Dong Ting Spring

Great food! It was super spicy the first time, and not spicy the second time. I’m not sure why, but it’s good either way! Maybe it’s because I look like a foreigner… but I’m half Chinese ;). Love the spicy food

If you like spicy Chinese food, this is a must try. Just ask the waiter to cook with original Hunan spicy. We ordered mushroom, lamb and egg plant w long string beans. Very tasty. Much better than the Hunan restaurants in the Bay Area.

The food that we ordered were all good! Their combination fried rice was delicious too.

Came here for lunch on a Saturday, and we were the only ones there at 11:45. Didn’t let that deter us because of the good reviews. Don’t look for «Dong Ting Spring» signage on the building (not in English anyway!). Didn’t realize it’s mainly just Hunan style food (translate hot). If you don’t like authentic, non-​Americanized food, don’t come here. Hubby’s pork with celery and tofu was pretty tasty. My egg plant with long bean dish had even better flavor, but boy was it oily. Maybe that’s typical of good Hunan style food, but I ended up picking only the pieces off the top of the dish because there was so much oil on the bottom. Server was probably an owner and very attentive when she wasn’t watching the Chinese soap opera playing pretty loudly on the big screen tv in the room. It was pretty comical that the same melodramatic music played throughout the whole show, like there was only one mood throughout (that mood would be «tragic»).

Don’t bother calling in your order in advance! They don’t make it until you get there. Horrible customer service! What’s the point in calling it in for pick up?

79 items were on the menu to choose from so it was a little confusing.
Most entrees were priced under $ 10 bucks. The number 8 is a lucky number for Chinese. Almost every entrée price ends in 8. I thought this was cool.
The décor of this Chinese restaurant was very Chinese themed with nice décor and a pretty fish aquarium at the front entrance.
My guess is this place seats about 100 capacity. At least a dozen nice booths and plenty of round tables that seat 6 with a lazy susan in the center of the table for sharing with family/​friends. The food here is Hunan style.
Located at the NE corner of Flamingo/​Decatur in a commercial strip center behind the Inn Zone.

Great Chinese food! It is different from other sweet and oily American chinese food. As a Chinese, I would say the food here is most similar to what I had in China, compared to other Chinese restaurants in US. I traveled in Las Vegas for 2days and went here 3 times! Love it so much!

Great place for authentic Hunan food. We always make a few trips here when in Vegas.

I read the reviews on Unilocal,and I was eager to try this place. I asked my friend who had previously went to this place how it was. She said it was okay and nothing would be awesome because she’s from China. So, I decided to try this place because I was in an Asian mood.
First of all, the location was not too difficult to find. It is in the same plaza as Jinya Ramen. My friend had already been sitting there, and we chatted so we were not ready when the waitress asked us if we were ready to order.
We ordered the chicken gizzards with pickled radish, lamb with cumin, pork tongue, some fish. Now, the meat entrees all tasted and looked exactly the same. It was as though they just changed the meat. The entrees had bell peppers, cumin, and just all in all tasted the same.
We really wanted fish and tofu, so we asked them if they had any dishes like that. They told us they could add tofu to the fish, but it would take about 20 minutes. We were fine with that. Our fish came out, and they asked the table behind us if that fish was theirs. The couple said no, and they brought out our fish to the table. Later on, they said they made a mistake. They brought out another fish without tofu, and gave it to us. My friend told them. We wanted tofu. They said oh we gave it to the wrong table. Uh… How is that our fault. We specifically wanted fish and tofu. The owner agreed to bring out a new dish with tofu in it. The fish tasted really good. It was really soft and delicious as well as the tofu. The fish was my favorite part of the meal.
They do get quite a few tour buses. We were sitting there eating, and the owner would receive a phone call every so often telling them how many people the tour guide was bringing. I guess they get a lot of business from that. I prefer Yunan Garden way more!

The last time I ate here was four years ago. I don’t like Las Vegas at all but it’s almost worth the trip just to go to this resto. The food is amazingily good. The owners spoke very little English then, I’m sure it’s better by now, but the service and the FOOD so good that we still think about it four years later. We took the mother in law who is from the panhandle of Texas and she was completely blown away by the grub.
You people who bitch about not getting your tea fast enough or sticky tables or food too spicy a should just continue to go to Mac D’s and KFC and stay out of restos that you can’t comprehend.

Fast service, reasonable price, authentic Chinese food, but sometimes too salty and greasy for some food.
I only go there once a while. One of the most popular veggie dishes is eggplant with green bean.

Their food always expensive compare to the other Chinese food. Especially they don’t have fresh live seafood to sell. Their carpet so stink that I am so gross out. I think they should change the carpet. The booth is not comfortable at all. When I arrive, it was hot and bright. I requested to be seated very close to TV. They said no. Those table weren’t occupied! I always did like the spicy fish head and tofu bean curd.
I understand that u can’t provide better customer service, but owner was so nice to the tourist from China and ignore the locals who is in Vegas that constantly visit their restaurant!!!

It’s your average Chinese restaurant interior, nothing special and nothing fancy in décor. In fact they use plastic table setting. It’s a family owned business and the dad I believe is the chef and the mom runs the business with her two sons whom take the orders. The mom is very sweet and personable, hands on and interactive. She’ll even advise you if you ordered too much, which is a rarity in Chinese venues! Ha! The menu does not have pictures so if you have never been to this type of cuisine before it’ll be hard for you to order. I would recommend going off by the pics on the wall or asking the owner for assistance. I ordered stir fry pork and pepper very traditional in «Xiang» cuisine. I’ll always order the Duo Jiao pepper fish which is typically steam fish in a pepper broth but I requested to have a whole fish instead of just the head. Both dishes were authentic in flavor, you will sweat and your sinuses will be cleared! The fish is amazing here, it’s just a whirlwind of flavors so impactive and immediate when you take each bite. I recommend drinking tea to mellow out the spiciness and not water.

Let me just make it short as I know most of the people reading reviews just want to know real facts about the place.
Today is our first time visit this restaurant. As we (4 of us) sat down the first thing we noticed the sticky table. So we had the waiter come over clean the table one more time. We ordered 6 dishes as we were excited to try all the popular dishes. The end result was such a disaster. Everything taste extreme salty and oily. The entire experience was awful. The owner also try to sell some dishes is not on the Manu also without inform us about the price. She recommended us a chicken dish all we got was broken end pieces with crash bone! The presentation was like someone s leftover. It’s salty with no flavor! We are Chinese and we know what is good Chinese food. This place feel dirty and definitely is not good Chinese food! It’s terrible! We will never go there ever again! Sorry it’s this bad!

My wife and in laws are from Hunan china and they say this stuff is da shit.
Although it’s a little pricy for the serving size it’s define rely authentic to the city of Changsha in Hunan Provence.
Definitely can’t go wrong here if you like hella spicy food that makes you shitz like Ben stiller’s cat from the fockers…

Tucked into a dead strip mall off of Decatur, just far enough from the Chinatown strip to be both convenient and inconvenient at the same time, they are serving up awesome Hunan food here.
You want spicy? Hello sweaty time. Authentic dishes, very reasonable prices, and really friendly people.
I really hope this location works for them, because it’s never that busy in here. They are just far enough away from the hustle of Chinatown that they’ll miss out on some business, but at the same time, it’s quite obvious that everyone in here knows each other, and the wait staff is sure to recognize you if you are a repeat customer, which you should be.
All dishes I’ve had here are great, from lamb dry pot, to mushroom/​pork, and boiled beef/​tofu dishes. All cheap, and large quantity.
It’s a cozy place in a good way, nice décor, and they do take away orders, which is alway good.

I gotta say. My friend and I got SUPER confused when we found this place. We didn’t know whether or not we found the right place. When we looked at the picture of the restaurant front on Unilocal and the actual restaurant, there were some differences. But then we compared the chairs/​background and it matched what was in the restaurant so we were at the right place. No worries guys, I am extremely helpful: I completely forgot to take a picture of the front of the restaurant. But also no worries, it’s the ONLY Chinese restaurant in that plaza! And I also believe it has the word «CHINESE» on their sign after all the Chinese characters.
Anywho, we went for dinner and it was kind of empty, which is sort of weird. You know how when a restaurant is empty during the peak hours of dinner, it’s a bad sign. But we walked right in anyways because we have to try their SPICY WILD MUSHROOM HOT POT that I’ve been seeing so much on this page. I just gotta try it!
The hostess was very friendly. Asked if we wanted tea or water. We opted for both and she didn’t even blink and eye and got it for us. After much decisions, we ended up going for the Spicy Wild Mushroom Hot Pot (of course) and the Lamb with Cumin Sauce. At first we weren’t sure if we had to order rice or not but rice auto came with our meals.
There are three spiciness levels from 1 to 3, 3 being the spiciest. My friend and I LOVE spicy stuff so we choose 3 for both of our dishes. We figured, hey, why not. Let’s enjoy our meal now and we’ll deal with the bathroom portion of it later if our stomachs did not agree.
Spicy Wild Mushroom Hot Pot? Unilocalers definitely don’t steer you wrong. It tasted AMAZING. It wasn’t bland because they had strips of pork in it to give it some flavor. The spicy peppers add a kick to it as well. It is definitely something you should order and try if you like mushrooms. As for the Lamb with Cumin? It was good too! Though the pieces of lamb kind of bunched up together because they probably used sliced shabu shabu style lamb. The only problem I had with these dishes was that it was SUPER oily towards the bottom of the dish. But it was SO GOOD. We ate some of the peppers too and they were SPICY. You know how in some dishes, it’ll say «Jalapeño _​_​_​_​» and you eat the supposed jalapeño and it’s not spicy at all? You won’t have a problem here. But be sure you can handle it.
Oh, remember how I said the rice was auto’d into our meals? It was also auto’d into our bill. Rice is $ 0.60 per person. Which isn’t bad at all cause we took some of the food home and there was a good portion of the rice that we took home as well.
I would definitely come back to get their mushroom hot pot and to try more dishes :)

I went here with my girlfriend who is from Hunan region and she said this place was just like home. We asked for it extra spicy and they nailed it. They added a ton of fresh peppers and they were perfectly roasted from the wok. I hate when places use dried chillies.
We got the wild mushroom and lamb with chilies, both where really good, my favorite was the lamb. But a little greasy by the time you got the the bottom of the plate.
The server was really nice to us. Not like the pushy servers of most Chinese restaurants.
I feel bad this place was dead for lunch. I hate to see place with great food not busy.

Unilocal pulls through again!!! After reading many reviews talking about the wild mushroom hotpot being deliciously spicy, I bookmarked this restaurant and was waiting for a friend to come back in town to try out this place. Finally, it was Labor Day and we met up for lunch. We ordered the following:
–Wild Mushroom Hotpot: different types of mushroom, thin slices of pork, leeks, and tons of pepper. Ooh wee, it was spicy but oh so good. Highly recommend, as many other Unilocalers have already done so.
–Eggplants with hot peppers: I love eggplants and I love the way the lightly sauteed them with the peppers. Very good.
Although those are the only two items we ordered, we will definitely be back to try other dishes, such as the fried intestine, and the fish…

Wanting some spice in our life, we headed in the direction of food from the Hunan province. Our usual go to spot would be Yun Nan Garden, but we decided to change it up a bit and give its neighbor «Dong Ting Spring» a chance. It’s conveniently located right next door to Yun Nan and taking a peek inside, you can see which one has more customers. That’s okay though, we’re an adventurous bunch and we’ll give any place a go! (It doesn’t hurt that all their reviews are between a four and five star.)
Walking in, we were warmly greeted by the waitress and shown to a table. She asked in Mandarin if we wanted tea or water (or at least I think that’s what she asked.) We confirmed tea and it arrived quickly, along with a menu.
Utilizing Tony T.‘s posted pics, it helped with our dinner choice. We figure it was a bit of gamble, but was confident we’d be satisfied. After putting in our order, the waitress asked us how we wanted our spice level and we chose medium.
* Spicy Wild Mushroom Hot Pot ($ 11.95) — The first dish to arrive and it comes sizzling with a flame below it. It’s a combination of mushrooms, some sort of meat, peppers, and packed with flavor. Great choice!
* Shredded Potatoes with Vinegar Sauce ($ 6.95) — We discovered this shredded potato dish at Yun Nan and really enjoy it. But when it comes with vinegar sauce, woah — what a tangy contrast! One bite and I knew the Husband would be loving this dish. Something so simple and basic, but yet has so much flavor. We’re down with the potatoes!
Steamed rice is 50 cents per person.
Service — although English is limited here, the friendly face and patient look on the waitress’s face makes ordering and eating here a much better and pleasant experience than other Hunan restaurants in town.
Although it’s not quite as busy as their neighbor, we did notice families eating in the back and a group of regulars arrive shortly after us. So they do have a steady following.
Overall, you can’t go wrong with Hunan food. It’s just so full of flavor, spice, and kick. Their food is far from bland.
Our only downfall was not making this a group thing. The more the merrier, and in this case that means more dishes to try and share! Next time you want to add some spice in your life, do it with a group — it’s always better that way!