Dawn P.
Yelp
Along with my parents, I've been looking for a new "favorite" Chinese Food Restaurant. House of Beijing isn't it.
I'll do the good first- it's locally owned and operated by a family. The food wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great. Yep, that's it for the good.
The bad to awful parts. Where to start......
The filth. Literally had cigarette butts on the floor. We pointed this out, but they weren't cleaned up. The carpet is just gross and visibly dirty.
Not ADA friendly. My 81 y/o mother had to be carried up two steps. Not cool, House of Beijing.
It wasn't so much bad service but more that they're extremely under staffed. Our waitress was kind and knowledgeable, but because she was trying to manage the entire restaurant, it was about a 15-minute wait to have our order taken. Food came out separately in 5-10 minute intervals. My mom was finished with her meal before my husband and I were served. Water/tea wasn't refilled.
The food was mediocre. Nothing terribly wrong other than I couldn't get the mental image of what the kitchen must look like if the dining area was representative of their cleaning/hygiene standards.
The egg flower soup was your run of the meal soup. My hot and sour soup was neither hot nor sour. My meal consisted of pan fried noodles, fried shrimp, bbq pork and crab puffs. Again, no complaints, but nothing to rave about.
Mom had crab puffs and fried shrimp. Dad had a GIGANTIC mountain of pork chow mein and the hubby had almond chicken.
If this rating was food alone, I might have considered 3 stars, but with the cleanliness/service issues, one star seems generous.