Myers + Chang

05/31/09

Casual, fun and great food

by geoff2424 at Citysearch

Everything that we tried on the menu was loved. The dumplings, rice,tiger tears, mussels were all great. But the two things that everyone agreed were amazing were the Fried Chicken and the tea smoked ribs. The service was eccelent, we were provided great suggestions and the food just kept coming at an even pace. When the menu says spicy, they really mean it as well! Everything was excellent, I will be going back many times.

• Pros: Best Fried Chicken ever
• Cons: very little bar space

Modern Chinese fare goes trendy in the South End.

by Eric Grossman at Citysearch

In Short
The diner-like atmosphere of Christopher Myers and Joanne Chang's latest endeavor has a hip but unpretentious vibe that permeates the entire production. Chinese favorites, with Thai and Vietnamese specialties thrown in for good measure, are served from the open kitchen in "tasting" portions to the beats of the latest indie hits. Menu highlights include braised pork belly buns, "tiger's tears" (grilled skirt steak with basil, lime, and khao koor), and dan dan noodle salad.

07/23/08

I love it....

by styna at Citysearch

I have been several times and love the style of the place and am hooked on the Dan-dan noodles!! We go with a large group and it is fun to order a bunch of things and get to try everything. Food comes to the table at different times(when ready) and that is fine with me. Love the music!!

07/01/08

Fun Space, Concept and Good Food

by sgourmandp at Citysearch

I have been to M+C a 1/2 dozen times now and have always had a good experience from the service, to the cocktails and the food. We are not talking a typical Boston Chinatown food experience but rather South End does Chinatown in a very kitschy, clever and innovative way. Ribs are great, so is the fried chicken, dan dan noodles and green papaya slaw. Would also recommend the tiger prawns. I think this is a great neighborhood spot - just wish the bus stop was about 100 feet down the street so that they could have some outside tables in the summer. Go, enjoy and have fun.

04/07/08

Pretty good food, ok service

by sundancedancer at Citysearch

With our 1-year-old, we're always looking for trendy restaurants that don't mind young kids. After hearing the hype, we visited for dinner on a Sunday. The hostess and waitress were very pleasant and we were seated immediately (the place was filled but no lines). Overall, my husband was disappointed with the taste and portions. The shiitake and greens dumplings were far too salty and his pork sausage skewers dish (should have been listed under the "snacks" section) consisted of exactly two 2-inch cubes of meat ("good but not memorable") placed on a bed of plain greens and a side sauce that was too potent to use. My udon + tofu dish was fine albeit a bit salty and greasy and the charred tofu tasted odd because tofu is best when soaked in a delicious sauce; this simply tasted plain/blah with a burnt exterior. A waitperson delivered our meals (not our main waitress) in a strange order: my udon dish first, then the snack, then the pork skewers 15-20 minutes later, so my udon dish was cold when finally eating it. He also delivered my udon dish twice. Confusion understandable if it were two different waitstaff, but he had delivered the first dish just minutes before. Best things are that the place seems family friendly as it's informal with a fairly loud atmosphere so no one would notice a temper tantrum; and the vegetarian options, although I wouldn't classify that food as "healthful" since it was still salty and greasy.

• Pros: Can bring young kids
• Cons: Certain waitstaff need more training

03/21/08

Oh So Very Trendy

by billyball at Citysearch

"Perhaps it was because I had heard so much, but this was a major league disappointment. The range of flavors in the food was limited and it was what you would expect from a suburban Chinese restaurant in the all too trendy South End, If you're in the mood for Chinese food go to a real Chiinese restaurant, not here."

03/19/08

Awesome addition to the South End

by jade67 at Citysearch

Just got back from my third dinner at Myers and Chang since they opened several months back and I loved it. My friend and I started off with the vegetarian dumplings and the grilled whole prawns and then we shared the Myers and chang fried chicken, the kale, the beef and broccoli chow fun. It was way too much food but it was all so good and i felt full but not overly stuffed (plus i have lunch now for tomorrow!). All of my meals here have been really fresh and full of vegetables and it's clear that they are using top ingredients. I didn't love the kale, that was the only bad note this time around. But I've had lots of their other "wok vegetables" and they've all been really great.

The service is terrific too! My waiter seemed to recognize me and was super friendly and helpful and we felt really welcomed.

The music is awesome - the atmosphere is cool and hip without being too trendy. I love this addition to the hood. It's priced well, it's fresh food, it's comfortable and I plan on coming back a lot.

02/24/08

Very Good

by mess44 at Citysearch

W really enjoyed the service and the food was great. Our waiter was amazingly nice and the prices were very reasonable.

• Pros: Family Style, very unique
• Cons: limited menu

01/31/08

who doesn't love paying for hair in their food?

by nunyabiznez at Citysearch

we were all very excited to go out to a great birthday dinner. this place seemed like the perfect place for our night out. well, we thought wrong... the hostess had some issues, i'm not sure he gets the empty table, seat people concept. it took forever for a server to come over. but when she did she apologized. fine, we understand its busy. during that time we all commented how much we loved the space; cute, trendy little spot, loved the simpleness of the decor. we ordered a few apps and dinners for the table to share... summary: food was overpriced - especially since the quality was poor, food was a bit bland and boring, there was a hair in 2 of our dishes and a bone in another (yes, we still paid for them), a dish we ordered never made it to our table, but showed up on our bill (and the waitress had the nerve to correct me and tell me it was the last thing brought to our table... ah, no... i don't think so... unless tofu is the new udon... that dish was thankfully was taken off our check). i will NEVER EVER go back, and neither will my friends. save your time and money, there are plenty of other great new places to try.

• Pros: fun drinks, great decor - fun& trendy
• Cons: poor serice, small portions, bland food, pricey for what it is

01/09/08

Great food, poor service

by tenacious_c at Citysearch

My wife/I went last night. Arrived at 8PM, were seated relatively promptly. The hostess sat us at the bar.

It took 15 minutes before our server even acknowleged us (Ian?), after waiting 10 minutes, a person sitting next to us told us that he had to work hard to get our server's attention. We ordered our drinks/food at the same time. 20 minutes went by-no drinks. The hostess brought by our first order (fantastic "Tiger's Tears-a cold steak/pepper dish, seasoned with Thai basil, and crunchy pearls-an A+ dish!), and brought our drinks when we said we never got them.

The restaurant cleared out-our server did his side work rather than serve us-polished spoons, glassware, and set tables, while we, were just feet away from our food that was left to sit there. Another server noticed the food/delivered it to us-spare ribs (excellently cooked, perfectly spiced, delicious, smokey/tea taste), and lettuce wraps (curry/chicken dish on this evening-bathed in coconut milk, which could have had a bit more "kick"). No rice was served, despite it being ordered-our server, who, rather than get the rice, asked if we had in fact ordered it-we had, at his suggestion-then put the order in, polished more glassware, set another table, upon which the hostess brought over the rice-our food sitting all the while.

At the end of the meal, I got up to use the restroom, my wife caught our server, and asked for the bill. was promptly brought to us, I got out my card, and our server took it.

15 minutes went by, us waiting to pay in a nearly empty restaurant. I saw the bill/card sitting right next to the register, with our server setting tables...

Finally, he brought it over, apologized for it taking so long (no reason given, nor was there one). We paid, tipped a bit less than 15% (hey, the food was great, the hostess/owner wonderful) and left.

I would give about a 4.5 stars for food, and 2 for service (only because other servers jumped in to serve us, when our disinterested server bailed).

• Pros: great food, good drink selection, conscientious chefs/owners
• Cons: terrible service for us