The food was amazing, service was attentive, I am floored this place doesn't have a line out the door. Great food, great atmosphere, love it!
Bob Riley
Love this place not super busy all the time food is very fresh service is great always friendly highly recommend forbidden city for lunch or dinner
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Matthew Orchard
Got this for take out on 4/3/24. Was the blandest Asian food I have ever ate. I will not be back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
Elena Fresnedo
Food is delicious! Everything that I had order is good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pot Stickers, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Shao Mai 6 烧卖, House Special Lo Mein 本楼捞面, Honey Walnut Shrimp
Cal W
Good Chinese food. Have only eaten lunch, and it's usually been very quiet. I never have any to take home, but boy, am I full every time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Almond Chicken
NerfCurator tripleB
This place was amazing the atmosphere is beautiful service was friendly and the food was delicious! It was crispy flaky creamy decadent absolutely mouth watering, and the portions were amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shawn Canino
Walked in with party of 7 and was just turned down restaurant looked half empty and they said they didn’t want to serve more than 2 bigs tables. Hostess guy was extremely rude.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
J. C.
Ate there yesterday. Was clean and great courteous service. Food was outstanding. Been looking long time for a good Chinese restaurant. Had a ton of dishes ordered for our group. All excellent. Loved the roast pork fried rice and egg foo young great. First time here...now on my favorites list!
Izzy
Very nice place. The food is delicious, good portions, and affordable prices. Good place for a date. It doesn't look the most attractive from the outside but the interior design is beautiful.Parking: The parking is behind the building but there's plenty of spots.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Family Dinner with Mongolian Beef and General TSO's Chicken
V B.
This restaurant is a charming escape from the hectic Pac Ave traffic. I envy the PLU students who have this lovely restaurant within walking distance of their campus. The indoor ambiance is inspired by traditional Chinese artwork and music. The food consists of delicious chinese ingredients and preparation. For example, the Lo Mien has the Authentic wok hei that imparts the lovely smokiness to the noodles, veggies, and choice of protein. Only a high heat wok attains this delicious Chinese flavor note. Our family has a new favorite Chinese restaurant in greater Tacoma.
I've only ordered once so far, but it was all delicious. Pork fried rice, Mongolian beef, and Sesame chicken are my first orders from all new places. Usually one item is mediocre or worse, but they hit all three on the nose. The beef and chicken dishes both came with a side of white rice, and it didn't dry up and make me want to throw it out the next day (so often I feel like white rice starts off almost dry and becomes inedible the next day). Fried rice was still tasting fresh as leftovers 3 days after I ordered too. I think I paid almost $25 more ordering it through a third party delivery service with fees, and that's before tip. I wont do that again now that I compared pricing, but I don't begrudge the bill because the food was great, I'll just drive there and pick it up next time. I have liked sesame chicken slightly more at one place, but nothing really matters to me more than the joy of liking every dish I order, so I will be ordering from here until something goes wrong and my little soul is crushed :)
Ali R
1st time. Great food. Clean establishment. We had party of 13.They where awesome. Got full on appetizers.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Family Dinner with Mongolian Beef and General TSO's Chicken, Pot Stickers, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Wonton Soup 馄饨汤, Orange Chicken, Honey Walnut Shrimp
Helen Hutchinson
We've been searching Washington for almost 3 years trying to find Chinese food that tastes good. Not only was the food amazing I was able to feed my family of 5 for less than $100 with 2 appetizers and we had plenty left over to feed all 5 of us again the next day! We will definitely become frequent customers now and plan on telling anyone who will listen about this amazing place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pot Stickers, Orange Chicken, House Special Lo Mein 本楼捞面, Wonton Soup
Bradley Hutchinson (Hutch)
This restaurant was amazing!! Hands down best Chinese food in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken, House Special Lo Mein 本楼捞面
Melissa R.
Food was burnt, room was dark., When asked to move to the lighted area was told that was for reservations only. The takeout that I took home was burnt, petrified in edible. Would not recommend.
The food was amazing, service was attentive, I am floored this place doesn't have a line out the door. Great food, great atmosphere, love it!
Love this place not super busy all the time food is very fresh service is great always friendly highly recommend forbidden city for lunch or dinner
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Got this for take out on 4/3/24. Was the blandest Asian food I have ever ate. I will not be back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
Food is delicious! Everything that I had order is good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pot Stickers, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Shao Mai 6 烧卖, House Special Lo Mein 本楼捞面, Honey Walnut Shrimp
Good Chinese food. Have only eaten lunch, and it's usually been very quiet. I never have any to take home, but boy, am I full every time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Almond Chicken
This place was amazing the atmosphere is beautiful service was friendly and the food was delicious! It was crispy flaky creamy decadent absolutely mouth watering, and the portions were amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Walked in with party of 7 and was just turned down restaurant looked half empty and they said they didn’t want to serve more than 2 bigs tables. Hostess guy was extremely rude.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Ate there yesterday. Was clean and great courteous service. Food was outstanding. Been looking long time for a good Chinese restaurant. Had a ton of dishes ordered for our group. All excellent. Loved the roast pork fried rice and egg foo young great. First time here...now on my favorites list!
Very nice place. The food is delicious, good portions, and affordable prices. Good place for a date. It doesn't look the most attractive from the outside but the interior design is beautiful.Parking: The parking is behind the building but there's plenty of spots.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Family Dinner with Mongolian Beef and General TSO's Chicken
This restaurant is a charming escape from the hectic Pac Ave traffic. I envy the PLU students who have this lovely restaurant within walking distance of their campus. The indoor ambiance is inspired by traditional Chinese artwork and music. The food consists of delicious chinese ingredients and preparation. For example, the Lo Mien has the Authentic wok hei that imparts the lovely smokiness to the noodles, veggies, and choice of protein. Only a high heat wok attains this delicious Chinese flavor note. Our family has a new favorite Chinese restaurant in greater Tacoma.
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I've only ordered once so far, but it was all delicious. Pork fried rice, Mongolian beef, and Sesame chicken are my first orders from all new places. Usually one item is mediocre or worse, but they hit all three on the nose. The beef and chicken dishes both came with a side of white rice, and it didn't dry up and make me want to throw it out the next day (so often I feel like white rice starts off almost dry and becomes inedible the next day). Fried rice was still tasting fresh as leftovers 3 days after I ordered too. I think I paid almost $25 more ordering it through a third party delivery service with fees, and that's before tip. I wont do that again now that I compared pricing, but I don't begrudge the bill because the food was great, I'll just drive there and pick it up next time. I have liked sesame chicken slightly more at one place, but nothing really matters to me more than the joy of liking every dish I order, so I will be ordering from here until something goes wrong and my little soul is crushed :)
1st time. Great food. Clean establishment. We had party of 13.They where awesome. Got full on appetizers.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Family Dinner with Mongolian Beef and General TSO's Chicken, Pot Stickers, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Wonton Soup 馄饨汤, Orange Chicken, Honey Walnut Shrimp
We've been searching Washington for almost 3 years trying to find Chinese food that tastes good. Not only was the food amazing I was able to feed my family of 5 for less than $100 with 2 appetizers and we had plenty left over to feed all 5 of us again the next day! We will definitely become frequent customers now and plan on telling anyone who will listen about this amazing place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pot Stickers, Orange Chicken, House Special Lo Mein 本楼捞面, Wonton Soup
This restaurant was amazing!! Hands down best Chinese food in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken, House Special Lo Mein 本楼捞面
Food was burnt, room was dark., When asked to move to the lighted area was told that was for reservations only. The takeout that I took home was burnt, petrified in edible. Would not recommend.