This used to be quite good but this place is losing its touch. The quality and quantity is going down, prices are going up, seating has become very uncomfortable. Â tables are so close you can't even move your chair to any side. Lunch menu not bad and less crowded. We have encountered pissed off staff who don't look like they want to be there. we have stopped going there completely.
Review Source:Five Stars!!! Â Every time I go in, I get top notch service from the staff. My family frequents only the bar area. Josh and Stephanie and the rest of the staff welcome us in every time. My parents are both elderly, and are moving slow. Â The staff is always there to help. Â
If you frequent the bar, Josh will fix you something different from the bar. Â The Moscow Mules are the best! Â They offer a gluten free menu too. Â Their lunch specials are a great value, or you can order off regular menu.
They are very flexible and willing to help or answer any questions about the menu.
Jimmy Wan's used to be a great hangout but times have changed. To name a few shortcomings: New bartenders lack the ability of mixing great cocktails. (This excludes Josh). The sushi is created with more rice than ever. The bar stools in the lounge are already falling apart and appear neglected. On our latest visit, a weekend evening on an early Saturday night, a manager and hostess were sitting by the front door counting receipts. This place needs to polish their shoes a bit.
Review Source:Excellent food, but if you are looking for traditional Chinese or Japanese this is not the place. That being said, the place still has excellent food. I was impressed when I asked about items not on the menu and they customized our food order. We also got to try various sake before making our choice.
Review Source:Outstanding Meal! The interior appearance of the restaurant is a nice surprise...this does not have the look of a strip center restaurant on the inside.
We chose Peking Duck as an appetizer...extremely good example of a classic dish. The quantity of duck is really more appropriate for 6 pancakes, not the four that normally come.
Our entrees were terrific, service was good, the owner's son stopped by to check on us, and seemed honestly interested in our experience.
The local IPA was also a nice surprise.
This place is a gem!
Pay for the atmosphere. Â This is definitely a cool restaurant to visit. Â The food...notsomuch. Â The waiter suggested I order off-menu and get lemon chicken. Â It tasted like turkey lunchmeat in lemon pudding. Â It was awful. And I LOVE lemon chicken normally.Other times we've gone and I've ordered from the menu, the food is fair at best and certainly not worth the price. Â I am all about quality over price, and will pay for good food. Â This is not good food. Â It isn't terrible, except for that nasty lemon chicken goo. Â That's the best I can say for it. Â
Apparently the owner is quite the party guy. Â A couple of the men I've dated know him from Vegas or other wild adventures, so they all seem to want to drag me to their buddy's restaurant and introduce me. Â He never remembers me, which in this case is perfect. Â Plus, I don't want to bad mouth their friend, and they're paying, so whatever. Â It has a good bar and a groovy atmosphere.
I WISH I could give Jimmy Wan's a better review! I really do, because I truly enjoy their Pork Shu Mai and it's one of the few places that does Dim Sum in the North, but I can't and here's why:
Visit 1. We visited in the Spring of 2012 for a Sunday afternoon of Dim Sum. It was early in the day and the owner or manager got into quite the screaming match with someone in the kitchen. This went on for at least 15 minutes until the owner or manager fired the person in the kitchen and they stormed out. Very very disturbing and really put a damper on the afternoon. Now, the owner/manager did come around the tables and apologize but it was too little too late. Conversations as heated as this one was should be conducted WELL out of ear shot of your patrons. It's unprofessional to say the least.
Visit 2. We decided to give them another shot and visited on the Chinese New Year weekend of 2013. Our party of 4 called ahead to make reservations for 7:30. We arrived at 7:15 and were told our table was not yet ready and given a pager. Fine. We were not seated until 8:15. We waited an hour for our table that we called and reserved ahead of time. I understand, they were busy, but if you are not able or not willing to honor a reservation in a reasonable time, then don't take reservations. One member of our party is a diabetic and was becoming ill from the extreme wait. We should have left, but we didn't. I'm sorry that we stayed.
We arrived at our table, which was a disgrace. Apparently, because they were so busy, someone got the bright idea to utilize their "outdoor:" seating area. Metal tables in a tented area with space heaters blowing at full blast on you. Everyone who was out in this area was dying of heat stroke, numerous people complained from other tables and we were all shedding as many layers as we could. For the prices that they charge, I do not enjoy sweating into my food at all. And it's a shame because the interior of Jimmy Wan's, especially the bar area, is beautifully decorated and very comfortable. Not so with their outdoor seating.
Now earlier I mentioned that someone got the bright idea to seat tables at the outdoor area, unfortunately they didn't properly staff the outdoor area. We were a table of 4, there was a large party of 12, another party of 4, and two parties of 2 in the outdoor area. Drink orders weren't taken until 8:25, at which point we ordered our food as well because we were starved, and drinks didn't arrive for at least 15 minutes. Tables around us (the large party of 12 and the party of 4 behind us) had to request basics like silverware when their food was delivered and then sat waiting for utensils while their food got cold.
Food arrived sporadically, our entrees were delivered while my husband sat and wait an additional 20 minutes for his sushi. I felt horrible for him as he was just as hungry as the rest of us! No apologies for the delays, no offers of anything else, and to boot our food was auctioned off every time it came to the table, i.e. "Who had the Lobster Lo Mein?". Now that's fine at your corner diner, but not at a place that purports to be fine dining. Simply not acceptable.
Our food finally arrived and it was good. It really was. But at this point it was 8:47 (still no sushi for Chris). A full hour and fifteen minutes after our original reservation. Not such a big deal for a normal party, but for one with a person who has a medical condition it is a HUGE deal! We ate and our bill was over $150 for 4 people. I have absolutely no problem paying that kind of money when the meal is good and the service lives up to the expectation, but this experience was so ridiculous that we will not return.
Then came the true highlight of the evening, when two hours after our meal my husband became very sick. Food poisoning after an already dismal experience was just the icing on the cake. I called and reported the incident to the health department, who did report that they checked the restaurant and found it to be up to code. Just be forewarned.
This was a good place to grab a light meal tonight. Â I had the seafood dumplings, a Boston roll, California roll, and a few pieces of tuna nigiri-style. Â Service was quick and attentive, the food was fresh, lots of integrated flavors in dumplings. Â I'll be back here next time I'm staying in the area.
Review Source:Been going here for awhile. Â Never had a bad meal. Â Best time to go would be lunch, cause the lunch specials are a really good value. Â Best wonton soup I ever had and by far the Best General Tso Chicken I ever had. Â Perfect blend of spicy and has a nice buttery taste to it. Â Havent really tried much else since the GTC is so good. Â Sushi menu is good, nothing special, but good.
Review Source:I took my wife here for Valentines day and it was excellent. The service was great, the food delicious, and the wine was tasty.
I had the crispy shrimp and broccoli dish and it was very very good. My wife had the shrimp and scallops black pepper style and it was good with a little spice. We also had an appetizer sushi roll that was the Boston roll. It was very good and I would order it again.
The wine we had was reasonably priced, I felt, and both types were good.
The service, despite being very busy, was great. Our waitress answered any questions we had and was very attentive to anything we needed. We will definitely go back.
Was so excited to try out Jimmy Wan's after reading all the great reviews. But sadly, we were disappointed. We went on a Saturday night and they were definitely busy. The bar side is loud, young and fun. While the formal dining is quiet and cozy. Although they had a good menu, I found that the prices were high and I've had better food.
We ordered the jimmy wan dumplings. They were tasty but there were only a few (dim sum for $8). We ordered the tuna sashimi as an additional appetizer ($12) and the jalapeno slices gave it great flavor. Dinner was fine but not super memorable since I can't recall what we ordered  (even after reviewing the menu). They had some interesting drinks on the menu but the prices were high.
Nice if you want to do upscale Asian in the Cranberry area but I don't think I would go back.
I ate here on a Friday night with some friends. Most of them ordered Chinese while I ordered sushi. Maybe it's because I lived in Boston, having amazing sushi on a consistent basis, but I was less than thrilled with the sushi. There wasn't anything WRONG with the fish, but it wasn't the amazing, melt in your mouth, flavorful sushi that I'm used to. The salmon was flavorless, the white tuna was tough an chewy, and the roll was...ehh. I tried one person's Ruby Chicken Chinese dish and the sauce was pretty good - it was actually an excellent sauce for the just ok crab rangoons. Maybe if I had ordered Chinese, I would have been happier with the dish....or maybe if I wasn't such a sushi snob :)
Review Source:I brought my family here in the hopes that we could finally find some dim sum in Pittsburgh. Â I found that Jimmy Wan's was named Best Dim Sum by Pittsburgh Magazine. Â Clearly, the food reviewers from Pittsburgh Magazine have no idea what they are writing about. Â Also, in retrospect, winning Best Dim Sum is not that impressive considering that there are 4 restaurants that advertise serving these elusive treats (Sun Penang is the leader of the pack here but it's still not saying much, New Dumpling House, Empire Palace and Jimmy Wan's).
For starters, the dim sum is way overpriced. Â And, there are just a handful of options that are presented a la carte. Â We started with the pork siu mai ($7.00 for 4 pieces) and the barbecue pork bun ($6.00 for 3 pieces). Â The siu mai was just ho hum for the price - tasty, but not incredible. Â Same with the pork bun - the bun had a nice consistency and flavor to it but the filling was a bit on the dry side.
Let's move on to the entrees:
- California Roll for the kids: $5.00 per order x 2
- Mongolian Beef: $12.00 (includes an appetizer - ordered off the lunch menu)
- Imperial Beef: $12.00 (includes an appetizer - ordered off the lunch menu)
The Mongolian Beef was tasty. Â I mainly had the Imperial Beef which I enjoyed - also tasty and a nice kick to it with the red chili flakes. Â
The pre-tip total was $52 Â -- Â for Sunday lunch. Â A bit steep but the dim sum added right up. Â We did end up on a Sunday afternoon so thankfully we were able to order off the lunch menu which saved us a few bucks, I'm sure.
One last thing to mention is the service. Â As our family dined among the masses in Cranberry this afternoon at Jimmy Wan's, I was feeling pretty bad for the servers. Â It took quite a while for our presence to be acknowledged by a member of the wait staff. Â We were greeted with: "We are totally slammed. Sorry for the wait. Has anyone taken care of you yet? What would you like to drink?" Thankfully, we had more than enough time to study the menu in great detail - we were ready to place our order.
The egg roll and spring roll came out first. Â My kids were eyeing the crispy noodles that were on the other tables - but not ours. Â When I asked the server who dropped off the first set of appetizers, I was told: "I'll tell your server. I'm totally swamped right now, OK?"
Yikes. I realize that you were oversat by one of the 3 hostesses and the manager isn't kicking in to help with service, but the customers don't need to know about it.
After a few more minutes, came the dim sum. Â Then the sushi and the hot entrees. Â
So, will I be back? Â No. Â Jimmy Wan's is stylish, that's for sure. Â But totally overpriced and way under delivered in both the food and the service. Â It is like wandering into a PF Chang's without the giant horses to greet you when you come in through the front doors.
And, note to self, Pittsburgh Magazine needs to re-evaluate its "Best Of" awarding criteria. Â Still searching for PIttsburgh's Best Dim Sum.
We've never been impressed with this restaurant. Â The prices are outrageous considering the orders are basically small amounts of meat and large amounts of veggies. Â The servers have never been terribly attentive. Â We never choose Jimmie Wan's when we're going out on our own, but we've gone twice this month already because of group Christmas outings. Â My husband and I continue to shake our heads and cannot understand what the fuss is about. Â The only dish on the menu I always love is the wonton soup. Â The broth is light and delicious, and the wontons are like butter. Â Everything else has been hit or miss. Â The ruby chicken, for example, can be wonderful one visit, but then taste like chicken drenched in sweet ketchup the next visit. Â More than anything, their prices don't justify the mediocre dining experience. Â If they were lower perhaps we'd stop once in awhile after a Target trip, but knowing there's a good chance we won't enjoy the meal, there's no way.
Review Source:I got a noodle dish, rice dish, and dim sum here. I did not like the rice dish (ruby chicken), really liked the noodle dish (cantonese), and thought the dim sum (pork) was okay. I would probably score this place a 4 based on the food if it hadn't been so expensive! The prices are outrageous here for what you get.
Review Source:Great food, excellent service. Â Started with the shrimp balls which were weird but yummy. Â Hot and sour soup is top notch! Â The crispy beef for the entree was good, but a strong vinegar flavor that I thought was slightly overpowering. Â Drink menu eas creative and a nice draft beer selection including Kirin! Â Great stuff.
Review Source:For me, the best Chinese restaurant in Pittsburgh. Â Sorry Sesame Inn and China Palace, I still love you, but Jimmy's is just a bit higher quality.
Although it is pricey, you get something for those extra dollars. Â The flavors truly are exceptional and the restaurant itself is trendy and fun. Â The Sushi bar is amazing as is the Sushi itself. Â The best Spicy Tuna in town! Â The bar is very cool and trendy and fun. Â But, Jimmy, replace those tables. Â There is no room for your feet!
Jimmy is almost always there looking over your shoulder, ready to make sure you are happy. Â I love that!
Excellent food and service. Â This place is a bit on the pricey side but it's worth it. Â I've yet to have a bad meal here. Â One of the ways I grade an Asian/Chinese restaurant is on the quality of their Sweet and Sour soup. Â Jimmy Wan's has some of the best I've ever had. Â This is Asian cuisine so it's more than just General Tso's chicken and Egg Rolls. Â Please take a close look at the menu and you'll find pretty much anything you could want.
Review Source:Really disappointed in our meal and service on 6/13/12! Server was miserable, she did not get our order correct. We spent over $400.! Quality of the entres was not  what it has been in the past. We have been patronizing this Jimmy Wan's since he opened. Not sure I will be as excited to go back!
Review Source:When you I heard the radio commercials for Jimmy Wan's, I used to think, "how nice could a place with 'Jimmy' in the name be?" I imagined some weird Americanized Chinese restaurant with some guy named Jimmy slinging hash (or stir fry, in this case). What I found was a beautiful restaurant with delicious upscale Chinese and Japanese food.
My wife and I stopped there for lunch, and the first thing I was impressed by was the exceptional service. Some restaurants don't always have the full "show" for lunch, but at Jimmy Wan's I had a courteous hostess and a waitress who went above and beyond with quick service and ample water refills. The restaurant has an earth-toned modern style, expansive wine list, and a full bar.
As for the food, I couldn't have been more pleased. I had the Buddha Trio lunch, which came with chicken, beef, and shrimp in a brown sauce, fried rice, and choice of appetizer. The taste was amazing, and the portions were enough to take home leftovers. For my appetizer, I had the ginger salad which was fresh, and the ginger dressing was more gingery then the fare I get at other Asian restaurants. My wife started with the egg drop soup, which had a thick chicken stock and lots of egg, and then had the sashimi ceviche, which had three bites of salmon, ahi tuna, and yellow-tail tuna, each prepared slightly different with lime juice, avocado, and spices, and also several la carte pieces of salmon and ahi tuna from the sushi bar. The sushi was very fresh and prepared perfectly, and the portions were large.
I really enjoyed Jimmy Wan's, and was impressed by their large menu filled with sushi, Chinese, and pan Asian food. The service was great, and the ambiance was upscale. If you're looking for great food in a nicer setting, you can't go wrong at Jimmy Wan's.
I have only been here twice but both times were good experiences overall :)
The reservation time was honored, there were menu choices to meet both my needs and those of my picky friend, drinks were good, and the service was great. Â Very consistent with both visits which is a huge plus to me as service can speak volumes about any business operation. Â
I opted for sushi both times and I was more impressed with what they had here than most other places in Pittsburgh (this and Tamari are probably my two faves). Â I live in the city so getting to Cranberry does not happen too often but when I am, I will definitely hit up Jimmy Wan's again!
I love this restaurant!
I was surprised by the good quality of the food and sophisticated atmosphere of this eatery in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. I have never had a bad meal there yet and make sure I always visit each time I'm in the area. I particularly liked the pork shumai (dumplings). The sushi, while not on the level of something you would be served at Nobu, is fairly solid. Â They also offer a nice selection of wines/spirits. I enjoyed a tasty peanut butter cheesecake as well on my last visit. ;-) Â The worst aspect of this place is its location in a sort of strip mall (near a Red Robin). Â Its a bit pricey but to me it is worth it for the quality. Yum!!
Tonight, I ordered take-out from Jimmy Wan's Taipei;
General Tso's Chicken - $17
The breaded dark meat was mixed with garlic, ginger, sweet szechuan sauce with added hot peppers. This isn't your standard general tso's. This 'sky' portion is enough to be split as a side dish for two, or all for one extremely hungry man.
Egg Roll - $3
Thick crusted roll with cabbage, shrimp, and pork. This was delicious, better than any other egg roll I've ever had.
I order from Jimmy Wan's Taipei usually about three times a month, and though it is expensive, I love this restaurant.
Being of Chinese decent, my parents can cook up a mean Chinese spread. Â Today, however, I decided to treat my family to Jimmy Wan's Taipei...little did I know it was the worst decision.
We ordered the following from both the Chinese and English menu:
- Salt & Pepper Calamari: overpriced and extremely oily (too much so)
- Shanghai Soup Dumplings: one of the 2 dishes we ordered that tasted good (still overpriced @ $2/dumpling)
- Pepper and beef strips: too oily, but authentic taste
- Roasted pork and vegetables: we had to send back because it wasn't heated correctly (still mostly cold)
- Chinese vegetables (hollow): good
The reason why I'm giving the restaurant 1 star is because of the brown rice fiasco. Â Many Americans don't know this, but rice can harbor worms. Â Especially in cooked brown rice, this may be hard to see. Â I ordered brown rice for the table and my grandmother discovered meal-worms in her brown rice. Â After close examination, we realized there were worms in all of our rice portions. Â GROSS!!!
The 1-star rating is also because of how the restaurant chose to handle this incident. Â The manager didn't immediately apologize and finally came over when our bill came. Â He gave us only a 10% discount and a free dessert in response to the meal worms. Â I was expecting a more sincere apology and at least 50% off our meal for destroying our appetites. Â Additionally, the wait-staff almost completely ignored us after I pointed out the worms (probably assuming they wouldn't be tipped anyways). Â Terrible!
All in all, I regret taking my family here and will never be a patron to this restaurant. Â Although I understand restaurant kitchens can be dirty...a Chinese restaurant who cannot take care of their rice cannot possibly be careful with their food. Â Be forewarned next time you go!
My favorite sushi in Pittsburgh thus far. Â It's a bit expensive but its high quality and has an awesome atmosphere. Â
The service is always good and the food quality is consistently high.
Downfall - ginger salad is okay at best. Â Needs some iceberg lettuce so it doesn't get so soggy.
I recommend the goat cheese salad - cranberries, raisins, and fried goat cheese over greens - delicious. Â I also recommend the volcano roll.
Taipei- your name seems Chinese, your food seems mostly Japanese, and you are really, truly delicious. Â The relatively recent construction boom in Cranberry has brought some goods things with it along with the fast food stands and big box stores, and Taipei is one of them. Â Constantly busy and buzzing, Taipei has become almost a hot spot in the suburbs north of Pittsburgh. Â
My favorite things about Taipei- the wine list, the sake list, the fresh and unique sushi, and the cold sesame noodles. Â Get past the ubiquitous strip mall location and go have an awesome meal here, if you can get a table. Â Your dinner might be a little more than you're used to paying in the Pittsburgh suburbs, but this food is worth it!
Wow, surprisingly good sushi place in the concrete jungle that is Cranberry. Â I had lunch here on Saturday and the place was relatively busy, ordered a reasonably priced glass of chardonnay and had a good table with very prompt, friendly service. Â I ordered a few pieces of sushi, which were all very fresh and tasty and reasonably sized portions. Â The escalar white tuna was tasty and seemed like it must have just been pulled from the ocean. Â The salmon and octupus were also very good. Â The prices at first I thought were really cheap for the sushi, but then given the portions seemed fairly priced. Â Friends ordered the spicy wonton as an appetizer, which was delicate wontons and a well seasoned filling, although I found the peanut sauce a little overwhelming. Â Lisa had the chicken with garlic sauce (maybe), it was very tasty and spicy. Â Rebecca had some type of noodle dish. Â The serving was really big and the noodles were awesome. Â If you have a desire for sushi or thai fusion and your in cranberry. I don't think there's a better option. Â The space itself was pretty nice for being located in a strip mall, decent sushi bar and a few chairs at a granite bar. Â Oh yeah, and they had a better than usual sake selection, if it wouldn't have been noon I would have indulged.
Review Source:It's been ages since my beloved House of Chen closed their doors for an extensive and (to me) totally unnecessary remodeling project. Â And, what was promised to be a short 3 months, has turned into 6 and I'm not sure if the end will ever come! Â So, for the longest time, I have endured. Â Living my life with no chopsticks, no noodle lo mein, no General Tso's shrimp, no won ton, no dim sum, no sake. Â It's been very difficult to survive. Â But, once you have had the best, it's very difficult to move on to another. Â Well, H.O.C., you can kiss my a** good bye. Â Just like another bad boyfriend, you have been replaced. I have turned you in for a younger, more vibrant partner. Â One that finally keeps me feeling completely happy and satisfied.
Jimmy Wan's Taipei claims to be a fusion of traditional Chinese cuisine with Japanese & French influences. Â Whatever. Â For all that stupid fancy talk, I think it's just plain good food. Â They have a super awesome sushi bar and make a super mean ceviche. Â Who doesn't like a little edamane appetizer or a squid salad? Â Their sake list is extensive and imported directly from Japan. Â The sushi bar has daily 5-7 happy hour specials as well as late night sushi/drink specials. Â The interior is stylish, great ambiance and elegantly decorated, which is amazing considering they are located in a little strip mall. Â Service is supreme and the food is very satisfying.
Okay, about the food. I highly recommend the crab miso soup, it's yummy. Â I would kill for the kung pao style filet mignon. Â This dish is flipping awesome. Â Their General Tso's shrimp is a different take on my old favorite. Â It's served amongst mushrooms, baby corn, snow peas and red peppers in a savory sweet Szechwan sauce with a little bok choy thrown in. I also like that they offer brown rice, because frankly I don't like white and we won't even talk about fried! Â They make a very nice Hawaiian chicken, which is lightly breaded, served with pineapple, broccoli, red pepper and water chestnuts. Â I hear that the Chilean sea bass is good, but frankly, I haven't had a chance to try it. Â The menu is extensive and it's going to take me awhile to work up to it. Â They have something to satisfy every appetite. Â Keep in mind, this is gourmet Chinese, so you should expect to pay more. Â I'd say it's well worth the extra money.
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