Peony

We have had lunch at this place a few times already and we really loved it. Inside the restaurant is very spacious and the decor is very modern and contemporary. Very clean and good service. We love every dish we ordered at this place. You can order from their lunch special at 12.99( comes with rice and a sweet and sour soup) or from regular menu. A little pricier than most Chinese restaurants but I must say they use good quality ingredients to justify the price. Also you can park in the garage behind the restaurant for free. Overall, we love the food, the experience, and service. They do charge 18% service fee but I don't mine at all as the server is very attentive and friendly.

Overall food is good, it's not pure traditional Chinese cuisine but with creative modern style. For example, the roast duck is really delicious!!! It even comes with roast lemon slices with honey which you would never find in Chinese cuisine but it tastes so fresh and wonderfully neutralize the oil taste of duck fat, it just bring the taste of duck wrap to another level! And make sure you order the fresh crab with Chinese rice cake! Of course this is not a cheap place locating at old Bellevue downtown.

The plating was gorgeous. Favorite dishes included the 5-spice pan fried buns and the duck lettuce cups. The Xiao long bao had some of the tastiest broth I’ve had in the greater Seattle area, but the dough was thicker than what I’ve had at other restaurants. We had the crispy garlic chicken which was delicious, but surprised us that even though we could see the garlic, we couldn’t taste it. Same with the black bean noodles… delicious but couldn’t taste the black bean at all. Service was impeccable. Will 100% come back to try other dishes.

Came here for dinner last night with some friends and it was good. Pretty decently priced as well, 4 entrees & 1 app for about $105 and that included tax and the tip they add on which is 18%. Nothing really stood out as really good or really bad so I’m not in a super big hurry to come back but I also wouldn’t not come back. The only thing to mention is if you have allergies be careful! We ordered the 5 flavored pan fried dumpling, one of which was seafood, which it doesn’t say on the menu FYI (my friends very allergic to shellfish) the waitress told us what each flavor was via the color of the dumpling but she got it wrong… so my friend had a bad allergy attack at the restaurant. It got very hard for her to breathe which would’ve been avoidable had the waitress been correct in telling us the flavors.

The remarkable menu and top-tier service make this one of my favorite restaurants in Bellevue. I highly recommend the duck lettuce wraps, mongolian beef, and crab (if it's available). There's nothing I've ordered here that hasn't been absolutely outstanding. I also appreciate the general design as well as the private rooms that can be rented for birthdays and other parties.

Oh my goodness if I can give this place a negative star I would, how do you mess up on fried rice ? There’s literally NO FLAVOR just taste like plane rice and just added some egg and call it a fried rice. This is very sad. Asked for chicken and there’s barley any chicken whatsoever. And the fact that they charge $18!!!!! FOR RICE BARLEY ANY CHICKEN. this gotta be the most ripped off fried rice I’ve ever had. My god please take this off your menu because this is just a disgrace! $18 for a plain fried rice. I even moved around the rice to show u how much chicken they put in.