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    Chef Joe

    4.2 (124 reviews)
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    Casual
    Intimate
    Good for groups

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    Honey walnut shrimp
    Joshua G.

    Loved the service, Loved the food. Place was clean. Loved the sauce on the honey walnut shrimp

    Crispy Spicy Chicken House Special Fried Rice
    KaMi S.

    It was quiet except for two children. The women seemed to not notice me even though it was quiet and empty. Free soda refills and they were quick with that until the bill came. I had to get their attention to pay and get to go boxes. The food was decent enough to take home the service does not encourage my return.

    Shrimp Fried Rice

    Ordered takeout of Shrimp fried rice, hot and sour soup, spring rolls. The soup was the best part of the order. The shrimp fried rice was totally a flop. Shrimp were fried shrimp thrown into some fried rice not cooked as a fried rice with fresh shrimp. Spring rolls soggy, not crispy with old vegetables used for filling. First and last trip

    sesame chicken and brown rice
    Don B.

    We came for a late lunch, we were the only customers there when we arrived. Decor and furnishings were not that nice, and there was one booth filled with supplies. I apologized to the other members of the party because of my choice in restaurants, but I didn't expect it to be so good. We ordered a pad Thai, 2 sesame chicken, and an order of crab cheese wontons. Our soup was brought out very quickly and was very good - one wonton soup, one hot and sour. Hot and sour had a good mix of onions, mushrooms, tofu. Good flavor! No crab cheese wontons. The pad Thai was brought out soon after for another member in my party and she said it was very good. The portion looked large. The sesame chicken were both ordered as specials so included was the soup and either an egg roll or crab cheese wonton. Both other members of my party said they were some of the best wontons they had ever had. Service was good, but think our server (and likely owner) was running the whole show when we arrived. We never did receive the wontons, so ordered it to go. Server obliged, and brought out in a bag before we left. I went to pay, did not look at the bill (I know, that's on me). We went home and realized that instead of the wontons we received an order of mushroom beef. I think it was a language barrier - on my receipt was no order of wontons, but the mushroom beef. Overall very good food - might want to point out on the menu what exactly you want though. Would definitely go back, food was good for a non-descript place in a strip mall

    Sesame chicken.  (Was supposed to be beef.)
    Dee C.

    ** Update ** So, I thought I'd give Chef Joe a second chance. I should have lowered the score. But, the lady that helped when I called with the problems, she took care of the issue & will replace the meals later in the week. So, I ordered the Chef's special - seasme beef, as well as a beef curry from the dinner special area. Sadly, both were chicken. I allow myself beef maybe once a month. (thank you adult onset food issues. Yay!) Well, this was the day I've chosen to have beef. Apparently, the universe felt it wasn't a beefy weekend. I will order the exact same thing later this week, well the two beef plates will be ordered. I will once again update my views.

    House special wontons in chili oil....fried wontons....so GOOD!
    Lisabelle L.

    Update: Gave them another try. Ordered for pickup from their online website. Super easy. I paid in person. Got a text when food would be ready for pickup. Essy breezy! I ordered their house special chili oil wontons and general tso's chicken with white rice, crab ragoon, and egg drop soup. Food was plentiful for price and flavorful. House special chili oil wontons: I expected steamed or boiled wontons in chili oil, but the wontons were fried and then tossed in chili oil. While the wontons were nonlonger crunchy (my fault for picking up late), it was flavorful. Had a slight heat to it that wasn't over powering and the wontons were a pork filling. For an appetizer, it filled me up for lunch. It came with 8 fried wontons, but I expected them to be smaller. They were regular size. I was full from just the appetizer. Definitely will order this item again! General tso's: this was by far the best I've ever had and I love general tso's. What I look for is the heat and the crunch. It had both and it was plentiful for a lunch special. Definitely worth the price. It had more kick to it then the chili oil wontons, but not a lot to where it burns your mouth. Just enough heat to warm up the back of your mouth. I LOVED it! Definitely recommend and would get this item again!

    Crispy Spicy Chicken

    One of our favorite restaurants in the area! Food is always great. The only thing I hate recently is that you can't really order on the website anymore so we just starting calling it in

    Large egg drop soup that can feed (3-4) people
    Stephenie M.

    Let me start off by saying the service was excellent. From great service to Delicious Chinese/Asian cuisine. Relaxing atmosphere and quality presentation. It actually felt like there was love served with this food. me and my husband we're going to get two small egg drop soup's and he had a commented would you like to just get a large it's the same price but a bigger serving. Also, great teamwork, working with each other had a great experience will definitely come again.

    Chicken Pad Thai

    Worst Pad Thai i've ever had, had a soupy consistency and absolutely zero flavor. Even after I drowned it in sriracha it was still flavorless, will never be coming here again. Tasted like it was reheated in the microwave. I should have taken a photo before adding sriracha, so imagine it completely unseasoned and thats what you'll be getting.

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