It was surprisingly very busy on a Wednesday night. I arrived with a party of 13 (with reservations of course :D ) at around 7pm.
Most of the tables and booths were full and many seemed to be enjoying the Peking Duck that was on special. Our table was located in the private room with another table and we ordered the preset banquet meal for 10.
The Peking duck was delicious. I found the meat to be very tender and not too fatty. In addition, there was lots of pancakes to wrap it up. Unfortunately after the duck and wraps arrived, we had to wait 5 minutes before we realized they had forgotten our sauce and I had to flag someone down for that. Our request for ice water also took two tries.
The food was mostly standard and filling, however there was not anything that stood out and everything sort of seemed bland...?The rice was overly yellow and moist and unappetizing. I found the shredded duch thick soup was too watery and the crab was very small. Interestingly, when the lobster dish arrived one of the claws was already missing its meat- I suspect it met an untimely demise....
Also, the chinese broccoli was very hard and I have the impression that they either undercooked it or skipped that step entirely. The salt and pepper fish also seemed like it could have been given more attention, as several chunks were deep-fried together into fist size pieces and it took quite a bit of tearing to get a sizeable portion.
Yet, one of the most surprising aspects was that even though the Peking duck was exceptionally juicy and tender, the whole crispy fried chicken was very dry. I think it may be because they have perfected the duck since its in such high demand.
I did like the shanghai noodles and they had one incredibly huge prawn on the three kinds of seafood and mixed greens plate.
Unfortunately, I found the food to be hit and miss and the service to be rather slow and unattentive- maybe due to us being in the secluded private room...? Overall, I think there are much better restaurants out there, I may return on occasion, but certainly not anytime soon.