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    Oriental Jade Restaurant & Bar

    3.1 (162 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:30 pm

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    ORIENTAL JADE RESTAURANT & BAR ATMOSPHERE

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    Feeling a little underdressed in the beautiful dining area lol
    Chelsea L.

    My boyfriend and I visited this restaurant because we were on a tour of everything Steven King in Bangor 3 months ago. This restaurant did not disappoint, it exceeded our expectations and we had a very pleasant experience! The dining area was beautiful! The server was very cool. The poo poo plater was epic with the flame. And also the kimchi sushi rolls were super tasty. We will definitely make a point to visit Oriental Jade again from little Rhode Island.

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    Sonya S.

    We enjoyed lunch here. It's a decent lunch menu and I got a platter with pretty much every appetizer on it and with fried rice. My partner had sweet & sour chicken and liked it. The interior is nice.

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    James A.

    Good Chinese Food in Bangor Maine. My wife and I were in Maine for one night, and after many days of New England classic seafood, we wanted one night of comfort food...which for us involves something with white rice. This restaurant popped up and was very close to our hotel: barely 0.2 miles away as the crow flies (a term I understand better traveling around Maine)...but almost 2.5 miles by car since we were on the opposite side of I-95. So we took the car, and drove all the way through the Bangor Mall. It's a large mall with mostly empty buildings, giving a clear indication of how malls built when I was growing up, are now dying in the US. There is plenty of parking, and the building itself is large and self-contained. There was no wait, and we were seated (the only ones) in a private banquet room (the 'Bonsai' room), off to the side of the main entrance. Elijah was our server, and immediately offered us some complementary fried wonton skins. While munching through them, we perused the medium sized menu. We settled on Orange Chicken ($17.50) and Four Happiness ($25), both coming with a small bowl of white, steamed rice. We just wanted still ice water, which he kept filled throughout the visit. The orange chicken included pineapple: the dish actually reminded me of the Chinese Korean dish sweet/sour pork (Tangsuyuk) a lot more than orange (or sesame chicken)...the dark meat chicken could have easily passed as pork. As this dish tends to do, it uses a heavy batter, really well cooked so it is dried out a bit, requiring a lot of that sweet, cloying sauce. It tasted very good, and the portions were right...but it wouldn't be orange chicken the way someone who is used to Panda Express (who invented it, supposedly) would like it. The four happiness was described as what we like at most chinese restaurant (often called something like 'Happy Family'), combining 3 to 4 meats with the house brown sauce and a lot of fresh vegetables. Shrimp, beef, and chicken were expected but they also added chinese barbeque pork. The flavor of the pork was too strong for this dish, using thinly sliced pork loin would have been a lot better. The shrimp was medium size (it should be large...shrimp is actually cheaper today than it was 30 years ago and even the most frugal places are using jumbo shrimp to make their dishes jump/pop). The beef was the overly tender, food grade that a lot of chinese restaurants use. The house brown sauce was very mild, not having enough spices and didn't have too much cooking sherry or oyster sauce to make their brown, garlic sauce memorable. It had a good mix of vegetables like brocolli and button mushrooms. The food came out FAST, and the portions were very generous...but the dishes are expensive. We did finish both dishes though, realizing how hungry we are. The whole vibe is outdated and from the 80's: used of term Oriental, very americanized tastes, large dining spaces, location is in a dying mall...a place that my generation and older would appreciate. Since it was not busy, we got a chance to talk with Elijah (who was excellent as a server throughout). He explained that the room we were in, had been a favorite reserved room for Bangor's most famous resident and his family, though he no longer came anymore. Elijah also explained the relationship between the Bangor Beer Company and the restaurant (owned by the owner's son). The satelite location of the brewpub shares the same kitchen, so you can get certain chinese dishes while drinking your microbrew. It is interesting...much of this place was tied to a particular place and time, in this case the location of a medium sized city with a predominantly WASP population, and a time of late 20th century: the use of the outdated term 'Oriental' (a term which is now illegal to use in any Federal documentation...but still very relevant in terms like Oriental Medicine); or the inclusion of Sushi as a main menu item (and using the term 'Bonsai') in a chinese restaurant (which would be a big no-no where we live..mixing Chinese and Japanese like that); the lack of anything Korean food/culture...which really caught fire recently in the 21st century; or the prices (which are quite higher than what I am used to, which means there isn't much competition). But at the same time, the popularity of a micro brewery brewpub in the same premises is so early 21st century, and the restaurant being an inspiration to certain scenes from a very famous story...makes this a place that we were really glad we came to.

    A welcoming spirit
    Steve K.

    We waited for quite a while to be seated. We figured it was just really busy. I was surprised to see only 2 other tables occupied when we were shown to our table. What took so long? I ordered the steak. It was so tender you didn't even need a knife to cut it. The sauce was the perfect balance of sweet and savory. It was served with white rice, and I asked for any other veggie besides broccoli and they were happy to accommodate with tender asparagus. A great meal. Go hungry as the portions are huge.

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    My go to for "American Chinese food." They always have my favorites and I love the family meals and game day meal deals.

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    Thank you Patti! We hope you will join us again soon.

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    Thank you, Bob! We hope to serve you again soon.

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    4 years ago

    Ive always loved their food! Yellow curry, crab rangoons are my favorites. Good location too

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    Thank you, Meridith. We look forward to serving you again soon!

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    3 years ago

    As always everything is great always polite on the phone and the food is always great . I never come down to Bangor without stopping in .

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    General Tso's wasn't the best but it only took one of the "St. Elsewhere" drinks to give my girl a buzz. She was entertaining that night.

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    We had lunch there recently and started with the caterpillar maki which was quite good. I ordered…read morenabeyaki udon soup and my wife ordered the katzu chicken. The nabeyaki looked like it had been made several days prior. The chicken which overwhelmed it was the texture of rubber; come to think of it, nearly everything in the soup was the same hopeless texture, absolutely inedible. Mushrooms were spit-out-awful and there were very few veggies. I knew better than to bother with the egg floating on top. The katzu chicken was clearly fried in ancient oil, echoing the complaint of an earlier reviewer, with a bitter nasty aftertaste. Noodles were absolutely tasteless. We asked for a container...to take the scraps home to our chickens. Because the server was efficient and pleasant, I decided not to ask for my money back. I would have been well within my rights to do so, without a peep, I'm guessing, from the kitchen. They know when they've screwed up and they did. All of which brings to mind Woody Allen's quote about life: such a large amount of misery and such small portions.

    Five starts may be a bit misleading here - they lost a star because our $16 caterpillar roll was a…read moredisaster, basically a pile of sushi ingredients. However, they get +1 star for the fiddlehead tempura, which was unique and special. They also get 5 stars for the underlying sushi - the simple tuna maki was fresh and expertly crafted.

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    Cheesecake tempura with green tea ice cream and chocolate drizzle
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