Highly disappointed. After seeing the establishment for years, I finally decided to try it after reading the reviews. I ordered the orange chicken, the Flamingo special chicken, the BBQ pork fried rice, and the fried wontons. The Flamingo special chicken was an over-fried slice and diced chicken breast, so dry that it was almost like a greasy beef jerky. The onion and garlic sauce served on the side tasted like a burnt soy sauce. I had to soak the chicken in the sauce for 20 minutes to make it somewhat edible, but burnt beef jerky was not what I was hungry for. The fried rice was ok, with nice pieces of traditional chinese BBQ pork. The only problem was that it stuck together so much that the rice was more like a giant rice cake than fried rice. I seems as thought the rice was pre-cooked way too long. The fried wontons were your typical fried sheets of wonton wrapper with a sweet and sour sauce that tasted too much like ketchup. The orange chicken was decent, with the sauce being very flavorful. The chicken chunks were a good size, and of all the items, this was the most appetizing. It was nice that the dishes came with white meat, and I was not charged additional for white meat like some other chinese restaurants in the area. read more

I have been dining at Flamingo Palace for about 8 years. Growing up in New York and living in San Francisco I have experience really good Chinese food. Up until the last year I have been recommending the FP as a great place for Chinese food. Recently however things have changed. I'm not sure if there are new owners or new chefs but the quality has gone down. There used to be a reasonable amount of chicken or meat in their meals , now there is a hint of meat and bulked up with veggies like many other Chinese restaurant do. And the recipes have changed also. The Mu Gu Gai Pen is now much less flavorful as is the Chinese Eggplant which is much too vinegar. Quality has gone down and prices have gone up. I'll try them one more time to see if there are any changes. It's a shame. read more

I'm sorry but this place was awful. My boyfriend and I were very hopeful reading the reviews of others before we decided to try it out. First of all, the decor is awful and in desperate need of an update... From the pepto bismol walls to the green booths it's just not good... Food wise, we had the dinner combo of sizzling rice soup, pu pu platter (which tasted just like it sounds), and the flamingo chicken for the entree... It also came with fried rice and some other small shrimp dish which turned into a disgusting gelatinous goo (see uploaded picture)... The chicken had a nasty oily flavor to it like it had been fried too long and just doused in sauce to mask the flavor. The only decent thing we had was the fried rice which the rice was over cooked but ok... Service was mediocre... Our drinks NEVER got refilled and nothing but a sorry when they noticed we didn't eat hardly any of the food. $40 bucks later we left disappointed and disgusted. Never coming here again. read more

Flamingo Palace - Gross. - Chinese Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

This place is one of the best Chinese food restaurants in the area. In my opinion, the atmosphere is a little janky, I prefer to just get everything in takeout, but the foo quality definitely excels. They deliver and you can even order via online. The food is reasonably priced AND is delivered PIPPING hot. I love the wonton soup and their BBQ pork chow mein. The only thing I wasn't really fond of was the house special chicken, it was REALLY dry. I'm wanting to try it again just because the sauce was amazing. read more

This is kinda messed up because I really don't like take-out Chinese food, but for some reason I was craving it...oh yeah, I saw a commercial for an eg groll and that sounded so good! So we ordered from Flamingo Palace based upon Yelp reviews, and I have finally found a Chinese takeout place I love! My problem is that the sauce is usually way too heavy and salty. However, my chicken and broccoli dish was perfect, and my husband's Flamingo Palace Special was superb. The meat was high quality. They even have brown rice! The spring rolls were decent; a bit too dough for me. I would have liked more filling. Same with the egg rolls. But still...my fave Chinese takeout by far. read more

I didn't notice this place for a while since it's located in the back of a shopping plaza, but a friend told me about it so I gave it a try. I usually have a problem eating Asian food, but not at this place. The food is great and the prices are good. It was also nice to see an Asian restaurant that is run by Asian people for a change. read more

I recently moved and in searching for Chinese restaurants; using Yelp of course, came across the Flamingo Palace. The reviews are all over the place from 1 to 5 stars, but it is close, so I decided to give it a try. A second rating will appear in all my reviews in the future as health issues have caused me to be wheelchair confined (power chair) so that is now my method of transportation; thus mobility access will also be rated. I have to concur with the more positive reviews. I've now dined here more than 6 times. This restaurant offers a great value at both lunch and dinner. Yes, the decor is dated, and stereotypical; but I'm not dining here for ambiance. This is not a destination restaurant. Lunch specials are priced for $6.45 to $7.45 for more than 15 choices. All include a choice of soups, an egg roll, 2 won-tons, a huge portion of white or brown rice, and the main course. My favorite is the shrimp with vegetables, which I order spicy; and it is outstanding - a generous number of shrimp served with broccoli, pea pods, mushrooms, carrots, and water chestnuts. I also recommend the egg foo yung entree - both Shrimp and House Special. This is not prepared in the traditional manner but is a base egg foo yung with the shrimp, and sauce, on the top - spectacular dish. The black pepper beef, only tried at lunch, was an excellent dish. I've heard diners in the restaurant rave about the potstickers, steamed dumplings, and hot mustard, although I have not personally tried them - yet. The staff are courteous and attentive. They seem to know most of the clientele by face, if not name; which is always a good sign. It means people are satisfied enough to return. For mobility access I award Flamingo Palace a 4 out of 5. If they see me coming they rush to open the door; always when I leave. They rush to make an accessible table available, moving chairs and tables if necessary; although there are several accessible tables right near the front of the restaurant. If the entrance/exit was a little wider, they'd probably get a 5th star. Maneuvering in and out requires a steady hand and slow speed. Whether mobility restricted, or not, give this place a try; you won't be disappointed. read more

This was probably one of the worst foods I have eaten in a long time. I ordered the lunch special 16 spicy shrimp. The egg roll was cold, the wonton was hard and cold. The special included fried rice, also cold. Was told 45min for delivery (we are only 2 miles from restaurant) food arrived in about 30, so that was nice. But it is like they served yesterdays Chinese food today. The only hot part of the dish was the shrimp. The Egg Flower Soup had ZERO flavor and was hot so that was nice. I will honestly try them again just because there are so many other good reviews, but I think dine in would be the way to go. read more

In my ongoing search for great Chinese food in Phoenix this place is a speed bump

This place was pretty darn good. They take care of you, they know the food well and its an easy menu to read, the food tastes decent, not the best I've ever had, but enough for me to be excited to fill my hungry appetite. read more

Great Chinese restaurant. Lunch is the best deal! With lunch you get soup won tons, and soup.

Great food! Good service if you have the older asian woman (very petite) I like the drinks but wish the didnt have so much foam on the top. I'm paying 5 dollars for 2 dollars of liquid. Whenever I am seated I always move because they always start placing people nearest to the door and I personally dont like being seated there! I always just move a little bit to be a bit more private with my boyfriend. The food is always good when I go! read more

Based on fellow yelper's ratings, we gave this place a try, it was good in parking, service, and quality of food. I think we found our new Chinese food restaurant. Thanks everyone. read more

Advisory: You can go next door to Safeway and get chinese items from the frozen food case that will taste far better than anything Flamingo Palace is capable of preparing! This was some of the lousiest "chinese" food I've had in years. My husband and I placed a lunchtime to-go order of sesame chicken, vege egg foo yung, and yu shui beef stirfry. The sesame chicken was a joke as it was completely devoid of any sesame seeds or sesame flavor. Both the beef stir fry and the egg foo yung came loaded with stir-fried pickles. Now come on... You can search the cuisines of the world and I doubt you'll find many dishes anywhere with stir-fried pickles and cucumbers because they simply don't taste good when made that way!!! Yuck, we choked down what we could of our three items, then discarded the remainder. Best part of lunch was the steamed white rice. read more

STILL HAPPY!! The other day I ordered some Kung Pao shrimp and Shrimp Chow Mein for take out that was honestly dreadful. I called the next day to complain and was asked what I wanted to do. So the following day (two days after the original take out) I went back and got replacements for the original order. They did not ask for a receipt, they did not ask for the original containers back, ALL they wanted was for me to be a happy customer. No surprise the food was delicious as always. Every one has an off-day, it is how you react that is what I look for. I am honestly relieved that I can still recommend this place and have my old stand-by when I am in the mood for good Chinese food. Good job guys!!! read more

Well done (American) Chinese and not too heavy on the corn syrup/sweetness like some places. This is probably a 3 1/2 star place that gets the extra half-star based on limited good restaurants in the north phoenix area. Their mapo dofu is quite good, and so is the walnut shrimp, along with their house fried rice. Polite delivery drivers and prompt service. Never eaten at the restaurant but have been impressed that even when delivered the shrimp doesn't get overcooked/stringy during the delivery, but still arrives plenty hot. read more

I love this place. The foods is great and they also deliver. I usually get he Happy Family - yummy - but went for garlic shrimp and I wasn't disappointed. read more

We ordered takeout from Flamingo Palace last night and it wasn't very good. The Broccoli Beef smelled funny to me so I didn't try it. The Sesame Chicken was ok, but didn't stand out. Neither did the General Tso Chicken. Both fried chicken dishes were extremely soggy, but I guess that's expected for most takeout. White rice was a tad bit hard. Egg rolls were good though. It makes me a little sad to say that Panda Express has the best Chinese food in the immediate area. I wish Shangri-La would open a location on this side of town. read more

Great food, service and atmosphere. Family style dinners priced right.

Excellent food, great service. I've been coming here for about 7 years, both dine in and take out, and have never been dissapointed. Everyone I take here (chinese friends included) are impressed with how good it is. Highly recommended read more

it was our first time to order their lunch special for delivery yesterday. The chow mein and Flamingo Palace chicken was really tasty so those were good. We were quite disappointed with the crab wontons because it was soggy and bland - same with the egg roll and egg drop soup. It tasted like water with food coloring in it. Not going back. :( read more

My husband & started dining here over 18 years ago and really enjoyed the food flavors atmosphere and prices. We have moved since then,but were recently in the area again and thought to do take out.We called in our usual order, received it in good time.The place has not changed visually.But to our surprise, when we began to dig in...the offerings were less than previously experienced. There was no garlic in the ' garlic sauce' in several dishes,.there were way too many 'filler' over cooked veggies in the Cashew chicken...the meat in all was not good chunk/slices of white meat...just squiggly pieces of ..? The House Special Fried rice was barely'fried' and ALOT of it , not much decent meat pieces. Sadly, we probably wont go back. read more

I ordered from here on 9/22/2020. I left a review on Google too but I think they might've deleted it and other people should know about my experience. I was really excited to try this place because I've delivered their food through Uber Eats several times. Unfortunately mine was a pretty dismal experience. I ordered the Chicken with Snow peas and the texture of the chicken wasn't right. It was rubbery and overcooked. The snow peas were overcooked as well and didn't have any crunch to them at all. The dish had absolutely ZERO flavor and salt. I had to add a ton of soy sauce to even try to make it palatable. I was not successful in that endeavor. I also ordered the Egg Flower Soup. Once again, NO FLAVOR! NO SALT!! I question if the chef even tastes the food before serving, and if they do and still serve food like this, then they need a new chef immediately. I will not be ordering from Flamingo Palace again. read more

Their fried rice and sticky rice is good. Crab puffs are sub-par. Egg rolls look like they're a day old and been cooked twice. Using imitation crab in their food (and the crab soup smelled like rotten eggs). Sweet & sour chicken and General Tso's chicken were bland as heck. Delivery was fine but the food is NOT worth the price. Felt like we got the food that wasn't used up from the day before. My husband and I love Chinese food. Eat it all the time. This is some of the worst we've had. We spent $70 and threw most of the food away because it was too nasty to eat. We ended up mixing the two rices together with some cooked mixed veggies of our own and that was dinner. read more

Foods pretty good. The place is way outdated in my honest opinion and they should remodel but don't judge a book by its cover. My advice is to go between 11am and 3pm mon-fri. For $5.95 you get the lunch special which includes a long list of main entrees that come with your choice of Hot & Sour or Egg Drop soup, rice, and Egg Rolls. It's a smokin deal. read more

Foods always great. Love the pork fried rice/ sweet and sour pork. Order delivery from them a couple times a week.

We just ate here for the first time and it was pretty good it has an older appeal to it clean large fish tank in the lobby and the service was great I would recommend this place and it was worth the price read more

I got the Flamingo Chicken and a Puu Puu plater and it was delicious! It was pretty reasonably priced and the sauce that came with the platter was fantastic. I also felt like I could run faster and jump higher after eating here as well. Strongly recommended! read more

Well I tried this place for the 1st time.. and I have to say.. crab puff.. good... dumplings.. good.. eggrolls.. not so good.. $37 take out order including tip NOT WORTH IT.. I couldn't even eat the szechaun shrimp and scallops.. HORRIBLE.. I had 2 bites and I was nervous to eat the rest cause there was a funny taste.. nothing like szechaun I have ever had ever.. no veggies.. just juice and prob 10 shrimp and 6 scallops in a big container of juice. Sooo I guess I will continue to search for a good chinese restaurant in phoenix. read more

I just discovered this Chinese food place right in my backyard. It is so close I can't believe that I have never seen or even heard of it. It is tucked away in the back corner by a gym and since I don't go to that gym, or any gym for that matter, I obviously never came across it. Well, after doing some research on this place and another close Chinese food restaurant, I went with Flamingo and it was quite good. I only ordered one thing on the menu because I only wanted to put my toe in before diving in. I ended up getting the General Tso chicken and it was quite good. I plan on getting the Flamingo chicken next time. I asked if they provided anything extra for dining in, like soup, crackers, etc, and they said now, which was disappointing. So, I ended up doing take out. read more

We just found the Flamingo Palace while looking online for good Chinese close to home.and picked up our first take out for Father's Day! It was great! Great Food!!!!! We are so excited to find a good Chinese Restaurant so close to home!!!! We will be back for eat in and take out!! read more

Awesome lunch specials-- affordable and very generous portions. For dinner it's also a great option as it's a quiet restaurant focused on their food. It seems very popular for take-out at dinner time. The decor is dated, but really-- who cares as long as the food is delicious? Lol I definitely recommend this place for the lunch specials though if you're able to dine-in. read more

I've never actually dined in here so I can't speak about the restaurant itself. My friends always order from here and their chow mein is THE BEST. That's it, that's the review. read more

I have ordered from here twice now. The first time was disappointing, but two years late I thought I would give them another try. Still very disappointing. The Orange chicken very dry, and they have the saddest crab wontons I have ever seen with scarcely any filling. read more

Delicious and fresh. Great enviorment

Love this place excellent service excellent food and great value! This is how it should be and they play traditional chinese music ! Ho Lee Sheet I love this place read more

We are from California and recently moved to Arizona.There isn't much good food here in Arizona, so far(that isn't a chain restaurant).Flamingo palace though has really good food, friendly service, and we always leave satisfied. read more

Mediocre would be the apt word to describe food at Flamingo Palace. I'm baffled as to why this place has glowing reviews. Tried the Twice Cooked Pork, Flamingo Special Chicken, Szechwan Chicken (it's Flamingo Special Chicken with a different sauce) and some Chicken Fried Rice on different occasions, and all four were average -nothing great. In fact, I would get my money's worth at Pei Wei or Panda Express. This place should be avoided at all costs. read more

The food was great and the price wasn't that bad. There was a down side though. I had my food delivered and they gave me beef broccoli instead of beef lo mein. I called to get it straightened out and the lady tried to blame me for the mistake. I don't even like broccoli or else I would have just tried it. She said that she wrote down beef broccoli so that is what I must have ordered. They are on their way back now it will take 40 more minutes to get my entree. Somewhat understandable because they still need to make it. Hopefully my future encounters will be better. read more

Only giving one star cause I had to. We just threw away all the food we got out of fear of food poisoning. We ordered the dinner special and the appetizers were horrible, the crab wontons had no crab in them. The fried shrimp was so gross, just fried greasy batter. The shrimp fried rice was very bland and all the meat just fell apart, which is why we threw it all away.. Not even fell apart more like disintegrated. Would never order from here again. read more