Imperial Peking Chinese Restaurant

The restaurant has permanently closed down as it was shut down by health authorities due to unsanitary conditions, including a dirty kitchen and utensils.

Chef Dong has replaced the Imperial Peking which was closed by the health authorities some time ago. Chef Dong is absolute rubbish. We had an expensive takeaway as a bit of a test. The duck was dreadful, three Singapore Noodles were the worst I have ever had.i won't go on.fortunately it was rubbish night.

We have been to Imperial Peking Restaurant a few times in 2013 and also ordered takeaways several times over the same period.The restaurant has had better days when the food was better.The food seems to vary in quality and flavour in the several times that we visited (Perhaps different chefs??), so there did not seem to be any consistency. Sometimes, their Peking duck was good, but other times it was underwhelming. This is the same with other dishes as well.Service was not very good either. One feature of their service is that they do not seem to know how to serve the courses properly. Each time, ALL the dishes (entree, soup and main courses) would appear all at once on the table, even though we have not even finished our entrees and soup courses yet. This gives an impression that they are trying to rush the guests through their meals.This restaurant has been in St Peters for many years. It used to be one of the best Northern Chinese restaurant in Adelaide. I suspect it has changed ownership several times over the years. Sadly, I believe it has deteriorated in quality as a consequence.

We dined here many times and found the food gone down hill. Our recent visit was a Tuesday night, it was rather busy. Totally under staff, only one senior staff had his smile on his face, the rest looked not particularly friendly. We know Peking duck is always good, so we tried something else this time. Two of us ordered San Choy Bao, shredded meat stir fried noodles and barbecue pork with plum sauce. The pork was terrible, very strong piggy flavour and not very fresh. We left the whole plate untouched. Something we would never order again.A lesson learned, but never tried never know. We will go back to duck next time.

The food is always good at the Imperial Peking, I agree with other reviews that the decor is a bit tired. Their Imperial Crispy Duck with pancakes is a family favorite although last visit the pancakes and cucumber could have been doubled to go with our half a duck.