GOLDEN WUISH (THE DUCKHOUSE) — Restaurant in New York

I'm a huge fan of roast duck. When my significant other suggested we visit the city for my birthday weekend, I started looking for my "big night" dinner restaurant. I happened upon Golden Wuish based on rave reviews at numerous sites. I checked out the menu and some pics and I was all in. It was a fabulous decision! The staff were awesome, the drinks were tasty and the food was to die for. We overindulged and ordered a few small plates while we waited for the duck to be prepared (BIG HINT - reserve a duck in advance!). The "Smashed Cucumber" was so unbelievably delicious. The Shrimp Basil was 3 perfectly cooked, individually skewered extra large shrimp with a surprisingly Italian twist. The Beef Negimaki was tasty, but a little tough to chew. Onto the main course - the duck. In addition to all the flair with the duck being flame-roasted and carved tableside, this was the finest duck I have ever had. The skin gets extra-crispy from the flames. They serve most of the carved duck immediately on an elaborate and ornate platter with a handle. Some of it goes into a tableside smoker pot while the remainder heads back to the kitchen to become the third course which is a yummy soup. Every course was incredible. As a bonus, my girlfriend informed the waitstaff that it was my birthday. A large group of staff came out to sing the obligatory Happy Birthday with a giant sparkler shooting flames out of a piece of cheesecake (which was also quite good). I have to say, it was both a superb dining experience as well as a visual extravaganza. Go there. Get the duck. Order...

My husband I went here for our Xmas dinner. The host and staff was very friendly and welcoming. We started with non -alcoholic drinks the lechee drink and oolong moijto. Which was delicious and refreshing. I highly recommend the DIM SUM assorted platter. It was so good and beautifully presented. My husband got the beef platter which we asked for medium but came out rare. They fixed right away. I wanted the duck but they didn’t sell half ducks on weekends. So I asked to take the bones home if I got whole duck which was $88 for whole duck. The waitress said yes so I ordered it. The flaming duck was cool to see the cutter sliced it up nicely. They served the duck 3 ways, roasted, smoked and in a soup. The duck was delicious, but the soup never came out so I asked for it to go. I also asked for the bones, the waiter then says it’s an ADDITIONAL $10 for the bones?!!! Why did I pay $88 for whole duck. That annoyed me! I felt like that was a scam! Tell me in the beginning! It’s very over price for the amount of duck you actually get, the soup also has tiny chucks of duck meat when I looked it at home. We also started off with sesame chicken small plate to share! The chicken was tender and not too sweet!! So good!

Over all the service was friendly but tricky with additional charges and forgot my soup. The restaurant is super charming and cozy! Drinks were amazing and dim sum was delicious! Duck is over price for what you actually get.

I say for for drinks and dim sum but the duck is good BUT for the price just know it will be...

ALERT: I never write bad reviews and hope this is the last one I ever will. It was Chinese new year yesterday and we made a booking for two. Upon arrival we were told the inner area (“nicer” chairs and decor even though the entire restaurant projected cheap given the price they charge) were reserved for large parties, all couples seating are outside by the bar. We reluctantly waited at the bar with the manager’s complimentary drinks(thanks to him), only to find out after 10 minutes that the host had “found” a table for two in the inner area. Excitingly, we followed the host to our table only to be massively disappointed and frustrated, it was a table so small that you can barely sit one person and facing the pillar with a hole. It almost seems deliberate that we were made to wait for this terrible seating. This is by far THE worst and most unacceptable from a Chinese restaurant, especially worse that it happened on Chinese new year when one supposed to have proper seating and memorable dining experiences. It’s not like we walked in and tried to whine, we BOOKED just like other large parties!! Luckily we found availability in CUT by Wolfgang Puck in Four Seasons and they made it so right with top notch service and world- class quality food. Will never go to Golden Wuish ever again even, if they have supposedly good Chinese food. There are too many great Chinese restaurants in NYC for anyone to deserve this kind of service. BEWARE. Ps. To top it off, they gave that terribly tiny table facing the wall and said you have...