DCongee

09/17/09

I love this place

by kharamia77 at Citysearch

Someone introduced me to this restaurant 4 years ago. It quickly became a favorite. I threw my 30th bday party in the bottom room for 21 ppl. We were allowed to bring wine and everyone was drinking beer, eating a ton of family style food. We left stuffed, a bit drunk, and only $40 pp (with tip). I take all my out of town guests here and no one has ever left without being impressed. Yes, the service is terrible and your food might come out with weird timing but it's a GREAT place for a large group and the food is so good, it hasn't ever deterred me. The congee is incredible, a must have when you're there. I also recommend the lotus root pork cakes. Regarding the post about being sick, would think that 15 minutes after leaving would mean that the food she ate earlier was the culprit, not dinner. And dim sum - yes skip if you want dim sum. Chinatown isn't synonymouswith Dim Sum

• Pros: great food, huge portions, cheap
• Cons: service is BAD- you'll have to make friends with that

06/05/09

Complementary trip to the ER

by bwaltersnyc at Citysearch

I write this bitter review at 3:40 AM on a Thursday, with my girlfriend still paralyzed in the bathroom with unspeakably painful stomach cramps. I went to this restaurant with my girlfriend and her parents, both of whom are Chinese-American. Because they speak Cantonese, we received excellent service. Unfortunately, less than 15 minutes after walking out of the restaurant my girlfriend became violently ill. Somehow, she still manages to be sick despite the fact that she has done so every 2 minutes for approximately the past 7 hours. You would think she would be dry heaving by now, but no. Rather remarkable when you think about it. The ER doctors can't do anything for her at this point other than recommend Gatorade. NYC's 311 suggested to wait until she begins to hemorrhage from one orifice or another before seeking further emergency care. The only person in existence I would recommend this restaurant to is former Vice President Cheney.

• Pros: Tasteful decor
• Cons: Hours of violent illness

08/19/08

Wow! We found the worst dim sum house in Chinatown!

by DoctorDoctor at Citysearch

This Chinese restaurant was recommended to us by our tour bus driver as "one of the best Chinese restaurants in the city". Considering such a bold statement from someone who should know, we decided to check it out. Typically inattentive and dismissive service (no water, forgot to bring sugar for tea even after they were asked, etc.) was excused in hope of a good meal. Wow! The slimy under cooked mess being passed off as dim sum was HORRIBLE! I mean the truly tasteless and badly rolled mess served on a chipped dirty plate was totally inedible. The scallion pancake was also dry, greasy and tasteless. Amazingly, even the sauce for the basic, if a bit greasy spring roll was bland and sub par. How does someone mess up cornstarch, vinegar, and sugar? As if this wasn't bad enough, the environment was really, really dirty. I mean, the walls by our table alone looked like a Jackson Pollock painting of old

Chinese sauces. Pretty nasty. One last thing, the decor is depressing, run down, and unless you really enjoy staring at bootleg hello kitty mobiles (also dirty), this place is a "must avoid at all costs" establishment. FYI, we went to one of the other citysearch recommended dim sum houses and were blown away by the difference.

• Pros: The prices are average forChinatown
• Cons: Everything else is really nasty.