Greg G.
Yelp
Hard to really be excited my last visit here. Granted it was during the holidays, and there's not much competition around - but really a big meh if you've got choices.
Firstly, the wait here can be pretty dang long. Can't fault them for that, but it was disappointing to be told to wait 30min for a table, then after we order, we would be waiting an additional 60min for the food. Annnnd thenn, some of the dishes (like the shrimp dumpling came another 60min later, even after a few polite requests to check on it).
So yeah, it could be 2.5 hours to get something you ordered after walking into the door - and also could explain where there are so many take-out orders to avoid this situation.
Quality-wise, it was just alright. I literally noticed that I wrote a review a few years ago with the disappointing quality, but mainly came here because my mom wanted to. It's really possible that we're just ordering the completely wrong things, but looking around the other tables, it just seems like most people are getting standard stuff like combination fried rice and like, General Tso's chicken.
Keep in mind, the "base" price for most items is $18 - even vegetable dishes. So you're better off getting entree with meat and vegetables versus just vegetables because they cost the same to you.
Dim-sum-wise, there were a lot of stuff I'm allergic to so my options were limited. But yeah, the shrimp dumpling is good - the pork crepe is good. My brother recommended the tenderloin steak stirfry - but it was unusually bad tonight. The meat was partially raw with a weird taste and also the texture that my family agreed to was "squishy and chewy."
I'm glad I got a safety dish of the chow mein with beef - although it wasn't great by any means, it was good enough to feel full (and ironically, the beef in this dish tonight was better than the "better cut" of the tenderloin).
Overall, just really meh. Honestly would rather go to a mediocre Chinese place that's at least closer to our house and also cheaper than come here again. I think their strawberry smoothies are good though, but I didn't get one not because it's freezing but it just felt wrong getting a drink when the food was just so slow, sporadic, and then ultimately disappointing.