Oriental Pearl Restaurant

worst unaccommodating restaurant in USA Reviewed By rmae0007 Jun 16, 2008 The Concierge from our hotel made us a dinner reservation at The Oriental Pearl Restaurant and assured us it was where they send all their guests. I explained to the Concierge that our child has allergies and he said that this restaurant was extremely accommodating. We arrived five minutes early, were seated and immediately explained to the waiter (who understood English) about our daughter's eating allergies. (We also presented a card in Chinese if there was a language problem) He assured us that it was not a problem and told us what could be eaten. We ordered appetizers, the waiter then came back and told us that he made a mistake and our daughter could not have the soup or chicken dish. We reordered and he then came back and said our daughter could only eat the rice and vegetables as they marinate ALL of their fish, chicken, meat......in advance in a sauce that she cannot eat. After 30 minutes we left the restaurant with our child in tears. We have never been treated like this in any other restaurant before. If in fact the restaurant could not accommodate us they should have told us that when we first entered the facility and we would have left and been grateful that they told us they could not accommodate us. However for this "game" to go on for 30 minutes was absurd. I find it difficult to believe that every single piece of protein in the entire restaurant was pre-marinated. Any restaurant that "pre-marinates" all of their protein in the same marinade is certainly not top notch and not a caliber that should be referred to others. I do need to mention however that prior to this debacle, we ate at two different Chinese restaurants that we walked into off the street in China Town and they were very gracious. They not only were able to but they prepared anything our daughter wanted with ingredients that she was able to eat and enjoy.

Listed below are links to reviews of Oriental Pearl Restaurant from around the web. insiderpages.com review [report bad link] [more from insiderpages] judysbook.com review [report bad link] [more from judysbook] "This upstairs Chinese restaurant has a distinction of having good food and a relatively quiet atmosphere. The roast duck and garlic crabs are my favorite items on the menu...." 1 reviews   search.cityguide.aol.com review [report bad link] [more from search.cityguide.aol] "You don't go to Oriental Pearl for inexpensive Chinese food, because the bill here will be a little higher. But it's worth it: the service is attentive and the exceptional food comes in courses, rather than in one massive wave...." 4 reviews   sfweekly.com review [report bad link] [more from sfweekly] "Unlike that at most Chinese restaurants, all of the dim sum at Oriental Pearl is freshly cooked to order, resulting in dumplings, cakes, and pot stickers that are light, lovely, and imaginative. Prawns with honey-glazed walnuts, Chiu Chow-style duck, spar..." travel.yahoo.com review [report bad link] [more from travel.yahoo] "unlike that at most chinese restaurants all of the dim sum at oriental pearl is freshly cooked to order resulting in dumplings cakes and pot stickers that are light lovely and imaginative prawns ...." tripadvisor.com review [report bad link] [more from tripadvisor] "Explore our site to find travel information and unbiased reviews on San Francisco tourism, hotels, attractions, maps and much more...." Are we missing a review of this restaurant on the web? Click here to let us know.