Pekin Noodle Parlor
117 S Main St, Butte, MT, 59701
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Address :
117 S Main St
Butte, MT, 59701 - Phone (406) 782-2217
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Specialities
- Takes Reservations : Yes
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Dinner
Parking : Private Lot
Bike Parking : No
Wheelchair Accessible : No
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Divey
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : Full Bar
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : Free
Has TV : No
Waiter Service : Yes
Caters : No
Categories
Chinese Cuisine
The popularity of Chinese food in America can be adjudicated by the appearance of China Town in many major cities in the United State of America. The popular trend of ordering or opting for Chinese take away food isn't unknown in America. Chinese take away food comes to rescue when you're too tired from work or too exhausted to cook. No one can resist the temptation of eating spicy noodles, shrimp, chicken, beef or pork cooked in the sweet and spicy sauce. The cooking method of authentic Chinese food is a lot different compared to what is served in America.
Generally, Chinese use dark meat small bones and organs to cook dishes but this changes when you are eating American-Chinese fusion food prepared using white boneless meat cooked with broccoli, carrots and onions. Back in China, the food is less spicy and oily as they favor steaming and braising method for cooking the most popular dishes. So, if you have a taste for authentic Chinese food, then try finding a real Chinese restaurant in the city. You can also try the most popular fusion Chinese food like Pecking Duck, Chicken Feet, Hot Pot, Shrimp Dumpling Soup, Mapo Tofu, Wontons, Chop Suey, Egg Rolls and not to forget Fortune Cookies.
There are not many restaurants in America serving authentic Chinese food. A little research on Restaurant Listings directory can help you locate the best Chinese restaurants in the city. Chinese cuisine is continuously evolving, and you can find a variety of dishes categorized as the food for lactose intolerant, gluten intolerant, vegan, vegetarian, and diabetic friendly. So, if you have a group of friends with different taste patterns, save the hassle and visit the nearest Chinese restaurant in your city.
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Frances P.
This was far and away the worst food I've ever had in a restaurant in my life, and for many years I ate out 3 or 4 times a week. A run down of our meal: The egg rolls were oddly filled with stewed celery and the fried shrimp was just weird; they had a kind of thick and cake-like breading that was not appetizing. The chop suey was simply stewed celery in a bland gravy with some kind of prepackaged tasting ham strips scattered on top. The szechuan chicken was, as far as I could tell, unlike any Szechuan dish I've ever had before. I can't be entirely sure on this point though as I couldn't taste much aside from salt. The texture and what flavor I could get from the chicken made me think it had been boiled. :-/ The chow mein noodles were served plain and unseasoned in bowls of water. The ginger beef was okay, not great, but compared to everything else on the table it was phenomenal. I filled up on that and the rice that was served on the side. The one bright spot of this horrendous dining experience was the service. Outstanding, friendly and prompt. 5* for service, -5* for food.
(1)Brian G.
In town for a short vacation from San Francisco and got a recommendation from a college friend to come check out this Butte institution. Went to the Lewis and Clark caverns today and capped off tonight with an hour in the bar and then a table full of awesome food. Szechuan beef was a little different than I'm used to but had great spice and the sweet and sour chicken was freshly prepared and gone before I could get seconds. I'm not a seafood eater but my friends liked the shrimp dish we had. All in all a great dinner!
(5)Sean F.
Don't go here!!! I have tried many dishes here and not once did I leave satisfied, the service is often bad and the servers are not very polite. The only thing the Pekin has going for it is the historic value of the building. Trust me don't go here if recommended by the locals they apparently don't know what quality Chinese food Is.
(1)Jenni L.
It's not often that you have the opportunity to dine in a former opium den and whorehouse. But there I was in Butte, MT of all places, eating sweet & sour chicken and lo mein in a rickity old cabana with swinging orange doors, right where someone was getting a proper carnal servicing way back when. The food is average chinese fare, but the history of the building is what makes it such a fun place to go. Plus you can't beat the fact that you are literally dining in a piece of history, albeit risque history. It puts a new perspective on the old fortune cookie game....in bed.
(4)Chris S.
I agree with the other reader that said "Only go here if you were born in Butte and have never set foot outside of it." the place looks cool, certainly historic, but the entire take out meal I got I trashed after the first bite. It is BAD. So maybe go there for coffee, drinks, or say a Chinese classic: fries or onion rings.
(1)Lane P.
Ok, I'm not sure how on earth the Pekin slipped through the cracks in my review writing, but it's totally unacceptable. This hole-in-the-wall chinese restaurant in historic uptown Butte was a staple of my childhood. I think from the outside, this place either seems closed or scares people away. If we could travel back in time about 80 years, I would imagine this place looked EXACTLY the same. Character, if you ask me. To enter the restaurant/bar, you have to walk up a 3-story flight of the most rickety stairs I've ever seen. They creak and crack, making you wonder just what you're getting yourself into. At the top, turn left for the restaurant or right for the bar. Since I'm usually there for a meal, I'll focus on the restaurant. If you are there with 4 or fewer people, they will seat you in their quaint little booths. By booths, I mean a fully-enclosed little room with a curtain to close you off from the rest of the restaurant. The tables and chairs are old and dated, adding to the charm. The best way to order here if you're with any sort of group is to do it family style. I have yet to eat anything here I didn't care for, but my favorites include the sweet and sour chicken (comes with the sauce on it and tastes completely different from any other sweet and sour chicken I've ever had), fried wontons which are also served with their signature sauce, and broccoli beef. They also make a delicious appetizer of thinly sliced pork with a hot mustard that will clear out your sinuses for the hot food fans out there. Every dish is served with your choice of noodles or rice. While I'd typically order rice in a Chinese restaurant, I'd never dream of it here. Their noodles are absolutely spectacular. Service is always prompt and efficient. You don't typically wait long to order or to get your food. As far as price goes, it's well in line with other chinese restaurants in Montana. To conclude, if you're in Butte and feel like Chinese, this is your place. Don't consider another place and don't chicken out halfway up the stairs. They're still in business and well worth the rest of the walk :)
(5)Skylar C.
worst Chinese food iv ever had. Flavor was not there. Place was dirty. Grime on everything Servings were rather large. I suppose if ur a whale an like to eat and DO NOT care about quality this is the place for U. I have only been here one time because a close friend of mine raved about it being the best. I couldnt even eat a quarter of my plate due to its lacking of taste .
(1)Donner S.
Worst Chinese food I've ever had. I can't believe how bland and cold the food was. I will never come back.
(1)Scott F.
Service very slow. The food was very bland and colorless. Ive eaten chinese food in many cities around the world,including in China, and this place has the worst chinese food ever. I cannot understand why they are in business. The portions were small and mostly made of celery. the mushrooms they use were cold and from a can. The soup could have been dishwater. The pork ribs were pale and overcooked. The fried rice was hard and cold. I cant see how anyone can give this place more than one star. Your better off buying chinese food from Wal mart!... Save your money and go anywhere else!
(1)Joao B.
Still love the Pekin. If you are a fan of traditional Chinese food and except to be blown away by their food, then don't go here. If you love quirky restaurants replete with history and character, then this is right up your alley. I'll admit that I'm not enamored with the food. There are only a couple of items I will order, yet I still go here about once a month. The sweet and sour ribs are pretty good, and I like the Szechaun beef. The rest is just OK. The place is quite unique, the staff is efficient and friendly, and the owner is as good a person you'll meet anywhere. Go for the history, go for the experience, ask if Danny is in, and enjoy the ambiance with friends, but don't expect the greatest Chinese food on earth. When you dine here you're eating at the longest running Chinese restaurant in the country. It was never a whorehouse. The booths were built for the restaurant. Not sure how that rumor ever got started.
(5)Steve J.
The service was quick and friendly. The food was pretty average. There was not a lot of flavor/spice in my meal. The canned mushrooms were a real turn off for me. The dining room was unique with private nooks for each table. There was an aged feeling inside, a good remodeling would do wonders.
(2)Marnee W.
Has been my favorite place for years!!! Love the BBQ pork, noodles are amazing!!! Moved away from town and whenever I come back this place is always on my list if places I need to hit up.
(5)Gantsa Maven Z.
This place was recommended to me by a guy that works in the nearby Harley Davidson dealership. He said it was the first Chinese restaurant in the USA...in Butte, Montana? The place was built in 1911 and is an old school restaurant. It's upstairs, wood floors line a narrow hallway with orange walled booths and curtains. Got the suggested fried wontons, boiled wonton and pork soup, beef and broccoli with noodles, and the Pekin special chop suey. As bad as it gets. This was "My Cousin Vinny" bad Chinese. The soup was basically boiled water with a hint of powdered soup flavoring and the same nasty water the noodles are served in if you order noodles instead of rice. The beef & broccoli was on par with a frozen dinner type. The Pekin special chop suey was so bad it was like a joke. It's basically bean sprouts and onions with msg soy sauce and that nasty "broth" over-thickened with a lot of corn starch. To make it worse as if possible, they threw on dried out nasty cold cut thin small pieces of ham, pork and chicken I think. I wouldn't know how to make it worse. I just asked for the check and left the food there. The very friendly Asian waitress actually agreed with my assessment at how bad the food is and even said she was surprised the people there like it. Butte, MT Chinese food? Head for zee hills!
(1)Rick S.
Lots of people say they like the food here, but I just don't see what they are seeing. Every time I go the food is barely palatable.
(2)Jitesh M.
Amazing setting, replete with orange booths and a lounge that seems to be the place to be for young Butte hipsters. Unfortunately, the food is inedible. I mean, easily the worse Chinese food I have ever had. All that equals 1 star.
(1)Andrea F.
I have no idea why the reviews are as high as they are here. Full disclosure- I like quirky restaurants. I know sometimes a restaurant is more about the experience than the food. But even with that, I will not go here again. I love Chinese foods of all types and styles, too. I don't even think this stuff counted as Chinese. The place is dirty (like old greasy dust around the bottom of the floorboards, not just a little dirty- like, hasn't been cleaned in a LONG TIME). I'm not a neat freak but it skeeved me out. The service was mediocre. The booths and history are interesting and I did enjoy those parts. I'm a Montanan, and I think most Montanans appreciate some colorful history. But, then the food came. Oh my word. The soup was the first thing- and it looks like 3 types of soup mixed together. There were alphabet noodles, a random floating pea and carrot, it was brown, a couple rotini noodles. Looked like vomit and tasted not much different. I got a fried rice dish, and my husband got something with chicken in it. The chicken was actually COLD CANNED CHICKEN. Not even kidding. Now, there's nothing expressly wrong with cold canned chicken, but it's not what you go to a restaurant for! The mushrooms were canned. The whole thing with flavorless, as much out of a can as possible (not exactly traditional Chinese). And, one of the more interesting things- it's not like it is crazy cheap or something. You're paying for the experience, but the novelty of being in an old whorehouse wears off when you are eating cold canned chicken and cold canned mushrooms. Glad to have eaten here once, but we will not be going back.
(1)J C.
This is old fashioned Cantonese-American food. It is the opposite of fancy or fusion. But you eat in what may be the oldest Chinese restaurant in continuous operation in the US in enclosed booths which were the style a century ago. You feel the history. In that context the food is great. I'll admit if this place were in New York or SF, I would not always eat here. But I would eat here.
(4)Dan R.
Don' u dare...stay away...I an a Butte boy and grew up eating at the PI...sober and loaded...the food used to be great and we talked about it to anyone visiting Butte . It had been 13 years since i dined there. Same color orange paint but new booth curtains. The good ends there. WORST Chinese I ever almost ate. Chop suey, chow main, egg flower soup, bbq pork noodles. Read the other reviews..they have it exactly right. The chop suey really tasted like it had been cooked last week or else they scraped it from the bottom of the sink..onions and celery with a brown sauce on it ... i think the chow mein was exactly the same. thing...all of the meats, pork chicken and bbq pork taste like they came out of an oscar Meyer lunch meat container...soup was horrible broth with the deli chicken on it Server was ok..bill was 40$..went to Lydia's next night..steak, fried chix, and about 8 side dishes, 4 cocktails and a bottle of wine for 90$...spend the x money and go there. The lousy food didn't stay in my tummy very long..if u know what i mean. Close the doors now before the health dept. closes u down or u get sued. Shame on you mr owner..u have made millions from butte folks..go fish at (Georgetown Lake. Even if i was loaded..it would not had made the food taste any better
(1)Jerry M.
This chinese restaurant is definately one that stands on it's own, and that is the whole point. When you visit here, you will be stepping back into a 100 year history that has proven itself to be a local favorite. True, the food you will eat here is none that I really have ever encountered anywhere else. Well, perhaps ChinaTown in San Francisco has given me something close. However, it IS good and always have been. I grew up eating here whenever the mood called for Chinese food. If you have never been here before, you will really start to wonder as you climb the many steps to the top to get to the restaurant. Again, you have to realize this is the original building and really all that remains of Butte's own 'China Town'. At the top, take a left to the restaurant or a right to visit the bar. I had to laugh that one reviewer called the booths 'creepy'. As a kid, I always thought it cool that there was a curtain so you could eat in private. I have not a clue as to the reason for the setup, but it is one I have never seen anywhere else. They do have an open area for larger groups and maybe for those 'creeped' out by the booths. The place hasn't changed in all the years that I've eaten here. It can get to be a very busy and noisy place, but the food is worth the visit. I have never had a bad meal, nor have I known anyone, local or otherwise, that has ever complained about the food. Take the time to check them out, enjoy the history while dining in one of the most unique places in town. Look them up on Facebook! facebook.com/pekinnoodle…
(4)M S.
I agree with another Yelper; the building and all was great and nostalgic, however, the food was the worst I ever tasted; I took a few bites and couldn't stand to eat anymore! This was known for its fresh noodles and when I got the chicken chow mein and it was made with those crispy chow mein noodles out of a can, I was flabbergasted. The food should not be called chinese food because it isn't; for people who haven't had chinese food out of this area, it's probably all they know, but I couldn't eat it at all. If you're from outside this area, I wouldn't recommend this for chinese food.
(1)Erica W.
Such a tough one. for ambiance, about 10 stars. the booths, the color scheme, the history, it's just so bloody cool. the food, about -3 stars. like beyond bad. maybe if you view it as something other than chinese food -kind of like taco bell is something other than mexican food - you could get it up to a star. on average, about 3. if you havent been, go for the experience - just dont go starving.
(3)Steve g.
Just finished a great meal at the Pekin Noodle Parlor. Pork and Seeds and Won Ton soup to start, both were delicious. We finished with sweet and sour ribs, shrimp rice and pea pod beef. I am a born and raised Butte guy with a degree in history and very close friends with the family that owns the Pekin. The building has hosted a lot of different businesses but never a whore house. Not sure where the nice visitors picked up that story but it is not accurate.
(4)T J.
Ex-Brothel/ Chinese food restaurant! Recomended for all...food is okay. The fact that you get to eat in weird little booths, Awesome.
(5)Jess J.
I must preface this by saying I am a Montanan (though not a Butteant), and have grown up eating at the Pekin Noodle Parlor. So I must confess some bias that encompasses not only the food, but the restaurant's odd history, decor and location in Butte itself. That said, if ever I was forced to pick one "Chinese" restaurant above all others, it would be here. The food is Americanized in a very odd style with it's own flavor that becomes incredibly addicting after a few visits - my best guess is it's the subtle hint of Butte's infamous antique wood-piped water supply. It's not even close to the most authentic Chinese food you'll come across (even in Montana), nor is it the freshest. But it is cooked in massive woks by chefs who are nothing if not vocal and served by waitresses who look hurried even when the place is empty, and tastes all the better for it. I have never seen the menu change in all my years eating there, and as far as I can tell, it's served on the same plate with the exact same presentation. In fact, the walls, furniture, paintings, surrounding buildings, employees, adjacent lounge, fenced cashier booth and dimly-lit starway up to the restaurant all seem nearly identical to my memories of the place since childhood. And as far as I know, very little has changed at the Pekin since the 1960's. The kitch factor is pretty high. There is a certain oddity that pervades the Pekin - also known as Danny Wong's to locals of a certain age - that adds an undefineable quality I've only ever experienced in the cramped, out-of-the-way restaurants of San Francisco's Chinatown. When sitting on frail wire chairs in a pink-walled booth stained lightly with years of smoke and grease, the food can't help but taste good. Don't get me wrong: the place is clean, it just has a feeling of being stuck in time that can't be painted over. Butte has had a surprising infusion of Chinese culture and the town reached it's heydey some 90 years ago, so a lot of history is wrapped up in the place. The Almond chicken, Chow Mein, Pork-Fried Rice and Mu Shu Pork are a few of the more amazing dishes, but everyone seems to have their own emphatic favorites and experimenting will never lead you astray. The fortune cookies are usually stale and often contain confusing pronouncements. Also note I have personally never seen signs stating "No MSG" or "We filter our tap water." Perhaps two secrets unknowingly revealed? Of course, I may have just overlooked those facts in anticipation of the food. Still, I can't recommend the Pekin enough.
(5)Kimberly K.
This was the first and last time I will eat at Pekin. I am a sucker for old historic restaurants. When I walked up to this place, I thought it would be an affair to remember. But now I know it is something that I want to quickly forget. The outside of the building is great. Walking about the creaky stairs to the restaurant on the second floor made my heart skip a beat. When we opened the door to the parlor, I thought I was in love. The atmosphere of each table in its little compartment with a curtain to close for privacy was great. But once it came down to the food, it all went out the window. I have never had Chinese food like this before. It was a cross between Aunt Edna's Thanksgiving casserole and cans and cans of cream of mushroom soup with a little leftover meat sprinkled on top to add some color. If you can't resist a visit and don't need to rush off anywhere in the three hours it seemed to get served, I suggest you order some hot tea, which is served in Denny's jumbo-sized coffee cups, and egg rolls. I must confess, the egg rolls were delicious, seriously. Wish you luck!
(1)Trent M.
A turn of the century brothel gone chop suey joint, Pekin was my first meal in wonderful Butte. The menu looks like it hasn't changed since the 1920s when this place opened... a different time when Butte was a bustling mining town and chinese immigrants flooded in. Having eating chinese food since I was a toddler everywhere from New York to Chicago to San Francisco, I am pretty adept at ordering. Still, the special seemed to be the safe bet and everythign was made so weird, very, very americanized. It tasted better than it looked and the waitress (who got in a hilarious 10 minute fight with the chef) was prompt too. The best part is that you sit in these stalls that use to be the rooms for the ladies to "do their deed" back when it was a functioning brothel! The jukebox has a pretty good mix of stuff and we were the only people in there at 9pm.
(3)Victor H.
Not the traditional noodle shop: bowl of broth and noodles and condiments. Instead, I got american-ese; ok for butte, mt, I guess
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