Red Kings 2 Restaurant

Came here recently for karaōke and was pretty disappointed with my overall experience, especially the food.
On entering the restaurant, there is a small dining room and they lead you up some sketchy steps to where the karaōke rooms are. In the room, there was a large table surrounded by seats and a screen in the front with a computer for picking the songs.
The service was pretty slow and it took a while to get a server in the room to order our food and drinks. The menu was. interesting, definitely not like the normal Szechuan/​chinese food we were used to. It was also a lot different than the menu we had seen online. Like a LOT different. The menu online has a huge variety of food items, most of them recognizable. The menu we were given had bacteria soup and dishes with blood. it was like from a bad horror movie. I’m not sure why there was such a discrepancy. They did have some entrees that we recognized and those were what we ended up ordering.
Once we ordered, the food came out VERY fast, like so fast that I think they probably have ready made food and they just warm it up when a dish is ordered. It tasted like that too. pretty terrible overall. The scallion pancakes were greasy and lukewarm. The cashew chicken was the same plus was flavorless. The fried rice was completely flavorless and looked like frozen rice you would microwave at home. The dan dan noodles were oily and gross, not spicy at all, and were lightyears away from the Han Dynasty dan dan noodles. The beef with broccoli and general tso’s were fine, but still not on par with standard chinese delivery food, which I think is not that great to begin with. The best dish of the night was the spicy fish, which at least had some flavor and was cooked nicely. It’s the only dish I actually went back for seconds. Most of the other food I left on my plate after trying a bite, even though I was starving!
The karaōke is fine and our group had fun with that. The pricing is reasonable and was about 25 – 30 a person for the entire night.
I’m not sure why a lot of the reviews are positive. maybe I went on a bad night? Either way, I won’t be finding out because you would have to pay me to eat here again.

After a disaster experience with K. Top Asian Fusion. I was able to reserve a room at Red KINGS2. We had the time of our live. Nice staff. Tasty food at good price. We sang kareoke and had a great evening. We plan to return in the spring.

I am so disappointed to have to give Red Kings 2 a 2 star rating… All other past experiences here have always been great — the food was delicious and the perfect amount of spice & kick, the griddle meats were fried to the perfect amount of juiciness and crunch, and the cumin dishes were just mouthwateringly fantastic… but tonight, such fond food memories are gone.
Pros:
– Unusually quick service… normally there would be a ~15 minute wait time for our food to arrive, but tonight it was out to our table within 5 minutes of us placing our order (not sure if the speediness contributed to the lack of flavor in our dishes)
– Rice here is really good. They steam it with the right amount of water to produce perfect, white fluffy rice grains.
– They have a new menu that has a lot of pictures (great for individuals new to Szechuan cuisine)
Cons:
– Cumin Chicken had no flavor, whatsoever (the onions had more flavor than the chicken)
– Boiled Beef was way more oily than I last remembered it. I remember the dish being more soup base with chili oil as a flavoring agent and/​or enhancer. This time around, it seemed the beef and cabbage were just sitting in a bowl of chili oil and no soup broth.
– They have lowered the standard spice level they once cooked at…
If this is the new quality standard Red Kings 2 cooks at, I am greatly saddened. My housemates and I loved coming here for warming food during bitter, cold nights. Now, we will have to look elsewhere for delicious, late night eats within Chinatown.

Having been to many places in Chinatown, this place is solid. Really awesome chicken dishes, open late, and really nice setup inside.

Great foods! Everything is so spicy and delicious. I can say I love mostly everything on the menu! Their karaōke system is alright, the rooms are too dark, but overall it’s not bad! Their spicy crawfish is very good too, but the bad thing about it is they put too much legs on the bottom so you don’t really get much of it. Overall not bad :) one of my favorite restaurant in Chinatown.

I came in November 14 at 4:45pm my reservation was at 5:30pm Mr. Micheal. I had to leave because the place was booked even though I made a reservation it was no good.

Fourth visit. Unbelievable flavorful won’t break the bank culinary Chinese food experience. If you are in or visiting Phily, I would highly recommend…

Decent food. We got braised chicken with chestnuts (pretty good, i like the thick sauce), spicy fish (okay), and beef with long green peppers (good, you can never go wrong with that dish really). Small cozy place. Food does come fast, which is great. Free wifi

Made a reservation and when we got there, they told us that the rooms are all booked. We called ahead of time and they didn’t mention anything about it. Never going to this place again.

While the night started off terribly, with the waitstaff claiming that I had cancelled my reservation for 35 people (this was for a college reunion), all of whom showed up exactly at our reservation time, the management was somehow able to accomodate us through some sort of magic… so we all squeezed into a small room with two tables on the second floor.
Everything after that was fine – a little cramped, but nothing too crazy. I felt terrible because we only had one waitress for all of us, and we were so loud from the BYO and screaming karaōke… so props to the service team for not giving us a hard time or judging too hard! The food came out super quickly, and someone even commented that the MaPo tofu and other szechuan dishes were better than that of Han Dynasty! Portions were pretty big for the price too – everything was reasonable.
We had such a great time singing classics, and a potentially disastrous situation was averted – thank you so much!

I did not love Red Kings 2. The food we ordered (Dan Dan noodles and Chicken with Cashews) was extremely oily. I also felt like we were sitting on top of the table next to us, and it did not help that one of the patrons kept sneezing towards us. The food is moderately priced. I think there are better options in Chinatown.

I’ve been here for many many times, I like it a lot. But on my visit tonight the food was good over all but it got a little plain on the taste, it’ll taste better if they add more flavor :)
Good service and fast

Gotta say the quality of food has definitely improved over time. My friends and I love to go here for late night dinners. The food comes fast and smelling great. My favorite dish here is the cumin lamb. For the price of the food you get a great value for your money. It’s a good place to go with a group of friends and catch up.

solid sit down place for spicy traditional Szechuan food that is slightly more expensive than other nearby restaurants. more clean and modern look compared to most other chinatown restaurants but have to say bathrooms are kept up very poorly — sometimes toilets have no water pressure to flush and soap is missing at times.
if you are a fan of spicy food, I highly recommend their spicy fried fish fillet dish, griddle cooked chicken pot, and double cooked pork belly (on the oily side).
service is pretty standard and the place is small enough to always get the attention of a server if you have any concerns.
overall, i’d recommend coming here for more special occasions since the bill can get expensive if you order 1 dish per person (about $ 15 – 25 per person imo). on a side note, it can get loud at times given they have karoake rooms on the second floor of their restaurant, otherwise another solid Szechuan restaurant!

Very good service, friendly people. This is one of my favorite Chinese food places. I use to go Emei a lot until I found out this place! If you are a spicy chinese food lover you should definitely check this place out!

The food is great, and in terms of the prices, it’s hard to get a private room with a few hours of karaōke and food for 150, so that part is definitely great. The negative is now they charge uncorking fee for
Byo which I believe is a new thing

This place is open till 4 am on weekends. We came with a party of 8 and got a room; if we spend $ 130 on food and drinks we could stay for 2 hours, or if we spent $ 160 we could stay for 3. Unlike other karaōke places in the area, they have a full menu all the way up till closing. They specialize in Sichuan food. The BBQ here was great, definitely go with the lamb. Beer here were all bottled and are all only $ 3 (including imports). We ended up staying 3 hours and had more than we could eat and drink.
The staff were extremely attentive and friendly, they brought all the questions we had down to management and were very polite (even somewhat of a pushover.). all in all, definitely a good experience and is better value wise than its nearby competitors.

Forgot to review this place.
Came here for dinner on two occasions. One was for hot pot too!
This place is pretty nice, clean and modern and not overly tight. They use tablets for ordering which is pretty cool but becoming the norm at Chinese restaurants lately.
I don’t remember all the dishes we ordered for regular dinner, I know we tried the dishes that han dynasty was famous for. Dan Dan noodles, some vegetable and chicken and pepper? Or was it beef? Overall I thought it was good and better than Han dynasty. I’d suggest people come here for Szechuan.
For the hot pot. I think we had the half half broth, but it’s been so long and I’ve eaten hot pot so many times since then that I think they all blurred. I just remember that their hot pot menu is ticket style. You get a paper and pen and you check off the amount of a LA carte items you want. The biggest hurdle was the menu was all in Chinese. The boss and managers were very nice to translate every item!!! Thanks!
Since this isn’t a hot pot only restaurant, the meats were all mostly frozen… Which wasn’t a problem to us. We ordered a lot of random stuff BC some translations were kinda off. The vegetables were decent portions. It was a good hot pot experience considering.
They have karaōke upstairs but haven’t had a chance to host a party up there. Will definitely check it out soon though.
Staff were very nice. Good addition to Philly Chinatown

The food was really that good that I had to come back again THE NEXT DAY! Hahaha
It was my cousin bday weekend. She wanted to go out for some food and drink.
I was in charge on planning, which I fail miserably. Originally, the plan was to go out for food, drink, and karaōke. I thought about Tango, yakitori boy, and k top. Didn’t know that you have to call weeks in advance to book a private karaōke room. As you might have guessed, all room were booked.
The only other places in Chinatown that I know that serve food and has private karaōke room are ken seafood and red kings 2.
I read other Unilocaler reviews. Apparently, you have to order at least $ 200 in food to get a private karaōke room at ken seafood. I didn’t think it was worth it for a party of 5. On top of that, I didn’t really like their food there from my previous experience.
When I called red kings up, The requirement was at least $ 165 for food.
I guess I would be ok with the $ 165 if I hadn’t found out that at Tango, The room is FREE if you order at least $ 50 worth of food.
Long story short, my cousins and I decided to go to red kings, but skip the karaōke room.
We got there around 8. The dining room wasn’t busy at all. When we placed our order, the food came out fast.
We ordered slice beef tendon in chilly oil (cold app). Chinese spinach, chicken griddle dish, spicy crab, and fry fish (don’t remember what kind of fish it was) in hot and sour sauce.
For a Sichuan restaurant, I was expecting my mouth to feel numb after dinner due to all the chilly pepper and spices they use. However, It wasn’t that bad!
One of my cousin loved the food so much, She wanted to go back again the next day.
The second time around, We pretty much order the same dishes, but with a few addition new dishes.
The new dishes were the double cooked chicken, hot and sour soup, and beef tendon stir fried with spinach. They messed up the beef tendon dish. Instead of spinach, It was bean sprout. I was a lil hesitant to eat that considering that I just read an article about salmonella outbreak from bean sprout. There were some cases from Pennsylvania!!!
Overall, The second time around, i thought the food was just OK. It wasn’t as good as the day before. Maybe it was wayyyyy too soon to come back to the restaurant? Maybe our body hasn’t fully digest the food from yesterday? Or perhaps our taste buds haven’t had the chance to recover from all the spices from the previous night…
Whatever the reason may be, Everyone thought the dishes were spicier than the night before.

Tasty spicy food with meh service.
This was my first time at either of the red king locations. I was there for a large dinner and we were seated at the largest table tucked away in the back of the restaurant. This location allows diners to observe the rest of the patrons, but it effectively makes you invisible to the staff unless they are delivering some food.
The service was pretty poor, it took a good amount of time till we were able to get someone’s attention for water. Normally this wouldn’t be an issue except for the fact that this place specializes in spicy ass food. If the place was packed and under staffed then they may be excused, but it was neither.
We ordered a good amount of food, most spicy but some was not. The scallion pancakes were not too bad. The flavor was all in the dipping sauce, but I don’t think the over fried slice even had scallions… maybe it was just pancakes, I don’t recall. The spicy dumplings in some sort of soy sauce spice oil was surprisingly good. Good flavor with a kick, not simply tongue numbing red oil. There was some type of thick spicy glass noodle which made my tongue and mouth burn. There was minimal flavor and maximal peppers, I wasn’t a fan. The non spice food was good. I enjoyed the meat, and veggies, and fish, and stuff that wasn’t spicy.

It’s Friday night. I’m druuuunk and can’t wait to dig into a pile of Chinese food and then dance my ass off while fake-​karaōke-​ing (I’m not much of a singer). It’s my friend’s birthday and the private room is packed– so much so that it’s a little hard to get around. We’ve brought beer and liquor, and like I said before, can’t wait to dig into a pile of Chinese food. Zack adds a couple dishes to the plates already ordered, and the food starts coming.
The only problem?
The food was not good. So greasy, not enough flavor. I tried everything but didn’t take seconds. The dan dan noodles paled in comparison to Han Dynasty’s. Half of the things we ordered never showed up (including a special lobster dish the birthday boy’s girlfriend pre-​ordered). We had to hit the $ 300 minimum for the room, so we ordered some dessert. Little rice balls in a watery broth. Don’t order this.
The karaōke machine was pretty easy to use, and the waitstaff put up with us. Three stars granted.

This place is pretty good. I went with a group (about 8 people) for karaōke. It was about $ 22 – 23 each per person (including tips + tax)
Food:
Everything we ordered was delicious. The vegetable dishes were a bit bland but it a nice contrast to the stronger flavors you get from the meat dishes.
The only missed that we order was the «hot and sour soup,» there was nothing hot or sour about it. It just tasted like soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce mixed together with mushroom and tofu. No one in the group finished theirs.
Service:
Good, I didnt feel rushed even though there was another group after us. They gave us notice 15 minutes beforehand that our time is up and waited patiently as we split the bill among us.
Actual Place:
The karaōke rooms are upstairs and the room we got is (probably) the smallest. There is no ventilation in there so it got really hot after a while. There are fans inside but it doesn’t really help much. I wish they could install an air conditioner or something because the air gets so stuffy.