Darnelle W.
Yelp
It's amazing how quickly a rating can change. We dined here on Christmas Day and I gave them 3 stars. The food at that time was not up to my expectations after reading all of the good reviews. It was okay but had no Chinese/Asian seasoning. Let's just say we decided to give them another try on New Year's Eve and got takeout. HUGE!!!!! mistake. I don't know if it was because of the holiday and all the cooks were tired or they were trying to get rid of food they knew they couldn't get away with serving to dine in customers. No matter the reason, we still paid the same price as everyone else (dine in or takeout). I enjoyed the Green Onion Pancakes before so I ordered them again. They were completely cold, and almost as flat as a flour tortilla. The Mongolian Beef contained not one piece of green onion, which is half of what the dish is about. Instead it was loaded with what appeared to be and tasted liked blanched/parboiled yellow onions and a bunch of jalapeño peppers. It was so sweet it was almost inedible. I added a little water to make some sauce, because it contained none, and cut the sweetness. Next was the General Tso's Chicken. Nothing but pieces of dry chicken breast in a thick breading. Also had the jalapeños and a few pieces of dried red chilies. I swear it was nothing but sesame chicken without the sesame seeds and a tiny bit of sauce, to which I had to add water. Now to the shrimp dish. The shrimp appeared to have been previously cooked with a breading on them, then breading removed and thrown in this dish along with the same style onions as mentioned, 3-4 pieces of green onions about 1" long and some type of sauce. Maybe that's why no green onions in the beef. I was told by my friend that picked up the order that it was stir fried shrimp. None of this had seen the inside of a sauté pan, skillet, or flat top grill, let alone a wok. Another thing I've noticed is everything we've had tastes about the same. No distinguishing flavor, except for Cumin Lamb, which was overwhelmed with cumin. Mongolian Beef was like Sizzling Beef with a bunch of sugar added minus vegetables. My pockets nor my nerves cannot tolerate such outright lack of customer satisfaction. In my opinion, if you wouldn't eat it, serve it to your family or friends, or dine in customers, then don't serve/sell it to me. It's as if they're saying takeout customers are not going to look through orders before paying and leaving. Plus they figure, nine times out of ten you're not going to return the order after you get home. Right now I feel like this is my last visit to this establishment.
