Dai Tung Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in McAllen

Let’s start or by saying our server was nice. He was busy, but our interactions were short but no complains. The Shrimp Lo Mein is disgusting. It has the salad tiny shrimps. They have absolutely no flavor. The Lo Mein is bland. It’s just edible but not impressive at all. The noodles are also the fattest egg noodles around. They are the Udon noodles. I’ve never liked those in my Lo Mein. The taste is also bland and not exquisite by any means. The chili oil is bad. So bad! It tastes bought or canned, fermented rather than fresh oil with fresh seeds/peppers. Without the right oil, the food has no hope. The chicken soup was a bunch of little strands of weird, different sizes of looking chicken. Some pieces looked darker than others which means they recycle chicken. It was so bad and had no flavor. It wasn’t good chicken soup, and I know quality chicken soup, and that soup is a 0 or best a 1. The shrimp vegetable on a white sauce had hard carrots, and the gravy was not top notch in flavor. The shrimp were large, and I enjoyed those shrimps the best from all we ordered today, but even those shrimp could have more flavor. The plate has a rice bowl. The rice is disgusting, a zero. It has a cheap rice taste. They don’t know how to make fried rice. It’s too bad. It is not a top notch Chinese Restaurant, and their prices are high. I will not be visiting this Chinese location again. I remember the Mission one being good back in the early 2000s when I used to live here before leaving to SA and now back. I’m not sure if they are the same owner, and I don’t know if the Mission is still any good. However, I know it all depends on the chefs. This one was a disaster. A two is too high. If you’re seeking good Chinese foods,...

LOVE THE FOOD HERE! But the staff is just horrible and unprofessional! I’ve had one waiter a male who works the tables in the back twice and each time he was rude, always forgot our drinks and side orders. One time he brought out our food, but completely forgot to get us drinks or utensils.. when I called for him to come to the table he refused and stood in the back talking to me from across the room instead of coming to our table to see what we needed. He also tried charging us a gratituity fee WITHOUT telling us.. for a table of 5 and a baby which was extremely strange because we have never been charged a fee like that before in all the years we’ve visited. Also the older man in the front with a mustache is quite rude especially when he yelled at an employee right in front of us. I’ve also noticed the decrease in quality in some items of food such as the wonton soup.. today the soup was very watery and lacking in flavor especially Because the soup usually has a dark beef looking broth but today it was a very light color.. the fried wonton that comes with the soup was also stale which I’ve noticed has been happening every visit now. Also the restraunt seriously needs updating after all these years they should really invest in this establishment as it is very dingy.. and they need to get a better management team ASAP! It’s unfortunate because like I said I LOVE THE FOOD HERE, but this new staff and management is really ruining it for me and my family! I really wish the original owners would come back and bring their restraunt back to...

Let me say this off the bat, the food is excellent. While they did run out of two items on the menu, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and let that slide. The reason for the one star is because of the Host (or owner, not sure who he is or his position). When I walked in with my guest we were greeted with, "For two?" No hello or welcome or anything. He then walked to the back of the restaurant and then back saying, "Right this way." I noticed four or so tables on the way that were already clean but maybe he'll give us a more intimate spot? Wrong, he sat us at a table that had a few wrappers and needed a wipe down. He then said, "Give me a minute, I'll get someone to clean this up for you," he then walked towards the back and yelled for someone to clean the tables and told them to always clean tables and leave silverware. Our waiter was nice actually, while I didn't catch his name, the rest of the staff was polite and kind to us. But back to this, when we were done with our meal, we walked to the front to pay and he passed our bill to someone else and said to a staff member, in front of us, "I'm not taking any of the food home, it upset my stomach last time" How can someone say that in front of someone else who just ate the food? It shocked me and my guest.

While I did enjoy the food a lot, because of that visit, I have my doubts of going back. If i do I might just do takeout or go at another time. I did not catch the mans name(I don't even think he...