Siu Kee Duck House

Still Great Duck but the pig keeps getting better and better. Duck is now $ 20 each

I tried Roast Duck at all the restaurants in Chinatown. This place consistently has the best duck. I tried their other BBQ items (roast pork, pig ears…), they are all pretty good. There is a reason I keep come back here, even if they charge extra $ 1 for a whole duck than other places. It’s well worth the money!

Went to store to buy half pound of roast pork. The store owner told her employee to cut me a piece that was black and charred. The employee was hesitant and she insisted him to do as she said. I refused to accept that charred piece of roast and she insisted that I must buy a pound’s worth which is double the amount that I originally ordered. This is broad daylight extortion and unethical business and will DEFINITELY be the LAST to patronize this store

Christmas lunch, anyone?
Thankfully they were open Christmas day. It’s the little miracles.
From their roast pork to the scallion chicken, your Chinese staples can be had here, and for a competitive price. If you’re hopeless in the kitchen like I am, Siu Kee will deliver[1]. Pig ears? Yes, please.
Find them in Chinatown.
[1] Don’t know if they’ll actually deliver. But we did pick up.

This place is a very small shop with no place to sit down and eat so you will have to always take out your order. After finally getting the chance to try this place, I personally think this place’s honey roasted pork and peking duck is on par if not slightly better than that of nearby competitor Sangkee Peking Duck House. It may be the slightly higher fat content in their pork and duck, but both meats have an added moisture of original flavor that I can’t quite explain, satisfying the taste buds and encompassing the traditional Chinese flavorings you may experience at other Chinatown restaurants.
Once you enter, you will see a list of menu items taped on their glass panels. You can order just the meats by weight or get a meat or 2 with white rice and some cabbage on the side for ~$ 6.00. Cash only, but worth it if you looking to satisfy that Peking duck or roasted pork craving. Enjoy!

Came here on a mission to get some duck. $ 9 later, I walked out with ½ roast duck and I must say, this is one of the better places to get your duck fix in Chinatown. The crispy skin is fantastic and ½ a roast duck is enough for 1 person to split into 2 meals or 2 people to split. The five spice sauce that comes with it… I think that’s what it is; use it to your advantage. It makes the meat even more delicious, if that’s even possible. The people that work there are very quick and friendly. Keep in mind that it’s CASH ONLY and this is strictly a take-​out establishment. The interior can be a bit off-​putting since it’s so bare-​bones, but the food compensates for the lack of décor.

Skinny ducks. Good flavor. Good prices. But where is the meat? Tried the quails and roast pork. Both were authentic. I like San kee so much more. Good for take out.

Brought home a whole roast duck, BBQ spare ribs and honey BBQ. The duck was by far the best of the three. It was very tasty and juicy, the BBQ plates were pretty standard but I wouldn’t order them again. Will definitely be picking up another duck in the future though!

Great things come in small packages! I always stop here to get a duck to go. I’d have to say they’re the best in the city (which you can tell by the line out the door sometimes). They’re quick with your order and the price is phenomenal. Just remember to bring cash. They are take out only; no dining. Stop by, you won’t be disappointed. Also, they are very busy, so they may be out of duck if you come late.

Siu Kee is NOT a restaurant, but a take-​out place only, known for their roasted barbequed meats– duck, pig, pork and chicken.
When Ting Wong closed in Oct. 2014 for renovations, I bought the 1 whole roast duck, roast pig, roast pork and 1 whole soy sauce chicken. The roast duck was very bony and hardly had any meat. The roast pig was just average and the soy sauce chicken was good but extremely small. However, the worst meat was the roast pork. It was not roast pork at all. ¾ of it was roasted TENDON, which could not even be cut and completely inedible. I have never had such bad roast pork.
This place used to be very good, but I think it is living off its previous laurels. Stay away from this place.
Get the roasted meats from Ting Wong or M Kee instead.

Came here while visiting Philly from D.C. since we have a fake version of a Chinatown at home. It’s a small place, no tables, typical of most other Chinese places where you can pick up barbecued or roasted meats.
We purchased a whole roasted duck and a whole scallion-​ginger chicken. While the duck was great (and much better than you can get in D.C. or Virginia’s Eden Center), it was not as tasty/​meaty as those I’ve had in NYC. The sauce they give you is a typical five spice, and was fairly good. The real winner was the scallion-​ginger chicken which was delicious, meaty, and so tender. The sauce was exactly as I remembered as a kid, and may have been a tad salty, but the meat itself was not. I believe we paid $ 19 for the duck, and $ 18 for the chicken — much better prices than in D.C., where a duck is $ 23 and only soy sauce chicken is sold. They also had char siu pork/​chicken wings, but unfortunately we thought we purchased too much as it was. Maybe next time!

Not much to say. I would call them more of a BBQ meat shop than a restaurant but they do offer the rice boxes that many Chinese immigrants will be familiar with.
The duck and roast pork are the only items that I’ve tried but both were excellent. I even chose them to get a few boxes of duck to bring for Christmas to have everyone at home try. They were open Christmas Eve and Christmas (along with much of Chinatown).
This is my go to place for Cantonese roast meats.

I can’t believe I’m saying this about a bbq shop, but Siu Kee has been getting on my nerves lately. They undoubtedly have the best bbq in Chinatown (bbq pork, roast pork, roast duck — all delicious), but they also will serve you inedible scraps if you don’t watch them closely. Twice now I have sat down, opened my takeout container, and discovered meatless pieces of roast duck or foul, black liver. Makes me mad that they would serve food they obviously wouldn’t eat.

The Roast Duck @ Siu Kee is so delicious, it was fresh and different from other places. I normally don’t eat the duck skin, but their duck skin is so crispy. I would definitely go back there next time when I come to Philadelphia.

I bought lunch (Three Treasures with Rice) yesterday at Siu Kee because I had read about the positive reviews for a long time. I got to pick my «treasures,» namely, roast duck, soy sauce chicken and roast pork. Soup came with it and they gave me the delicious ginger and scallion sauce at my request. The lunch dish came with cooked green Chinese vegetable. Everything was tasty and satisfying, like eating comfort food. I’ll go back to get lunches and buy their roast meats.

Really really love their roasted pork!!! Tastes super authentic, very juicy, tender, and extremely flavorful!
Only downside is that they don’t offer dine-​in option… And that 1lb is never enough for me!

Hands down, best roasted duck in Philly Chinatown. $ 9.50 for half duck and $ 19 for whole duck. Best time to get it is around 11:30−12pm where the duck crispy and hot. Perfectly season and amazing! Cash only.

I have been to Siu Kee several times for lunch now, so I think it’s fair for me give them a shout. I have primarily gotten their roast duck, gai lan and rice combo, which is fantastic and a pretty good deal for only $ 6. Sometimes there’s a bit too much salt on the duck, but overall, the duck is cooked perfectly and has a nice fat/​meat ratio. Once I got the duck/​bbq pork rice combo, which was great too. I’d like to try some of the more unique (to me as an Italian) menu items eventually.
The service has always been friendly, not chatty at all, which I am totally OK with.

Best place for Roast Duck. Best place for Honey BBQ Pork. Although I love duck, the Honey BBQ Pork is so good that I may even like it more than the Roast Duck. The Rice Combination Boxes are a great value with your choice of meats with some veggies and a side of soup occasionally (randomly give it, it’s only so-​so anyway)
My issue with Siu Kee? Take-​out only, so you have to take it home or be a bum and find some place to eat it. The food is only lukewarm and requires some time in the microwave to extract full deliciousness out of it.

This place is legit… I know that because Unilocal tells me so and because no one there speaks English/​Engrish. I’ve been eyeing this place and their myriad of dead and delicious looking animal bodies hanging in the window for months now. I haven’t gone because usually when I go to Chinatown it’s either 2:30 AM and I’m looking for a massage or I’m going out to dinner with a group. They aren’t open at 2:30 AM and the lack of seating makes this is bad choice for a group dinner. Anyways, I made my way down to Chinatown one Saturday afternoon with the sole purpose of eating here.
There were two kinds of duck on the menu… Roast Duck and «Pe-​Pa» Duck (Pe-​pa is the Engrish spelling, you might have heard of pei-​pa duck). I asked what the difference is and found out that they don’t speak any Engrish beyond «herro.» There was another customer there who spoke some English and she acted as a (very bad) translator for me. Through this terrible and well-​meaning translator I was told that «pei-​pa duck is more fatty.» I ordered the ½ Roast Duck and watched as a duck was expertly chopped up with a big cleaver and half of it put into a Styrofoam box for me.
The duck was great, the skin was crispy and flavorful, the meat was tender and juicy, and there was a thick layer of delicious fat between the skin and the meat. There were wing, leg, and breast cuts (no surprises there, as it is literally ½ of a duck). The duck was very fatty (in a delicious sort of way) and I remember wondering how pei-​pa duck could be fattier without being disgusting.
I went home and looked up pei-​pa duck and found out that it is also known as «banjo duck» because the duck looks like a banjo after it is prepared. To prepare, the duck is cut down the front and pressed flat. It is then air dried, seasoned, and roasted or deep dried. It is supposedly drier, crispier, and less fatty than roast duck.
I will go here again soon to try the «Pe-​Pa» Duck. They also have roast pork that looks delicious/​fresh. I know it will taste fresh because it is still attached to the pig until you order it.