Lon-Men China Restaurant & Lieferservice, Wilmersdorf, Berlin

The meal was all right but the price was not extraordinary. And the waiter was probably not in the best of his moods… The friendliness of the staff which other qypers mention was nowhere to be seen.

We ordered for two:

- 1 starter of 5 spar ribs with salad (good)
- 1 “vegetarian” chicken skewer (yes, that’s the way you read it at the menu) with salad. Very good but we could really not find out whether there was chicken or not, …
- 1 chicken meat with vegetables. Served with rice (both delicious).
- 1 fried ananas (absolutely tasteless).

In a nutshell, everything was good except the dessert. The waiter was definitely not friendly. This is way the venue deserves only 3 stars. And it was not cheap but all in all I deem the price reasonable. The meal was served with one beer (Warsteiner, 0,3 l.) and a glass of mineral water, all for 30,50 euros.

We wanted to share the dessert. When the waiter brought us a plate with the ananas and a dish, I asked him for another one. To our surprise, he just said that this was it and that we didn’t need another dish and turned round and left.

If they can’t afford to provide a good service, why should I afford tipping?

Of course, the most-important point of all is the food itself: I found it quite good. It was well-seasoned and obviously fresh (including the sauce.) This seems to be a well established family restaurant which may be in its third or fourth generation. The rice was also a better jasmine variety than the norm--these small details can really add to the meal.

The atmosphere of the restaurant is quite nice in that earlier Chinese tradition, where the interior is quite ornate and the tables are actually vitrines with ornate woodwork inside, covered by glass. I can imagine this would be a great place to take a larger party to, or for a special family outing.

The service was also quite good.

All in all, I would have to rate my experience there as very good.