Wei Hong Seafood Restaurant
| Address: | 7740 Olive Blvd, University City, MO 63130, USA |
| Phone: | +1 314-726-0363 |
| Site: | weihongseafoodrestaurant.com |
| Rating: | 3.8 |
| Working: | 11AM–9:30PM Closed 11AM–9:30PM 11AM–9:30PM 11AM–9:30PM 11AM–9:30PM 11AM–9:30PM |
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A Private User
Ive been to Wei Hong six times over the past five years, and its one of my favorite restaurants in St. Louis--a very small group including Big Sky, Pho Grand, and Iron Barley. Everyone Ive brought there has loved it, and several of them have returned again and again. My friends are adventurous diners, though, and value the thrill-seekers menu and highly unusual ambience. The restaurant is located in a converted movie theater, an expansive, well-lit room with a ridiculously high ceiling and minimal decor. The surreal atmosphere can be only be described as the set of a fancy restaurant in an old Marx Brothers movie. Ive never seen the place crowded, but last night, a group of over two dozen dentists did not slow the service substantially. The menu features a lot of exotic seafood, including abelone, conch, jellyfish and the like. Many of the dishes are deep-fried in batter; my favorites are the crispy whole flounder and the salt and pepper squid. Aside from the seafood, Wei Hong is best-known for its duck dishes, as evidenced by an old RFT review still on display in the lobby, titled "Duckgasm!" My girlfriends favorite is the Eight Treasure duck, a massive portion of duck, shrimp, scallops, beef, chicken and squid in a brown sauce with fresh ginger and garlic. The half-order is enough to feed a family of four with leftovers. As a matter of fact, all of the entree portions are enormous, and reasonably priced. We always have a lot of food to take home, especially since I like to buy sesame balls from the connected bakery during our wait. The sesame balls are amazing, but theyre often out of them by the evening. This is not your average Chinese restaurant. You cant expect your wonton soup to look or taste the way it does everywhere else. It wont. And if you get overly frustrated trying to communicate with the non-English speaking staff, this may not be the place for you. However, if youre looking for a truly unique dining experience, Wei Hong is worth a visit.
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Plumpkin Mom
Came here for my dads birthday dinner because hes a total foodies nightmare whod rather eat mediocre midwest quality chinese food than opening up his tastebuds to the vast culinary wonders the world outside of generic chinese restaurants has to offer. Anyway, chose Wei Hong because pops wanted peking duck, and WH turned out to be one of the best bets in STL. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by the food quality and above average asian-restaurant-level service. Food: -BBQ combo appetizer with bbq pork and jellyfish, well-prepared standard cantonese bbq pork, and really refreshing jellyfish with a subtle spicy kick -Braised beef and tofu beancurd casserole, I thought this was delicious and super flavorful despite some beef chunks being too fatty, parents thought the tofu beancurd was undercooked -Peking duck (1/2 duck courses), more authentic than Lulus with the crispy duck skin, also came with 4 crispy duck thighs, steamed buns/hoison sauce/cucumbers/onion for wrapping; I thought they had those asian pancakes made specifically for wrapping the peking duck but turns out they just had generic tortilla wraps, peking duck ghettofied... -Stir fried duck with lettuce wraps (2/2 duck course), the stir fried duck cubes were too salty, parents also complained that they were overcooked Service: -Very friendly and patient for a typical chinese restaurant, much appreciated especially since I flew in redeye in the morning and was in a super over-worked/menopausal state of mind by dinner time Bonus star: -I asked them to make my dad some sort of a special birthday dessert thats low on sugar, the lady whipped up a freshly-made beautiful asian fruit cake at the end of dinner, really delicious and light-tasting, pops loved the little impromptu dinner surprise and they only charged me $20 for the 8" cake
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Jonathan Nguyen
1. Decor is lacking. There is nothing but table and chairs. The entrance was more of a storage area. 2. We order the ginger and onion liberated which cost $42. That was a waste of money. No flavor. My wife can make it better for less. The steam bass which cost $27 was also bland and the fish was small. The Chinese broccoli stir fry was nothing but steamed with oyster sauce. The salted fish with chicken fried rice was the only good thing. The bill came to $97. Not worth it. 3. They only brought the rice and broccoli dishes out first and we waited 20 min for the other two. 4. Wait staff just drop the food off and never ask if we were ok or refill our drinks. Dont waste you money here. All you other 5 stars rating individuals not sure what went thru your mind when you gave that rating.
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Caysi Kirby
First review : Love it. We are taking a big group of friends next week. Latest update: Still love it. We tried the bakery next door after dinner this time also. I didnt realize it, but Im pretty sure Ive been there about 4years ago with my boyfriend. The food was still amazing. And, the wait staff is always very nice and accomadating. I dont understand why the others that rated one star did so. Maybe they are the kind of people that just like to complain, because I see nothing to complain about at all! We will be back. Dishes tried and loved: Jelly fish Spicy beef appetizer Seafood stir fry with chives Tofu with pork soup Salt and pepper squid Roasted duck Orange chicken Sesame chicken A combo fried rice with ham, chicken, and shrimp
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Elizabeth Biesemeyer
We waited to be seated for over 20 minutes. Another couple was seated before use. Then were told it would be 30 minutes before we would get our food. It was more like 50 minutes when one of the three of us got her food. Another 10 minutes before I got my food and another 10-15 before the last entree was served. Very poor service. We were given water during our wait but no explanation. We had to ask for the other entrees to be served as if they were just sitting in the kitchen waiting to be brought out. The food was poor in quality. Lots of sauce on my garlic chicken. The rice was cold by the time I got my entree. The chicken in the sesame chicken was so tough it was hard to eat. I would not reccommend this restaurant for any reason.
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Jim Ballin
I grew up in suburban New York City, and frequently visited New Yorks Chinatown where we feasted on Dim Sum. My mother had lived most of her early childhood and teenage years in China due to her fathers job. My wife and I have eaten Dim Sum in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston. For our 40th Anniversary we decided to try Wei Hong on Olive as a special treat. Not only was their Dim Sum excellent, it was among the best we have tasted. Each dish was freshly and deliciously prepared. The wait staff were friendly and attentive, and the décor was attractive and extremely clean. If you are having second thoughts about trying Wei Hong, do yourself a favor and go. I promise you wont be sorry!!!
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A Private User
This is not for people who want lemon chicken and sweet and sour pork. But if you want to try some great chinese cuisine this is the place. I highly recommend the seafood casseroles and the sauted vegetable dishes. The Soups are also wonderful. The staff is friendly and will answer your questions about the menu and really delights when people want to try new dishes. Afterwards, go to the bakery and get some almond cookies and winter melon tarts!
