Li Wah Restaurant
Cleveland, OH 44114-4400
Phone: (216) 696-6556
- Price:
- $$
- Hours:
- Mon-Sat 11am-2am, Sun 11am-2pm
Editorial Review for Li Wah Restaurant – by John Hyduk
The Scene
Just five minutes from downtown, Asia Plaza is a mini Chinatown under one roof, with Li Wah is its base. The sprawling dining room can seat up to 400, but space always seems to be at a premium. Businessmen in full power mode sit with college students, Asian families, and anyone else with an adventurous palate. Surrounding the restaurant are Asian grocers, Hong Kong video parlors, and vendors promising to cure all manner of ills with acupuncture, herbs or legal advice.
The Food
The daily fare runs from lo mein to tripe and ginger duck eggs, or unidentifiable but delicious selections from the dim sum cart. Compared to other area Chinese restaurants, the dumplings seem plumper, the pork buns more savory--even the chicken feet are worth a nibble. Now, if we could only figure out what that big-headed fish on sale at the grocer's next door might be.
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User Reviews for Li Wah Restaurant
06/28/2008 Posted by ld007469
I'm not sure where the negative reviews are coming from. The food is A+, the service is a solid B+, seating is almost always immediate. I've never had a problem with the manager and she almost always goes out of her way to say hello to customers, the wait staff speak very decent english. The price isnt any different than any other good Chinese food in Cleveland. My ONLY reserve is the neighborhood but I've never experienced anything negative. If you haven't been, give it a try. I go every time I travel to Cleveland and not yet have I had a bad experience.
Pros: food, service, environment, easy access location close to downtown.
Cons: neighborhood
05/23/2007 Posted by fishpaw332
Living in the starved for DIM SUM city of Phoenix (we only have 2 places that serve DIM SUM); when I heard that Cleveland serves DIM SUM basically anytime - I had to try...Bo Loong I did like okay (already did review)...But Li Wah's I went to 3 times for DIM SUM, maybe I just knew what to order...The sticky rice & sesame treats, I wish I could market and take on the plane back to Phoenix...Sticky rice is supposed to have Chinese Sausage, which the Li Wah's does...Sesame treats are supposed to be light and eaten in 2 to 3 bites which Li Wah's does...If business takes me back to Cleveland, I know I will be back to Li Wah's...
Pros: Great Dim Sum, Service, Parking
Cons: Pay for Chopsticks?
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