First impression, the place looked really nice.  It smelled authentically Chinese too.\n\nBut ultimately it's about the food and that's why it gets 2 stars.  Small portions, high prices and frankly, weak food with poor service are a bad combo.\n\nThe Kung Pao was unlike any I've had before.  Hard, small, dry, fried bits of chicken with some peanuts and a half pound of dried red peppers with no sauce and no veggies was somethng I'd not like to have again.  \n\nThe black bean chicken, had no veggies and the sauce was thick and gelatinous; almost slimy.  In fact it was so gelatinous, after a few minutes it actually acquired the semi-solid jiggle of actual Jello. \nIt should be called corn starch chicken, not black bean chicken.\n\nThe service was uncomfortable and odd.  It was a farily dead Sunday afternoon,  yet the bartender dropped and broke three items at 3 different times while we were there.\n\nSomeone, a manager looking guy, was yelling from the kitchen to the bar (all the tables are located in between there) asking who had his Sharpie.\n \nMy daughter asked if she could substitute plain noodles for rice with her kids meal and the waiter just said \"No.\"   Then later he mumbled some comment about \"everything being pre-portioned\"\n\nPre-portioned?  Is this just microwave food?  A Chinese place that doesn't have any \"unpackaged\" noodles??\n\nAt $55 for 2 chicken entrees,  2 dinky kids meals and 2 iced teas with nothing else, I was robbed!\n\nThen my biggest pet peeve- the 20 minute disappearing act after they cleared our plates and we confirmed we didn't want anything else. Meanwhile the waiter walked around looking busy and doing nothing while avoiding eye contact and not giving us our check.\n \nHonestly, It just made me crave some superior Chinese fare, along the likes of Panda Express. \n\nPei Wei and Changs? You can laugh this challenge off.