Reviews for Chef King in Seattle, WA
Authentic Chinese food! Price and the portion are both reasonable, love it! The lamb beef soup, homemade tofu and cold dishes... are all great Read more
I went in here at about 3pm on Wednesday and it was super quiet but I had no issues with that. The man waiting tables was super... nice and quick. The food came out super fast and was delicious! I had never gone before but I got Orange Chicken and CrabRangoon, both were incredible. It might be my new favorite Chinese spot in Seattle. Read more
Let me get the negative out of the way first; it's a bit over priced in my opinion. Now that that's out of the way.. It's very... delicious! I got the Orange Chicken and my wife got General Tao's Chicken. We also both got a side of rice(not included which isweird to me). We shared our meals and both liked both very much. The generals wasn't spicy but the flavor was great. The orangechicken was very sweet and tangy but the orange peels were a bit much and not very enjoyable when I accidently ate one...twice.But being able to go back and forth from my sweet to her spicy(ish) dish was nice, as eating a whole serving of just the onething would be a daunting task that my sophisticated pallet would fail to endure. Anyways, to sum it up, great food made fast,go with someone so you can share or get a dish with veggies or something. I'd totally go back again to try their more authenticdishes that I was told are very good. If your in the area you should check them out if you want some yummy Chinese food! Read more
Very nice place for a casual dine-out. Parking lot is small. The restaurant has about 3 parking spots. But you can park across... the street at the Fred Meyer lot. I love that there’s ‘I don’t know’ and ‘whatever’ on the menu. Lol maybe I’lltry them next time. Read more
Chef King is a hidden gem! To my knowledge it's the best Chinese food option in the larger Greenwood/Phinney Ridge/Ballard... area. Very authentic Sichuan, the flavors are on point. Prices are also very reasonable as portion sizes are massive. Eachentrée will easily feed 2 people or one person for multiple meals. Nice folks who run this place and some killer lunchspecials too. Get the twice cooked pork for a classic intro to Sichuan food, they do it well. Or try other classiccrowd-pleasers like Chongqing Spicy Fried Chicken (ask for boneless and don’t eat the dried peppers) or kung pao chicken(authentically a step up from what you’d get at Panda Express). The Sichuan boiled beef or boiled fish are really good herefor those who are more adventurous or who have more Sichuan food experience. Protip: many Sichuan dishes are supposed to befairly oily - have no fear! Mostly it's clean, spicy vegetable oil that won't have you feeling sluggish afterward, even in beefor pork belly dishes. Read more
It's not bad, I can't tell what everyone is raving about though. Felt pretty average to me. Ordered to go and one of my items... was missing, but it's like 30 min away and not worth coming back just for one thing. Chongqing chicken is a 4/5 - it's aboveaverage, nicely spicy, but the pieces of chicken, some of them tasted overcooked or fried too long Fish in chili oil - thisdish maybe made my roommate sick. Flavor was okay, 3/5 Dandan noodles - 2/5 very disappointing. Soggy noodles with just a tinybit of sauce. It was either the noodles or the fish dish that made my roommate sick but since there really isn't anything indandan noodles I'm going to assume the fish dish was no good. Read more
Very happy I finally tried this place. You’ll enjoy if you you are looking for Sichuan style food like what you would get in... China. Glorious to have well done and not crazy expensive authentic Chinese food here in north Seattle. Will definitely be back. Read more
We were terribly dissapointed. We ordered the crispy duck which was not crispy. The wonton soup was mushy and no flavor, more... like glop. I have no idea what the Red Bean bubble tra was suppose to be. it was no red bean but fruit from a cup with icewater. Just so gross. Read more