Lee How Fook
8 expert reviews
“This family-owned Chinatown Cantonese does “all the usual dishes from your corner Chinese joint, but so much better”, and at “rock-bottom prices.””
– Zagat
Concierge
"They were too busy crunching on salt-baked squid coated in gossamer breading as cracking and delicate as spun sugar and stuffing crisp-skinned Peking duck into fluffy, hoisin-slathered steamed buns."
Fodor's
"Literally translated as "good food for the mouth," this unprepossessing spot is now being run by a second generation of restaurateurs." Full review
Lonely Planet
"Lee How Fook has excellent contemporary Chinese."
Gayot
11.0
"The Cantonese-style cuisine is as good as ever. Specialties include a substantial abalone and duck soup, lacquered chicken and salt-baked squid --- a dish also good made with shrimp." Full review
Philadelphia Inquirer
2 Bells
"Of course, precious few restaurants can deliver all the dishes with equal skill." Full review
Not For Tourists
"Low-key and casual, and great hot pots."
Frommer's
"This is Chinese home-cooking, not fine dining, so be prepared for a bit of bustle...menu is ridiculously long, but this is the kind of place where you can feel comfortable ordering one of everything" Full review
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Note: This is one of Philly's many BYO eateries, so you'll have to bring your own beer or wine.