Their food is always good n hot when you arrive.Love Shrimp foo young and Triple Delight Hate they…read moredon't deliver locally

LOVE LOVE NEW CENTURY WHEN IM TELling you I been going since I was little I mean little there food…read morenever changes there service amazing I absolutely love love new century

Representing 2023 in alphabet series, N is for Northwest Chinese Food. This place made the Top 100…read morebest restaurants in Washingtonian. I happened to disagree and don't see the appeal. I like most other Chinese restaurants I've been to better, but this place has its unique flair and a different spin on Chinese food. This was overall a negative experience. In May 2023, I had a date, which included Northwest Chinese Food. I had met her way back in March 2021 from an online date. We didn't end up going out again. Then, shortly before this date I saw her at a hiking Meetup group, but we didn't remember each other initially. She seemed cool, and I got her phone number but realized her # was in my phone already and then remembered the March 2021 date where we walked in a park. In May 2023, it was the same kind of thing of meeting for a walk and came up with meeting at Lake Artemisia. It was actually a decent date at the lake, and we were discussing dinner. We were looking on phone weighing options. She had suggested I think Mission BBQ, but I said I literally had like a day earlier. Ultimately, she suggested Northwest Chinese saying that it was one of her favorites, and I was game to try. She had said that she didn't drive there since she lived in College Park and walked to the park, and I drove us to Northwest Chinese. I forgot to factor parking being a pain in central College Park, which I was annoyed. I don't like paying to park just to eat a meal. So, I put 1 hour in the meter, which limited our time at the restaurant but is enough time to eat. If we had gone with Mission BBQ or whatever not in central College Park, we could've stayed 2 hours if it had been good. I honestly might have nixed the Northwest Chinese idea. Even though it was close to 8 PM on a Wednesday night, the restaurant was quite busy and was a wait, which I didn't think would be on the later side on a Wednesday night. It's a small hole in the wall place. It was nicely decorated, but it's small & tight spacing with limited seating. We waited outside for 15-20 minutes. We got seated. I told the server right away we have 40 minutes left on the meter so that he was aware. The one positive was the server did do a good job respecting our time and was efficient coming around often with water, etc. We got our food in good time. But this was quite spicy and adversely affected the taste for me. The quality seemed pretty good, but because of all the spice, I didn't enjoy this meal. Additionally, it was loud in there, and I had to speak unnaturally loud to the server and was hard to hear in there. Further, we were very close to the table next to us, particularly could've joined in on their conversation. Afterwards, I drove her back home. But the dinner with the loudness, it was hard to keep much of conversation going, the time constraint of the parking, dealing with the spiciness, it ruined what had been a good date at the lake. Overall, this restaurant left a sour taste or really more accurately a spicy taste in my mouth.

Pan fried dumplings and beef noodle soup were solid. The dipping sauce had some pickled vegetables…read morethat paired very well with the dumplings. Also there was a generous portion of beef in the soup. Overall great food!

So, I enjoy the dishes I have ordered so far like double cooked pork, chicken hot pot, ribs, string…read morebeans, bok choy w/an exotic mushroom....all superb! But I made the mistake to order the Sichuan shrimp, it was totally disappointing and the shrimp were soft and chewy tasteless as opposed to succulent and firm. I mean very disappointing compared to the other dishes. With that said, I would avoid the seafood dishes perhaps. The double cooked pork is a real winner and very authentic.

My experience was not the best here. This place is located in a small strip mall and has it won…read moreprivate parking lot. They have a huge dining room that has an old vibe. They could really use some modernization and/or renovation. I should have known something was wrong after I got there during peak lunch hours and no one was there. It was completely empty. Needless to say, I did not have the best experience here. Service here was lacking. My server never checked on me, never refilled my water and I had to track her down to get a box and my check. She spent most of the time yelling at people on the phone. They have a huge menu with a wide assortment of classic Chinese food. I ordered the sesame chicken, which came with rice. y food was ready in about 5 minutes. I will get right to the point. It was avergae to below average. I could not even eat it in one sitting and had to take half of it to go. I really did not like the flavor and the chicken just tasted weird to me. There are few places that I will not return for another meal. This is one of them. The service was subpar and the food was bad.

This is the only carryout on my side of town that I can order anything and be satisfied.read more

Inflation hits everywhere. Prices increased but portions are still good…read more Definitely the best in the area.

THEEE BEST place for Wings & Fries that's NOT mumbo sauce based!! .. this place is pretty much a…read morefamily staple! Of generations literally!!.. my grandma would come here and the seafood spot they used to have next door! for fresh shrimp crabs fish. When she got grandkids all the oldest ones would pile up in her huge truck and head to the seafood spot for crabs and all six of us would go to the carryout for egg rolls then zoom down to the rolling pin bakery for sweets!! ..My uncles and their friends would come here just for Wings and fries and grab beers from the liquor store. The wings are always a Hit never a Miss no matter who cooks them!! they don't taste like any other honey bbq wings they don't look like KFC honey bbq color either!! But the taste is amazing and you don't have to ask for extra sauce like other places!!.. they sauce these wings Down!!! its 6/8/10 wingettes.. my uncle and I when we have lunch here we get ten!! And it's not the small shrinking wingettes these are jumbo!! but not steroids jumbo they're just right!!.. customer service is cool!! Ambiance isn't one fr and that's to be expected with where they are! But you can never go wrong with anything you get here'. It's a Hood classic fr no matter if you're coming from the car wash, the public playhouse plays across the way! Save a lot you gotta stop here!! I wish Rolling Pin Bakery was still around so it all can come full circle ::

Best chinese takeout I've had!…read more The lo mein wasn't greasy or salty at all. I definitely recommend the Sweet n Sour Chicken as well, the meat was so tender. Great portions sizes!

Chuck... that's the owners name, everyone who came in knew his name. Parking wasn't an issue at…read more3ish. Cute little carry out. Stopped here because of the ratings and the cleanliness ratings on Yelp. I met a few Neighborhood patrons. I love DC. I love the culture. I used to live in DC but it seems as though my Texas accent is making me stick out like a sore thumb but the DMV is home. So many regulars come in and you know that it has to be a good little spot. We got the cheese steak, it came with American cheese not the white cheese... we got the beef and broccoli and also the orange chicken. I wouldn't give it 5 stars but definitely worthy of 4 stars. Customer service was great even though he had so many customers in and out who had called in orders. There are lots of carry outs off of this street so I'll know soon which is best!

The food is not inviting and bland in taste. I ordered two basic entres from the menu- shrimp fried…read morerice and peppered steak. The shrimp fried rice had more than enough rice -One eighth of the container contained a few shrimp the remaining 7/8ths of the container fried rice. The rice had plenty of brown color, lacked flavor, onions and eggs. The pepper steak had plenty of onions and gravy, very little peppers and steak. One had to search for the steak in the sea of gravy and onions. In general, both shrimp fried rice and peppered steak were very skimpy with respect to the main ingredients-shrimp and steak. The wait for the order was the best take away. The carry out needs a face lift to make it more inviting. The Carryout is along a strip of other small food business and vacant storefront buildings.The kicker is the business does not take credit cards- accepts cash only. What a bummer! The food is so bad the business only accepts cash.

I love sampan café I think that they have really good food it's very Hong Kong Chinese it's not…read moretypically what you see elsewhere even though they do have a few Chinese-American type dishes on their menu they have a really fun dim sum on Sundays however I don't believe they're doing that now with the pandemic. They do a really nice stuff but it's not Peking style so don't expect to get Little pancakes etc. overall it's a very good restaurant and the owner takes pride in what he does

1 -- Do NOT eat here if you have MSG sensitivity…read more I strongly advise anyone with an MSG allergy or sensitivity to avoid this place. The food clearly contained MSG, and after eating I experienced a severe allergic reaction that nearly progressed to anaphylaxis. This was extremely frightening and could have been life-threatening. There was no clear warning about MSG use, and staff did not indicate that the food contained it. Restaurants should be transparent about ingredients that can cause serious medical reactions. Please be cautious -- your health is not worth the risk.

Food was cold and the shrimp were tiny. Mostly coated bread and not really shrimp. I also didn't…read morereceive the correct amount that was supposed to come with it. Instructions weren't followed for food.

I have been patronizing since the 1970s; the food is still good. Currently, the outside of the…read morebuilding is being spruced up. Don't be put off by interior.

The egg rolls and shrimp egg rolls were nothing to play with. They were so freaking good. All the…read morefood was good.

Prices on menu do not match what you see in store best to come in before to order over phoneread more

Food is good but I fill they could go a bit further with the menu or at least update the menu the…read moreoverall appearance when you walk in is nasty the floor towels are dirty the walls need a fresh coat of paint they need central AC Units they make a lot of money from customers but I don't think they invest enough to make there place of business a successful and sustainable experience