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    Bamboo Terrace

    4.2 (126 reviews)
    ModerateChinese
    Open 11:30 am - 8:30 pm

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    Chicken Lo Mein

    My favorite restaurant in all of Columbia, maybe even ever? Must order their chicken lo mein. I have dreams about it. I don't know what it is about it that makes it special, I have no idea if it's "authentic." I don't really even care. It's so delicious. I have searched far and wide for a comparable lo mein, and have turned up empty handed. (General taos chicken is also bomb).

    Chicken eggrolls
    Jazzy S.

    This is review is for the newer location on 9th street. We came in for an early weeknight dinner, and we were seated right away. The ambiance is like a fast casual Chinese spot, but they have full service. The service was great; the server was super friendly. We ordered 2 specials. - Chicken eggrolls (4/5): The server recommended we get the chicken eggrolls instead of veggie since these were a larger portion. They were crunchy and delicious. - Eggdrop soup (3.5/5): pretty basic but good overall - Szechuan chicken (3.5/5): This dish was great. The spiciness added good flavor and a kick, but not too overpowering. - Beef stir fry (4/5): super flavorful! This was delicious and perfect textures with the veggies.

    Traven G.

    Absolutely the most delicious food I've had in a while. Definitely recommend the sesame tofu (bottom) and the general Tso's chicken (top)

    Orange chicken
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    We were in the area again and remembered having great Chinese food at their old place. So, we checked out the new place, which is in a much livelier location with the college nearby and all. We came in around 3p on a Sunday, and it was pretty quiet; we were the only customers. Still, the service was pleasant and with the kitchen exposed, it was cool to see our food being made fresh. I still have their Authentic Szechuan Chicken on my mind. It was delicious and nothing like I have had before.

    Duck  and Noodles yum

    Really good Duck noodles and fried rice with Duck taste akin to Soul food my cousin Sherry used to make in a hot black cast iron skillet - excellent flavors and delicious meal from this place. Really kind hostess and fast service. Hidden Columbia Gem so my go to, love this place

    Orange chicken, shrimp fried rice, and white rice on the side.

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    Excellent! Food was the best! Service was great! Very clean. Definitely my favorite Chinese restaurant!

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    Food was not good, tasted weird flavor was off. Crab Rangoon tasted like deviled eggs inside and was too chewy.

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    So delicious! I love their wings and soups. Such nice people and great service. I love Chinese food from here!

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    4 years ago

    NOT CLOSED! They moved to 26 S. 9th Street. In Columbia. Same owners, same great food.

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    The best crab Rangoon I've ever eaten!! The food portions are very big and could definitely be split between two people.

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    4 years ago

    Looks like Covid took out Chinese, their building is vacant! They used to be the most authentic and traditional Chinese food in town.

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    Ocha Thai Restaurant

    Ocha Thai Restaurant

    4.1
    (14 reviews)
    2.4 mi

    Normally I love this place, but today's experience wasn't so great…read more No ice for the fountain soda, no lid for my drink. The person taking my order didn't ask what spice level I would like. I ordered pad se ew, and my stir-fried noodle dish came out with not very many noodles at all. Despite all this, the food did have a good flavor. I wanted a refill on another lidless, iceless soda, but the staff was chatting in the back, and I didn't feel it was worth the effort to have to wave them down. I paid $20 for this super disappointing experience - times are tough, but noodles are cheap.

    The place is decorated kinda cute - and the robot that delivers your food is pretty neat. But the…read moreThai dishes - though ok - they don't pack the real good traditional flavors of Thai food. - Thai fried rice was fairly bland in nature. - bbq pork fried rice was quite sweet and way on the sweet side. I did like all the sprouts they had in the dish. - sticky sweet chicken wings - these were pretty good and great exterior. But they are on the definite sweet side. - steamed dumplings - they're ok but filling was a bit meh. - curry noodle dish....wasnt mine but I tried it. It wasn't too bad and was the closest true rational Thai dish they had. Service...as we were the only ones in the place and (1) other lady....so very slow. And when the food did come out....things like our appetizers...were all quite cold. Obvious things mis-timed coming out. Or, the appetizers didn't come out as appetizers...but with the main entree items. All and all....not my favorite place by any means. I wouldn't choose to go back - but if I had to go eat there with someone else - I would - I just wouldn't intentionally choose to eat here.

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    Szechuan House

    Szechuan House

    3.9
    (36 reviews)
    0.4 mi

    Authentic and delicious. By far the best Chinese food in Columbia. But something Americans need to…read moreknow is the best Chinese food is never at the place with the best ambience or friendliest staff. Our favorites are: 1. Cumin Lamb or Beef, both are absolutely amazing. 2. Spicy and Crispy Chicken 3. Sliced Pork w Garlic Sauce 4. Sliced Fish and Tofu w Spicy Sauce 5. Sliced Fish w Salted Mustard Cabbage (this soup is a bit sour/acidic which may be a little unusual for the average American palate but if you like that flavor profile you might really like it) I like the Double Cooked Pork as much as the Pork w Garlic Sauce, my wife prefers the Pork w Garlic Sauce. Also I've never met a living soul who didn't like the cucumber appetizer.

    TLDR: Horrible experience. Do NOT go here unless you want to be treated extremely rudely, spoken to…read morelike you are dumb, be charged for to go boxes, and be forced a 15% tip that is NOT disclosed anywhere on the receipt, menu, or inside the restaurant. Hotpot was the most expensive thing on the menu being $60 which is already a very high price as is. The menu was confusing because it said you got 4 meats and 4 other toppings and then the section under had two types of soups for $6 extra. My friend and I were confused because we figured the steep $60 cost would include a soup and the two soups that were an upcharge were special. The server came to take our order we think is also the owner or the manager because she was giving instructions to the other workers. When the server came to take our order we asked the server about what the broth would be if we didn't want the upcharge broths and she immediately already had an attitude and talked to us like we were dumb. She said that we HAD to pick from the upcharge broths and basically insinuated that if we just paid $60 we'd be getting raw meat and no broth which doesn't make sense to me because why not just include the cost in the price ?? Before we could even place our order she just huffed and stormed away and left us confused. We tried waving her over several times and she'd just make eye contact and walk the other direction. Eventually she came back and we just sucked it up and ordered w the upcharge broths. When she took the menus from us she slammed them down on the pile of menus in the front which was off putting. She brought us our food but gave us a plate and chopsticks. We had to attempt to wave her over several times before she finally came over so we can ask for bowls and spoons. She brought over bowls and no spoons. And we had to attempt several more times before we could get spoons. Every time we called her over she had an attitude like we were bothering her and she borderline rolled her eyes at us every time we asked for something. She also never brought a ladle for the soup either but we didn't wanna deal with her attitude again so we sucked it up and used our small soup spoons to grab soup into our bowls. Our server never checked on us while we were eating and eventually dropped off the check. We asked for to go boxes and she again seemed annoyed. She originally brought one large soup cup and one box for the meats and toppings when did NOT fit at all. We asked for a second soup cup so we can separate the broths and a second box so we can separate the meat and veggies. she again had an attitude and sighed. Then grabbed our original large soup cup and brought back two tiny ones that barely held half the soup on either side of the hotpot. We had to call her over again to ask for a bigger soup cup or a larger one and she brought over another tiny one. When we asked for a bigger one she said "if you want more boxes it's an upcharge" which is crazy to me bc we already paid a steep price for the food and now you wanna charge us for to go when you purposefully gave us smaller boxes so our food won't fit?? My friend went up to the counter to pay and the lady auto charged him a $10 tip. He was confused because no where on the receipt, menu, or in the store did it say tip was auto gratuity. On the reciept it self it also only said "suggest tips" with the price of 15%, 20%, and 25% tips. He tried to ask her why there was an auto tip and she completely ignored him and started talking to another customer. When she was done with that customer he asked her about it and she was SUPER rude and said "if you wanna eat here you have to tip." He was not planning on not tipping he wanted to change the tip lower due to the horrible service and get clarification on where the tip was an auto tip. We would've been fine paying the tip if it was disclosed beforehand but nowhere did it say that. He again asked if he can change it and she had a major attitude so we decided to just leave. In terms of the food itself. It was not worth the $66 price. The meat was not even the right type of meat for hotpot. It was thick slices like you would use for chow fun which does not go well with hotpot at all. The broth itself was fine and standard hotpot broth. The food was not worth the price and you can make it much cheaper at home with bigger portions. Overall, horrible experience and I would never go back here and never recommend anyone to eat there due to the extremely rude service and condescending tone of the server/owner.

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    30. Spicy and Crispy Chicken  5. Crab Rangoon  8. Egg Rolls

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