Sigh*
It's rare that I'll take the time to write something negative about a place. Mother taught me, "if you don't have nothing nice to say; don't say anything at all." BUT this has to be known...
Let's start with the miniature pitchers they offer as glasses. Ultimately very cute and original however, why are they serving Boba straws with my glass of water. If I was a coke head I'd love these straws, you know what I mean... jk.
The layout of the entire restaurant seemed like a giant waste of space. I understand you're highlighting your visible kitchen with a bar, very hipster-ish, however I feel maybe higher table tops would've been a better idea than the 9 inches people are being forced to eat on. My roommate and I sat at a booth that was lower than the counter top so the kitchen view was pretty much useless. Oh and I saw a review where they said authentic Chinese cooks.... I guess they were all off today.
The service was mediocre at best. First time, so I asked for recommendations. Waiter instead asked what I liked and pointed it out on the menu. Not what I was going for but hey, at least it's something. He was able to name a dish in a picture we showed him from yelp. Kudos to him for that. I was a little disappointed on how long we would have to wait for our food since there was only one additional family eating in the restaurant who already had their food. I was warned though it was going to be at least 20 minutes for the pancakes. So I guess I can't be too upset about it.