Local family owned joint, so we wanted to like it.
Food: 1
Andrew Alcott
Note that my visit was only a few days before they were temp closing May 23rd - June 23rd so it could be that they were not keeping as fresh of items in stock, but my visit was simply ok, with a boost to it due to the price being affordable for the amount of food. The quantity was there, so you can certainly get full off of one order.
All three chicken dishes were made with breaded white meat chicken, but I suspect that it was not frozen, pre-breaded chicken vs fresh breaded. Could this be because they were going to close for a month? Maybe. If I were to go again, I'd likely try out the Hainanese Chicken Rice because you really can't have that be pre-breaded and frozen.
We ordered General Tso's Chicken ($8.99), Kung Pow Chicken ($8.99), Orange Chicken ($8.99), and the Wonton Soup ($10.99).
General Tso's chicken was the best of the 3, having a few chilies and a decent flavor, although maybe a 1 out of 10 on the spiciness scale. It came with some simple fried rice w/ egg, although it wasn't very seasoned, so I recommend you take a packet of soy sauce.
The Orange Chicken was decent, but lacking in flavor vs the General Tso's. Due to the pre-breading of the chicken, there was simply too much breading to deal with the amount of sauce. Panda Express has a much better Orange Chicken, if I were to compare the quality/price. If you've had Trader Joe's frozen Orange Chicken and liked it, you're better off having that.
The Kung Pow Chicken was the worst offender. The menu claims it is sauteed, but mine was more of the same frozen pre-battered chicken with a kung pow sauce. When I asked about it after receiving it, they told me that they needed to change their menu, and they could remake it the way 99% of Chinese restaurants do, but considering it takes 15-20 minutes to cook (likely because they are deep frying frozen chicken), I declined. I would 100% not recommend this dish.
The Wonton Soup had around 5-6 large wontons filled primarily with a mixture of shrimp, so if you like shrimp, you'll likely find this appealing. It reminded me of a Har Gow dim sum. They also load up the bowl with a lot of thin noodles, and a piece of bok choy to make it more of a mid-sized meal. The broth was excellent.
Service-wise, it was typical family owned Chinese, so middle of the road. Friendly enough, but not 100% on the ball w/ answers or pre-emptively solving small problems or asks. You can't really complain, but it wasn't anything noteworthy either. The owner came out at the end and had a better sense of customer service, but it was dealing with to-go boxing and bags. Nice dude.
Atmosphere-wise, it was again, typical strip mall Chinese, there were soy sauce bottles and packets of condiments, but the bottles were sticky and nearly empty. Again, for the price and level of the place there were no complaints, but it wasn't anything to brag about either.
Short of it is, if you're looking for a cheap meal that tastes decent, sure, give this a try. You could get a meal for about 11 bucks after tax. Try the General Tso's. Avoid the Kung Pow made with fried chicken. If you're looking for authentic Chinese, perhaps the Hainanese Chicken is authentic, but I question some of the community saying the rest of it is.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Thanh Tuyền Huỳnh
Must try restaurant when you travel to AZ ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
H Mai
Service can be a bit slow, but the wait is well worth it! Yummy food and great price.
Food: 5
Hay
I have traveled to so many different cities, including Vegas and LA, and it’s near impossible to find good quality Hainan Chicken with decent portions, quality flavored rice, tasty sauce, all at an affordable price. This is the closest it gets to the authentic ones in Southeast Asia. I wish it came with soup, but honestly I can’t complain for the prices and portions.Will absolutely return after they’re done with renovations.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Hainanese Chicken over Rice
annie tran
The food is really good. The orange chicken taste excellent. I really like the food and the price is very cheap too. Would recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken, Hainanese Chicken over Rice
Ben Sum
This is my 3rd time ordering and each time I’m amazed. This little place checked all the green flags: family owned, teenagers as cashier, owner as a cook, etc. This is not your average Chinese takeout place, this is an authentic Cantonese restaurant. What amazes me is that their quality control, I don’t think they cut corner, the taste is on fleek, portion is very generous and to top it off, the price is relatively low. If you are new, go with confidence.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cassandra McCord
Needed some good fried rice quickly today and saw this place. Stopped in and the gentleman was so nice, cooked up my rice (the bowl of it was HUGE, and I was on my way. The rice and chicken were fresh and delicious!! Thank you!
Joe Y
A friend told us about this place so the four of us decided to go try it for dinner tonight. The menu is pretty simple but contains a good variety. Prices are very reasonable especially for the good portion size. We ordered 4 items to eat there and had enough leftover for about two more meals. The plastic bowl is great - we grab a cover and can easily take it with us. I grew up in Hong Kong. The Hainanese chicken rice is some of the best I had - it was moist, tender and tasty. The general Tao chicken was very good too. The wonton soup (one of the 4 specialty menu items) is pretty good as it has the unique authentic Hong Kong taste. The service was great as the server was very helpful and polite. Food came out pretty quick. We will definitely go back again for the chicken and try other dishes.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hainanese Chicken over Rice
Romika Kowalski
Food was delicious! We had the garlic chicken and mongolian beef with fried rice.
My family loved this place! The kind server suggested that I order the garlic chicken and it was amazing! This place is definitely going in my weekly rotation!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sedona Peterson
Ah, Yummybox, a culinary sanctuary that enfolds the essence of China's gastronomic wisdom within its walls. Amidst a symphony of flavors, one dish reigns supreme: the Orange Chicken. Like a sunrise on a plate, this delight explodes with vibrant hues and aromas that tease the senses. Tender, juicy morsels of chicken dance with crispy batter, enrobed in a sauce so divine it should be bottled as liquid gold. Sweet, savory, and subtly spiced, the flavors pirouette on the palate, leaving craving's echo. In this edible Eden, the Orange Chicken reigns supreme, beckoning all to partake in its delight. Heed the call, dear friends, for Yummybox's Orange Chicken is a gustatory odyssey that will leave you enchanted and eager to return. I would be EXTREMELY comfortable recommending this restaurant to anyone and everyone, a must-try for ANYONE in Arizona.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken
Ariana Orbase
Servers were super kind and welcoming!! 10/10 recommend to visit for comfort food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Idy Zhou
I went on a Friday with my boyfriend to get some food since the reviews looked super promising, We ordered the orange chicken with fried rice and the wonton noodles, and they were super delicious! The food is super affordable and it came out to be around $20 for two meals. The portions were big and filled us up pretty well. The staff were super nice and friendly, and the service was fast. As a Chinese person, the food tasted very authentic and reminds me of food from home. I highly recommend this place to anyone who is looking to eat affordable and delicious Chinese food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
John Leong
Nice casual
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: beef chow fun 干炒牛河, Hainanese Chicken over Rice, wonton noodle soup 港式云吞面
Local family owned joint, so we wanted to like it.
Food: 1
Note that my visit was only a few days before they were temp closing May 23rd - June 23rd so it could be that they were not keeping as fresh of items in stock, but my visit was simply ok, with a boost to it due to the price being affordable for the amount of food. The quantity was there, so you can certainly get full off of one order.
All three chicken dishes were made with breaded white meat chicken, but I suspect that it was not frozen, pre-breaded chicken vs fresh breaded. Could this be because they were going to close for a month? Maybe. If I were to go again, I'd likely try out the Hainanese Chicken Rice because you really can't have that be pre-breaded and frozen.
We ordered General Tso's Chicken ($8.99), Kung Pow Chicken ($8.99), Orange Chicken ($8.99), and the Wonton Soup ($10.99).
General Tso's chicken was the best of the 3, having a few chilies and a decent flavor, although maybe a 1 out of 10 on the spiciness scale. It came with some simple fried rice w/ egg, although it wasn't very seasoned, so I recommend you take a packet of soy sauce.
The Orange Chicken was decent, but lacking in flavor vs the General Tso's. Due to the pre-breading of the chicken, there was simply too much breading to deal with the amount of sauce. Panda Express has a much better Orange Chicken, if I were to compare the quality/price. If you've had Trader Joe's frozen Orange Chicken and liked it, you're better off having that.
The Kung Pow Chicken was the worst offender. The menu claims it is sauteed, but mine was more of the same frozen pre-battered chicken with a kung pow sauce. When I asked about it after receiving it, they told me that they needed to change their menu, and they could remake it the way 99% of Chinese restaurants do, but considering it takes 15-20 minutes to cook (likely because they are deep frying frozen chicken), I declined. I would 100% not recommend this dish.
The Wonton Soup had around 5-6 large wontons filled primarily with a mixture of shrimp, so if you like shrimp, you'll likely find this appealing. It reminded me of a Har Gow dim sum. They also load up the bowl with a lot of thin noodles, and a piece of bok choy to make it more of a mid-sized meal. The broth was excellent.
Service-wise, it was typical family owned Chinese, so middle of the road. Friendly enough, but not 100% on the ball w/ answers or pre-emptively solving small problems or asks. You can't really complain, but it wasn't anything noteworthy either. The owner came out at the end and had a better sense of customer service, but it was dealing with to-go boxing and bags. Nice dude.
Atmosphere-wise, it was again, typical strip mall Chinese, there were soy sauce bottles and packets of condiments, but the bottles were sticky and nearly empty. Again, for the price and level of the place there were no complaints, but it wasn't anything to brag about either.
Short of it is, if you're looking for a cheap meal that tastes decent, sure, give this a try. You could get a meal for about 11 bucks after tax. Try the General Tso's. Avoid the Kung Pow made with fried chicken. If you're looking for authentic Chinese, perhaps the Hainanese Chicken is authentic, but I question some of the community saying the rest of it is.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Must try restaurant when you travel to AZ ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Service can be a bit slow, but the wait is well worth it! Yummy food and great price.
Food: 5
I have traveled to so many different cities, including Vegas and LA, and it’s near impossible to find good quality Hainan Chicken with decent portions, quality flavored rice, tasty sauce, all at an affordable price. This is the closest it gets to the authentic ones in Southeast Asia. I wish it came with soup, but honestly I can’t complain for the prices and portions.Will absolutely return after they’re done with renovations.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Hainanese Chicken over Rice
The food is really good. The orange chicken taste excellent. I really like the food and the price is very cheap too. Would recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken, Hainanese Chicken over Rice
This is my 3rd time ordering and each time I’m amazed. This little place checked all the green flags: family owned, teenagers as cashier, owner as a cook, etc. This is not your average Chinese takeout place, this is an authentic Cantonese restaurant. What amazes me is that their quality control, I don’t think they cut corner, the taste is on fleek, portion is very generous and to top it off, the price is relatively low. If you are new, go with confidence.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Needed some good fried rice quickly today and saw this place. Stopped in and the gentleman was so nice, cooked up my rice (the bowl of it was HUGE, and I was on my way. The rice and chicken were fresh and delicious!! Thank you!
A friend told us about this place so the four of us decided to go try it for dinner tonight. The menu is pretty simple but contains a good variety. Prices are very reasonable especially for the good portion size. We ordered 4 items to eat there and had enough leftover for about two more meals. The plastic bowl is great - we grab a cover and can easily take it with us. I grew up in Hong Kong. The Hainanese chicken rice is some of the best I had - it was moist, tender and tasty. The general Tao chicken was very good too. The wonton soup (one of the 4 specialty menu items) is pretty good as it has the unique authentic Hong Kong taste. The service was great as the server was very helpful and polite. Food came out pretty quick. We will definitely go back again for the chicken and try other dishes.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hainanese Chicken over Rice
Food was delicious! We had the garlic chicken and mongolian beef with fried rice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice
Restaurantji Recommends
My family loved this place! The kind server suggested that I order the garlic chicken and it was amazing! This place is definitely going in my weekly rotation!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ah, Yummybox, a culinary sanctuary that enfolds the essence of China's gastronomic wisdom within its walls. Amidst a symphony of flavors, one dish reigns supreme: the Orange Chicken. Like a sunrise on a plate, this delight explodes with vibrant hues and aromas that tease the senses. Tender, juicy morsels of chicken dance with crispy batter, enrobed in a sauce so divine it should be bottled as liquid gold. Sweet, savory, and subtly spiced, the flavors pirouette on the palate, leaving craving's echo. In this edible Eden, the Orange Chicken reigns supreme, beckoning all to partake in its delight. Heed the call, dear friends, for Yummybox's Orange Chicken is a gustatory odyssey that will leave you enchanted and eager to return. I would be EXTREMELY comfortable recommending this restaurant to anyone and everyone, a must-try for ANYONE in Arizona.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken
Servers were super kind and welcoming!! 10/10 recommend to visit for comfort food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I went on a Friday with my boyfriend to get some food since the reviews looked super promising, We ordered the orange chicken with fried rice and the wonton noodles, and they were super delicious! The food is super affordable and it came out to be around $20 for two meals. The portions were big and filled us up pretty well. The staff were super nice and friendly, and the service was fast. As a Chinese person, the food tasted very authentic and reminds me of food from home. I highly recommend this place to anyone who is looking to eat affordable and delicious Chinese food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nice casual
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: beef chow fun 干炒牛河, Hainanese Chicken over Rice, wonton noodle soup 港式云吞面
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