We weren't sure where to go for dinner bc we had a larger group with a baby, and but Ma's House popped up. Our hostess/waitress was so enthusiastic, she was a character and made sure we were happy with our drinks. I like that it's not super loud here even with the TVs on. The food was great! Kungpao chicken 10/10 it was tender and plenty of peanuts and the sauce was just right Lamb hotpot has vermicelli in it! It is huge like serves 6 people huge but the lamb seemed overcooked 5/10 Eggplant with spicy sauce + meat 9/10 I love when they don't make this dish overly salty Salt and pepper sole filet 8/10 the batter is interesting tastes crispy on the outside but almost sort of chewier once it's in your mouth. Have to order rice separately. Can't wait to be back! read more

Tried the lunch special here for the first time, and overall it was a mixed experience. The egg roll and hot and sour soup were both solid, and the entrée portions were generous. The orange chicken was the standout--crispy, flavorful, and perfectly balanced. My search for the best orange chicken in San Diego might be over. The garlic shrimp with jalapeños had nice flavor, but the shrimp fell short. The light batter would've worked well for a salt-and-pepper dish, but with the sauce, it became pasty. As for the chicken with cashews and the kung pao chicken, both dishes tasted very similar due to the same brown sauce, which unfortunately lacked depth and flavor. Will definitely go back to try other lunch special dishes here. read more

Ma’s House - Lunch Special menu 1 - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

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Overall I felt my experience was 3.5 stars. I dropped in for an early dinner pick up order. The food was ready on time and the order was correct. The lady helping me at the cash register was friendly. The food was packaged in plastic containers so no issue with leaks or spills. The food portion was decent. The reason for 3 stars is two things: - how do you not include rice with each entree? It seems a bit greedy to charge $20 per entree and not include rice which cost pennies. If you want plain rice, it's an extra $2 per serving. Also fried rice for $14 with no meat? This is a very high profit margin. - the vegetables in our dishes were quite mushy like they were steamed and then sautéed again for the order. I prefer our vegetables to be fresh and crunchy. The meal total came out to $60 which in my opinion is high for some casual Chinese take out. Could have gone to a Chinese buffet and paid less... read more

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Clear signage stating Chinese Halal- I'm familiar with Uyghur cuisine but the waitress had no idea what that was so I'm not sure what their marketing strategy is. She was very attentive and the food came out fast. The only Uyghur thing I know that I ate was the smoked chili condiment. Good lunch even with leftovers to spare. I was full with a set: spicy eggplant with meat (I'm guessing beef since it's supposed to be halal tho classically it would be pork), white rice and eggrolls. Since I declined the chicken corn soup, they gave me an extra egg roll. Nice place -walkable from the dealer while waiting for a recall repair on my car. Better than the other alternatives in the mall. read more

Ma’s House - Spicy Eggplant with beef - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

Interesting concept which is Chinese Halal food with zero MSG's. I honestly don't mind if my food has MSG's, but it's nice to know there's an Asian option without it. Parking is plentiful. Inside is not too small, but also not very large and no outside seating. We ordered their spicy eggplant which was addicting to say the least! It went perfectly well with white rice. We also ordered their salt & pepper shrimp which wasn't too overcooked and perfectly seasoned. My favorite thing there is their spicy orange chicken and sorry if that sounds so basic -- orange chicken? But it's bomb. We also had their cream cheese wontons which had a lot of filling! Will comeback in the future for sure! read more

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Great tasting food with great service on a dinner visit on 3/20/2026. Our faves are Shrimp with scrambled eggs and the Dry Sautéed Strings Beans. You cant go wrong! read more

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Delicious Chinese Islamic cuisine in generous portions! Ma's House has a wide selection of familiar Chinese dishes (e.g., Mongolian beef, chicken chow mein, fried rices, etc.) in addition to specialties that are not widely found. All their meats are halal. I highly recommend trying their sesame bread with green onion! It's deliciously fluffy with a pan-fried, crispy exterior. I grew up with a Ma's House in NorCal and this bread was always a must when my family ate there. Another special dish Ma's House has is their knife-cut/sliced dough chow mein (刀削麵). These are thicker, chewier noodles. Think the mouthfeel of gnocchi as opposed to regular pasta. We ordered takeout and ate too fast for photos, but we will surely be returning for many more meals! read more

Authentic Chinese restaurant located in Poway. Lots of traditional dishes with a specialty in their beef roll and sesame bread with green onion. Some of our favorites are the stir-fried lamb with cumin, filet mignon with black pepper sauce, and the seafood tofu soup. Portions are decent and prices are comparable to other similar restaurants in Convoy. Service can be mediocre depending on who you get. There is a man who we've had a couple times as our server and he can be rude and dismissive. Big parking lot shared with the adjacent stores, never had any issues finding parking. read more

Ma’s House - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

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The place has plenty of seating Fast and friendly service Authentic Chinese food..we.got the egg flow soup..garlic chicken with jalapeños and chicken friend rice. The quantity is good portion size. The garlic chicken had amazing flavor and spicy. I also got boba thai tea which was a big size. read more

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Service is nice. The parking in front of the store is just 15 mins. We were looking forward to the handmade noodles ($1 extra), but they weren't chewy at all. It felt like they were already cooked once then cooked again. The broth was good and I like the pairing with spinach for the beef noodle soup. I kept getting distracted by the bugs flying around. Eventually, they were eating with us too (see review photo). Not a fan of pre-dispensed water sitting on the side with this many bugs flying around the store. Bathroom is a little dirty. Sticky ground. I would give them another chance but probably would not come here again. I feel itchy when I see so many bugs flying around in an indoor establishment. read more

Ma’s House - Cold Spicy BeefBeef Tendon0x-Tripe Appetizer (Bugs) - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

Our favorite Chinese restaurant in Poway! I can't believe I haven't written a review on this restaurant yet...my co-workers go to lunch here several times a month. Kenny and David are usually our servers and they are the absolute BEST. So friendly and funny and just elevate our dining experience every time. They offer lunch specials which my co-workers and I usually come in for. Clear winners for us: honey walnut shrimp, mongolian beef, sacha beef and orange chicken are what we like to order. For entrees, we love their crispy upside down noodles 3 flavors, crispy chicken half, and their beef noodle soup which is my new favorite. YUM! Whether you stop by for a quick lunch or a dinner with family and friends, you really can't go wrong with anything on the menu. 5 glorious stars! read more

Chinese food Hala food Poway Friendly service Food took a while when busy Amex accepted Large parking available Restrooms inside Small restaurant No outside seating Variety of options Vegan and vegetarian friendly read more

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This authentic Chinese restaurant is bright, warm, welcoming and very clean. Staff here very friendly and made fantastic recommendations on the menu. Wide variety of choices. The lunch specials here are the best value and excellent, flavorful dishes. Lunches here come with soup, egg roll, rice and a large portion of entree. The orange beef, green onion beef and 3 flavor sizzling rice soup were outstanding. We had a massive lunch for 4 people for under $60. Amazing. Value here! read more

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A few days late, but I had to leave this glowing review about their service. I had ordered a meal and there was an issue for me with that meal. They said come back and we'll correct it for you and you'll leave happy! My meal was replaced and they threw in an order of egg rolls on the house and that made happy! I can't say enough good things about Ma's House. The food is out of this world as well. read more

Ma’s House - Salt and Salt & Pepper Shrimp - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

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Great service here! A group of us was in for dinner on a week night to celebrate a birthday. The waiter heard and brought out a slice of cake for us! It is not something they usually do, especially Chinese restaurants. The staff was really nice and friendly. Made all the difference between a good dining experience and a great one. We ordered a few dishes for dinner and had it family style. We like all the dishes we ordered. They were able to make modifications to the dishes. For example we asked for chicken chow fun instead of the usual beef chow fun. No problem! There are a lot of vegetarian options. It was one of the reasons why we picked this restaurant. One person in our party was a vegetarian, another was gluten free, another doesn't eat beef... there was something for everyone! read more

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It was my first time having beef roll. It was not what I was expecting but I was defiantly plenty surprised. Sweet and tender and the veggies were really fresh.. I also had the chicken fried rice. With a little chili oil the rice was perfect. Can't wait to go back. The restaurant in Poway is also Halal. read more

Ma’s House - Chicken fried rice with chili oil - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

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The highs and lows of Ma's House! While I spoke highly of their Orange Beef, which was exquisite, their Kung Pao Chicken was another matter entirely. It looked and tasted like it was cooked in a Crock Pot, rather than a wok. A soupy brown gravy, soft chicken and very little discernible spice heat. Completely devoid of any wok hei. Quite possibly the worst Kung Pao I've ever been served. The Chicken Corn Creamy soup this visit was very tasty. read more

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Delicious northern Chinese food in the area. We are from the south so it's definitely a treat to dine at Ma's House. I gotta say the food is saltier than I would like. But over, the service and food are amazing and we've been back a few times. read more

Fast customer service and food is pretty good . Highly recommend did your in the area . read more

Ma’s House - Lunch break - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

Love this place! The food is so flavorful and the halal meat is so tender. The beef roll is very flavorful with seasoned meat and cilantro, could have used a sauce. Chicken with jalapenos was amazing. Perfectly fried little bits of tender (yes tender, even after frying) chicken with veggies, plenty of garlic, and a wonderful sauce. We ordered it mild and it was perfect, just got the heat from the jalapeños, which weren't very spicy. The spicy eggplant was perfectly cooked, creamy, not slimy in a wonderful sauce. It's a unique looking dish as the eggplant turns blue. We didn't order rice and consequently did not get any rice, you must have to order separately. Rice would have been good to get more of the sauces. All three dishes made for plenty of lunch leftovers. Staff was friendly and helpful with menu questions. Took it to go, food comes in those hard plastic containers that you can reuse a couple of times. read more

Thank you for having me late around 8pm (I know you guys have to close soon ) , I didn't eat lunch yesterday so I was so so hungry. You guys are always amazing service and food ! I ordered beef stew soup with the rice noodle but came out bean noodle instead, but it was EVEN Better!! They are really good and never give me disappointment. Thank you again ! read more

Ma’s House - Beef Stew Noodle Soup - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

Food was disgusting. Tasted like it had been sitting out all day, the service was just as bad. Meat was dry, don't come here unless you want to waste your money and calories. 0 stars !!!!! read more

Taste: 4.5 Value: 4.5 Service: 5 Been going to their other locations and the Poway location is just as good. They have lots of traditional Chinese American fare along with some specialties. The baked sesame bun, egg & tofu, and hand-cut noodles are dishes I don't see as often at other restaurants. Great flavor and staff is friendly. Always willing to recommend a dish or get you what you need. read more

Ma's house in Poway is new to the neighborhood but not San Diego. They also have a location in Clairemont that we have gone a few times. Glad to see they have a closer one to North County. What I like about Ma's house is the amount of selection and variety on their menu. We came in on a Sunday around noon and was seated right away. Some restaurants have lunch specials only on weekdays but Ma's house has it all week. I ordered the lunch special Shrimp with Asparagus (low sodium) and my hubby got the Fish fillet in black bean sauce. We also ordered Shrimp Chow Mein as well. The lunch specials comes with fried rice, soup (varies each day) and an egg roll. Our foods came out quick and and was freshly cooked. Everything was cooked just right and was quite a bit in quantity. We left with our tummies full and a ton of leftover. The restaurant was clean and the staff was very friendly. read more

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order was placed 30 mins in advance and still told to wait 20 mins. seems like i get helped last everytime at this place as i come here often. read more

I'm throughly impressed by the portion, quality and service of this location. We had 5 people come in on Christmas Eve - several tables were open so no need to wait. They're open for all holidays according to their sign out in front. We ordered the lunch specials (which was still valid 12/24), and were surprised at how large the portions were. Sautéed green beans - perfectly seasoned, not too oily or salty Orange chicken- subtle citrusy taste. It's listed as spicy but it wasn't bad at all Beef roll- this was listed as an appetizer but could have been a full meal. I could eat this whole thing in one go, it's so good, a must have! Green scallion thick bread - the flagship item. I was just ok with this dish, it's a little bland for me but everyone else at the table loved it Speciality 3 flavor noodles - best noodle dish I've had (3 flavors means shrimp, chicken and pork). I believe the noodles are hand pulled, loved the chewy/elastic texture Price was extremely decent (all of these dishes for 5 ppl with leftovers to boot was less than $90). Will definitely need to come back! read more

My family and I are huge fans of Ju Feng Yuan in Poway, but today we decided to try some place different. We ordered take out. Everything was packaged neatly and nothing spilled on the way home, so that was a plus! I tried their won ton soup, chicken wings and fried beef dumplings. Every dish was underwhelming. The won tons were extremely mushy. Didn't taste fresh either. The homemade noodles were inconsistent with texture and rather thick/ hard to chew. And the broth flavor was rather bland. I did enjoy their chicken wings and my sister was a fan of their beef broth. But I don't know if I'd be coming back unfortunately. read more

Excellent food and easy take out. Never had any bad experience. Opens at 4:00 for orders.

REAL, FRESH chinese food, Amazing!! This is our 2nd time here. We ordered two of the noodle soups. We loved that soups offer the home style fresh noodle. We decided to go with the beef noodle soup. We chose house noodle the thicker they are truly amazing. Both soups had fresh Flavor of broths, fresh vegetables, beef meat was 100% great. I loved the wonton soup, hands down the best I have Ever had. Best restaurant I hope last forever. It is amazing. They *do not use MSG* as a flavor attitude. This is such an a wonderful thing. Our family members have all allergic reactions to MSG, causing severe migraines and super stomach problems. The waiters are all great very nice, friendly, informative. Thank you all here MA's house for the delicious food today !! Will be back again! read more

I thought I took pictures but I can't seem to find them. My family and I ordered kung pao chicken, Mongolian beef, half duck, and braised shrimp. I'll start with the duck was very dry and we could not finish it unfortunately. But the rest of the dishes were soooo good. I was so excited to see a location in Poway. Our server was so great and kind too. 100% will be coming back here next time I'm in the area. read more

Paid by card. Ma's House is located in the same plaza as Baskin-Robbins and offers a lot of plaza parking. There is indoor seating only and the host/server was very welcoming and attentive. I went here on a weekday for dinner with a party of 4 and was able to be seated right away. They have tons of TVs along the walls, playing short clips, and cute decorations underneath. My party and I ordered the sizzling soup, beef chow fun, salt and pepper shrimp, and beef and broccoli. The portions were large so we didn't finish all the food. The taste of the food was ok. I'm not sure I would order the items again, except maybe the salt and pepper shrimp. The lunch specials looked like a great deal so we may go back to try those. read more

We love to eat here! Excellent lunch specials. Our favorites are the Mongolian beef and beef chow fun. We just had Ma house catering for 20 people. They said no problem. Give us 3 hours notice and we got our food. Our guests were raving of where we got this food from. Definitely will come back for lunch and future catering events. read more

...ma's house - a halal chinese restaurant in poway, with locations in clairemont and anaheim. extra crispy orange chicken, three flavor dough sliced chow mein, and kung pao beef. served quickly and super hot with large portions. only complaint was that the kung pao was not spicy at all. extensive menu with noodles, soups, and fried rice - will be back to try more #halal #chinese #food #foodlover #foodie #foodgasm #foodstagram #yelpelite #yelpsandiego #yamanephotos21 read more

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Our go to restaurant has always been chins in Rancho Bernardo however, we thought we would give Ma's house a chance. After ordering several different dishes for takeout we were quite disappointed when we learned that white rice was not included with any of the entrées we paid for, and there were no fortune cookies included. More important is the food just was not up to the same standards that we acquired from taste that we were used to from our chins selections. read more

Wonderful service and great food! Portions are large and hadn't ordered anything that we didn't like yet!

Very clean and spacious restaurant, service is knowledgeable and our care was prompt! The food was actually perfect for family size sharing! Our two dishes were enough for three people, despite how they looked. The menu has pretty good range so there's lots of things to come back and try. I'll definitely be back! read more

Ma’s House - Three Flavors Wonton Soup - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

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Worst customer service ever. David one of the worker is so rude he yells so much for no reason he chargers extra he first said every resturant is the same but when it comes to gravity he charged us he is SO RUDE he doesn't even want to serve the people while we were ordering he LEFT us in the middle to handle another customer. So un professional pleade hire people who are happy to work. read more

Ma’s House - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

This was our first time here. We arrived at noon. There were plenty of empty tables. We were asked about drink orders and given menus right away. The menu is extensive with a capital E. We ordered the filet mignon with pepper sauce, and tofu on brown sauce lunch specials. Chicken corn soup and egg rolls were delivered quickly. Both tasted good and the egg rolls were fresh and crispy. Things went a bit downhill in the ambiance department. Our server repeatedly went to the kitchen opening and yelled at the staff. We both comment that we felt we were in a Hell's Kitchen episode. It was uncomfortable and did not gives us the feeling that our food was being prepared with love. There was a long delay to get our entrees and we notice some people who ordered after us were served first. Our server came by our table and apologized, saying there had been a computer issue. The entrees themselves were delicious. The sauces in both dishes were quite interesting, despite the rather non-descript "brown sauce" title on the tofu dish. There are a couple of other dishes I'm interested to try so we will probably go back. If the yelling carries over to the next visit, it will likely be our last. read more

Ma’s House - Filet Mignon in Pepper Sauce - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

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Called to ask a question about an order and was on hold for over 8 minutes, then was hung up on. Second call, immediately put on hold, waited 5 minutes then was hung up on again. Just drive to location and stood waiting at the counter for almost 5 minutes waiting for an employee. Almost no one in the restaurant. Gave up and went to Chopsticks nearby. I don't understand how anyone can run a business like this. read more

This Poway branch is amazing. I came here to get the Mongolian Beef lunch special for takeout, my family really loves it! The beef was tender and delicious. The egg rolls are also a favorite! The staff were super nice and helpful. I didn't dine in so I am not too sure of the overall inside ambiance but it seemed like there were many tables and it looked very clean. There is a lot of parking so nothing to worry about on that part. read more