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| - I'm actually extremely surprised at the number of 2 or 3 star reviews. I've been going to Jimmy Wan's since August and I go at least once every 3 weeks. The key to any good restaurant review is going more than once so you fully get the idea of the whole place. The funny thing about these reviews is that this place is packed 7 nights a week. You have to wait for a table most Friday and Saturday nights; the dining room Sunday-Thursday is usually between 50-80% full. This is highly unusual for a suburban restaurant. But consistently good food and quality service is why people keep coming back.
The restaurant is white table cloth but the prices are reasonable. I've had a variety of appetizers and dishes; from spring rolls to dumplings to cold sesame noodles, crab rangoons, and scallion pancakes are all fantastic. The cold sesame noodles were noted in Post-Gazette food critic China Millman's review.
The peking duck is genuine peking duck (90% of the time you're not getting "real" peking duck) and is authentically delicious. I've sampled a variety of my family's different dishes in addition to my own. Here is what Jimmy Wan's does best: chicken with cashews, chicken with broccoli and hawaiian chicken. The chicken with garlic sauce is in a total league of its own; the vegetables are ample and extremely crispy, the chicken is just cooked through, the portion is huge. Now that I've been going for several months, 9/10 times it is what I order.
The fish entrees are very good and an excellent healthy/diet option too. I've sampled the sea bass, tuna, salmon teriyaki, and salt and pepper prawns. All are very good and worth the money - but the stand out here are the black pepper shrimp and scallops.
The kung pao filet mignon is good, not great. I have never had any pork entree here and I have never had the sushi here. The only dish I don't recommend here is the spicy cantonese noodles; I felt the dish was lacking in vegetables.
Overall I would recommend 3 dishes restaurant stand-outs: the peking duck, black pepper shrimp and scallops and the chicken with garlic sauce. Sit at the bar for a very relaxed, comfortable but not sloppy ambiance. Enjoy an appetizer and a drink there and then move to a table. Service here has never, not once been less than 5 stars. Perhaps what is most impressive is not the food but rather the service. In 8 months of routinely going here I've never had bad or even average service.
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