Q By Peter Chang

Highly recommend their dim sum (weekends from 11am-3pm) which is one of the best I've had in the DMV area. In addition to SiChuan, they have delicious WuHan cuisine too. This is where the Chinese community and locals go. They have a big, modern interior with lots of tables, booths, and high ceilings. My favorites dim sum dishes that I tried were the Creamy Egg Yolk Baked Bun, Mi Jiu Tang (mochi ball soup), and Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Beef. However I found all of their dishes to be tasty. If you're looking to try some WuHan classics, try the Dou Pi and Zha Jiang Mian.I enjoyed the dim sum at Q by Peter Chang better than the mass produced dim sum cart restaurants in Northern Virginia. Within the DMV, the best Chinese food is in Maryland (Rockville/Bethesda). The servers were good and they checked on us many times to ask if we would like to put in any additional orders since we got their all you can eat special. Then they bring it out to you when the dishes are ready to make for a more elegant dining experience.

Went here with friends before a show at nearby Round House theater. Had seen mixed reviews but decided to try for convenience. It's a nice atmosphere and our waiter came quickly and often before we ordered.My husband got the Mapa tofu and my friend ordered the eggplant. Her husband got the shrimp fried rice and I got shrimp with asparagus and snow peas. The eggplant was the best and on the sweet side. The tofu was fairly bland and the tofu itself was soggy...it should be pan fried or sautéed before adding the sauce. Both the dishes had too much oil. My shrimp dish was very bland. I added some of the sauce from the vegetarian dishes to make it more palatable.We had to get another waiter's attention to get the bill, and then our waiter's attention to get to go containers.Overall it was ok...not sure I'd go again, unless it was right before a show (walking distance to theater).

We expected an upscale version of PF Chang's. What we got was disappointing food at inflated prices.My wife and I shared their Honey Riblets, Lettice Wraps, and 1/2 of their Beijing (Peking) Duck. The riblets were fatty, sickeningly sweet, and too hot from having been just heated in a microwave. The wraps, usually a favorite of mine, were greasy and with only a hint of their expected flavor. The duck was flavorless and seemed like it had been cooked a long time before.Also annoying was the presentation. Typically, at this price point, we expect food to be described when it is delivered to our table. The runners they used couldn't even tell us which sauces were provided.

solid Peter Chang restaurant out in Bethesda. Good menu, the peking duck is awesome, the large private rooms are great, service is alright. Everything I've had here is good

We stopped by Q this past Saturday evening to celebrate our friend's birthday since we heard the duck here was the best in the DMV. The service was quick and attentive -- our server made sure we always had enough water. Food came out pretty quickly, too.SCALLION BUBBLE PANCAKE (葱油泡饼) - 6The pancake was a huge bubble that had to be popped in order to be eaten. It was pretty thin with a chewier texture. The flavor reminded me of the colorful shrimp chips that you sometimes on Chinese dishes. Not a lot of scallions, though. Just a lot of pan-fried batter. The curry sauce on the side was pretty watery. I could have gone without it.CHANG'S PEKING DUCK WHOLE (北京烤鸭 - 全只) - 80This is definitely what they're known for here. If you're down to splurge on a tasty duck, I'd recommend. A whole duck is a lot smaller than I thought, but the portion was plenty for the four of us. Each order comes with the duck, two sauces (hoisin sauce and this really watery beet sauce?), toppings like cucumbers and scallion whites and a steamer basket filled with crepe skin. The crepe skin was thin and chewy, and the duck wraps were delightful. The duck skin was thin and flavorful, almost like eating chips. The duck meat was perfectly cooked. I can see why this is one of the best ducks in the area.SNOW PEA TIPS W/ MINCED GARLIC (蒜蓉豆苗) - 26There wasn't a big portion of snow peas, but it was well cooked and seasoned with lots of garlic. The texture of the snow peas were perfectly crunchy. I would definitely recommend this, but unsure if it's worth it for the price point.BEEF STIR FRIED WIDE NOODLE (牛炒河粉) - 19Out of everything we ordered, this was probably the most disappointing. I feel like I can get stir fried wide noodles at basically any Chinese restaurant, and there was nothing special about the one here. I thought the flavor was pretty bland. There was a good amount of beef in each portion, but the overall portion size was small for the price. I wouldn't recommend this here.Overall, the food was quite good but expensive. If you want to splurge on a nice Chinese meal, particularly the duck, I'd recommend Q.

Q started its AYCE dim sums on the weekend. It's $28 for adults and half price for kids aged 5-12. Kids under five eat for free!The dim sum menu had 35 items. Our party of six adults and four toddlers must have ate at least twenty different dim sum dishes. We thought the taste was, in general, pretty good.The price was amazing for what's given. Some dishes were better obviously. Here were some of our favorite dishes:#27 stir fried wide noodles with beef. The dish can easily be ruined with too much oil. But Q delivered with a manageable amount of oil.#1 soup pork dumplings. We all thought this was really good. The soup inside the bun mixed really well with the filling.#21 roast duck sandwich was special. It was a pineapple inspired bun with a slice of roasted duck inside. Every bite was a mix of the sweet and the savory.#13 triple layered doupi (bean curd skin). It's hard to describe this dish. It was just really good! Basically, there were rice and smoked meat beneath the bean curd skin.#35 pumpkin fritters. This was essentially pumpkin fries! It was great!The service was super slow. However, we will still go back for the weekend dim sum AYCE!

I signed up for this dumpling making class with a friend and was extremely excited to meet Peter Chang. Is there anything better than learning how to make dumplings from one of the experts? Yes, it would be actually making dumplings with one of the experts. I and other's were a little upset to find out he did not show. Seeing that's the only reason why a lot of us signed up for the class because since it was stated he himself was going to be there. I even double checked the event details. First let down. We arrived early prior to the class and enjoyed some eats. This was the best part! I tried the flounder fish sour cabbage soup and is more on my must have list! I ended up visiting two other locations within that week and ordered it again because it was that good! Another honorable mention is the beef wide noodle. My friend ordered it and don't know if it was because it was someone else's food it was amazingly good or it was just great! I tried to figure that out but the other locations Columbia & Baltimore do not have it on their menu and none suggested making it fit me either. Go figure. . . Lol You know those dishes you order whenever you're close to that location, yup another one. The class wasn't arranged very well. The food we were making was left out and uncovered. People were asked to wash their hands before they were trash to cook so they became dirty again. It ended up being family style but all of the dumplings were come together so unless you designed/made/shaped/formed yours a specific way, you couldn't tell which you made. I was blessed, to have the vegetable ones and some noodles as my dish since I've taken pork out of my diet. I'd go back for the dishes I mentioned but not for the class.

We stopped by Q for a birthday dinner and were surprised by how good the dishes were. My favorite was the Sweet & Sour Branzino - unbelievably prepared so that you can pick up little cubes of perfectly cooked fish with chopsticks. Thumbs up for the Peking Duck and the Seafood with Crispy Rice. Amazing. And the Golden Buns and Mango Pomelo Tapioca were perfect desserts to finish things off. Fun and adventurous, this is not your typical Chinese restaurant. The dishes are unique and inventive, and just plain delicious. Definitely worth trying, for a celebration or just to stop in and have a fun meal.

Upscale Chinese dining serving food one doesn't ordinarily find in Chinese restaurants. Hubby & I ordered half a Peking Duck which was quite ample. Also ordered their spicy eggplant which one can order different grades of spiciness. Everything delish! My only problem is that the dishes didn't come out together. Also, my husband ordered dumplings for an appetizer, & I ordered the asparagus soup which came way after the dumplings. I was left watching him eat the dumplings while I waited. Then the soup came, and he had to sit & watch me.

This was by far the worst Chinese food I've ever had. I've had frozen food better than this. As a matter of fact, this tasted like frozen cuisine. Highly disappointed and annoyed that I spent $80 on this trash. Never again.