"No Shirt, No Shoes, No Cash, No Service (or heat)!"
When you throw the word "Best" in the name of your restaurant, you've got a lot of confidence and are setting the bar pretty high for yourself. Nestled between Kohls and K-Mart you need to pass by some restaurant giants to get to this little hole in the wall. Being one of the first and original chinese food establishments in Quakertown, Best Food (which it shall be known as from here on out) has built up a loyal following of locals.
The first thing you will notice when you enter Best Food is that they are clearly geared for mainly take-out, since there is only one table with four chairs in the entire restaurant. Whether eating in or taking out, to order, head to the counter, grab a pencil out of the cup of rice, and a menu off the pile on the counter. Circle on the menu what you want to order and hand it off to the polite and helpful employee behind the counter. Just make sure at this point if you desire to eat in or if you want a drink, make sure you inform them of this, if you don't they will assume your getting take-out and you will not be offered a drink. Pay for your meal IN CASH (oh noo-only have plastic on you, K-mart and First Niagara both have ATMs so you can grab some cash).
When that is taken care of grab a seat at the table if it's open. If not, there is a line of chairs along the wall, so get ready to hold your meal on your lap. For us we scored the table, since there wasn't anyone at it. While waiting for your meal, you are able to enjoy the sight, sound and smell of your meal being prepared as the kitchen is exposed. When our meals first came out we were pleased with the amount of food our greenbacks got us. But now was the time to see if they deserved the title of "BEST". Being the General Tso's Chicken connoisseurs we are (meaning thats all we ever order) that is what we both ordered. Being the spicy pansy that I am, I ordered mine not spicy. We both received our plates of the general's chicken outlined with broccoli and served with a side plate of Mt. Rice which only an accomplished mountaineer could conquer. This is also when we first noticed that whenever the door opened, we were able to see our breath; that's right, no heat. So bring a good coat and some mittens if you're going in winter.
When beginning to shovel in the food, we noticed the broccoli was cold, and that in General Tso's terms it would not be considered the "Best" that Derek and I have had the pleasure of sliding across our taste buds. We could tell that maybe their focus was on quantity rather than quality, which is not how you become the best at anything.
Overall the facilities left much to be desired, the service was kind and helpful, but the food needed some help. Our suggestion is let others call you the best and don't set yourselves up that high, because when you're that high, there is only one way to go and for our experience, that was down.
FINAL RATING: 2/5
PRICE: $
226 N West End Blvd
Quakertown, PA 18951-2308
(215) 536-8800
Next Restaurant --> Boston Market
-Ryan & Derek
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