We were very pleased with our meal and service. I had the sweet and sour soup and tofu stir fry with mixed vegetables, both were excellent. The soup is not the traditional Chinese style but a Korean style that is lighter with a touch of lemon flavor, very delicious. The tofu was equally delicious. The restaurant was neat and clean and service efficient. read more

Great service! Food was on point! Kimchi is also the best..,..................................

Terrible. House Chow Mein arrived tepid at best. I was bracing for having to blow to cool the first bite but there was no steam when raising the chopsticks. The server (owner?) didn't stop by for the obligatory check-in. I didn't get up from the table to initiate. I did have to leave the table to retrieve a to-go container and seeing this, the server (owner?) began laughing, but didn't get up from her seat. There were two other tables in the restaurant. I slid my credit card to the table's edge and waited an agonizing minute before holding the card up and telling her I was ready. Again, she laughed. She brought me only the merchant copy of the receipt which I signed and indicated zero gratuity. I wrote a note: "Meal arrived cold. Three small shrimp in the dish. Server did not ask if everything was okay." AS I WAS RISING FROM THE TABLE, she came over, grabbed the receipt and began reading it, laughing very loudly as I bolted for the door. On my way out, a group of four adults and three children from Florida were about to come in and I told them to be sure their food arrives hot, because mine sure didn't, and they said they were not going to take the chance and would try someplace else. I haven't left a review in years. But people should be careful about choosing to eat here. read more

This restaurant is mediocre at best. I ordered Mu Shu shrimp. The shrimp were minimal. Service was good. I discouraged several clients from eating there. read more

Delicious food!! My family requested Chinese food and really loved it!!! Thank you for a great meal and service. read more

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Great service - food was excellent ! Go check them out ! .................,.......... Super kind owner ...............pupu platter was delicious. read more

Food was serviceable from what I hear. The empty place setting you see in the picture is mine because I couldn't order sweet and sour chicken with vegetable chow mein. It wasn't offered and I don't eat rice and they don't allow substitution. I would have had to order two full meal plates to get what I wanted. Ridiculous and far too rigid. Server wasn't helpful. Couldn't explain why they couldn't do a simple substitute that I would have happily paid for. One of my party ordered the teriyaki chicken, but didn't like it and didn't eat it. Server offered to pack it up, but didn't bother to ask if something was wrong with it or something else could be made. Still on the final bill. Must have been in a hurry to get back to watching UFC Horrible, indifferent service. Won't be back read more

China Pearl Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Friday Harbor, Washington

So GROSS and SO OVERPRICED. We should've known upon walking into an empty restaurant at dinner time that the locals know better than to come here but we found parking near here after getting off the ferry so we settled. Oh boy, did we settle. Neither of us took more than a few bites of the greasy, nasty monstrosity we were served. The eggrolls--frozen crap you get in the freezer section at a grocery store. The shrimp--hope you like eating their digestive systems because they don't bother to devein them. The only thing edible was the white rice. Not a great experience and definitely soured our opinion of Friday Harbor. read more

Friendly owners. Food continues to be enjoyable and good quality. Happy to have won ton soup and moo shu option on the island. Tasty and satisfying. read more

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New ownership? Great food and service. We had an excellent meal. Homemade noodles! We will be back read more

New ownership, so delicious! We were a little nervous given some of the low reviews, but we spoke with the owner (so nice!) and the bad reviews are all from before she took it over. Really fresh tasting Sweet and Sour and Orange Chicken. Tons of seating, try it out! read more

Greasy spoon with classic Americanized Chinese, Japanese and Korean. The Bento box was OK. Friendly service with a sense of humor. Really old decor and furnishings but it fits with everything else. If I ever go back, I'd try a Korean dish since I understand the owner/operators are Korean. read more

The new owners are doing an excellent job. I really like the Korean short ribs. Would recommend.

After confirming that China Pearl's 'fake crab' was not gluten free, and learning that 'crab' on their menu was actually crab blended with fake crab, we ordered accordingly to avoid gluten, which makes me very ill. The waiter understood this and pointed out other menu items to avoid. Our spicy tuna roll, advertised as, "Tuna, Cucumber, Fish Egg, arrived with a red sauce on it. I had a piece just as my husband discovered it was full of fake crab. The restaurant's reaction to our dismay was, at best, underwhelming. The tea was tepid and the miso barely warm. And the kitchen was slow. Perhaps all of that should have been enough foreboding to make us leave before I ate something that made me ill. No, we did not pay for what was ultimately horrible service. read more

I'm a local and should have known better. Perhaps the worst meal I've ever had. Plates had built up grease on the plates - ran my fingernail across the plate and nothing but dirty grease under my nail. Partner's utensils were dirty as well. Tasted just briefly and that was a big no - left the plate with most of the food untouched. Staff was non-apologetic. Paid the bill and left. Ceiling has a big whole with exposed insulation and people swearing. read more

China Pearl Restaurant - Dirty plate. - Chinese Near Me - Friday Harbor, Washington

I was at friday Harbour with family and our ferry came a little late and we all were starving. We saw this place and Fung Fu Pizza sounded very funny to us and we decided to give this a shot. We ordered a Pecking duck pizza. It came out delicious with lots of cheese. There were no customers except for us. read more

China Pearl Restaurant - Pecking Duck Pizza - Chinese Near Me - Friday Harbor, Washington

Some of the worst pizza I have ever had. Got the veggie pizza cause the reviews said the Chinese food was subpar, but this was just like the most doughy, undercooked pizza I've ever had. It was like some random handful of veggies were thrown on top. Would not recommend. read more

Got pizza and my friend got some Chinese dishes. Pizza was OK; though not a lot of flavor (Chicken were bland and chewy). Chinese dishes were not palatable - my friend threw out 75% of the food he had ordered. Not visiting again. read more

Best thing about the meal was the Pepsi. Soup tasted watered down. Chow mein was not very flavorful, had to use alot of soy sauce to flavor it. The small pizza....IS SMALL! It's a personal size, 6 inch pizza. The ambiance needs a serious upgrade. I don't normally comment on the ambiance of a place, but this looked dirty. read more

My fried wontons were just fired nothings. I thought wontons were supposed to have cream cheese or something inside. What that hell dude. read more

China Pearl Restaurant - a tray of fried food - Chinese Near Me - Friday Harbor, Washington

On a recent day trip to Friday Harbor I did my usual search for happy hours and Yelp brought me to the China Pearl. This is a decent spot serving not only Chinese food but pizza as well. We opted for a couple of happy hour pints (they had some good local-ish brews on tap) and split a small Greek pizza (happy hour special: $7.95). The beer was cold and fresh, but the pizza was about the size of a 45-rpm record. (For those of you young 'uns out there, that's small!) It was mostly crust, but the toppings were tasty (if not plentiful). The service was super friendly, and fast. They also have TV's so you don't miss the game. All in all this was a solid happy hour choice in a town with not a lot of HH options. read more

China Pearl Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Friday Harbor, Washington

I've been here twice, and both times, the food was really good. It's Americanized Chinese with a few other Asian dishes added in like Vietnamese. They are quick to deliver your order and the price is good. The service has also been all right - not awful, not excellent. I was sad the second time I went as they hacked out the front of the restaurant to change it into a cheap pizza joint with a bar and karaoke joint upstairs. Food: 4 Service: 3 Decor: 4 Parking: 3 read more

I've seen a lot of complaints about the food here - which is valid. Let's be real - the only people disappointed in this place are those who come from somewhere else. No one on the island would be so gauche as to speak ill of the food at the china pearl. The real reason to come to the china pearl is to drink cocktails while watching people make fools of themselves performing Karaoke. Smoking deck has lovely views of the Harbor. read more

We came to Friday harbor for a weekend on Sat evening we went to 5 different restaurants and reservation only so we passed this place and almost passed it up thinking eh can't be that great... Well to our surprise it was hands down some.of the best chinese food I've ever had! Highly recommend this place and the waitstaff is very friendly and prompt! We will definitely come back!! read more

Can't speak as to the China Pearl or it's bar as we did neither. The 5 stars are for the Kung Fu Pizza only. Came here for pizza on the recommendation of the folks at Discovery Inn. We ordered the Kung Fu (all meat and not greasy) and it was one of the best we've had in the state of WA. The place was clean and the service was very friendly. To wrap things up we received Fortune Cookies. Nice touch! I wonder if they'd deliver to Sammamish. :) read more

China Pearl Restaurant - a sign for a pizza family style restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Friday Harbor, Washington

Exactly what we wanted. If you want solid Chinese food, order here. It was ready pretty fast on a busy night.

China Pearl... I think a more appropriate name would be China Hurl. I honestly don't know how this restaurant hasn't closed down yet for having such upstanding restaurant choices around it. Be ready to be served a delightful dish of disappointment and if you're lucky, a side of food poisoning. read more

Oh my god.... we came here for dinner one night while visiting San Juan Island... why is this place still open ? Food - horrible Staff - worse than food Ambience - awful I don't recommend this place unless you really want to prove me wrong. read more

This restaurant was one of the only ones that was open after 8 pm on a Saturday night. We ordered combo dinners. I enjoyed the egg flower soup . The food reminded me of Safeway Chinese. It just was not the freshest . We had great service though and appreciated that the place was open. read more

If I could give this place zero stars I would. The worst food I've ever eaten. We ordered chow mein and the noodles were hard and crunchy. We understand they are pan fried noodles but these were uncooked and then covered in sad sauce with sad vegetables. When we asked the waitress if we could order something else or re-cook the dish she snapped at us that the noodles were supposed to be crunchy and then walked off. Even if you're craving mediocre Chinese food, this place will disappoint. Nothing was fresh and I wouldn't be surprised if they microwaved everything. Any other restaurant in Friday Harbor is better than this one. read more

This review is for Kung Fu Pizza, the other half of China Pearl. Don't waste your time, money or taste buds here. We had just dealt with an awful experience at Cask and Schooner across the street and this was one of the only places left open. They were closing in 10 mins so we barely got there in time to get some pizza to go. The staff barely even let us order but were "gracious" enough to let us order to go. We both wanted something different on our pizza so we decided to get two small pizza's for $8.95 each and I only wish they would have explained just how "small" these pizza's really were. I figured for almost $10 the pizza would be a decent size but I was very disappointed when we finally arrived back at our hotel and saw our pizza's. When they say small, they mean it and that wasn't even the worst part. When I opened my pizza box the pizza inside looked like something you would pay $2.50 for at a convenience store or gas station and tasted like it too. This had to be one of the cheapest tasting pizza's I had ever tasted. I was starving so I manged to eat most of it but my gf couldn't even eat half of hers before she tossed it out. The only reason I give them more than one star is that they let us order when it was almost closing time. But I wouldn't recommend this pizza to anyone. It's over priced and you could get the same thing at a gas station. read more

It is all ridiculously overpriced. The food is downright disgusting. The hot and sour soup tasted like spicy dishwater - not exaggerating. It even had bubbles. The Kung Pao Chicken was bland, full of day old vegetables, very little chicken and the portion was tiny especially for the price. Even the peanuts tasted as if they had been reused. The egg rolls were soggy, greasy and chewy. The killer was that for an appetizer, soup and small entree it cost over $30.00. The upstairs bar looked like a bomb had gone off in it and the bartender was either a suicidal emo or just ridiculously rude. Come on!!! I have no problem paying good money for good food, but this place represents the worst of Friday Harbor - where it seems no one on the island can tell the difference between dilapidated and quaint. read more

China Pearl Restaurant - The worst Kung Pao chicken ever!!!!!! - Chinese Near Me - Friday Harbor, Washington

OK Food, Nice Staff, TERRIBLE Management I went here on a Sunday night with a 4 boat crew of 20 in May. We had pre-arranged coming here after having visited on past trips. The owner charged us full price for drinks even though there were signs everywhere advertising 2nd drink 1/2 price. We spent $750 over the course of the night and when I asked for a discount on our bar tab I was told "the special is not for you, it's for the locals". When I pointed out our return business and not giving us a break might influence our return business and was told, "If you're going to have that attitude, I don't want you back". Okie Dokie- we won't be back. Semper Ubi Sub Ubi read more

I called ahead of time to order Chinese take-out. They said it would be ready in 15 minutes. I arrived 15 minutes later and the food was not ready. I ended up waiting another 20 minutes before the food was boxed up and ready to go. So that was not good.. The food itself was just average Chinese food. Not bad, but not amazing. It all got eaten and tasted alright to everyone. I might go here again in the future, although I think this is the only Chinese restaurant on San Juan Island. read more

Let me preface this by saying that this is a review of the upstairs bar only - we didn't eat any food here. My boyfriend and I were looking for a place to play some darts, but it appeared that the only place in town that had them was instead using the space that night for live music. So we popped into China Pearl to grab a drink instead. The bartender was super friendly, the drinks were good, and there were several activities we could have done had they not been already in use (pool tables, foosball, etc). We had a fine time here. Nothing too special, but a decent place for a drink. read more

Honestly, I almost gave this place one star but the appetizers and soup were very good which just set us up for massive disappointment. A friend had pizza and liked it (the reason we came here since they had Chinese food and pizza.....what could possibly go wrong? ) our meals were awful. Three of us ate less than 20% of our food and the waitress did not bat an eye or comment when she took our plates. Obviously she is used to full plates going in the trash. Drinks were stupidly expensive even for Friday Harbor. Waitress/bartender was friendly and the place seemed clean. Never again read more

China Pearl Restaurant - the interior of a chinese restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Friday Harbor, Washington

Wow, one star. Tough crowd. Ping pong, pool, booze, and music. This place is pretty cool after 6pm. It gets quite crowded around 9 or 10 on the weekends. I have only had one meal here and it was nothing special. I remember it as being similar to something I would scoop onto my plate at a Chinese food buffet. Whatever, the atmosphere was quite entertaining. There are a ton of places to eat dinner or lunch in Friday Harbor. I would definitely have a good meal somewhere else, then finish the night here with a game of pool or ping pong. Quite entertaining! read more

I was reluctant to order a pizza from a Asian restaurant. However, pleasantly surprised with their pizza crust and toppings. We ordered the BLT pizza and it brought the flavor! Itwas much bigger than imagined and we should of ordered a small. The price was spot on for the pizza and recommend giving them a try! read more

I just read Heather B's review and figured out that this one is going to be almost the exact same thing. There is nothing special about this place. It's not bad or good, & the food lacks flavor plus everything that Heather B. said. read more

Eww. Gross. Worst meal we've had on the islands yet. We paid $16 for a single portion of dry pork fried rice, bland chicken chow mein, and questionable-meat sweet and sour pork. Not impressed. Good thing we weren't very hungry and decided to split it! On that note, we weren't impressed with the island as a whole either. Go to Orcas instead! read more