I am not sure what the early reviews were noticing as far as food quality, and while this is not my favorite Chinese food, it is certainly good food and we eat here or take out on a regular basis. The clamshells are gone, replaced with Pei-Wei type packaging which is less likely to leak. Sometimes there is a bit a language barrier, but they are always willing to honor special requests. I think this place is abetter value than the Tao across the street.