I'll just say that I think I have to go back and try some of the dishes recommended by other yelpers. It was late night and we were the only diners there. I ordered the squid in a spicy red curry(?) sauce. I believe I was hit with the typical "he's american" version. The waiter warned me staunchly that it was very spicy almost attempting me to change my mind. I asked him to make it as spicy as humanly possible. Of course it was not and I was disappointed. I can only assume they don't want to torture non initiated palates. The family style portion was humongous and since my girlfriend doesn't like anything that even resembles spicy food, I ate as much as possible and left the rest. I'll say it was good, but as stated earlier I must return for tastier dishes. My girlfriend ordered potstickers and these were only just ok but what kind of suppositions can you make from that dish? None. For there not being many late hour options in the Sandy Springs area, I do appreciate having this one. read more

I don't have to say much about this place. I simply love their food. Here is my recommendation. 1. Salt and pepper squid 2. Salt and pepper pork chop 3. Sauteed snowpea leaves 4. Eggplant hot pot 5. Dragon Soup 6. General Tso chicken 7. Mapa tofu with pork I suggest going in a big group and doing a family style. Please do yourself a favor and don't order typical menu items like sweet and sour pork... if you do, you have no right to complain about the food. :) OH, they're closed on Wednesdays!!!! read more

Each time I promise myself that I will try something new, but then I remember the delicious salt-pepper squid, the bright green snow pea shoots, the hot-sour soup and the vegetable egg foo yung. I wish the portions were smaller so that I could have my favorites and then try something else!!! Carry out is also very well done. When one calls in the order, one is notified when the order will be ready and they are very precise so that one can pick up order very quickly. read more

This place offers your normal Western Chinese dishes but also has more traditional Cantonese dishes as well. Get the snow pea leaf and if you like shrimp, the shrimp with ginger and scallion sauce. It's like the traditional Cantonese lobster dish but with shrimp. Very good. read more

Try the -Pan fried salty squid -Beef Chow fun dry -Crispy chicken -Wor sue or bbq duck -Crispy cantonese noodles in gravy The best Chinese food in Atlanta.......case closed. read more

This is one of my favorite Chinese Restaurants in all of Atlanta. The soups, egg rolls, spicy salted squid, sea bass, and pan pan chicken are all great. I have never had a bad meal here. Sometimes this place is packed but we have never had to wait more then 10 min to get a table. The staff is very attentive and it's open til 2am. Good prices and always a good idea if you're in the mood for Chinese. read more

One of the best, authentic Cantonese restaurant in Atlanta. Great and not that pricey place for groups, etc... Definitely ask for the "Pork Pan-Fried Noodles", they are absolutely delicious and not on the menu but they still make it. Besides that, "salt-n-pepper squid" is great, "pan-fried dumplings," etc... And a plus - its not on Buford Highway so, at least for me, it's not that far of a drive! read more

First things first, closed on Wednesday. Can say I have forgotten this on more than one occassion. Even though they are closed on Wednesdays, one of the great things about this is thier late hours. They are open to 2:30 AM on all the other nights and is a great alternative to the other late night eats. The food is outstanding, I don't think I have found a better egg roll anywhere else. Thier combination dinners are a great value with the amount of food that they bring you. Go for dinner and you will always find it crowded which is a good sign. The place lacks a little in atmosphere, but the food more than makes up for it. read more

We love this place. Not the best ambiance, but what Chinese rest does? Everything we have tried here has been good. Long lines sometimes to eat in so why not take out? We do. Sinday night dinner at Canton Cooks! read more

A trip to the ATL isn't complete without a stop at the Dirty South's best Chinese. As a New Yorker we think it rivals - and often outshines - Chinatown's best (and far pricier) options. Order off the menu and grab some Salt and Pepper Pork Chops, Sauteed Pea Shoots or Pan-fried Frog Legs. The short ribs are redolent of slow-ccoked 5-spice masterpieces of China 'Yore. Down side is the brutally bright overhead lighting and potential long wait. read more

Best Cantonese food in atlanta. . Love the salt and pepper squid, sliced pork and vegetable soup, chicken in curry sauce and the bbq duck. . Ask for shrimp paste.. Love this place. . Comfort food read more

This review is based on my lunch experience. First the place had a health inspection score of 82. I missed that on my way in but noticed it on my way out. The prices of the lunch specials are very reasonable and the service is fast and friendly. Based solely on the food, I don't plan to come back. The food was average at best - nothing to write home about. read more

Canton cooks is a bit inconsistent lately. The americanised dishes should generally be avoided. Sweet and Sour here looks horrid. I love Egg Foo Yung but at Canton Cooks it is served with brown glue gravy. Ask for the slop 'on the side' so you can avoid it & send them a message! I can't stand when a waiter attempts to discourage one from ordering Chinese greens, warning 'they are bitter' or duck: 'it has bones'. Sometimes the fish can be good here. Too often it's tilapia, these days. The duck dishes are very good. The egg rolls are sooo GREASY. I hope Canton Cooks gets back to what it was 2 years ago. I'm not ready to give up on them completely. YET. read more

A little on the pricey side for chinese, but the quality is much better than any corner shop that I'd expect back home in the Lou, so... I approve. My only thing is that they are closed on Wednesdays The spicy salty shrimp is ridiculously delicious read more

This is some of the best Chinese in the city. Their won ton soup is amazing! They do these lunch specials that are like $7.95 and you get a soup, rice, meal, egg roll and a chicken wing and they do some substitutions too, it's a really good deal. The service is pretty quick and efficient. They certainly have the idea of table turnover down. Of course the Chinese aren't like Europeans in which you linger over a meal. Culturally they tend to eat and move on, so the service can be like that as well. They see you're done eating, they bring you the check. They won't push you out the door or anything, but there's kind of an expectation that once you're finished, you should probably get going, either to free up the table if they're busy or so they can get on with their lives if its late. You don't have to, but its a courtesy. Anyway, they have all the familiar Chinese American stuff like Kung Pao Chicken and Mongolian Beef and lots of others along with real Chinese stuff. You can kind of tell something about a Chinese place by how many Chinese people eat there, and this place is always packed with them, so that says a lot too. Lots of parking (though getting right next to the place is a challenge, there's always tons of spaces a little further away) and very convenient location. Go for it!! read more

Passed by this place on the way home while hungry. Checked what Yelp had to say and liked the great reviews it had--so now i'm adding my own. It was such delicious food, we ordered an entire extra plate just to take home and eat later. The place was packed, and rightfully so. Incredibly fast service too-- we had our orders placed and on our table within 10 minutes. If I can recommend one dish in particular, I'd say give the Curry Chicken a try, it was amazing! read more

Had to try this for comparison with Canton Cooks 2 and I can't seem to decide which one I like better. One thing I know for sure, their chicken wings is the bomb! Pan fried squid was cooked and seasoned to perfection too. They toast the crispy noodles too which I personally prefer but I feel like the sauce could've used more flavor. Next time I'll order my other staples from 2 to make a better comparison! read more

BEWARE: They will help themselves to 20% gratuity even on a table of 2 people. Their checks are written out in Chinese so you don't know that they added gratuity and you end up tipping on top of the 20% tip that they have helped themselves to. If you decide to go here just keep this in mind. Besides that, the food was just mediocre. Used to be very good about 10 years ago, quality of food has gone down. read more

This is pretty basic Chinese restaurant. A friend recommended this place and have been raving about how tasty the food are, but my family found it mediocre. Serving size is quite good and pricing is affordable. I would like to give it a higher rating but unfortunately, things didn't go well in our first visit. I reserved for 12-14 but they only set-up for 12. We were seated in their round table and when we asked to be transferred to a long table, the wait staff said 14 could fit in. I argued to her that it will be too tight for adults but she just kept on insisting her case. We ended up being 15 and still, she doesn't want to sit all of us together in a long table. So instead of squeezing 15 in a table, we decided to separate the kids, who are ages 11-19. There goes Father's day for us! read more

this is the best Chinese restaurant in atlanta. anyone who doesnt think so is an idiot. We have been coming here for years. As a Jew, I know Chinese food. This does not disappoint. barbecue spare ribs, delicious. hot and sour soup, awesome. general tso's chicken succulent. cant wait to come here on Christmas. like i said, if you do not like this restaurant, i recommend seeing a head shrinker. read more

excellent food service very good, but family felt that service was cold. (took order; dropped off food; and didnt say or ask anything) We had excellent dragon soup for 2, but had two portions for wife and I plus one for my son; daughters had wonton soup and egg drop. all enjoyed. highly recommend the dragon soup though We all shared of course: chose pan fried sea bass as main dish -- waiter recommended pan fried instead of steam to get a little crispy, but had to peel the crispy away, so the fish inside was therefore not as flavorfil wouldn't do that again -- the sea bass was very fresh and good - and at $31.95 expensive. ( if get it again will try the steamed fish) Daughter chose chicken lomein. It was the thinner (singapore style noodles) very tasty and good texture. other daughter chose mu shu beef - excellent. I chose the wor sue duck ( mostly boneless) for my son. Duck was excellent flavor and good broccoli too. -- he usually sticks to sesame chicken, but he had a bit of everything ( large bit of everything actually) food wise best chinese food we have had in atlanta all three times we came here. definitely like this better than their other location. read more

This was the starting point of a really fun 21st birthday celebration for my co-worker the summer before last. Our group ended up being about 10 people total, but we had a big table with a lazy Susan in the center and we had no problem that night. Like many more authentic Chinese restaurants, Canton Cooks brought out hot tea for us to serve ourselves and some of my co-workers who'd been before made recommendations on what was generally a good bet. I don't remember everything that was ordered but I do remember pot stickers and egg rolls to start the meal - very tasty and my dish of choice was a safer bet: steamed chicken and veggies with a black bean sauce. An oldie but a goodie. The plates they brought out for everyone were huge - be prepared for big portions. I could have easily split my meal with someone else, but instead, most of us just ended up having leftovers for the next day (which is also a good deal: two meals for the price of one and all). Service was pretty quick for a Friday night and the people taking our orders and bringing the dishes, though not having the best grasp of the English language were very friendly. And the bill for such a large portion was reasonable, if I remember correctly. Overall, it was pretty good Chinese and a great way to start her birthday evening with a bunch of friends. read more

This used to be my favorite Chinese restaurant in the Perimeter area. Unfortunately, the quality seems to have fallen off. The last three times I have been there the food has been exceptionally greasy and the tea was so oversteeped and dark that you couldn't see the bottom of the teacup. It used to be 3-4 stars but just hasn't been good in quite a while. read more

Chinese food is so easy to come by that it's often hard for it to stand out, but this place was good. I would definitely come back here when I want chinese. My friends and I shared: Mapo tofu: delicious sauce and silky tofu, but I've had better elsewhere so not impressed Salt and pepper squid: Deep fried squid that was well seasoned and tasty. I recommend it House fried rice with chinese sausages: Perfectly seasoned. Not bland and not salty. It was delicious. I recommend it Snow peas: (Not the leaves) This might have been my favorite dish. It was so good. The snow peas were crunchy and the sauce was delicious. I definitely recommend this dish read more

Great service. The food was great. Sorry I toke the pic late.... the can improve on the lighting in the restaurant. I got the lo mein and chicken. read more

Canton Cooks - Cantonese Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

This was my first visit. I enjoyed all of the food we ordered. Very flavorful. My favorites were the Kung pao chicken, their fried rice and steamed rice. Service was excellent. I was in a group of 4 and our entire bill was very reasonable. The bill reflected that we paid around $25 per person. I will most definitely be back and will b recommending this restaurant to all my family and friends. read more

Really good food. Atmosphere is sort of dull, but the food is very good. Reminded me a place in Stone Mountain we use to go to. Will go again. read more

The other reviews have nailed it so I'm not adding a lot to the conversation other than just agreeing so I'll try to just hit the major points: Been here three times so far and each time has been excellent. If you want more traditional stuff order of the very first page of the menu. Pan Fried spicy salted squid is excellent but if you're like me and don't care for the texture of squid some times, go with the pan fried spicy pork. Same great flavor on a porkchop. Goes well with chili oil if you want a little extra spice. Always had great service and the food tends to come out very fast. Huge portions. Pretty much never leave here hungry or without some leftovers. read more

This is a fairly "average" Americanized Chinese restaurant. When we came in, they gave us forks vs chop sticks. I point this out because this is usually a sign to me that the restaurant is trying to cater/condescend to the American palate and the food isn't going to be very good. In this case, this was totally what happened. Pea Vines with garlic: Here they call them snow pea leaves whereas I have always heard of them as pea vines, either way, these were the best part of the meal. They were as we expected they would be and were quite happy with them. Pan Fried Salted Squid: I have always seen this called salt and pepper squid but again, they seem to name things a bit differently here. What I find odd, is that when I ordered it the waiter himself called it Salt and Pepper squid, seems he realizes their menu uses unusual names. This dish was not bad, but it was certainly not as we expected it. The squid was adequately cooked but it lacked flavor. Usually this dish is spicy, this one wasn't spicy at all, the main overriding flavor was actually sweetness, which while often a component of the flavor is not the front note of this dish in my experience. It lacked all the flavors we have come to expect from this dish and was a bland "Chinese" version of italian calamari. I wouldn't order this again. Tender Chicken and Salted Fish Fried Rice: Horrible. I love Salted fish and chicken fried rice. It's my absolute favorite fried rice in the world. This was the worst version I have ever had. This dish is supposed to be pungent, and I mean stink up the restaurant pungent. Not as bad as stinky tofu, but close. This version had no smell at all and for that matter no flavor. Furthermore, they deep fried the chicken pieces and the salted fish pieces making the salted fish taste almost bland. They then used carrots and peas... I have never had it like that, it's usually stir fried with some lettuce. Overall it seems as if they took this amazing, flavorful dish and dumbed it down for the "American/White" palate. In doing so, they made it just boring fried rice. I wouldn't order this again. read more

OPEN LATE! Yum. This is a nice place that feeds the night owls too. I've had the Mapo Tofu and the Kung Pao Chicken. All yum. Not too salty, and the portions are huge. Well worth a late night (or anytime) visit. read more

Having moved to Atlanta from the SF Bay Area recently, I've been craving some good Cantonese-style Chinese food. This place is not bad! While we had to wait for a table, the wait wasn't that bad. I recommend the stir-fried snow pea leaves with garlic, the dry-cooked string beans, and the Chinese donut with beef. read more

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Used to be better, but somehow they changed the menu recently. There used to be two menus: one Chinese specials and one more Americanized. My family used to order amazing dishes off the Chinese menu, but when we visited tonight, only the Americanized menu was available! We still ordered some of the dishes we remembered, and they obliged. When we asked about the Chinese menu, the waiter denied any knowledge of it. So strange. We ordered - pork meatloaf with salted egg - sauteed vegetables - squid with pickled vegetables - tofu and shrimp hot pot Not as good as I remember, but still decent. I wonder if the lack of Chinese menu is a move towards a different clientele. While we were there, all of the other clients were not of Asian descent, which probably means they're changing to less authentic food. Bottom line: try to find the Chinese specials still hidden in the menu (some listed above)! read more

I first went here in 2002 with a large group of people and had a great time. Due to it being OTP I never came back until 2008. Since then I have been back several times. Why? Because it is that good. Yes, there is a good Chinese place not on Buford Highway. I have never been disappointed with their roasted duck, but I always forget how big it is. I usually lapse into a food coma when I leave there. The biggest problem I have is that when I go here, it is a special occasion being OTP so I always have to get duck, and there is no room for anything else. I do have to say that I always have to ask for chopsticks. They just assume a tall white guy is going to use a fork and knife. Maybe they should base it on what your order: General Tso's = fork and knife. Their tea is good and the rice comes with the meal. Never had a bad experience, just wish it was closer read more

Solid Chinese food, probably 3.5 stars. It's in a strip mall and has your standard Asian restaurant service and decor, which is to say, minimal. I had the Mongolian Beef, it was good. Not the best, but definitely satisfying and was priced reasonably. Got me the check fast too. I'll be back for a workday lunch meal. read more

Simply a solid Cantonese/Chinese restaurant. I often came either by myself for takeout or with a small group of friends. I have always been happy with the quality of the food and the service. When I was new in town, this was one of the first places I tried based on the recommendations of a few local friends. If you are living in the North Perimeter area, near Roswell Rd, you should stop by and check it out. read more

Ordered salt and pepper squid and fried chicken wings. For an Americanized restaurant it was well made. Better than I expected read more

Canton Cooks - Fried wings - Cantonese Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

We recently ate here again. The sauteed snap pea greens were delicious as well as the pan fried salt and pepper squid. The stuffed bean curd was also yummy. You cannot go wrong with the food at this place. Great food, great portions and great price. Always a full dining room. The best thing to do if you're a newbie is to look around at what people have on their table. If something appeals to you, just ask the server what it is and order it. I'm craving the salt & pepper squid right now! It's very lightly breaded (not like the calamari served at restaurants) and seasoned just right. Yum! read more

I really could not find any faults with this place. The fried Dumplings were hand rolled and full of pork. The General Tso Chicken was perfect and the spices they used gave it a unique flavor. It was so crispy that you could take it home and it would still be crispy. The service was top notch, didn't have to wait for water, which is always a problem at other restaurants. I would certainly give this place a try if your in the neighborhood. Roswell and Hammond Dr. read more

Canton Cooks is our go to standard for Chinese food partly because we don't live that far away but mostly because its that good. Canton Cooks has been around forever and is an old school place serving up Cantonese classics. This place is usually packed with large families enjoying a good meal. read more

Two words...Egg Fuyung‼ This place was your typical Chinese restaurant, but the food was definitely surprisingly YUMMY I rarely frequent Asian restaurants, because I've always had it in my mind that the best Chinese food is up top AKA Up North (NYC/CHI). Sidebar: EXCEPT IN DC, read my review on Ming's in China Town (if you'd like to know why). Anyhow, back to Canton...service was great, very attentive waitress AND the food serving was MORE than enough‼ I felt like I was at the Cheesecake Factory, we both ordered the same entree (except my mom had Shrimp and I had the veggie), and we had to get to go boxes. There were THREE patties for the Egg Fuyung and more than enough fried rice. My mom said it was better than Chicago's and she's EXTREMELY picky, when it comes to restaurants period. So, overall I'd definitely recommend Canton and I'll be back later than soon. I still have one patty/rice left over in the fridge read more