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1.0 of 5 stars.
DO NOT eat at this place unless you want diarrhea.Ate at this place and one of the dish "Pan Fried Pork with mushroom/carrot/celery" caused our family diarrhea. Why, the pork has this sour taste...
yelp.com - user review - 10/13/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food is great. It's affordable (lunch specials) and delicious (Hotpots!). I wish I could say the same for their service. I went with a group of people one weekend afternoon. We were seated at the...
yelp.com - user review - 10/06/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've eaten here twice. The first time was during a weekday around midday. It was nice and quiet, food was good and service was okay. The second time was on a Saturday during lunch...BIG MISTAKE!...
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Great Chinese food, best I've had in months!Although, it seem to be located somewhere in the middle of nowhere in the back streets of LA. I'm not sure I could find this place again even if I tried!...
yelp.com - user review - 09/29/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food and the environment were okay but the service is not that good. They have a lot of weaiters and waitresses but most of them just walking here and there or may be clean table and ignoring most...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Order:fried fish filet with orange saucefrench style filet mignon (cubed)scallops with celerydeep fried calamary(i can't spell today, but this one was really good, batter was light) China Bistro...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Our family just ate here tonight. We really enjoyed every dish we order. Great food and inexpensive. Had the clam soup, shark fin soup, fried string beans and fillet mignon. yum!
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
GREAT foodbut you usually have to wait some time before you get your food...
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
DELICIOUS French Style Filet MIgnon with black pepper sauce! The Lemon lIced tea was good too since you get free refills. Very tasty dishes. Wait isnt too long, but its usually pretty busy. tried...
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I went to China Bistro twice and loved both visits. I ordered a lot of different dishes with my family on the first visit and they were all good. I went again for the 2nd time tonight and ordered...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
3 dishes and 3 drinks for around $35 (tip included).I think we had the:-salted fried pork chops -XO sauce green Beans-peppered ChickenI felt really bloated after eating here. Could've been the iced...
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
China Bistro is one of my must visits every time I head back home to SGV. They serve basic cantonese family style food at a reasonable price. On my recent visit this past weekend, I was lucky to have...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I had really high hopes for my second visit to this restaurant. I had been here for lunch once before, about two years ago, and clearly remembered enjoying a solid meal outside in their covered patio...
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
On our way back from Vegas me and friends decided to stop in San Gabe to eat dinner before going home to the south bay."We're going to China Bistro, in ROSEMEAD"*gasp* Rosemead?!?! When I heard...
yelp.com - user review - 07/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I thought it was pretty good. The decor is nice and there's nice outdoor seating. Most of the six dishes we ordered were good. I don't know what it was called, but the beef with onions was probably my...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The food is good, the service is not. The Chinese name of this restaurant is "Fan Tang" which means dining hall or cafeteria, that should set your expectation of the kind of service you will receive....
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food here is good and so is the price. It's a nice clean place. Here's the low down on the food:Fried oysters: nice and crispyGreen beans with ground pork: excellent, the green beans were nice...
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
FOOD FAVORITES:- Their young chow fried rice is really good--I think mainly because their rice is so good. It's the thin type of rice grain and it's never wet or too mushy. Really good fried rice!-...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is pretty dank. Their fried calamari is one of my favorites. it is nicely fried and salty and YUMMIE. Their chow mein isn't my favorite but still good. I also ordered the orange fish fillet...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My mom's visiting friends from Guangdong were craving food from back home, so they came here. It garnered the approval of the natives, so that validates even my layman's approval of the food.My mother...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The only thing I like about this restaurant is their Beef with Bitter Melon. That's why we went back even we were not impressed with our past experiences. Their service was bad. It always makes me...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love, LOVE this place! The place is very open and bright. The furnishings modern with a nice patio outside. My Aunt is a strict vegetarian and they were able to accomodate her. I tried the crispy...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Been here twice and its not bad but nothing special either.The first time we came here the restaurant forgot one of my friend's orders... bad way to start.Service is alright, the outside seating is...
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food is good but it's nothing to right home about. My cousins and I ordered the beef chow fun, a seafood hot pot and chicken wings for dinner. The chicken wings were crispy and tasty similar to...
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had the pleasure of eating lunch here today; there was a short wait as we came around 2pm on a Saturday. I ordered basically the same items as last time (see previous review); everything is as good...
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
i used to LIKE this place, probably until 6 months ago. this place used to be an above average canto restaurant around the area. there's usually a line during lunch hrs or weekend. after awhile, the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This place is extremely loud, even for a Chinese restaurant. The prices are ok, not too high, but the dishes are not exactly all GOOD. Consistency is a problem. I don't understand why it's usually...
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Review based on 1-5 visits.First visit made me sad. The food looked yummy and smelled wonderful, but it tasted awful. Why did my fried rice taste like fish and my fish taste like asphalt? Second time,...
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The crispy roasted chicken has been my favorite dish. Not anymore. I went there early at 11:30am to be served a cold dish that was made the night before. During my past visits, I always order the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/01/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've been here twice. The first time we went with a group of friends, about 10 of us (we were out getting massages, & we decided to go eat while we waited for our appointment). It was about...
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've driven by this place a million times and finally decided it was time to try it out.We ordered the beef chow fun and the stir fry veggies with Chinese sausage. The veggies were delicious and well...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Cafe food, what else more is there to say. Overall, I'm very satisfied. Decor and ambiance is very nice for a cafe, especially considering this place used to be a McDonalds way back in the day....
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Anna H. took me here, and (as mentioned in her own review about China Bistro) we ordered the fillet mignon and green beans. It was good except the fillet mignon dish had a lot of onions, so i wouldn't...
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've only come here once with a friend of mine, who had suggested to come here. This place used to be a McDonald's not too long ago.I didn't know what to expect before coming here, but after looking...
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So another weekend back at home and I had lunch with my aunt and mother. Since I had to eat with my family, I couldn't choose a restaurant that's American simply because most Asian families prefer...
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Came here with my high school friends to hang out and catch up recently lunch. The food was pretty good, nothing out of the ordinary, just what you usually expect from a chinese restaurant. There was...
yelp.com - user review - 01/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I came to check this place out one lazy Saturday afternoon (I had a super lazy weekend, not just Sunday). The parking was adequate and the interior of the restaurant was pretty bustling. As a...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I came here because my friend was craving for some walnut shrimp and after we went driving around looking for a pho spot but it was closed. anyway so we ended up here and let me say.. what they call...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Food is excellent. One of my favorite places in the SGV. I highly recommend their soups especially the fish maw and crab or the cilantro clam. I like the seating on their outdoor patio. They have...
yelp.com - user review - 01/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you go anywhere this year, you must come here. The service is beyond horrible unless you bring someone who speaks the language. I usually order the baby bok choy and sauteed mushroom, fried tofu,...
yelp.com - user review - 12/26/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yummy, this place is one of the best Chinese restaurants that I have ever been to. I don't know how to describe the food but they just taste different from any other restaurant. For instance, the...
yelp.com - user review - 12/26/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I come here way too much. Not only does my family like this place, my friends love this place also. They have some very good dishes while others are huge misses. The green beans here are good here....
yelp.com - user review - 12/17/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The time is 9:30 p.m. and our destination point is yet to be determined as we drive aimlessly down Valley blvd looking for a non-cafe place to eat. ME: Hey..China Bistro? Haven't been there in a long...
yelp.com - user review - 12/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The food here isn't actually half-bad, although within SGV, that's like 40 other places too.We ordered the fried chicken, filet mignon beef steak, chinese greens, and fried squid. The beef was pretty...
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The food is really good here, especially the stone pot garlic beef. The menu says there's a 15 minute wait but I think because it's such a popular item, they have them prepped or something so the wait...
yelp.com - user review - 11/22/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I actually liked the food at this place. It was a recommendation from one of my friends from nursing school who eats at a lot of Chinese places in the LA area. This restaurant is frequented by many...
yelp.com - user review - 11/04/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Unfortunately, when I made my first review, this was based off of eating there for a year and having the consistent service (not great) and food quality (very good). However, the past two times I've...
yelp.com - user review - 11/02/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I like this place, alot. But...the quality of food has changed. My favorite dish was definitely not consistent with past meals here. Hopefully my next visit will show that it may have just been a...
yelp.com - user review - 10/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ok...this is the place that changed Chinese food for me. This place will be and forever be how Chinese Restaurants will be measured against. If you come to this place, sit outside at night with the...
yelp.com - user review - 10/27/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is like any other restaurant in San Gabriel. I don't really understand why it's always crowded. They food is average at average prices. I would go elsewhere (esp. on the weekends) because it...
yelp.com - user review - 10/25/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My aunt kept raving about this place so we gave it a try...even before we ordering our food:-0.5 star- opening late, it's stated they open at 11am but they were 20 minutes behind. There was a group of...
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2008
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The food here is delicious and priced very well too ! If you come here, the orange fish and the fried chicken is a must-have (: Although, the service is really bad. The waiters / waitresses have an attitude.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I did not have a problem with the service as with other people. Maybe the people there just like me. To me, it is like being in a corner restaurant in Hong Kong. I guess a lot of Chinese Americans...
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is really good for the price. It's really very affordable during lunch time, and for an extra dollar, you get a free drink. You get the usual greasy delicious chinese food. Line is quite...
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I don't know why people think this is a Chinese cafe - it isn't!! Just because they serve tea and coffee doesn't make it a cafe! By the name, it is a bistro, Chinese style. You can sit outside in the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The menu is very similar to the Tasty Gardens in Alhambra and Arcadia. Been here about 5 times. The food is really good albeit the long waiting times in terms of getting a table and prep of the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of the restaurants that I absolutely did not understand the correlation between food quality and wait time.I've dined here three times. On all three occasions, service was very slow. It...
yelp.com - user review - 07/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ate there once, I'd come back again. Food was pretty good and decently priced. Taste better than LA chinatown food and loved it.
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Food: my cousin and i were starving after getting one of those cheapie massages in the area (go to master wongs! its one of the better ones ive been to!) my cousin suggested this place and it was...
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a pretty cool cafe in the heart of San Gabriel. This is one of my friend's favorite spots in the area. Their dishes are pretty tasty and very reasonable. You have to be aggressive with the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This restaurant has above average cafe style food. Actually, they offer many non-typical cafe dishes. I mostly come for lunch because it's cheap. The green onion chicken is really good...crispy...
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I give this restaurant a 3 star based on their clean decor. When you think of most Chinese restaurants, you think of a food mill where they dump your food onto a plate. I don't know if they do that...
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
With so many of these Hong Kong style restaurants around, you do not have to come to China Bistro for mediocre grody food.What we ordered and our verdicts:Yueng Chiao fried rice: My dad said he could...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm surprised to see China Bistro is getting such a bad rap on Yelp, although I know where some people are coming from. The key to having a good dining experience at China Bistro is knowing what to...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Pros: Great HK Cafe Style Food Good Prices Convenient LocationCons: Noisy and Below Average Service
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
nothing special about this place. it's eh... parking is super PITA. i dont know how a place like this can survive in SGV with all other good places
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had dinner at China Bistro tonight and the food was good. Service isn't great but it's the same everywhere else in the SGV. We order chicken wings (spicy and delicious), cube fillet mignon, half a...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
3 stars. Took the family for dinner to China Bistro, just to try a new place. China Bistro seems to be a mix of traditional Cantonese restaurant cuisine plus the drinks page from a Hong Kong-style...
yelp.com - user review - 02/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My friend his name is Derek Ung and he is very cheap.. he is the guy who goes for a massage gets a happy ending and says ya i'll be back my money is in the car and takes off.. haha.. this is his...
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
this place is whack. bad service...not nice at all wen seatting. and we waited forever for our food! we had the chicken n corn soup..which wuz pretty good..thats y it gets one star. the beef n bitter...
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My first impression of this place was how noisy it was! It was like I was in an elementary school cafeteria. The prices are decent. We got the fillet mignon cubes which was pretty good. The green...
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had a chance to stop in here for lunch last week with companies who could very well be regulars and I have nothing bad to say about this place. I thought the restaurant is spacious and clean, the...
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Its ok for cafe chinese food. The service is blah...the food is not too bad, and the ice tea is pretty good...actually the only reason I would probably return is cause the tea was pretty yummy and...
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2007
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There are so many real Chinese restaurants (i.e., serving food that real Chinese people eat) in the San Gabriel Valley . . . I decided to try China Bistro almost at random, mostly because it seems to be busy...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/27/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food is pretty good, but it doesn't compare to its competitor tasty garden. i've been here several times, but there is nothing that relatively stuck out in my mind to write about.
yelp.com - user review - 10/25/2007
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There are so many real Chinese restaurants (i.e., serving food that real Chinese people eat) in the San Gabriel Valley . . . I decided to try China Bistro almost at random, mostly because it seems to be busy...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
There are so many real Chinese restaurants (i.e., serving food that real Chinese people eat) in the San Gabriel Valley . . . I decided to try China Bistro almost at random, mostly because it seems to...
yelp.com - user review - 10/23/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've been here a couple times and I must say...the service is pretty bad. I've heard stories that say.."if you don't speak cantonese..they give worse service." This is not the case because I speak...
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Food was pretty good. The mapo tofu could have been spicier. The selection was certainly different...they had duck tongue and frog (which i didn't try). Outdoor patio seating was better than sitting...
yelp.com - user review - 10/21/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Question: Why do people come here when the service sucks?Answer: Because the food is slightly above average in taste.I ate here today with my bf and his friend. This is the second time I ate there....
yelp.com - user review - 10/14/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I don't have any qualms about the food-- in fact I actually think the lunch specials here are worth the price. But I do have a story to recount. As I and my gfriend dined there last weekend and tried...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i like this place. they've only disappointed me once out of the 2456456344 times I've been there.i really like their ginger soy sauce chicken'something along those lines..the male waiters are more...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The food here sucks. They should have left it a McDonalds. I tried eating here a few times because someone actually told me this place was good. I tried their rice dishes and noodle dishes and they...
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Nice place but food is not good at all. If you don't have to don't eat at this place. There are better places to eat if you drive a couple of blocks further west on Valley Blvd.
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Just like everyone else, i really don't think this place is that great. But I think the outside seating is really chill on a nice day, it's shaded, you can smoke, and I love LA weather. But I didn't...
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I wasn't too impress with this place. It's another typical hong kong style cafe that serve basically the same as any other cafe. (noodles, rices, stuff of that sort.) I came her for lunch, they do...
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I agree with other reviewers...this place is pretty mediocre. I may eat there again if I am in the area, but I won't go out of my way to try it again. The staff had the typical no-frills...
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This place wasn't good during their grand opening, and after many months, still has problems with their service and quality of food.If you have to eat here, I think the food is better if you dine in,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My dad suggested that we go have lunch at China Bistro to try it out. It's a place to grab a quick bite to eat, don't expect to much of the food. It's not bad, but not good either. The Chinese name...
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2007
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