Margaret Kuo's Kitchen — Restaurant in Middletown Township

We had take-out. We ordered online Overall, we were quite pleased, as we usually are by Margaret Kuo's Kitchen.

Peking Duck, one of our favorites, is now served with a different kind of pancake--smaller & thinner than what they've been using for years. We weren't sure if it was a mistake or the new normal. We prefer the old style.

The duck itself was meaty, juicy, and tender. We wish they'd crisp the skin, so we do that ourselves, at home, before assembling the rolls. Their hoisin sauce is perfection!

The vegetables in most of the dishes were overcooked in the usual way. I do love the broccoli when it cooks down small & soft in the sauce, but would like some firmer pieces mixed in. Same with the carrots. But, I know that's being very picky. The only veggies I wish they would never cook soft are the snow peas. Snow peas ought to be crunchy!

Our party bought a few different seafood dishes. Generally very good! Anything with jumbo shrimp had nice, large shrimp. The scallops were good, too. However, in the mixed seafood dishes, you get only two of each type of sesfood In our case: 2 shrimp, two scallops, one small lobster tail with enough meat for two. The lobster meat was underwhelming--somewhat small & dry. I'd pay more for additional seafood.

The General Tso chicken was way too hot (peppers, not temperature) for us, but we aren't at all fans of hot pepper.

We didn't order anything with crab, so I can't say if they use that awful imitation crab in their dishes advertised as having crab. This seems like the kind of place that would use real crab.

Their Shrimp Lo Mein is a bit disappointing. It has an acceptable number of larger-than-your-average-Chinese-food-joint shrimps. The problem is, it's bland.

The pot stickers were excellent! Fat & juicy, with a semi-hot dipping sauce. Too hot for our tender palates, so we had to mix it with duck sauce to use it. Thank goodness we had some at home since they didn't give us any on the bag of condiments. Only soy...

Had been going to the Granite Run location when it was in the mall. Always great service front and in-dining and food was good. This new location... I've tried several times but cannot seem to be treated with common courtesy at the front. For example, last time I went, I walked in placed a takeout order and paid tip included... went to the Acme then returned in 10-15 minutes. After my return same gentleman saw me, asked me to kindly have a seat etc. yet there was a bag which seemed to be mine right next to him... However, I didn't say anything. Then two men walked in 30 seconds after me, the front man took the time to greet them, chit chat with them, seat them with menus and walked back to the front. He stood around, not making any eye contact... then front when I walked in 7 minutes later he calmly picked up the bag (which I was right WAS mine) and handed it to me... just WOW, what a passive aggressive strange thing to do. On top of that the spring rolls were grease sponges and the spicy tuna roll was chopped so finely was like a paste and tasted metallic... a sign it was not fresh and I could not eat it... trashed it. But to treat someone with such discourtesy as he did was the final reason I never went and won't go back. Thank You sir for making the...

Wow. What a disappointment that dinner was. We'd read rave reviews of this old-time local favorite and were initially impressed by the attractive dining room. But once we got our drinks and ordered, the waiter disappeared and we had to wait for long stretches until our meal started to trickle out. The only really good things were the spicy peanuts and marinated cucumber bits brought out with water when we first sat down; almost everything else was barely warm and had very little flavor, looking and tasting like it had come off a steam table. Even their vaunted potstickers were a surprise -- thick dough barely enclosing a lump of pork with a not very flavorful dipping sauce. Because of the restaurant's long history, we ordered some old standards we used to enjoy years ago. Their kung pao chicken is unlike any we ever ate, filled with tiny bits of celery and tasteless. The worst we've ever had. We could see a few red chilis in there but couldn't detect them -- maybe they were thrown into the dish as it sat as a garnish. Panda Express does everything better, for a lot less money. And there, you don't have to sit around interminably hoping someone will notice you waiting for your meal...