EXPENSIVE, LOW QUALITY INGREDIENTS, AND BAD RECIPES - Luau is on a major street in CDMX, so you…read morewould hope it's a destination. You also probably hope you'll win the lottery one day. Save your money and throw it away on lotto tickets instead -- at least then you have a chance of ending up a winner. The space itself is underground and vaguely Chinatown-themed. A bit gaudy, but not totally out of character for the genre. The staff was attentive and food arrived quickly, which unfortunately was the highlight of the meal. Course after course was a disappointment. The sopa de tallarín con huevo was essentially spaghetti in chicken stock (likely bouillon) topped with a fried scrambled egg. The wonton soup wasn't much better, served with two large slabs of dried-out, tasteless pork that were tough to cut and harder to enjoy. The wontons themselves were the worst part. Both soups were firmly one-star at $149 pesos each. The rice arrived broken, overcooked, and pasty. Another one-star addition. Then the mains. The pollo agridulce came with exactly six pieces of chicken, served cold, sitting on an iridescent bed of what I can only guess were kohlrabi or broccoli stems. The color was unholy. At $250 pesos, this was another easy one-star dish. I actually felt insulted on this. The chow mein cantonese was possibly worse. For $350 pesos, you get a pile of stems -- bok choy, broccoli, kohlrabi, cauliflower -- mixed with subpar chow mein noodles, all served cold. More of the same dry pork showed up again, mixed awkwardly with warm chicken and hot shrimp, all drenched in a gelatinous sauce. Serving stems and temperature roulette is also to me insulting. To be fair, not everything was completely terrible. The res mongolian (hopefully Inner Mongolia province in China and not nearby neighboring country Mongolia) was serviceable and reasonably tasty, though still overpriced at $250 pesos. There was a ridiculous amount of leek and green onion relative to the meat, which itself was just decent. But nothing here will do much to save Luau from itself. CDMX has extraordinary food. Do yourself a favor and find it somewhere else. Happy eating from John Seeto!

Mi abuelo lleva viniendo a este lugar desde los 80s, y para su cumpleaños #85 quiso traer a su…read morefamilia cercana a celebrar (solo fuimos 15!!!). La atención de este lugar fue fenomenal, creo que nos pasamos de lo mucho que todos comimos. Optamos por pedir el menú de comida familiar 1 y 2, incluía comida deliciosa y variada. Todos quedamos más que satisfechos. El servicio siempre atento a traer y llevarse platos y rellenar bebidas. Son de esos lugares que si nos por donde vas, lo pasas pero ya adentro te pierdes en la belleza de su decoración y entrega de la comida china que sirven. Quedamos encantados de compartir tan grata comida familiar.

Looking for Asian food in the Roma Norte area, we came across Sesame. They served Pan-Asian…read morecuisines and caught our interest. Easy to make reservation online. The inside is cozy with low lighting. Their menu offer a variety of Asian cuisines from Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Thai, etc. We picked a few items to share: - Vietnamese-style beef carpaccio: a good citrus flavor in the sauce, topped with cashew. Overall good as an appetizer to start off with. - Shanxi noodles with tamarind and coconut chicken: this was our least favorite. The sauce in the noodles was very salty. I couldn't eat it after the first bite. - Tobiko rice: it had shrimp, roasted corn, spicy yuzu mayo, and tobiko. Pretty solid and nicely balance. - Sesame octopus: I like the mashed potatoes that came with it. Octopus had a lot of flavors and good texture. - Saigon style red snapper: wok fried red snapper. Crispy and the seasoning was good on the snapper. Pretty good with a nice citrus red cabbage salad that came with it. - "Chilango" (5 pan fried dumplings): their Mexico-city style dumplings. It had beef confit in the fillings. This was alright. Would prefer for it to be more crispy on the outside. We also tried their ice thai tea, beer, lemonade, and jasmine tea, however did not like the drinks. It felt a bit water-downed and too light. Service was friendly and quick. It wasn't too crowded during dinner time when we were there.

Went here for dinner on a Sunday night at 7:30 and there was no wait - we needed a break from tacos…read moreand fish so this did it. The noodles were on the saucy side. Sadly they were out of pad see ew.

This was a random pick while searching for a place to dine at in Mexico City. Restaurant is in a…read morecourtyard with several other nice upscale restaurants in Satellite mall. This restaurant was nicely decorated and was quiet on a Tuesday night. I'm betting it's packed on the weekend. Service was very attentive and exceeded expectations. Menus were available in English which was a plus. Appetizer of rangoons was loaded with meat. I had the spicy chicken noodles which were really tasty. Sauce was sweet and a hint of spice. Noodles had a texture more like an Italian noodle rather than what you expect with a Chinese dish. My colleague ordered a fried rice which looked moist and he almost polished off the entire huge serving. The servings here are large! A palate cleansing frozen lemonade in a shot glass with a fortune cookie was served. Very unusual and excellent. Dessert was a Coco Flan. Packed with coconut flakes and unabashedly sweet. Overall one of the best meals enjoyed in Mexico City.

First, the good things. The interior is beautiful, if not luxurious. The service is impeccable…read more I felt as though there were 3 or 4 servers serving our table of two people, attending to the details - creating a level of unnecessary formality! But I give them credit for providing excellent service! Now onto the not so good part. The prices are excessive. If you are from the US, the prices are above and beyond the US prices. The two of us spent over $100. I had not expected that. Let me give an example - 3 egg rolls for 325 pesos! That's $16 USD, or over $5 for each egg roll! A small soup was over $10 USD, not to mention how excessively salty it was! We wanted to have the Peking duck. There was no option to order 1/2 a duck as there were just two of us. So we decided to order the whole duck anyway, for about $60 USD! The duck was ok. But the pancakes and the sauce did not meet the standard, and the rice that came with it could have used a bit more cooking time. Overall, it was a highly mixed experience. I felt the most of the cost of the dinner went towards paying for the look of the restaurant and the service, very little would go to justifying the quality and the value of the food. Not recommended.

Este sitio está cerca de tres hoteles y cumple con entrega!…read moreodía saborear la frescura del brócoli, los brotes de soja y los pimientos morrones en mi plato de pollo con sésamo. Creo que buscan una experiencia de alta cocina con personal elegantemente vestido,

Ordered Kung Pao chicken and it hit the spot. Felt very clean and safe, I imagine most items on…read moretheir menu are good based on my order!

This is a large dimly lit restaurant that is a popular modern Asian theme chain for visitors or…read moreresidents that want to experience "Chinese" food. Probably those that liken Benihana's to traditional Japanese. The decor is flaming homosexual meets Pat Benatar's closet from the Back-To-The-Future 1980's. Mexican servers wearing black silk Chinese Chef uniforms with little red knot buttons don't help the illusion. The visually appealing black background menu is vast and could possibly appeal to all palates. These plenty of paid creativity and pro photos too good looking to be true, for top 40 Chinese American dishes were successfully developed by the greedy creative son of a Chinese restaurant owner (spinning in his grave) and a bald Jewish lawyer. But hey Ma they also have sushi! Lots of shrimp, pork, probably frozen fish and vegetables with sweetened sauces (or flavored mayonnaise) in squeeze bottles conjured up by R & D Chefs wearing white lab coats at the deep fat fryer station. Tired steamed dumplings in sweet soy, fried shrimp coated in gluey sweet and sour sauce, ramen noodles in instant soup stock with a few scallions, and weak cocktails complete the package. If you look long enough you'll find something pleasing for the average diner. If you're an Asian Foodie you'll need to be knocked out, dragged and tortured by sharpened bamboo stakes through your nails to dine here...like I was.

Great location in a central mall. Easy to find. Surprised to get a table with no reservation on a…read moreSaturday night. We took advantage of the special as the serving sizes are huge. We got the shrimp, chicken fried rice and sesame chicken. I got an appetizer of the chicken wrapped in lettuce. For drinks we got the Jamaican punch. For dessert we got the chocolate cake and vanilla bean ice cream We took leftovers as again even though the special was to share between two people about four good of eaten. Everything was amazing. Clean bathroom. Seating upstairs and downstairs. Service was fast in the beginning but slowed up as it got busy but very attentive. Please beware like every place in CDMX English is limited but you can scan the QR code for English menu. Meal was way cheaper than what we would have paid in NYC.

This little restaurant is right off of the beaten path, and it seems like it has been here for…read moreyears. The sign said that they are open for both breakfast and lunch, and I'm glad that I made it a little bit early for breakfast. There were a lot of options on the menu. I decided on the one that was the easiest, juevos tocinos which I think means scrambled eggs. It included a side order of refried beans, and several tortillas. The eggs were good, but the beans were a little cold and there wasn't much. It always seems to be the case that they never want to dish out more than a sip of refried beans. The Server was pretty cool, and I didn't need to request the check this time. The ambiance is what it is, and I've grown to like the less fancier style and things more traditional around here.

When Masala y Maiz across the street was full, we ventured in here. It's a beautifully decorated…read moreThai restaurant with excellent service. The upper floor has private rooms which was nice. The food was good! The green curry with chicken is more like soup and cake with so many veggies, but it was good! The Thai ice tea was unsweetened but refreshing.

We took the metro bus (line 4) and got off at Bellas Artes. From there it's only a few blocks. The…read morerestaurant is on the second floor, it totally confuses me that it's called the first floor here. Go up the escalators and make a right. It's 80 pesos or around $6 for the buffet. Drinks are not included of course. There's an area where you can dine outside and the interior is pretty clean. I generally prefer my food to be in warmers that actually keep the food hot. The ones here were luke warm. They have a pretty big variety of foods. Some I had no idea what they were. You have your basic noodles, fried rice, chicken, over cooked shrimp, beef broccoli, spring rolls, a couple of varieties of Jello, a lot of seasonal fruits. A few strange things here, they have cut up cooked hotdog weenies, there's no chop sticks, wasabi or wi-fi. My score was brought down another star after I found a piece of wire from a pot scrubber. I told the waitress, she said that that she was going to tell the dish washer.

*** 3.5 Stars ***…read more Supposedly the best Chinese restaurant in Mexico City, we decided to celebrate Chinese New Year here. We ordered a bunch of different things: wonton soup, soup dumplings, peking duck, pan fried noodles, fried fish, and bok choy. Apparently bok choy was not in season so they just gave us mixed vegetables heavily doused in sauce, but what was funny about it was when we asked what it was, they said bok choy. We asked a couple of times, and they repeated it (there was no bok choy). The best dish was definitely the fried noodles. Everything else was okay; good enough but definitely nothing special. A bit on the pricey side for Mexico City and slow service, but that's what we get for trying to eat Chinese food in Mexico.

The food is absolutely delicious. The best Chinese restaurant in Mexico City. The service was…read morephenomenal. All the staff pay attention to small details. Great ambiance!!