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| - I went there on a Saturday for dinner and like the previous reviewers mentioned, make sure you make a reso. Overall impression? Meh? There wasn't really anything bad, but there wasn't really anything good. I do want to try the dim sum in the morning because the pics look amazing, but for dinner? Underwhelming.
Food:
We were a party of six and ordered the the 4 person option + a peking duck. We should have ordered more, but really wasn't feeling the food.
Peking duck ($38 + $6 for lettuce option): they hang it like a schwarma (sp?) and cut off the skin hanging. Pretty standard except that the condiments include marshmallow (not a typo), grapes, craisins, celery, hoisin sauce. Pretty gimmicky and one of our more braver friends tried the craisins AND IT WORKS!!! Word of caution, if you ask for more pancakes, it's considered another order....so load up the skin to pancake ratio!
Four person option ($78): Standard soup, Half cold chicken, Steamed fish, Bak Choi with salty egg + century egg sauce, Shrimps sautéed with vegetables, and the standard red bean dessert in the end. Everything was pretty ok? The only grippe I had was that the steamed fish was obviously not "fresh". It wasn't rotting or anything, but with a beautiful fish tank on the side of the resty it pains me that the fish was obviously butchered hours ago.
Service:
Pretty attentive, in the 2 hrs we were there they changed our plates 3X. If you ask for water they bring it to you in Dasani bottles + ice. And no, you don't get charged for it. However, you get the distinct feeling they want you to hurry up and get out. In the first 10 min of being there were were asked 3 times if we were ready to order.
Final verdict? This place looks posh, service is attentive if somewhat pushy, but the food is really meh? With so many different options for a great dinner meal, I wouldn't put this on my "got to try" list. By no means is this some "next level sh*t". I would however come back for the dim sum because the pictures on yelp look amazing!
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