We were a group of 8 and I can tell you now we will never, ever step foot in this restaurant again. The manager is also an owner and he is way too hands on. He sat down at our table with half a glass of scotch while we were waiting for our other guests to arrive. He was too talkative when really, all we wanted to do was read the menu. Anyway, after the rest of our group arrived, we ordered dinner for six and a few other dishes. The fish maw soup was watered down and tasted like green onion and ginger. It had little to no fish maw in it. The Peking duck was tasteless and the lettuce that accompanied the second dish was warm and limp. We also ordered a side of clams in a black bean sauce. The clams were over cooked and they were extremely difficult to eat. We called over the manager, Phillip and he ARGUED with us! We told him the dish needed to be replaced because it was overdone and inedible. He said he cannot ask his chef to under cook it and we said that was fine. We don't want that either, we want it cooked correctly. Not over and not under. He looked angry. He looked like a little old boy who was about to have a temper tantrum.
The mere fact that he argued with us was appalling. Before we had even finished our dinner, a waitress came over to our table and asked us what we wanted to bring home with us. I looked at her and said we're not finished eating! Twice she tried to rush us out when we had only been dining for about one hour. The restaurant was not busy and there were several empty tables. All this on a Friday night. Truly, this speaks volumes about this restaurant and perhaps we should have taken it as a warning to dine elsewhere.
As we were leaving the restaurant, the now visibly intoxicated manager/owner/Phillip approached me to state AGAIN the clams were cooked right. He could not ask his chef to under cook as it would give us diarrhea (his exact words). Seriously? His breath reeked of alcohol. His eyes were red and runny looking. This man SHOULD NOT be in the hospitality business.
He is argumentive and cannot accept any criticism from the food that comes out of his kitchen. The food is mediocre at best. We will never dine here again.
With this manager being so hands on and so perfectly right, I give this restaurant another year before it closes its doors permanently. I hope others will read this review any pay heed. The manager is going to be the downfall of this establishment. That and the fact the food is nothing to write home about.