service. The food was good but also pricey. Their Peking duck was good but the sauce and green onions and cucumber side dish was quite small. An extra sauce dish would be additional $10. Gets crowded at weekends. A reservation would help.

D L

Google

Fancy Chinese place with cool decor. It is kinda dark in there. Food is overpriced in my opinion, but taste was fairly good. I really enjoyed the beef and appetizer dishes. Mango dessert wasn't that great. I thought it would be creamy and the grapefruit made it a bit too bitter. Maybe they can cut back on the grapefruit a little. Duck was good, but after slicing it, there wasn't much left. When you make table reservations, you should let the staff know if you want the little "show" with the duck. Which is the flame presentation on the duck and the little fog effect on the plate and the glass lid when they remove it. I wasn't that impressed. Not sure if I'd return. Maybe if they cut back on the price at least 30% then I'll consider.

George Wang

Google

The restaurant is very nicely decorated. Most of the food is pretty good. Even the meats and seafood in the soup is juicy. The atmosphere is the only thing I do have a problem with. For a high end restaurant, I’m surprised they didn’t invest into a better air filtration system. Sitting inside the restaurant, I smell cigarette smoke regularly. I’m not sure if it’s coming from the outside or one of the private rooms. This is a nice place to have a quiet family dinner, just hope they improve the air filter system.

Bena Yan

Google

I always look for a restaurant who can combine all traditional authentic food dishes with best quality on one table for many years.. glad I met 36宴。 This is it. You will be happy with almost everything they created on their menu. Must try is the Beijing duck and the desert 杨支甘露!

Cat Voy

Google

From what we ordered, food was okay, the braised cod and the beef short ribs are excellent. Other dishes that we ordered are standard, not really standing out. Service was great, our waiter checked on us to see if our tea pot was empty, and offered to change plate midway.

Oakbing

Google

Place is very well decorated and you can tell this is a place that is more focused on the aesthetics. The foods are not bad but nothing too eyebrow raising, albeit the presentations are for the most part pretty good. Flavor was good but definitely not the highlight here. Food portions are somewhat small in comparison to less fancy Chinese restaurants you'd go to, but let's be real here, if you going to this place you're probably trying to impress someone. Overall, if you are going on a date or if it's a luncheon/ dinner you're trying to impress in this place could be a good option, if you just wanna eat there's more cost efficient places to go to.

Sidney Wang

Google

Been here twice and both times sat in the private room. The minimum charge for the room is higher than other restaurants, but this place is luxuriously spaced, conveying great comfort while enjoying the well prepared tasty food with a couple of designated servers attending at the table throughout the evening.