mr. chow

every average chiness food.. lots of hype over this established beverly hills restaurant. atmosphere good, seating is cramped, probably not the place to go for a intimate evening,... if you want to have a private conversation. the service was fine. the food, which is the main reason for going to any restaurant, isn't ? was really, really, average ! and the quality did not match the high prices. perhaps we are fortunate in europe to have a glut of high quality chinese restaurants charging sensible prices. for sure, in my city,mrchow's would not be listed as a first class place to dine. my suggestion, having dined is other cities with good chinese quarters, save your hard earned money, and buy a ready made meal from the supermarket ! you can get some really good peking duck.

march 27, 2011. visiting la from western australia, i sawmrchow as a tiny restaurant packed with diners with too many staff servicing your table giving you no privacy. push to choose the set menu. ordered the velvet chicken with fresh chilli. when complaining the dish was bland, the chef prepared the dish again and it matched the description on the menu.

are you kidding me?. i went here for dinner on a friday night with 2 friends, maybe that was my mistake. lets start with i had a reservation for 730 and wasnt seated until 815, thats not ok in my book. then we were asked to stand at the bar until our table was ready, the bar was filled with creepy old men! one guy actually told me he would like it if i touched him... what?! then we get seated, 7 different confused servers approach us asking a ton of questions about what we want... give us a second we havent even found the menu yet! we take the servers suggestion and let him order for us... not a good idea! everyone raves about the chicken satay... i thought it was ok but nothing fantastic. maybe its because it was bright orange and that kinda threw me off a bit. then he brings us beef and broccoli... really at this place we let you order for us and the best you can come up with is beef and broccoli? thats not saying much... following the old standard beef and broccoli was green shrimp... and yes it bright green. the 'tempura" breading was soggy and there is just too much sauce. why is it green??? we had vodka martinis with dinner and you cant screw that up so those were good! dessert was actually good... berry tart. so a few hundred dollars later we all left completely unsatisfied and 2 hours behind schedule for our night.mrchow is busted!

its the best. i've been a loyal diner atmrchow for over 15 years. i was there last saturday night and it was amazing. it is my favorite restaurant in the world.