Fonbo Restaurant

4458 W Saanich Rd, Victoria
(250) 479-7313

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Robert Deacon

Really gross, the food was inedible.
We ordered the dinner for two and the hot and sour soup, which cost $50. The soup was a bright pink (almost the colour of salmon?) and had a really weird taste and gross texture; tons of weird stringy bits of what I assume was tofu. The chicken chow-mein was bland noodles with sliced deli-chicken (!), and the chicken chop suey was a greasy vegetable salad with very little chicken in it (maybe 1/3 cup worth of chicken?). The sweet and sour pork was very chewy and submerged in sauce, but tasted ok.

The employees seem nice, but we won't be eating here again.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Katherine Leblanc

Amazing food, it was super fresh, hot and delicious, the prices were really reasonable for the large portion sizes, and really amazing customer service, the lady who served us was super sweet and kind. I highly recommend checking them out if you're in the area!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Hayley Cunningham

Nice service, terrible food. Ordered the sweet & sour pork and it was bland, tasted like raw flour and undercooked. Beef & broccoli was grey meat, soggy broccoli and no flavor. Fonbo chow mein was 2 tiny shrimp and packed full of old noodles. Very disappointing, should have read the reviews before ordering. Will not be going there again. Gross.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Thatch Lombrozo

Really disappointing. Rice was burnt, prawns and chicken balls were undercooked. Bland and the only taste was the burnt rice.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

SheriandRex Robertson

We have gone for lunch twice this month. We share the 16 piece Wor Wanton and a pot of tea. Our server is delightful and service was quick. The soup is delicious with wantons, added shrimp and vegetables.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Wonton Soup

Amanda Sandberg

Just got 10 wontons and Chicken chow mein for pick up. As another person observed...my chowmein was dry and even a little burnt. I feel like they warmed up old noodles (from lunch?) in a pan, added some luncheon deli chicken and served it to me for $12, five hours later. It was cold. The portion was small.
The wonton soup was the blandest I have ever had. The lady who took my order was pleasant enough, but i won't return based on the quality of the food.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Jorge Fallas

Horrible costumer service. I really needed a place to charge my phone and the staff duped into purchasing one here only to tell me after that there are none available.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

James McDonald

Had the vegetarian dinner for 2 ,plus ginger fried beef. Can not recommend at all. The Ginger Fried Beef was primarily onions. Almost no ginger flavor, and really quite bland. I've never had a poorer version of "chow mein". Over cooked. Gave me the distinct impression of being very old. (Possibly several hours old).
Had we been dining in person, would have refused the food and just walked out.

Food: 1

Service: 4

Jiun

This is our go-to Chinese resturant. We love the big portion, and food is fresh and cooked perfectly!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mara

A good restaurant for a quick lunch. Good selection on the menu. The service was excellent . Very warm and inviting.

Service: 5

Gen “Jelly Bean” Shy-yay

This is our go-to place for chinese food. Food tastes amazing and everything is cooked fresh. Staff friendly and kind. If I could give more stars I would

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Terry Boorman

Parking: We parked right outside the door, it was so easy at the dinner hour.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Almond Chicken, Chicken Chow Mein, Chop Suey, Sweet and Sour Pork

Sharon Quine

Chicken was chewy, the sweet and sour sauce was put on top of the chow mein making it taste weird. It just was not good. People were nice and friendly

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Glen Domenico

First time trying it. Was great. Snowing out so it was very quiet. Wor Wonton soup was excellent. Will try again.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Wonton Soup

Ed McCarthy

We usually do well here but my last meal I couldn't finish. It was suppose to be hot and sour soup but it was bright pink and tasted off.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

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