Michael Edwards

Perhaps I came on a off day (Thursday), but the food and services were below decent. I expected a bit more flavor from a establishment showcasing Northern Chinese delicacy, but I was greeted with a very basic Chinese cuisine. The sweet and sour ribs dish had the ideal flavor but lacked a kick to it, and the poultry was not cured so I can still taste the griminess. The hot and sour fillet lack sourness and its spices can be summarized as msg, salt, and pepper. Then, the dish I was looking forward to, beef pancakes, came out short on flavor as well and seems like something I can create if I had gotten some pancakes from the market and stuff it with beef. There were two servers, but we were never checked on and they just continued playing on their phones the whole time. The setting was low light modern vibes with a traditional dining set up and ceramicware, wish there were music to set the mood. The only upside was the price, as it was quite affordable coming in at $42 in total for two people to come out feeling stuffed. Very hard to recommend Northern Taste as of this experience, perhaps I will need to come on a busy day to reevaluate.

Came here on a late Friday evening for dinner and the setting was pretty nice. Parking was very small and packed even though the diner was about 30% full. There were about three servers but they don't actively check on you and it felt as if you have to activately catch their attention to get service. Surprisingly they serve dim sum during dinner time but it felt as if it's left overs from earlier through the day as some of the buns were a bit rough on the bottom and the sweet crepes were not as smooth and felt it was frozen or refrigerated for awhile. The dinner entres were small portioned and lack a bit of taste. For a party of 3 adults and 2 teenagers the bill came out to around $100. Overall this place is a hard recommend unless if you come for lunch or breakfast where the food is freshly made and when they are better staffed.