College Cafe

Sally's is a treat! My favorite is the spicy eggplant (which is only mildly spicy). My daughter's…read morefavorite is green beans with chicken. There's enough in one entree for two people!

Food is consistent and the service is good ... at times takes longer when they're busy but so far…read morewe have no issues.

Sesame chicken, wontons, General tsos chicken, and fried rice

When you hear Chinese food from a gas station you definitely don't expect great food for a good price. Lots of food for the price.

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Large Wonton Soup

Chopstickers

4.3(226 reviews)

1.2 mi

This was just what I needed. The seaweed salad was not the typical grocery store light green dye…read morejob. It felt and tasted more like actual seaweed. The Dan Dan noodles were perfectly spicy and richly flavored. I left fat and happy! (to be honest, I was fat before I went inside, but I left happy)

This place is casual dining restaurant. I had combo 1,…read morerecommended by the server. Soup dumplings had a thick wrapper, I was thinking it would be a little lighter. The inside tasted a little salty for my preference but the inside was juicy and meaty. The fried rice was made with all the veggies and no soy sauce, which I liked. Egg drop soup was very tasty as well...not too much cornstarch...it looked and tasted soupy. I would try the dumplings again but I may be swayed to try their Dan Dan Noodles next! It's worth trying - it may just be your go-to dumpling place!!

Menu 02.09.25

Soup dumplings

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Seaweed Salad

Young's Cafe

4.3(446 reviews)

2.5 mi

Young's Café is one of my favorite spots in Fort Collins for lunch. My favorites are the over rice…read moreplatters which you can order with chicken, tofu, or a combination. They're all served with fish sauce and fresh veggies. I also love their super bowls that you can order with chicken, tofu, shrimp, or pork. They're served over vermicelli noodles and fresh veggies. They're a little pricey, but it's great food! The dish I would not order again is the flaming soup. It's described as a hot and sour soup in a flaming pot with shrimp and vegetables. We ordered it to try something new, but didn't care for the pineapple pieces in the soup. Service is always great regardless of whether you're getting food to go or dining in. Youngs Cafe has a very casual vibe and it's always busy so be prepared for a little wait time during the typical dinner times.

WOW!!! I've lived in FoCo for nearly 4 years and I finally…read moregot around to trying Young's...WHAT TOOK ME SO LONG? From the moment we walked in - I'm recovering from recent shoulder surgery and dressing isn't easy so I didn't look my best - I discreetly asked the hostess if it was ok for me to come in looking kinda grungy and she sweetly told me I looked cute. Then a very friendly young man led us to our table. The place was packed, there were a lot of families with children as well as older folks like my hubby and me. Our waiter was also very friendly. Hubby and I usually each order soup, then we order 2 appetizers and one entree to split when we go to Asian restaurants. We ordered the same here. The egg drop soup was heartier than we expected, it had corn and little bit of chicken in it. It was delicious. Our appetizers, spring rolls and wrapped shrimp, were delicious and they were served on beds of noodles with sliced carrots and cucumbers around the edges of the plates. We had to ask our waiter for carry out containers before our entree even arrived. Our entree, pork with bok choy, shiitake mushrooms, and oyster sauce was delicious....just like everything else was. And since we ordered too much we had enough left over for dinner the following night. Hubby and I usually go for Thai or Japanese when we're in the mood for Asian cuisine and we have our favorite spots in FoCo for those (I prefer Thai, he prefers Japanese). We now have our favorite Vietnamese restaurant. The food was great and the service was very friendly!

The first of 3 sitting areas.

Flaming Soup

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Vietnamese coffee

Dragon Lee

3.7(97 reviews)

1.1 mi

The drunken noodles are so tasty. They're full of flavor and not too spicy. I've had them twice now…read moreand they have been great each time.

For starters, the service here was excellent and the people working here were so kind! The inside…read moreis like any Chinese restaurant. The food itself is lackluster unfortunately, everything tasted almost exactly the same which is kinda a bummer

Cream Cheese Wontons

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Cream cheese wontons

Beijing Noodle

4.3(217 reviews)

1.5 mi

True gem... NoCo's best legit Chinese food!…read more A small hole in the wall, but full of love and awesome food. The family that runs this place is super nice, crafting each dish with care and a smile, bringing traditional Beijing foods to our area. Service is quick, flavors are powerful, and the menu is unique in our area. Our favorites are the smashed cucumber salad (garlic, soy sauce, spices), oil spill noodles (spicy slippy noodles), and of course - MAPO TOFU! Check this place out, try something new. You'll love it!

I'm giving three stars because I know how damaging a one-star review can be for a small business,…read moreand I've had good meals here before. The noodle dishes at Beijing Noodle have been solid in the past. Unfortunately, the soups were really bad. My husband ordered the beef and broccoli soup and I ordered the wonton soup with noodles. Both broths were extremely watered down and completely lacked flavor. Mine tasted like pork water with seaweed. We kept taking a few bites hoping the flavor would show up, but it never did. Neither of us finished our bowls - we each had a small serving and threw the rest away. For about $40 for two soups and potato pancakes, it was a pretty disappointing meal. My takeaway: stick with the noodles here and skip the soup.

Henan Gravy Noodles, Oil Spill Noodles with Pork, Green Onion Pancake

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Hunan Chinese Restaurant

3.2(117 reviews)

3.9 mi

it was ok. I don't think I will go back. They did not honor an advertised price from google maps.read more

I had dinner on Tuesday night 3-31-26 The food is excellent…read moreI had chicken chow mein Egg drop sour and a egg roll with hot tea The portions are generous enough to take home for lunch the next day I will definitely be back

Dining areas

Sweet and sour chicken

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Kung Pao Shrimp

Cafe De' Bangkok

4.4(521 reviews)

1.1 mi

First of all, the food was made to order perfectly. The flavor profile was just on point for thr…read moreBasil Fried Rice I had. The drunken noodles were served with the thickest and yet most pliable noodles that were ever drunken. Simply perfect. Had some fried tofu as an appetizer as well with a switch chili sauce. It was just right to start out with. The best part was the service. And Isabella was incredibly cute and funny from the moment we walked through the door. Highly recommend a visit. And definitely a second to try out the other dishes.

Portions of curry/meat dishes are the smallest I have ever seen. Explained I've been here before…read moreand asked did they shrink the portions? Waitress who had worked here 10 years said "No" I know they used to be larger please just be honest or say "I don't know" Noodle portions are good but two stars for the bad taste of dishonesty

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Pad See Ew with tofu

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Red curry with rice, good!

Hot Pot Spot

4.7(55 reviews)

0.4 mi

This place is amazing. The only not so bad thing is that it's not kid friendly. But other than that…read moreit's a great date night spot, celebratory spot. The food is great, all you can eat, a really good selection of meat to choose from. A great selection of broths and a good selection of vegetables and seafood also. If it's busy then you'll only have 1H 30m to eat your food but if it's a slow day/night the time doesn't really matter. The service was very good, they kept the meat coming and was very informative with all of our questions. I would definitely recommend going!

We love hot pot, so we decided to try this spot in Fort Collins -- and it did not disappoint! It's…read moreset up just like the one near Brighton, with an amazing variety of options. They have tons of vegetable selections, seafood, and meats -- seriously, everything you could think of. There was ribeye, lamb, chicken, bulgogi, and probably 10-15 different types of meats to choose from. The veggie selection was just as impressive. They also offer Korean BBQ, which is a huge bonus. I loved that they had a sauce station where you can create your own dipping sauces, plus rice to go with everything. The food was absolutely delicious, and the staff was super friendly and attentive. Overall, it was a great experience. I'll definitely be coming back!

Seafood, sauces, fresh veggies....amazing.

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Fresh add ins

Asiana Foods

4.4(141 reviews)

1.0 mi

They do NOT have ramen! The photos of that need to be taken down. It's misleading. Maybe they are…read morefrom before the ownership change. We went there for ramen and were all bummed about that. It was later on a Sat night and we were the only family in the place the whole time. But the chef was very friendly, the cream cheese wontons were the best, and one or two of our dishes were really good. The curry had only a couple potatoes that were way too hard, and it was limited on veggies, but the broths/curries were good flavors. They have mango (in season) sweet coconut rice, which we all love!

I have passed by this spot for years and never realized it was a restaurant until recently - I…read moreguess I thought it was an Asian grocery or something. Anyway, somewhere I'd heard relatively good things, so I stopped in for take-out when I found myself on this side of town. It was well into the dinner hour but the place was relatively empty - just a couple of people at one table. In retrospect, I should have taken this as a sign. I ordered one of my go-to dishes - pad see ew - and decided to try the fried tofu as an appetizer. I am struggling to find anything positive to say, so I'll just give it to you straight. The pad see ew had barely any broccoli, which to me is essential to the dish. I ordered it with beef - they used steak, but it was cut into tiny pieces and tough - cooked too fast and too well done most likely. The tofu was deep fried hard - as in there was a really hard crust - and it was packaged with absolutely no garnish, just the hard blocks of tofu and a container of sauce. I'm not sure if they've recently changed ownership or if I caught them on a bad day - it just seems weird to me that my experience was so contrary to all of the other reviews. I may give them another chance, but I can't say that I'm going to hurry back.

Massaman (tofu)

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Thai coffee

Lulu Asian Bistro

3.2(206 reviews)

0.6 mi

My family and I have been going to LuLu's for years, and just went there again last night for a…read moreFather's Day dinner. The ambiance is relaxed. The lighting is just the right level of dim. We have always experienced excellent service and delicious food! The sushi is great, and the pineapple curry is actually better than what can be found at most of the Thai restaurants in town (and that's saying a lot!). I don't understand how their ratings got so low. It actually makes me suspicious of the rating system and it's susceptibility to being used as a means of personal retaliation. I don't know the owners or have any sort of business relationship with this establishment beyond being a loyal customer, and I assure you that that loyalty has been earned year after year.

I should have known, nice summer evening, every restaurant was busy except here- no one inside or…read moreout. Amy our server was beyond surly, she also looked pissed we were even there and was rude to any new tables that came in. We should have just left, but we are local and it's one of the few restaurants we haven't tried in Fort Collins. It took forever and everything was greasy and seemed reheated, the rice seemed old, we didn't finish one thing. I'm honestly already feeling queasy thinking about it. It costs a lot of money to go out anymore and if you don't want to provide service or quality, get out of the way for some place new. There are plenty of awesome options in town. It was especially disappointing since this was a special occasion. Saw they own Sushi Izumi too, that is right up the street from us, definitely not trying now.

Spicy Broccoli Beef, Dry Wok Green Beans, Drunkin Noodles, spicy edamame, crab cheese wontons

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Ruth C.

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2

0

12 years ago

Dirty, Gross, rude! Does that say enough? I ordered food to go and asked why they had such a huge pile of noodle and asked how long it had been sitting there, so the lady yelled at me to leave? read more

Bertha B.

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6

2

1 year ago

Delicious, will be going back for more. Authentic Chinese food. Highly recommended!

Joe S.

1

0

12 years ago

Great place!

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