Peking House — Restaurant in Portage Township

I ordered the sesame chicken & took it home to enjoy. Opened it up, looked good, smelled great, until I bit into the first piece of "chicken". It tasted AWFUL, so I spit it out & examined it. Amongst the very dried up chicken was something I couldn't even identify. I put this piece aside and reluctantly took another bite. I immediately spit this one out, too. I cut the rest of this piece open to discover there was NO chicken in it. Only fried breading. I cut open a third piece to find more of the same: Fried breading with a couple strands of very dry chicken. I was very disappointed because I loved & missed the sesame chicken from Pattaya/Ginza, and I was told Peking House was owned by the same family. I've never returned food before, but I believed this should be an exception, so I headed back to the restaurant. There were a few customers in there and I didn't want to make a scene, so I stepped up to the counter and quietly explained my objections to my meal. The owners opened it up, and after looking through it, returned to me and said I could choose something else. I explained I didn't want anything else, just a refund. I mean, really.... Why would I want to put anything else from this place in my mouth when I had to spit out some part of a chicken that I'm sure human beings aren't meant to consume...? The woman said since I had eaten part of it, no money could be returned. OK, but I HADN'T eaten any of it. I only tried two pieces, both of which I spit out, and cut into a third. There were a few rounds of this same argument before I just had to turn around and leave, without my $10.25.Lesson learned the hard way, I guess. Terrible food, rude owners, and a despicable...

I am giving this review a “1” because I cannot give it a “0.” My hellish experience occurred in mid April 2021 when I arrived after work to place an order from their Covid “phone booth.” Other customers were arriving to pick up their orders that were phoned in. Not wishing anyone to bring home anything cold I allowed three parties in ahead of me. When my turn came to order (I already knew what I wanted), the woman asked me whether I was picking up or ordering? “Ordering,” I said. Whereupon she closed the window, went back to the kitchen, and began shoveling white rice into boxes as if she was possessed by some malevolent spirit. Did she forget me? The graffiti on the walls led me to believe that others too, had waited longer than I (some may have even died of hunger - was I in Shawshank?). Not wanting to become a statistic, I waited six minutes-she never did return -...

My girlfriend and I tried this place the other week and we were very surprised with the quality of the food here. All dinners are large and are accompanied by pork fried rice. Mind though that the chicken used (at least for my General Tso's dinner) is very large and must be cut up into smaller pieces to be able to eat it. I have read reviews that have expressed the very same sentiment. But otherwise, I would highly recommend taking a visit to this place. Don't expect extravagant atmosphere or table service here. It is a very basic Chinese restaurant that I'm sure most people can imagine. The food is great, the prices are reasonable, and the service was acceptable. It earned four...