1st time there Not too busy Very good experience Gluten free options Ribs with bone awesome Service was excellent

This Chinese food is good . One of the best around this area . The price is not too bad for the quality . The portion size I would say is generous . The vibe I would say is welcoming and warm . The staff is attentive and helpful . That equals the service to be good , I really appreciated and enjoyed my experiences overall . I recommend this place . They share a parking with other vendors. However the parking is pretty large . You could even use the parking lot which is huge a bit over the other area .

Nice place for quiet lunch or dinner Nice clean restaurant and people The barbecue ribs are outstanding here and always cooked to perfection. It was a cold rainy day so soup sounded good. Tried the duck, pork soup... the broth got better as meat sat in soup longer. Good mix noodles, greens, broth, a lot of duck, pork. Always a good lunch here The desert was a cookie next block over at new cookie spot...called Half cookie

Excellent food - authentic delicious Chinese food. Great selection We tried a lot of different t things all delicious.

Very nice place! Kind of next to Shake Shack in Chestnut hill. excellent hot and sour soup. Great scallion pancakes! excellent pork fried rice and beef lomien noodles. very reasonable prices for lunch. hidden gem. We will return for takeout. Quick service plenty of parking nearby support em !

Upscale Chinese joint, but you can probably guess that from it not being called "Bernie's." Stylistically, neither old school nor authentic Chinese, but more of a modern spin encompassing elements from both. Some sticker shock here--the prices are quite high--but the quality is generally worth it, with some items exhibiting wow factor. Nice atmosphere, professional service, and food created on a much higher plane than your typical takeout joint. Egg Rolls: Interestingly, they're made with beef and not pork. So the flavor isn't as intense, but the construction is still wonderful, with a crunchy, flavorful outer shell and an inner filling with crunchy celery and cabbage, along with the understated beef. Dipped into the duck sauce and mustard, still a pleasure. Pork Spareribs: Now THIS is the reason to come here. If you order only one item (and heck, you might only be able to afford one item), make sure it is this. They're babyback ribs, which isn't as common as the more typical spares from the belly. A less likely cut to be moist, but here they're beyond moist, reaching deep into juicy territory. The crusts are generously lacquered with a red glaze. A triumph of flavor and texture, these are one of the best renditions (if not THE best) of Chinese ribs I've ever had, and they've been repeatably excellent. Boneless Spareribs: Same great glaze, plentiful portion, good thickness, and VERY juicy. A little fatty in some spots, but not to the extent that it was an issue. Tender and delicious. Also among the best I've had. Pork Fried Rice: Cindy Crawford had a mole but she was still beautiful. Bernard's has lackluster pork fried rice, but still a great Chinese restaurant. No need to mince words: the rice here is too light, which might be fine for the more upscale entrées, but accompanying any of the old-school selections (most notably, the lobster sauce), it just doesn't cut it. Shrimp and Lobster Sauce: I love that you have a choice between the white sauce (a New York thing) and the dark sauce (a New England thing). The dark sauce version (really the only way to have it) was very gentle of texture, dark but not overly dark of color, and nicely flavored with black bean sauce and other subtle spices. Some peas thrown in, but not a problem. Not gloppy, not salty, just very tasty and healthier than you typically get. Not my #1 but easily among my top half dozen or so. The shrimp were plentiful and of medium size, cooked to a good snap. General Tso's Chicken: I tried this on a combination plate at lunchtime, and had low expectations, but this was surprisingly great. The chicken was of very high quality, and very juicy under the crisp batter that was lightly applied. The sauce had more oomph flavorwise than most, without being overly gloppy. Some Thai chili peppers gave it unexpected legitimate heat (let's face it, places always say this dish is spicy but it almost never is). Sizzling Chicken with Black Bean Sauce: Minimal sizzle but exceptionally tender chicken, again high quality, cut into large pieces. Good flavor to the black bean sauce, and not too salty. This dish is 99% meat and can go a long way. Udon Noodles with Vegetables: Thick. Lightly sauced. VERY slippery. Mostly broccoli and carrots. Not an exciting dish, but it's a way of getting some vegetables in along with a starch that's better than their too-light-for-me fried rice. Probably wouldn't get it again. Bernard's is the kind of food you can enjoy almost guilt-free, because it's clean and natural and won't leave you feeling gluttonous or regretfully queasy. You can still respect yourself (if perhaps not your spending) the next morning. Still, there's plenty of flavor, and for the right situation, this is the right place, even with fried rice that isn't quite up to the standards of the fantastic ribs, chicken, lobster sauce, and other entrees. For any devotee or all styles of Chinese, this is a must.