I'm very unimpressed with this place. First of all, when parked, the door and signs facing highway 7.. THIS IS THE BACK.... WTF? The door only said "please use other entrance" without any signs that tell you where to go. My lost ass wandered around until I peeked in like a creeper and saw that people were exiting in the back. Ugh.
When walking in, there's a man just sitting at a desk but he's not a host.. he's literally just there. He looked up at us and had a look like "why are you just standing here.." until he eventually pointed us in through this long and dreary hallway, where we were surprised to see tables situated along the side of.. how completely AWKWARD would it be sitting there. Definitely would NOT like to see any random faces staring me down as they pass by while I'm enjoying a meal. Lucky for me, it doesn't look like I'll be enjoying anything here anytime soon.
Upon sitting down (8pm), we were informed that we can't get the thing we came for (those heavenly pics of the baked spaghetti, carbonara.. in the brick toast). Apparently anything 'western' style was off limits because that chef had closed kitchen. Ummmm... but your restaurant closes at 11pm.. There's a first for everything and that was a first I've heard of a kitchen closing 3hrs early. She told me that chef finishes work at 7pm while the other one who can do all the other dishes is still working.. HUH??? The dishes are not in any means 'difficult' to make, so would it be that difficult hiring somebody who can do both? Or training both chefs to make all dishes on the menu? So inconvenient.
We ended up ordering pineapple and soft-shelled crab fried rice and this chicken/corn soup. I also had this ice cream coffee thing because I was craving naughty foods. They were both meh and definitely something we could've gotten a bigger portion of for a cheaper price at congee queen. The soft-shell crab was saltier than the ocean it came from. We didn't 100% finish any of the dishes before leaving because our appetites were just not having it.
+1 for service because honestly they were very nice and smiley, something you don't witness a lot in chinese restaurants. They smiled through the pain of a screaming child (who I almost cussed out) so props to them.