peking house restaurant 北京楼

i thought the place was quite nice. we dined with young children and they were well catered for. all thefoodcame out piping hot. i'd go again. why is the 'hot pot' option not on the menu??

visited here tonight for dinner. service was pretty good. however, wasn’t impressed with thefoodand the flavors. we ordered vegetable noodles, spring rolls, salt and pepper squid and scallops with vegetables. noodles and spring rolls were ok, squid was good, however scallops were very average. it almost tasted like canned scallops unfortunately.
have had a better chinesefoodin the city for sure. not sure if i would be going here again.

very nice, friendly, and attentive people, and thefoodis good too. i tried both hot pot and a la carte dishes on different occasions, and i prefer a la carte dishes.

i'm not sure why this restaurant scores quite so badly. to be honest i think it deserves a lot more. previous reviews seem to score it down primarily because of service but my experience hasn't been at all bad. ive been maybe 6-8 times, and sure there is a slight coldness in the reception but try doing half a dozen chinese on dom rd in auckland. its possibly my imagination but i sometimes feel that the more authentic the restaurant the "colder" the service. and i suspect that part of the problem is that our idea of what constitutes brilliant service isn't the same the world over. its rather arrogant of us perhaps to to expect that to be the case. i'd much rather have goodfoodthan smarmy westernised service. 

peking house clearly is very popular with student demographics, especially asian students who always seem to fill up tables gorging themselves with the steamboat which, from memory is one one of those "all you can eat .." type of things.

ive never really been disappointed with anything ive ordered here. we often have dumplings and spring onion pancakes to start and i like to have duck (three course) but i also focus on the vegetable dishes which i love - especially the aubergine. 

the wine list is basic. last time i enjoyed a chinese rice wine to accompany the meal - its richness seemed to suit thefoodbut please don't blame me if you don't! like it - its an acquired taste but one worthwhile developing.

essentially an ok chinese restaurant, worth trying and worth more than its apparent tomato ranking.

chose to eat here with a group of 10 for my 50th birthday recently. had never been here before but wonder now why it has taken me so long to dine here. it was just the best night, the staff were helpful, courteous and nothing was too much trouble. they let us bring our own birthday cake in and provided plates and forks to eat it from without any cost whatsoever. thefoodwas delicious, fresh and tasty, my favourite entree the deep fried scallops as the batter was so light and not hard and dry and this allowed the flavour of the scallops to come through. the ribs are also excellent as well as the lemon chicken, chop sueys, bean curd, cutlets, chicken dishes.... everything we had was just a1. thanks for helping to make my birthday one of the best i have had peking house.

this place is an absolute joke. we arrived and got no greeting from any of the wait staff. after 15 minutes with just 3 tables to look after we finally got menus. thefoodwas very disappointing, grey looking meat and very tasteless food, even though we were hungry we just couldn't stomach this food. i would never, ever visit this place again and felt resentful for even paying for the meal, it was below acceptable. quite possibly the worse meal i've had.

the duck dish we had (which was recommended by the waitress!) was disgusting. worst chinesefoodwe've ever had. we did not eat it.
there was no enquiry by the waitress as to our satisfaction with the meal or why we hadn't eaten it. when i paid the bill there was no conversation what-so-ever by the waitress.
as a visitor to wellington this was a very disappointing experience as it was a 60th birthday dinner . :( !!!

wow, great service, friendly staff and so polite. foodwas so tasty, even the kids loved it. unfortunately they had no pork buns tonight but i'm guessing they were so popular and yummy that they ran out, would have loved to have tried them, maybe next time as we will definitely be back. we had a 5 course banquet and it was delicious, very authentic chinese food. i'd love to come back to sample the rest of the menu as it looks divine.