Place is below average for such a prestigious chef running the show. 50% there is some sort of issue when ordering there. Been there about 8-10 time dined in 2-3x. The food is average, at times sub par. Never outstanding. Maybe I just have high expectations of food. I don't know. Every time we get take out we have to go back for something that was missing. Ridiculous read more

* *update they called back and were very helpful and gave a credit for the misunderstanding* *Ordered here last night for a large family birthday spent almost $300 (for 10+ people) they messed up the to go order and never gave us our 2 orders of soup dumplings. We called to complain and they put the blame on us lol, great customer service. Thought we would get at least some compensation or help, especially when placing such a large order. read more

Less than impressed, especially when compared to Short Pump. The space is long and narrow, a bit dark, much hipper décor than SP but a slightly cheap edge (a big no to the red and gold fabric wall hanging that dominates the large side wall). Food was average. The bubble pancakes continue to impress, especially for guests who've never had them. Sign on the door proclaims "Reservations later than 10 minutes will not be honored." A big welcome to you too! Parking's a bitch. read more

I'd like to like this place. I can't. It's that genre of Chinese American food aimed at 白猴子. I want the weird stuff, the stuff you find in Taiwan in the street markets. It's ok if you like the genre of Chinese Food. Sort of an upgrade to Panda Express. I dunno. Famous chef but the menu is too timid for me. read more

WOW! Delicious. The Kung Pao chicken bun appetizer is out of this world! I'll probably order that as my meal next time. Our waiter was wonderful and the hostess was able to seat us quickly considering we came on a Friday night without reservations. read more

The chinese food are good, but remen is really not good, because it is not Japanese style but Chinese style, and the noodles are too firm and sticky! read more

Something happened to my original review, Can an owner erase a review? Anyway luckily my review still existed since I had reviewed this one and the duplicate account for this location. Here it is below. So it would seem they have 2 different business pages for this, so I will be copying and pasting my review that I posted to the other one. I am not raging angry, just severly dissapointed. I wont be going back. The interior is nice and modern, the only issue with the interior is the 2 person small tables. When me and my husband go out, such as this time. We buy a couple appetizers and 2 main dishes to share and take left overs home. The issue of the table space wouldn't have been an issue if the waiter would have taken the dirty dishes away. We had to keep handing them off to him to get him to take them. Now we are at the main reason I wont return. The waiter was rude, he looked and talked to me and my husband like we inconvenienced him. Food was ok, we tried the pork dumplings and the chicken round dumplings as our appetizers and we tried the pork belly and the golden mountain as our main dishes. The dumplings tasted good, just as fantastic as the other peter changs. The main dishes how ever didn't add up, and these are the ones that should have been the best things we ate. The golden mountain tasted like general tso, its never tasted like that before, and the pork belly left a horrible lingering taste in my mouth after I only eat one bite. Not the normal Peter Changs service or quality of food. Do yourself a favor, avoid this place. A few doors down is another chinese joint. You might as well save your money and go to them. read more

We ordered carry out on Mother's Day, and everything was delicious! We placed a large order over the phone. They got everything correct, and still hot when we got it home. We ate the dry fried eggplant first, and it was still crispy, yum! The golden mountain beef, the chicken with spicy garlic sauce, and the lo mein were so good! Normally we like to eat at the restaurant, but carry out was fantastic as well! read more

Our first meal there was worthy of a five-star review. It was opening weekend and we were told Peter Chang was cooking. We have been back 5 times and none of those times have been as good as the first. In fact, a couple of those times were less than mediocre. A pattern I've noticed about Peter Chang's, using C'ville, Short Pump, W'burg, Scott's Addition as the sample, is that they tend to be very inconsistent. Short Pump is the most consistently good, but even they suffer from their bad days. W'burg needs to be looked at. If there wasn't a sign up saying "Peter Chang", I would have guessed it's the next Manchu Wok. I want this place to do well because when it's good, it's on. The balance of savory and citrus spicy is a fiesta in your palate. But when it doesn't work, it's as disappointing as a bad date. read more

Walking in the door from the cold I knew I found the right place to find a nice hot meal. The place was packed. The puff bread was a great start. Enjoyed the fried eggplant appetizer; it was tasty. The seafood bowl in some sort of curry sauce was a nice break from the typical meal. Apparently, I am the last person to find out about this place because there were awards all of the wall. Definitely will be back again next time I am in town. read more

A classy atmosphere is their forte although the seating is cramped. Overpriced for the portion sizes and too salty for my taste.

Hands down best Asian food I've had. Yen Ching on broad has been my favorite forever and now this has taken its place! I came here with a friend and we split the vegetarian pan fried dumplings, golden mountain chicken, and spring rolls. I can't emphasize enough how FRESH and FLAVORFUL every single thing was!!!!!! A few nights later I got takeout from the west end location. Not the same. This location wins! read more

Had really high expectations when the appetizers and soup came out. Those were great, very fresh, clean and flavorful. I was excited for the entree, but I was disappointed to see my pork and garlic sauce dish was swimming in overpowering sauce. I couldn't taste anything in the dish; it might as well have been just a bowl of this sauce. Hope it was just the dish I got but I wasn't that impressed. read more

Overrated. So trying to figure out the big deal about this place, it's cool, if you really like far fetched Szechuan and paying a bit too much for it. Cute hole in the wall place but overrated. Wasn't too excited over the choices although I kept seeing pretty much the same dishes come from the kitchen after the waitresses almost plowed into each other a few times. Wont' be going back. read more

We had the stuffed buns appetizer, which had decent flavor and the bun was nice. Golden Mountain chicken is solid but the pieces are so thin that I'm not sure if I'm eating mostly batter than chicken. The fish in the hot pot was above average. I would prefer the fish to melt in my mouth but it had a decent texture and flavor as it was. My Hong Kong born mother gave the Fredericksburg location her approval. My NY based Chinese born friends also gave their approval. For Richmond, it's 4 stars, and it's one of the top choices for Asian and or Szechuan cuisine, especially if you like spicy food. read more

Hot and spicy! We ordered the dishes without any chili next to the item, but they were very spicy! The item one with us ordered had one chili and was so hot she couldn't eat it. So, unless you like really really spicy and hot food, I do NOT recommend this place. We will NOT be back! read more

Nice place even though vegetarian we had lots of options available.Food is testy and mouthwatering.Service is good.

Food was wonderful We had hot and sour soup, wonton soup, and calamari for app.. Had two seafood dishes which were good even though mine was loaded with tofu However, we were rushed.. we didn't finish our beer before the waiter came with check.. definitely ended chances for us ordering additional drinks or dessert Slow Down!!! read more

What a terrific restaurant. We went to the west end location. There was a long, long wait, but it was worth it. Thus reservations are highly recommended. I ordered a clay pot seafood dish...it was terrific, as were the other 3 meals. A bit less octopus would have made it perfect & I like octopus. This is one of our top restaurants in RVA. We haven't been to the Scott's Addition location yet, but it's on the bucket list. read more

Love this place. It does not easily fit in a category. It is both authentic to the primarily Szechuan style, rather than Americanized Chinese, but there is a creativity to the dishes that makes it not quite classic Szechuan either. Regardless the food is great. It is good to go with a group and try a lot of things. The service is always on point, and the atmosphere is relaxed and fun in keeping with the neighborhood. read more

I'm a long time fan of PC and wanted to check out the scotts addition location for my 40th bday. Not only did they accommodate my late reservation but the food was amazing and the service was speedy. All around excellent, thank you! read more

On a Sunday night, this place hit the spot. We started out with amazing spring rolls in a savory sauce. Our food came out, shortly after. The Kung pao shrimp my husband ordered was delicious and my jalapeño beef dish was amazing!!!!Our waitress was the reason that this place did not receive 5 stars. She had a permanent scowl on our face and when spoken to, she did not speak. Our drinks were not refilled nor was our water... She was an attractive young lady but her lack of personality and below standard customer service will make us rethink this place as a dinner spot. read more

I absolutely love the food here ! We ordered the ghost pepper beef , the duck stone pot (served in a stone pot) , fried eggplant and pork belly fry .i loved the food here ! It was amazing and this was my second time round .ghost pepper is native to northeast india and is known to be the hottest pepper in the world .we keep hunting for spicy food in the US and we were delighted to find the kind of hot spice flavours we were looking for .tucked away in a corner in Richmond .myst visit for any person who d like flavorful Chinese food .It is always very busy in here .They serve beer as well for anyone who is looking to drink. read more

I was a little disappointed at this place. usually I eat at the other Peter Chang in town, the portion of the food there is much larger than this one, but the price are the same though. Especially the Peking Duck here, it is said that it is half duck but it looks like only one drumstick. Also, there are more choices of dishes in the other Perter Chang. Personally, I think the taste of food here is not as good as the other one. I would definitely go to the other Perter Chang in the future. read more

The food was good, but this is a warning about any dish on the menu that says Numbing. I thought it was going to be a spicy dish. However, when they say numbing they mean numbing. There is a peppercorn they use that will literally make your mouth numb. The bad part is it wrecked the taste of every other dish on the table as you can't taste anything after you eat it. I will be back, but I learned my lesson about the Sichuan Peppercorn. read more

We had been to Peter Chang's in Charlottesville once and were excited for this branch to open. Also I had been in this space for a few events in the past and really wanted to see the transformation. First, the acoustics aren't great. The restaurant wasn't full but it was pretty loud and our party of four found it difficult to hear normal conversation. As for the food, as others have mentioned, there's a bit too much emphasis on deep frying and way too much cilantro for my cilantro hating self. We shared the scallion pancake, spring rolls, dried eggplant and whole sea bass. All were very tasty (after eating around a lot of cilantro) but overall, too much oiliness. Each by itself might have been fine, but we all left feeling kind of greasy and somewhat disappointed. read more

Yummy. Just like his casual restaurant in Va Beach. It diesnt fail. Modern, and very helpful staff. Cool for a quick laid back dinner or lunch. Always good. I hit up all of his locations and the word to remember is consistency. read more

The mapo tofu is a remarkable dish. The dry brined duck was delicious, but the dish as a whole was a bit boring. We were promptly shuffled out the door at 9:50 (the door says they close at 10) which somewhat colored the experience. All in all a delicious meal that didn't quite meet expectations. read more

Went there on their first day. The menu already had edits, printed pieces of paper taped over the printed version. This struck me as a sign of terrible management and really strange. They've also got the tacky, crooked vinyl banner hanging out front. So, the atmosphere is clearly mixed. Nice furniture and decor, but I assume it will quickly be run into the ground. Service wasn't great, but I wouldn't ding them for that on day one. The food was all OK. Eggplant didn't impress me that much. Entree was pretty good. I'd go again, but it's not on the level of Han Dynasty in Philly and NYC. read more

Had a good experience. Parking is a bit of an issue. Food was good. Prices are normal for the quality and area. Service was good as well. Worth the money and time. Nothing extraordinary but it was what I expected. Good choices if you like Asian food. read more

Always an awesome experience... it's crowded for a reason. The food and service are top notch. Definitely try to chef's flounder special!

The experience I had at Peter Chang was HORRIBLE!! The service from the waitress was a down right disgrace, she was very rude and I believe she was racist. I was in VA. to visit my family and the whole going out to dinner at this restaurant was the worst. I do not recommend Peter Chang for dining out. read more

Best Chinese food in town!! This is the type of restaurant where everything you order is superb. Nothing is mediocre. My favorites (aka anything I've ordered) include the crispy eggplant, the scallion pancake, the shredded tofu skin (sounds weird, but it's anything BUT), and the creamy curry duck soup. read more

Good food in a hip, if somewhat small , environment. If it says spicy they mean spicy. Good spicy but if you can't take the pepper heat stick wit something that is mild. read more

Nice small quant place. Food is really good as well as customer service. The scallion balloon pancake is different and good. Although parking is hard to find down at this location. This is still a nice restaurant to eat at. read more

Hot and yummy!!! Probably the best Szechuan I've ever had, and I've lived in chengdu for 10 years; and this is by far the closest thing from the real deal!! Heavily recommended definitely will come back read more

UPDATE to previous review: I've gone back to dine in twice and stopped ordering to-go on the calamari and love this place all over again. The flounder fish tastes light although fried and the seasoning is addictive. The szechuan calamari appetizer isn't served in their Short Pump location so try that here. Don't forget the bubble pancake with the accompanying curry sauce. These 3 items give it a 5 for me....even if I don't order anything else. I've yet to taste anything like the Bamboo Flounder anywhere. Only negative is location. Work on Broad for the high speed bus doesn't help parking situation. While I can park on a side street relatively close now I expect it's going to get harder to get parking. -------- 2 star b/c twice I've been given the completely different calamari than I ordered for take-out. I even have it repeated that it is the fried calamari and the Szechuan. Of course, it doesn't get caught by my husband until he gets home. I ordered the Szechuan fried calamari and for the 2nd time got smelly chewy calamari that is simply not edible. I've had this dish 2x before in the restaurant and gotten it to go but for the last 2 out of 3 orders I keep getting this disgusting mess I have to throw away. A shame b/c the bamboo flounder and bubble pancake are 5 star. Just not consistent with the to-go orders. read more

Very disappointing night. This is my third and worst visit. Dinner took two hours because the server was never around. She would literally walk by us and not even turn her head and look. Drink sat at the bar for 10+ minutes until we said something. Dinner came out at different times so that one person was done before other got their food and we were only a party of 7. Server was ridiculously inattentive and the restaurant wasn't even packed. Waited forever for the check. I've never experienced this at Peter Chang's before. read more

I've been to the original location but decided to check out the Broad place. It was JUST as good as the original. A real value for lunch and they are so darn nice and accommodating. Our number in our group kept changing and people tend to get annoyed by this but not here. Everyone loved their lunch which is a super good deal, although one person said the hot and sour soup was too hot (???) but everyone else who had it loved it. I love their wontons because they are always perfect ( not too doughy like most places) so I got won ton soup and the egg rolls are the best. I had the pork and veggie entre and loved it. Ten women and no complaints. When does that happen I ask you? Almost NEVER! I like that they brought us two giant heaping plates of their delicious fried rice to share. Can't go wrong here and I want to try the rooftop bar soon for happy hour. read more

This place is awesome. Great food and service. Bob B is a dumbass and he sounds like some wanna be douche nozzle mushroom connoisseur.