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431 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80209

303-698-2800

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Westword
Recommended
Best American Chinese Restaurant
Award Winner 2005

Cuisine(s): Chinese, Seafood

Hours: Sun 4pm-9:30pm, Mon-Thu 11am-9:30pm, Fri 11am-10pm, Sat 12pm-10pm

Price: $, $$$

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Diners Club, cash
Attire: Casual

Features: Takeout, Private Party, Catering, Banquet Facilities

Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted, Recommended for Large Parties

Parking: Lot Available, Street

Description

Man cannot live on soy paste and pig intestines alone. Although the Imperial's dining room is red-dragon-and-white-tablecloth elegant, it attracts a casual crowd of diners looking for the tame thrills that only Chinese food done Colorado-style can provide. All of the American-Chinese favorites are represented -- the sesame chickens, sweet-and-sour porks and mu shu everything -- and they're all executed in exemplary (if unsurprising) fashion. For those in search of a bigger rush, the kitchen also offers higher-end seafood and a great Peking duck.

2005 | Best American Chinese Restaurant

Man cannot live on pig intestines alone. And on those nights when you crave something comfortingly familiar yet still vaguely ethnic, Imperial Chinese Restaurant fits the bill. Although the dining room here is red-dragon-and-white-tablecloth elegant, it attracts a casual crowd of diners looking for the kind of tame, sterile thrills that only Chinese food done Colorado-style can offer. Which means all of the American-Chinese favorites, executed in exemplary fashion: sesame chicken,... More »
2003 | Best Americanized Chinese

Let's face it: Americanized Chinese is, well, Americanized Chinese. But when it's done well -- and Imperial Chinese does it very well -- it's still good food. Imperial ups the ante by recommending wines to pair with the dishes, by not hiding its meats under thick batter and molasses-sweet candy glazes, and with dining-room decor that's an elegant improvement over the usual stark strip-mall walls hung with giant backlit photos of what your kung pao might look like. You won't take any big... More »
2001 | Best New Grocery-Store Amenity

King Soopers scored a real coup when it bagged an outlet of the Imperial Chinese Restaurant for its remodeled Greenwood Village Store. Call anytime between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., and your food will be ready when you are. Or stop by while shopping for staples and order a real necessity: great sesame chicken, egg rolls and many other Imperial favorites, made right on the premises. More »

Imperial Chinese Restaurant owner Johnny Hsu reflects on the evolution of Chinese restaurants in Denver

By Laura Shunk | Fri, October 28, 2011

Before Liu Zeng Qun opened Chef Liu's Authentic Chinese Cuisine, his Szechuan restaurant in Aurora (which I review this week), he spent eight years working for the man who secured the visa that brough... More »
2nd Helping

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, March 30, 2000

You can always count on Imperial Chinese Seafood Restaurant. Among the things you can count on is that the food will be a mixed bag. During any given meal there, half of the dishes will be delicious and half astoundingly insipid. But the Imperial... More »

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amanda.lindelow | Denver, CO | 181 Reviews

| Tue, September 28, 2010

Great spot for a quick bite or business lunch.

Main Menu

Appetizers & Salad

$6.25

Imperial Rolls

$6.25

Vegetable Spring Rolls

$5.50

Old Style Egg Rolls

$6.50

Crab Meat And Cream Cheese Wonton

$4.50

Edamame

Soups

$3.25

Shrimp Wonton Soup

$2.95

Hot, Sour And Spicy Soup

$2.95

Onion Egg Drop Soup

$8.00

Sizzling Rice Soup

$8.00

Wor Wonton Soup

Signature Dishes
* Spicy

$12.00
Prawns $16.25
Scallop $17.50

Sesame Chicken*
lightly battered slices of chicken sauteed in a sesame sauce

$12.00

Lemon Chicken
marinated, coated and fried to golden brown, served with lemon sauce

$13.25
Salmon $15.75

Thai Basil Chicken*
stir fried with hot chilli pepper, tomatoes and fresh basil

$14.95

Hunan Beef*
chunks of tender beef, fried and sauteed in spicy hunan sauce

$15.75

Sizzling Black Pepper Steak*
slices of grilled sirloin steak, stir fried in red and green bell peppers, served on a sizzling platter

Spicy Szechwan And Mandarin
* Spicy

$11.75

Kung Pao Chicken*

$11.75

Szechwan Chicken*

$19.50

Tea Smoked Duck

$14.75

Orange Flavered Beef

$12.50

Mongolian Beef*

Vegetables And Meat Subsitiutes

$9.50

Assorted Vegetables

$9.75

Steamed Choice Vegetables

$9.75

Suger Snap Peas With Shiitake Mushrooms

$9.75

Tofu With Shiake Mushrooms

$9.75

Chinnese Eggplant With Garlic Sauce

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Imperial Chinese Restaurant

431 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80209

303-698-2800

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2005 | Best American Chinese Restaurant

2003 | Best Americanized Chinese

2001 | Best New Grocery-Store Amenity