Oriental Chef — Restaurant in Stockton

September 17, 2022: Had to revise the rating. My aunt had asked if they had included the sweet-and-sour sauce with a takeout order and they said they did. When we took it back home, there was no sweet and sour sauce. We would have not ordered two plates of fried shrimp balls if we knew the sauces wouldn't be included.

Earlier in September 2022: Ordered takeout and when the bag was handed over to me, I asked the employee if the entire order was in the bag (the bag felt skimpy). I found out the bag was missing an order of fried shrimp balls, but the employee included the charge in the total tab. The employee went to the kitchen, came back and stated the restaurant had made 6 orders of shrimp balls, 1 was supposed to be mine, but they gave away all 6 orders to the people seated at the tables. Took a long time to get a credit card refund.

Beef roll noodles, shrimp roll noodles (ha cheng), cilantro dumplings, sui mai, fried shrimp balls with the sweet and sour sauce, and egg tarts are excellent. There is a dinner special where you can order 3 entrees from a list and get a full-sized soup for $39.99.

Past Review from July 2022:

Oriental Chef in Stockton, California is next door to the Hammer Ranch Post Office. Excellent dim sum with roll carts. Good service. The flavoring on the dim sum is more delicate than that of other places I have visited. High ceilings and ample space. Visited here on July 16, 2022.

Ordered takeout for pickup on July 30, 2022. ...

After years of passing by, I finally checked some reviews and was surprised to see the restaurant highly rated. The wife and I ordered from the lunch menu. The orange chicken was well prepared, with a thin crispy coating, the orange sauce a little light on flavor but still enjoyable. My wife had the green bean chicken, she was happy with the flavors, I tried it and liked it, the fresh ginger was just right. The portions are large and the price right considering what's going on with inflation now. Also surprising was the size of the dining room, from the outside this place doesn't look like much but inside it's spacious and clean. The phrase "Don't judge a book by it's cover" applies here. We'll be returning and for anyone looking for reasonably priced, well prepared Chinese food, Oriental Chef is worth a try. Staff is...

This is the most prejudiced restaurant I’ve ever been to.. These people don’t look at you, they don’t speak first, and they don’t offer any help. Customer service is terrible. After 14 minutes of waiting right in front of them, someone walked in and spoke in their native language and pointed at me.. Finally a young girl walked in and asked if I had been helped, which I responded, no. She took my order and then another 20 minutes later brings my food. No napkins, no sauces, and no eating utensils. I could not believe how bad I was treated in there. Don’t have to worry about me...