Imperial Inn

Reviews

• Mabelle L.

  star star star star star 12 June 2026

  I'm always craving Chinese food, I can't help it... I'm Chinese. I was so glad to find Imperial Inn, a short walk from Tropicana. To be fair, I was slightly skeptical at first because I saw there was Thai(?) characters on the awning/menu in addition to Chinese characters so I wasn't sure if it was legit. BUT the menu looked pretty legit so I decided to still try it out.
  
  Because we were a party of two, I didn't get to order as much as I'd like. The portions are generous here as well. Great attentive service and great flavors. Both the sautéed snows peas and homestyle duck were delicious. You could tell the flavors were slightly heavier than typical Chinese food (probably to cater to more American taste buds) but it was still delicious none the less. My ONLY complaint is that the hot tea wasn't very hot, more like warm.
  
  I love when I can find authentic Chinese food, especially in a place like Atlantic City. Definitely need to make it a tradition to come back every time I'm in town. PSA: Chinese take-out restaurants that sell things like General Tso Chicken are not authentic Chinese food.

• Molly M.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 11 June 2026

  If I could give this place a zero I would.
  Look great but!
  Was VERY salty .. the mushrooms tasty odd
  Scallops rubbery.. chicken was rubbery..
  Beef was grissely...
  shrimp was tasty  
  The vegetables were tasty..
    Lots of left overs we told the waiter he could toss it out ..
  I NEVER leave the left overs this we did!
  When we told the waiter what our thoughts were he did not care..
  
  After we left .. We could not make it home to go to the bathroom.. My friend and I bellies were VERY upset..
  It's now 12mid my friend is fine my tummy is still distressed
  No... We will not be returning

• Miranda R.

  star star star star_border star_border 5 June 2026

  We went here around 11:30 on a Saturday morning on Fourth of July Weekend and there was no wait, so we were seated immediately. The Peking duck is really good here and they give you the option of buns or pancakes. The first course of Peking duck is your traditional roasted duck with garnishing and sauce with either buns or pancakes (we chose pancakes), but the second course is something I've never had when ordering Peking duck before. Instead of a duck broth, they give you a duck stir-fry. I feel like I might've preferred a broth, since Peking duck in itself is pretty heavy, but the stir-fry was tasty nonetheless.
  
  We ordered some other entrees too -- salt and pepper pork chops, fried flounder, house special fried rice, and Chinese broccoli with oyster sauce -- all reasonable portion sizes. Pretty much all of these dishes, with the exception of the Chinese broccoli, were average or mediocre.
  
  The pork chops didn't taste like anything and relied heavily on garnishing for any flavor. They weren't even that crispy. I didn't try the flounder but the people I was with said that there wasn't much meat to it, though it still tasted good. The house special fried rice wasn't anything special either. The Chinese broccoli was pretty good though.
  
  My family loves coming here for Peking duck whenever we go to Atlantic City so I'll probably come here to appease them, but I won't be ordering any of the other entrees again.

• Karen W.

  star star star star star_border 1 June 2026

  Little disappointed they were out of the XO sauce!main reason we traveled to AC was for the XO sauce. However, they offer to make my special request meal Szechuan fried flounder... Fried rice & Hong Kong Style Roast Duck had a great favor but was on the cold side.  The flounder in Szechuan sauce was labeled as spicy but was very sweet!! Too sweet.. egg roll & shrimp roll were hot and delicious (sorry no pic ate then too fast )
  Staff exceptionally nice!! food arrived in a decent amount of time. Bathroom old but clean

• Tina T.

  star star star star_border star_border 28 May 2026

  Solid take-out option in AC. We usually order the large shrimp fried rice and fried gyoza which comes out to approx. $20. They also deliver which is convenient. The food is average but I think it's hard to screw up Chinese food. I have definitely have had better but it's good enough that I keep ordering take-out/delivery from here.