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    Alvin's Cuisine

    4.1 (37 reviews)
    InexpensiveTrinidadian, Cantonese
    Closed 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids

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    Bake and shark
    Annie B.

    When you think of authentic Trini-Chinese cuisine, Alvin's is the place that comes to mind. Their shrimp wontons are to die for!!!! This restaurant is located in a strip mall off of Colonial in Orlando. There is ample parking and a few stores near by. When you enter there is usually music playing while you wait for your food as they're mainly a to-go or take-out restaurant. Their menu has everything from wontons to fried rice to bbq. They even have treats such as mango chow and Caribbean sodas and drinks like champagne kola. The food is definitely made with love because it translates through the dishes. The service provided is so warm, it gives you the feeling of being in a relative's home while hanging out and waiting for your meal. Top things recommended to try are the wontons and the bake and shark, you will thank me later!!!!

    Shrimp Wontons
    Idrees K.

    Alvin's Cuisine is one of my go to spots for a delicious meal! Their cuisine is mostly Trini-Chinese food as well as other variations. The shrimp wontons are AMAZING!! I took my coworkers and they were amazed as well! Also, the Chinese Chicken is top notch! I've never had a bad meal here! Love this place and will continue to go!

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    Mimi S.

    1st time trying Alvins's Cuisine. The vybes in the restaurant is nice and welcoming. You can dine in and take out. Food is definitely on point. For real Trinidad style Chinese this is the place to go. Definitely can't wait to try the other items on the menu. Definitely check their hours. But it's honestly worth it Keep up the amazing work and thank you for giving us the trini style away from home

    West Indian Chinese Style Chicken
    Redmón R.

    Hands down the best tasting Trinidadian Style Chinese food. Alvin's has been around for 12 years and this was my first time going but will continuously go back. The food was AMAZING! it reminded me of the true authentic Trinidadian Chinese style chicken we get back home in Trinidad as well as the shrimp wontons. I love how they dressed it up with the sauces.

    Trini style Shrimp Wontons with garlic sauce, ketchup, soy sauce
    Jelani R.

    You ever had a food dream? Lemme tell you something, Shrimp wonton's from Alvin's gave my the most real food dreams ever. I went to bed one night imaging that I was devouring a dozen shrimp wontons. That's how good these are. Although I visit Orlando once a year, I always make it my business to stop here. Their Trinidadian style Chinese Food is the closest thing I've had to Trinidad & Tobago. Although they don't serve the classic roti/doubles and Pelau, their Chinese style menu is authentic to the Cantonese flavors you get on the island. Their Lo'mein, Roast duck, Char Siu Kai fan puts me back to my favorite Chinese spot in Port of Spain. The wontons however, are the real winners. If you do order them, be sure to get those bad boys dressed up in garlic and soy sauce. Also KETCHUP and pepper if you like it spicy.

    Fried Shrimp Wontons, Char Sui Kai Fan with Lomein, Veggie Fried Rice
    Deanna L.

    This place is SO GOOD! As soon as I walked in, I noticed how clean the restaurant was. And the owner was very friendly and nice and greeted us right away. The order was ready in a good amount of time, about 20-25min. The restaurant specializes in Guyanese-Chinese food so I tried the Fried Shrimp Wontons, the Char Sui Kai Fan with Lomein, and the Veggie Fried Rice. The star of the show is definitely the Fried Shrimp Wontons with the Garlic Sauce. That garlic sauce is the best garlic sauce I've ever had and I'm sure it could make anything taste amazing. The Char Siu Lomein and Veggie Fried Rice were also very tasty, a bit on the sweeter side than what I'm used to, but still very good and the texture was spot on. I just added some of their pepper sauce to balance out the sweetness for me and add a little heat and it worked out perfectly. Overall, the food and customer service was so good, I can't wait to come back and try more of their food!

    Chicken wings and fries with garlic sauce on top
    Shelly M.

    Best West Indian Chinese food in town! Everything is tasty and flavorful. I love their chicken fried rice and the chicken with garlic sauce. My sister always gets the pepper shrimp fried rice. You can also order catering trays for parties. The owner/Chef is friendly and always makes us feel like family whenever we go.

    Jerk chicken and fried rice
    Tanya D.

    My friend told me I HAD to stop by Alvin's Cuisine when visiting Orlando to taste some good Trinidadian Chinese food and Chef Lystra did not disappoint! Food was made fresh to order and so deliciously flavorful! The fried rice is a MUST! I had the Chinese chicken and hubby had the jerk chicken. Both was good but I thought the Jerk was the bomb. Above that the friendliness and hospitality of Lystra and her beautiful daughter was warm and welcoming!

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    I think this place closed down. I came on a Tuesday at around 12:30 and it was closed.

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    Great food, excellent service love the jerk chicken, low mein and fried rice reasonably priced

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    Thanks for the compliments and see u again

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    Trini restaurant with no trini food no roti... no fish ... Chinese only The server said he had no food .... fried rice ... sorry Alvin ....

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    Thanks for the feedback and hope to see u more often

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    Best West Indian Chinese in Orlando. If you are in Orlando you must check this place out

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    We came here as a party of 4 on a Saturday night. There was…read moreno wait and we were sat immediately. The interior of the restaurant is bigger than it appears on the outside. It's clean, if not a little outdated. There are huge shelves around the windows with plants, art, and lights. You can see there's been a lot of water damage to the shelves. The menu has a nice selection. We ordered the lobster platter, scallops, red snapper, and the sea bass. The sea bass was the best! The red snapper was a close second. We ordered it Szechwan style. The lobster was a strong third. It wasn't prepared in a way that I'm used to, or how I expected it to be, but it was good. My friend said it was the best lobster he'd ever had. The scallops were in last place. They were pretty tasteless. Some of them were "dirty"; you know when you don't clean your seafood really well and get some grit in your teeth when eating it... So, I wouldn't order those again. We also had a nice sake, white wine, and whiskey. The service was a little slow- not very attentive, but they were very nice. The bill came to a little over $300 for the four of us. The only leftovers was the lobster. It was quite a large amount. Pretty reasonably priced menu. Definitely will cure your seafood cravings.

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    The thing about a Chinese restaurant is if the taste is consistent as to when you first ate there…read morebefore - your customers will keep coming back. Ordered Jumbo Shrimp Pan Fried Noodle here $16.95 takeout. While waiting for the food. I was asking the gal behind the cash register if they have been busy lately with the Chinese BBQ and she stated this past weekend they were really busy. I then told her it's because Kai Kai owners left Kai Kai and sold it maybe to another owner but they no longer run Kai Kai. So as the conversation passes she told me - The Crispy pork they cook there is NOT ROASTED but FRIED. It was brought up because i was telling her a few people have said kai kai fell off as far as taste in the bbq / meats. So then I said yes the skin part is not crispy like how you guys do it. So she mentioned she wondered why they have been busy with Chinese BBQ meats as of lately. I ordered the $4.95 boba smoothie (mango) as a refresher because it is hot outside - For the price it is not bad I think they use mango puree as the base. The dishes here are delicious. This is why I keep coming back.

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