Taste King Restaurant
| Address: | 10763 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19116, USA |
| Phone: | +1 215-676-7272 |
| Site: | tastekingpa.com |
| Rating: | 3.9 |
| Working: | 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–11:30PM 11AM–11:30PM 1–10PM |
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Andre Natale
I ate here twice. The first time I was there I thought it was just, by chance, not good. Decided to go there a 2nd time. Ordered steamed dumplings, Kung Pao shrimp, sweet and sour chicken, and general tso chicken. The dumplings were full round style, quanity of 6. These dumplings were clearly microwaved. Tasteless and dry. Notice how I mentioned 3 entrees were ordered? I posted a picture of the quantity of the rice they served with all 3 of these, which was clearly not enough. Dry roasted peanuts in the Kung Pao was not cooked with the food, just simply sprinkled on top. The shrimp was just OK. The sweet and sour chicken was nothing to rave about but the General Tso chicken was terrible. No flavor and fatty. We did ask for the General Tso to be spicy but the waiter decided that he was not going to order it spicy due to age of the child, who happens to love spicy food. Over all this is not a good place. I didnt even mention that the stair way down to the bathroom was very dirty. I dont know how the 4 start reviews are posted here. I am assuming that either these people know the owners or people never had Chinese food other than this establishment. TL;DR this place was a wash
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A Private User
I was shocked at how awful their food is. I tried them because a Russian neighbor said that some of their food is decent, but almost everything that I tried tasted like it was all made out of sawdust. I suspect that the owner wrote their five-star reviews, which sound more like advertisemnts. What a contrast the Chinese restaurants in Chinatown are, where everything is fresh and they all compete for your business. Taste King acts like they are doing you a favor to take your money to serve their stale, bland "food". I would bet that the family of rats who live in the back room like their food, though. You can see the rats on the side of the building. I wonder if they are Chinese rats.
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Apephanie Perez
I came here after a coworker told me about this place. He spoke how "good" the food was , quality of food, & large portions. Im so disappointed & cannot wait to get back to work & air his butt out!! I came in time for lunch special ordered pork lo mein & shrimp fried rice ($2.50 extra for cheap frozen shrimp) so my total was $8.50. For the portion I got it was worth $5 at best. They dont give you enough food for the money nor does it taste as good as these people who keep giving this place great reviews. The pros was they do give you ice cream at the end of your meal which was nice I didnt eat it though so I cant tell you how it taste
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Anthony Boschetti
I have been going here for many years, YES it IS Americanized-Chinese food, they do not claim otherwise, and it is not so common in the far northeast to find authentic Chinese cuisine as you would get downtown. they are a bit pricey, but the food has never been spoiled or stale (though Ive never tried the fish). I have no complaints, the honey-roast pork is probably my favorite on the menu. Consider that most people would only write a review if they had a bad experience, try it once for yourself before believing the bad hype.
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Bobby John
Went there with some colleagues, and friends for a quick meal. The server probably thought that we were school kids from the nearby school and basically threw the menu at the table. At the end, when I was about to write a reasonable tip on the receipt even after the bad experience, he demanded that all of us should give 1$ tip per person. So I ended up giving him just 4$ for the tip and left. Never experienced this type of treatment in any restaurant and never going there again.
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Gett Inline
"Taste King"? They should be called "Waste King" because that is what their food tastes like. They cant even get the egg rolls right as they always burn them to a crisp. They even mess up the fortune cookies which are always stale. I wonder if there is even a single menu item that is fresh (I doubt it.) Expect rancid food, high prices, and rude, slow service.
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Leon K
Today i took my family to this restuarant to celebrate an event because i remember it used to be an outstanding restaurant. To my disappointment every single dish we ordered was absolutely terrible, tasteless and inedible. The exception was the mediocre lo mein. A terrible restaurant overall, but the waiter was nice. I will not be coming here again.
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Tatyana Lev
I been coming here for years. It was very smart that a new owner left all the staff working for him. Clients here so used to familiar faces of the staff. Service is very good, some dishes are better than another, you have to come here for scallop appetizer - it is fantastic & claims are very good. BBQ beef ( beef on a stick) is very tasty .... etc
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A Private User
Definitely the best restaurant (of the hundreds which I have been to) for American-style Chinese food. I have nothing bad to say about this oriental godsend. Fresh food; fast, friendly service; competitive prices; huge portions; nice store; convenient location; and most importantly, extremely delicious food.
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A Private User
Disgusting, stinky, rancid food. Their pork and chicken taste like spoiled dog food. UPDATE: I have tried them again and they were the exact opposite. Therefor, I have changed my one star rating to five stars.
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Dmitry Segal
The hatters are crazy this is clearly the BEST Chinese food in NE Philly. I been coming to this place fro 20 years and the food and the service cant compare to any CHINESE i ever had.
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STUART KANEFSKY
Best tasting and prepared Chinese food Ive had in over 30 years in the Northeast very consistent best house soup and spare ribs anywhere
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NAGARJUNA K
Quick service And you will get more than what you pay Clean and nice environment and nice serving and he will listen and guide you
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Ada Sklyarsky
Excellent food. This place has a lot of off menu special items that are fantastic. My family has been coming here for over 25 years.
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joseph colucci
Great service and great food. The ice cream at the end made my experience 1000 times better. My go to spot for Chinese food now.
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John Newcomb
Clean, quick service, okay prices and food was very good. It was our first time there. We will definitely eat there again.
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Nadya Ostroff
The take out is pretty bad. portions are so small! Ive never seeing Chinese place so stingy on freaking white rice!
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Ольга Сапунова
Id visited this place today and all I can say - its just terrible and disgusting. Would never recommend it.
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Anna Petrovsky
Nasty food taste like dried up trash. Worst first time experience ever, and this is coming from a food
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Melinda Turiano
The noodles that Mmm duck sauce Yummy.... My husband I go there so much they know us and our order.
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Eric Crossett
The food was pretty generic Chinese food, but the service ways quick. Overall, unremarkable.
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Lena Lebid
Nice place, good prices, generous portions. Their chow fun is the best!
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JustQuik Gaming
They are amazing and speaking of it I am going to go there now lol
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profrostxgamer Kvasti
I dont like this food. This is food from this restaurant so bad.
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Tanya Berman
best chinese food!!! Have been going here for over 20 years.
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Murray Weismer
Antique Chinese restaurant. Northeast Chinese food.
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Natalie Leonard
The food was absolutely amazing!! No complaints!
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San Thomas
Great food, service could be better.
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Josh
The best Chinese food hands down
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stephie grace
Great fried rice and wonton soup
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Samuel Steiner
Delicious food every time
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Jith K
Good place in this area
