Empire Dynasty

I ordered take out last night. When I got there, the hostess was abrupt bordering on rude.
I ordered General Tso’s chicken. It came with hot and sour soup and steamed rice. The hot and sour soup was neither. Although the broth was flavorful, there was no hint of hot peppers or heat of any kind. It had a suggestion of ginger and garlic but not enough of either to add flavor. The sour part of hot and sour was missing.
The rice seemed dry and old. The General Tso’s chicken was really quite bad. The breading on the chicken was thick and doughy without any of the crispness expected after frying. The bright red sauce seemed like thickened corn syrup with a lot of red food coloring added. I could not eat more than a few bites. I’m not going there again.

Absolutely my favorite Chinese restaurant. Very authentic and always delicious! I’ve been to Chinatowns in LA, NY, Boston, and Chicago, and Empire Dynasty has been better than any of those restaurants. It’s on par with food that I’ve had in China. As an added plus, the lady who owns the business is always happy and accommodating and charming. Definitely, definitely recommend.

Since we moved to the area, I had to start from square one to find another place we would like. One night we decided to try their food and got take out. The portions were very generous and the food was delicious. I always come back for the steak with broccoli, which is pretty basic but the execution on flavor was great. I wish I knew more about the authentic Chinese menu. The last time I was there, I saw some pretty tasty dishes at the tables. I am glad we found a new Chinese restaurant close to home, makes for easy take out ideas!

Food is very good. Specials are affordable. Great place to eat in or carry out. I have two Chinese restaurants closer by and I will gladly drive further to eat their food. The employee was very friendly and hard working.

Soapy, spicy, Sichuan peppercorn-​y goodness.

DO NOT EVER GO TO EMPIRE DYNASTY, CHINESE FOOD, IN FARMINGTON HILLS. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH RACISM IN MY LIFE AND AM THANKFUL THAT MY BOYS ARE TOO TOUNG TO UNDERSTAND. I pray they don’t ever feel the way I feel right now. First I’m asked if I need a fork (I’m Caucasian), my husband was asked if he is Chinese or Japanese, we were given separate «Chinese vs American» menus and told what «the Japanese» and «the Americans» like to eat most. and we were asked (I don’t understand why) if my young boys are mixed. I will NEVER step foot there again. For anyone whom has experienced racism, I truly am sorry. It’s a terrible feeling and makes angrier than I thought I could ever be. When our 15 month old had a break down and we had to pack up to take our food home, my husband was asked if it was «because the food was too spicy for his wife.» I think won’t even get take out from them.

Came here with some co-​workers for lunch for the first time today, and all 12 at our table agreed it was very good, including myself. The person that recommended it is a regular, and he is a picky eater. When we were seated, we were given our menus, and the person who recommended it asked for the traditional chinese menu. Evidently we were given the america-​chinese menu.
I let our server, who was very attentive, pick something for me, and I am glad I did It was the crispy orange beef, from the traditional menu, an it was abolutly fantastic. It wasn’t cheap for lunch, $ 14 plus tax, but it was so good, cooked perfectly. The hot and sour soup was really nice too. The lunch specials were reasonable from the traditional menu. They came with soup, rice and an egg roll. Our server gave everyone at our table soup. The place was very busy for a monday lunch. The other traditional dishes looked amazing. I will definitely be going back.

I ordered the General Taos Chicken without mushrooms or eggs in rice. The chicken comes with white steamed rice so that was good. While eating my delicious chicken I came across mushrooms, my husband wanted to send it back but I said I’ll eat around them. I don’t like to send food back however I should have because I’m allergic to mushrooms. Now my tongue feels like tiny razor blades have cut into it.

ABC as easy as 1, 2, 3… and the same thing I order from every Chinese restaurant.
I have been going here for quite a while then I realized I haven’t reviewed it yet.
I love this ABC or as we know, Almond Boneless Chicken. It’s a Detroit area thing and I really like it. It’s lightly breaded and tender. I have had both the fried rice as well as the steamed rice and both are good. I like the won ton soup but I usually opt out for a second pork egg roll in the combination platter. Great brown gravy. They’re always friendly when I go there. Most of the time its’s carry out. Nice décor, always clean.

It’s Thursday so that means chinese food night! I wanted to give 3.5 as an overall on food
Service 5. the lady who took my order was very friendly and even took the time to answer a few questions related to items on the chinese menu. I don’t understand why have 2 menus just put it all on one menu.
I ordered the stir fry squid and it was ok. Not a lot of flavor. $ 13 for a moderate amount but I expect the for seafood. It was ok. Several pieces of squid with green onion. Flat on flavor. Won’t order again. Served with white rice.
House specialty — empire dynasty– good but again doesn’t have much dimension in flavor. It’s a mix if beef, chicken, scallops and shrimp. It was mainly a beef/​chicken dish. I maybe found 3 shrimp and 4 lil baby scallops. Shrimp and beef sliced thin and extremely tender. Not a bad dish but expected more flavor. There was plenty. It comes with side of Cantonese noodle. I added schricha to add flavor zip. Light n veggies. I can’t eat celery, baby corn or broccoli. They didn’t ask if I wanted to substitute for other veggies.
Mandarin scallion pancake– nope never again. It was greasy and flavorless…
Hot sour soup /​egg drop very good .
I will return as there are many dishes to try.

I found it. The most non Americanized Chinese food in the states so far. First we waited like 30 min and weren’t expecting it so my wife and I were a little mad when we got the food but that changed completely when we got the first dish, The Da Lu Noodles. It was great flavor. And good portions as well.
Then came out the Mapo Tofu. Needless to say I was dumbfounded the whole time I was eating it. It flavor that that dish had was unlike any other Chinese dish I have had. It was so deep it’s hard to describe.
I can understand why Americans may not like the food because it’s not your traditional starchy sugar infused General Tsao’s Chicken. However, Chinese people seem to like it because there was a restaurant full of people and 90% of them were Chinese.
I don’t praise restaurants like this often but Now that I know the trip will take all night we will make it an event to go there again. I am looking forward to it.

I’ve been here in Michigan for 5 months. This is my favorite authentic Chinese restaurant. Both my husband and I love 疙瘩汤 very much. My favorites also include all kinds of hot pot. I need to come here at least once a month to kill my homesick.

I don’t eat much Chinese food, but this is one place I keep going back to!
I have never eaten inside the restaurant, it’s always so busy inside. I get carry-​out and share one meal, which is plenty for two people for a reasonable price. Almond chicken with gravy, fried rice. If you’re sharing with me, you need to get two things of gravy so you can have some for yourself, that’s how good I think it is.
I wish there was more businesses around it so it doesn’t look so lonely, but it still has a good following along with the good food which is why it’s lasted so long!

Ummmmmmm… no. Eating Chinese food here in MI is so hit or miss. Sadly, Empire Dynasty falls under the latter.
Husband and I came here on a suggestion from one of his coworkers who had heard this place was pretty good. Said colleague hadn’t been here before, but we decided it doesn’t hurt to give it a try. So, we dropped by on a Saturday evening around 7pm, and the parking lot was pretty full. It was dark and a little creepy to get into as well.
Once we got in, the hostess was friendly and immediately greeted us and seated us. There were quite a few people eating already, and we were looking forward to eating! After looking over the menus, and deciding that our eyes were hungrier than our stomachs, we went with three dishes — stir fry Chinese sprouts, lamb vermicelli soup, and noodles in a pork black bean sauce. I have to say that the lamb vermicelli soup was not our first choice, but after the soup we originally wanted was out, we settled with it.
Probably not a good decision, as the soup had rubbery, old pieces of meat that were tasteless and dry. The soup was instant, and had a powdery texture to it when it is supposed to be more like a broth, and it wasn’t even hot. When we tried to find our waitress to let her know, she was nowhere to be found.
Noodles were pretty good but we found it disappointing that the best dish of our meal was something that could easily be made at home. And with a $ 9 price tag, can we say rip off? Other places we have been to don’t charge that much for dry noodles tossed in sauce.
Sprouts were nothing to write home about, and it was under cooked. Another table ordered water spinach, and we totally wanted some, but our waitress said it wasn’t available. Clearly we saw it. Strange no?
We will never come back. Another thing that bothers me is that it’s such a shame that Chinese restaurants have to make eating here so complicated by offering Non-​Asians a different menu. The table in a distance from us asked if they could have the Chinese menu, and the waitress said «No you wouldn’t like it.» That’s the first time I’ve actually heard it and I was appalled. That’s another reason why I won’t be supporting this business.

Dropped by to try this place out based on positive reviews on Unilocal.
Had to wait close to 15 minutes to place my order. Waited another 30 minutes to get my order.
When I got home I discovered that I did not get my egg foo young like I ordered. She gave me fried rice by mistake.
I purposely gave her a copy of the take-​out menu circled for each item to ensure she understood what I wanted, since I could tell she did not understand English.
When I got home and realize their mistake I called her and asked if I could have my money back.
She told me the fried rice was the same price as the egg foo yong and that she was not going to give me my money back since they were of equal value.
She proposed I take 20 minutes (40 minutes round-​trip) to drive back there to swap the mistaken fried rice egg for the egg foo young. I said no, I just wanted my money back.
She is going to lose a customer over a $ 10 carry out item … Seems dumb to me.
Note: Food does taste good.
I am just very annoyed by the terrible service.

Have to say this place is a sad excuse, for Americanized Chinese food, which sucks in general. With that being said the chicken is weird and doesn’t taste like fresh product. Don’t even get me started on the shady characters that hang here, or the less than bad service. Sorry, yet another epic fail in the Farmington food scene.

As a Chinese, I have to say, this is the best restaurant I’ve ever been in the US. Trust me, you can get every thing you know about Chinese food, and you will also be surprised that there are so many others that you don’t know! The best place to have traditional Chinese food and American Chinese food~

The best Chinese restaurant in the area. Freshly made dishes, huge portions and very reasonable prices. Inside the restaurant is not much to look at but the food is well worth it. They do an amazing job on carry outs too. We always have left overs when we go and do take out.
If you love Korean noodles they do an amazing Ja-​Jang Myung too. Truly authentic in taste and flavor and if you want to go spicy and like Jamp Pyung it’s nice and flavorful and spicy.
They also offer a truly authentic Chinese menu too. This place rocks. It’s hidden but you have to go and try it, you will not be disappointed.

This place has some of the best Chinese food outside of Hong Kong. It’s very different from Shang-​ri-​la and Hung Hua, which serve southern Chinese /​Hong Kong style food. ED serves northern Chinese food from areas like Beijing. Since a bunch of coworkers and I went to celebrate the Chinese Mid-​Autumn Festival, we ordered enough to feed a small army. We got some steamed dumplings (as opposed to fried potstickers), salt and pepper shrimp (delicious), garlic green beans (also delicious), fresh noodles with a black bean paste and onion that you mix together after you serve yourself the noodles, and a few other things that weren’t very memorable. But, there was one dish I’ll be dreaming about — spicy fish stew. OMG, was that delicious! I’m guessing the fish was cod. The fish was so tender, and it’s served in a spicy broth. It goes perfectly with some simple white rice. The service was great even though it was during the lunch rush and we had a table of 8.
A small complaint (not their fault), there isn’t a lot of parking right in front of the restaurant and it’s a dead end so you’d have to back out if that section is full. There’s plenty of parking as you go down the strip mall. Other than that, I’m really excited to go back, and this time, bringing my husband.

I’ve had about 10 different dishes and none of them have been bad. Not all of them were awesome but it’s better than most of the Chinese restaurants I’ve been to. It’s my regular Chinese in this area. Doesn’t hurt that it’s on my way home from work :)
Definitely worth a try, and keep going if you like it.
If you’re Chinese, ask for the Chinese menu, or ask for their recommendations and they’ll do you good. :)