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| - My wife always says, "I don't trust Yelp." So when we decided to eat Chinese on Christmas, she was skeptical when I chose this place because it had the highest rating in our vicinity. Unfortunately, my wife was right. The fact that Yelpers gave this place 4 and 5 stars kind of calls the whole medium into question.
The place is in an out of the way strip mall, which is fine. I like getting off the beaten path. It was also relatively full, which I took as a good sign. Upon entering, the decor is pretty mediocre, not too much Chinese character. But there are televisions EVERYWHERE. And they're all on different channels! Just looking up from your food could give you schizophrenia.
But at that point, we didn't have any food. And we wouldn't for a long time, because no one came to take our order for 20 minutes. Employees/family members stood around, argued with one another and wandered about aimlessly, but no one helped us. Finally, my wife got up and walked to the hostess desk. The guy there apologized, said he didn't really work there, but took our order anyway.
As we sat and wondered why someone that didn't work at the restaurant took our order, a waitress that actually worked there lectured the table next to us about how they didn't order properly, thus the delay in the arrival of their meal.
I turned to my wife and said, "Wow, they're having issues," at which point the father of the family in the booth next to us turned around and said, "You have no idea. You're going to be here awhile."
My wife used to work in restaurants and has a degree in hotel and restaurant management, so we spent the rest of our time trying to figure out exactly what the hell was going on. We concluded that nobody in the restaurant had actually ever worked in a restaurant before. Maybe they had eaten at one a few times. I also watched Chinese tv with my left eye and an NBA game with my right eye.
Eventually, our egg drop soup, hot and sour soup, crispy duck and cashew chicken came. It was mediocre.
So, Yelpers, please be honest with your reviews. And can we please get a decent Chinese restaurant in Phoenix?
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