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    Chef Bo

    3.8 (527 reviews)
    ModerateChinese
    Open 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Adrian B.

    What a great place for good food and awesome staff. All the food was delicious and fast. I think we have found our new spot!!

    4. General Chicken Dinner Combo & 8. Broccoli Beef Dinner Combo
    Stephanie Y.

    3.5 stars rounded up to 4. Food was meh. Amongst my least favorite Chinese food. Although, the wonton in the wonton soup had pretty good flavor and I would consider coming back just for that. Most of the food lacked flavor overall. Service was great! Friendly and quick. They also gave my kids little pop it keychains, which really made their day. My experience would've been fine if I didn't use the bathroom. The door to the restrooms opens to a hallway that has a men's & women's restroom, a door that leads outside and opens to the kitchen. When I went to the bathroom, the door leading outside was open with someone smoking right next to it. The smoke smell filled the hallway and suffocated me in the bathroom, so I'm sure it went into the kitchen. I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants their food contaminated by cigarette smoke. So, I would just ask that workers stand further away from the doorway when smoking (I'm pretty sure it's law that you're not supposed to smoke within 20 ft of a doorway anyways).

    Jerry Y.

    Food: 3/5 - generous portions, but lacked flavor amd texture. Was kind of mushy by the time we got home and the chicken was stuck all together for take out. Service: 4/5 - picked up carry out. Was quick and easy. Ambiance: 4/5 - nice spot. Came Saturday at 5p. Several tables had patrons, felt clean and quaint. No issues!

    Alex T.

    Love that this restaurant has been opened for 14 years. It's a hidden gem in the fair oaks blvd area near the loehmans Plaza. . I had their dinner combo which comes with chow mein and fried rice and entree kung pao chicken for under 15 bucks and even comes with soup too. . I had their mushu pork which was amazing and I haven't had that for in so long. It was the perfect bite that I didn't know I was craving. . Loved their hong kong style chow mein which is pretty like a bird nest and mixed in with all combo meats on top. . Even had their sizzling beef platter but it wasn't sizzling which I was a bit dissapointed. It had great flavor tho. . Their sizzling rice soup is great, if you are looking for a good soup with some sizzle this is a must order. . They have great pot stickers which is one of their best sellers. Filled with pork and veggies and pan fry. Loved to dip it in their Potsticker sauce and hot muster too. . Overall I love coming here for chinese food. Can't wait to come with friends for chinese new year. They also have another location in elk grove too. Hope this review helps. Thanks for reading. Have a yelptastic day.

    L4. Mongolian Beef Lunch Special
    john h.

    I finally found a traditional Chinese restaurant which reminds me of the former Kim Hei restaurant that used to be on La Riviera drive. I have been driving by this place for as long as it has been open. I ordered the Mongolian Beef lunch special with chow mein. First came a bowl of soup then the main dish. The noodles were good and the Mongolian beef was spot on. The price is reasonable. The restaurant was very clean with plenty of seating, The service was excellent. I shall return.

    Shanghai Crispy Noodles
    Roy S.

    My wife had a craving for crispy noodles. We were already in downtown Sacramento when we Yelp'd locations. Chef Bo popped up. We visited the location and were immediately seated. The staff were super friendly and took our order right away. I can't believe how quickly they served us. The food was prepared well. They are very efficient. The place was clean, spacious, and food was delicious. The portion size was good and we had leftovers. We truly appreciate that they even packed our leftovers for us. We don't live in the area but would pop in again when we get an opportunity. Thank you so much!

    S1. Wonton Soup
    Jeremy G.

    One of the best band for your buck location. Lunch combo and dinner combos go along. Legit you could feed three to four ppl with the dinner combos for two. Service is fast and friendly. The food is made to order, which means it'll come out hot!!! If you don't want to drive to south sac or anywhere else for Chinese food, then this is the place for you. Stop in if you haven't!

    L11. Szechuan Pork Lunch Special
    David B.

    When you go to a Chinese restaurant, you are hoping to find one of two things, value and quality. And when you find both, you keep going back. This fine establishment boasts five star service, perhaps the best fried rice in Sacramento, and all at a very reasonable price. Their lunch menu is perfect and comes with some of the best hot and sour soup I've ever had. When it walk in, you are transported to the mom and pop Chinese joint that you were hoping for. From the traditional wallpaper to the zodiac placemat, this place will transport you and fill your stomach without draining your wallet. It's all heart and great food.

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    My favorite Chinese food in Arden neighborhood. The food is delicious, the prices are fair and the staff is friendly.

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    It's meh. Tomato beef chow mein had 8 small slivers of beef, mostly noodle. Garlic veggies had huge slices of celery which seems odd.

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    Everything is always excellent! Excellent service & kind staff! Food is outstanding!!

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    Da Fei Ge Restaurant

    Da Fei Ge Restaurant

    4.3
    (216 reviews)
    5.8 mi
    $$

    I have been wanting to try this place for a long time but for some reason I kept missing the…read moreopportunity and forgot about the place. Well, I'm really glad I met my friend for lunch here today. It was delicious! The space is small inside with wooden picnic style table and benches giving this place a hole in the wall feel. We were given two menus and an ordering sheet to check off the items we want. I love self-ordering like this because I can take my time. I hate feel rushing and end up ordering too much food! Thanks to other fellow Yelper's reviews. I knew I wanted to try the Clay Pot Rice. We got the Medium Ribs with Black Bean Sauce. It's enough for 2 or 3 people to share. Scooping out the burned and crunchy rice on the bottom of the pot was the best part. So satisfying when you get a spoonful of the really crunchy part. I wish there were more meat/ribs but I remember you can add additional items for few extra bucks. I'll keep that in mind the next time. Yes, I plan to bring my boys here soon. We order 7 different barbeque skewers and they were all delicious and flavorful. You can tell the meat has been well marinated. You can select spicy or non-spicy. Each order comes in two pieces. It was the perfect amount of food for two of us. I recommend and will likely order again are Chicken Gizzards, Sausages, Beef an definitely Bacon Shrimp. If I had to pick only one, it would be the Bacon Shrimp. The bacon is securely wrapped around the shrimp and making the shrimp very juicy and flavorful. The waitress also pointed us to some self serve cold herbal tea that's mildly sweetened. It was surprisingly good. In traditional Chinese medicine, herbal teas are used to balance the body's internal environment and clear excess heat. It's very fitting to drink the herbal tea after eating all the barbeque meats! Happy to finally try this place and looking forward to trying more dishes next time.

    I went almost a year ago - the service was really nice and I appreciated two types of self serve…read moretea that was not a common tea. Parking wasn't too hard. Latter part of eating/hanging out with my friend, I remember both of us couldn't handle the amount of garlic - it was too much. For that reason, I don't think I'll go again but I don't hate it to the point of never wanting to go again.

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    Da Fei Ge Restaurant
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    Yue Huang Restaurant

    Yue Huang Restaurant

    3.6
    (1.4k reviews)
    6.8 mi
    $$

    First time experiencing the menu outside of Dim Sum. Here are my notes:…read more Special Fried Rice in Claypot - Refreshing fried rice due to the addition of the cilantro. You can taste the umami from the roe and other ingredients that I am not entirely sure are but taste familiar. I enjoyed and loved it. Mapo Tofu - Firm Tofu and good sauce. Although I do enjoy more of a Sichuan-style spicy mapo tofu (with the very numbing taste), I still found this mapo tofu delicious as you can taste the flavor of the pork and sauce coating the tofu. 2 Entree BBQ Platter: Roast Duck and Empress chicken - I'm biased towards roast duck. I love roast duck so any roast duck is good to me. Not a lot of comment on the duck. However, the Empress Chicken is nicely seasoned with the whatever broth they cooked it in. One of the few Empress Chickens where I can enjoy it without the scallion-ginger oil, but the scallion-ginger oil still elevates this Chicken to a higher level. Congee with Pork and Preserved Egg - Comforting and triggers a lot of nostalgic feelings for me. I didn't have to add too much additional soy sauce or chili sauce because the congee has a great base flavor. Preserved egg and pork weren't too chunky, rice was not too "mushy", and the overall congee was in a good thickness to create a nice mouth feel for each bite. Will visit again to try the other dishes.

    Ambiance: 3/5 Service: 2/5…read moreFood: 5/5 Drinks: n/a Price: 4/5 Parking: 4/5 Debated how to write this review. The food was fantastic. Drinks aren't rated, as they don't sell house cocktails (though they sell a small selection of beers and wines). All-in-all a solid menu. The dilemma is that we generally felt unwelcome. We came by on a Sunday evening at 6:30 pm (and paid and left by 8:20 pm which is 10 minutes before closing). We were a party of 8 with diverse backgrounds, and with exception to one server (a woman wearing red who was maybe a manager), the staff just weren't friendly toward us. I will say that one woman in red was so kind. She made sure to say "bye" as we left. I will add one of my friends mistakenly tried to take a pair of chopsticks (as they are set on the table in a paper slip). She didn't realize they were store owned/reusable vs throwaway. She quickly apologized, but that became the final straw of awkwardness with the staff. The food was genuinely great with appropriate prices, so I may give it another shot down the road as a date night option.

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    Fresh fish tanks
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    Frank Fat's

    Frank Fat's

    4.1
    (1.3k reviews)
    4.7 mi
    $$

    I've been here twice now, once to try the food in restaurant (randomly), and the second time…read morerecently for a friend's birthday. Both times, the food was good. My goal is to come here during dine downtown week in January to try that menu since I hear it's worth it. For parking, it's either street parking or you can do valet parking in the garage right next door. There is no self parking in the garage. Street parking is self parking. The restaurant itself is like a long, large hallway. When you walk in, your greeted by the host desk. Then you walk towards the back and pass a bunch of booths, tables and the bar area to the right. It's built like a Craftsman style layout. When I was here recently, it was for a friend's birthday and there was a group of 10+ of us. They only do family style food so our group was split into 2 tables and each table ordered their own entrees and meals to eat family style. I was at a table of perks I had just met that night, but we had no issues sharing plates. This may not be for everyone, do you can still order your own entrees, but there won't be much variety if you don't have a lot of people. The food was good. We ordered wallet shrimp, Buddha's delight, the curry noodles/chow mein, garlic green beans and chicken chow mein. All three good was good. I would say it's above average and comparable to Din Tai Fung, but a bit cheaper. I liked the walnut shrimp, garlic green beans and buddhas delight. Service was decent. It could've been better, but could've been worse. Overall, we enjoyed our meal. I'll be back when dine downtown rolls around.

    for the price i was expecting larger portions, but I did have this for take out, so I think if I…read morewould have had it in restaurant, I would have had a different viewpoint getting to experience the ambiance as well. . the seasoning and quality was excellent though. honey walnut prawns were really good. Perfect crispiness and actually crispy walnuts. I think a crispy walnut in a honey walnut shrimp is a must. IDK how I went for so long without being obsessed with honey walnut shrimp. the green beans were delicious. even getting them takeout, they remained crispy. They were also well seasoned. It was a chilly garlic rather than just garlic, which I liked. normally I feel like garlic green beans are under seasoned, but these ones were well done, flavoring wise. The orange chicken was really good. It actually tasted like purposeful seasoning rather than just relying on the orange to carry it. I wish it was crispier, but it probably would've been had I ordered it in restaurant. I wish the chicken pieces were smaller, but that's my personal preference. The chicken was really good quality/ cuts of meat. No fat or weird textured pieces.

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    Fat's Special Wok-Fried Spareribs: Wok-fried, bite-size pork ribs with seasoned salt
    Fat's Special Wok-Fried Spareribs: Wok-fried, bite-size pork ribs with seasoned salt
    Peking Duck: Boneless slices, roasted and served with steamed buns
    Peking Duck: Boneless slices, roasted and served with steamed buns
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    Taste of Original

    Taste of Original

    4.1
    (235 reviews)
    5.5 mi
    $$

    This is one of my favorite places to visit when I'm craving rice rolls. I've only ever ordered…read moretakeout and each time I visit I try to get new items along with my regular orders. On my latest visit it was a very busy Sunday, but I was able to place an order for take-out and then wait in my car for the order to be ready. I ended up ordering the pork steamed rice noodle roll, the beef and cilantro steamed rice noodle roll, the garlic long beans, and the beef and mixed mushrooms. I saw a couple of other Elites dining in when I was ordering, but it was so busy I couldn't properly say hi, so "HI DAVID AND EVA!" I'll have to keep an eye out for their next review, because whatever they had looked delish! I waited in the car for a bit and then when the order still needed a few more minutes I popped into the dollar store next door to kill a bit more time. Before I knew it my order was ready to go. They packed everything really nicely and we served it up as soon as we got home. Their rice noodle rolls are so flavorful and I love the sweet, salty and savory sauce that comes with it. The noodles are really filling, and the dishes we got would be enough food for 2-4 people depending on how hungry you are. We ate the rice rolls right away and then had leftover green beans and beef and mushrooms for lunch today. The green beans were fresh and had a great garlic flavor, without it being too much. The Beef and Mushrooms was great, the beef was tender and flavorful and the mushrooms soaked up all the sauce. There were also green beans in this dish, which was a perfect addition. I really need to dine in soon for the full experience, but take-out has always been a win for me.

    With my husband out of town for work and a craving for Chinese food, my dad and I came to Taste of…read moreOriginal. We were promptly seated and began pouring over the menu. We decided to try a little bit of everything and here is what we ordered: hot and sour soup, potstickers, spicy cucumbers, BBQ pork, BBQ pork fried rice, Mongolian beef, and honey walnut shrimp. The food came out fast and piping hot. Pretty soon our entire table was covered with dishes. We started with the hot and sour soup, which we both felt was lacking in the flavor department. It didn't have that spicy tang that you look for when you order hot and sour soup. The potstickers were fried crispy, but the dough was a little too thick. The spicy cucumbers had no flavor to them at all. And the honey walnut shrimp was not memorable. We both felt that the two best dishes were the BBQ pork fried rice and the Mongolian beef. The beef was tender and had good flavor. The prices were extremely fair and the portions were large, but all in all this was not my favorite Chinese restaurant in the area.

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    Dry-style beef chow fun $14.95
    Dry-style beef chow fun $14.95
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    Journey to the Dumpling - Midtown

    Journey to the Dumpling - Midtown

    4.4
    (795 reviews)
    3.9 mi
    $$
    Family-owned & operated
    Locally sourced ingredients

    I haven't been to Journey to the Dumpling in a hot minute, so my husband and I went to try out the…read moremidtown location. We came on a Sunday around 8:15pm and they close at 8:30pm. We told ourselves if they couldn't seat us, no worries, we actually had a backup restaurant to go to, but i'm so glad they did! We got seated right away and knew exactly what to order. We got the chili oil wontons, chicken dry chow fun, salt and pepper spare ribs, and the duck noodle soup. Everything was so good and the hitter of the night for us was the duck noodle soup. It was so flavorful and the meat was so tender! Everything paired so well together and it was very refreshing. Our server was so nice and very attentive. Since we did get seated 15 minutes before closing, we had to order quickly but we weren't rushed either. He was very helpful and made the experience better. Would definitely come back here to try other items on the menu!

    All the times you'd find at the Slk grove location & more. Peking duck, roasted duck and Char Siu…read morehanging in the kitchen window. Also more beverage options and dessert options than I recall compared to EG location. Located in down town area no parking lot , just street parking. Service was great, seems more open and spacious at this location, would be that there is more space over all and more light coming through the windows. Journey to the dumpling never lets me down. My go into item is always Peking spare ribs, delicious.

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    Journey to the Dumpling - Midtown
    Journey to the Dumpling - Midtown
    Journey to the Dumpling - Midtown

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    New Hong Kong Wok

    New Hong Kong Wok

    3.5
    (561 reviews)
    5.6 mi
    $$

    The service here was impressively quick, and from the moment we sat down we felt well taken care…read moreof. Thankfully, my mother in law knows the owners, so we received especially attentive and friendly service throughout the meal. Everyone was welcoming, our food came out fast, and they made sure we had everything we needed. The food was outstanding from start to finish. The food tasted fresh, flavorful, and was clearly made with quality ingredients. The Hainan chicken was tender, the roast duck was perfectly crispy and juicy, the fried rice was delicious, and every dish we tried was excellent. We'll definitely be back, and I highly recommend this spot if you're looking for authentic, high quality Chinese food. The photos speak for themselves!

    Absolutely garbage..... Am I allowed to say that? I grew up eating at New Hong Kong Wok and it used…read moreto be a family favorite for years where we ate lunch multiple times a week or have dinner every weekend. Its been so bad the past decade that we decided to give it another chance. Different management, different chefs, different everything basically. The fried flounder was so fried that I could not separate the bones, not only that, you could barely get any meat out of it. Our table had nine people and they only provided 6 buns with our peking duck. I thought they didn't have enough steamer space and was going to bring more but nope. The shrimp in their salted egg pumpkin and shrimp dishes was overcooked and their deep fried pig intestines were extremely stinky. Their portion sizes downsized like crazy and it's so bad that we didn't even finish any of the dishes. The best dish was a stir fry cauliflower dish that I could make at home. It was supposed to come with pork, but I only saw itty bitty pieces of meat. The service was also super bad and slow. I was eating their fried rice and bit on a piece of broken yellow plastic with multiple sharp points. Prior to that, I was feeding my toddler the rice so THANKFULLY it didn't go to him. When we told the server, which was an older lady with glasses and bangs, she's like oh... then she took it to the kitchen and pretended that nothing had ever happened when she came back out. Shes been there for years, and I remember seeing her when we were regulars. I wasn't expecting anything, except for some accountability. I used to love this place so it's pretty sad to see how much it went downhill.... This business needs to be scrapped. The current 3 stars is giving them too much credit and it must have been due to when they used to be good, in the past.

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    New Hong Kong Wok
    New Hong Kong Wok
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