China Gourmet Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is always excellent. I find it to be extremely fresh, high quality yet cheap, with great variety in the dishes coming around on the carts."
• "Everything was super fresh and tasty from the steamed oysters to the Peking Duck to the Hong Kong style lobster and the Chinese Broccoli with Chinese bacon."
• "The food is really well prepared and fresh."
• "Dim sum very good. Best in northeast probably."
• "They make authentic Chinese food here."
• "The food was not only great but also perfectly seasoned, not overly salty, which suited my taste perfectly."
• "The Food was superb."

Cons:

• "I have to say this place food is getting worse by the day, there were a lot of people on Sunday and the food was tasteless."
• "The selection was smaller than I normally get in Brooklyn Chinatown."
• "The seafood with fried noodles.... Well not so much. The shrimp was undercooked and the squid was like rubber."
• "Shrimp dumpling not that great, the wrap was over cooked."
• "The short ribs were nothing but fat, the pork ribs were dry and over cooked, the crab was poorly made and presented."
• "The garlic chicken tasted more like just fried chicken than anything."
• "The food just so so."

Service

Pros:

• "Excellent service and reasonable prices."
• "Great service."
• "Service pretty good and the servers speak better English than most."
• "The service staff are very attentive."
• "Service also was fast and courteous."
• "Staff was also very accommodating and nice, despite my terrible and broken Canto."
• "The owners and staff are warm and welcoming."

Cons:

• "The service was slow."
• "Service = mediocre. They were a little slow, unhelpful and borderline rude!"
• "Also found that one of the waitresses was extremely rude."
• "The employees don’t really ask if you want anything, so if you see something you like, let them know!"
• "The servers can’t seem to actually acknowledge the customers."
• "Waitstaff was so rude we started to leave, male and female alike."
• "We sat in the back and had to wait quite some time before we could get their attention to pay for the check."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "Prices are reasonable as well."
• "But good food. Not too pricey."
• "Food is comparable to New York but not San Fran.. plenty of dishes at reasonable price."
• "The prices are comparative to other Dim Sum places."
• "We only spent less than $15/each for a meal!"
• "Prices are very reasonable and there is often no wait time."
• "Prices were pretty reasonable. I didn’t check ahead of time, but we probably had around 12-15 plates and came in at about $55-60."

Cons:

• "Plus, this place is not cheap for dim sum. Average cost is around $50.00."
• "Price is expensive compared to going into Philly."
• "I was surprised that general tso with white rice and garlic chicken with shrimp fried rice cost almost $50.00..."
• "Food is Expensive and presentation is very bad."
• "The food is a little bit overpriced, one stuffed claw crab is crazy expensive ($7.25) and it’s not that big."
• "For $80 a dish!"
• "They Overcharged us, $85 when our bill was $58."

Atmosphere and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "It felt very clean."
• "The bathrooms were clean and there were no lines!"
• "Restaurant has a very 'Chinese street food' feel to it, very crowded most of the time, especially on weekends."
• "This is a large restaurant and perfect for groups to get together for weekend dim sum."
• "Their new location is huge and clean."
• "Super big dine in area and clean."
• "Today I went with my friend Dave for lunch everyone was so nice the place was very clean."

Cons:

• "Overall the fool was not up to par with what I'm used to."
• "Horrible dirty place. I really hoped they would be better than the past failures but no chance."
• "The restaurant is very very cold inside."
• "The atmosphere is... Well there is no atmosphere. It's large and open and everything is pink. It's not pleasant at all."
• "The staff seems to be nice but the bathrooms are disgusting. Needs to be cleaned asap."
• "The parking situation was a bad experience."
• "My van was broken into through window glass and my and my kids ‘belongs were stolen in the parking lot."

Location and Parking

Pros:

• "There are also ample free parking spots there."
• "Love going here instead of Chinatown where it is impossible to park."
• "There is a parking lot with free parking available."
• "Parking lot here is quite spacious and free."
• "This restaurant has ample parking and the food is very good."
• "Also, there’s a free parking lot right outside and you can also visit the Asian grocery next to the restaurant!"
• "The availability of ample parking is another convenience that adds to the overall positive experience."