The prices are reasonable for the quality of the ingredients and portion sizes. The food is also pretty authentic in taste and presentation, if sometimes over-seasoned. Potstickers have perfectly soft, but also chewy dough. The filling isn't very familiar to me (no chives), but has a good amount of green onion. I liked how the meat (pork and/or chicken) was blended well, i.e. no gristle, without being oily. Some restaurants add a lot of fat into their filling--not the case here. The beef with leeks is a decent dish, with the leeks providing great flavor. Unfortunately, the brown sauce is way too heavily salted, so you have to eat it with a lot of rice or some other carb to help manage the taste. Also, while the beef had great flavor, it was too dry for my preference. It really had the texture of high-quality beef jerky that had been softened in sauce. There's lots of reviews complaining that the prices are too high, but I personally believe that has more to do with biases regarding Chinese food (that it should always be cheap) than accurate reflections of price vs. quality across cuisines. I wouldn't mind returning here given the good ingredients, and just ask for lower sodium. read more

You have to go with at least 3 people. Stick to their strong dishes: smoked chicken (salty and crispy with a shallot ginger pesto), the roasted duck (one of the only places in the Seattle area to have the pancakes and not the buns for the wrappers), eggplant with string beans is a great veggie dish, and the crispy garlic chicken is great. I was not a big fan of their apps and have figured out what their strong dishes are. The prices are more than your ID/Chinatown restaurants, but the quality and cleanliness is worth the extra $. read more

Creative spin on delicious Chinese and Asian food. Been here more than half dozen times and love it each time. Always great food and great service. Nice blend of modern and traditional home cooking Chinese. read more

The place has a beautiful setup. Friendly service. Food was delish. Will go back again, but it's on the pricey side (I guess depending what you ordered) we paid about $200 for roasted ducks & just dumplings....... read more

I have been here several times, love the roast duck and the kale... however the service just became really bad (and they charged 18% service fee) waiter forgot our order, after 10 minutes he came back and told us that the "kitchen is on break" and he asked what we ordered again... and it takes forever before we have our food. read more

This restaurant automatically added in 18% tip to the bill. However not enough servers to go around. We have to wave and ask for the wait person. I am fine with 18% tip add to the bill but not cutting the service since the wait staff doesn't need to earn the tip even there are only 2 people in our party . Our family soup came out without any individual bowls to eat. We also like a little pepper but had to wait. By the time we got the bowls and the peppers, the soup is no longer hot. After we finished with dinner, we had to wait more for our bill and to go boxes. I like the food here. But it is not cheap. We ordered just 2 items: soup, a crispy chicken (NOT DUCK) and no drink. Our bill came out at $54 including tax and tips. I felt, I am getting poor service, had to pay premium and getting ignored. read more

The crispy duck is not crispy at all, and the pancake came with the duck is not soft at all. You can never find waiters even there are still many empty tables. Decorations seems like a hig end restaurant but the food is not high end at all. But they charge you 18% tips automatically lunch and dinner.Rdiculous. waste of money and time. read more

Really surprised by this place apparently the same owners as Sushi Maru. The cold food on the menu was my favorite the noodles , steak and cucumber salad were all great read more

Excellent Peking Duck! The best one I know in Seattle Area. Nice environment. The service fee is 18% by default but it is not worth for this. read more

Exquisite Chinese food with a modern twist; surrounded by tasteful décor from the 1930`s. The food was not only aesthetically pleasing, but flavorful. Not heavy and greasy like typical Chinese food. I was also pleased with my craft cocktail that paired well with my meal, thanks to the server for the recommendation. I ordered the: -Five Flavor Xiao Bao Lung Soup dumplings- I was stunned to find cheesy dumplings; sooo good! -Half Tea-smoked range chicken- moist with crunchy chicky skin; yummy! -Rib-eye steak fried rice- Rib-eye was thick and tender, cooked better than some steak houses I have visited. - Honey Walnut Black Tiger prawns- honey dew paired nicely with this dish and not overly sweet. -Crispy Garlic chicken- crunchy and just the right amount of garlic. I was very fortunate to speak with up and coming Head Chef Donna Hwang, she filled me in their will be more dishes added to the menu in the future. I cannot wait to taste the recipes she has up her sleeve. Overall, I was quite impressed! Thank you, Peony Kitchen, Seattle has been lacking in this department for a very long time. read more

My family celebrated Chinese New Year at Peony. There are very few Chinese restaurants remaining on the Eastside, so we decided to give this one a try. The interior design was pleasant, artistic and clean. It didn't have foggy windows like found in other local Chinese restaurants. Tea isn't included, so we ordered other beverages. We started with the cold cucumber salad, which had a flavorful spice. Next, the crispy duck delivered on it's promise, though it was served with wraps that were paper thin and stuck to each other. I prefer the traditional steamed white buns (note, you can order them separately). The crispy chicken also had a nice crisp and the chicken itself wasn't fatty or too lean. The chowfun was a little too chewy and surprisingly included pieces of seafood -- I'd probably pass on this dish next time. The eggplant with green beans were a yummy combination with a kick from the chili peppers. The bill was spendier than other Chinese restaurants, with 18% gratuity automatically included, but at least the food, ambiance and service was solid. Overall, a nice experience worth repeating. I'd like to try their dumplings, chicken wings, and mu shu tacos next time. read more

Supposed to be high end chinese food for americans. No Chinese menus. Very expensive considering the average taste. Service is pretty good though. We ordered 4 dishes, walnut shrimp, three spiced chicken, pan fried beef and peony signature chowfun. The only good dish is the three spiced chicken, but it is too spicy. We are very dissapointed with the signature chowfun, it's very salty, and at $18, tastes worse than the typical $10 fried beef noodles at an average Chinese restaurant. Pan fried beef is not flavorful. Walnut shrimp is OK. read more

Food is salty, flavors good. Crispy duck was table favorite. Ambience, warm. Service and overall organization needs a lot of work. 18% gratuity is always included here. Service shows it and they don't care. Lackadaisical at best. After dinner, waited 20 minutes for their dessert donuts to be told ours were given to another table. We were the table with the 2 young kids celebrating their mothers bday. Watched the hostess seat multiple large tables in the same server section simultaneously. If you know this industry that shouldn't happen. We suffered for it. Called the manager at close to provide some industry-friendly feedback and was told to call back tomorrow. Won't be back. read more

The VIP table reservation requires 10 day advance notice. Whom on earth would make a dinner plan 10 days before? They might think they only accommodate presidents. I have talked with their staff to make sure there are open VIP tables available the next day, but they won't let me reserve it on the phone. Instead they asked to email their management. Even i did so, the management didn't allow the reservation per some stupid 10 day rule. Ok, I got it, it is your restaurant and you can do whatever. Now this is a permanent nogo place for me and my company. read more

I went there with two friends, ordered duck, tofu, and pan fried vegetable. Not 100% authentic Chinese food,but Ok. One thing I don't agree is that they charge us tips $14/per person, total $42. However the total cost for the meal is $70 ish... I don't feel their service worth that much, plus I don't feel like to be charged tips when we only have group of three :(( read more

We ordered the Toasted duck, which is mediocre. What's worse is the service. The waiter keeps ignore us, forgot our order, slow to react. They still charge 18% tip, non-negotiable. read more

Decor and atmosphere are great. Food is ok, menu is slightly different than typical Chinese food, definitely Asian Fusion. Felt a bit cheated with the duck dish, menu states " whole duck" for $36. It was absolutely not the "whole" duck, we only received the top layer of meat and skin, should lower the price or change the dish description, very disappointed with the portion size for $36. read more

Was referred to Peony by a friend who said the food was amazing. We showed up at 3:50 and were told the restaurant was closed..... even tho there were several leftovers from the early shift finishing their meals. No big deal. We came back at 4PM and were seated. We waited a half hour to order food and drinks - a couple who came in well after we'd arrived had their first appetizer out before we ordered. After we ordered the waitress failed to bring my beer....... I didn't say anything but she finally brought me one and said "I gave you the regular size." We ordered a happy hour appetizer and it was tasty...... I'm willing to give it another shot, but kinda sucks gratuity is required when we received poor service. read more

We ordered a roasted duck and it was super tasty! Waiter was super nice and sweet too. Little pricy but I'd say the whole experience was worth it. read more

It's a good place to have a Chinese food with your no Chinese friends. I love their ducks and xiaolongbao. So special. And the best thing is this restaurant has three hours free parking, there is a garage behind it, and you just park ur car under P1 at the place where it says limited 3hours. It's so good to have a parking if you have to drive. Five stars for this. read more

Unique environment. A lot of thought into interior design. Mix of modern and traditional old style in the menu and in the food choices. Pricey and the taste of the food make it not worth coming again. read more

This is great place to go in Bellevue. Food is authentic. Interior design is cozy and customer service is good. Lots of people come but they have enough staff to handle. I recommend tomato appetizer and grilled duck. read more

Service is awesome and cocktails are amazing. We have our favorite waiter, our favorite list of dishes & have dragged several of our friends there. Decor/vibe is retro/industrial/asian read more

Tried fish mapo tofu, it was good. The rice is too hard, I prefer it softer. Tea smoked chicken looks good. I may try it next time. read more

Peony Kitchen - At Peony Kitchen. Good looking soup dumpling. - Chinese Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

I live in downtown bellevue and have been craving an amazing Chinese upscale restaurant. This place has some of the most tasty Chinese food. The service and wait time was on point. Great job you guys. They're newish, but doing wonderful. The quality of food is awesome. The portions are almost family size. So able to share a few plates with a group. I'm a regular customer and I'm always trying something new on the menu! read more

One of our new favorite places for Happy Hour. Generous portions and delicious choices plus good prices on food and drinks. The bar staff has always been very friendly and fun to chat with. read more

first, they need to hire new people to clean dishes. Me and my husband find suspicious stuff in three out of the four small plates/bows they placed on the table. possibly dried rice. This is disgusting. the dishes tastes good. I like the crispy duck. although I would prefer it less sweet. the waiter is friendly. read more

Food is not very good. Very American Chinese food, too sweet for my taste. Every dish we ordered tasted the same. That's very disappointing.

The fancy place for parties with modern Chinese food cooked to fit most local people's tast

Restaurant has a great decor inside and out, decent food display, and a free parking, which is a great plus for old bellvue downtown location. Unfortunatley, these are the only features that are positive about this restaurant. Food quality is below average for the price, and the service is far below average even without the price. They charge 18% service fee, regardleas of the party size, but the service doesn't even deserve 10%. It's ok to charge for the service fee, but the service shouldn't be bad, if charged. Our server came 15 minutes after we were seated, and came to our table only once when we were done. Even that I had to call. Very disappointed. read more

Decor is nice. Food is ok but overpriced. If you are looking for a place to eat for an experience this would be a good spot. There are lots of other places that will be worth your money for the food than here. Knowing how they treat some of their servers, I will be avoiding this establishment. read more

This review is strictly on the food. The ambiance inside of the restaurant is fabulous. They did a great job of decorating the interior and making it a great date spot. However, the food is atrocious. We ordered the Orange chicken and it was dry, old, tough, and worse than any frozen bag of it at the grocery store. I would have thought for the $20 I paid for it, it would be exceptional. Nope. Gross and almost inedible. The other dis we ordered was the Seafood Chou Mein. Another total fail. Like no other chou main I've ever seen or tasted. Noodles were super super small and tasted funny. No vegetable other than one onion stem. The seafood was horrendous...one tiny scallop, one shrimp, and lots of what looked like a root cut up which no human being could chew. Sorry guys, must be the owners cousin cooking because it was a total fail for both. And at $20 a dish, you can't fail like that. read more

good happy hour value , fusion chinese food , but early close time , good service , i like smoke duck read more

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Peaceful environment. Many of the Chinese translations are wrong. The chef might misunderstand the meaning of 八宝饭, which is sweet but definitely not fried rice. 小笼包 is good though, and BBQ chicken and duck is definitely not 卤味. read more

We ordered three dishes: Veggie Lettuce Wrap, Crunchy Potato Salad, and Peking Duck. All three dishes are good. However, the Lettuce Wrap came out with a bowl of stir-fried mixed veggies and 4 pieces of lettuce. The number of lettuce leaves is too little for the whole bowl of veggies so we decided to ask for a few more. This restaurant will charge you 2 more dollars for an additional 4 lettuce leaves, which translated into 50 cents per leave. So bring your own lettuce next time if you plan to order the Lettuce Wrap. Hence, 3 stars, although the food was good. read more

Chewy overpriced meat is how I would describe Peony, I went to have a nice diner and I left very disappointed, I ordered the Top iron angus with pepper. First the meat was very raw so I told the server, after that they brought me the plate again but now it was really overcooked and chewy. To top it all when I get the check I notice that I got charged an obligatory 18% service fee... For a party of two on a Thursday night really? Not coming back soon or ever... read more

I love eating here. You can tell that every dish is prepared with care and the ingredients are fresh. It's one of the best Asian cushion restaurants I have been to. The fact that they have a full bar is a huge plus. The atmosphere is pleasant and people are friendly. Nice place to go. read more

Great dumplings and 3 spiced chicken. Service was a bit slow but food tasted really good. Great ambience and patio.

The food here is delicious, especially the chicken dishes (because I like chicken). Although this place falls under the pricier range, it is well worth it. The interior is also beautiful. read more

It's hard to say it's authentic Chinese food, but it's good for sure. I especially like the duck and sliced beef Szechuan style.