Mustard Greens Restaurant

Quite pricey for American-Chinese style meals. Couldn't believe i spent $80 for 2 on take-away food!!My boo got beef with veggies and he enjoyed it. I got mooshu chicken. Unfortunately the mooshu chicken was not was I expecting at all. The pancakes were crunchy so they broke apart at any attempt of rolling up. The mooshuchicken itself was sauceless. Very white. Missing was the cabbage or scrambled egg and instead was bean sprouts in there so it seemed a bit cheapened up too and not at all tasting as expected as any place I go anywhere else in Chinatown or any other city. Small pint of wonton soup was good. The small pint of hot and sour soup also not as expected. It was red in color not the rich brown as well as more tangy and sour. Then the combo of flavors and richness I get anywhere else Spring rolls were good. But yeah. That's it. How did it get so pricey?

Best Chinese food anywhere. Garlic noodles are to die for. Fresh and delicious- they do not have standard American Chinese dishes but rather have their own menu.

I've been here a few times and the food and service is always wonderful.This time we ordered wonton soup, eggplant stuffed with chicken, bbq ribs, steamed chicken dumplings, crabmeat fried rice, curry noodles, shrimp and scallop with vegetables, sesame chicken, Pineapple Shrimp, Hunan Beef and string beans. Everything tasted fantastic. Would definitely come again.

Great Asian place in philadelphia. Ingredients were fresh and very tasty. Loved their firecracker pork, dumplings, wonton soup was very tasty with clear broth. Fried rice was also tasty and fresh. Love the fact they brought out hot lemon scent towels to clean your hands. I would definitely be back!

This is a one of a kind place to get some Chinese food of exceptional quality. Great family atmosphere to bring kids and grandparents too. Good service as well.

Satisfying, friendly, beautifully presented Cantonese food that is a neighborhood standby. Great for a date dinner. Quiet, relaxing, with a full bar. Food is fresh, never heavy, and elegant. I prefer eating here to ordering takeout, because it is a nice place for a laidback meal and conversation.

Mustard greens is the best Chinese food in Philly. The owner and staff are outstanding. Dumplings and the whole menu is awesome. Please visit.

I have been dining at Mustard Greens regularly since it opened decades ago. I lived in the Queen Village neighborhood for almost thirty years and itt's that unique gem: a neighborhood fixture that is an unexpected "find" for visitors. (I go there at least once everytime I am back in Philly, usually a half-a-dozen times a year. When I lived in the area, it would not be an exaggeration that we ate there almost weekly for those decades. That's a LOT of data points about the consistency of quality and "standing" to review.) A previous reviewer, Clarissa V., called it an "American-Chinese style" and a "take-away" kind of place. Another, Joe D., clearly has a a palate tuned to and only accustomed to "takeway" restaurants, where tables are an after-thought.As a 72 yr. CHINESE-American person, who has likely eaten in MORE Chinese restaurants, in and outside of the USA (China, UK, France, Brazil included) AND a greater variety of dishes than these two, I take great exception to those comments as being very off-the-mark. As more discerning reviews have noted - and please read the professional food critic reviews: one is laminated and displayed in the entry area that has a small bar and a few seats - the cooking is distinguished by FRESH ingredients prepared healthily and SIMPLY (vs. over-salted, over-spiced) so that their natural flavors come through. For palates used to over-salterd, over-MSG, etc., it might taste "blander", but that's your tastebuds being badly conditioned about Chinese cooking and now being gently re-educated to the flavors that you should be experiencing. (I've talked to Bon Siu, the owner-chef, who opened Mustard Greens and who is in the kitchen EVERY day. How do I know? My random drop ins always finds him there, plus I ask! When you have the same kitchen crew AND your brother comes and cooks with you and covers when you are away, you get CONSISTENCY, which is important for a restaurant to do well. Mustard Greens also has had the same core two waiters for at least twenty years, with a couple of "youngsters" (everyone is a youngster now!) who I hope become "veterans", if they are good! As the for prices and ambience. ALL food prices have gone up. I've noticed it myself, not just there but everywhere. On this last visit two nights ago - and I am coming back with a group of other Penn alumni/friends this weekend - I asked Ming, one of the waiters about that. He said that Bon had to because of their increased costs. I get it, unfortunately.Besides the dining area downstairs, there is also an upstairs, which is set up and used by larger groups and overflow. Because it's a neighborhood restaurant, it does do a take-away business, which helped it survive Covid, but it's not decorated like one. Bon Siu displays original artwork, often of artists from the neighborhood - currently, from a photographer associated with The Inquirer newspaper - and sometimes even his own. (He studied also at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts at one point, THE premier art school in the USA, arguably. A man of many talents.) The vibe is warm, friendly, the kind of place where Bon comes out from the kitchen regularly with a sharp eye to make sure all is smooth, but mainly to stop by at tables to greet regulars - and often "force" a glass of wine on them! Even now, the odds are great that I will see someone I knew when living in Queen Village. Try it for the food, come back for it and because it will be a place that will know your name. Oh - I have NO connection to Mustard Greens except being a loyal customers won over by the quality/consistency of the food and the warmth of the place. "Try it, you'll like it!" (Of the two friends I brought two nights ago, one had never been there and is a selective eater: she loved the dishes we ordered. Make sure to have the garlic string beans and the fried dumplings. My daughter, now in her 40s and who grew up on them, still has those as her gold standard for fried dumplings. Me too. Enjoy!

I gave it one star because it would not let me give it a zero rating. 85$ for two people - take out . It was cold because they gave my order away . It was terrible to boot. General Tso's was flavorless , dumpling reheated were terrible, spring rolls fell apart .

Had an absolutely delicious meal here on Sunday with my family. We ate steamed fish, sauteed string beans, spring rolls, shrimp and shitake mushrooms and mustard greens. Everyone loved their food and service was great. A real find!