Ming Kee Live Seafood

Samantha Concepcion

4.0

Although Ming Kee's prices are not too wallet-friendly, the dishes surely will make you abundant when it comes to website experience. Some of the must-trys here are the (1) Ming Kee Crab Bee Hon; (2) Stir Fried Cereal Prawns; (3) Ming Kee Homemade Beancurd; and (4) Sambal Rice.The place also gives you a piece of solitude and healthy isolation. This makes the restaurant much more interesting.

Mr.Picker

5.0

Just ate ming kee along makati ave. Give them perfect score service good, even talked to the chef. Ordered tofu, crabs, oyster cake, beef tenderloin, pefect dinner. Try it stayed in 3rd floor

Sue Yeung

1.0

Tucked away in Brgy Poblacion near A. Venue on Makati Ave is Ming Kee. Located in a skinny building across the Berjaya Hotel with barely any parking but with a wide of a variety of seafood for show and the kitchen where you can see the experienced chefs working. I believe the restaurant has either 4 or 5 floors and there's an elevator for customers but none for the staff (or a dumbwaiter for the food) so I saw them running up and down the stairs the whole night.I had called to make a reservation on a Thursday night thinking that the place would be packed. The reservation needed to be changed and the staff was kind enough to allow me to push back the time by 30 mins. We had the char siu, Hainanese chicken, homestyle tofu, kailan, crab beehoon, salt and pepper mantis prawn, and lychee cream jello. I disagree that the star of the show is crab beehon, you really can't go wrong with crab beehoon. The real star of this joint is the homestyle tofu. The Hainanese chicken (and I eat a lot of Hainanese chicken) wasn't bad either. It just took forever to come out. I also wanted to try the Guinness pork ribs but they were out of stock. Maybe next time. The lychee cream jello was teeny tiny so I think it was gone in one bite. The mantis prawn. Can we just talk about the mantis prawn? I think they were rushing to cook the poor thing cause we had been waiting for a good 30 mins. The prawn was still raw on the inside. Credit to them for adding a few more pieces when we got it back.The place wasn't full at all except for the 4th floor which according to the staff had a big party of 2 round tables. The service was excruciatingly slow. So we basically ate (more waiting than eating) for 2 hours. Everything came out One. At. A. Time. I thought my dad was over reacting by voicing out his displeasure in the speed of service but we weren't the only table complaining. The staff said it was possible that the big party got served first even though a lot of the tables arrived ahead of them. Definitely not the way to go, man. Just imagine if the place was packed.The wait staff is definitely A+. They were very understanding in our frustrations and noted that we weren't the only ones who complained. Props to them for being able to keep this place running. I feel bad for the manager, Ivan because all this falls on him. I really hope he gets to talk to his chefs about this cause not a lot of people are willing to dine for 2 whole hours if it ain't The French Laundry. Pro Tip: Have a driver or valet service! It's a pain to park especially during rush hour. It's also a bit of a challenge to get out because of the location but that can't be helped.