Cathay Imperial

6501 Airline Dr, Metairie
(504) 733-8415

Recent Reviews

Larry Boudreaux

This used to be our favorite Chinese restaurant. I don't know why the changed the way they do the fried rice. ?? But the wait staff is pretty good. Now the food is average to food court Chinese food.

Raya P

A long time ago this place was good . I got take out bc it is so close to my work got sweet n sour chicken , not sure what kind of fried rice that was but it was awful, the egg roll had a lot of mustard in it . I don’t know what happened to this place but I was very disappointed and will not be returning . $13.00 lunch plate of nastiness!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Vicki S.

The best Chinese food in metairie. I love the hi hops appetizer. Their egg rolls are perfect and every entree I have tried has been delicious.

Brent S.

This is our favorite Chinese restaurant. They have one unique dish, Shrimp and Bacon Cantonese, and have good Mai Tais, egg rolls, Egg Foo Young, Shrimp with Eggplant, and Mandarin Chicken, as well as a good variety of other dishes.

Lisa G.

Service and good are always great! Christy remembers everyone! Our favorite dish is the sesame chicken

Candace Richards

Met today for a late lunch and I ask the waitress about the sesame chicken and asked her if it was the same type of chicken as the general chicken and she said yes, so I asked again because I felt like she wasn’t listening to me. She was just answering and she said yes again so I ordered it and when I got it, it was not the same so I tried to explain to her, and she raised her voice at me, which was very unprofessional, she didn’t offer me to order something else or to offer me any sauce to go on the chicken it was very dry crusted with sesame seeds will not return

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Myche Tician

Situated at the end of an old strip mall is this indistictive restaurant. But once you walk in you're teleported to elegant 70s era Asian restaurant with relaxing Chinese instrumental music... Unfortunately this lovely Zen environment is crudely interrupted by two giant TVs that flank either end of the dining room showing right wing hateful propaganda. It's a really disturbing contrast that completely destroys the wonderful ambiance of the place. But don't worry.. you won't be here long, because the food is reminiscent of any typical Asian buffet. Not at all impressive or fresh. My shrimp stir fry dinner portion contained only three shrimp.I will never understand why an ethnic restaurant, celebrating the diversity of immigrants would want to run a bunch of wing nutty propaganda in their dining room trying to convince people that immigrants and immigration sucks.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Anna Vicknair

The best food I have ever had I will not go anywhere else to get Chinese

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Irv Lassalle

Always consistent ...

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mandarin Chicken with Fried Rice, Shrimp Fried Rice, Egg Roll

Evelyn Schiro

5 of us ladies enjoyed a relaxing delicious lunch in the beautiful restaurant. We were seated next to the aquarium; which added to our enjoyment. The restaurant is large; so we were not rushed at all. The food is so good- I even ordered a take out meal for my husband.Parking: I got the sweet & sour pork luncheon meal which came with shrimp fried rice, an egg roll & a fortune cookie. I ordered take out BBQ rib appetizer & pork fried rice for my husband at his request. FYI: The ribs are not on the bone. They are small slices of BBQ pork. Others in my party ordered dumplings, won ton soup & other meals. Everyone was very pleased.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shrimp Fried Rice, Egg Roll

Liz N

Love the food here, delicious and great staff, especially Diane

Jane Dumestre

Yesterday at 3pm, I ordered 3 meals to go--I picked them up and the price was $85+. The food was decent but WHAT A RIP OFF!!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Jane D.

The food is decent, BUT yesterday I ordered 3 plates to be picked up. I ordered at 3pm The total came to $80+. It was a to go order and they expected a tip! (for whose service?) It was a to go order and there was no service. What a ripoff!

robert miranda

Not worth the money. $13 for the lunch special and it was no better than any mall chinese. Not that big of portions considering the price.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 3

Kevin Young

3.5 stars . Pretty average on all counts . Reasonable prices ,service was good. Old fashion Chinese restaurant. I would go back , but I wouldn't go out of my way to go there . Food was average.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

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