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| - I basically joined Yelp! Just to review Boo Long. (I call it Boo-Long, not Bo-Loong so bear with my purposeful spelling errors.) I have such mixed feelings about it!
My relationship with Boo Long is complicated. I've been a customer for at least 2 years, but always after 2am, as they are open until 3am to serve your drunken, greasy Chinese food needs. For this purpose, they are amazing. If you're running a little late, they'll stay open until about 3:15 just so you can soak up the quart of vodka in your stomach with some fried rice. Much appreciated!
But then I actually went inside last week to have dinner. It was a Saturday night, but it was definitely not crowded. There were probably 4 tables filled- maybe 12 customers total. The wait staff was pokey at best and quite rude at their worst. My date and I were eating with another couple and the couple we were with got their food at least 15 minutes before we did, though we all ordered at the same time. Our pal's eggroll order was completely forgotten, and once we received our food, it was pretty disgusting.
This is coming from someone who expected sub-par, greasy Chinese. My lo mein was flavorless, my tempura vegetables too fried to even consume, and my date, who basically has soup running through their veins instead of blood, was subject to the grossest, booger-stew-lookin' hot and sour soup of all time.
The one plus? There was a wedding reception or some type of function going on in the partitioned off room, and they were playing 90's hip-hop jams that kept a smile on my face.
In summary, unless Siam Cafe across the street is closed or you are really freaking drunk, do not venture into Boo Long. There is a time and a place for everything, ya know?
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