New Bamboo — Restaurant in Dunedin

We went here because I've been chasing my "holy grail" of scallion pancakes, which seems to be like trying to find a unicorn or leprechaun in this area of Pinellas county. The other reviews looked fine and I was fired up to get the s.p. We walked in just before 5pm and were the only ones there, gave our order and waited, standing because the tables and chairs were scuzzy looking. I ordered the scallion pancakes and steak on a stick, I like to take the steak off the stick and sandwich it between two wedges of s.p. and dip it in the sauce. Yum!! There was also fried wontons, bourbon chicken with fried rice and egg roll, sweet and sour chicken with what rice, some crispy noodles and fortune 🥠 s. The scallion pancakes were heinous!!! Completely saturated in oil!! So much so that even blotting them off with paper towels it STILL was a mouthful of grease. I attempted to fry them some more to try and cook the excess oil out. They were in a dry non-stick pan and you could see them bubble with their grease. They crisped up a bit and I took them out and laid them on yet more papertowel and they left them see thru with grease. It didn't really help, now I just had a mouthful of crispy outside greasy muck in the middle ☹️ I have a suspicion they tried to deep fry them which is WRONG, they are pan fried and DRAINED and you don't pack them in a plastic container!!🙄 The steak on a stick was grisly and I swear glued to the stick!! I make better teriyaki steak skewers 🙄 Bourbon chicken was meh, didn't have much veggie and chicken seemed old. The pork fried rice accompaniment was neither pork or fried, seemed day old rice mixed with some tumeric with a few mini chunks of ?(pork, ham) and a couple peas tossed in. The egg roll was an egg roll wrapper wrapped around a bit of cabbage and that was all and no flavor. Their crispy noodle side tasted undercooked and old, you could taste flour and they were VERY pale. The only two edible items were the fried wontons, perfectly fried AND DRAINED, and the chicken of the Sweet and sour chicken, again perfectly fried AND DRAINED!! However the white rice seemed more like sticky sushi rice, very short grained and very sticky, gummy. And the sweet and sour sauce was just the ubiquitous red, sticky goo you see everywhere around here. No veg, no pineapple, no effort. Sweet and sour chicken/pork here is like the Chinese restaurant version of a Happy Meal except more expensive!!🙄☹️ Will NOT be returning...

If I could give zero stars I would. I waited well over an hour and never received my order. I was hung up on twice when originally calling to place the order, so I went online and placed it. They said 30-45 minutes. 45 minutes goes by, I give it an extra ten to be nice, then I call and am assured the driver will be there any minute. I then call again, and am on hold for about five minutes only to be told that it will be another 10 minutes before my order arrives, at this point I know that I'm getting cold food, so I told them to forget it, as I don't want to wait DOUBLE the time the order was promised to me for no compensation other than a small credit. If you DO decide to go here, i'd recommend you order take out. ALso super sketchy that you would call me for my CC number to refund me, as you don't need this information. Don't give it to them if they ask, file a complaint with your CC company and then...

I have lived in Dunedin for over 20 years and we order Chinese take out often. Always in search of The one. Today my husband ordered the spicy shrimp and we both were like Wow this is so good. I know the restaurant has changed over the years. In all honesty tonight was the best tasting, fresh and just well above average ! Not sure what they did different but please keep it up. I say this with all sincerity. Chinese can be a tough one at times but if tonight is an indication of a change in cooking or where you buy your food please keep it going. I am that impressed. I was even going to call them to tell them this but they were closed. Excellent taste and quality. Thank you we come often but this was different and we loved it. Obviously I am picky . Good job keep it coming out like you...