Double Chin Restaurant

Cannot rave enough about this place. The food was delicious, the drink was yummy and so fun. Came here right before show at the Wilbur and will definitely be coming back for dessert.

great place to dine in after a late night at a goth club. friendly staff, great food, with the ‘small on the outside but big on the inside’ type of space. i loved the boardgames and books that you can take off the shelf and bring over to your table to enjoy. the only thing i would recommend is that they should renovate the quality and overall cleanliness of the bathrooms

I went there with my friends and the atmosphere was really cozy and nice. Staff really nice and they have a lot of dessert that I wanted to try. My friends and I shared a toast with ice cream, which was pretty good price considering the amount you got.

Over all really good! Some of the food was delicious, and some was pretty flavorless The good; The Salt & Pepper wings, Lobster Rangoon were great! The kimchi fried rice and Korean rice cake cheesy sausage dish were good, but a little less flavorful than I would have expected on the spices level from the description, pretty tasty though! And the honey toast was phenomenal! The not so good; The "mac and cheese" wide noodle dish was totally flavorless, I think I understand the fusion they were trying to go for, but boy was it bland... The fish and chips was not all that as well, though the fries were very good, and between the two bubble tea that me and my friend got one was almost watered down tasting, and the other one was super concentrated and tasted more like coconut than taro. I loved the atmosphere though, and the service was super nice, and it was super cute to be able to just walk on over up some stairs to the bakery and get some to go dessert, and they were very kind in there too. So overall even though some of the dishes were hit or miss, I definitely come back to try more the good stuff was very good! And the not good stuff was just okay at the worst.

After a second visit, unfortunately I have to revise the rating down due to disappointing tasting of their four dishes I ordered this time. Peanut butter tofu was just way too sweet, kimchi fried rice (the sunny side egg was pre-made, hard and cold, rice was filled with chill oil, cheesy Korean rice cake was very bland, everything was thrown together, and the worst one, siracha honey chicken was just sweet and sour chicken without the siracha flavor. Love the idea of being fusion, but it’s got plenty of room to improve. A so-so 3.5🌟 (too bad Google doesn’t have half point stars). Walked by many times but never had the urge to step in until this time. Perhaps the name or the menu looked too unconventional for those looking for Chinese cuisine, simply not “authentic” like Dumpling House or Lee’s seafood. I had to admit my inherent biases after the visit. Owned by the two Chin sisters (hence the name Double Chin) who shared their deep passion for Chinese cuisines, they wanted to created something unique yet preserving the Chinese cuisine’s identity. Double Chin’s menu was simple and many items can be found in many Asia-fusion restaurants, however, their specialty menu page was what caught my eye. To be honest, it is a daring act to create a fusion menu when it is Chinese + something due to the dominating flavors demanded by Chinese style cooking. So I gave them a 5 🌟 for taking on the daring act. We ordered two recommended items from the specialty menu, the Corn Elote Skillet Rice, mixing lime spice used in preparing corns among Mexican street vendors and melted cheese with fried rice. I was pleasantly surprised by the refreshing taste from the lime spice and the taste of fried rice on a skillet. The other item was Hong Kong hot chicken Katsu Boluobao-wich, the easiest way to describe this is basically chick-fil-a + Popeyes spicy chicken sandwich on steroids. Covered by the Hong Kong style sweet tasting Boluobao buns (one of my favorite pastries), the deep fried chicken (as tender as those from chick-fil-A), sits right in-between the buns, oh and there are spicy kimchi in the place of traditional pickles. Take a bite of it, the mouth-watering taste of five layers of sweet->spicy->tender->spicy->sweet travels through every taste bud in your mouth until you furiously taking the second bite. A little heavy for sure, but who thought of Popeye’s spicy chicken sandwich being heavy when we were devouring it? Overall, I was impressed with the innovative menu items and their courage to offer a never-tested fusion menu in the highly competitive and brutal Chinatown Food Colosseum, where restaurants frequently open and closes every couple of years. A must try for those enjoying great food and especially the foodie explorers!