Imperial Dynasty — Restaurant in Mahwah

Food was pretty good but our server was rude. I don't know if she was having a bad day, didn't want to be there, had a problem with my friend and I from the moment we sat down... But it was awkward and uncomfortable. My friend and I are, but decided to leave and have dessert elsewhere. The waitress at that place had only greeted us and the atmosphere instantly felt a thousand times better. I would honestly always choose to settle for food of low quality anywhere else than have service like we had at imperial dynasty. My friend is awesome so being with him the experience wasn't a total wash, but I don't think I'll ever be going back there. Going out to eat in my opinion is about the experience and last night just wasn't a good one. (And as a note, I'm not implying that where we left to have dessert was lower quality. It was actually amazing and next time I eat out, that's the place I'm going. And I only tried this new place last night because we wanted to leave Imperial...

It's sad that this will be my last time ordering from Imperial Dynasty. I have been coming here since they opened which I think was 15 - 18 years ago? At that time they served high end Chinese food that was more like NYC than anything around these parts. Since COVID I have noticed a downhill slide. Not sure if there are new owners or cooks but the quality of the food keeps getting worse. I realize that the price of everything has gone up but to pay $22 for bland chicken with garlic sauce is ridiculous. It is no better than any other greasy, hole in the wall Chinese place around here. $9 for a large wonton soup which had 6 tiny wontons, no roast pork or scallions, and little flavor. 6 small steamed pork dumplings, and they were not good. The woman behind the counter was yelling at her family in Chinese and barely paid attention when taking my money. I wish the best for them but I won't be coming back. $60 for two people...

The past Friday is the absolute last time I go back to this place. First time we got take-out and it was horrible. The chicken fingers were more breading than chicken. My son wouldn't touch them and we had to throw some store purchased chicken fingers in the oven.

Our sweet and sour chicken's sauce formed a gelatinous mold around the take-out container. Clearly mostly corn starch and nothing remotely edible. And I'm certain they are mixing near-spoiled chicken with acceptable chicken in the green jade chicken. No amount of sauce can masked the flavor and the contrast of those flavors.

Dine-in is no better. We got the same items as above and returned most of the dishes back to the kitchen. The wait-staff is not attentive, more concerned with their smart phones.

Do yourself a favor and avoid this place...