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    Hop Bo Chinese

    2.9 (58 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Dogs allowed
    Good for kids

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    Todd D.

    Hop Bo Chinese Restaurant ~ 2 145 Palm Bay Rd NE # 109, West Melbourne, FL 32904. "The Valve" Here we are with another spot on the boarders of Palm Bay, technically West Melbourne, FL. Felt like deja vu pulling up to this place. Just like every other Chinese takeout place scattered across these badlands. Just yesterday I can remember being a kid kicking and screaming in one of these dingy lit places with the hazy tinted menus that look like something Wish would sell today. Outdated to put it nicely. As I was trying to google what Hop Bo meant in English I walked inside what seemed to be a traditional Chinese takeout joint. Nothing different going on here at first glance, or second, or third. They happen to have a few tables and chairs to sit down at so I grabbed a menu and started scouring what appeared to be a math exam with all the numbered choices. I ordered an orange chicken combination platter(egg roll and fried rice included), beef teriyaki on a stick, and crab rangoon. Now as I was waiting for my food, I started observing my surroundings in detail. Really taking it all in in there. The table tops were clean, but besides that, place didn't look like it'd been deep cleaned in awhile. Giant mirror with dust all over it. Dead flies scattered all over the ground in the corners. (Shown in pictures) Walls scuffed up and the look as if it's been 12 different establishments before this one. They opened in 2002 according to the pictures hanging on their wall. Also they're trying to flex some awards from 2007 and 2008 as shown in pictures lol. Which is prly the last time those flies were swept up, but who knows. Didn't bother with the bathroom I had seen enough. Couple of young kids running around in the kitchen. One came up to me to say hi and lingered directly behind me for a bit. A young girl helping answering the phone and a girl about my age also taking phone orders in front. Now once my food was ready they put all items in a small box as if you just left Sam's Club with a few things. Not the worst idea on that part. But once I sat down trying to get pictures I realized I had no plates to start pulling things out so I had to improvise at that point. Also tried to buy a bottle of water after the fact and they wouldn't do any Apple Pay or debit card transactions under 5 dollars which is what lead me to leaving and eating this one at home. Orange chicken was just like every other overly breaded orange chicken you find almost anywhere. Dark meat overpowered by orange breading. The flavor on the orange wasn't bad, but I could just feel the sodium hitting my blood stream within a few bites. The fried rice wasn't anything special either. The beef teriyaki didn't smell good to me, chewed on a corner for a minute and threw the rest away. Egg roll also didn't smell good. I'm not a big fan of this type of food, sodium city one could say. The best part of the meal was actually the crab rangoons. Which is the only thing I kept eating. I did notice they had a diet section and vegetarian section on their menu. They got a few points for that part. Anyways nothing crazy here. The flies and sodium kind of did it for me, so I'm gonna go drink roughly 8 green juices and take my blood pressure medication now and just end this one here. Wouldn't go back myself, they can have it. See y'all on the next one.

    Hair in my food. He accused me of putting it there.  I have bright orchid hair. This is dark brown.
    Lauren P.

    I've never had worse service. Never had worse chinese food either. There was literally hair in my food and he said "how convenient." If there was a way to give 0 stars im sure a lot of us would hit that instead.

    General Tos Tofu, white rice and Egg Roll. Delicious, nice to have a Chinese takeout place with tofu options

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    Love this place. Quick & easy to order & food always seems fresh & tastes great!! Especially love their Rangoon's & egg foo young. Yum

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    Service was awesome. They are so sweet. Food was great!! Definitely recommend eating here. Get the crab rangoons

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    Slaps for the price, one combination platter was 3 meals for me and I am not a small human and the taste was there 110%

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    I gave this place another try it was better but the rice was overly greasy almost not eatable.

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    My wife picked up the chicken mei fun today. 95% noodles, 5% little scraps of chicken and onion. Terrible. Will not be going there again.

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    UPDATE: tried again- waited an hour and a half. Should have never given a second chance

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