Really surprised by the negative reviews. Even though most are complaints about cost and a service charge (18% automatic gratuity)… as if most of you just go out without any intention of tipping… 🙄
We were in town for a Marathon and were staying walking distance...
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Really surprised by the negative reviews. Even though most are complaints about cost and a service charge (18% automatic gratuity)… as if most of you just go out without any intention of tipping… 🙄
We were in town for a Marathon and were staying walking distance to Chinatown and came across Tony Cheng’s on a quick Apple Maps search and everything was absolutely delicious.
Were prices on the “higher” end? Sure. But food at Applebees is $18 now. The decor is stuck in the 80’s but it made the experience that much better, as we all enjoyed the atmosphere as well.
We ordered the soup dumplings, fried meat dumplings, orange chicken, sesame chicken, Mongolian beef, and vegetable lo mein. Every dish we had was talked about for days, as being one of our favorite Asian meals in a long time. Service was absolutely wonderful as well, as about 3 different servers checked on us, delivered our food, cleaned up our plates, etc.
I requested the sesame chicken to be on the spicy side, and they happily obliged and brought me out a chili oil in case the dish wasn’t spicy enough. It was perfect.
We had no problem paying the 18% service charge, because we’re decent people who always tip atleast 20%, in this case, we ended up nearly doubling it and tipping extra because we had such a great experience, delicious meal, and fabulous service.
10/10 would return to Tony Cheng’s at any given opportunity when we’re back in DC.