New Peking

Hot & Sour Soup good! Service Good! Chef came out to say hi and ask how was everything.

I recently moved to Bellingham and was looking for some good Chinese food. I really enjoyed the experience and the food here. My family and I will be back.

I always drive by this place and finally decided to give it a chance last Saturday night for takeout. My fiancé and I walked in, quickly looked over the menu and ordered veggie chow mein (soft noodles), mandarin tofu and broccoli, and broccoli beef. While we were waiting for our takeout, we were offered a table and tea, which was welcomed! There was only one other couple in the whole place, pretty empty for a Saturday night in the Ham.
After getting home and trying our food, we agreed it was okay, but needed lots of help in the flavor dept. We turned to bottled condiments from my personal fridge to make a more enjoyable meal. One thing to note if you’re a noodle lover like me: veggie chow mein is mostly veggies and very few noodles. Wah Wah wah.
Overall, although the food was just «ok», but the service was really friendly and warm enough for me to want to give them another shot. I’ll report back when I do!

Food wasn’t as good as I expected, too much sauce in every dishes that I had.
Btw, personally I don’t like that environment.

Love this restaurant, the owner Sam and Jessica were very pleasant people. Love the food especially the roasted duck, yummy. The sesame shrimps, the fried noodles and fried rice. Basically everything were good. I recommend to anybody who love authentic Chinese cuisine should give them a try.

One of my favorite Bham restaurants! The owners know myself and my friends on a first name basis. I almost always order the same thing; sizzling rice soup and an order of sesame shrimp with cashew nuts.

The best Chinese food in town!!! It’s such a quaint Ma & Pa restaurant with the freshest ingredients & best service. The owners (Sam & Jessica Chang) will be your host/​hostess, they’ll take your order, cook it, & serve it in the quickest friendliest manner. My girlfriend & I make it a weekly ritual to eat here ATLEAST once a week! With their tasty lunch specials priced at an affordable $ 5.95, you’ll never leave hungry, or without a smile from ear to ear. The next time you return (wich you will after your 1^st experience!), Sam & Jessica will remember your names & orders making you feel like a true friend & customer! EAT HERE!

Was disappointed in the New Peking.
The food was marginal at best.
Ordered Mongolian Beef and it looked like it was reheated from the night before, very liquidity and the green onions limp and no sign of the dried white noodles and the portion size was small .
We had three dishes for over $ 30.00
Obviously, not using fresh vegetables

New Peking is a no-​frills family establishment that may be showing its age, but which still manages to turn out some yummy food right in the heart of Bellingham. Their hot ‘n sour soup is some of the best ever, and their sesame chicken is a favorite of the kids. They offer pretty much all of the usual Chinese restaurant selections, and I’ve never had a bad meal here. The service is friendly, too, and as a long-​time customer it’s been fun watching the family grow and come to help out in the restaurant. When my kids were little they would always make them a little bowl of chicken and rice, so sweet.
This is also a great place for takeout. They’re fast and the portions are HUGE. If you eat in, be sure to check out the wall ‘o fortunes, featuring dozens (if not hundreds) of fortunes left by customers over the years.

Four generations of our family love eating at the New Peking! The food is fresh and delicious. They serve the best Moo Shu I have had anywhere.
I highly recommend eating here for lunch and dinner. For a real treat, let Sam know a day ahead of time that you want the Peking duck.
Other favorites are the sizzling rice soup, broccoli chicken and any of the lunch specials.

I love this place! Sam and his wife, the owners, are the nicest people and from the moment you walk in you feel like family. He always checks in with us and is super attentive. The food is great too. I love the Mongolian Beef and the Hot an sour soup. If you aren’t sure what to order just ask they are full of helpful suggestions based on what you like. Sam is always telling my friends and I the the tea will help with our digestion because we just slurp it up. The ambiance is pretty kitschy but i love all the knich knacks and hand made art by the owners daughter. We like to stick our fortunes in the brick walls with all the others. Overall this place is hands down the best in Bellingham. It will be your Chinese home away from home.

First time there we weren’t sure about this place since we were the only people there. Omg! Food was amazing, not grease/​oily at all, everything was so fresh and clean. Food was very authentic, the flavors and spices were just the right ones. Service was extremely quick and friendly. We just can’t wait to come back! If you’re looking for some «home style» food, this is the right place. Absolutely love it!

The food is amazing! I love the mongolian beef. But everything i have tried is very good. the service is excellent, they make you feel very welcomed. best chinnese food around.

YUM! Fantastic food, wonderful people and fair prices. My husband and I got the Chef’s Special and will be back for more!

Someone I know recommended this place, so my roommate Josh and I tried it out. The inside is super Asian with uncountable number of little trinkets, statues and paintings. There are also fortune cookie fortunes along the walls in between the bricks.
The place was pretty empty when we arrived there around 2pm, and we got seated right away. The owner’s wife brought out some tea for us, and when she found out that my friend was Chinese and could communicate in the language, she smiled and acted even more friendly than before. The husband came and took our orders and he made small talks with Josh as well. He kindly explained some of the dishes for me.
The food was all right. It wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t spectacular either. I ordered the Mongolian beef lunch special, which was only around 6 dollars for a fair amount of food.
I agree with the other reviews about this place. The food is definitely pretty good, but it’s the service and the friendliness of the owners that makes me want to come back.

Literally the worst Chinese food I have ever had.
The restaurant smells like old cooking oil, the air inside feels thick and heavy.
The «chow mein» they served us was in fact chow mein crackers, not real noodles.
The food tastes like it has been cooked with old oil. The chicken dish that I got actually tasted like extremely old oil, and nothing else. It’s as if they use the same batch of cooking oil for three weeks before throwing it out.

It’s pretty hard to find good, authentic Chinese in Bellingham. Apart from this place, I don’t think it exists. This place may not seem very vibrant or welcoming on the outside, but the inside is bursting with colorful knick knacks and kitsch.
The food is Schezuan style, and it’s delicious. I especially love the lemon glazed fish. Everything is delicious, and the owners are a very sweet family of three.
If you’re tired of the American Chinese at Best Chopsticks, give this place a shot. You won’t be sorry!

OMG… what a horrible meal!!! Some friends and I went based on an amazing review written in the Weekly. The write up made this food sound fresh, delicious and worth a trip. Wrong, so… so wrong. The sweet and sour chicken was more like Drowning Chicken, the pineapple canned and the few veggies thrown in were not even remotely cooked. My lemon chicken was equally as bad, again drowning in a massive pile of gelatinous goo. The portion of chicken was so small, one must move very quickly to get it out of the sauce. We mentioned the ridiculous amount of sauce to the owner, she replied people like lots of sauce and we should say something next time (like we should know it came drowning)!!! The other owner apologized but too late. I do not recommend at all… unless you like drowning, small portioned and poorly cooked food.

Good food, quaint atmosphere, REALLY nice staff. Went here with a friend who just came back from a 3 year stint in China who wanted to order us traditional food in Chinese and they were very accommodating. Good sauces on the food, the Kung Pao Chicken was very tasty. They brought us as much rice and tea as we wanted and prices were very reasonable. Good selection of Vegetarian dishes too.

I love this place! Family run, the people here are so nice and genuine. Come in once, talk to them, and they’ll remember you forever.
I’ve been here a few times, took my boyfriend for the first time recently. When he met Sam, the owner, first thing he said was «This guy missed his calling in Vegas, he shoulda been a lounge singer/​entertainer!» Sam is a riot.
I think the food is great for Chinese food. The hot & sour soup is one of the best I’ve had, their moo shu is really good, I really like their orange chicken, and the seafood chow mein was downright tasty. The beef and sweet and sour dishes were ok, not the best I’ve had, but still decent.
Overall if your looking for yummy, decently priced Chinese food with really great (often entertaining) service, this is the place.