Wei Hong Seafood Restaurant — Restaurant in University City

Came here for my dad's birthday dinner because he's a total foodie's nightmare who'd rather eat mediocre midwest quality chinese food than opening up his tastebuds to the vast culinary wonders the world outside of generic chinese restaurants has to offer.

Anyway, chose Wei Hong because pops wanted peking duck, and WH turned out to be one of the best bets in STL. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by the food quality and above average asian-restaurant-level service.

Food: -BBQ combo appetizer with bbq pork and jellyfish, well-prepared standard cantonese bbq pork, and really refreshing jellyfish with a subtle spicy kick -Braised beef and tofu beancurd casserole, I thought this was delicious and super flavorful despite some beef chunks being too fatty, parents thought the tofu beancurd was undercooked -Peking duck (1/2 duck courses), more authentic than Lulu's with the crispy duck skin, also came with 4 crispy duck thighs, steamed buns/hoison sauce/cucumbers/onion for wrapping; I thought they had those asian pancakes made specifically for wrapping the peking duck but turns out they just had generic tortilla wraps, peking duck ghettofied... -Stir fried duck with lettuce wraps (2/2 duck course), the stir fried duck cubes were too salty, parents also complained that they were overcooked

Service: -Very friendly and patient for a typical chinese restaurant, much appreciated especially since I flew in redeye in the morning and was in a super over-worked/menopausal state of mind by dinner time

Bonus star: -I asked them to make my dad some sort of a special birthday dessert that's low on sugar, the lady whipped up a freshly-made beautiful asian fruit cake at the end of dinner, really delicious and light-tasting, pops loved the little impromptu dinner surprise and they only charged me $20...

Decor is lacking. There is nothing but table and chairs. The entrance was more of a storage area. 2. We order the ginger and onion liberated which cost $42. That was a waste of money. No flavor. My wife can make it better for less. The steam bass which cost $27 was also bland and the fish was small. The Chinese broccoli stir fry was nothing but steamed with oyster sauce. The salted fish with chicken fried rice was the only good thing. The bill came to $97. Not worth it. 3. They only brought the rice and broccoli dishes out first and we waited 20 min for the other two. 4. Wait staff just drop the food off and never ask if we were ok or refill our drinks. Don't waste you money here. All you other 5 stars rating individuals not sure what went thru your mind when you gave...

First review : Love it. We are taking a big group of friends next week.

Latest update: Still love it. We tried the bakery next door after dinner this time also. I didn't realize it, but I'm pretty sure I've been there about 4years ago with my boyfriend. The food was still amazing. And, the wait staff is always very nice and accomadating. I don't understand why the others that rated one star did so. Maybe they are the kind of people that just like to complain, because I see nothing to complain about at all! We will be back.

Dishes tried and loved:

Jelly fish Spicy beef appetizer Seafood stir fry with chives Tofu with pork soup Salt and pepper squid Roasted duck Orange chicken Sesame chicken A combo fried rice with ham,...