Silver Lake Kitchen — Restaurant in Point Pleasant

This place has taken a dive since the Chen's sold or passed it on to whoever else. The food is generally poorly cooked or just wrong. They get angry about any substitute or change. Basically they say no, or they do it to a degree that the food is disgusting. They charge for EVERY tiny thing. They're borderline rude on the phone if you aren't exceptionally ready for the order. They were my favorite for 20 years growing up. Now it's greasy, wet, overcooked junk. Bums me out. I try it every so often hoping, but no. Go to gourmet Chinese in point beach area. They're at least kind and won't argue if you ask for no vegetables for a picky eater.

Still can't understand the lower quality and inconsistency. I go elsewhere...

Ordered through Doordash. Most everything wasn't seasoned properly. The hot and sour soup was bland and not sour, not enough black vinegar. The egg rolls that I ordered(I ordered a pack of 2, received 1) were thick, pale and horrible. You want a thin, crisp wrapper on your egg rolls. The filling wasn't seasoned and barely any pork. The lo mein lacked flavor and seasoning. Needs MSG and a little superior quality, dark mushroom flavored soy sauce. This very highly rated chinese restaurant down the shore left much to be desired in my opinion.

I don't order Chinese food under the impression that it should be good for me. I...

They used to be the best in town but since they were taken over by new owners it's TERRIBLE. I hope the owners watch Facebook because there are tons of threads about how much it was loved before and is now the food is horrible. Silver Lake owners - you purchased a restaurant with a great following and ruined it by introducing cheap ingredients and small portions, everything tastes freezer burned or over cooked and don't order anything with shrimp or seafood, I got shrimp lo mein that had MAYBE 3 tiny tiny...