It is really good. Quality good, genuine portion, and their food says they care. Soup dumplings are the best in town. My h still likes Tom's but he has agreed that Bai Wei is tasty, most importantly it is not fatty and greasy. read more

Clean spot, fast service, and tons of ways to pay: cash, card, Venmo, Alipay. Dim sum was good and a good option compared to some of the more popular and overhyped spots here in China Town. read more

Wow I cannot believe how bad the food was. I leave a LOT of room for errors or issues these days, but this was horrendous. The scallion pancakes were drenched in oil. So greasy. The beef dumplings had a really gross and overcooked filling. I had one and had to chuck it. The soup dumplings had absolutely no soup. Not even an exaggeration. The dan dan noodles were absolutely not authentic (or even mildly tasty). The noodles they use are like spaghetti noodles. And the sauce doesnt taste like anything but peppers. Edamame was old and gross. The only good thing was the lychee tea. I really don't think anyone should eat here. read more

I don't understand why they don't give rice with any dishes for takeout and no utensils How do I eat mapo tofu without rice....

Update: we saw the same guy again, but he is not waiting our table this time. He seems to be a lot better than we last saw him. I decided to give it 5 stars for his improvement :) We have been here before they changed the name to Bai Wei. We usually have fairly good customer service, and the wait staff are attentive. However, we just had one of the worst services today. We came in when the restaurant was completely empty. The waiters were just standing around and chatting. It took them 10 minutes to notice us, and we had to ask for the water. After they brought the food, our waiter never came back again. I'm not sure if he is just young or lack theexperience, but if you have the time to stand there and stare into space the whole time, I'm sure you can spare one minute to ask us if we need anything just once. My boyfriend and I are generous tippers but not this time. read more

My family was visiting from Michigan, and I really wanted them to experience the magic that is Chinatown. Our original plan was to go to Dim Sum Garden, but as you might guess, it was packed and the line was insane. I had passed Bai Wei a few times before and was intrigued by their beautiful interior filled with happy looking customers, so we decided to give it a try. Currently, it's cash and Venmo only, which is perfectly fine because they have an ATM at the front. We were seated immediately and the waiter, who was such a sweetheart, suggested a delicious tea, the name of which escapes me now (sorry!). We ordered A LOT of food, and the dishes came out in a timely manner. The crab and pork soup dumplings, in my humble opinion, were better than Dim Sum Garden (*GASP*). In fact, all the food was delicious. So, without further ado, I'll let the pictures do the talking. read more

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Recommended by a local friend and apparently it is one of her favorite restaurants in Chinatown, now it may be my favorite Chinese restaurant in Philly as well! Being a Chinese from Baltimore I am so jealous of the peps in Philly... The food is authentic. Even the menu is authentically Chinese, you see, it is important to have pictures that go with the name of the item, so anybody can order straight by pointing at the pictures. I am 100% sure their menu will be helpful for the non-Chinese speaking diners. We ordered a steamed sea bass with peppers, beef stew with dry bean curds in a casserole, and hot and sour rice noodles. Really love the fish, very tender and fresh, the peppers that go with the fish are so tasty... Not a fan of dry bean curds but the beef stew was really good. The hot and sour rice noodles should not be called 酸辣粉 in Chinese, better be 酸辣米粉 since the default idea is the transparent starch noodles instead of rice noodles, but the rice noodles turned out to be too good to be complained: smooth, tender, seem to be fresh-made. The only pain is that now they only accept cash/Venmo --which is a bummer since who would carry 50-100 dollar cash nowadays! If you only expect your customers to spend 10/pp then it is fine, but here is more like at least 20-30/pp. Hopefully they can get their credit card system ready soon. read more

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Craved some great Chinese food while in Philly for the weekend. Looked promising from reviews we read, but very disappointing experience. The pork soup dumplings were the only standout of what we ordered. The egg rolls were bland and greasy, general tso's chicken was bland and pedestrian and the Dan Dan noodles were just ok. On top of that no credit cards can be used. Suggest to walk on by! read more

I got takeout here and the soup dumplings weren't edible by the time they got to me. Steamed chicken and veggie dumplings were pretty good but the dough is really thick. read more

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I enjoyed eating at Bai Wei. I came here late around 930 pm on a friday. The beef tendon and tripe was a very tasty appetizer and so were the crab soup dumplings. The waiter also recommended the whole tilapia with peppercorn which came as a fish soup in a chicken broth that was sour and spicy. I didn't like the sour notes initially but The dish grew on me. The soup portion was big and i enjoyed the leftovers for days. The brown sugar lychee drink was pleasant. read more

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Stopped here for a late night snack after the lantern festival and the food was sooooo good! The restaurant is also very clean and service was nice as well! Highly recommend if you are in the area read more

Best steamed soup dumplings in my opinion. Pork ones. Perfect. Got them somewhere else in the city just wasn't the same

I love the fact that Chinatown Philly is updating the dining scene with new regional Chinese cuisine-- the menu here has some interesting dishes. I started with rose tea with foam. I'm not sure how they make their tea, but it was really really strong rose flavor--very unpleasant because it didn't taste natural. It tasted like potpourri. I had to add water to make it enjoyable. Rose tea should have a nice smooth rose flavor!!! Soup dumplings. I normally don't order this and restaurants that don't specialize in it. The crab and pork ones were cheap so I tried it out. These were ok. Good amount of crab compared to other places. The soup wasn't too flavorful and the dumpling skin was somewhat thick. I ordered a noodle with pork sauce. Sometimes this dish gets bad translations so you might get something different than expected... This was one of the times. I thought it would be Zha Jiang Mian, but I think they served me Dan Dan noodles. It had a strong sesame seed/peanut taste so that's why I think it was Dan Dan noodles. Portion was good, but if this was considered Dan Dan noodles, it lacked flavor. Ordered a fried chicken with chili. I forget the name. This was pretty good. I would order this again. Food took awhile which was fine bc it was soft opening. The soup dumplings I figure would take the longest but that came out first. The noodles took a long time to come out, so that's why I think they served me Dan Dan noodles and not Zha Jiang Mian. However, if I'm wrong, please let me know! On food and service, I would rate it 3 stars. It was just ok. Im talking away 1 star for something that shouldn't have happened. The restaurant had about 6 tables full. A server was moving plates/napkin/chopsticks to make room for another table. She DROPS the chopsticks on the floor. She picks it up and places it back on the table. . I'm Asian so I'm not usually bothered by this stuff but for a new restaurant to do this IN FRONT of people eating is not good. If we were in Asia, that's culturally acceptable, but in America, we should have better standards. I'm stating this so the owner can train the staff better. I'll visit again, bc they had some interesting looking dishes that other restaurants don't have. read more

This is a cash only place (they do accept Venmo). Overall I really enjoyed this place! I'll first start off with our least favorite dishes. We had soup dumplings and it is okay. I couldn't taste the truffle as much in the truffle pork soup dumplings. I will say pass on the soup dumplings. We had better. The kung pao chicken though not bad wasn't my favorite so that's a skip too. Now the crispy spicy chicken and crispy spicy fish ARE AMAZING. I will say it isn't very spicy but what I really loved about it is how crispy it is. I had this dish at other Sichuan places but this place definitely makes it most crispy! It is sooo good - DEFINITELY will order again. The sizzling tofu and shrimp is pretty good too! It has a nice flavor and the Japanese tofu is so soft. The beef dry pot I really like too. Good amount of veggies and seasoning. The Peking pork dish was also very good too. It had a good amount of sweetness to it as well. I just wish they had more buns. The mushroom dry pot was also a killer. An assortment of mushrooms with amazing flavor. Really loved this dish. I would definitely recommend this place ! read more

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This restaurant is wonderful! My friend and I came hungry and we're glad we did! We had every dish to share, starting with chili oil wontons and soup dumplings. Yum! Then we shared a stir fry pot; you get to choose the main ingredients and we used everything we were craving from octopus to beef. Highly recommend! Would come again! read more

This restaurant used to be Sakura Mandarin but just underwent renovations. I've been to Sakura a few times before so I was excited to check this place out once it reopened. The interior is totally revamped with a new drink/dessert menu but I can't say that I was impressed by the food. We ordered the chili pepper chicken off the specials and the flavor was overpoweringly spicy with no complexity. It was definitely not worth the price it was billed. The beef pancake appetizer was not what I expected. Instead of scallion pancake around the beef it was literally a patty bun. The stir fried udon with pork was also lackluster. I was honestly disappointed by the whole meal. Plus it's cash only. There are way better options for eating out in Chinatown. read more

First time came to Bai Wei. When I first came in the restaurant, I was attracted by the modern design and cozy environment. My husband and I ordered 5 dishes and I like the Thai style pot most. The fired rice was so delicious and my husband loves it. The price is fair and affordable. Definitely would come back again. read more

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I ordered the special dish, spicy stinky pot with beef, last night. As a Chongqinger, growing up eating spicy food, I'm a really picky person on spicy food. But this dish really surprised me! I really love it! People should definitely order one to try! I think the spicy flavor is the best, if you really can't eat spicy food, just tell them to make it less spicy. Otherwise, since Sakura changed to Bai Wei, they don't have the sushi bar anymore, but I didn't concentrate on that before. However, they redesigned the restaurant to a more modern style and added more traditional Chinese food with special drinks and French style desserts. I especially love the Triple Chocolate, Matcha Mousse and Cheese Sea Salt Foam series drinks. I will come back to try more foods here! The last but not the least is that they still have the spicy dry pot! That was my favorite before! Come to check out. By the way, the servers are really nice and care about customers, the manager will also come to greet, just feel free to provide any suggestions. read more

This place was excellent! Loved eating here with my (Chinese immigrant) parents and my boyfriend :). There were lots of other Chinese families eating here on a busy Saturday night, which I always take as a good sign for a Chinese restaurant in America (speaking as a Twinkie ;)). Every table was occupied at 7:30 pm-8:30pm. We came in around 7 and waited 20-25 minutes to get a table for a table for 4. This restaurant was very clean. This place is cash only/Venmo/Alipay. For a big and higher end Chinese restaurant, it's kind of annoying they don't take credit cards, but maybe this'll change in the future. The service was excellent. The waiter refilled our Longjing Tea pot ($5) at least 3-4 times and the restaurant used high quality tea; despite the ongoing 20+ minute wait for tables after 7:30 pm, we never felt rushed during our meal and the service was quick when we received our food. This restaurant has excellent authentic/traditional tasting xiao long bao soup dumplings - I would argue they were as good tasting as the ones you find at Nan Xiang in Flushing NY! My boyfriend happily devoured the XLB. The pan-fried pork soup dumplings were great texture-wise (there's a bit of an extra "crunch" at the bottom of them), but only good/okay taste-wise (the meat filling is more savory-tasting than slightly sweet/salty like at some other Shanghai-cuisine restaurants - also, I didn't really taste much of the "soup" that was supposed to be in these (but the dough was a little thicker/heartier like in regular bao-zi, so maybe it just absorbed the soup). The vinegar/ginger that came with the XLB was great. We also had a more traditional dish, pickled cabbage soup with tilapia ($28), that was fantastic! The soup came with a whole fish that was de-scaled. The broth had a rich, creamy texture with a deep flavor that clearly showed they used fresh, live fish in their soup and it was a huge portion for the 4 of us. This was my favorite dish in terms of flavor/depth and my Caucasian boyfriend (who can sometimes be hesitant/not-super-adventurous when it comes to Chinese food) was pleasantly surprised and even enjoyed this soup - he ate a huge portion of it. The salt/pepper double delight fried squid & shrimp dish was also great - the batter was light and crunchy and not too heavy/oily, so I didn't feel like we were eating ourselves into a greasy food coma like some other restaurants that serve this dish. We also had the eggplant with garlic sauce and this dish was also made well - a little sweeter and not spicy enough for my own personal taste, but the texture of the eggplant was firm/cooked well and it was a good-sized portion for the 4 of us. Pretty reasonably priced meal for the 4 of us that came out to approximately $102 with tax & 18% tip with 1 tea pot, 2 XLB orders, 1 pan-fried XLB dish, 1 huge multi-portion fish soup, 1 veggie dish and 1 protein dish. I would definitely come here again! Thanks for the awesome dinner with my family and boyfriend :D read more

Bai Wei is a really unique restaurant in Chinatown - they serve dishes that I don't think you could get at any other restaurant here that feel very traditional. The interior is cute, and there's no need to make a reservation it seems. Our service was wonderful as well. For our meal, we ordered the century egg with eggplant, duck tongue, lamb dry pot, and truffle pork soup dumplings. We also ordered a pot of red tea that was recommended. The duck tongue is hard to comment on, I'm not going to lie we just went out of our comfort zone and tried it since we've never had it. For us, we personally didn't like it but that's not to say it wasn't prepared well! Everything else was just spectacular - the lamb was spicy and tender and marinated super well. The soup dumplings were so juicy and the pork was tender - my partner said they could now be his favorite soup dumplings, although next time we'd probably get the regular and not the black truffle as the truffle flavor was slightly overwhelming. The eggplant and century egg was so good! This we also tried for the first time and loved it, and I really don't know of another restaurant that would serve this. Don't let the egg make you feel put off - it really just tastes like a salty egg. For people who don't know, the dish comes with a pestle that you can use to mash everything together. Don't eat the egg straight! Mash it in with everything else. They had a great dessert selection that looks super cute and delicious but unfortunately they were out of everything we wanted to try! I would definitely come back to try other things on their extensive menu, and to expand my horizons more (and hopefully get some of their desserts!). Just as a heads up, they are cash only and they charge for rice. read more

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We only visited for a pit stop of soup dumplings and beef pan fried dumplings. These were both fresh and good but not the best I have ever had. Pricing was great service was quick. I'd love to go back and try more of their food! I would recommend it! read more

My new favorite Chinese place in the area. Every dish I've had from them has been top-notch, and this is my third time visiting. I especially will recommend the vegetable dumplings, the green beans, the mapo tofu, and the cumin beef. Mapo tofu is a common dish but they really increase its flavor complexity in smart ways, and that is consistently true with many of their dishes. I've brought many different people here, some who were well-versed in traditional Chinese food and others who were trying it for the first time, and everyone has loved it. My only recommendation is to take the spice warnings on their menu seriously, as their food can get quite spicy, although they have plenty of non-spicy options. I also have ordered delivery here once during the pandemic, and I can recommend it. The food came quickly and on time, and I live relatively far from Chinatown. The food was quite good although it wasn't as good as getting the food freshly made in person. My only small complaint is with the service. They serve the food quickly once it is ordered but like with many Chinese places you will have to wave down the server in order to get waters refilled or more rice or the like. Just don't be afraid to motion to get their attention, that is quite common in Chinese restaurants. read more

I'm impressed with the food quality and service here. I love everything I ordered. It was recommended by a friend and decided to give it a try when they first open, I have been back several times after that. Price is right for the quality. read more

Perfect for cold weather! We chose the " stinky pot " consist off beef and tofu , the noodle dishes are good too . Can see why they are busy. Server was very nice and accommodating. Only thing is that they only take cash , might be inconvenient for some and restricted some guests who might've order more read more

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This place is new, not the same owners or menu. I've been here a few times now. I've had the dim sum and other items from the menu and must say, they are doing a great job. Service is better than most places in Chinatown. Dim sum is on par with other Chinatown places, but the rest of the menu is definitely above average. I can't remember all the names, but I'll try. I know I had the Szechuan beef, which was delicious and tender, the smelly pot with chicken which was also very good, the beef dish with peppercorn was very intense if you bite into a peppercorn, so avoid the peppercorn directly and you'll love it, but the best item I've had so far is the crispy fish, which I don't think is the name of it, but I'll put up a picture so you can order it. I'm not the biggest fan of fish dishes, but I guarantee you that you will love it! I know I did. There was another dish with intestines and stuff, which was also very good, but not as memorable as the rest. read more

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From the outside this place looked awesome - the decor was nice and the place looked very clean. First thing I noticed on the door was the picture of their black truffle soup dumplings and I knew immediately I had to try it. My friend and I ordered the pork wontons in chili oil as well as the black truffle pork soup dumplings. The pork wontons in chili oil might've been the worst dish I've ever had - there was barely any meat filling - the actual meat filling was loose and bland. The chili oil sauce was bad as well, lacked flavor and spicy kick. Very disappointing. The only reason I'm not giving this place a 1 star is because the soup dumplings were decent. Not good, but very mediocre. Hope to see the food here improve in the future. read more

MUST ORDER!!! Xiang style Chicken!!! And BrMao's Braised pork!!! And get two ice water or any drink with cheese mike foam drink!! Addition: eat your rice with the Xiang style chicken! Then your life fulfilled! read more

Be prepared to come here with cash only or pay with Venmo. A lot of the dishes run salty, especially the fried soft shell crab and kung Pao chicken. The sauces are good to compliment the flavorful dishes. There was dish that was super extra salty and the staff heard our comment, and was kind enough to return the dish back to the kitchen to exchange for a new one. I would say, do make a reservation in advance if you can, the food takes awhile to come to the table and it isn't like a traditional dim sum restaurant where carts of dishes are rolling by for you to choose - it is more of a la carte menu. read more

Indoor dining opened up yesterday at 25% capacity and it was my FIL's birthday today so perfect timing. First time dining out since pre-covid and this restaurant made us feel comfortable eating out again. All employees wore masks, sanitizing table by entrance, and paper cups are used. Extremely friendly service too. Food is a bit on the salty side especially the beer duck and dry pot frog but everything else was sooo good! Definitely support this business and we will be back. read more

First time in Philly's Chinatown. I found Bai Wei using Yelp and it didn't disappoint!! The place is extremely clean ( including the rest rooms) and service was awesome. I went with my go to of Kung Pao Chicken with steamed rice and was as good as I've had anywhere. Great spot. I'll be back read more

It's early delivery and it's very nice to have paper note in the bag for ordering a rice separately. Thanks for the note. It's very good reaction and proactivity. read more

Bai Wei - String beans looks totally different than the picture which I ordered. - Szechuan Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We were excited to visit because we had terrific dumpling in the past .. especially the soup dumplings ... well that was not what we received ... soup dumplings couldn't be any drier and on top of that they had holes all over them !! we asked one of the servers what happened ... he gave us a BC story saying that the soup dumpling had soup but they only put a tiny bit now ... LMAO ... really !! That's the story your going to give us ... it was disappointing. read more

We really enjoyed the dumplings from Bai Wei. We ordered delivery through caviar and was very pleasantly surprised by the quality of the soup dumplings and pan-fried dumplings! Will certainly order again! read more

I went with about 25 people for a club event and they accommodated us in their back room. The service was excellent and the food was abundant. Preferred a little bit more flavor but everything was very good and I will definitely go back. Again everyone there was super nice. read more

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Same owners as for Sukura, however it seems like the interior has been given a face lift. Overall the food seems to be about the same with the exception of no more sushi. My go to for this place is the Taiwan beef noodle soup. Wait time can vary but they seem to be quite accommodating. read more

Bai Wei - Taiwan beer noodle - Szechuan Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The pig feet is so amazing, not that spicy but delicious. Also highly recommend the drink in Baiwei. The restaurant environment is the best in Chinatown, good for taking a selfie! read more

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A bit of a wait for a table for 6, even with reservations, but it was worth it. We tried many of the dim sum options and they were uniformly good. The West Lake Beef soup was outstanding -- each spoonful was flavorful and bursting with ingredients. Service was fast and excellent once we were seated. read more

It was alright. Long-ish wait for two simple dishes, but the food was alright by my standards. The atmosphere was a bit weird - modern, but with a weird and dark colored/classic art mural wall with the modern white renovations. Servers were the usual you find in Chinatown - decent. read more

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too poor! Food poisoning! I went to expired food once, and then I had a stomachache and diarrhea for a week

Authentic Chinese food ! The food is pretty good especially the hunan beef noodle! My friend likes intestine. The environment and service are all good!! read more

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