Lao Beijing

Love this place. One of my favorite restaurants in Chinatown. Service is top notch--professional yet casual. No snobbery here. Food quality is high and delicious. Large assortment from which to choose. I love dumplings and always recommend them. Not a large dining room but the longest I've ever had to wait for a table is 15 minutes on a weekend night. I go here a few times a year.

In my top 3 Chinese restaurants. This is some of the best tasting Chinese food I have ever had. I've been many times, and one of the experiences with service was so bad it could have been in a sitcom, but every other time service has been fine. I keep coming for the food. It's worth it, I'm serious. I moved to St Louis and miss Lao Beijing. The homemade potstickers are the best ever, and the combination homemade stir fried noodles are one of the best things I have eaten in my life.

I was taught at an early age that if you want to experience a different culture cuisine, you need to eat with a local. I went here with a friend who is from Hong Kong and he helped order. I never had any of the dishes he ordered before and thank god. I never ate so good in my life. I do not even believe that I have ever enjoyed Chinese food this much before. I recommend going with a group and order 5 things that you would normally not select. I have so many new favorite dishes that I can not wait to get a group together and go back.

Lao Beijing is fantastic; the food is excellent and the service was great. The menu is huge and I'd be surprised if you couldn't find something to satisfy everyone at the table. Dishes range from standard (like Mongolian beef) to more exotic (like sauteed beef intestine). The location is super convenient as well, just a few minutes' walk from the Red Line Chinatown stop.

I have had the worst experience ever with Chinese food. I went and ordered the Pork Ribs with noodles, and I was given a soup. When I said I did not want soup, he told me that is gravy. I went to the car, and opened the container. Was a lot of broth with hardly anything else. BROTH not gravy. So I went back. He kept saying that was gravy, but he would remake it. Which he did, looked OK. When I got home, which is about 40 minutes away, I only found a few very small pieces of BONES, pork bones, that hardly had any meat on them. And a few veggies over a ton of noodles. Worst food I ever had. I paid $11.07 for bones and pasta. And he had to admit it was soup, saying, soup is better. I wish I could give him, way below any stars. What a disappointment

I like this better than any other Lao chain restaurants. You can find some good Beijing options here and most of the dishes are cooked well. The only complain I had about this place is the placement of the door. It faces directly towards the inside of the restaurant, meaning if you are eating here at cold winter night, the while room is freezing when someone opens the door and comes in. Bad design.

I came here earlier this week with a bunch of friends for AYCE hot pot. Although the menu is a bit limited compared to other restaurants in the area, there were some good highlights such as the crepe (crispy/fried on the inside and egg on the outside), lamb dumplings (cooked and brought to your table, rather than cooked by you, good flavor) and spiciness of the broth. You can create your own sauces. Their broth is better than Sweet Station, but there are so many other AYCE hot pot places in the area, so I'm not inclined to pick this as my favorite.

Came here around 11am on a Sunday , and restaurant was already half full. It's a small place, so seating is limited. Wonton Beijing style soup with what appears to be made from scratch wonton wrapping was s nice starter. Next was the combo Pan Fried Flat Rice Noodles, which we thought would be a crispy, but instead were soft, again made from scratch soft noodles, which were pretty tasty. Beef in garlic sauce is the last dish, served with rice was a nice contrast to the other dishes. Pricing is average. Credit cards accepted.