Price Guide (average entree): $ bargain - $6 or less, $$ inexpensive - $6 - $12, $$$ moderate $12 - $19, $$$$ expensive - over $19.
Quality Rating: Superb is the highest, considered the very best possible. Notes are qualifiers allowing insight into the reviewer's rating. Disclaimer
| Restaurant: | Lucky Chinese Buffet | Location: | 7836 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | plain decor |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Everything on buffet is pretty good |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | quick to clear dishes/refill drinks |
| Favorites: | seasoned shrimp, coconut cookies |
| Comments: | Very good chinese buffet with lots of choices all of which are good. Really didn't care for the soups (hot & sour and egg drop) but the entrees are all tasty, especially the seasoned shrimp and orange chicken. The only mystery was a sign over one of the selections on the buffet that said "Fried Bananas" which upon tasting revealed tater tots. I don't get that one. Must of been an error? The coconut cookies reminded me of Mounds candy bars without the chocolate. They are awesome! Service is pretty quick to refill drinks and they keep the used dishes picked up too. Evening buffet costs about $7/person with kids under 5 (I think) free. Worth a visit. |
| Reviewer: | Todd |
Date: | 8/27/01 |
| Restaurant: | Lucky Wok | Location: | 87th and Lackman, Lenexa |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | _ |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | Vegetable Lo Mein, Bean Curd Home Style |
| Comments: | It's a small, easy to miss restaurant, but the food is always hot and fresh and tastes good. Maybe we can infer something from the fact that there always seem to be many Asians eating there. They do a buffet, too, weekdays for lunch and dinner and Saturdays for dinner only, but they don't seem to pay as much attention to it as they should. You're much better off ordering off the menu. An excellent restaurant! |
| Reviewer: | Mark |
Date: | 12/21/04 |
| Restaurant: | Mama Chinas | Location: | 63rd |
| Cuisine: | Chineese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | tacky | Notes: | hot ......stinks |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | old and recooked |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | none |
| Comments: | _ |
| Reviewer: | Mark |
Date: | 3/13/04 |
| Restaurant: | Ming's Palace | Location: | Quivira and 95th (In the mall behind Pizza Hut) |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Bright lights, they should tone it down |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Very Good, my chinese colleagues swear by this restaruant |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Very Good |
| Favorites: | Curry Crab, Singapore rice noodles |
| Comments: | You have to visit this place to believe it. They have the best
crab dishes. They have live crabs in tanks and the biggest ones. If you like spicy Indian food, try everything with 'curry' in it. They carry good Japanese beer (my personal favorite is SAPPORO). Their menu is very long and if you know what you want, they will be glad to assist you. My chinese colleagues say this is the only authentic chinese place they liked the best in KS. If you are from India and miss crab your mom makes at home, THIS IS THE PLACE! |
| Reviewer: | Satish |
Date: | 6/14/00 |
| Restaurant: | New Ho-Ki | Location: | Nieman Road, Shawnee |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | tacky | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | _ |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | _ |
| Comments: | I've gotten takeout from this place a couple of times and it's been okay, but I hesitate to go back. I drive by the place often and they never seem to do much business. There's a lunch and dinner buffet every day, which I've never had and, again, would hesitate to try because the place is so quiet. The interior is kind of dingy and most of the signage they have on the outside is done with the kind of peel-and-stick letters you buy at the hardware store. Service is pretty friendly, but they seem to be very naive about basic ambience. Brightening the place up and getting some real signs might attract more people. 'Til that happens, I don't think I'll be visiting. |
| Reviewer: | Mark |
Date: | 12/21/04 |
| Restaurant: | New Peking | Location: | Westport |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | Lots of mirrors, large seating areas |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Made us feel we were the only people in the house |
| Favorites: | Peking Duck |
| Comments: | Definitely worth a visit. |
| Reviewer: | Allen |
Date: | 2/21/00 |
| Restaurant: | North Dragon | Location: | N Oak Trfwy Gladstone, Mo |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | small, well lit but not bright, interesting wall art |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | Excellent Selection |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | very attentive |
| Favorites: | Hot and Sour Soup and the Peking Duck |
| Comments: | This little restraunt is perfect. The staff is very friendly and very professional. The food is amazing. By far my favorite restraunt in all of Kansas City. |
| Reviewer: | Leanne |
Date: | 10/2/03 |
| Restaurant: | North Dragon Chinese | Location: | North Oak, Gladstone |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | the fountain in the middle kept my son entertained |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Fresh and spiced just right |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Very attentive when I choked on the Hot Mustard! |
| Favorites: | Stir Fry Green Beans with Tofu |
| Comments: | What I ordered was not on the menu but when I asked for my special dish the chef said no problem as for my choking it was only due to the heat from the mustard (I took too much in) we will be back many times to come |
| Reviewer: | Vanessa |
Date: | 6/6/04 |
| Restaurant: | Oriental Feast | Location: | 7385 Quivira, Shawnee, KS |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | Cool fish tank |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Some of the best in KC |
| Service: | **** superb | Notes: | Glasses never more than half empty and they were refilled |
| Favorites: | Oysters on the half shell |
| Comments: | This is an outstanding place to go for chinese buffet! The food was excellent and the service was unbelieveable! The bowtie wearing servers stand almost at attention in the background observing and when your glass is half empty or a dish needs removed they are there almost immediately to refill or remove. The cold oysters on the half shell were great as well as about everything else on the buffet. The only let down were the Crab Rangoons. They weren't "bad" so to speak we just didn't care for their particular recipe. Too sweet but some people may like that. I very highly recommend this restaurant and encourage everyone to try it. Great food, great service at a great price! |
| Reviewer: | Todd |
Date: | 2/3/02 |
| Restaurant: | Oriental Garden | Location: | Raymore, MO |
| Cuisine: | Chinese American Buffet | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | Smaller restaurant |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | Sometimes you need to make sure buffet is restocked |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | VERY attentive servers |
| Favorites: | Orange chicken |
| Comments: | This small restaurant off of 58 highway in Raymore (the strip mall with the Dairy Queen) has a pretty good buffet, but I reccomend ordering from the menu. The entree portions are huge, and when made fresh, their egg rolls are as good as those I've had in Chinatown (NY). Avoid the raw shrimp from the buffet, it sits all day and is rarely touched. |
| Reviewer: | Allen |
Date: | 12/3/01 |
| Restaurant: | Peking Chinese restaurant | Location: | Broadway street |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | tacky | Notes: | |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | Wan Tam soup was too salty |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | unfriendly |
| Favorites: | nothing |
| Comments: | This is the most lousy chinese restaurant i ever been. My husband wanted to order lemon chicken, but the owner tried to recommend other favors of chicken instead of lemon chicken. She didn't want us to taste the food we like, but she kept asking us to order other dishes that we did't like such as hot and sour chicken. Later, my husband gave up to order lemon chicken. So ridiculous she was! The Wan Tan soup was too salty! We told the owner that the soup was too salty, then she criticized us that we were so picky. No, we weren't the picky persons. After that, she kept talking sarcastically while we were having our dinner. We ended up with an unpleasure dinner. |
| Reviewer: | Amanda |
Date: | 11/7/01 |
| Restaurant: | Pine and Bamboo | Location: | 63rd St (shawnee mission parkway |
| Cuisine: | Chinese (Peking & Szechuan) | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | nice music, very nice decor and lighting |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | so delicious.....best ever! huge portions |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | served very quickly |
| Favorites: | chicken and broccoli and crab rangoons |
| Comments: | The employees are very nice and helpful....fun to talk to. Special orders and requests are gladly accepted and descriptions are given in detail. All is so VERY clean and fresh. YUM YUM YUM! Local TV news celebs have been here and post there pics and notes on the wall by the door! |
| Reviewer: | Nichole |
Date: | 7/9/01 |
| Restaurant: | Pine & Bamboo Garden | Location: | Shawnee Mission Pkwy & Nieman |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | ...or worse. |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | _ |
| Comments: | This is a very attractive restaurant that always seems to do a good business. I've eaten in and had takeout from the place several times and really wonder why. 'Must be the ambience because the food is really just average at best and prices are on the high side. Service is okay. Maybe it's the best you can do in Shawnee, but I think these folks need to pay more attention to taste and quality so they match the nice atmosphere. |
| Reviewer: | Mark |
Date: | 12/21/04 |
| Restaurant: | Princess Garden | Location: | 8906 Wornall |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Best, freshest Egg Rolls |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | The food is worth it! |
| Favorites: | Egg Rolls, Shrimp Fried Rice |
| Comments: | Have been there 4 times and will be back many more. THe food is prepared fresh and is flavorful. The Shrimp Fried rice must have had 12 juicy whole shrimp! The egg rolls are hot and crispy.. not greasy at all. It was a really good eating experience. |
| Reviewer: | Patty |
Date: | 1/14/02 |
| Restaurant: | Red Dragon | Location: | downtown |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | Orange chicken |
| Comments: | One of the best, if not *the* best, Chinese restaurants in town. Service is *very* attentive...I drink LOTS of ice water with my meals, and my glass was never more than half-empty before being refilled. The food is outstanding. The crab rangoon is only average to good, but
everything else I have tried here is just wonderful. A big plus is that they cook the veggies in their dishes, such as snow peas, perfectly--tender yet crisp. So many Chinese places just make the veggies limp. The Orange chicken is especially wonderful, but all the dishes that I have tried have been outstanding. |
| Reviewer: | Jennifer |
Date: | 10/9/00 |
| Restaurant: | Red Dragon | Location: | downtown 8th and Broadway |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | good flavor |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | very attentive |
| Favorites: | triple delight |
| Comments: | Very good food-reasonable prices-good portion size. Always busy for a reason! Servers always kept my water glass full-most attentive. Egg-drop soup is excellent. Only regret is General Tso's chicken not avialable during lunch. NEVER had a bad meal or service problem here. |
| Reviewer: | Jer |
Date: | 11/19/04 |
| Restaurant: | Red Fortune | Location: | Bonner Springs |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | **** superb | Notes: | |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | |
| Service: | **** superb | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | Egg rolls, crab rangoon and all entree' items. |
| Comments: | Red Fortune is the BEST chinese food restaurant in the entire Kansas City metro area. The restaurant is off the beaten path and many do not even know that it exists. The food is out of this world and the
service is superb. I have never ordered anything that wasn't fantastic!! |
| Reviewer: | Melissa |
Date: | 6/17/03 |
| Restaurant: | South China | Location: | 1020 S Sterling, Independence, Mo |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $ bargain |
| Ambience: | | Notes: | Informal but nice. |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | The best Chinese food I've had in KC. |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Friendly and attentive. |
| Favorites: | Szechuan beef, curried chicken |
| Comments: | Southern (Cantonese) style of Chinese food. Egg drop and wonton soups are the best I've ever had. Lunch menu is available at all times. Dinner prices are higher. Lunch includes egg drop soup, entree, fried rice and egg roll, and is quite filling. The food is always perfectly seasoned, perfectly prepared and is always served steaming hot. The owners are from Hong Kong and are couteous and friendly. It is a simple restaurant but the food can't be beat! |
| Reviewer: | John |
Date: | 8/26/01 |
| Restaurant: | Sushi House | Location: | Town Center Plaza (north side) |
| Cuisine: | Sushi / Japanese | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | small and quaint |
| Food: | ?? | Notes: | walked out before we could order |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | substandard, below expectations |
| Favorites: | _ |
| Comments: | It is a shame. At first I was not going to write this review, but it is quite rare that a feeling stays with me for days. It was such a shame when I observed that certain parties were being attended to, and then realized that my party was the only group that had been waiting for 35 minutes and had not had so much as received glasses of water much less some sort of acknowledgment from the staff. I can't even comment on the food because by the time our disappointment developed into anger, we had decided to leave the restaurant altogether. Because we were celebrating a special occasion, we did not make a scene or verbally complain, in an effort to save the evening from total ruin. In retrospect, it probably would have been a good idea. In any event, I expected more from a restaurant that prides itself on its service in the heart of one of Johnson County's most elite dining districts. |
| Reviewer: | Jakie |
Date: | 5/25/04 |
| Restaurant: | Taste of China | Location: | 7805 Quivera |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | Love the fried rice! |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | They know my voice and order when I call for take out! |
| Favorites: | Chicken w/broccoli & Sesame Chicken |
| Comments: | Great takeout! Best I've found so far! |
| Reviewer: | Stephanie |
Date: | 7/7/03 |
| Restaurant: | Taste of China | Location: | 7805 Quivira, Lenexa |
| Cuisine: | Chinese | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | Inconsistent quality |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | _ |
| Comments: | Compared to some of the other Chinese takeout restaurants in the area, this place does a booming business and I can't figure out why. The service is okay but the food quality is very inconsistent. THe same item can be cooked or taste very differemtly from visit to visit. The fried rice is absolutely tasteless and Lo Mein is usually so over-cooked that looking at it to hard practically makes the noodles disintegrate. The service is pretty friendly but they really need to work on consistency. |
| Reviewer: | Mark |
Date: | 12/21/04 |
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