We will miss you Macau Cafe! Loved your Menu. Loved your cozy booths. Loved your hospitality. read more

Macau Cafe - Last day at Macau Cafe... - Chinese Near Me - Sacramento, California

Came here for a family dinner and received a mixed bag. The tea was extremely dark when steeped but completely flavorless. We ordered a family meal, Combo B and added golden pumpkin and shrimp and mapo tofu. They asked if we wanted a side of steamed rice and proceeded to count the amount of people. 7 people x $3 = $21 for rice! Totally forgot the meal also came with fried rice and it was one of the last dishes to hit the table anyway. There were a few complaints that the Hainan chicken was a bit salty. The pork spare ribs were in fairly large pieces and were not cooked in a discernible manner. I think it could have been fried better. The flavor was good though. The following offerings were okay/good: Seafood Tofu Soup, Sesame Chicken, Steamed Vegetables, Mapo Tofu, Fried Whole Fish, Honey Walnut Shrimp, Fried Rice. The Golden Pumpkin and Shrimp is a must order here. It is savory and delicious and has a great juxtaposition of textures, crunchy and soft. The interior is a typical suburban Chinese restaurant complete with signs on the wall with photos of what you can order. Complete with Lazy Susans and lucky plants. read more

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Great service. They open on Christmas! Talk about hard working people here! They work as fast as they can and told us they are very busy. The phone ring nonstop! Milk tea is super tasty. I didn't try the lemon tea myself but family approved. Fried rice is ok. Parking is easy. read more

Macau Cafe - Milk tea is so good. Lemon tea at the background - Chinese Near Me - Sacramento, California

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yes- it is true. On sunday 2/22/26, this restaurant will be closing. So i had to order their Hong Kong style pork chop dish one more time. this dish has 3 pork chops on a bed of fried rice topped with a sweet tomato sauce covered in cheese. will miss this dish. read more

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This is sad. They had the best potstickers and honey walnut shrimp. The potsticker wontons were homemade. The shrimp was fresh and buttery. Going to miss them. read more

This place is an excellent Chinese restaurant and one of my top places for Chinese food. I cane here with my family and ordered tofu and seafood soup, sauté green beans with minced pork, salt and pepper pumpkin and squid, and Peking ribs. Everything was fresh and delicious. I loved the chili oil on the side with my meal. Service was great, and the food came out fast. The restaurant was clean, and there is plenty of parking. I gave a four because there were items on the menu that were not available and the tea was average. This restaurant is also located near a lot of dessert places. I will be back. read more

Went there for an early lunch around 11:15am on a Wednesday. We were the first customers of the day. We ordered what was pictured along with a side order of steamed white rice and an order of sui gok (soup with some cut up Napa cabbage and 8 dumplings that are comparable to wontons, but bigger). Favorite item was the beef jean mien (pan fried noodles). It was flavorful and the beef was tender. The rice was also good. Yes, steamed rice can be messed up. Anyway, the rest of the dishes were fine, but not amazing. They were good, but tasted like something was missing seasoning wise. Service was good overall. It was nice to hear the mother language being spoken. Will be back to try other dishes. read more

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Chow fun with beef and beef muscle is the best. Traditionally made and tastes like it should be. So sad this place closed. A great place to have a nice and cozy lunch or dinner. Perfect for us Chinese people who want authentic food. read more

I came here over 10 years ago and the service and food has remain consistent. Today I ordered a special fried rice with Chinese sausage and mustard greens, deep fried Intestine, salt and pepper pork, and Hong Kong Milk Tea. Everything tasted good, the Salt & Pepper Pork was really salty, besides that, everything tasted great. I really like the fried rice and milk tea. If your looking for a traditional Cantonese cafe, this is the place, come check this place out! read more

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Again, I was with friends who wanted to get cold sandwiches from the market deli next door while I was drawn to the hot food of Macao Cafe. This time, I decided to order the lamb brisket served over fat noodles! Listed for $15.99 according to the signage on the side of the front counter, it was a few bucks more than the daily lunch specials, but lamb brisket sounded sooo good. They quickly cooked and packed my food to go, complete with mini chopsticks (which I preferred over the little plastic fork). My friends and I went to find a nice picnic table near Fairytale town in nearby Land Park, so we could sit and enjoy the beautiful sunny & warm late February day. I was happy with the size of the food portion. It looked and smelled delicious! (I was so hungry that I didn't even pause to take a photo of the dish). The chunks of lamb were tender and delicious. Caution to those who aren't used to having bone fragments in stewed meats in old school Cantonese restaurants: you have to be "bone aware". (There's an indicator of authentic cuisine for ya! They crack the bones when cooking so the flavor from the marrow comes out.). The noodles were thick and chewy-delicious, and boy, they include a lot of big ginger slices in there! read more

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I almost forgot about this place until a fellow Yelper posted some pictures. I haven't been here for at least 5+ years! While the restaurant is simple and decor is very dated,  Macau café delivers where it matters - authentic cantonese food and still reasonably priced even with inflation. The X.O. chicken stir fried ramen noodles was the best I had in Sacramento. It wasn't greasy. The ingredients are well combined and nicely seasoned leaving you wanting more. The rest of the dishes we ordered were great! I have to keep this place in my rotations. The service is a bit slow with no follow up, but I feel like that's expected at authentic Asian restaurants in general. read more

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Oh Macau Cafe, I had high expectations for my first dining experience. But alas it fell flat. The dishes I had weren't stellar. They had a ton of menu items to choose from for dinner. Maybe a bit too much. It included dim sum, appetizers, soup, noodles, dessert, milk tea drinks, and the full compliment of standard Cantonese dishes. No Macanese dishes though. For folks anticipating Macanese cuisine, they may be disappointed. Overall not a bad place to get some cheap Cantonese eats in a no frills dining environment. I ordered two dishes, Chinese sausage with rice cakes and cabbage and the other dish was steamed chicken and bbq pork over rice. The first dish was bland. The cafe didn't offer any condiments so I couldn't jazz up the flavors a bit. The cabbage was mostly the spine, not a fan of eating that. But the chef did stir fry that at high enough heat to soften the bite of it. The rice was hard and clumpy. It didn't look or taste fresh. The bbq pork had a great flavor but was a fattier cut than I anticipated. The steamed chicken was spot on and the dipping sauce was delicious. The dishes were ok. I was with a gaggle of friends. We all ordered various dishes. It's a sit down restaurant. The dining room is basic utilitarian casual with a three large 8 -10 seater tables and the rest of the seating are mainly booths. They keep the dining room heat low, to keep warm I ate with my jacket on. The customer service was courteous but aloof. We would ask for items (more tea, napkins, to go containers) and the waitress would walk away without acknowledgement. But at times would come back with the items or not at all. However they were able to provide us separate checks which was awesome of them. read more

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Maybe a second time will be better... My first time here and, unfortunately, I'm not impressed with the dishes we chose tonight. Hubby and I ordered from their 3/$34.99 special menu: Salt & Pepper Chicken Wings, Salt & Pepper Spare Ribs and Hot & Sour Soup which we shared with our group. The soup was a bit too sour. The 'salt & pepper' flavor were lacking big time in the chicken wings and spare ribs. I hate to say it but it was bland. Not even a pinch of nom. This doesn't mean we won't be back... in fact, I'd like to try the Combination Pan Fried Noodle next time as it is one of my favorite dishes I haven't had in awhile. Others in our group ordered the following: Chive Dumpling Meat & Fishballs Noodle Soup Steamed Chicken and BBQ Pork Over Rice Shrimp w/ Scrambled Eggs over rice Spare Ribs Chow Fun Chinese Sausage with Sticky Rice Cake Combination Pan Fried Noodle Beef Chow Fun with Sauce The restaurant has a main dining room and booths along the wall. Two servers handled the entire restaurant. Food came fast and they were able to accommodate separate checks for our group. Review #2861 read more

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My in-laws brought us here to celebrate my birthday. When we arrived, there were several large groups dining at the time that the staff were very clearly prioritizing. We were seated near the back corner, and it felt like we were mostly forgotten about after taking our orders. It was about a 30min wait for the first dish to come out after ordering, and they came out 1 at a time with very substantial gaps of time in between arriving. The food was coming out so slowly in-fact that we did not receive the last dish until we were all finished with our meal and ready to close out our tab. There was no check-up during the course of our meal, and our waters were never refilled. The tab also took a really long time to close out, so my FIL just went up to the front to get it taken care of. Parking is readily available in the private lot of this strip mall. read more

Went to Sprouts to get sandwich then came here to get something to go to eat at Land Park. Jasely explained some of her favorite dishes from the menu. I wanted try something different, spaghetti. I recall being at an Asian place and they had spaghetti on menu so lets get this dish out of my brain. Spaghetti Meat Sauce It was good, not much meat a little on the sweet side. More meat and more spicy would make this better for me. It was ordered to go, but came on a plate. I asked if we can eat the Sprouts sandwich there and Jasely said it was ok. The restaurant is dated but very clean. Customer service is excellent and sincere. I will return to try something more traditional. read more

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Another great meal at Macau. Came here for some Chinese and they didn't disappoint us. There was one other couple eating inside when we got there. The waitress said to sit where ever we wanted. We ordered wonton soup, Empress Chicken, Peking Pork, pork fried rice, All of it was super yummy. The wontons always come out way too hot to gobble down. Have to let it cool down before that. The Peking pork was so tasty and huge. I needed a knife to split it up. Loved it. Same with the chicken. I love using the green stuff they give you to add some more flavor. We had a great dinner. read more

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Always go for the Wonton Noodle soup! It is one of the best items. It is filling, very flavorful, and (in my opinion) underpriced for what it is. Quickly try it out before they raise the prices! The wontons are SUPER rich in flavor, the noodles are egg noodles (I believe) and the broth is not heavy. The meal also comes with tea on the side. I love this dish so much so that I consumed three orders of the wonton noodle soup. read more

We came here for a Saturday night dinner. Easy to get to and no traffic. Our dishes were: Hot and Sour soup $9.99 (Good) Beef with tofu over rice $11.99 (Not that great) Shrimp with lobster sauce over rice $13.99 (Excellent) Bbq pork over rice $11.99 (Excellent) Banana shake $4.50 (Excellent) Black jelly $2.99 (Good) Hong Kong style milk tea $4.50 (Good) Ratings above. Dated 8/22. Very good cafe with a huge menu and a plethora of tasty options. M-Thur 2 or 2:30-5:30PM they have a tea time special $6.99 items including congee! This place makes it into our rotation of Chinese eats that fits the bill. Go give them some support and enjoy a tasty, solid meal! read more

Macau Cafe - Dinner! Yum time. - Chinese Near Me - Sacramento, California

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Dropped by for a to-go order for dinner. Service was quick, and staff was friendly. It was a bit later at night, so the restaurant wasn't as busy. I would recommend calling in your order for pickup. I ordered fried rice, and honey walnut shrimp, and both tasted great. read more

This restaurant is our usual go to for Chinese food. The food is consistently good, the prices are not over priced, and good sized portions. We like going here for Wonton when we crave for some. This place is a family owned restaurant and have been around for over 20 years. The staff are friendly and nice. We came here tonight, cause my husband wanted some wonton. He had just the wonton soup and I wanted wonton with noodles. The wontons are pork and shrimp. They are a pretty good size. The soup comes with some veggies. We think the wonton are pretty good here. Has good flavor. The noodles were good. Not over cooked. We also ordered a half chicken. The chicken tasted really good. Not dry. We like coming here. We like the consistency of having good Chinese food. read more

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Love their food ... family favorites are chicken ramen noodles with xo sauce .... Salt and pepper shrimp and green beans or asparagus.... the black pepper pork chops with onion .... Won ton soup read more

I have not come to Macau Cafe for many years. This is my first dinner at Macau Cafe after at least 10+ years. Because one of my favorite friends on Yelp - Vince, hosted a UYE there. The restaurant looks the same as many years ago. The dining room seems dated but clean. The only lady who works in the dining room provides the basic service. She doesn't talk a lot but gets the job done. The dishes we order are ready in less than 10-15 minutes. Very fast if you're looking for a quick meal. I have Hong Kong-style pan-fried noodles. It tasted pretty good. They're pretty generous too. read more

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Definitely a great spot for some food! Honestly something about family style sit downs always makes it better. My girlfriend and I decided to try this place out and it was definitely worth it. All the flavors were on point and the portions were huge. Just felt like home to me! They have a huge menu as well. So many dishes we wanted to try and saved for the next visit! 1. Scallion Chicken was delicious! Super flavorful and mouth watering 2. Sweet and sour pork , man I wanted to order another round of it! So crispy even covered in the sauce. Amazing taste! 3. Spicy pork and green Beans had a perfect crisp as well. With amazing flavors and spice ! read more

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It's Vince's 2nd UYE for 2023. Hey that rhymed a little bit. Anyway. We met up here at the south side of Sacramento. The place was pretty roomy and the tables are equipped with spinning turntable on top. Older Chinese restaurants have these kind of tables so everyone can take turns to get their food. Designed to avoid reaching over and having everyone lose their appetite from armpits odor j/k it actually good to have these kind of tables. Anyway my wife had the salt pepper chick wings and I had the salt pepper pork chops. It was okay but the Thai ice tea I had was delicious. Our server was great and friendly. read more

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Very good portion. Surely won't feel hungry after the meal. Taste is good. Typical HK / Macau style cafe. I love the pasta Bolognese and sweet and sour spare ribs. read more

We have enjoyed Macau Cafe. We have dined in and ordered to p/up. The people are very kind and humble and we enjoy the food, which is always generous. We will be back. read more

It has been a few years since my last review. Lots of changes happened Sacramento area but the Macau Cafe's food quality is still one of the best in Sac. It is run by the same family when I first visited it more than a decade ago. Like I mentioned in my last review, Macau cafe is a hole in the wall Mom & Pop family style restaurant with authentic Chinese-Cantonese style cuisine. They are small & clean with many popular Cantonese style dishes. I will have to say, Macau Cafe have the BEST shrimp dumping and lamb stew hot pot in Sacramento area. I would also highly recommend their pan fried pork chops and shrimp satay rice noodle which something my parents order every time we visit there. They temporary changed their menu with limited options after the pandemic, but now they are back to their original full menu with all the goodies I love. I highly recommend Macau to anyone who enjoys authentic Cantonese style food in a small family run style restaurant. Their food quality never drop below my expectation. read more

I called to order take out and the lady who answered could barely speak English & I had to repeat several times to get it right. Upon arrival I mentioned that I'd like a fork telling the lady on a previous visit no utensils were provided even though utensils were requested. Lady visibly got upset and loudly said you pay right now & of course I paid & then she dropped all my change intentionally without any apology. Fuck this god damn place & as much as I like the salted fish & chicken fried rice & though they are one of the few places that carry it, needless to say I will never come back & will never ever deal with a bitchy attitude again. Avoid at all costs! read more

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First time here and would rate solid 3 1/2 stars, too. We shop at the Sprouts couple doors down quite a bit and are in this neighborhood a lot but I have put off eating here due to the 3 1/2 star rating. How wrong was I ?! But honestly, it's really hard for Chinese restaurants to get 4-5 stars because most of them are low budget/ low overhead and generally not the cleanest. (Personally I am not a fan of the low quality menu prints but hey that's how they can keep the cost down?!) Come here with low expectation is key. Service was not bad, the typical quiet and shy wait staff who just want to take order and serve the food; plus maybe provide the take out containers. We came here Sunday at noon and they weren't too busy. The waitress dropped off the pot of hot tea, cups and menus and came back a few mins later to take order. The food came quickly and we enjoyed the wonton soup noodle and baked pork chop over rice. The menu is extensive and I only managed to snap a few pages. Where can you still have lunch special for 8.99 these days? Quite incredible! Will be back to try some of those dishes and will update my review. Respect the hardworking wait staff :) Ps: They do still use styrofoam so bring your own take out containers to help save the environment. Thank you ! Not typical Americanized Chinese food so have open mind and good appetite to enjoy some Hong Kong style comfort food. read more

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The foods are great! It is always the place I would like to go with family. The owner is very friendly.

Best food around! We've been coming here for years - Empress Chicken and won ton noodle soup is the best!

A couple of years ago, we used to come here all the time and we always loved their food. They used to offer something like happy hour where you can get Chinese snack foods/ appetizers for smaller portions and cheaper price. But I don't know when they stopped offering it - we didn't see them offer it today. It's a small family business, so I'm not surprised that there are many dishes that they no longer offer as a result of COVID. They have an extensive menu, but I think since COVID, they stopped offering certain dishes that's time consuming to make or too expensive to make. So when you look at their menu, some dishes are not longer available and marked as OUT. We got black bean sauce chicken and string beans, salted fish fried rice, silky egg with shrimp (we ordered it in Chinese), and salt and pepper fried fish. The black bean sauce chicken and string beans were our favorite. If you like the strong salted fish taste, their fried rice is lacking it. We were expecting the silky egg with shrimp to be thicker, but they made is super watery. It turned out to pair really well with the fried rice. The shrimp is huge. The salt and pepper fried fish are those tiny dried fish (not sure what they are exactly), which is surprisingly really good. The fish bones are soft and chewable. But it's not salty enough, and they didn't cook it with the jalapeno to get that flavor in with the fish. Portion is great for the price you pay for. We ordered 4 dishes for 4 adults, and it was enough for all of us. Came out to be a little less than $60, not including tips. Despite the increase cost, it's still very affordable. In the same plaza as Sprouts, so lots of parking available. It's a small family business, so don't expect a top notch service, but the waitresses are polite and nice. They can seem be a bit hasty in getting your order, but just let them know you need more time and it's all good. They do not check for COVID vaccination status. read more

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Supporting a small mom & pop restaurant. Just did some takeout. Food was fairly average. Takeout was ready when I got there. I like how they did not sealed it up until arrival. This helps prevents condensation for added cooking. read more

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The inside of the whole restaurant is been remodeled already and it's open. My family and I went there last Friday. We ordered something special on the menu during dinner time. read more

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I was desperate for a replacement when my beloved R-Ice Cafe closed and thank goodness for this place. I only wish it was closer! TL;DR: Good food and really good portions. The spaghetti dishes are a must try! I have really enjoyed the Baked Pork Chop over Spaghetti and Portuguese Curry Fish Fillet over Spaghetti. I also got some Fish Fillet Congee when I was feeling under the weather and it hit the spot! I can't wait to try more dishes! I heard they have good specials too, but I still have yet to dine in. LOCATION/PARKING: Located in a small shopping center next to Sprouts Market, there are a good number of parking spots in the fairly large lot. ATMOSPHERE: It's a pretty spacious restaurant with a simple classic American diner/cafe feel to it. There are a bunch of booths and big round tables and chairs, making for a good amount of seating. I would definitely come here for dine in, especially since they are able to accommodate bigger groups. SERVICE: I have only gotten takeout but so far I'd say they seem nice. They do a great job of packaging the food for to-go orders (including cardboard on the bottom), which I really appreciate because I'm so used to places doing poorly and having sauces spill all over the place. FOOD: I love their spaghetti dishes! So far I've tried the Baked Pork Chop with Spaghetti, Portuguese Curry Fish Fillet over Spaghetti and the Spaghetti with Meat Sauce. All were great options! The Curry Fish Fillet over Spaghetti was the most surprising because it was a mellow creamy curry that is unlike any other I've tried. It's got a paler color, but definitely still has that distinct curry flavor and the fish is perfectly cooked and flaky. The Baked Pork Chop with Spaghetti also had a nice flavor, good amount of sauce, thin and well cooked pieces of meat, and portion was pretty big. The Fish Fillet Congee again had perfectly cooked white fish pieces, and great flavor and held up well to the addition of my favorite soy sauce! (Sometimes adding soy sauce can make congee very watery) The Honey BBQ Pork was a particular cut which I've had before. It was Pork Neck, which means the meat has a lean layer and a fat layer and the texture of the meat is a little springy. My BF isn't a fan of this style of char siu, but I am so it really just depends on what you like. My only gripe is that based on the portion $12.99 was a little more than I was used to paying. Tad overpriced IMO. DRINKS: The Papaya Milkshake was not bad for $4.99. The HK Milk Tea hit the spot. Lovely strong tea flavor but a little on the sweeter side. Both drinks came in a tall sealed cup, which was a great portion and good for transport! PRICE: Considering the larger portions, the prices are pretty great! Most things are around $7-$14. I noticed that on DoorDash the prices are about $1-$2 higher depending on the dish, which is understandable. I also noticed the menu on DoorDash is more limited as well. read more

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We came in at a time when there was a reservation for a group. And I guess most of the staff were busy running around preparing for this event and not having enough time for me and my family. When we came in, it took a minute or two before someone actually came to seat us. We were getting tempted to actually leave... Another fifteen minutes before someone actually took our order. And around twenty for the food to start coming out. And the food came out in dribs and drabs... My daughter's food took longest of all, that we teased her if she actually ordered anything or just keeping us company while we ate... The price isn't bad. And the size of the plate was good. The taste was not bad either. As far as cleanliness goes, the place is quite clean. The decor is more of pictures of the items in the menu. Maybe my timing is just bad, so we'll have to chalk this up and give it another go next time... read more

Macau Cafe - Open 7 days a week... - Chinese Near Me - Sacramento, California

I treat myself to Macau every month my favorite dish is shrimp with lobster sauce, it has large prawns just enough bell peppers and onions with ground meat !!! The sauce is sooo good I never even share with anyone, we always really like the Peking spareribs .. and oh how can I forgot the wor wonton soup they are so big with shrimp and pork and they put so many vegetables and other proteins in the soup!!! Definitely my go to Chinese spot! read more

Amazing Wor Wonton Soup. Wontons have shrimp and pork seasoned perfectly. Great seafood in the broth with chicken and pork. Worth the drive just for that!!!! read more

Went back a week ago. Food was good as usual but service still the same. May be because they are lack of training but can't expect much.only come for the food.if u looking for great service definitely not this place. Lobster noodle is my favorite.they do offer special on certain days and the noodle is like 25-35% of differences. They have good lunch special with good prices and good food. Too bad I live way too far to drive here for lunch.so only come once in a while. Another info is : On the website it said closed Thursday but when I got to their store it said closed on Monday. No update info. Call before u heads there.not sure which info is correct. read more

Macau Cafe - Yummy lobster noodle and good prices.half of the prices compare to any other places but still with good quality. - Chinese Near Me - Sacramento, California

Yummm we ordered the Chinese broccoli with garlic, pork and preserved egg congee, eggplant and tofu curry, and I forget what kind of chicken. A good price for amount and quality. We called and picked up in about 20 minutes. Our favorites were the congee and Chinese broccoli. Both perfectly cooked and seasoned and held up well as leftovers. The congee had some nice pieces of pork in it (my preference would be to have more preserved egg in it but I know that's an acquired taste ). The Chinese broccoli was cooked through but still had a nice crunch to it. Our least favorite was the curry - it was good, but it didn't really have a flavor. It was mostly just a spicy heat. The eggplant and fried tofu pieces in it were good though, just would have liked more flavor from the actual sauce. I think we had roasted chicken but I don't see it on the menu lol it was basically exactly like roast duck, but chicken. It didn't hold up super well as leftovers (granted we reheated in the microwave instead of an air fryer or toaster oven), but I still ate it all lol Would definitely order our favorites again. I'd like to try their spaghetti as well. read more