Spice China

07/21/08

Great Peking Duck and Service!

by LolaDecker at Citysearch

My husband and I have been to Spice China a few times- we live in Denver but we are willing to drive up every once in a while. I had seen that there was a $30 Peking duck on the menu but I wasn't sure if it was worth it and no one has written anything about it yet. So I ordered the duck and was extremely pleased with how good it was that I didn't mind paying $30 for it. There is another duck entree on the menu that is deep fried- I'm sure it is good as well but I can't imagine it could compare with the Peking duck. The Peking duck could easily be shared by two people- maybe with an app to start out.

Other entrees we suggest are the garlic or basil chicken.

The great thing about Spice China is that you can spend as little or as much as you want and still have a great meal. I saw that someone else had written that it is the Cheesecake Factory of Chinese food and that's because there is a huge menu- there is something for everyone.

So overall it will be difficult not to order the $30 duck every time we go there but that only means that we get to try out other great dishes for less!

• Pros: Selection and Prices
• Cons: Only one location

07/19/08

If you can?t drive to Denver?

by Chowhound9 at Citysearch

Took my dad here the other night to avoid rush hour traffic getting to his favorite Chinese place in Denver, JJ?s (which is probably the best Chinese in town for people less interested in sesame chicken and more interested in chilled pickled chicken feet ? which are darn good with a cold Tsingtao). This was our first time here. If you?re interested in the good stuff, skip to the Shanghai menu towards the back of the 20-page book the hostess hands you. We ordered the steamed whole sea bass, which was fresh, tasty, and thankfully not overcooked. Calamari--dad's must have no matter where we are--was not great (but hey, this is supposed to be Chinese food, so I cut them some slack here). The steamed bok choy and mushrooms were fine. The white rice was not good. Rice is rice you say? If you?ve eaten perfectly cooked, high quality rice, then you begin to care about these things. The wait staff was more interested in chatting with each other near the kitchen than paying attention to the restaurant?s customers, and the people next to us were getting frustrated. In all, I think we got lucky?it could have easily been a miss. Our server gets points for trying, but you aren?t going to find high quality service in a place like this, so don?t expect it. If it?s not rush hour, it?s probably JJ?s next time. As other reviewers have pointed out, it?s called ?Spice China,? but there is almost no spicy food on the menu!

05/13/08

If your looking for spicy and good service avoid this place!!!!!

by SaraHeath at Citysearch

I am a huge fan of asian food, and heard this place rivals PH Changs, (My husband took me there for Mothers Day) And I was very dissapointed, the service was awful, the waitress "Ping" Was very rude and did not (Or could not unterstand) the menu, We asked several times for her to explain things such as soups such and she just told us to look in the menu, she messed our order up an did not offer to fix it ay the end of the meal she said she would not charge for our drink refills, when the menu clearly states "Bottomless drinks." Food was ok (Not better than PF Changs) And not the least bit spicy (we were never given the option for spicy.) When we brought this to the managers attention he just said "the waitress didnt understand English." We will never go back!

• Pros: Nice Ambience!
• Cons: Service very poor!