House of Nanking
San Francisco, CA 94133-5106
Phone: (415) 421-1429
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Jackson Street
- Hours:
- Mon-Sat 11am-10pm , Sun 12pm-9:30pm
Editorial Review for House of Nanking – by Gina Goff
The Scene
The no-frills, two-room space replete with dusty, tiled floors and unbalanced wooden tables is clearly not the draw at this wildly popular Chinese restaurant. Cardboard boxes of pantry goods are stacked within sight of diners and the menus are tattered and stained from years of handling, but the chaotic ambience serves more to charm than to offend.
The Food
No-nonsense waitstaff presents customers with a lengthy list of entrees, but ordering off the menu is uncommon. Instead, the mom-and-pop owners who double as servers take delight in ordering for their customers (and protests are futile). Old standbys, such as mu shu pancakes--stuffed with succulent shredded pork, scallions and scrambled eggs--and juicy, sesame-battered chicken, are flavorful. Riffs are rare, but the prawn and green onion pancakes tossed in peanut sauce are a delicious departure from typical Chinatown menu stock.
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Insider Tips
What to DrinkWash your meal down with a crisp and light Tsingtao beer.
Know Before You GoWaiting over an hour for a table is not uncommon; make a reservation if you're in a hurry.
User Reviews for House of Nanking
05/27/2008 Posted by izzacgoldbberg
Tourist trap. I've never seen people line up outside a Chinese food restaurant only to go in to be abused by the rude serving staff, be stuffed into unconfortable seating arangement, served food in dirty plates and be handed a heafty bill and rushed out so the next cattle can be served. $47 for 3 dishes & some lousy rice? Thats obcene isnt it? I mean there is an entire chinatown full of really good restaurants that will serve you better food for half the price. Dont be an idiot tourist, go and explore. Expensive, lousy food, lousy service, dirty and unconfortable.
Pros: Leaving the restaurant
Cons: Entering the restaurant
05/01/2008 Posted by ChineseChef
My friend found the restaurent on this website. He wanted to taste the food, so I went there with him. why I didn't like this place: 1: no one greated me when I was walking into the door. 2: there was no ice in water glass, the water wasn't cold enough 3: menu was a piece of very old paper covered by plastic with lots of hand writeing notes on it. 4: only one person can take order. 5: the price is high for what you getting. 2 eggrolls for $5. they were some size with spring rolls. 6:plates were all broken on the edges 7: no chinese food flavor. fried calamari was too sour, and the sauce too watery. the sauce for sesame chicken was so lumpy(the slurry didn't dissolve well.) 8: RICE WAS COLD AND LUMPY. AND SERVED IN A STAINLESS STEEL BOWL I can not believe there are people rate this restaurent 5 stars?????
Pros: I may take my non-asian friends to this place
Cons: everything else
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