Update 6/25/25: still 5 star, it's crazy how much food you get for the $10 lunch special. There is not a single item that I've disliked here. Lately I've really been enjoying the orange peel chicken
Update 4/24/25: still a super delicious and worthwhile place. I asked for the walnut prawn lunch combo but was charged for and received the full dinner size version, which is honestly no big deal since it's all delicious, and I don't mind splitting it into a second meal to enjoy later. I overheard another table of older white women complain to the girl at the register about the price of the meal but they were told they ordered the dinner combo when they thought they asked for the lunch combo size
Portions here are pretty great. It also seems they forgot the walnuts for the walnut prawns, but again I don't mind since they're super delicious prawns. Prices have gone up about $1.25 on the combos since I was last here about a year ago, but everyone else's prices have gone up even more so this place is super worthwhile. The young girl at the register was super nice and helpful as well
Original Review: This is definitely a place I would come back to as a nice, inexpensive Americanized Chinese comfort food.
I got the walnut prawn dinner combination and took pictures of all of it except for the small snack sized bowl of hot and sour soup, which was very pleasant, as a fan of hot and sour soup.
The eggroll was screaming hot, freshly cooked and tasty, while the cheese wonton had been sitting under a hot lamp for a little while but was honestly still very tasty and did not taste stale or anything of that sort.
The fried rice is that kind of quick fried rice many of the cheaper/faster places do, where it's basically just lightly seasoned white rice with common fried rice add-ons. It's going to be fluffy instead of firm and slightly greasy.
The chow mein is a good thick noodle type comfort food that honestly fills you up so much faster than you expect. Absolutely no complaints.
The walnut prawns definitely were better than their price point may lead you to think. You get a good portion of meaty, freshly cooked, nicely sweet battered prawns and I could definitely see myself ordering this again.
Service was good, better than you would find at many other family Chinese places of this price point. The teenage boy at the register was helpful and nice and the woman waitress was kind and made sure I was pleased with everything
Now obviously this is not fine dining or anything, but really just a place that is much better than panda express for the same or perhaps cheaper pricing. Definitely 5 stars all said and done when...
Read moreReally good food here and i was really surprised when i got my bill the prices are more than fair. I had a War Wonton soup that has been hands down the best one ive tried so far, the Mongolian beef was also very good and flavorful but for my taste i need to ask for it very spicy next time, the pan fried noodles were phenomenal one of my weaknesses but the highlight was the presentation of the appetizer sampler the comes with the dinner meal and the variety of flavors and textures it offers. I 100% recommend this place when visiting Oakdale. Plus the lady that attended us was very nice super sweet she even packed all our left...
Read moreHave gone there for yrs. Service was all ways bad. The food was good and reasonable prices. When had seating the kids would run all over the restaurant, look under tables food on the floor. Now you have to talk through the plexiglass or the hole for yr credit card. Kid working there has no personality, talk to him he stands there and looks at you. No answer. Thanked him 3 times no replies. Just turns around and walks away. Very rude. Will never go back. Looking through the window, dirty as always. When they don't care about their customers, makes me wonder how much they care about their food preparation...
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