My family has been going here for a long time. There have been times when dishes weren’t as good as we expected them to be, but for the most part their food is good.My favorite dishes are the vegetarian leek pie (it’s not really leek, it’s a vegetable called 韭菜, “chinese chives”), any dumplings, smoked taiwanese-style duck, moo shi, bean curd with green mustard, chinese squash with nagaimo, and pork and pickled napa hotpot.I like their eggplant with pork or basil, but sometimes there’s way too much oil (the eggplant will be swimming in oil soup). I also prefer my beef scallion pancake rolls with scallion inside, not leek, so I would keep that in mind if that’s a dish you order at other restaurants. Anyway, I recommend ordering different dishes to see what you like! Their menu is quite extensive.
Recommended dishes: House Special Fried Rice, Cuttlefish Dumplings, Smoked Duck Taiwanese Style, Soup
Ed C.
We heard so much about this restaurant that we wanted to give it a try for takeout. It has been months since having this style of food. We regretfully did so. We ordered veggie lo mien and it barely had veggies in it. It was tasteless and very greasy. We also ordered chicken fingers and they were jammed into the container causing the top ones to be 'crushed' as coating to came off. They tasted like they had been sitting in the grease. It didn't end there. The chicken wings were also very greasy and tasteless. If we were dining in, we would have sent all of it back or walked out. Yucky experience abd yucky food.
Code Monkey
Food is absolutely great. If you like deep fried and spicy food, I recommend you try crispy chicken with chilli sauce. The service and atmosphere is typical of what you get with a Chinese restaurant.Parking: During peak time it might be hard to find parking
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Eggplant with Spicy Garlic Sauce, House Special Fried Rice
Joy Q.
I ordered takeout food from this restaurant and it was prepared in time. It's probably not the most authentic Taiwanese food but I enjoyed the flavor anyways. Price was very reasonable too
Cameron B.
Solid twin shop of the Mulan in Kendal Square in Cambridge 4.5 Stars. You know a spot is good when it's ALWAYS CROWDED. I was in the area for a friend's bday on a cold and stormy late-spring night and needed something hot and probably spicy! Luckily I was with a friend who is always down to over-order food. We went deep on the menu with seafood dumplings wrapped in squid-ink wraps. They were succulent, steaming hot and beautifully flavored. We also ordered the Mulan cold chicken, which I LOVED. It's very Taiwanese and not for everyone. Dominated by 5 spice blend seasonings and oh so very tender (almost soft), it is such a unique dish that is very hard to find and even harder to do well! For mains we got the Lamb in Chili Sauce. It was giving Mapo Tofu vibes, came out in a HUGE bowl with scallions, tofu, heaping servings of diced lamb that was perfectly cooked and seasoned. It was spicy (in my opinion, but my Gringo friend found it a bit 'hot'). What a treat, and a must try if you are there. We gut-bust ordered the sizzling beef on the recommendation of the staff and oh were they right!! What ever they are doing to their meats, everything is just perfectly cooked, tender and juicy. This is not your corner "Chinese Restaurant". The quality is on par with much more expensive restaurants. Is it hard to get service sometimes? Yes. Does the place look basic? Yes. Is the wine, cocktail and beer selection minimal? Yes. SO WHAT!! THIS PLACE IS DELICIOUS!!! It is now on my must eat rotation if I'm ever in the Boston Area!
Ion Gorincioi
Very good taiwanese cuisine - one of my favorite in Boston area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Eggplant with Spicy Garlic Sauce, Hunan Lamb, Beef
Samuel A.
Chinese restaurant with pleasant ambience and white table cloth. Good: - L33 Crispy chicken in chili sauce comes in small cubes meat and fragrant spice - L28 Fish Fillet with spicy bean sauce - L21 Shredded beef with preserved vegetables is very tasty with the pickled vegetable Average: - L19 Hunan beef - L30 minced pork with preserved beans has minute mince meat with plenty of crunchy green beans. Spicy.
Kennedy Taveras
I love their shredded hot peppers and pork, salt and pepper pork chop, and crispy spicy chicken! So many great dishes, even their scallion pancakes are unique. One of my favorite places in Waltham!
Quantities are very generous, quality is great and the prices are reasonable. Very quick and attentive service. Will be coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dave Wang
Food is great and good value (lunch special is amazingly priced), and the staff is very accommodating! Definitely recommendParking: Parking is behind the building and usually has plenty of spaces
We had take out roast duck, yuxiang pork, suancai beef and dumplings. Roast duck and dumplings are good.
Jaimie F.
Yum! Lots of authentic options. Really enjoyed the scallion pancakes and house fried rice! The pepper pork wasn't my favorite, heavy salt. Will be back!
Kenna Layne
Delicious food great service. They paced all the dishes perfectly so we didn’t get them all at once. The crispy chicken was
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anna Chohan
The delivery driver was the absolute worst. Demanded a cash tip and when I declined he told me to never call the restaurant again. So wrude. Will never order here again. Not to mention the food was
Food: 3
Service: 1
Anna C.
Ordered take out and when the food arrived the delivery man said " you didn't add tip on credit card , you give cash tip " I said I'm sorry I have no cash. He said yiu give tip that's how I make money , I said I'm sure your paid by the restaurant, he said no tip only. Then proceeded to tell me never to call the restaurant again. First of all had he not been so wrude and demanded a tip I may have given him one ,secondly telling me to never call again is outrageous I will never order food from here again. The icing on the cake , food was overcooked and cold.
My family has been going here for a long time. There have been times when dishes weren’t as good as we expected them to be, but for the most part their food is good.My favorite dishes are the vegetarian leek pie (it’s not really leek, it’s a vegetable called 韭菜, “chinese chives”), any dumplings, smoked taiwanese-style duck, moo shi, bean curd with green mustard, chinese squash with nagaimo, and pork and pickled napa hotpot.I like their eggplant with pork or basil, but sometimes there’s way too much oil (the eggplant will be swimming in oil soup). I also prefer my beef scallion pancake rolls with scallion inside, not leek, so I would keep that in mind if that’s a dish you order at other restaurants. Anyway, I recommend ordering different dishes to see what you like! Their menu is quite extensive.
Recommended dishes: House Special Fried Rice, Cuttlefish Dumplings, Smoked Duck Taiwanese Style, Soup
We heard so much about this restaurant that we wanted to give it a try for takeout. It has been months since having this style of food. We regretfully did so. We ordered veggie lo mien and it barely had veggies in it. It was tasteless and very greasy. We also ordered chicken fingers and they were jammed into the container causing the top ones to be 'crushed' as coating to came off. They tasted like they had been sitting in the grease. It didn't end there. The chicken wings were also very greasy and tasteless. If we were dining in, we would have sent all of it back or walked out. Yucky experience abd yucky food.
Food is absolutely great. If you like deep fried and spicy food, I recommend you try crispy chicken with chilli sauce. The service and atmosphere is typical of what you get with a Chinese restaurant.Parking: During peak time it might be hard to find parking
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Eggplant with Spicy Garlic Sauce, House Special Fried Rice
I ordered takeout food from this restaurant and it was prepared in time. It's probably not the most authentic Taiwanese food but I enjoyed the flavor anyways. Price was very reasonable too
Solid twin shop of the Mulan in Kendal Square in Cambridge 4.5 Stars. You know a spot is good when it's ALWAYS CROWDED. I was in the area for a friend's bday on a cold and stormy late-spring night and needed something hot and probably spicy! Luckily I was with a friend who is always down to over-order food. We went deep on the menu with seafood dumplings wrapped in squid-ink wraps. They were succulent, steaming hot and beautifully flavored. We also ordered the Mulan cold chicken, which I LOVED. It's very Taiwanese and not for everyone. Dominated by 5 spice blend seasonings and oh so very tender (almost soft), it is such a unique dish that is very hard to find and even harder to do well! For mains we got the Lamb in Chili Sauce. It was giving Mapo Tofu vibes, came out in a HUGE bowl with scallions, tofu, heaping servings of diced lamb that was perfectly cooked and seasoned. It was spicy (in my opinion, but my Gringo friend found it a bit 'hot'). What a treat, and a must try if you are there. We gut-bust ordered the sizzling beef on the recommendation of the staff and oh were they right!! What ever they are doing to their meats, everything is just perfectly cooked, tender and juicy. This is not your corner "Chinese Restaurant". The quality is on par with much more expensive restaurants. Is it hard to get service sometimes? Yes. Does the place look basic? Yes. Is the wine, cocktail and beer selection minimal? Yes. SO WHAT!! THIS PLACE IS DELICIOUS!!! It is now on my must eat rotation if I'm ever in the Boston Area!
Very good taiwanese cuisine - one of my favorite in Boston area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Eggplant with Spicy Garlic Sauce, Hunan Lamb, Beef
Chinese restaurant with pleasant ambience and white table cloth. Good: - L33 Crispy chicken in chili sauce comes in small cubes meat and fragrant spice - L28 Fish Fillet with spicy bean sauce - L21 Shredded beef with preserved vegetables is very tasty with the pickled vegetable Average: - L19 Hunan beef - L30 minced pork with preserved beans has minute mince meat with plenty of crunchy green beans. Spicy.
I love their shredded hot peppers and pork, salt and pepper pork chop, and crispy spicy chicken! So many great dishes, even their scallion pancakes are unique. One of my favorite places in Waltham!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salted Crispy Chicken, Scallion Pancakes
Quantities are very generous, quality is great and the prices are reasonable. Very quick and attentive service. Will be coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food is great and good value (lunch special is amazingly priced), and the staff is very accommodating! Definitely recommendParking: Parking is behind the building and usually has plenty of spaces
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salted Crispy Chicken
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We had take out roast duck, yuxiang pork, suancai beef and dumplings. Roast duck and dumplings are good.
Yum! Lots of authentic options. Really enjoyed the scallion pancakes and house fried rice! The pepper pork wasn't my favorite, heavy salt. Will be back!
Delicious food great service. They paced all the dishes perfectly so we didn’t get them all at once. The crispy chicken was
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The delivery driver was the absolute worst. Demanded a cash tip and when I declined he told me to never call the restaurant again. So wrude. Will never order here again. Not to mention the food was
Food: 3
Service: 1
Ordered take out and when the food arrived the delivery man said " you didn't add tip on credit card , you give cash tip " I said I'm sorry I have no cash. He said yiu give tip that's how I make money , I said I'm sure your paid by the restaurant, he said no tip only. Then proceeded to tell me never to call the restaurant again. First of all had he not been so wrude and demanded a tip I may have given him one ,secondly telling me to never call again is outrageous I will never order food from here again. The icing on the cake , food was overcooked and cold.