Quick answer- consider other options before going here. Local, family owned Chinese, Indian and Asian cuisine restaurants in the area are far superior in service, food quality and taste, and overall experience.
Ordered:
*Dumpling platter: Presentation- 0/5, Flavor/Food Quality - 2.5/5. The waitress did not tell us anything about the dumplings we were given, so we have no idea what kind of dumplings we ate
*Orange chicken: Presentation- 5/5, Flavor/Food Quality- 4/5 (it was yummy, but spicier than we were told)
*Fried rice- Presentation- 4/5, Flavor/Food Quality- 4/5 (my son loved it but his dad and I weren't very impressed. Seemed fresh though)
*Chicken Lettuce Wraps- Presentation- 2/5, Flavor/Food Quality- 2/5- The chicken tasted kind of funny. It was chosen because it was one of the few items listed as not spicy, but there were clearly a lot of red pepper flakes in them and it was definitely spicy. The lettuce given was the inner part of the lettuce that I struggled to use as wraps
*Butter chicken - Presentation-3.5/5, Flavor/Food Quality- 2/5- would have been better if it had come to the table hot, or even just warm.
*Lazy Temple cocktail- Presentation- 0/5, Flavor/Food Quality- 0/5. Drink came in a clear glass with an additional tea pot with more in it. Watered down and was not worth $16
*Naan bread- Presentation- 4/5, Flavor/Food Quality-4/5- it would have been better but it was over toasted- not warm and soft
We saw a review from step out buffalo raving about this place. We were specifically excited to try the dumpling platter and the whiskey drink that step out buffalo showed in a video they smoke in front of you.
We arrived at 5:30pm, and we're seated right away. The ambience was nice- quiet and relaxing. It took a little while for the waitress to come and take our order, and we had to be creative for our younger son who loves Chinese and Indian food, but cannot handle any spicy. *There are not a lot of options on the Chinese entree section that are listed as not spicy, and even two of the dishes we ordered were not supposed to be spicy and they were.
We placed our order at 5:45, and were still waiting at 6:20. People at the tables around us were also complaining of the wait. We were almost ready to get up and just leave without even getting our food, but it finally showed up about 10 minutes later. They seemingly only had three young girls working as waitresses, bussers, and bar tender. We weren't terribly surprised that the cocktail was awful- the girl who started as our waitress but made the drink looked quite young and possibly had no idea how whisky is supposed to be served. At one point, it got so busy that a man came out to help. The management of service at this place made things slower and not efficient. They seemed understaffed and the young waitresses seemed under supported and overwhelmed.
When our food came out, we were missing the dumplings and the white rice that we had ordered. When we asked the waitress about it, she rushed back and brought the dumpling platter, but never brought our youngest sons meal, which was just three plain dumplings and white rice. The orange chicken also took longer as well.
The food was not great. As I said above, we have eaten at various Indian, Chinese, and other Asian restaurants in the area and this place was subpar in the food Quality, and Flavor. We knew going there that it was going to be more expensive than some other places, but we expected a better experience as a result.
We had been there since 5:30 and didn't leave until 7:15. We didn't even bother trying to send back food and complain, because everything took so long and we just wanted to be out of there. Also, no one came to ask how our meal was anyway- after about 10 minutes of having our food, the waitress just sped by our table and put the receipt on the table "Here's your check" and sped off again. To pay, we had to flag someone down. We still gave an 18% tip, because the waitresses were trying, but again, they seemed unsupported and overwhelmed. They were really trying, but the experience we had showed that this place is a poorly managed mess.
We will not be going back there and we will not be recommending anyone go there. Even if we had been offered a discount, refund, or alternative meal, the entire experience was just really bad. read more