Tea Palace II

We came in for lunch not bad pretty tasty. A hot buffet everything was good, service could be friendlier he was clean and neat. And good price.

I love this place! The people are great and the food is good too.
Try the general tao

Food was terrible. Very greasy egg rolls. Sesame chicken was rock hard. Who makes egg drop soup with cream of corn? Never coming back

First, a back story: Back in October 2010 my housemate and I had to go to Pueblo for a few days on personal business. While we were there, one of his friends recommended we try this place (then under a different name, I believe). My friend ordered Chinese food, which he liked, while I ordered Thai and Vietnamese food that was among the best I’ve had pretty much anywhere. The spring rolls were excellent and I had a coconut and lemongrass soup that was superb. I was amazed I could get this quality of Asian food in Pueblo when I usually can’t find it in Denver or most other places. I also loved visiting with the waitress, whom I learned was part of the family that owned the restaurant. They were from Cambodia and had recently re-​bought the restaurant after their disappointment with those to whom they had sold it.
Fast forward more than a year: Yesterday while my housemate and I were heading off the mountain to run some errands in Denver, we got a call telling us about an emergency involving his family that we had to fix. We dropped everything and made a beeline directly to Pueblo, not bothering to head back and pack or grab anything. We arrived in the evening and after checking out the emergency, I decided we absolutely had to go back to this Chinese restaurant.
Though we got there immediately before closing, we were still warmly welcomed by the waitress and had superior service. I looked over the menu and got spring rolls again and the soup I thought I had tried previously, whereas my housemate ordered the sesame chicken.
The Spring rolls were large and still very good, though I do prefer spring rolls that contain more mint than lettuce. When the soup came, I could tell it was what I had ordered before and still very good though perhaps not quite as good as I had previously — and the presentation was a bit off as the oils and chilies had separated in the soup and wouldn’t mix. It wasn’t as creamy as it had been before and I believe didn’t have as much coconut milk, though I still truly enjoyed it and took home my leftovers. My housemate, however, was a bit disappointed with the sesame chicken. I was also having a harder time because the lights kept flickering and it seemed a bit like dining in a strobe. The waitstaff told us that it was a problem with the wiring that comes and goes and was effecting all the lamps that night.
If it hadn’t been for the lights and my housemate being a bit disappointed with the sesame chicken, I probably would have given it 5 stars (as I can’t do 4.5 stars). It was definitely a 5-​star experience the previous time we were there. I did learn that this family had just bought the restaurant about a month prior from the family that I had remembered from over a year ago. They kept the menu pretty much as I remember it and may still be working out their own way of preparing these dishes. I will say that I’ll be back the next time I’m in Pueblo and that I hope to get to know this newer family as well as I had known the previous one. Still, the service was great and friendly and I still find that what I ordered was much better than what I usually find in Denver.