Yee Li Restaurant
“My favs:
– Soy sauce chicken
– Roast duck
– Roast pig
– Congee w/ pork and thousand year egg
– Wonton noodle soup”
“The roast meat takeout counter never stopped moving the entire time we ate dinner.”
“I was getting worried that there wasn't a good place for soy sauce chicken, ever since my regular place closed down.”
Yee Li Restaurant
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
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This place was more busy for take out than dine in, so if you wanna get food quickly it might just be easier fyi. The pekking duck was amazing and a way bigger portion than I expected. They had a soft shell crab special that was really filling and by far cheaper than any place around that served crab! The service d was pretty good imo, but that might just be due to the few number of people seated to eat.
Worst experience ever in Chinatown without even tasted the food.
On Saturday 9pm the restaurant had only 3 tables with clients. We got in craving for the duck we saw displayed on the window.
Once we came in, the waiter (old man) was really rude acting with very bad manners.
We asked to wait 5 min to get through the long menu and he was pissed off with no reason. We asked for water and he was pissed off again. We were ordering and his behaviour was really unprofessional and pushing us to order more than we wanted.
We finally left the restaurant.
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Your run of the mill Cantonese-style restaurant located in the heart of Chinatown. I do take-out lunch here 2-3 times a week since I work nearby and Yee Li tends to keep things consistent compared to other canton places that are really hit or misses. We've tried several of their dishes and they all come out tasting like what they should taste like.
However, their service is very lacking. One time they gave me the wrong order on accident and when I brought it back to them, they scolded me for taking the wrong order. Uh, hello you handed it to me. Whose fault is that? Seriously step up your game or else you're going to lose a regular.
I have been here twice for large group gatherings. For the sole purpose of feeding a shitload of people it is a wonderful place. They serve Cantonese style dishes that, if you are familiar with modern Cantonese cuisine, are something of a throwback. But this style of Cantonese food is very typical in the USA; growing up in Silicon Valley, there are many such restaurants that I grew up eating at with my family on a regular basis.
But the food is just not really worth writing home about. It's just alright, the dishes suit the eating format so it is great to have a bowl of rice and pick at everything. There is just no particular 'wow' factor and some of the best dishes are marred by greasiness. Even with the roasted meats, I felt that some tasted gamey and gristly like the roast duck.
I felt that I had an equally good or better experience at Congee Village (contrary to the name, that's not all they have on the menu) or Ping's — latter of which is categorically better and has a more modern reflection of Cantonese cuisine, but it's also significantly more expensive.
I went to this place for lunch and ordered a roast duck and roast pig over thin rice noodles 米粉. They gave me a thick rice noodles 瀨粉and told me I did ordered that. I personally hate thick noodles and would never order that. The waiter kept saying I order the thick one and was realky reluctant to change the order. He just kept argueing.
My friend ordered roast ribs 燒排骨to go for family dinner. They gave her roast pig 燒肉and told her that there's ribs in the meat so that's roast ribs too. How can this place keep argueing their mistakes? They can just simply say sorry and change the order for you.
The roast items are good but the services are really really bad. The waiters will never admit their mistakes. I will try to avoid this place as much as possible. If I could give negative stars , I will.
Went there for lunch and it was packed…..we waited a bit to get a table. I got a mixed BBQ meat over rice dish and my BF got a beef lo mein. Both were very good. The lean roast pork and the bbq spareribs were nicely seasoned and tender. Definitely made that same day, not leftover from the day before. The Lo Mein was very good…large dish…. Lots of nice greens and beef.
I would say this place is good for Chinatown, easy to find and large menu… You can get something quick like a BBQ meat over rice, or something more exotic like a nice seafood entree or steamed fish.
Home of my favorite "cha siu" over rice!
I've been eating at this place with the boys for at least 5 years now, no matter what occasion or circumstance: rainy days, sunny days, post basketball days, or any time I'm around really lol.
They're posted up in that part of Chinatown that has a lot buzz! Vivi bubble tea, Mei la wai's steamed pork buns, and Chinatown ice cream factory. So they've got some competition.
Cha Siu, Peking duck, and the roast pig are all hung right by the window begging you to come in and eat!
There's tons of space in there so even on busy days the wait times were minimal.
Food: For years I've been getting their Cha siu over rice (about $5/$6). They give about 2 cups of rice with ample Cha siu, so if THAT doesn't fill you up, get my favorite appetizer the Salt & Pepper squid which you can probably share with 2 other people or 1 hungry person.
The best part about this is that you'll be thoroughly satisfied and still have room for dessert! *cough chinatown ice cream factory*
Enjoy 🙂
Always packed here during the early afternoons. There are always the two regular guys at the counter taking your orders and managing everyone and everything. They often have a hostile or bitter like attitude. Maybe it's just how they are but as a customer, I've been taken a back a few times because of their tone of voice. It's a little scary.
Nonetheless, it's good for take out and dine in. There selection of food has always been consistent. It's decent traditional Chinese food, nothing extraordinary.