Excellent beef noodle soup and braised egg. Other dishes we ordered was ok but I had better
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
P J
Food is excellent; however, as soon as you enter they tell you cash only. This prohibits anyone with a credit card from eating there.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Zi-Ling Ho
Flavorful beef noodle soup, lots of noodles, with a really yummy soy egg, the spiciness is perfect for me. Will try a different dish next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Maria E. Mesalles
Delicious beef noodle soup!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gillian Williams
The food was very flavorful, great variety, came out within 10 minutes of ordering. We ordered pork soup, dumplings, pork and chive dumplings, vegetarian fried rice (group favorite), Taiwanese, beef, fried tofu, noodles with beef and vegetables, and spicy cucumbers. The atmosphere is busy, loud, slightly crowded. Need reservations. The table came with green tea that we really enjoyed in order a second pot.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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My friends kept raving about it, so I ordered for early dinner. Pretty good deal for the lunch special even with Uber eats fees. You get a lot of rice and soup with the entrees. Calamari and celery dish portion a lot less than the other two, which makes sense. Anyway the food is mostly decent, very homestyle
hot and sour soup: just passable, but not very good. Very low acidity and has a bitter oil aspect
Celery and calamari: there are peppers scattered in but taste is a basic sugar sweet sauce. Calamari is fishier than expected but it’s tolerable.
Sichuan spiced fish: not much spices in the taste, but the fry was done well and fish is tender. I popped it into the air fryer to crisp up. Would re-order
Twice cooked pork: sauce good, could be more spicy like the others. veggies are a bit mushy though. Would possibly re-order.
Jenniffer Paulino
Taiwan Cafe offers great soup dumplings. Everything was fresh, flavorful, and perfectly made. It’s a great spot for a quick, satisfying lunch in Boston’s Chinatown—no fuss, just excellent food. A must-stop if you’re in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Saurav Shekhar
May be I am being harsh in my judgement, as I am rating it 4 star. Definitely try it out. Menu is big. Next time when I visit I would try something else and maybe then upgrade it to 5 star. This time I had pork with long horn pepper
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Andrew Huang
An iconic institution for real taiwanese food. I don’t know why mediocre cava or tatte gets solid reviews and real local asian shops like this does not
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kane Schickling
Heart of China Town, streets are a little sketchy at night, early hours feel comfortable. Parking garages are available too. Great food, Romantic and cozy.
No nonsense restaurant serving very well seasoned Chinese food. The menu is indeed overwhelming, but our choice of the xiaolongbao, beef, tofu, and fried pork was on point. Also just found out through news on the wall that the restaurant has been there from as long as 1999!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dave Eldon Olano
Food was good. The servers and staff tend to rush customers with their meals — as if they wanna get rid of you immediately after they serve the food.
Also, the server returned our receipt and forced us to tip 18% after tipping them about 10% (because of horrendous service). Although food was good, i wouldn’t recommend it unless they change how the staff treat their customers.
Edit: After looking at other comments here, our experience was pretty consistent. They also reply that people who experienced this are spreading malicious lies. I thought so too but they actually are telling the truth. Try tipping them below 15% and you’ll see! 😉
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Eric Wang
Been here twice and the food is more nostalgic than good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Ida Choy
Great place for casual dining. We feel that the photos on Google review are missing a Taiwanese staple - beef noodle soup. Large portion, beef is tender and flavorful, the noodles have a slight bite yet soft, the soup had proper mid-level spiciness. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ayaan Ghoghari
Great food and they make it according to what u want u just gotta tell and the person who suggested us our food was soo sweet and she knew her stuff everything was great
Excellent beef noodle soup and braised egg. Other dishes we ordered was ok but I had better
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Food is excellent; however, as soon as you enter they tell you cash only. This prohibits anyone with a credit card from eating there.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Flavorful beef noodle soup, lots of noodles, with a really yummy soy egg, the spiciness is perfect for me. Will try a different dish next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious beef noodle soup!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was very flavorful, great variety, came out within 10 minutes of ordering. We ordered pork soup, dumplings, pork and chive dumplings, vegetarian fried rice (group favorite), Taiwanese, beef, fried tofu, noodles with beef and vegetables, and spicy cucumbers. The atmosphere is busy, loud, slightly crowded. Need reservations. The table came with green tea that we really enjoyed in order a second pot.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
My friends kept raving about it, so I ordered for early dinner. Pretty good deal for the lunch special even with Uber eats fees. You get a lot of rice and soup with the entrees. Calamari and celery dish portion a lot less than the other two, which makes sense. Anyway the food is mostly decent, very homestyle
hot and sour soup: just passable, but not very good. Very low acidity and has a bitter oil aspect
Celery and calamari: there are peppers scattered in but taste is a basic sugar sweet sauce. Calamari is fishier than expected but it’s tolerable.
Sichuan spiced fish: not much spices in the taste, but the fry was done well and fish is tender. I popped it into the air fryer to crisp up. Would re-order
Twice cooked pork: sauce good, could be more spicy like the others. veggies are a bit mushy though. Would possibly re-order.
Taiwan Cafe offers great soup dumplings. Everything was fresh, flavorful, and perfectly made. It’s a great spot for a quick, satisfying lunch in Boston’s Chinatown—no fuss, just excellent food. A must-stop if you’re in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
May be I am being harsh in my judgement, as I am rating it 4 star. Definitely try it out. Menu is big. Next time when I visit I would try something else and maybe then upgrade it to 5 star. This time I had pork with long horn pepper
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
An iconic institution for real taiwanese food. I don’t know why mediocre cava or tatte gets solid reviews and real local asian shops like this does not
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Heart of China Town, streets are a little sketchy at night, early hours feel comfortable. Parking garages are available too. Great food, Romantic and cozy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
No nonsense restaurant serving very well seasoned Chinese food. The menu is indeed overwhelming, but our choice of the xiaolongbao, beef, tofu, and fried pork was on point. Also just found out through news on the wall that the restaurant has been there from as long as 1999!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was good. The servers and staff tend to rush customers with their meals — as if they wanna get rid of you immediately after they serve the food.
Also, the server returned our receipt and forced us to tip 18% after tipping them about 10% (because of horrendous service). Although food was good, i wouldn’t recommend it unless they change how the staff treat their customers.
Edit: After looking at other comments here, our experience was pretty consistent. They also reply that people who experienced this are spreading malicious lies. I thought so too but they actually are telling the truth. Try tipping them below 15% and you’ll see! 😉
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Been here twice and the food is more nostalgic than good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Great place for casual dining. We feel that the photos on Google review are missing a Taiwanese staple - beef noodle soup. Large portion, beef is tender and flavorful, the noodles have a slight bite yet soft, the soup had proper mid-level spiciness. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food and they make it according to what u want u just gotta tell and the person who suggested us our food was soo sweet and she knew her stuff everything was great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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