Peking Duck House

Amazing !!! Authentic Peking duck!!! The best one I have tried. Really worth coming here. Not just the duck. Seafood are also great. They offer both traditional Chinese food but also American style. So anyone who love the Peking duck. Come to try.

I was really in the mood for Peking Duck when we visited Chinatown so we ended up here. I think nearly every restaurant in Chinatown serves Peking Duck and dumplings, but the reviews for the duck here were particularly good.
We got a whole duck for $ 52. It was more than the two of us could eat.
The reviews were not wrong. The duck was excellent, very juicy and flavorful. The meat was expertly prepared and cut. The wrappers were a very nice size, more like a tortilla size.
The ambience is upscale and sophisticated. The service was professional and courteous.
Overall, it was a really good experience and I would recommend this place. By the time we left there was a god mix of different types of people, from what appeared to be a tour group to a family.

The best Peking duck ever. The skin is crunchy and the meat is juicy and lean, I’ve had Peking duck in China and this is better. Also, the bean clear noodles with shrimp, chives and jelly fish is amazing. My family and I have been coming here for years.

I was very excited about trying this place, the Peking duck did not disappoint me. It was absolutely delicious, but the entrees are the Chinese take out level.
The service did not match the scale of the restaurant. People consider this restaurant as a high end restaurant for Chinese food. The waiter did not pay attention to us and it was very hard to get their attention even though they were standing right next to our table. They were all lined up chatting and we had to order our drinks 2 separate times. I was reading on some reviews about the workers being «racist» because they paid more attention to the non-​Asian customers and ignored the Asian customers. I felt like this was true in our experience. They would go to non-​Asian customer tables and ask them about the meal, and we did not get anything. No «how’s everything» and «do you need more water».
Peking duck: it was definitely worth the wait! The duck was very juicy, tender, and crispy. It was flavorful and delicious! I recommend this dish 100%!
Entrees: me and my friends ordered the Peking house dinner, which was $ 33 per person, and depending on your group size, you get certain amount of entrees. We had 6 people so we had 1 Peking duck and 4 entrees. The entrees came last, and the quality of the entrees are literally the the ones you would get at a Chinese fast food take out spot. We didn’t eat much of the entrees because it was just plain nasty.
Overall, don’t expect too much from this place (service wise) and do not order the entrees. I would go back for the duck ONLY.

When in Chinatown NYC, the choices of restaurants are plentiful. I asked my Über driver for one of the best restaurants in Chinatown and he immediately said Peking Duck on Mott. He raved about the place, and since it was conveniently close, I asked him to take us there. I had to go see for myself along with three other friends and it was treat of a meal.
Dishes were served family style, and I love it because you get to try a little of everything. They were popular for their Peking Duck (obviously) in which the chef will come out and carve it in front of you. Another dish I recommend ordering is the roasted lamb. If you love lamb, you’ll love this dish.
The service was great! The waiter remembered everyone’s order without writing anything down, as well as checking on the table without becoming a bother. Overall, this restaurant is a must visit when you’re in the Chinatown area.

I’d give Peking Duck House the nod just based on value. For maybe $ 50 per person you basically have enough food to eat for two or three days (read my disclaimer below). So don’t forget to order a couple of sides. But besides the pure value of it, the food is really good.
It’s certainly not the best or tastiest Peking roast duck we’ve ever had. We cheated though– we’ve had this dish in several restaurants in Peking/​Beijing. That said, the best we’ve had was actually at Peking Garden in Hong Kong. But there you’ll spend well over $ 100 per person…
Here you’ll get a reasonably priced, reasonably well-​prepared, bird, carved table-​side (or at least in the front of the dining room) by someone who probably repeats the same process 100+ times a day.
It’s a good experience, in a newer and more modern looking Chinatown restaurant, with a more upscale feel. I can see us coming back and duckin’ out (instead of piggin’ out– see what I did there :) in the near future.
OK– the caveat and your tip for the day: ask them to give you the duck carcass after carving and serving the duck. They do a good job of carving off the meatiest parts of the duck, BUT AT LEAST ¹⁄₃ of the bird is still waiting for you on those bones. And those tend to be the tastiest bits. Don’t miss out on it by being stupid and letting them use that meat for their other dishes (which is surely what they do)…

Food:
— Peking duck: They sliced the duck for us table side, but didn’t do a great job of separating the meat or the fat from the skin, which is normally how I expect peking duck to be served. The wraps were more like tortillas than thin crepes. The sauce and vegetables were standard. Also, after they carved the duck and filled the plate, they didn’t serve us the remainder which still had a substantial amount of meat on it. The duck was a little under seasoned, but the skin crispiness was good.
— Sautéed spinach with garlic sauce: This dish was great. Great flavor and a really big portion.
Atmosphere: Definitely the first thing I noticed because it’s not what you would expect from a Chinese restaurant. All the tables are covered with white table cloths and set with forks and knives. Very western looking. Even though it’s very clean and has a western vibe, it’s a little rowdy because it’s either a BYOB or has a super low corking fee. When I went on a Friday night, there were several big parties, drinking up and being loud.
Service: Very good and attentive.

Crispy, flavorful duck carved for you tableside. Delicious and filling. Love how they serve it with spring onions and a flat tortilla as opposed to a thick bun. The hoisin sauce is eveythinggg…
Service is quick, and if you’re willing to wait they can accommodate a large party. The restroom is downstairs where there is another (dimmer) seating area. They also have high chairs to accommodate toddlers.

Not Da Dong Peking Duck in Beijing but the best in New York. It’s not cheap, $ 52 for a whole duck but you get lean flavorful duck with the requisite crispy skin. Add a few side dishes like a yummy and texturally interesting vegetable, Chinese zucchini with gluten or the popular General Tso’s chicken and youve got way too much food and lunch for tomorrow. The tough times to get a seating are during holidays. Go in the middle of the week and you can be assured a seat. Otherwise, expect to be turned away if you don’t have a reservation. Since it’s the ultimate place for Peking duck, celebrities and Chinese dignitaries may be may be regular patrons. It is better than its sister restaurant on 53^rd Street. Go with at least 4 people to be able to order more dishes besides the duck. Two people, it’s a date. Three or more, it’s a feast!

Rumble in the jungle — deep in the heart of chinatown! Here you’ll find the top peking duck in the city. And it doesn’t hurt that they offer a BYOB policy, no cork fee for bottles of wine, making the trip always worth it.
I’ve come here on several occasions with a couple of buddies and between the duck and the experience we always leave happy and bloated from duck. Typically we bring enough wine for one bottle per person.
The restaurant is always slammed during the dinner rush with your typical New York crowd (although no tourists — they tend not to venture this far into Chinatown). The scene can get rowdy and the decibels often approach bar like like levels but it only helps add to the joyous atmosphere. p. s. post-​10pm I’ve seen the waiters begin taking shots of their own as their evening rush is winding down.
The duck is the number one reason you go — the duck is carved table side in an authentic mandarin chinese style and comes complete with pancakes, veggies and the scrumptious duck sauce! Entrees can be hit or miss and have ordered a couple where by unanimous decision we all vow not to select another bite from that plate.
I haven’t been to the midtown location but can’t imagine it’s a awesome as the Chinatown house.

First, you only come here for one thing: THE DUCK. (To all my fellow Unilocalers who have had the amazing Peking Duck from 大董 in China, don’t think you’ll get the same experience, BUT for American standards, this is pretty darn good duck!)
Second, DO NOT do any of the prie-​fixe options. I took one look and knew for sure that the prie-​fixe is a rip off meant for people who don’t know how to order Chinese food. Bring a Chinese friend if you know you’ll have this problem.
Third, this place is BYOW, so make sure you swing by 53 Mott St for some wine before coming!
We started off with a pork soup dumpling appetizer, which I would NOT recommend. Out of the 8 soup dumplings, only 1 actually had soup in it. The skin was also far too thick, so these basically tasted more like normal dumplings than soup dumplings.
For 7 people, we decided that two ducks would be the appropriate portion. The duck was DELICIOUS. As with tradition, the chef cuts the duck right in front of you. If you don’t know how to do the wrapping (like the non-​Asian table next to ours), the waiters will gladly also wrap it for you per request. The wrap was thicker than what I’m used to, thus reminded me of a burrito wrap, but thank goodness it did not overshadow the juiciness of the duck meat and sauce.
We had the chef take the leftover duck bones/​meat to make a duck tofu soup and stir-​fried bean sprout dish. Both were delicious so make sure you don’t put any duck to waste!
Finally, we also ordered the string beans (四季豆) and beef pan fried noodles to round off the meal. I quite enjoyed the non-​spicy string beans, which were very crunchy and flavorful at the same time, but I found the noodles to be too dry for my taste.
Our bill came out to be $ 27/​person including tip and tax! We were absolutely STUFFED! If we had done the prie-​fixe, we would be paying ~$ 37/​person, so again, don’t do the prie-​fixe!

This place is surprisingly quite trendy. Very few customers were actually Chinese — the food is expensive and not that authentic. I came here with my parents (who paid for everything) and my boyfriend. We ordered a combination consisting of duck, two entrees, appetizers and dessert. They say it serves four people, but we could barely finish!
The Peking duck was pretty good, but I didn’t like the wrap they served it in. It was too thin. The appetizers/​dessert were mediocre at best. We took the entrees (garlic shrimp and chicken) to go and it surprisingly didn’t taste that bad the next day. Overall, this place deserves three stars because you could definitely do better in Chinatown.

After our rainy day in the city, fairytale, courthouse wedding, we held our rehearsal dinner for us and our two witnesses, at the one and only Peking Duck House. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Of course one week later we had our real wedding in Malibu in front of hundreds of our closest family and friends, and that was the best day ever. But we will always have Peking Duck House.
For our one year wedding anniversary we came back for duck, this time with ten friends (great place for group events), to reminisce on that surreal day we said I Do with duck tacos.
My favorite thing about PKH is their duck of course, second to their willingness to take reservations. The Peking Duck Dinner which is $ 33 is quite the steal considering it will feed you for days to come. If you have a pre-​war size fridge (like us), and don’t have all in the room in the world for leftovers, opt out of the price course menu and just get the duck, steamed dumplings and one noodle dish or entrée. The duck alone can feed 4+ (unless you’re four very hungry men). Also, do not take an über there from the UWS during prime time, it may cost $ 60.
They were nice enough to let us bring in our anniversary cake from Magnolia Bakery, and slice it for us, after singing Happy Birthday (huh?). I guess it was our Wedding Birthday :)
Bonus — you can request to take the bones home and make yourself some duck broth.

Clean
Authentic
Professional
My impression of this place is I’m gonna take my mom here. And I know she will like it.
I usually don’t like to visit Chinatown because it’s dirty. However, this place is nice and clean. The food is delicious and authentic. The duck is tender and juicy. I can’t wait to go back to NYC for the duck meal.

I love this place so much.
I crave this place.
The best things are the peking duck, the shrimp with ginger and scallions, and the dumplings. Its absolutely delicious!
Sure, its americanized, but it is SO delicious.

I have been here twice with my family now and overall I found it to be fine. The prices of the food is a bit much compared to other restaurants in Chinatown and they recently just raised their prices a little more.
We always start out with steamed pork dumplings (8 pieces) which are nice and soupy on the inside with some durable skin to hold it in. It is a little bit more expensive than average but still good. We’ve also tried the scallion pancake which is unique compared to other scallion pancakes I had. It is much thicker than the usual but has good scallion taste with a good salty aftertaste. We also went a bit adventurous and got the boneless duck feet which came with cucumber. It was chewy and crunchy. I definitely didn’t mind it. It was lightly seasoned so no overwhelming sauces over it.
We also get a variety of dishes including fried flounder, crispy beef with spicy sauce, fried squid, sautéed zucchini and shredded pork with bean curd. All were the typical Chinese dishes that I feel you could get at any other Chinese restaurant. Good but maybe not worth the price if you can get it somewhere else for cheaper.
The star and more unique aspect compared to other restaurants of course is their peking duck. I will not deny that their peking duck is cooked really well, with crispy skin on the outside and tender duck meat on the inside. They slice it for you on site and it comes with scallion, cucumber, brown sauce and flour tortillas to make the peking duck wraps. Really delicious but at $ 52, it is quite a luxury that I won’t be doing often. You are also allowed to take the whole duck home (of what’s left) and make additional meals from it which is great (ie my mom plans to make some duck soup!).
They also allow BYO Wine which is great! No BYOB though because they have a beer license but it’s nothing expensive to buy beer from there. $ 4 for Tsingtao is not bad.
Overall, a good dinner experience. Given it’s history, I would definitely give the peking duck a try at least once.

Woah expensive. Glad I came here with my parents who paid for everything. I’m sad they were both disappointed because they drove all the way up to visit. This is a place for tourists. They take out the duck and prepare it in the middle of the restaurant for all to see. The other items on the menu seem boring and Americanized.
We came when the restaurant was just opening, so we were able to enjoy our meal without feeling bothered or rushed. By the time we were leaving, the restaurant started to liven up with two large parties coming in. One for a birthday, one for a tour group. It seems like a lot of tour groups come here.
The Peking duck was decent. There was lots of meat compared to other restaurants where there is barely any. The meat was juicy enough, but the skin wasn’t that crispy. Here they use those moo shu pancake things instead of mantou wrappers. The annoying thing was they watered down the plum sauce, so liquid kept on dripping from my wrap. That made it somewhat unappetizing. They also didn’t give enough cucumbers or scallions, albeit we didn’t ask for more which I guess we should have.
We also ordered the Crispy Whole Fish with Hot Sauce and Chinese Cabbage with Mushroom. The fish was so tasteless. How did it have so many ingredients but taste like nothing? Especially being advertised as spicy, I thought it would have a lot of flavor. The cabbage dish turned out to be bok choy with mushrooms. This was also nothing special. I’d skip the other items on their menu, which are both expensive and not that tasty, and just order the duck.

Whenever I have a Peking Duck craving, I head to Peking Duck House. Top to bottom it’s delicious. The Peking Duck ($ 48 a la carte) is divine and I’ve never been disappointed with my other choices. The kitchen is very solid.
Tip: BYOB with no corkage fee! (But please add a few extra bucks to the tip for the service. It’s the decent thing to do.) Last time I went I stopped into Marks Wine and Spirits at 53 Mott Street. I told the proprietor that I was having Peking Duck and he immediately recommended a Malbec ($ 13.50) and a Pinto Grigio ($ 10) that worked really well for us. Once we were seated I pulled the wine out of the bag, our waiter opened it, filled our glasses and put the white on ice. No problems and a great money saver!

Who: me & mom
Where/​when: vacay, Monday brunch
What: Beijing duck
Why: The atmosphere and presentation (white linen, chef presenting food for us) are not all what you pay for. Wonderfully light and aromatic Chrysanthemum tea upon sitting down. The duck was crispy and fresh, just perfect. Portions are substantial. We left with an awesome assortment of to-​go boxes. So many leftovers that dinner is covered.

PROS:
— Nice décor compared to most Chinese restaurants. The décor is contemporary and sort of fancy compared to the average Chinatown restaurant.
— Peking Duck $ 48– Get this! This what they are known for hence the name of their restaurant. Very filling especially for 3 girls. Duck is crispy. How to eat: Get a thin wrap, then spread some hoisin sauce over it, top it with some scallion and duck. Then you roll it up and it eat.
Peking Duck was good but I had better in Beijing. The wraps in Beijing are much thinner and it’s clear too not like the tortilla wraps here.
THE OKAY:
— Shanghai Fried Sticky Rice (Nian Gao) — It was ehh. Subpar.
CONS:
— Overpriced Chinese food. You won’t see true Asians eating here unless they are here to introduce their non-​Chinese friends here to the Chinese cuisine.
— Waiter was not attentive. We had to flag him down several times for tea. One waiter at the end of our meal dripped sauce from one of the dishes all over my friends bag while he was wiping down the table. He was oblivious to the fact that he spilled sauce even when we asked him for a wet napkin to wipe away the stains. He had this confused look as to why we would need a wet napkin. He was like you want me to wet your napkin? What we were talking about are those disposable little wet napkin wipes that most Chinese restaurant provide at the end of the meal. In the end, we were like never mind in case he screws it up even more.
NOTE:
Don’t think I’ll be coming back here again unless I am dying for some Peking Duck.

Wie waren in einer Gruppe dort.
Dieses Restaurant sticht aus der Gastronomie der direkten Umgebung heraus die aus sehr einfachen Lokalen besteht. Nett eingerichtet mit Tischdecken und Stoffservietten. Eher Hochpreisig. Bedienung teilweise sehr unmotiviert.
Wir bestellten einmal Peking Ente (ab 2 Personen) für 45 $. Und Roasted Duck für 16 $. Die Peking Ente wurde am Tisch tranchiert war leider nur lauwarm aber lecker. Gereicht wurden Crepartige Fladen in welche die Ente mit Gurken, Frühlingszwiebeln und Sojasauce einzuwickeln war. Die geröstete Ente war wenigstens heiß und sehr lecker.

Das Peking Duck House gibt es zwei mal in NYC. Einmal in Midtown auf der 53. St. und einmal dieses hier mitten in Chinatown. Die nächste U-​Bahn-​Station ist Canal Street.
Ich hatte den Tipp von einem Freund bekommen, der regelmäßig aus Brooklyn hierher kommt, um Pekingente zu essen.
Ich wurde nicht enttäuscht.
Im PDH ißt eigentlich niemand etwas anderes. Man kann entweder eine ganze Ente bestellen (reicht gut für zwei), oder verschiedene Menüs mit der Ente als Hauptgericht.
Wenn man zu dritt oder zu viert ist und kein Menü will, bestellt man vor der Ente am besten ein paar Dim Sum (die übrigens ausgezeichnet sind). Ich mag am liebsten die ‘pot stickers’, mit Fleisch gefüllte Teigtaschen, die in der Pfanne angebraten und mit einer säuerlichen Sojasauce serviert werden.
Der ‘Entengang’ selbst ist ein richtiges Erlebnis. Der Ober bringt eine ganze Pekingente an den Tisch. Dann erscheint mit steinerner Mine der bemützte Küchenchef mit einem langen Messer und tranchiert die Ente vor den Augen der Gäste. Das muss der arme Mensch wahrscheinlich 100 mal am Abend machen, das Restaurant ist nämlich nicht klein.
Wahnsinnig viel Fleisch ist an so einer Ente nicht dran, aber es geht sowieso hauptsächlich um die knusprige Haut, die einem in Scheiben auf den Teller gelegt wird. Diese wickelt man dann zusammen mit einer speziellen süßlichen Sauce und in Streifen geschnittenen Frühlingszwiebeln in kleine Pfannkuchen (oder läßt vom Personal wickeln). Lecker!
Die Location ist wie gesagt ganz schön groß, was man auf den ersten Blick nicht vermuten würde. Hinter dem kleinen Vorraum geht es weiter und dann sind auch im Untergeschoß noch einige Tische (ist allerdings nicht so mein Fall, so im Keller zu sitzen).
Der Service war gewöhnungsbedürftig. Wie in so vielen Restaurants in New York waren viel zu viele Servicekräfte anwesend, die sich nur gegenseitig im Weg standen, super motiviert versuchten, halb leergegessene Teller abzuräumen und es dann doch nicht mal schafften, einem die Cola auch einzuschenken, statt nur ein Glas mit Eis und eine Dose auf den Tisch zu stellen.
Mein Brooklyner Kumpel hatte mir übrigens geraten, mit die ‘bones’ der Ente mitgeben zu lassen, da der Küchenchef oft sehr großzügig tranchiert und noch viel Fleisch an den Knochen übrig bleibt, aus denen man am nächsten Tag noch was leckeres zaubern kann.
Ich hatte das Entengerippe dann einen Tag im Kühlschrank liegen und konnte mich nicht überwinden, es auszupacken. Da ist nämlich noch alles dran Kopf, Schnabel usw.