Peking Duck House
“AMAZING DELICOUS AWESOME HELL YEAH
AND here's why:
#1: BYOW/BYOB – This place ROCKS!”
“If you have tourists in town or are a tourist its a great place to go since you are in the heart of Chinatown.”
“this restaurant is quite upscale for china town.”
Peking Duck House
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
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First, you only come here for one thing: THE DUCK. (To all my fellow Yelpers who have had the amazing Peking Duck from 大董 in China, don't think you'll get the same experience, BUT for American standards, this is pretty darn good duck!)
Second, DO NOT do any of the prie-fixe options. I took one look and knew for sure that the prie-fixe is a rip off meant for people who don't know how to order Chinese food. Bring a Chinese friend if you know you'll have this problem.
Third, this place is BYOW, so make sure you swing by 53 Mott St for some wine before coming!
We started off with a pork soup dumpling appetizer, which I would NOT recommend. Out of the 8 soup dumplings, only 1 actually had soup in it. The skin was also far too thick, so these basically tasted more like normal dumplings than soup dumplings.
For 7 people, we decided that two ducks would be the appropriate portion. The duck was DELICIOUS. As with tradition, the chef cuts the duck right in front of you. If you don't know how to do the wrapping (like the non-Asian table next to ours), the waiters will gladly also wrap it for you per request. The wrap was thicker than what I'm used to, thus reminded me of a burrito wrap, but thank goodness it did not overshadow the juiciness of the duck meat and sauce.
We had the chef take the leftover duck bones/meat to make a duck tofu soup and stir-fried bean sprout dish. Both were delicious so make sure you don't put any duck to waste!
Finally, we also ordered the string beans (四季豆) and beef pan fried noodles to round off the meal. I quite enjoyed the non-spicy string beans, which were very crunchy and flavorful at the same time, but I found the noodles to be too dry for my taste.
Our bill came out to be $27/person including tip and tax! We were absolutely STUFFED! If we had done the prie-fixe, we would be paying ~$37/person, so again, don't do the prie-fixe!!
This place is surprisingly quite trendy. Very few customers were actually Chinese – the food is expensive and not that authentic. I came here with my parents (who paid for everything) and my boyfriend. We ordered a combination consisting of duck, two entrees, appetizers and dessert. They say it serves four people, but we could barely finish!
The Peking duck was pretty good, but I didn't like the wrap they served it in. It was too thin. The appetizers/dessert were mediocre at best. We took the entrees (garlic shrimp and chicken) to go and it surprisingly didn't taste that bad the next day. Overall, this place deserves three stars because you could definitely do better in Chinatown.
I was really in the mood for Peking Duck when we visited Chinatown so we ended up here. I think nearly every restaurant in Chinatown serves Peking Duck and dumplings, but the reviews for the duck here were particularly good.
We got a whole duck for $52. It was more than the two of us could eat.
The reviews were not wrong. The duck was excellent, very juicy and flavorful. The meat was expertly prepared and cut. The wrappers were a very nice size, more like a tortilla size.
The ambience is upscale and sophisticated. The service was professional and courteous.
Overall, it was a really good experience and I would recommend this place. By the time we left there was a god mix of different types of people, from what appeared to be a tour group to a family.
Not Da Dong Peking Duck in Beijing but the best in New York. It's not cheap, $52 for a whole duck but you get lean flavorful duck with the requisite crispy skin. Add a few side dishes like a yummy and texturally interesting vegetable, Chinese zucchini with gluten or the popular General Tso's chicken and youve got way too much food and lunch for tomorrow. The tough times to get a seating are during holidays. Go in the middle of the week and you can be assured a seat. Otherwise, expect to be turned away if you don't have a reservation. Since it's the ultimate place for Peking duck, celebrities and Chinese dignitaries may be may be regular patrons. It is better than its sister restaurant on 53rd Street. Go with at least 4 people to be able to order more dishes besides the duck. Two people, it's a date. Three or more, it's a feast!
When in Chinatown NYC, the choices of restaurants are plentiful. I asked my Uber driver for one of the best restaurants in Chinatown and he immediately said Peking Duck on Mott. He raved about the place, and since it was conveniently close, I asked him to take us there. I had to go see for myself along with three other friends and it was treat of a meal.
Dishes were served family style, and I love it because you get to try a little of everything. They were popular for their Peking Duck (obviously) in which the chef will come out and carve it in front of you. Another dish I recommend ordering is the roasted lamb. If you love lamb, you'll love this dish.
The service was great! The waiter remembered everyone's order without writing anything down, as well as checking on the table without becoming a bother. Overall, this restaurant is a must visit when you're in the Chinatown area.
Rumble in the jungle – deep in the heart of chinatown! Here you'll find the top peking duck in the city. And it doesn't hurt that they offer a BYOB policy, no cork fee for bottles of wine, making the trip always worth it.
I've come here on several occasions with a couple of buddies and between the duck and the experience we always leave happy and bloated from duck. Typically we bring enough wine for one bottle per person.
The restaurant is always slammed during the dinner rush with your typical New York crowd (although no tourists – they tend not to venture this far into Chinatown). The scene can get rowdy and the decibels often approach bar like like levels but it only helps add to the joyous atmosphere. p.s. post-10pm I've seen the waiters begin taking shots of their own as their evening rush is winding down.
The duck is the number one reason you go – the duck is carved table side in an authentic mandarin chinese style and comes complete with pancakes, veggies and the scrumptious duck sauce!! Entrees can be hit or miss and have ordered a couple where by unanimous decision we all vow not to select another bite from that plate.
I haven't been to the midtown location but can't imagine it's a awesome as the Chinatown house.
It used to be my top place for Peking Duck until I found another.
But – it really isn't bad. It's just that the skin is not as crisp the other place I prefer. The duck is also a bit greaser than the one I prefer to go to now for Peking duck. The wrappers are also not as thin. In fact I think these wrappers are 3 times thicker than the one I prefer to go to now for duck.
But I will rave about their salty shrimp. That is crisp and the shrimp still moist. They have spicy peppers served with it as well. Yummy!
The pan fried beef with fried noodles is also quite good.
For dessert, we tasted their banana fritters. That was good too.
As a Peking Duck house they should really improve their duck and thinner wrappers.
I'd give Peking Duck House the nod just based on value. For maybe $50 per person you basically have enough food to eat for two or three days (read my disclaimer below). So don't forget to order a couple of sides. But besides the pure value of it, the food is really good.
It's certainly not the best or tastiest Peking roast duck we've ever had. We cheated though- we've had this dish in several restaurants in Peking/Beijing. That said, the best we've had was actually at Peking Garden in Hong Kong. But there you'll spend well over $100 per person…
Here you'll get a reasonably priced, reasonably well-prepared, bird, carved table-side (or at least in the front of the dining room) by someone who probably repeats the same process 100+ times a day.
It's a good experience, in a newer and more modern looking Chinatown restaurant, with a more upscale feel. I can see us coming back and duckin' out (instead of piggin' out- see what I did there 🙂 in the near future.
OK- the caveat and your tip for the day: ask them to give you the duck carcass after carving and serving the duck. They do a good job of carving off the meatiest parts of the duck, BUT AT LEAST 1/3 of the bird is still waiting for you on those bones. And those tend to be the tastiest bits. Don't miss out on it by being stupid and letting them use that meat for their other dishes (which is surely what they do)…