Orchids Cafe

1031 Ocean Ave, San Francisco
(415) 333-8668

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Alisa B.

Their Hand Shredded Chicken with Hainanese Rice is probably the most popular menu item! I can see why! Tender chilled chicken with very tasty rice, steamed cabbage, and ginger sauce. My only gripe was the saltiness...

Shanghai Soup Dumplings were decent! Lots of soup. The pork filling was just average. The Pork Dumplings With Yellow Chives were better in my opinion! Juicy seasoned pork and the wrapper was a good texture.

Definitely come here for a hearty meal and big portions! A hidden gem in the area. The owner was really kind and gave us complimentary Hong Kong Lemon Tea too!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Daniel Chu

Excellent

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fae LeDawson

Excellent food! We ordered takeout chicken fried rice, and Thai beef basil egg rice. Both were excellent, with the fried rice having an intense pepper flavor (but light on the egg and veggies) while the Thai beef was varied and flavorful with the right amount of spicy punch. Both came very generously portioned for $17 each. I'm definitely coming back to try everything else!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ian Whittaker

Great restaurant, great food, family friendly and clean.

High quality Hong Kong style food. Of the dishes I ordered, the chicken ginseng soup really stood out to me. A lot of work goes into making a soup like that and you could really taste the quality.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nathan Hobbs

Excellent service, the best staff and delicious food. They also have some of the best calamari I've tried! I highly recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Christopher Casares

Went in shortly after opening on a Friday. Chilly late April day, place was empty but a very steady stream of pick up orders.
My partner and I were on the verge of crashing out, tired of our week's move from Cayuga Terrace to here in Ingleside (a move is a move regardless of distance, ha).
Similar story to others, we wanted our food quick so we opted for the curry plates instead of the baked food. We ordered a pork chop curry and the beef brisket curry, both over spaghetti.
We were contemplating of powering it through the meal to go home and make some mocha pot coffee or to visit a shop nearby for our caffeine fix. To our surprise, Kevin comes from the kitchen like a super hero with a pair of large mugs of HK tea, on the house.
The food was incredible, sadly I don't have any pictures as we didn't wait to clean our plates. The pork chops (the order came with 2) were truly something special and we'll be ordering that every time, and rotate the other entree as we try out the menu.
Kevin's hospitalality was truly memorable, will be back many times. 5/5

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Azucena Dominguez

Unhygienic environment and dirty sitting place.

Moises Diaz

The restaurant had a confusing layout, and it was hard to find a seat or navigate to the restroom.

Berta Escamilla

Tasteless food, slow service, and oily noodles. Totally not worth the hype.

Abilal Soren

They claimed to have "authentic" cuisine, but the flavors were completely off from what I was expecting.

Ming Tan

The noise level was overwhelming, with tables shouting over each other.

Margaret Tse

Food was excellent, very tasty and not salty like with msg. Very good portions. Will definitely come back again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Baked Pork Chop over Rice

Kitty

Food is ok, service is ok, nothing for me to wow about the food. It was a great gathering with my family.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Smog X

This place is lit. Good price and portions, bring cash or be ready to venmo

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kitty Lam

Food is ok, service is ok, nothing for me to wow about the food. It was a great gathering with my family.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

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