Canton Restaurant — Restaurant in Santa Cruz

We asked for more sweet and sour sauce and she brought out the whole container to serve us. She also saw my brother wiping his plate with napkins to get it clean and instead of giving us a new plate , she just asked for the napkin. After we paid she did not believe my credit card was mine so I proceed to show my ID to show her it matches the name and when she saw it matched she then lets me sign for my receipt. As we were gonna leave the parking lot , she approaches my vehicle demanding to see my ID again because she specifically says “ I need to check if it is your credit card”. I then take it out and show her and she tries snatching it out my hands TWICE!! when the first time I told her if she can please not touch my belongings. I place my wallet away because I knew she saw it already and then she asks to see it again but this time for my ID number. I told her “ I’m sorry but from I remember I don’t get asked for my ID number when I pay with my credit card?” but she kept demanding for it and did NOT step away from my vehicle . I was feeling very uncomfortable and upset and this whole scene caused us to leave over tons of left over food. I wanted to leave so I told her “ I paid the full payment , I would like to go “ and that’s when she finally leaves me alone. Terrible...

✨ Five Stars and a Full Belly ✨

If you ever find yourself in Hazel Dell with a craving for Chinese food that could bring a tear to a panda’s eye, do yourself a favor and stop here. I ordered the string bean chicken, and I’m now considering writing it into my will.

The chicken was so tender it practically apologized for being delicious. The string beans? Snappy, saucy, and clearly went to Harvard. I don’t know what magic they put in that wok, but I’m convinced there’s a wizard in the kitchen working overtime.

The portion was generous — like, “tell your future self to cancel dinner plans” generous. And the flavors? Balanced like a tightrope walker in a kung fu movie. Garlicky, savory, with just enough spice to make you rethink your life choices (in a good way).

Service was fast, staff was friendly, and I left happier than a fortune cookie with a promotion.

10/10 would recommend. Just don’t order the string bean chicken unless you’re ready to...

Wow, just wow. I've been going to this restaurant for years and it's always been one of the best Chinese places in Santa Cruz. They recently just changed ownership and the quality took a tremendous nose dive.

The lemon chicken was just awful, what was once a nice light breaded texture is now a deep fried, fishy smelling mess.

The walnut shrimp was also very low quality. Way too much breading and dry as a bone. All of the meat in our order tasted very old and dry.

The worst part by far was the egg rolls. For almost 5 dollars you get 2 Costco frozen isle egg rolls. Very small and pretty disgusting. A far cry from the egg rolls this restaurant used to have.

I wish we saved the $70 and just went to Panda Express. That's seriously the quality you can expect from this place, worse than Panda.

People who used to go here don't. It's not the same and the value you get...