We are a Groupon but it says dine in only. Just called to ask if we could use if for take out with Covid, but nope still dine in only. I guess this restaurant doesn't need the business. Trying to support local businesses. read more

Love this place. Nice staff and great food. Big chicken wings, great pork lo mein, crab rangoon, etc. The combo plates are a good deal and the buffet is really good too! read more

Cathay Center - Chinese Near Me - Weymouth, Massachusetts

Been coming here for over 10 years and the owner is visible and very accommodating (say you want more duck or ginger sauce, no prob)! Love their fried raviolis and healthy options. They stay open late which works great for me. Always have some leftovers so you get a lot for your buck. Bar is always hopping and everyone is really friendly. read more

I have eaten here twice in the past few months- Food is ok. The prices are good and the portions are large. We ordered steamed Peking raviolis, a mixed appetizer plate (chicken wings, beef teriyaki and boneless spareribs), a moo shi beef and a steamed chicken with broccoli and pea pods. I liked the sauce that was with the raviolis, it was a little sweeter than other places. The bill was about $51 with tip. Ken was our server tonight and he was polite and patient. Overall decent food and staff. Not amazing but pretty quick and affordable. read more

Cathay Center - Chinese Near Me - Weymouth, Massachusetts

Massive portions of old school American Chinese. The fried Peking dumplings are yummy read more

Cathay Center - Peking dumplings and pork fried rice - Chinese Near Me - Weymouth, Massachusetts

As I write this we are about 2-3 weeks into the COVID virus shutdown of a lot of my usual food chain, as a late shift "essential" worker pulling almost unlimited hours right now. Earlier tonight I was legitimately afraid my job was going to make it impossible for me to either buy groceries or get takeout food, as my regular grocery now closes long before I get out of work and my usual takeout options are trimming their hours back further and further. I'm so glad the Cathay Center popped into my mind when I was searching around for places that might be open for some take-out after sunset. I haven't been there in years and years, since the old building burned down and I temporarily moved out of the area, but I gave them a call and they were open and taking carry-out orders! Twenty years ago the CC was a place you went for drinks, not so much for food if you had any kind of taste. I cannot POSSIBLY describe how much better the Cathay's food is, today. It's not greasy, it's seasoned lightly and judiciously, and rarest of all in chinese restaurants my vegetables are cooked to a PERFECT texture, not overcooked into mush or left half raw. After a couple days of being down to peanut butter sandwiches and protein bars at home, I truly feel like I'm having a meal fit for a king tonight. My huge, HUGE thanks to Susie running the front and the whole staff who keeps the restaurant open late for folks like me right now. I couldn't do what I do 6 and 7 days a week without good people like them helping me fuel up to do it all over again during these times of crisis. read more

Just your classic Chinese food place. Amazing drinks. This is my go to for Chinese, order everything it's all good.

Great prices used a Groupon The beef teriyaki was so chewy all five of us had to hand them back Their rice is ok. The crab Rangoon have beautiful presentation but tasted off Staff was friendly Portion size was huge for individual meals I just don't prefer here different tasting read more

I had a craving for chicken wonton soup on a rainy night and theirs does not disappoint! A HUGE container full of fresh veggies, wontons and chicken - plus a big hunk of bread for dipping and fortune cookies for under $6! Awesome - I'll be back! read more

Service awful, food not great. Beef not cooked, funky sauce on chicken. Waiter scatter-brained. Portions large, but food ugh. Won't be back. read more

Good quantity. Packed as requested. Could have been less crisp scallion pancakes and a couple of Veg. to soft.- In beef and veg dish. Ready on time and as always good service. read more

If there was a negative star for this restaurant the rating wpuld be more fitting. The quality of the food is well below the worst frozen fried dish in your grocery store. There is no customer service except at the bar if you are getting hammered. Forget the buffet. Kids eat free but no good parent should take their child to this place. PASS THIS PLACE IF YOU ARE SEEKING QUALITY FOOD AND GOOD SERVICE. read more

I'd say this is a great family restaurant. We are a family of 5 and eating out is a chore at times, and we have been back twice already. We ordered take out about a year ago and the food was meh... until this May. It was my son's birthday and we went to see a movie at Hingham Shipyard. After the movie, I was struggling to find a place to eat with 3 kids by myself. They all like different food and the more family friendly restaurants nearby are Margaritas and 99, which I am sick of: fries, chicken tenders... I told the kids we are all eating Chinese, and started to drive to Cathay Center which was down the road. The dining room was empty on a Tues night and the bar seems to be half full. As we sat down, our very friendly waitress gave us bread and butter right away (she is a godsend). The menu is huge and yep as a previous review pointed out there is mozzarella sticks on the menu, fries and steaks too. Food came out HOT and delicious, they have a special menu for weekday dinner at very good prices (wish I had taken some pictures to upload here). I told my husband about my experience and the food and he went and order take out a couple weeks later. Weeks after that, all 5 of us went to eat dinner and it was a great dinner time again.   I wouldn't say their food is the best, but the whole time my kids were eating their dinner and I got to sit back to enjoy mine. Our waitress and Ken (2nd visit) were attentive the whole time but not to the point it being excessive. They have karaoke nights, raffles, buffets. The kids got a bit too excited when people at the bar started to sing, lol. We have not try the buffet yet and we are planning to, kid under 10 eat free with a paying adult, got to try it a try. read more

Besides the wonton soup, everything we ordered was not fresh, but cold or lukewarm. The lo mein had a funny after taste. I have had lo mein many times, never tasted like this. The crab rangoons were cold which I was surprised since they are fried. This was our first and last time coming here. read more

I walked in and ordered a number 7 on a Thursday. I was given the wrong food. I was told my name would be out in a book and fixed at my convenience. I called on Saturday and was told I had no credit and to call back after 7 pm and speak to a female manager. I called back four times. A guy then answered instead and told me I have no credit and they were not going to do anything about it. I asked if they had a corporate number or someone else I could speak with and was told no and hung up on. Not a good experience and obviously not good service. I'm done with this place . read more

I haven't even gotten my food yet, but the service sucks. Waited 15 minutes for a waitress to appear to take my order. When she did finally appear, she made sure to clear the other placement from the table, which she could have done any time. At one point, one of the other employees brings hot mustard and bread and butter to my table. 5 minutes later, the waitress comes to the table with all of that too, only to realize she was far too late. She leaves the full tray on my table for a minute while she walks away to look at something. Later I asked for more butter. Waited 5 minutes before asking another employee for it, he deferred to the waitress. A couple of minutes later, she still hadn't come back, so I asked him again and he ignored me. Waitress didn't come back with the butter until she brought my order 10, minutes later. My food "sizzling steak", was warm by that point, not even hot. When bringing food to the next table, she dropped the whole thing on the floor. I saw every other front end employee more than the waitress. Don't even know how to explain that. Terrible service, food was ok, would have been better hot. read more

Terrible experience with my friends at this place. EXTREMELY rude and absolutely horrific service from our hostess/bartender last night, watery drinks with a legit splash of alcohol from the bar. Wasn't offered a menu until it was too late to order food. Absolutely ignorant and unprofessional treatment. The hostess/bartender shouldn't be working in a bar establishment treating customers so poorly. If you offer frozen drinks in the establishment don't complain to your customers about making them. I can say I've truly never felt more disrespected and disappointed with the service we received. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME AT HERE. read more

Food was horrible. Chicken was pink. White rice was stuck together. We only went because we had a Groupon. Ill stick with our usual Chinese restaurant, read more

Pretty good if not the best Chinese Restaurant in Weymouth. Wish they had an all you can eat lunch buffet. Summary: If you're in Weymouth this is probably the place you want to go for Chinese food. read more

Wow, this was the worst EVER chinese restaurant I've been too in my entire life! First off, we got seated immediately since there were only 3 tables of people. It was great we got seated but we never recieved menus!! My friend had to go ask for it. I swear the only ingredients they have here are only salt and MSG. I came here last Sunday evening to watch the NBA playoffs between the Celtics and Miami Heat. So my daughter orders a 3 item combo. Item 1 was lo mein noodles- seriously over cooked. Item 2 general gao chicken-where was the chicken??? It was all batter! Item 3 shrimp and veggie stir fry-2 pieces of shrimp drowned in gravy and celery!!!! Every item salty as salt comes. My friend orders a 3 item combo as well. Item 1 beef and brocolli-drowned with salty gravy sauce. Item 2 bbq pork-holy crapola that stuff was soo dry and sweet. I couldn't even bite into it, needed a knife to cut it up. Item 3 plain white rice-the only item that was made right. Yay!!!! Last but not least, I orded dumpling soup with vegetables. Boy I was floored when I took my first spoon. The soup base was all water and MSG!!! Super disappointed with this place. I will never go back there nor suggest to friends. I really felt like we were served plates of dog food. Soo disgusted by my experience. read more

No.. just no. There are at least 5 better Chinese food places within a 5 mile radius of this place. The food isn't just "sub par" its awful. While the portions are huge - I'd rather have food that tasted great in smaller portions. The apps are super greasy and everything has a weird and off-putting aftertaste, almost like spoiled, old oil or something. Yuck. The drinks are good in that you get your money's worth in booze - they are soooo strong (but that can be a good thing. The best part of this place (hands down..) is the people watching. With daily karaoke and the interesting line up of "talent", you can be sure to be entertained... Just eat somewhere else before coming. read more

I haven't been there in years.....heard it burnt down and the upgrade was lame.....back in the day it was good for comedy. You'd go in on Christmas eve and laugh at all the loser drunks crying about their horrible lives.....Welcome to North Weymouth! read more

My hubs and I ordered take out one New Year's Eve a few years ago and I thought it wasn't very good then, but I chalked it up to NYE business being crazy. So when I ended up w a gift certificate to Cathay from a yankee swap at an office party, we ended up finally using it about two months ago and were pleasantly surprised, it wasn't bad. We ordered take out last night and I'm quite certain there was more oil in the dishes we ordered than in my car. It was like everything was coated in slime; my husband got the #21 - General Gau's w/boneless ribs. He's pretty easy to please but he thought it was just awful, and the ribs were extremely fatty. I ordered Mongolian Beef and steamed dumplings; they forgot the ginger sauce and those poor little slices of beef needed my daughters floaties to keep from drowing in the Exxon Valdez-esque sauce. We won't be going back. read more

I tried the lunch buffet with someone else. We both thought ALL the food tasted horrible. Some was under cooked, others just tasted plain bad, everything tasted fishy. How do you mess up chicken fingers .. Another thing that ticked me off and you should BEWARE of is. They add 18 percent TIP directly to the bill. I've never seen a business do that with less then a 5 or 6 person table. It's sleazy. So check your bill so you don't double tip. But I guess with food like this.. They better try to hide the tip somewhere. That said, our waiter was very nice and attentive. read more

Great food! Good service! We left a tip and made sure it was a decent one. Man came back with small amount of change and said next time leave a tip! I was shocked. My friends were shocked. We didnt know what to say. Nothing like that has ever happened. Someone has to be pocketing money. Neighbors left mad also probably for the same reason. read more

I met a couple friends at Cathay Center's bar. The bartenders don't have much personality. They don't really carry on a conversation with us. Maybe they were just too busy the night we went. They don't stick with one type of rocks glass. It seemed like my 2nd round was in a smaller glass. It was certainly a different type of glass all together. We had the dumplings here. The dipping sauce was delish and sweet. The dumplings, however, was difficult to eat with knife and fork. It was too long so cutting in half to eat was not feasible. Cutting into more pieces separated the meat from the dough. Quite a challenge! The dumpling itself was nothing worth raving about. The chicken wings were blah. I had much better Chinese chicken wings. The house fried rice was mediocre at best. The pork was dried out. the whole dish was very dry as a matter of fact. What made the experience decent was the owner. She was hospitable and friendly. read more

Serious townie bar that does karaoke 7 days a week. This is a bar review only. Staff is surly but friendly and the patrons are ... well local bar patrons. Never a lack of characters. Drinks are strong and the karaoke host is a good time. No nonsense, just good drinks and good people. read more

Typical local Chinese.restaurant. The food is just subpar! The service is fair. With all that said, they always appear to be busy! There is a much better place in Braintree just over the Fore River Bridge. Check my other reviews! read more

No, no, no. Don't bother. I wish I could really tell you about the food here, but when you give a true assessment of an establishment that isn't peachy rosy, yelp removes the comment. I ordered online to pay cash at pickup. 10-20 minutes - fine. So I go at 20 minutes to pick up, and see they put my order in only after I pay. Another 20 minute wait, and the dining room was EMPTY. Bar was full of local drunks who weren't eating. My Food was old. And slightly warm. It tastes like its been in the back of my fridge for a week - you know that taste? Thats what I got at Cathay Center in Weymouth in Aug 2015. Be sure you restock the toilet paper before you go to this place. Don't be fooled by the cars in the small lot. The bar does a strong business with the local North Weymouth alcoholics, which is fine, they need someplace to go. No one is eating in there. So if you walk in there and get seated in an empty dining room, you know what's coming. read more

I have been a loyal customer of Cathay Center for almost 2 years now...The food is great...its clean...and i love every staff member...they are down to earth and make you feel like yr right at home...SuZie is amazing...and takes care of her customers...she goes above and beyond for all!! Kim the waitress...is amazing...she makes me laugh and does her best to to keep everyone happy...there are days when she is alone or even with one person and the place is PACKED!! she is only one person...and she keeps her cool and does her job...Her personality keeps me there...she is a definite asset to the restaurant. Karaoke gets pretty busy there...and Friday and Saturday nights are INSANE!! 30 singers in a night...9-1...4 hours...u do the math...im lucky if i get up twice...if its not busy u get up more...ANY Host would be in the same boat!! There are regulars there every week...and we all understand the routine...so BOBBY J...take yr business elsewhere...cs your wrong about Cathay...anyone that goes there on a regular basis will tell u...it is a great place...and wouldnt change a thing!! Love u GUYS!! read more

Worst Chinese food ever..honestly, I just cannot find good take out on the south shore. Gross burnt rice, old broccoli and stale bread. The only thing that was good was the chicken wings because I asked for them cooked extra crispy. We threw the rest out, ugh! read more

As I was hungry for just about anything, McDonalds would have been preferable to this Chinese wannabe dump. The staff and customers are all American save for one Asian. The waitress had no idea what type of tea they served except that it was "Chinese." She didn't know the menu and looking over the selection, I settled for an American classic , General Gau's Chicken. Half of the pieces were stringy and fatty while the sauce was something out of a jar. The presentation of food matched the decor, horrible. Trust me...don't go here! read more

Great food, servers very nice and attentive. We used a Restaurant.com certificate, it was tough to spend $37.50 on the two of us...lots of leftovers! Huge portions...good seasoning and spices. Minus one star for limited accessibility, bad surrounding location, and rough crowd in the bar area. read more

Very good and reasonably priced Chinese food with great buffet during the day. Can come here with family and not have to worry about crowd issues. Locals keep this establishment from getting out of hand and the weekly meat raffles are awesome when you win the prizes. Karaoke is fun and has diverse music being sung. read more

My wife and I tried to eat there this evening and the first red flag for us was that the booth that we were seated at had sticky dirty seats. The rice was in fact mushy like some of the other reviews that I have seen have stated. The deal breaker however was the General Gau's chicken, it was a dark color and very bitter. Absolutely the worst Chinese food that I have ever had. I really wanted to like this restaurant as it was where my family used to get our Chinese food when I was a child. Times have changed and we will not eat there again. read more

I patronized this place on and off since the mid-60s, at which time it was the only Chinese restaurant south of the Neponset River. The decor and exterior sign hadn't changed from those days until 2004, when a serious fire had them shut down for the better part of a year while they rebuilt. In more recent years, I'd mostly hit the buffet, which is large, frequently restocked, and reasonable in price. My in-laws (who live 100 miles from Quincy) were so enchanted that every time they visited us, they'd take the time to stop here from a bite ... even when a sudden snowstorm should've had them on the road a lot earlier than they were! About my only major complaint, and what dropped a star, is that their delivery scope is limited. They'll deliver several miles away to South Weymouth, bizarrely enough, but only as far as Southern Artery in Quincy, a fraction of the distance, and one street short of where I lived for ten years; I'd have ordered a lot more delivery from them if that hadn't been the case. I live in the same town as my in-laws now, and I don't see myself driving 2+ hours for the buffet, but I hope Cathay Center's open for generations yet. read more

The worst place I've ever been ... the bartender acted like he didn't care about anyone!!!! Bad customer service ever!

What a great meal we had tonight and definitely will keep going back to Cathay Center. Food was very fresh and tasty. Had the chicken wings, ribs on the bone, Kung pao delight, house fried rice and Cantonese style egg foo young. All were delicious! read more

Cathay Center was convenient when we found ourselves getting home late and wanted someone else to cook. We were not disappointed as everything we ordered was delicious. Sauces were flavorful, the meat was tender, and the vegetables were cooked perfectly. We will definitely go back often! read more

The portion sizes are great! Really a great value for the amount of food you get. The drinks are a good price. It isn't a 5 star Chinese restaurant but it's good food for what you pay and it's a fun place if you want to go out drinking and eat a plate of General Tso's chicken. read more

Cathay Center - A combo platter, great amount for left overs! - Chinese Near Me - Weymouth, Massachusetts