I don't know how I didn't know about this place. I have been looking for a good Chinese restaurant for years. My husband and I ate here today and everything was great. The food, service and atmosphere were all great. We had the pot stickers, Iron deluxe skillet with the shrimp, chicken and beef and the Salt and Pepper Fish. They were all very tasty. Definitely will be back and we highly recommend this place. read more

This is the best Chinese food I have had. The beef is so tender it's unbelievable. We were in the area 2 weeks and ate here 3 times also great service. read more

I love the food but I wish the feeling the restaurant gave me was a little better. It feels a little dark to be sitting in. Overall pretty sweet ! read more

If you want great food for the value they offer, Red Pavilion is the place to be. I loved their Mongol and egg flower soup. Their crab Rangoon and gyozas are delicious and great appetizers to start out with. Service is fast and efficient. The place decorated beautifully with nice warm lighting. One thing I could say is sometimes they go hardcore on vegetables portions more than proteins on their entrees but nothing wrong with that. read more

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Nice little eatery in Meridian. Modern decor, friendly staff, excellent food and service. Menu is not traditional Mandarin, more of a modern style. One of the best Chinese eateries I've been to. read more

amazing service and best orange chicken i ever had !! staff is so nice and always go above and beyond to take care of their customers!! they work so efficiently even though they are busy! i am back to try their lo mein noodles!! wish me luck !! read more

Love this place!! It's one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in meridian. Service is always great when we go, and the food is always great! They have an amazing lunch special for a great price. Service can be a little slow during busy times, or large groups, but they always have great food worth the wait. My favorite part of Red Pavilion is the variety of great food that is offered. I can't say I love everything I've ordered, but often times if I don't love it my wife does so I know it's good food! read more

The Lo Mein was so plain. Didn't look appetizing and looked like spaghetti. Didn't taste good either. We couldn't eat it. Spicy Manderin chicken and General Tso was so soggy! Didn't have much flavor either. Just a soggy mess. Very disappointed! read more

Best egg foo yong out there, in my opinion. I usually ask for vegetable, and they always cook the veggies a little softer upon my request. Get extra gravy, cause you're gonna love it. read more

5 star! Pros- Easy parking, varied menu, great service, and delicious large portions. I ordered the Mapo Tofu. They ask protein style, heat level, and rice style. Perfect! Beautiful presentation & plate ware. Hot tea was an experience. Attentive service, but not intrusive. . Cons- Medium heat is usually fine, but this was HOT, so order accordingly. Too many jalapeños, which didn't seem culturally appropriate? I don't know, sichuan peppers would have matched better, I think. read more

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I don't think we'd come here again. The food is either undercooked, has too much salt or under seasoned. We came for date night thinking it was going to be good but we were sadly disappointed. We ordered 2 wonton soups, two appetizers of egg rolls and fried battered shrimp and they gave us 1 egg roll and two of the tiniest battered shrimps. The wonton soups had no flavor and the wonton itself was all rice paper, no filling in sight. I had to add a bit of soy sauce in order to try and enjoy it. The lo mein and fried rice was overcooked, under seasoned. The one dish that made me give up and ask for the check was the mongol beef. It was super salty and the cornstarch they apply on the beef before frying was super caked on and not cooked thoroughly. At that point I could not swallow and had to spit it out into my napkin. The only thing half decent was the General Tsao chicken. I think they would benefit from trying the food first before serving it to their customers. After that we instead drove to a nearby Panda Express for some decent Chinese food. Other than that the customer service and ambiance was good but would not recommend or come back to eat the food here. Worst money wasted to be honest. read more

Red Pavilion Mandarin Cuisine - Chinese Near Me - Meridian, Idaho

Very forgettable General Tso's And mine was Kung Pao chicken. Sorry to say that the dishes tasted nothing like what my wife and I had in other places - kind of bland. Service and ambiance were very good. We are not likely to go back. read more

Ordered delivery, got all the food but man nothing was good, only thing that i was able to finish eating was the egg flour soup and that was alright at best. China grand buffet got better food and it'll run you cheaper. Spent 50$ for prolly the worst chinese food i've had in the valley. After further investigation, don't get fooled by the past reviews, it seems like from now and a year ago kitchen staff definitely changed. Who ever they got cooking back there needs to go back to culinary school or at least taste the food they are putting out. No effort or passion in that food, if i were to compare what the dishes tasted like to a feeling I would say depression. read more

Excellent food. Excellent service! The place was packed and they managed everything so well. Food came out super quick and piping hot! Will definitely be going back. read more

My husband and I took our kids here for dinner tonight. Most of Our food was fine, service was okay. However the calamari we were served was inedible. Almost like it was over cooked without being burnt. The outer coating/breading was very thick and tough/hard to chew. I could hit it on the table and it would not crack or break, and it made a loud noice. Even made my gums bleed. The squid on the inside was basically dehydrated. I explained this to our server and asked if it could please be taken off our bill. I got no answer except her stating she wanted to take the calamari back to the kitchen. Then a minute later a different server came over to ask about it and question why I had issues. I explained again it was hard and hurt our mouths (husband and I). Still no answer, acknowledgment, or apology. Our bill was given to us with the calamari still on it... zero explanation. I would like to say that I very rarely ever complain about food at a restaurant. I could count on one hand how many times I've ever sent anything back to the kitchen. So I already felt uncomfortable complaining to begin with. But since we literally could not eat any of it I felt like it would be warranted to send it back and to hopefully not have to pay for it. I do understand when you order things also that usually you end up having to be responsible for it regardless if you eat it, which I knew going into this. However, the lack of communication or any acknowledgment of it being in edible, or at least an explanation as to why it was still on our bill, was frustrating and unprofessional. I unfortunately left feeling slightly disrespected, irritated I paid for an appetizer that I was unable to eat due to it being prepared incorrectly, and knowing that it is highly unlikely that I will ever return. All in all the food was good, my kids enjoyed the sweet and sour pork and the rice. read more

While Idaho probably isn't know for its chinese/Asian cuisine, Red Pavilion is pretty dang good. After eating at many Asian delicacy joints across the Treasure Valley, this is our favorite. The Mongol and almond chicken are great choices. We prefer the rice sticks over the fried rice of chow/lo mein dishes. Rice sticks are fine angel hair noodles instead of the heavier egg noodle. Overall, the service is great and the restaurant is very warm and comfortable. We've only had one experience here where the food seemed a little heavier on the grease but that was in 2023. We've never had a repeat of that and have generally been more than satisfied. All and all, great place to go. read more

Food was really good with generous portions. Service was good and attentive. Food was delivered timely. We had seven and were able to visit and enjoy the evening. Restaurant was comfortable. I definitely recommend. read more

Been here multiple times. Very good Chinese. Such a great variety. Server was very attentive

I haven't left a Yelp review in several years. I was proudly part of the Yelp Elite but became a homeowner, had a kid, and got incredibly busy with work. With all that being said, this place was so incredibly bad, I felt like I had to come out of "Yelp retirement" to express my disgust and frustration with this place. I was getting off work and the lady at home wanted me to pick something up. She ordered take out from this place. It consisted of an order of chicken fried rice, chicken chow fun, general tsao's chicken, an egg drop soup, wonton soup, and egg rolls. All of this was roughly $60, which is absolutely outrageous, but unfortunately somewhat normal nowadays. Anyway, let's get to them in order of best to worst, or more like bad to omg-wtf-eww: 1. General Yuck's chicken...this was weird. It wasn't like typical orange chicken, which is what was expected. It was like chicken that was kind of cooked by itself for awhile but then finished in cheap oil and fake breading with no seasoning. The only redeeming quality was that the chicken buried deep within its flavorless armor wasn't dried out and had the potential to be good, had many other factors been different. 2.Chicken fried rice...eh...just eh. Again, no flavor at all. The chicken in this one was weird. It was shaped like shrimp, but had the texture and shape of tasteless, dried-out chicken. There weren't a lot of vegetables mixed in it, the rice was semi-fried, and the thought of seasoning this in any way must have been forgotten. 3. Egg drop soup...more like floor drop soup. I'm pretty sure that all the salt that was missing from the last two dishes were smashed into this soup and everything else we got. This soup LOOKED good, like proper egg drop soup, but was saltier than hell and the vegetables tasted super weird. 4. Egg rolls...these were just fried pieces of thick paper with tasteless shredded lettuce inside. Worst egg rolls I've ever had. 5. Wonton soup...my toddler, who normally likes most things, took one bite of this, made a "are you trying to poison me" face, screamed YUCK, and got either mad or sad and stormed off. I'm mostly sure the broth in this soup was straight gutter water with food coloring. 6. Chicken Chow fun...nothing fun about this. Chicken chow depression and sorrow. I am someone who HATES to waste and will usually power down any food that I've paid for just so I don't need to toss anything out. This "dish" here though...good lord it was just gross, slimy/sticky noodles that were fried in 100-year old, used oil and finished off with a POUND OF SALT FOR EACH NOODLE. SO SO AWFUL! Like the chicken fried rice, the chicken in this was shaped like shrimp and was dried out, but this was so bad and salted, I probably would have thought it was rancid shrimp if I didn't know any better. This was honestly one of the top three WORST dishes I've had from any restaurant of all time and about 3/4 of it is now in the trash. I feel bad for my trash can. I hate writing bad reviews because I'm a huge supporter of small business, but I can't remember the last time I ate out and literally every single thing we received was AWFUL! I'm a big fan of second chances or recognizing if a few things seemed off and it might be better next time, but I couldn't find ONE redeeming quality about what we got and can't imagine any reason why we would ever go back. What a shame. The one thing the Treasure Valley seems to be lacking is a great, dependable Chinese food spot, and this place has me not wanting to eat Chinese again for a long time. AND NOW MY CHEST HURTS WTF?! read more

If you want to wait an hour for a Togo this is your place. Doesn't matter if you select a certain time. Your gonna wait an hour when you tell them what order you are there for. Worst service ever. They say every time they get backed up, well then stop accepting them. So frustrating, never going here again. read more

We ordered General Tso's, chicken lo mein, the Mongol beef, Szechuan veggies, chow fun rice, hot n' sour soup NONE of it was good. My wife ate toast for dinner. read more

Red Pavilion Mandarin Cuisine - All the good in the trash - Chinese Near Me - Meridian, Idaho

Parking here is the biggest challenge. Good luck finding a spot during lunch. Inside was not busy though so we were seated fast. The egg drop soup was fantastic but the hot and sour soup was not so good. The chicken curry had jalapeños which I didn't think came in a Asian dish. The fried rice was merely ok. Tried to order a beer but the server must not have heard me. Overall the food was fine, the service was fine. The price for the lunch was completely reasonable. read more

Had heard a lot of good things about this place so was excited to try it out. Ordered five dinner combos. It all smelled really good and we were excited to eat when I got home. We dove in and in the first "dig" at the food my wife encountered this long, black hair in her food. All in her food. Only long haired people in my house are blond. I understand stuff happens, so I called the restaurant at 3:45 to let them know and see if we could at least get a refund on that one combo to make it right. The girl who answered the phone was apologetic, but said she couldn't do anything and would take my info and give to the manager to call me back and process the refund. 6 hours later, still no call. It's bad enough to get a giant hair in your food, but another to be completely ignored by the manager. You'd think they would call back ASAP to straighten something like this out. Looks like the first and last time we'll be dining from Red Pavilion. read more

Red Pavilion Mandarin Cuisine - The long, dark hair my wife found in her kung pao chicken - Chinese Near Me - Meridian, Idaho

First time trying this restaurant and we're excited to try some dishes. Ambiance a service were ok but didn't enjoy any of the food. The chow fried rice was a sticky texture, no flavor and room temperature. Spring roll was greasy, moo goo chicken was flavorless and iron skillet was much much too salty. Won't be back. read more

We have been looking for a good Chinese restaurant in the Treasure Valley & we found it. Super nice atmosphere, sweet staff & delicious food! My husband had the dinner combo, my friend & i shared the Pavilion lomein with sizzling steak, chicken, shrimp & scallop BBQ sauce.... So good read more

Food was very good. Gen chicken, chow rice, sweet & sour pork were excellent. Servers were very nice and place was clean and comfortable. Will eat here again! read more

Red Pavilion Mandarin Cuisine - Chow rice, gen chicken and sweet & sour pork. - Chinese Near Me - Meridian, Idaho

The food was amazing and the staff extremely helpful. The portions are giant. For anyone with nut allergies, they take allergies very seriously and will clean and sanitize the wok for you to prevent cross contamination. Will be a regular here for sure! read more

menu was interesting, it was confusing at first but asked for help. food was great. we got a booth but the seats were ripped. water tasted funny so stick with sodas. read more

Daughter went to restaurant to get take out! Took more than 75 minutes to get food for 2! When asking when the food would be ready she was waved off or just ignored! Never ordering or eating Red Pavilion again! Awful service and rude workers read more

usually like Red Pavilion, but tonight was disappointing. My order was due at 7:05, not ready until 7:21, and everything was cold with condensation on the containers. Crab rangoon and rice were cold, but I was told it "couldn't be" because it was made fresh. Maybe 30 minutes ago it was fresh. Hope they get back to their usual quality soon. read more

Food poisoning. I ordered the almond chicken, their chow mein noodles, rice & spring rolls. Within 1 hr of being delivered by Uber Eats I was on the toilet. You can tell when your body is rejecting something because besides being on the toilet your heart is pounding, you're sweating & have painful stomach pains. I ordered in the middle of the day on a Thur. Tasted great but won't be eating there again unfortunately. read more

I really wanted to love this place because it s close by. But though the location is great, the ambiance is decent and the staff is friendly...the food is mediocre. It's decent food but tbh there is no wow factor. I'd group this place with Panda Express read more

Came for lunch today with my Grandma. She's vegan so going to Asian based restaurants are a little more accommodating towards her diet. Drove clear across town to eat here. Boy, I wish I would have saved my gas money and just went to one of my normal spots. Service is horrible. Our server was so rushed or uninterested in taking our order that she screwed up twice. Asked for plain steamed rice noodles. Got a plate of rice noodles stir fried with veggies and then another plate of rice noodles stir fried in soy sauce. I don't know what part of steamed plain rice noodles she didn't comprehend. After receiving two screwed up plates of noodles, I didn't care anymore. My grandma was hungry. I started with a cup of their hot and sour soup. What a disappointing cup of soup. The soup was neither hot nor sour. It tasted like thick soup with dark soy sauce with some bamboo shoots. I took a couple bites and sent it back. I ordered the braised tofu for lunch. It was ok. Grandma had the tofu and mixed vegetables. She ate a good portion of it. Overall, it was such a disappointing dining experience. I spent 70 dollars on lunch because of their screw up. 24 dollars of that 70 was for 2 sides of noodles. 12 dollars for a side of noodles?!? Lol I have laugh about it or I'll flip out. I saw the staff being nice to regulars so it would have been nice to have the same dining experience as them. I'll save my gas and go somewhere on my end of town. Not worth trying out. read more

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Since moving to the Boise area we have been on a quest for good Chinese and after last nights experience I am thoroughly convinced we are out of luck. With high hopes on some of the Yelp reviews we tried this place out and I should've trusted a fellow local Michelle R review and avoided this place all together. After $125 with tip food bill I left here annoyed, disappointed and not felling that well. Once arriving everything s fine merry fine but like ok'ing around the place for sent that clean and looks like it has seen a little worse for ware...after being sat a nice younger lady came over and took our drink order. Despite being also very awkward she repeated our drink order 4 times. A little suggestion despite not being very cool write it down so you can remember. We had some house Cabernet which was as awful and hot sake which was also awful. For dinner we had the below and I will rate them accordingly and not in order...plus the timing of everything else as so awkward that most dishes got cold before you could enjoy everything together. Chow Fun chicken Noodles 1 star chicken tasted nasty and gummy Pot stickers 2 stars ok flavor but totally oily and overcooked. Spicy Mandarin Chicken 2 stars ok flavor but again totally oily with way to much Hot & Sour Soup -5 stars this was disgusting not only did it have no taste or resemblance to hot and sour soul it had a terrible taste to it. Literally took one sip and that was it. Mongolian Beef 3 stars true highlight of the experience. Beef was cooked very well and had good flavors. Kung Pao Chicken 3 stars barely and again way to oily for my taste. Mosho chicken 3 star and one huge down fall was the watered down plum sauce and over steamed wrapping papers. Flavors in the chicken were a highlight. Some items to consider and you can tell they cater more to take out than dining in. Every sauce is served in a plastic to go cup. In addition what Chinese restaurant doesn't have sriracha or hot sauce. They had some red chili flake paste but it tasted expired and was not good at all. I honestly would not come back here and I am totally disappointed at yet another failed attempt to find good Chinese food in the treasure valley. read more

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Food was good but this is the first Asian restaurant I have been to in years that charges extra for rice. They also charge extra for napkins so bring your own! This may not actually be the case but I asked for napkins and rice and they said that was extra. I turned down the extra small bowl of rice and never got an extra napkin so I assumed it was also extra. I like more than a 1/3 cup of rice with my meal and two napkins would be nice! I guess if I was so messy, I could deal with only one - I did have to ask for that. In all seriousness- excellent food and service - definitely recommend as long as you bring a few extra dollars for rice.... read more

I enjoyed a weekday lunch service. I was seated quickly at clean table and a glass of water was placed. Spring Rolls were flavorful and crispy. Rice and beef was filling, with a sizable portions. Cons: Parking can be iffy at times. A busy strip mall. read more

Food is delicious, staff is always friendly. Definitely recommend the almond shrimp and chow rice read more

Food quality has really gone down as has the service. I'll probably give it one more try but not a lot of hope. Too busy, understaffed, cold food. My spicy chicken was orange chicken. No spice At all read more

We dined here for dinner with 5 adults and have zero complaints. All of the food was delicious, served in a timely manner, and the wait staff was incredibly friendly. The place was clean - no dinginess at all! We will definitely be back! The veggie mapo tofu was PERFECT. I got extra hot and it was super spicy and yummy. Not sure if it was vegan, but at least vegetarian. read more

When I say I searched long and hard for a decent Chinese restaurant in Boise, I mean pretty much my entire life. Growing up in the area, I've tried numerous eateries, with many of them never coming across my mind a second time. However, Red Pavilion will remain in my memory box for anytime I'm craving Chinese food that won't churn my stomach with grease. After the electricity went out during a rainstorm, rendering our kitchen useless, my husband and I stopped in Red Pavilion. It was just one of the first places that came into mind that I'd been wanting to try. Never big eaters, we shared a plate of Hunan Pork Street Fry (tender pork strips wok tossed in Szechuan chili sauce, $10.95) served with a size of white rice. The meal was excellent. The pork was well seasoned, very flavorful as were the veggies. It was just the right amount of spicy to add a satisfying kick but not leave my tongue begging for mercy. Also, the serving size was plenty! One plate filled my husband and mine's tummies for the night. Other great aspects were the cleanliness of the entire establishment (squeaky clean), the speedy, kind waitress (deserved a great tip) and the complimentary chips before dinner (YUM!). Even though I only tried one dish I feel that Red Pavilion definitely earned this 5 star rating! Going back with a friend next week to try some more goodies. read more

Red Pavilion Mandarin Cuisine - Hunan Street Fry Pork - Chinese Near Me - Meridian, Idaho

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