Great Food! Nice service

Out of all the "Chinatown" area Chinese restaurants, I found this one to be the most enjoyable experience. Though I am not Chinese (but am Asian American), I could relate to the entire decor that reminded me of my grandparents kitchen and really gave the restaurant a more home-y feeling. It wasn't try to play itself off as something that was more than it actually is (like some of the restaurants down the street.)The prices were fair, $7 for a Wonton Noodle Soup that was pretty good and probably one of the better ones in DC and significantly more accessible than driving to somewhere like Eden Center.The Beef and Chinese Broccoli Pan Fried Noodles are also really good and more than enough food for 2 people, it's a dish that I would recommend sharing.Overall:Food - 3.75/5Ambiance - 3.75/5Service - 4/5Price - 4/5

I went for dinner and had a bowl of duck and veggie noodle soup. The flavors and overall taste were pretty spot on. The $1 charge for veggies - a few leafy Chinese greens - was somewhat disappointing. The least they could have added was bean sprouts and some tofu. I mean, come on!

Cheap, good ole fashion, greasy chinese food. Is there a better pot of gold at the end of a drunken night? Thank God for Full Kee. I have to say that if you need something to soothe that beast of late night munchies, Their beef chow fun will sooth it like a sleeping baby.Their wonton soup is also very good too. Good size wontons and the flavor of the broth is amazing, especially at the end of the night.It's very cheap and definitely a good bang for your buck deal.

This is the best Chinese restaurant in DC hands down!!! I'm without a doubt a foodie and am a former Sauté and griller. I have been a cook in several restaurants, taken many culinary classes both in the United States and overseas. I am without a doubt an avid eater and regular cook at home and for others!! :) You want real Chinese food? Well this is the spot. They also have a fake Chinese-American Menu which is also excellent for those that don't actually like Chinese food but rather the fake Chinese-American food. But if you want some authentic Chinese dishes prepared extremely well? This place is for you. It has been written up many times as one of the best Chinese restaurants in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. c'est magnifique!!http://www.washingtonian…http://www.zagat.com/r/n…

I came here twice. The first time I got the Roast Pork, it was pretty dry and not very fresh. I also got the jellyfish, it had a weird taste to it. The beef with broccoli was average, nothing special.The second time I came here I got the Walnut Jumbo Shrimp with Mayo. It was not very good and it came with like 8 shrimps and dry broccoli.Unless you are really really really craving Chinese food and are stuck in DC I wouldn't recommend coming here.

This rating is ONLY for the noodle soups listed on menu cards placed on tables. Full Kee is a time tested pleaser with fresh soups. Shrimp dumplings (in shrimp dumpling soup, of course) were fresh and delicious. Roast pork noodle soup featured rich broth, tasty fresh noodles and chewy but pleasant roast pork. Soups are filling lunch bargains at $6.25 each. Other menu items, except clay pots, are disappointing versions of standard American Chi-e fare and should be avoided.

This is the place to be for great soup in Chinatown! Yes, much had been said of the dearth of real Chinese in Chinatown. Have no fear, and go to Full Kee. I have their their wonton, shrimp dumpling, and fish ball soups, and the man has also had the roast duck soup. We always add veggies (bok choy for $1) and roast pork ($3), and still come out at a cool $10 each for a huge bowl filled with delicious broth, lots of egg noodles, and tasty toppings. My fav is definitely the wontons (shrimp and pork). Perfect for a winter night!

I'm impressed by their hot soup noodles for lunch. Very reasonable prices and good quality (duck or pork noodles)

Keep in mind...pretty much every Chinese restaurant I've gone to in the past 20 years has been a buffet in a smaller town in the midwest. This place was awesome!We had the pork dumplings, 2 egg rolls, sesame chicken and Moo Shu Vegetables. Everything was great. I was not feeling adventurous. They have some kind of conch meal here. I don't know what that would be like.Service is good. Lots of typical yelling at people in Chinese. Cool.

Tried the beef, broccoli, pan fried noodles as the restaurant was out of the fish ball noodle won ton soup. Lunch menus are a good value for the money as cost ranged between $11-$6/person. The is a good place to bring a group. Our wait staff was extremely nice when requests are translated into Cantonese.

It was 1:30am in the morning and my girlfriend and I was dropping relatives off in DC inside the mini china-town. Where else can you grab a bite this late into the night after the drop-offs? From a distance, the visible bright neon spinning open sign initially caught our attention. But the more apparent part of this restaurant was the sighting of a Chinese meat guy standing right in the pit (where roast pork and roast duck are hung on window display) situated right in front of the restaurant. Right away we know this isn't your typical Americanized Chinese joint and were expecting good cheap eats.Upon entering, we were greeted and seated. Chinese teas were served as expected in most traditional Chinese restaurant. The place looks a little run down as expected for a Chinese restaurant in DC and I believe this is a restaurant that has been around for quite some time. Also as expected, the menu presented with a wide variety of traditional Chinese cuisines as well as the more Americanized dishes. This might scare most Americans away, but just seeing dishes such as cold jelly fish, pig skin and duck blood, and marinated pork intestines excites me and made my mouth salivate uncontrollably.We decided not to eat something too heavy and opted for the cold jelly fish and two Hong Kong style noodle soup, a roast duck and a shrimp dumplings. The cold jelly fish was pretty good, but it was a tad too soft and not crunchy enough. We expected that part of the jelly fish we ate was probably the head as it tends to be softer than the other parts, which should be nice and crunchy. The roast duck wonton soup I got was not bad, but very ducky flavor as expected. The duck pieces I got were like 60% fats and 30% bones, rarely any meat. The broth itself was pretty good, but I have had better. The shrimp dumplings my girlfriend got was pretty good, it contained pork, shrimp, and wood ears plus other stuff I probably failed to see as I was tired, hungry and probably too sleepy to care. The broth in my girlfriend's soup was way too salty though. The food here is a tad on the pricey side, but it is DC after all. The nice thing about this place is it opens late (2am) and is a good place to grab a quick bite if you are in the area. But other than that, we probably won't be back unless we are in DC again.

My best friend loves this place. I know lots of people who love this place. But for me, I just can't become a huge fan. The food is always so mediocre for me. The shrimp dumplings are good, don't get me wrong, but they're so bland. Everything here is always so bland to me. I think the main reason is because I like spicy Asian food. I can't ever seem to find anything spicy here! If you want the "regulars" menu, you have to ask for it. The one they give you when you come inside is not the full menu - it's actually kind of the expensive one. Just ask. The staff is nice, though.

I have the hardest time trying to get my friends to come here with me. The mere mention of pig intestines or jelly fish usually sends everyone running to the high hills. But the real mark of Full Kee is its wide range of Cantonese "comfort foods" that seem to be unavailable anywhere else within district lines.The Hong Kong style shrimp wontons are giant delicious parcels of shrimp and pork - a direct contrast to wontons usually found at Chinese takeouts (y'know, the ones that look terrifyingly like human ears and contain half a teaspoon of filling?). The beef with mixed vegetables on rice is one of the best values in the city. For the same price, I could get a small bowl of edamame from Masa 14. Lastly, the soy sauce chicken, roasted duck, and char siu - the Asian take on "barbecue" - are a delectable balance of salty and sweet.The regular menu has some standouts as well, including the crispy spicy pork chop, the deep fried spicy shrimp/scallop/squid, conch stir fried with yellow chives, and the meat/seafood/bean curd casserole. Traditionally popular dishes? Not really. But it all tastes so good that the devil's work must be afoot.Ultimately, I've come to terms with the fact that nobody will eat here with me. Full Kee is good enough to transcend my urge to invite friends and allow me to overcome, perhaps my greatest fear, eating alone.

Disappointed in this place! I had high hope for Full Kee after reading the reviews and seeing the wait staff. After sitting down, I realize they're not friendly at all (I wasn't looking for a 5 star services), but hope to be serve better than slammed my drink and food onto the table, had to ask for several times before refilled my drink and stared at me eat. They weren't busy at all with only 2 other 4-seater tables.Besides all that, the food was mediocore. I ordered the shrimp dumpling noodle soup. The noodle was al dante, didn't know I was in an Italian restaurnts :/ . The broth was boiling hot! Scroched my tongue and felt the pain for the next 3 days ='( I had hot soup before with steams rising on the top, but this was more like boiling your raw chickent hot! Surprising, the shrimp dumpling was pretty cold inside... o.o? Granted they were big dumplings but lacked taste or maybe my tongue was too blistered to taste anything... There wasn't any other type of stuff in the soup, no pok choy or other greens, not even onion. If you have to pay extra for those, then I 100% speechless after saying WTF? If that is indeed true, I wasn't told there.Imagine their noodle soup is their signature dish...

This place gets a solid 3 starts for their dumplings/dumpling soup. When it's cold and rainy, you'll find me here, getting the shrimp dumpling soup, with or without noodles, depending on my mood.More often than not, I get just the dumplings because they're THAT good. I also add Chinese broc for a $1 cuz, you know, I'm healthy like that ;)A speedy, tasty lunch with just as speedy and to-the-point servers, all for a total of about $10 in DC? I'm in.

YO CHECK IT: to alls my homies...be careful if you hit up da Full Kee during lunch or early evening. They might do tha old switch-a-roo and drop the HIGH PRICE dinner menu on yo ass. Its best if you speak Chinese, gotta a Chinese friend or know exactly what you want. Then they can't bust out the old 1-2 on you.It's a tourist trap sitch, so be street smart and pay Full Kee what you expect to pay! I'm bringin da 3-starz up in herrr, because I still loves me some Full Kee foodz. Slurp!

Although most of the changes in the DC Chinatown in the last decade have been mainly positive, I've been disappointed by the decreasing number of authentic Chinese establishments. I made this complaint to my cousin who went to college at GW and he recommended Full Kee. He recommended the wontons with noodles so that was what I ordered on my first visit.The wontons were definitely good, but the noodles and broth were very bland. We also had the fried noodles with seafood and that was bland, too. You know what means: soy sauce to the rescue.I would go back to Full Kee to try their other dishes, like the congee and beef tripe with noodles, but I'll be sure to have the soy sauce or salt in hand.

If your only after good Chinese food, here's the place. If decor & sanitation, is what you need for a complete dining experience, you might consider "to go". wayson, huntsville,al

on June 6, 2004 It's back after closing for a year--with rather minimal redecoration. The Hong Kong noodle soup with shrimp dumplings is still excellent--a very large portion, and the price can't be beat. Still not much more than a ...?

A no-frills restaurant that consistently draws large crowds, this Chinatown establishment serves up the ultimate in bargain fare. Portions are generous and flavors authentic. Basically Cantonese, the menu features loads of noodle dishes ...?

--with rather minimal redecoration. The Hong Kong noodle soup with shrimp dumplings is still excellent--a very large portion, and the price can't be beat. Still not much more than a storefront, but with great food and good prices. A great remnant of the old DC Chinatown. ...?

restaurant I've visited, and I've finally found a winner. The shrimp dumpling soup was really amazing as was the roast pork. The seafood Chow Foon was a bit skimpy on the seafood, but what was in it was great. It was also a bit oily, but I've yet to find a Chow foon ...?

in Chinatown. Offers traditional specialties such as tripe, livers, kidneys, and various sauteed seasonal greens. the service can be sparse at times, especially if its busy. if a dish is labeled spicy or salty...its usually a little extra so make sure you ...?

and have been disappointed. The food was poorly cooked both times (eg, undercooked conch that was unchewable), "spicy" dishes were bland, and overall the place is blah. (I too had the eggplant, my fav vegie, and found it to be only fair. Consistency problem? ...?

Full Kee is what a friend describes as a "duck hanging in the window" restaurant. My experience in other major Chinatowns (Toronto, Vancouver, San Fran, New York, Boston) is that it's hard to miss in places like these. ...?

Terrible service, shabby environment, rotten vegetable, expensive price! Everything changes abruptly recently. It used to be good food, though. Try other Chinese restaurant around or the ones in Rockville, MD!?

The waiters not only recognize us, but know exactly what we want and take excellent care of us. Food quality is generally consistent and we enjoy lemon chicken and mushu pork. Not the best ambience, so we come here for the food. ...?

I work in the Chinatown area so I've had the chance to go to many of the restaraunts in this area. Full Kee stands up pretty well against the bunch, at least for the lunch crowd. Has a pretty typical menu with lunch specials around $5 ...?

I wish I had read the review from the gentleman from Toronto before going to Full Kee for lunch (in Dec 2008).I thought I would try the place out with the lunch menu: usually a good indicator of service and quality of food when you dine ...?

Great place for good chinese food... one of the survivors of the gentrification of the rest of Chinatown. Kind of hidden away, but definitely a great place for dinner with a group of friends! ...?

Best in DC Chinatown. The hong kong noodle and dumpling soups and the rice porridges are as close as it gets to Chinese comfort foods in dc for me and my (Asian) parents. The rest of the menu is above average, which, for dc Chinatown ...?

Was pleasantly surprised that it was pretty decently clean, immaculate in Chinatown terms. Was immediately seated with water and hot tea. I got the General Tso's lunch special for 5.75, and it was great! The best taste and even better, ...?

I live in Chinatown, so have been to quite a few of the restaurants around here. I've been to Full Kee a couple times. Late at night, I was served a tasty beef chow fun made right in front of me (the kitchen is in the same room as the seating area). Today I went for lunch though, and it was horrible. The beef and broccoli was cold and tasted like a fish market. The service was poor - they didn't even offer me water. Aside from the variable food, the place has less ambiance than a prison cafeteria. They should at least invest in a can of paint or two. Apparently this used to have some of the best food in Chinatown. Now, I'd only recommend it if you want something late at night and the other places are closed. Oh, and they don't take credit cards.?

Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 It's alright, don't expect too much? - Cecilia? - Today new to the city, read the review, so stop by Chinatown and try this restaurant out. three dishes, $36. The chef add too much corn starch in the dishes, it is kind of nasty when you see "black sauce jelly(when u put too much corn starch)" in your vegetable dishes. Chinese broccoli Ho Fun - more than enough wide rice noodle to fill you up, but the beef: raw pink (inside), the noodle? stick together. Chinese roasted duck: a little bit dry, ok, maybe more than a little. But what do you expect from a $6 dish?? Chives with chicken: too much corn starch too, all the vegetable stick together like cake mix. Overall, I am not a big fan of this restaurant. Not going back at all. From a Chinese prospective: This is not even a Chinese food, but maybe animal food. God bless animals.?

Everybody should wander into a restaurant that refuses to compromise their culture. If you like the best in americanized, bland, safe and conventional Chinese food - for godsakes - go somewhere else! ...?