It was my first time here and the atmosphere is so nice. Everything was clean and bright. Our waitress Anna was so amazing and we really appreciated her explaining some menu items to us. She even recommended a few items and they were all delicious. I would definitely come back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christicuffs Antipode
Excellent quality dim sum, the best I've had since Hong Kong. Friendly and accommodating staff. Food was all delicious!
Ellen
Delicious Chinese cuisine in a friendly, events friendly space. Peking duck is great as well as the shrimp fried rice and lo mein and soup dumplings.
Jiang Jollen
Today we ordered an employee meal package through a delivery platform and spent nearly $300. When the food arrived, we were surprised to find that there was no rice included with the dishes.
As a Chinese person who has been to countless Chinese restaurants and ordered Chinese food many times, I have never been told that a meal does not come with rice. Today was the first time I was informed that rice is not included.
Has inflation really reached the point where even rice is no longer part of the meal? Or is the cost of rice somehow already “included” in the excessive salt and oil? Unfortunately, the dishes were extremely salty and greasy as well.
For the price we paid, this was very disappointing. I hope the restaurant can reconsider how they structure their meal sets and improve both the balance of flavors and overall value.
Food: 2
Service: 2
Jimmy Bee
My family has been to Mama Chang once before but this time we went to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year and the food was soo good! The highlight of the meal was the seasonal item Flounder Fillet with Black Bean and Chili, which was an entire fish, and the Three Pepper Beef Tenderloin, which was super tenderloin with a mix of sweet and spicy. Along with that, we ordered the scallion bubble pancake and Pineapple Buns. I would say skip the vegetable chow fun, it was basic but if you like chow fun get it. If you do choose to come here a lot, I think you should always get those two items because the pineapple buns are really sweet and delicious and the scallion pancake you can use it as a wrap for your other dishes. Altogether, loved everything!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
don wong
Food quality is authentic as compared to local restaurants in China.soup dumplings were authentic. Serving portions are small but pricy. After trying it once, I would say Peter Chang ( a sister restaurant) fares better. Other than that Mama Chang is a decent hang out if you want a slight upscale Chinese food. I wasn’t too happy that my waiter did not show me an itemized bill at the end. He just tabbed my credit with a total. It is quite suspicious if I was ever overcharged for anything. So be sure to ask for an itemized bill before paying.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Jong Lee
Food was fine, we had the dimsum which we were excited for but felt the hype over the restaurant was misplaced. Service was pretty bad. My wife asked about fried noodles and was told they don’t have fried noodles in their restaurant, only stir fried noodles. Guess, we should have been more specific….?? We also felt like we may have been an inconvenience but we also didn’t really ask for much so not sure why the cold shoulder. Just glad there are plenty of other options living in this part of NoVa.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Vida
Great food, great service, great prices. Everything we ordered was delicious and fresh. The staff were friendly and the place was clean. Will definitely be coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sophie Blumenthal
I’m always searching for what I call real Chinese food — not the Americanized imitation — and this place absolutely delivered.
The duck rolls were fantastic, the green beans with mustard greens were so good my kids finished them before the rest of the food even hit the table (if you want your kid to eat vegetables, order that!), and the cumin lamb was unreal.
Everything tasted authentic, bold, and perfectly prepared. We’ll definitely be back.
Mama chang serves authentic Chinese food. Loved the spacious environment as well, it's huge, but it does get busy. If you don't have a reservation you will have to wait, but usually moves quickly. This time we tried the special spicy fried squid legs and it was so flavorful. The lotus root soup was really good too.
Basically bland wanna be Chinese food. No flavor. Over priced. Soggy. General tso chicken is actually sweet and sour chicken FYI according to them!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Poulomi Pradhan
Great place for Peking duck.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
John L. Davis
Where to start? How about the fact my taste buds had a panic attack over how delicious it was.
We ordered a bunch of things and shared. Spicy and numbing beef jerky 9.8; Pepper Chicken 9.6; Crispy Beef 9.6. The list goes on.
Service was excellent and our guy took exceptional care of our group.
Parking was scarce but it was also a Friday night. Reservations were key tonight. Our table was comfortable and spacious.
This was Chinese food on another level. I can’t explain because I don’t understand what I was missing before. Mama Chang’s has ruined me for other places forever.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nicole “Nikki” Carey
The food, the portions, the service everything is great always get the pork and shrimp. Egg roll is fried to perfection. The lo mein always a hit fried rice is top-tier just can’t miss. This is a great choice. Treat yourself.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Liz
This is an “upscale” Chinese restaurant. If I had never been to Peter Chang’s I would have given it a four stars, but I just felt It was hard not to compare it to Peter Chang’s. The food quality was pretty good. I was pretty titled about the hot chili oil flounder fish with tofu ($23), it wasn’t three peppers spicy, I thought it would be a lot spicer considering it had three peppers (which is the highest spice level). Also, the tofu in this dish made it feel like they try to fill the plate with cheap tofu instead of the fish. At Peter Chang’s, it was cheaper, had more flavor and also lots and lots of fish with no tofu filler. I understand that this dish is different but , it’s just fish in chili oil... the duck spring roll was good, reminded me of Peking duck but fried. The noodle dish was pretty solid too. I might come back if I’m craving different Chinese food besides Peter Chang’s. The service was good, the decor and place was very nice and had a very nice upscale feel to it.
It was my first time here and the atmosphere is so nice. Everything was clean and bright. Our waitress Anna was so amazing and we really appreciated her explaining some menu items to us. She even recommended a few items and they were all delicious. I would definitely come back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent quality dim sum, the best I've had since Hong Kong. Friendly and accommodating staff. Food was all delicious!
Delicious Chinese cuisine in a friendly, events friendly space. Peking duck is great as well as the shrimp fried rice and lo mein and soup dumplings.
Today we ordered an employee meal package through a delivery platform and spent nearly $300. When the food arrived, we were surprised to find that there was no rice included with the dishes.
As a Chinese person who has been to countless Chinese restaurants and ordered Chinese food many times, I have never been told that a meal does not come with rice. Today was the first time I was informed that rice is not included.
Has inflation really reached the point where even rice is no longer part of the meal? Or is the cost of rice somehow already “included” in the excessive salt and oil? Unfortunately, the dishes were extremely salty and greasy as well.
For the price we paid, this was very disappointing. I hope the restaurant can reconsider how they structure their meal sets and improve both the balance of flavors and overall value.
Food: 2
Service: 2
My family has been to Mama Chang once before but this time we went to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year and the food was soo good! The highlight of the meal was the seasonal item Flounder Fillet with Black Bean and Chili, which was an entire fish, and the Three Pepper Beef Tenderloin, which was super tenderloin with a mix of sweet and spicy. Along with that, we ordered the scallion bubble pancake and Pineapple Buns. I would say skip the vegetable chow fun, it was basic but if you like chow fun get it. If you do choose to come here a lot, I think you should always get those two items because the pineapple buns are really sweet and delicious and the scallion pancake you can use it as a wrap for your other dishes. Altogether, loved everything!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food quality is authentic as compared to local restaurants in China.soup dumplings were authentic. Serving portions are small but pricy. After trying it once, I would say Peter Chang ( a sister restaurant) fares better. Other than that Mama Chang is a decent hang out if you want a slight upscale Chinese food. I wasn’t too happy that my waiter did not show me an itemized bill at the end. He just tabbed my credit with a total. It is quite suspicious if I was ever overcharged for anything. So be sure to ask for an itemized bill before paying.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Food was fine, we had the dimsum which we were excited for but felt the hype over the restaurant was misplaced. Service was pretty bad. My wife asked about fried noodles and was told they don’t have fried noodles in their restaurant, only stir fried noodles. Guess, we should have been more specific….?? We also felt like we may have been an inconvenience but we also didn’t really ask for much so not sure why the cold shoulder. Just glad there are plenty of other options living in this part of NoVa.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Great food, great service, great prices.
Everything we ordered was delicious and fresh. The staff were friendly and the place was clean. Will definitely be coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I’m always searching for what I call real Chinese food — not the Americanized imitation — and this place absolutely delivered.
The duck rolls were fantastic, the green beans with mustard greens were so good my kids finished them before the rest of the food even hit the table (if you want your kid to eat vegetables, order that!), and the cumin lamb was unreal.
Everything tasted authentic, bold, and perfectly prepared. We’ll definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Duck Spring, Cumin Lamb Skewers 牙签孜然羊, Roast Pork Belly Bun
Mama chang serves authentic Chinese food. Loved the spacious environment as well, it's huge, but it does get busy. If you don't have a reservation you will have to wait, but usually moves quickly. This time we tried the special spicy fried squid legs and it was so flavorful. The lotus root soup was really good too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Basically bland wanna be Chinese food. No flavor. Over priced. Soggy. General tso chicken is actually sweet and sour chicken FYI according to them!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Great place for Peking duck.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Where to start? How about the fact my taste buds had a panic attack over how delicious it was.
We ordered a bunch of things and shared. Spicy and numbing beef jerky 9.8; Pepper Chicken 9.6; Crispy Beef 9.6. The list goes on.
Service was excellent and our guy took exceptional care of our group.
Parking was scarce but it was also a Friday night. Reservations were key tonight. Our table was comfortable and spacious.
This was Chinese food on another level. I can’t explain because I don’t understand what I was missing before. Mama Chang’s has ruined me for other places forever.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food, the portions, the service everything is great always get the pork and shrimp. Egg roll is fried to perfection. The lo mein always a hit fried rice is top-tier just can’t miss. This is a great choice. Treat yourself.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is an “upscale” Chinese restaurant. If I had never been to Peter Chang’s I would have given it a four stars, but I just felt It was hard not to compare it to Peter Chang’s. The food quality was pretty good. I was pretty titled about the hot chili oil flounder fish with tofu ($23), it wasn’t three peppers spicy, I thought it would be a lot spicer considering it had three peppers (which is the highest spice level). Also, the tofu in this dish made it feel like they try to fill the plate with cheap tofu instead of the fish. At Peter Chang’s, it was cheaper, had more flavor and also lots and lots of fish with no tofu filler. I understand that this dish is different but , it’s just fish in chili oil... the duck spring roll was good, reminded me of Peking duck but fried. The noodle dish was pretty solid too. I might come back if I’m craving different Chinese food besides Peter Chang’s. The service was good, the decor and place was very nice and had a very nice upscale feel to it.
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