YAN — Restaurant in Mexico City

Chang An was a wonderful experience. Located in Polanco on the second floor, very nice restaurant, well done décor and ambiance. We went as a family of 8. We started with Soups, both the Hot and Sour and the Won Ton Soups were amazing. Both the Hot and Sour Soup and the Won Ton Soup were excellently done, bold flavors, hot, and full of deliciousness. We wish they would have large family style options as most all the food options are individual sizes. We also had the Fried Won Tons which again were very good, however the Sweet and Sour Sauce we had to request and the only brough one small dish for the 8 of us which was a bit disappointing. We also had two orders of Dumplings, Shrimp and Pork, and also the Pork. These dumplings were the best we have had in a long time, they exploded upon opening and were so flavorful with bold flavors, juicy broth and you just wanted to keep eating them. We would return just for the Appetizers we ordered; they are that good! For main entrees we had the Mongol Beef, which I really liked, the Sweet and Sour Chicken, which was different than any I had tried before, the chicken breast cut in thin strips. This dish I found was a bit lacking in flavor overall but still not bad especially for Mexico. We had the Honey Sesame Chicken as well, same thin cut chicken breast, had a bit more flavor than the Sweet and Sour, but still could use a bit more flavor in my opinion, but again still a good option. We had the Prime Beef and Asparagus, which had more of the thick asparagus stalks than anything else, this was the least impressive and most expensive of all the dishes, and several of the beef bits were cut very large making them more difficult to eat. Service was OK and could certainly be improved. Overall, very good Chinese food in Mexico is hard to come by, and Chang An although the prices are on the high side, we would certainly recommend and we would return and eat soups and dumplings and would...

Algo que no me habia pasado, el cocinero se ensano con la pimienta pues a pesar de ser el mabo tofu muy especiado y picante por la pimienta de cayene, esta vez le vacio la pimienta negra a la preparacion, solo partes comibles, deben de ser mas cuidadosos y probar para checar el sazon y la preparacion correcta, la verdad para el precio deberian ser mas profesionales como lo amerita el restaurant, me decepciono eso a mi y a mi amiga que poco pudimos comer del platillo, llegue temprano para evitar tardanzas y si salio todo pero con ese enorme defecto. Se nos adormecio la boca y hace tiempo que comimos lo mismo NO fue asi. Tambien demasiado aceite, si lo lleva pero no al extremo, adjunto foto del plato. Ya vi su respuesta pero yo no hable de lo que ustedes aducen que no sabia o no dije que le pusieran menos pimienta, NO hablo de eso claro que lo se porque ya lo habia comido antes alli mismo, el problema en este Pais es que la gente por lo regular no acepta sus errores y no trata de enmendarlos o solucionar el malestar de manera inteligente y atenta con los clientes, se paso totalmente de pimienta y eso no es lo que dije que picaba si no que ademas de las especias y mencione la pimienta de cayena para que entiendan la pimienta negra que se ve por encima del tofu es exagerada, NO mencione otra cosa como tratando ustedes de echarle la culpa al cliente en lugar de analizar bien la queja? estoy cerca se los ire a dejar a ver si asi se dan cuenta, You know what I mean??Deje el platillo de mabo tofu en recepcion ayer alrededor de las 5 de la tarde espero se hayan tomado la molestia en checarlo y probarlo bien, tengo desde los 13 cocinando y trabaje en F&B de Four Seasons Hotel por mucho tiempo, se de lo que hablo totalmente. La segunda foto es de un autentico Mabo tofu bien hecho sin tantos litros de aceite que si comparan la primera foto es el del chang an, con demasiado aceite muy corriente ademas y atascado de pimienta negra que se ve por encima, nada recomendable el lugar si no son capaces de reconocer y disculparse como buenos mexicanitos el capitan o gerente del lugar mucho menos el cocinero asi que nada recomendable el lugar mejor vayan al China Shin o al Wan Wan de zona rosa donde hace el platillo bien como en la segunda foto en un ambiente totalmente distinto y con respeto al cliente que como yo pague por algo que NO CONSUMI realmente y resulta una...

I was surprised to see how the restaurant was packed with so many Chinese people! My favorite Chinese dish, hot and sour soup was incredible. I asked for vinegar and added to the soup. Fried rice was also very delicious. The Peking duck was ok, a bit dry. Next time I want to try the hot pot and flat noodles!

Staffs were very kind and professional. Will definitely go back.

One thing to mention is that the seats near the windows have an amazing view. However a gentlemen started smoking in the balcony area and even though we shut the doors the smoke was very bad and moved to a table located in the middle of the room. If you have kids or pregnant I recommend you to ask for a table far from...