Nothing fancy, but the food is outstanding. Most dishes do tend to be on the spicy side. This trip two of us shared an order of dumplings which are so very good, the chicken fried rice which might be the best I have ever had,...and the kung pao chicken. This is the best Chinese food we have found in the Duluth, GA area.More
I ordered beef with sizzling rice and was not really sure what I was getting. When it arrived, it looked like a plate of broken up rice krispie treats. It was SO dry I was not able to eat it. I asked the waitress if...she could please give me some sauce to put over the beef and she said "No. No sauce". I told her I was unable to eat it because it was so dry and she just walked away. I will never go back to that place. People who work there are not very nice and very unfriendly.More
The hotel I was staying at did not have a restaurant, so I ventured out and to my delight there was a Chinese restaurant within walking distance (Not Buford location, it was 11625 Medlock Bridge Rd, Johns Creek ). Now this is not a Chinese...American place, there will be no eggrolls, there will be no fortune cookies, but there will be great food. The decor and look of the restaurant is very nice, the service is quick and friendly. I wish I had this place where I am from, because I would frequent it all of the time. What I was disappointed in was the lack of guests here, especially with 2 large hotels within walking distance. I was a little early for dinner at 6:30, but I was the only table at that time. While I ate there were 4 other tables that were seated. This place should be full with the quality of food they are providing. The prices are a little high, but the portions are more than I could eat, and very tasty. One thing I would recommend is to give front desk or bartenders of the hotels some sort of referral program. They have a free appetizer ticket they give the guest, it has the person's name on it that referred them to the restaurant on it and the restaurant keeps track of how many guest were referred. They can earn a dinner or the like for so many referrals. This would increase the number of guests, it would get people that work in the same community to promote business, and maybe earn some new customers.More
Weird menu, very weird. I have seen authentic Chinese dishes on the menu at Canton Cooks, but so much on the Masterpiece menu is just strange--and not intriguing. Standard options are missing. Worse yet, there is no lunch menu. The food is decent, but I...have had far better elsewhere. Worst of all, the prices are inexplicably sky high. Oddly enough, they have recently opened another location in Suwanee . . . where the prices are way higher yet. Kung Pao Chicken was $13 at the Duluth location, but $19 in Suwanee. Pot stickers were $15 in Suwanee--double the price of other Chinese restaurants. Why go here when Canton Cooks is available?More
I've been reading about this place for awhile, so I made my way out recently... I ordered the spicy diced chicken and the Eggplant with chili ash powder... Both arrived quickly, and were hot and fresh, and portions large... The flavor of both was huge,...and I had enough leftover for another nice sized meal. I will be coming back to sample some of their other items soon...More
I have now been here three times and every time the servers were friendly and smiling, the food was amazing and very reasonably priced. We always go home with leftovers. We drive 30 minutes to get there & it is well worth it. Incredible flavors....Be careful with 'spicy'....they are not kidding! Overall 5 stars!More
Visited the restaurant twice in 4 months and liked the authenticity of the items. We tried the Dan Dan Noodle, Cumin Lamb and Fried Fish Fillet with Numbing Ash and Pepper on our recent visit. We had tried more options on our first visit and...loved the restaurant overall. Excellent food and great service. Would definitely recommend trying it out if you like Chinese.More
Had the same experience as the last reviewer. Took a 30 min detour to eat here on an early Sunday evening. Restaurant only half full. I was told there would be a 30+ minute wait just to sit down somewhere. Lots of open tables. I...went next door instead where I was seated right away. This was my third time to try Masterpiece and my experience with service and food quality has deteriorated each time. They blew their last chance with me - never again.More
Went there today with daughter...they decided to serve guests that came after us. Will never dine there! Got up and left! Went next door to another Chinese restaurant...BEST FOOD EVER! WAITER WAS AMAZING!
I had lunch there last with with a foodie friend of mine, who raves about this place.It was very good. The food was very tasty, freshly prepared, and reasonably priced. I would definitely return.
Out of the way restaurant in an industrial area. Reputedly it is the best in Atlanta in its category. The eggplant in garlic sauce was spectacular as were some other dishes but several were much too hot for us.
There are plenty of awards and articles on the passage into the restaurant. I would agree with all of their accolades. One negative for me was the salt and pepper squid which had a lousy taste and that is why I'm giving them 4 stars...instead of 5. The dumplings, eggplant, and Dan Dan noodles were terrific. I don't think you can get better in Atlanta. Friendly and helpful waitresses.IMore
My husband and I made a special trip up here from Midtown to have lunch on his day off. We had both read about this restaurant in magazine articles online and wanted to try some of the dishes that were written up. If we didn’t...get the exact items, we got something that was very close. Parking was easy as this restaurant is in a strip mall. Getting out of parking and going the direction you want to, however, can be a real trick. We were greeted right away and allowed to choose a booth. We had one server to start, then a second came to take our order. When we asked questions, she disappeared and yet a third server came out. I have the awful feeling we maxed out her knowledge of English...it was unintentional but we were trying to find items that were reviewed but (apparently) not named accurately in the magazine article we had. With the very kind help of our third and final server, we selected several dishes to try. We were prepared, and happy, to take leftovers home. We ordered (and I am going from memory as I cannot find a full-size readable menu online) the Boiled Fish in chili powder and ash powder; the deep fried eggplant in chili powder and ash powder; and the green beans with pork. We were offered bowls of Hot & Sour Soup, as it is free at lunch. It was delicious! We both LOVED the green beans. They came in a savory pork sauce which was absolutely delicious. We also inhaled the deep fried eggplant! It was SO so good! I would definitely order that FIRST the next time we go to Masterpiece. The eggplant was deep fried light and crispy with molten eggplant inside! The final dish delivered to our table was the Boiled Fish. Our server referred to it as a soup, but I would be careful about consuming too much of the “broth;” it seemed to be oil and chili peppers. She was also quite worried that it was over-spiced. It wasn’t, it was spicy but not mind-numbing. Taken with white rice, it was quite good. We took home green beans and boiled fish. We got quite a bit of excellent food for the money. Service was fast and very friendly. The restaurant was clean and had attractive photos hung around the edge of the seating area. The bathrooms were also quite clean. As we left, all of the servers said good bye to us. We will definitely be back!More
Our group of seven ordered different entree and we shared on lazy Susan table. Overall it was ok but not worth a return visit.
Good food prepared and served as it would be in China. An extensive menu with Chinese not Chinese American dishes. All items are ala cart and served family style The menu dose not provide descriptions of the dishes, but dose indicate how spicy they are....The service is just fair, the price is moderate and there is very little ambianceMore
