Orchid

Nice place for a first date, quiet and clean, nice area with parking. The food is ok, portions of rice are small, and there is almost no difference between the lunch menu portion( $12.50) and the dinner menu portion ($27.50) there is no soy sauce or salt or pepper at the table if u want that u have to ask. Sesame chicken was ok nice flavor with a hint of sweetness. General tsos chicken was ok decent flavor and seasoning, not hot at all. Refills are not free small glass of soda is $6, basically a tall shot glass.

All I’m going to say is that the orange flavored beef I ordered for takeout did not taste like beef whatsoever. It was chewy and unbearable to eat. I love red meat and believe I know a thing or two about how it should taste. What I ordered was far from anything close to tasting like real beef. Quite disappointing since I liked this spot the first time I tried it. Unfortunately I’m laying off of Orchid for some time.

There is truly no finer Chinese food on Long Island than Orchid! We have been coming for the past 20 years and always have a great experience!! The service is always top notch thanks to our favorite waiter Gary who has become a part of the family! The food is second to none; our favorite appetizers include the scallion pancakes, their ribs, dumplings, crab Rangoon’s, and of course the egg rolls. Their Peking duck is phenomenal as well as the sesame chicken, multiple lo mein’s, and the best pork fried rice!! Their ice cream is the perfect end to the wonderful feast!! Highly recommend!!

An old school elegant Chinese restaurant. This is Chinese only, not asian fusion. They have the large wide crunchy noodles. It's a large place with a lot of seating. It's underground so lots of steps from the parking lot. There is an elevator by the rear parking lot entrance. Very enjoyable.

The General Tsos chickens was all dark meat. It should say that on the menu for $28 especially since most people have a preference and the dish is usually white meat at restaurants. Apparently you can order a white meat version (if you ask; not on menu) which they did switch for us, but the white meat version does not have the same crunchy batter and you wind up with thinly battered soggy pieces. The Orchid Duck is supposedly marinated for 24 hours but the Duck and the brown sauce it comes in had very little taste. I gave 2 stars because of the ambiance and decor which is nice but unfortunately, we did not like our food. Server was nowhere to be found after we got our food initially and after 10 minutes, I grabbed one of the other waiters who switched out the General Tsos and even after I received the replacement food, 20 minutes after the initial dish came out, we STILL had not seen our waiter. I was halfway done eating the white meat version by the time we finally saw him. Need to do better there also.