New Woey Loy Goey Restaurant — Restaurant in San Francisco

Don't go to this restaurant. You will not have a good experience -- whether you're from San Francisco or from out of town.

Their food is oily and salty. But, that's normal in Chinese restaurants. Their bathroom is very dirty (all wet inside). That's also normal for a Chinese restaurant. Their staff is rude. That's also normal in San Francisco.

Add all those together and multiply it by 10 and that's what you have at this restaurant. I've been to this restaurant a couple times, and each time it gets worse. So, this is the last time I'm going there. What happened this time was the last straw.

I ordered a couple of items to go. One was catfish with hoisin sause. Easy enough. When I went to pay, the catfish came to about $28 ($14/lb). I didn't complain at the time. When I took it home, I looked the dish. The fish was small. It looked no bigger than 1.5 lbs. I weight it, it was 1.2 lbs. That's with the sauce and container and everything. Even if you add the gut, it would not be 2 lbs. I know, I buy a lot fish. I called the restaurant and explained it them. They did not apologize or felt sorry in any way. In fact, they yelled at me! I went ahead and ate the fish for dinner. It had no taste and was tough, like it was a dead fish, not a fresh fish. I know the texture because I buy and cook a lot of fish myself.

One other thing, twice they did not give me a receipt for my order. They don't itemize and just make up the price as it goes along. This place is very tricky and will cheat you. They don't deserve our business. We don't need Chinese restaurants that give Chinese...

I walked in here with a friend of mine on a whim. We decided to try a few typical items to test the food out. We started off with (26) Hung Tao Yee Won Ton Soup. It was a simple egg drop soup with crispy wontons. The wontons had a nice flavor to them that paired well with the soup. Next, we tried (47) Tung Lok Special Chow Mein. It was basically a house special chow mein with shrimp, bbq pork, and veggies. The noodles had a nice QQ texture and it wasn't too greasy. There was good wok flavor as well! I saw (174) Spicy Salt & Pepper Pork Spareribs on the menu, so we usually end up trying the dish to see how the restaurant makes it. The food all came out pretty quickly, hot, and generous portions. The pork spareribs had good flavor and it wasn't over seasoned. Finally, I asked the owner what he would recommend that he thought was good, and he proposed (211) Lamb Stew In Pot. So, we added that to our order and that was definitely our favorite dish! The service was great, our tea and waters were constantly topped off, and the waitress chit chatted with us on each dish served.

I'm looking forward to coming back and trying many more of...

16-Sept-2018 This is a family style restaurant, like most here in Chinatown, SF. An unassuming location, downstairs off the main street. They have one combo geared towards a single diner.... I'm travelling alone this trip and had hoped for more options in Chinatown for a single customer. The restaurant is clean and seems to be well run.. I didn't wait to long and was well attended sitting at the bar/counter. Tables are for larger parties. I can understand that. The quality of the food is good, but not the best I've had. NYC Chinese food tends to spoil a person. The fried rice was very good. But the egg roll was really a veggie spring roll. I DO NOT LIKE SPRING ROLLS. So when the menu says egg roll I expect a real egg roll. That was disappointing. The sweet & sour pork was well prepared but lacked strong flavor. The wonton soup was OK... Wonton were more like small shumai and not nice big thick pork filled noodles like a real wonton should be. Overall the meal was OK, but I had much higher expectations for a Cantonese style restaurant in the heart of Chinatown. With so many other options available , I won't be back...