Wei Hong Seafood Restaurant

Business Hours:: Saturday & Sunday 10:00AM-9:30PM
Monday 11:00AM-9:30PM
Wednesday-Friday 11:00AM-9:30PM

Restaurant Location: NULLChinatown or the nearby Chinese community

Number of Employees: 10+

Restaurant Type: Seafood; Full service

Cuisine: American-Chinese; Cantonese

Awards and Honors

Top100 Overall Excellence (2007)

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	Reviewed by : Abigail C. On: 3/3/2013 1:17:00 PM The food at Wei Hong is delicious!! My family always comes to this restaurant when I come home to visit my family. I grew up in St. Louis and ate at a lot of various Chinese restaurants in the area over the past decade, and I have to say that Wei Hong is one of the best!!My favorite dish is the Salt & Pepper Pork Ribs. The fish fillet cooked in a wine sauce is fantastic, but don't order the sweet & sour fish (it's really weird in texture and way too sweet for a seafood dish). Another family favorite is Eight Treasures Casserole, which has seafood and vegetables in it.I would give Wei Hong 5 stars, but I really dislike the interior of the restaurant. It's built in an old theater, so the ceilings are more than two stories high. Thus, it feels really "empty" and isolated when you eat inside. The service was super fast and efficient, but the atmosphere is bland.
	Reviewed by : Sarah J. On: 1/31/2013 6:08:00 PM I am a frequent Wei Hong take outer. If they had a frequent flyer program... I would be on my way to Elite. The food is delicious and the portion of one meal are enough to feed to hungry adults. We've tried a number of things on the menu and have yet to be disappointed. I have this restaurant a 4 star because the service for takeout is sllloooow. I usually sit there for ten minutes before anyone even comes to great me. The atmosphere is also interesting. It was once an old movie theatre so the room is very large and seems impersonal. For those who choose to dine in the restaurant, it is always crowded and the servers are generally really nice and helpful if you are sitting at their table.
	Reviewed by : Munsok S. On: 1/31/2013 3:18:00 AM i have to say that this place is BIG and theater hall like, but the food is very good! dim sum is a bit better at wonton king, but you must try the entrees.highly recommend and the service is quite adequate
	Reviewed by : Tom J. On: 1/30/2013 11:39:00 AM And now, the award for highest ceiling - restaurant division....the award goes to...Wei Hong Seafood!!!! Yay!!!! With ceilings seemingly 30 feet high, there just is no equal.They also take the award for most doorways you have to go through before you get to the dining room with four. They might also be up for the biggest friggin room in a restaurant...huge.Great food and great service, though, very reasonably priced and I'm guessing very authentic, based on the fact that in my two visits, I was the non-Chinese customer in the room.The lunch specials are, as I recall, all under $6. I tried the Kung Pao Chicken with hot and sour soup and it was all cooked perfectly. On my latest visit, I had Shrimp dumplings with noodle soup, which was also under $6 and also perfect. This is a very subtly flavored dish, as you might expect. I tried not to let any of the locals see me put some chili sauce into my soup, in fear I would be called out for an oriental faux pas.I will definitely be back and work my way through the lunch menu.
	Reviewed by : Sebrina B. On: 1/21/2013 5:54:00 AM We took my grandmother here for her 80th Birthday lunch earlier this month. She originally wanted to go and do fried fish at Hatfield's but they were too far away for us since we had other appointments to keep. I used my trusty Yelp app to find a place that was nearby and highly rated and found this restaurant. I loved the theater atmosphere and the old highly intricate furniture.The staff was very nice. My grandmother wanted a coffee and they modified their Vietnamese coffee to satisfy her very straightforward taste buds. Then when she tried to order a Saint Paul Sandwich even thought it was not on the menu, they knew what it was and recommended Egg Foo Young instead.Although the wait was at least 20 minutes during a relatively slow lunch hour, the food was fresh and hot and generally pretty good. I felt that my Chicken with Cashews was a little bland with too many pieces of celery. However, I also tasted the Kung Pao Chicken which was spicy and yummy with a better balance of vegetables. The soups were above par for me. The Crab Rangoons, Egg Foo Young, Pork Dumplings, and Coconut Dumplings were acceptable but nothing to write home to grandma about.Overall, I plan to bring my mom and try out the Dim Sum the next time I am in St. Louis.
	Reviewed by : Kat V. On: 1/8/2013 12:14:00 AM My parents & I came here on sort of an early Saturday afternoon for lunch. Kind of late for dim sum, though. In any case, the variety just wasn't there or maybe I should have come earlier instead of later. They had a dim sum menu, & you had to wait just for a little bit (like about 10 minutes or so). The food was delish, & the service was impeccable. My dad ordered roast duck with rice. The duck was moist & quite fresh. Huge huge space. Quite airy! Loved how they transformed the main viewing area into a dining hall. I would sooo come back here to try some other items of their regular menu.
	Reviewed by : Gretchen W. On: 1/7/2013 9:24:00 PM I really like Wei Hong restaurant. The food is excellent. The price is reasonable. If they are not too busy, the service is good too. The interior is very unique and roomy. Great place to bring a large group of people. They also have a little bakery downstairs. The pineapple buns are really good.
	Reviewed by : Jasmine T. On: 1/1/2013 10:40:00 PM Even by San Francisco standards this place is 2 thumbs up. A major plus is the friendly service. Ambience could be better - lighting was dull and dining hall was noisy and echoey; but then again we came for the food.
	Reviewed by : Cynthia A. On: 12/31/2012 1:28:00 PM Cool! Inside an old movie theatre, this is a restaurant to go to with a large group-lots of room, tables with large lazy susans so the food can whirl round and round. Dishes were good, and many more traditional items than an Americanized restaurant usually offers.We went when it wasn't crowded, so I can't attest to how service would be at a busy time, but we had fast, pleasant service.
	Reviewed by : Helen W. On: 12/27/2012 4:11:00 PM I've been to dim sum here a couple of times with friends when visiting St Louis.
	Reviewed by : Lizzy L. On: 11/20/2012 1:02:00 AM My favorite thing about Wei Hong is its interior---it used to be a theater, so it has high ceilings and pretty red curtains in front. The wooden tables and chairs make the restaurant feel regal.I came here for dim sum today with a group of friends and the food was good, but not spectacular. The first thing my friends did were to each order a Vietnamese coffee, which came with a French press thing that drips espresso into condensed milk. Then you add ice cubes and mix the whole thing. I don't like coffee but I tried my friend's Vietnamese coffee and it was SO GOOD---not too sweet, and not bitter at all.I thought that their chang fen (the long white noodles with shrimp or beef) was not as good as LuLu's. The service was excellent and they refilled our water and tea promptly. The ladies pushing the dim sum carts visited our table frequently...perhaps a little too frequently when we were trying to have a conversation. However, I appreciated that they were making the food available to us! I did particularly enjoy the shu mai and the clear-wrappered dumpling with pork and shrimp and veggies inside. The BBQ pork bun and sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaf was good too.My friend couldn't remember the name of a dish she had really liked in a previous visit, so the waitress was super patient as we tried to describe what it is. She ended up ordering for us the exact thing we had described, which is on their menu as "fried rice dough fritter crepe". This name amuses me because it's so detailed...but it sums it up quite well. I've had dim sum all my life but this is the first time I've seen this dish, and it is delicious! It comes with a sweet/soy-sauce-y dipping sauce. So if you are looking for a unique dish...order this chinese doughnut dish from Wei Hong's dim sum.
	Reviewed by : K S. On: 11/16/2012 9:28:00 PM Strange place, huge dining room in an old movie theater. We arrived fairly early for lunch and the service was pretty slow. Tried the lunch Garlic Pork and Garlic Chicken. A little above average. The hot and sour soup was better than the egg drop. It was cheap, about $6 per lunch which includes rice, soup and egg roll or crab rangoon. I would go back but not before trying some of the other multiple restaurants on this stretch of road.
	Reviewed by : Kel Vin W. On: 10/8/2012 12:41:00 PM The Peking Duck is the best! It comes in at least 2 courses: First, Crispy roasted duck skin to wrap with green onions and cucumber in a chinese bun; second, stir-fried duck in lettuce wraps.My friends and I also ordered the cantonese wide noodles (Hor fun) with roasted pork, which I can tell has the "wok taste" (only delivered with certain acquired cooking skill).By and far one of the most authentic tastes in STL! My new favorite go-to Chinese restaurant!
	Reviewed by : Fred F. On: 9/1/2012 12:56:00 PM Awful! How disappointing. I waited 45 minutes for a simple take out order, and when I got the food home it was borderline disgusting. The garlic asparagus was so overcooked that it was completely limp, with no garlic taste whatsoever. Everything else tasted like it came straight from the freezer.The fact that I used to go that movie theater when I was a kid compounded my disappointment at how terrible the food and slow service was.Not recommended.
	Reviewed by : Leslie S. On: 8/6/2012 9:16:00 AM We had dim sum on a Thursday at lunch, ordered off the menu and not the cart. We had:1) shrimp dumpling - 5/5 (my favorite but also my fave @ other places)2) pork shumai - 4/53) asparagus (in oyster sauce?) - 3/5 (you get tons, the leaves are bitter but soak up the sauce better than the stalks)4) fried squid - 3/5 (like your typical calamari appetizer)5) spare rib - 1/5 (tons of bone and gristle, little meat)6) potstickers - 5/5 (these were pretty good, similar to other places)This meal cost around $28 plus tax and tip.
	Reviewed by : Sonny S. On: 6/30/2012 5:53:00 PM This place is located in a renovated theater. I came here on a Sunday for dim sum and to be honest, I wasn't blown away. I took forever for the staff to make it to our table with the carts. When they finally did make it, they were out of so many of the items. The restaurant wasn't even that busy and they were so overwhelmed. I feel like they were understaffed that day. I might gives this place another shot, but judging from this experience, I might just go to the other places in St. Louis where I know the dim sum is on point.
	Reviewed by : Tiff N. On: 6/10/2012 6:56:00 PM I had high hopes after reading about this place on Yelp, but it failed to meet them.The atmosphere was really cool. I loved eating in an old theater; it was very unique. That's pretty much the only thing that made me really happy, unless you count the cute child at the next table who kept coming by our table and staring at me.The service was slow. One waitress brought us water pretty quick and got us drinks within a few minutes. 15 minutes later, a second waitress came over to ask if we had ordered. Our food also came out in weird order and poorly spaced. We ordered soup, which came out after our shared appetizer. My friend's other food came out 2 minutes after the appetizer, so she was eating 3 things at once. My other dish came out 20 minutes after my friend had finished.I had hot and sour soup, which I always love, and Wei Hong's was fine. My friend had wonton soup; we agreed that it was very meh. We shared the pu-pu platter: eggroll was fine, crab rangoon was weird (I liked it better than most; friend hated it), bbq rib was probably the best thing I had there, other things were just okay. We also decided on just ordering a few other appetizers. My friend had potstickers, one of her favorites, and didn't feel like finishing them. I had cold noodles with sesame and peanut paste. I normally love peanut sauce, but I'm nearly convinced that their peanut "paste" was actually peanut butter.
	Reviewed by : Kate B. On: 1/31/2012 6:19:00 AM Wei Hong is located in what looks like an old concert hall/theater/highschool auditorium thing. I think I will have to read some more reviews on here or look online/research to figure out just what exactly it was. It's intriguing to say the least!Sean and I stopped by after hitting up Lou Fusz to have my car looked at after a recalled part was discovered.... we were both kinda hungry and it was a little after lunch time, so we were worried the place wouldn't be open but it was! Normally I go to the S. Grand location because it's closer to where we live but since we were already near/on Olive....We wandered into the vast building and saw what looked like some gigantic kind of open space filled with tables and chairs. It was...weird...yet nifty. I don't think I've ever been to a restaurant like this before. It was so odd. But anyway we were seated promptly and a helpful girl came over to give us menus and take drink orders. She was really prompt and gave us good service. We later learned that she had literally just moved to STL from NYC and it was her first or second day...something along those lines. It was also reeeeally quiet in there. You could practically hear a pin drop. It was a bit awkward to say the least. I can't decide if I prefer this configuration to the smaller (and slightly grungier) S. Grand location or not. Hmm. The bathrooms at this one are definitely cleaner, lol.I should also note that despite the lunch menu being past it's serving time, the waitress still brought it to us and charged us lunch prices, which was nice!I had hot tea (it was insanely hot btw! and good!) and the Singapore rice noodles which is usually what I order at Chinese places and esp from the other Wei Hong location on S. Grand. Mmmm. (Other than that, I usually get the Special Fried Rice which has pork, shrimp, and I think BBQ spareribs from Wei Hong. It's also pretty good.) I think Sean had some kind of chicken that came with broccoli and rice. I forget what it's called but he seemed to enjoy it.Wei Hong has always been a solid 3/5 stars for me for some reason. (Both locations that is.) I mean, it's tasty food, it's affordable, and the service is usually pretty good, so what's not to like? I don't know. It's not particularly exciting food either. Maybe I just need to push my boundaries and order the dim sum one of these days...but seeing the "chicken feet" thing on the menu freaks me out a little. I think I might have tried those at some point but I don't really remember. Anyway. It's a cool place to grab a quick bite of relatively tasty food but it's not super incredible by any means. Just A-OK.
	Reviewed by : Gigi C. On: 1/20/2012 12:17:00 PM After having a serious craving for some serious dimsum feasting, hubby, son and I finally tried Wei Hong for the first time last Sunday at noon. Other than the fact that the restaurant used to be a movie theater which can be unsettling to first-time visitors, we quickly settled down in anticipation of the delightful dishes that would follow.Didn't have to wait a minute before a dimsum cart passed my way. And another, and another, and another..... Everything was good - the pork shumai, pork bbq steamed buns, some rolls that were wrapped in bean-curd skin with a delicious gravy, tender pork riblets, tripe strips (it was surprisingly good!), bok choy with oyster sauce, shrimp siumai, crab rangoon and potstickers, (we ordered the last four off the menu); did I miss anything? Will probably eat the same dishes next time, except for the crab rangoon which was tough and bland.It was a bit weird how the dimsum servers tried to "push" certain dishes on us, things we never asked for, so of course we waved them off, saying, "no, thanks!". I asked for shrimp siumai the very first time I saw a dimsum cart, and the lady told me "later!". And so it went for the next 20-30 minutes: "later!" Finally, after almost giving up and asking for the check, my shrimp siumai came. It was worth the wait. Then, just as we all decided that we were already bursting, the same lady came back and offered scallops siumai. Unfortunately, we just simply couldn't eat more, and had to tell her no.The best part was the bill - with two softdrinks, and a lot of food for 3 people, it didn't even reach $40!!! (plus tip).Next time, we'll order a roast duck ("3-way style") as soon as we are seated. (And we probably shouldn't eat as much dimsum as we did if we're having duck.)
	Reviewed by : Anonymous On: 2008-11-14 I would not recommend going to this place. The food was unacceptable; chicken was rubbery, beef was undercooked, and the lo mein smelled like antifreeze. To top it off, there was a baby roach in a glass of water our co-worker was drinking. I'm glad I didn't get the duck.?
	Reviewed by : Anonymous On: 2008-05-05 I lived in STL in 2000-02. The location on Grand was one of my favorites. We went a few times a week after work or on weekends. We drove from W County b/c their food tasted great (I'm Asian) and had the best value! When I recently moved back to STL, I was excited to go to the Grand location and the new one. I'm never going back! At Grand, they microwaved my roast duck, chicken, and pork right in front of us! It's not roasted anymore! I went to the Olive location twice. The 1st was for dimsum and they charged every item as a M or L dish but we had several S dishes charged wrong. I spoke with one of the Chen owners I knew from before (she didn't remember me). She apologized and said she couldn't figure out the discrepancy b/c I had already paid. The 2nd time I had dinner there they overcharged me again. She told me the menu was wrong when I asked. I will never go back again, I am sad to say!! Royal BBQ used to use these tricks. What a disappointment that Wei Hong has ...? More ?
	Reviewed by : Anonymous On: 2007-12-12 By far my favorite Chinese place. The staff will help you navigate some of the traditional chinese dishes. Get some almond cookies on the way out at the Bakery too!?
	Reviewed by : Anonymous On: 2007-07-22 This is not for people who want lemon chicken and sweet and sour pork. But if you want to try some great chinese cuisine this is the place. I highly recommend the seafood casseroles and the sauted vegetable dishes. The Soups are also wonderful. The staff is friendly and will answer your questions about the menu and really delights when people want to try new dishes. Afterwards, go to the bakery and get some almond cookies and winter melon tarts!?
	Reviewed by : mdeckmama On: 2007-12-30 I am coming for DIM SUM tommorrow. I love your restaraunt!!!

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