Sang Dee Peking Duck Housesimilar businesses >
238 N 9th St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(13 Ratings)
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- Business Hours: Mon. 10:00 AM-10:45 PM, Tues. 10:00 AM-10:45 PM, Wed. 10:00 AM-10:45 PM, Thu. 10:00 AM-11:45 PM, Fri. 10:00 AM-11:45 PM, Sat. 10:00 AM-11:45 PM, Sun. 10:00 AM-11:45 PM
- Credit Cards Accepted: Other
If delicious decor is what fuels your search for a new restaurant, you'll probably walk right by Sang Kee. However, if you enjoy succulent eats, that will be your loss. This nice-sized restaurant, which butts up against the Vine Street Expressway, is easily one of the city's most popular Asian eateries, but it's so low on atmosphere that some folks find it a turnoff. Look past the sometimes-dingy, nondescript ambience and you'll find a menu full of culinary treasures, topped off by the signature dish. The Peking duck, juicy and piquant, is served with pancakes and scallions. Those who like their Asian food highly Americanized will go for 'traditional' favorites such as sweet-and-sour or Kung Pao anything, but those with more adventurous palates can sample dishes like pig blood congee (rice-based gruel), squid in five-spice flavor, seafood and fish maw soup, and stuffed jalapenos in black bean sauce. The servers are friendly and knowledgeable, but service is odd: It's efficient until the bill arrives (often prematurely).
13 Ratings and Reviews
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Ricartino - 01/28/2009This is my favorite Chinese Restaurant . It has the Best duck in the city and they srve jazmine tea . The only thing is that they dont accept plastic , so bring cash
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NI698325 - 07/08/2008I order a Beef Ho Fun and Dumplings. After finishing half of my Beef Ho Fun, I found a bug, looked like a cricket. I told the waiter about it and he made another one and CHARGED ME FOR IT! I was surprised how rude the waiter was to me. I gave my food away to the homeless guy across from the street beside i had lost my appetite. My friends had lost theirs too.
ALWAYS GOOD
Ellenspen1 - 06/19/2008BEST SHRIMP DUMPLING SOUP IN TOWN...FRIED FLOUNDER APPETIZER...CHOW FUN DISHES....AND MOST OF THE DUCK DISHES(IF YOU DON'T MIND A LITTLE FAT!).....THEIR RESTAURANT IN WYNNEWOOD IS JUST AS GOOD,WITH MUCH MORE PLEASANT ATMOSPHERE
- OKimo44 - 05/16/2008
Quack
buck2576 - 12/13/2007Best Peking Duck in town! My buddy and I went on a Chinatown binge and I wanted to stay at this place for the rest of the night. Excellent.
Best Duck
spagmag - 04/24/2007I have loved Sang Kee since the 80's when I would come from the suburbs just to eat duck. And since the demise of Joe's Peking Duck, there is no equal for Sang Kee's barbeque pork or duck.
If you want ambience, go to 17th and Walnut St. If you want the best Chinese food, snuggle up to the Vine St Expressway!Best Food Anywhere!
eldlaw - 10/19/2006
I've been going there since the late 1980s, and the quality of the food has never waivered. I wish them continued success with their restaurant.
Best bang for the buck
mina987 - 07/08/2006The place was not fancy, but clean. One soup served two. Food was not floating in sauce, and was absolutely delicious and fresh.
The filthiest restaurant
tempas - 04/15/2006Good chinese is always hard to find but my daughter convinced us to go. The place is so filthy I can't believe it hasn't been shut down. The light fixtures over our table had a year's worth of dust. When the air conditioning came on you could see dirt particles blow out. The food tasted like cheap chinese, bland, starchy. Cashew chicken had hardly any chicken, mostly vegetables. Shrimp soup tasted like bad fish. Spring roll tasted like bologna. Go to Lee How Fook around the corner on 11th.