We just arrived in town and my husband and I felt like chinese wonton noodles. The waiter had no personality and was not polite at all but that's not unusual for many chinese restaurants we've eaten at but hey... as long as the food is good I don't care. The duck wonton noodle soup was average and not worth writing home about but this was our fault because we didn't read the reviews on yelp before going into this place! We walked around chinatown and looked at their menu and it looked good so we went in and boy do we regret it. As some of the reviewers wrote this place hand writes 20% on the bottom of the bill. Since I speak cantonese I asked them about it. Their answer was that most of their clientele are europeans and they don't tip and their servers can't make a decent living without tips so that's why they hand write it on the tab. I told them that somehow by writing it on the ticket and not posting it on the menu or on the door seems to me illegal? I know this would not happen in the United States where I am from if it is not posted somewhere. Most of the restaurants that I've been to in the States will only have a mandatory tip if there are more than 6 people or more per table and it would be written somewhere on the menu. I also reminded them that tipping is for the service and it's not like our waiter went out of his way to be nice to us or did anything above and beyond to deserve 20% tip. The cashier crossed off the 20% tip off our check and after we paid our bill we did leave a 10% tip. Back home we normally tip 20% for good service and 15% for average service so since our waiter didn't give much of any service except take our order and deliver it ( never came back to check on us or refill our water glasses ) so we decided 10% was sufficient.
NO we will never go back and hopefully all YELP people who reads this hopefully will head our advice.