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    Hong Kong Cafe

    3.6 (74 reviews)
    ModerateChinese, Seafood

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    Casual
    Quiet
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    The Shrimp Fried Rice
    Stephanie S.

    I'm sure this place used to be really good before Covid but I was disappointed when I tried it. They have one menu up front and you have to go ahead and order before you can sit at a table. My husband and I was looking at the menu when a family showed up. I then felt rushed to order something even though I this was my first time there. I order shrimp fried rice and this is what I got, I found one more shrimp after I took the picture. My husband's food was great. The lights were not on in the building only leaving about 6-7 tables with good window lighting. Just might be me but I thought it was odd. Their food is very tasty, just disappointed with the experience and the quantity of shrimp.

    Hot & sour soup

    Thanks to the other yelp reviews I gave this one a try. Little worried about the lack of patron but yelp has good ratings so powered on in. Glad I did! Started with a spring roll and hot and sour soup. The soup was excellent, just as it should be. The spring roll was crispy and light, again just as expected. 2 for 2 so far. The Main meal was garlic beef, not spicy at all but very good. Had plenty to eat and should have kept half for lunch tomorrow but I am traveling so I of course ate it all . Definitely a keeper for future visits to Albany.

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    Richard R.

    We'd been hiking @ Providence Canyon all morning and also spent a few hours at the Riverquarium that afternoon without eating. It was now about 4 o'clock and our last meal was about 7:30 a.m. before leaving our hotel for the day. Not a good idea!!! I was in the grumpiest of moods as I fought a serious hunger headache and everything seemed to get on my nerves. I didn't like anything, from how empty the place was to the aqua blue color of the walls. My OCD nature even hated the amount of clutter on the walls and several pictures were unlevel (I felt like I was having a Monk attack). To top it all off I thought it was a buffet... but I was wrong. Too hungry to go anyplace else we stayed and ordered our food. * SHRIMP & LOBSTER SAUCE - I did mention I was grumpy right? Well, I didn't like the way it looked when it came out (sorry, no pics because my iPhone died). It looked like slop on a plate to me and to add insult to injury, I don't care for white lobster sauce. Question: When did imitation meat become an acceptable substitution for "lobster"? The waitress (poor thing was so patient) asked if I wanted something else from the kitchen but at this point I was too wired to wait any longer to eat. Well, after sampling my dish and putting my massive mood aside, I actually began to enjoy it. It was quite tasty and quickly brought me from savage Neanderthal to a civilized human being. Everything else we ordered was also very good: * EGG ROLLS - We tried both the Chicken and Veggie egg rolls. We enjoyed them so much that we ordered a second round of each. * CRAB RANGOON - Crispy with nice flavor. Perfect stuffing to dough ratio. * SESAME CHICKEN - Our kids cleaned their plates if that says anything. * SHRIMP FRIED RICE - What I appreciated most was that nothing was dry about this dish. The rice was perfectly cooked and the shrimp, egg & veggies weren't overdone. * VEGGIE STIR FRY - My hard to please wife inhaled this like a Dyson vacuum. Not sure if it was THAT good or if I just took too long to feed her! LOL THE VERDICT Lots of claims this place is the best Chinese food in Albany, including a sign on the front window. I don't know about that, but we did enjoy our meal here and the brown sauce they offer as a condiment makes just about anything taste fantastic. Be sure to get a bowl of it for dipping.

    Gloria S.

    Loved the taste, portions, price, friendly staff and cleanliness of the restaurant. My kids and I had the: House Special Fried Rice (Shrimp, beef, chicken roast port), Kung Pao Shrimp & Scallops and the Four Seasons Sizzling Platter (shrimp, chicken, beef, mushroom, water chestnuts, carrots, baby corn, snow peas and bokchoy)... All were delicious! Lunch is served Monday - Saturday from 11am to 3pm. All lunches served with egg roll, fried rice and choice of soup (egg drop, won ton or hot & sour). There is a note that on take out orders there will be a $1.00 extra charge. The lunch menu starts from $5.29 to $5.99. If you order from the dinner menu prices start from $7.99 to $15.99! They have a wide selection of dishes to choose from and I am sure you'll find a Chinese dish that will fill up your craving of the moment.

    Hot & sour soup with eggroll.

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    Hong Kong Cafe is no longer open. I hear that it is permanently closed. Not surprising since the food and service were both terrible.

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    Foods good. Flavorful and well presented. The only gripe? You get so much food! They are polite and seem glad that you're there.

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    2 years ago

    The servers are so nice! We are always seated quickly and waited on promptly. The food is good and always hot/fresh. Nice ambiance.

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    4 years ago

    Not very good.i been here once. I go to Guang Zhou because the food is better there.

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    Great service and great food. I have always loved Hong Kong cafe, we have ordered from them alot.

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    5 years ago

    Nice people, Delicious food. I love Chinese food. They do not disappoint. Will be returning to this restaurant

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    11 years ago

    Food is good, possibly the best Chinese in Albany (tried the Kung Pao and Spicy Chicken, both were good). The service? Meh.

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    5 years ago

    Clean excellent taste, if your in the mood for some amazing Chinese take out this is your place. I highly recommend this place!!

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    5 years ago

    Delicious and superb food, fast service! Value for money, large servings. They hustle and get everything right.

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    6 years ago

    My family and I eat at this place ever Chance we get they are simply the best restaurant in Albany. Customer service is great.

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    I've been patronizing this establishment for 20 years, and I gave them a 4 star review 3mos ago on…read moreGoggle. Today on June 28th I stopped by for one of my usual meals, which is either chicken & broccoli SPICY, Lomein SPICY, Hot braised wings extra SPICY or Honey garlic wings ALL FLATS WELLDONE & SPICY. I went with House Lomein SPICY and Honey Garlic wings SPICY for my order. I actually haven't had their food in about 2mos because I've been on medical leave from work and haven't been able to get around as much. I sent family in with my order on a piece of paper written out in detail because I'm so FINICKY about my food. Also, I put my phone number on the paper if they needed to call for confirmation, because maybe my handwriting wasn't ledgeable. I always order the same 4 dishes and rarely change it up. Today, for some apparent reason my Honey garlic wings weren't SPICY or WELL DONE. I immediately called the establishment to complain about the mistake on my wings and get the situation corrected. My solution on this mistake was to bring back the wrongly made wings, but be compensated for my inconvenience. I'm home and exhausted from hoping on my foot. I was willing to get back out and come to their establishment despite my current medical limitations to get the correct order. However, the inconvenience, gas, and time should be refunded with the $9.71 wings on the house. My order consisted of 3 entrees, 1 appetizer, and 1 side. My entire order was $45.37, and I kept everything else because it was fine, but the wings were not. It saddens me that Great Wall's ownership couldn't see the fairness in taking a loss of wings that were prepared incorrectly and maintaining a customer for life. I will no longer be patronizing this establishment unless I have an ah moment that changes my mindset. I honestly felt devalued as a repeat patron/customer and won't tolerate the way I was treated. I know them from my job and have informed them about current sales and promotions. I honestly thought over the years we'd established a genuine rapport, but I was terribly wrong and I left upset and defeated. However, when I say I'm done with you...I'm truly done. I've observed a lot of restaurants could care less about customer's satisfaction, since Covid. The customer engagement, food quality, and service has taken a major decline and people no longer care about maintaining BRAND LOYALTY. Therefore, I'll take my coins and business elsewhere where I can be appreciated.

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