BOKY

Si vous voulez manger asiatique pour pas très cher, Boky sera votre amis sur Genève. Les plats sont assez copieux et un large choix vous est présenté (plus d’une centaine de mets).
Pour ma part je reste un grand fan des raviolis vapeur sauce moutarde et de la marmite du chef. Comptez un plat à partie de 17 chf.
À vos fourchettes!

Coming from the San Francisco Bay Area with its abundance of excellent Chinese food, I have standards. This place doesn’t meet those standards, HOWEVER, by Geneva’s standards, Boky gets the job done. It’s not great but it’s not terrible. We chose very straightforward items (beef fried rice, crispy pork, chicken w/​veggies, stir fried noodles w/​beef) and they were just fine. If you are staying in the neighborhood as we were, there aren’t many choices so go ahead and pull up a table.

It is hard to find some authentic Chinese restaurant in Switzerland, but this Cantonese one seemed to be ok. They had served good traditional Cantonese noodles (Che zai mian) and meat (Shao wei). Yet their fried rice was a bit over cooked…

First, this is a no-​fuss place. No great artwork or calligraphy on the walls or the ceiling (the foto showing the counter is actually showing the only decorated place of this quite large restaurant). So no dragons. No Koi aquarium. This place is for eating… just like in China many normal restaurant look like.
Of course when there are many Chinese, there is a lot of chatter, fun and noise. Not your place for a candle light dinner (and you’d be missing that Koi aquarium or the dragons to recite some poems), instead this is your place for authentic food.
Their Dim Sum is very popular, there are a lot of people ordering many different kinds for the group to share, and then ordering more again. They all come in bamboo steaming pots. I’ve heard people complimenting on them being good, but I haven’t tried them yet myself. Also price wise it is very good, around 7 Sfr. per set.
In addition, there are a lot of authentic Chinese dishes on the menu, like Ma Pu Doufu.
This time we went for the Beijing Duck menu, which is 3 courses and served the traditional way it’s also served e.g. in Beijing Quan Ju De (全聚德):
1) Crisp duck skin & «crepes»
2) Duck soup
3) Duck dishes (two different kinds: one grilled + one sweet&sour)
It was really excellent and the best Beijing Duck I’ve had outside of China so far. And it was a lot for two to eat!
As a nice side note: They also have Kai shui, plain hot water, on the menu. That’s also a sign for a really authentic restaurant serving Chinese (however, the fact they charge 1 SFr for it also shows they are very business-​minded).
Given the fact this place is marketing itself as a fast food restaurant and also taking into account the very low prices (for Geneva standards), this place deserves five stars!

Utterly bland food, even by Geneva’s low standards.

The restaurant was very comfortable and cozy. The food was very tasty just like being back in the states. Highly recommend!