Pao's Chinese Restaurant

1323 S Elliott Ave, Aurora
(417) 678-0211

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Maleia Mitchell

The man was so rude didnt even say hi just glared at us.

Service: 1

Joseph White

Ordered 4 combos and everyone’s was right except mine and we wanted extra crab ragoons which they did want to do and didn’t even put any in the combo that was wrong. First and last time going here.

Stephen Archambo

It was my first time eating here. Very friendly, clean, and food was very good. Highly recommend!

Art Backgrounds

Wonderful small town Chinese food restaurant with a varied menu for anyone’s tastes. I like their tofu with vegetables.

Mitsy Ann Sweet

I honestly cannot rate the food at this place because I didn't even make it in the door there's a sign that says no credit or debit cash only. No one carries cash anymore and I'm not making a special trip to the ATM just to eat Chinese food.

Service: 1

Mitsy Ann Capps

I honestly cannot rate the food at this place because I didn't even make it in the door there's a sign that says no credit or debit cash only. No one carries cash anymore and I'm not making a special trip to the ATM just to eat Chinese food.

Falconlore

Took the order to go the restaurant looked clean but had no decorations. Some menu items can not be subbed for dark meat but others can. Cash only, was not informed of that over the phone and the online menu had the wrong prices. Was told the oder would be done in 10 mins and it was 30 mins later I got my order. My order was General Chicken with a side of sauce, Rice noodles with chicken, cream cheese ragoons, and chicken dumplings came to $47.95. The food was perfectly cooked and had just the right amount of salt but had zero flavor, calling it bland would be an overstatement. The Medium General Chicken sauce had no spice at all, it was ordered for my husband and I don't like spicy food but I tried a bite and a pinch of pepper has more heat, it tasted like beef bone broth that had been thickened with no seasoning besides salt. The rice noodle dish had no special sauce to speak of and again tasted like it was only seasoned with salt not a hint of onion, ginger, garlic, soy or any other flavor. The chicken dumplings seemed to just be a mixture of chicken a little soy, and a tiny bit of green onion the brown sauce might have been related to the beef broth sauce on the general chicken but had a slightly different color. The cheese ragoons were cream cheese only and likely the best item we got.

This was the second chance we gave this restaurant after trying it maybe 5 or 6 years ago and we will not be giving it a 3rd chance.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Crystal V Taylor (Crys)

Friendly enough place, man who served us was friendly. Just don't think the food was worth the price. They do not accept credit or debit.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Marilee Daugherity

Not impressed at all. Very expensive for the quality of food. Not a lot of flavor. I will not be back.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Sweet & Sour Pork, Cashew Chicken, Teriyaki Chicken, Egg Roll

James Ash (Wraithlock)

Food is fairly decent, but price and attitude of owner are both a little to be desired.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken, Cashew Chicken, Mongolian Beef, Egg Roll

Kathleen Orea

Extremely small portions. The rice was mealy, no flavor. The general tso was terrible. Chicken was tough. Not hot. Won't be going back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Nancy Marie

We love Pao's! Combination fried rice is my fave!"10 mins" ❤️

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Rice Noodle Combo, Soft Noodle Combo

Nackle B

I use to go here with my great grandma. Cashew chicken was amazing. Perfect sized pieces. Amazing fried rice. And the fried wontons was to DIE for. Due to inflation they have raise there prices quite a bit, but also. Lowered the quality of the food and the time they take to prepare it.We spent 42$ on two chicken dinners, fried wontons (6) and some just noodle lo mein.His chicken piece are insanely huge now and veiny, the rice used to be my favorite.. it seems like they washed it but didn’t rinse it completely. All we could taste was soap in the rice. Wasn’t able to eat it..Which sucks cause for 10$ you get like 6 pieces of chicken and half a container of rice. So half our meal was bunk. The lo mien is good. The wontons are nice a flakey BUT the meat on the inside I physically spit out. Unfortunately the meat mix tasted dry and like he prepped it 2 weeks ago.. super disappointed. I understand having to change ingredients to accommodate inflation, but wash your rice out all the way ? I didn’t wanna pay 10$ for rice we couldn’t stomach cause of dawn dish soap taste.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Soft Noodle Combo

Kassandra Snoke

My son loves their food.? It will be a regular spot for us in the future! We are going to be exploring more of the menu when we go.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Garlic Chicken, Sweet

elisa sherwood

We love Pao's. We come back whenever we are in town. Check or cash. No credit or debit cards taken.

Kid-friendliness: Kids portions.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cashew Chicken

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