Good place I ordered some noodles and the taste was authentic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mauro Orozco
For the amount of food I think it's a little pricey but ok. The service was mediocre. The restaurant is outdated and old. Possible may come by again. I can say orange chicken was good.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Wonton Soup, Orange Chicken
No Name
Just mehhh. I don't really like any of the local Downey Chinese spots. They all have a similar smell to them, something about these old buildings. The orange chicken actually wasn't that bad, but maybe abnormal to what you'd expect. I like the chicken they use. The "orange" chicken tasted mostly of juice, was a light sour sauce. Nothing spicy, I maybe even liked the chicken. The pepper beef was not for me. All the meat was pink, which is maybe okay if you are familiar with a place. Had I known, I would have asked for it more well done. Every bite pink is new for me and Chinese food. Maybe I could have overlooked it, but they were so chewy it might as well have been bubblegum. Flavor wise, okay, but meat was off putting and would never order again. Threw out the soup. I. Hate. Corn. In. Egg. Drop. Maybe it's personal preference, but it was also like bits of corn... Chopped, like not even full kernels. It all tasted of corn, was meh. I like a nice dark, yellow, "eggy" egg drop. I don't think I would come back here, just not my type of Chinese.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken, Soup
John Van Ruiten
It was a great place for at least 30 years, but it's horrible now. I remember when lunch was $4.95 and every item was awesome. Like I said, it's horrible now. If you ate here 5 years ago, you know what I'm talking about.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Fernando Maldonado Jr
Horrible experience super salty food and greasy. I will never go back there. The orange chicken was hard and the chicken dry. No AC hole in the wall
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
Joe and Dianne Lumsdaine
I have been eating here for lunch and dinner for over 20 years. Great food, authentic Cantonese cooking, good prices. Their lunch menu is especially a bargain for the quality and amount you get.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Angie O
The food is great at this place but if you are eating for lunch and it’s not over 20 bucks they don’t take cards only Cash because of some merchant fee… That’s the reason I stop going the minimum fee use to be 10 bucks but they hiked it up and not worth it anymore ??♀️
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Marco Hernandez
I was wandering the streets as my stomach was telling me to get some grub, so I see this Hong Kong place and my face lit up. I go and it feels authentic. I feel the atmosphere, so I sit down and almost right away I was served hot green tea and a small cup. I serve me a cup and it was great. Typical green tea, pipping hot. This is where it starts to go a little souf. I ask for an ice water and was given room temp tap water with no ice. Okay, I'll drink it it's fine. Then these two women walk in almost immediately asking to be seated as they were on their "lunch break". The server had to tell a customer to forfeit his table as he was leaving, they apologized but there were other empty tables, why did the customer who was already on his way out, was rushed out. Anyways, the part that got me is that these two new customers get immediately serviced and even got their food before I got my appetizer!! (I ordered before they got seated). My meal was the lunch special (served 12-3pm for $9.50 tax included) which came with tea, biscuits (fortune cookie at the end), soup, rice and your choice of meat. The soup was the best part. It was piping hot flour soup, first time trying it and will ask for it in the future. It was flavorful with tofu and egg with a nice warm homeish flavor. I was EXCITED for the meat and rice. I was horribly let down. I got the beef and broccoli side with the rice. The rice portion was really good, actually some might say too much, but there was absolutely no flavor to the rice. I know white rice is supposed to be somewhat flavorless, but I'm talking about it felt like I was chewing on "nothingflavor" and swallowing a mass. Their hot sauce was FANTASTIC, added amazing spices and flavors without being too hot so you could put a good portion to have the added texture of the seeds and the vinegar boost. I had to add quite a lot for the rice to be saved. Here we go with the meat. I was disappointed here aswell. The broccoli was cooked to perfection, however. Crispy enough but cooked enough so it melts with the teriyaki sauce, which by the way was also pretty good but it was somewhat runny and lacked a distinct flavor profile. I added the excess sauce on the rice so there was more flavor. And the meat, I can say it was cooked to perfection as well. A little bite but melts in your mouf. I had to constantly do a base of rice, one broccoli, one piece of meat, and a scoop of the chili sauce for it to be a decent spoonful. Overall, this is a good meal to get filled up with but it severely lacks flavor. The soup and chili sauce were the saving grace. As a side note, I asked for a second cup of water with ice and got it, it was good. I asked for a third cup and she glanced at me. (The cups were like three gulps worth, small cups) She then opened the tap where they were cooking and washing their dishes and filled the cup. I didn't drink that cup of water. I would like to give this place a second chance but I'm not sure if it'll be worth another $10 to be disappointed by the entree. This was a rough one, but I don't regret it. The stage was set, and authentic but the cook just wasn't adding the right flavors, albeit they did phenomenal on the cooking.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Soup
Jose Hernandez
If you are tired of most Chinese fusion fast food cooked in heavy thickener and corn syrup sauces, Hong Kong Chef is for you. I ordered the chicken chop suey. It was loaded with chicken and big vegetable chunks. It was more chicken than suey. It is cooked in a broth. No artificial thickeners are added. The orange chicken is not over fried and the syrup was not super sweet or sour. Actually, It has slightly acidic finish. Very flavorful. The Won-Ton soup broth is salted just right. I found the won-ton dumpling did not have sausage after taste ( I did not miss the sausage after taste). The noodles in the Lo-mein were a disappointment. They have a roasted oil fried taste. They don’t seem fresh, but it doesn’t have a bad after taste. The interior of the restaurant is utilitarian and typical of a Mom and Pop operation. I really like the Hong Kong Chef, but it will take a few more trips to see if I can come to love the place.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Wonton Soup, Orange Chicken
Yovany Marquez
Delicious...the mongolian beef to me has no rival...its the epitome of taste and savory delights ?
I love ??the lunch special，It's only $10 with soup and rice or fried rice.No matter what I order, they give me white rice for free！?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joe Reyes
Very good HK Style Chinese food in Lakewood. Pleasant and friendly staff. Great value for your buck. Amazing lunch specials.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mario A. Fuentes
Excelent Chinese food, I love it.
Vegetarian options: Fresh vegetarian with very good chinise taste
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice
Erika Ortega
Fresh, delicious hot food served fresh with a home cooked taste. They keep busy in this small, no frills kitchen where the service is fast and excellent.
Julio Cesar Gonzales
This place had good food and good service, but it has changed and the service is bad, very bad, Mrs. The person who attends has a bad attitude and demands that you tip him and if you don't do it because of his poor service, he gets angry and charges you in a bad way and then tells you to leave and not come back
Good place I ordered some noodles and the taste was authentic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
For the amount of food I think it's a little pricey but ok. The service was mediocre. The restaurant is outdated and old. Possible may come by again. I can say orange chicken was good.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Wonton Soup, Orange Chicken
Just mehhh. I don't really like any of the local Downey Chinese spots. They all have a similar smell to them, something about these old buildings. The orange chicken actually wasn't that bad, but maybe abnormal to what you'd expect. I like the chicken they use. The "orange" chicken tasted mostly of juice, was a light sour sauce. Nothing spicy, I maybe even liked the chicken. The pepper beef was not for me. All the meat was pink, which is maybe okay if you are familiar with a place. Had I known, I would have asked for it more well done. Every bite pink is new for me and Chinese food. Maybe I could have overlooked it, but they were so chewy it might as well have been bubblegum. Flavor wise, okay, but meat was off putting and would never order again. Threw out the soup. I. Hate. Corn. In. Egg. Drop. Maybe it's personal preference, but it was also like bits of corn... Chopped, like not even full kernels. It all tasted of corn, was meh. I like a nice dark, yellow, "eggy" egg drop. I don't think I would come back here, just not my type of Chinese.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken, Soup
It was a great place for at least 30 years, but it's horrible now. I remember when lunch was $4.95 and every item was awesome. Like I said, it's horrible now. If you ate here 5 years ago, you know what I'm talking about.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Horrible experience super salty food and greasy. I will never go back there. The orange chicken was hard and the chicken dry. No AC hole in the wall
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
I have been eating here for lunch and dinner for over 20 years. Great food, authentic Cantonese cooking, good prices. Their lunch menu is especially a bargain for the quality and amount you get.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is great at this place but if you are eating for lunch and it’s not over 20 bucks they don’t take cards only Cash because of some merchant fee… That’s the reason I stop going the minimum fee use to be 10 bucks but they hiked it up and not worth it anymore ??♀️
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
I was wandering the streets as my stomach was telling me to get some grub, so I see this Hong Kong place and my face lit up. I go and it feels authentic. I feel the atmosphere, so I sit down and almost right away I was served hot green tea and a small cup. I serve me a cup and it was great. Typical green tea, pipping hot. This is where it starts to go a little souf. I ask for an ice water and was given room temp tap water with no ice. Okay, I'll drink it it's fine. Then these two women walk in almost immediately asking to be seated as they were on their "lunch break". The server had to tell a customer to forfeit his table as he was leaving, they apologized but there were other empty tables, why did the customer who was already on his way out, was rushed out. Anyways, the part that got me is that these two new customers get immediately serviced and even got their food before I got my appetizer!! (I ordered before they got seated). My meal was the lunch special (served 12-3pm for $9.50 tax included) which came with tea, biscuits (fortune cookie at the end), soup, rice and your choice of meat. The soup was the best part. It was piping hot flour soup, first time trying it and will ask for it in the future. It was flavorful with tofu and egg with a nice warm homeish flavor. I was EXCITED for the meat and rice. I was horribly let down. I got the beef and broccoli side with the rice. The rice portion was really good, actually some might say too much, but there was absolutely no flavor to the rice. I know white rice is supposed to be somewhat flavorless, but I'm talking about it felt like I was chewing on "nothingflavor" and swallowing a mass. Their hot sauce was FANTASTIC, added amazing spices and flavors without being too hot so you could put a good portion to have the added texture of the seeds and the vinegar boost. I had to add quite a lot for the rice to be saved. Here we go with the meat. I was disappointed here aswell. The broccoli was cooked to perfection, however. Crispy enough but cooked enough so it melts with the teriyaki sauce, which by the way was also pretty good but it was somewhat runny and lacked a distinct flavor profile. I added the excess sauce on the rice so there was more flavor. And the meat, I can say it was cooked to perfection as well. A little bite but melts in your mouf. I had to constantly do a base of rice, one broccoli, one piece of meat, and a scoop of the chili sauce for it to be a decent spoonful. Overall, this is a good meal to get filled up with but it severely lacks flavor. The soup and chili sauce were the saving grace. As a side note, I asked for a second cup of water with ice and got it, it was good. I asked for a third cup and she glanced at me. (The cups were like three gulps worth, small cups) She then opened the tap where they were cooking and washing their dishes and filled the cup. I didn't drink that cup of water. I would like to give this place a second chance but I'm not sure if it'll be worth another $10 to be disappointed by the entree. This was a rough one, but I don't regret it. The stage was set, and authentic but the cook just wasn't adding the right flavors, albeit they did phenomenal on the cooking.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Soup
If you are tired of most Chinese fusion fast food cooked in heavy thickener and corn syrup sauces, Hong Kong Chef is for you. I ordered the chicken chop suey. It was loaded with chicken and big vegetable chunks. It was more chicken than suey. It is cooked in a broth. No artificial thickeners are added. The orange chicken is not over fried and the syrup was not super sweet or sour. Actually, It has slightly acidic finish. Very flavorful. The Won-Ton soup broth is salted just right. I found the won-ton dumpling did not have sausage after taste ( I did not miss the sausage after taste). The noodles in the Lo-mein were a disappointment. They have a roasted oil fried taste. They don’t seem fresh, but it doesn’t have a bad after taste. The interior of the restaurant is utilitarian and typical of a Mom and Pop operation. I really like the Hong Kong Chef, but it will take a few more trips to see if I can come to love the place.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Wonton Soup, Orange Chicken
Delicious...the mongolian beef to me has no rival...its the epitome of taste and savory delights ?
Restaurantji Recommends
I love ??the lunch special，It's only $10 with soup and rice or fried rice.No matter what I order, they give me white rice for free！?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very good HK Style Chinese food in Lakewood. Pleasant and friendly staff. Great value for your buck. Amazing lunch specials.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excelent Chinese food, I love it.
Vegetarian options: Fresh vegetarian with very good chinise taste
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice
Fresh, delicious hot food served fresh with a home cooked taste. They keep busy in this small, no frills kitchen where the service is fast and excellent.
This place had good food and good service, but it has changed and the service is bad, very bad, Mrs. The person who attends has a bad attitude and demands that you tip him and if you don't do it because of his poor service, he gets angry and charges you in a bad way and then tells you to leave and not come back
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