Ordered Lemon chicken and pork fried rice and got a dish that smelled and tasted like fish…read more Obviously deep fried the chicken in the same oil where they would have deep fried fish. Was so disgusting, threw it all out. What a waste of 33.00

Clean and newer looking restaurant front located in Orleans…read more We ordered the dinner for 5 that came up to just over $100. Egg rolls 5/5 Beef and brocoli 3/5 Sauce was too thin and heavy on the oyster sauce. Fried rice 4/5 Cantonese chow mein 4/5 Chicken balls 5/5 Large chicken pieces! Honey garlic spare ribs 5/5 Delicious! Almond chicken guy ding 4/5 Almond cookies, a pleasant change, and fortune cookies!

I was a bit surprised at the size of their open ended egg rolls(a bit on the smaller side), but…read morethey tasted awesome. Overall I would give this a A++

I can't find decent Chinese anywhere out near Kemptville, so I've taken to driving to the nearest…read morebest-rated out-of-town places in a concentric ring. I may have found my go-to, 25km away. Four and a half stars is just about right here. Great value, good to great food, delightful service. The food was almost perfect, save for the blandness of the Singapore noodles. I'm guessing they cater to unadventurous suburban tastes, given their location. I'm going to ask that they kick it up a notch next order.

Everything we have tried has been at least as good as any. Our favourite includes: Very good: mapo…read moretofu, chicken chop suey, crispy beef. Excellent: moshe chicken. High-back booths offer privacy. Parking right in front. Decor is better than most Chinese restaurants.

Decided to try this restaurant for the first time and won't order from there again…read more When the order arrived we were quite impressed by the huge chicken balls, but even though they had a big piece of chicken inside you had to get through a tough and hard crust! The General Tsao's chicken made us select between mild, spicy and very spicy....so being our first order from them we picked spicy. If that was spicy I never want to test their mild selection. Even the General Tsao himself would have been disappointed! Big disappointment! Although the crust on the egg rolls was crusty and dry the inside was delicious! The mixed vegetable dish was also very good. The large amount of chicken fried rice was also tasty! Overall we were very disappointed and with all these types of restaurants in Orleans we will certainly try a different one next time!

The Short Version: Instant hot pot restaurant. I had the…read morevegetable set meal for one and it was delicious. "Mild" was quite spicy, lol. Service was excellent. The Long Version: My first time having "instant hot pot" where the kitchen cooks all the ingredients for you and your soup comes out in a bowl (as opposed to traditional hot pot, where you're brought raw ingredients and you cook it yourself in the boiling broth at your table). This is great when you're by yourself (which I was), because hot pot is like a communal and social meal, but I was hungry and just wanted to eat, lol. They have two options for instant hot pot at Mr. Maocai, they have set meals and choose your own ingredients meals. If you choose your own ingredients you are charged by the ingredients (starting at $2.39 each for vegetables, the price is higher for meat ingredients). The set meals are a better deal if you like all the ingredients in the set meal. I chose the vegetable set meal for one ($18.80). This came with cauliflower, konjac knots, tofu skin, enoki mushrooms, tribute vegetable, potato slices, black fungus, Napa cabbage and potato noodles. I got it in the mild spicy hot pot broth. So the spiciness levels are mild, medium, hot, and hell (LOL). I don't want to know what hell tastes like because the mild was quite spicy for me. Haha. My nose was running and I had tingly lips. Nonetheless I enjoyed it. The broth was flavourful although it had a bit of a sour taste that I wasn't too fond of, but the sourness wasn't overpowering. The meal usually comes with a bowl of rice, but they ran out of rice so offered me Shanghai noodles or instant noodles and I chose Shanghai noodles. I think I actually prefer to have noodles in the soup over a bowl of rice on the side. So lucky me (especially since the a la carte price of the noodles is more than that of the rice). The Sweet potato noodles were thick and chewy and so delicious. My favourite ingredient in my hot pot. The konjac knots were konjac noodles tied up in a knot. I loved these. It was my first time having Tribute vegetable. It's the stem of a leafy green vegetable that it shaved, then dehydrated and then later rehydrated. It had an interesting crunchy texture and I quite enjoyed it. The black fungus was cut into little strands. They were nice and chewy. The cauliflower was still al dente which I liked. It wasn't soft and mushy. The potato slices were also al dente. I always love enoki mushrooms, so was thrilled that these were in my soup. The Napa cabbage was soft, but I didn't mind this. The tofu skins were chewy. I actually prefer the dehydrated bean curd sheets over these fresh tofu sheets, but that's just a personal preference. The Shanghai noodles were a little thinner than I expected, but they were nice and chewy and I'm really glad they ran out of rice for my order. Haha. The portion size was excellent. I had enough for lunch and had leftovers for dinner. They give you a pitcher of water for your tablet, which I appreciated because my "mild" soup was spicy! Lol. Service was courteous and efficient. The server asked if it was my first time there and when I said it was, she explained their process to me. She checked in on me and was helpful in getting me containers to pack up my leftovers. They have a sauce bar, but I didn't use it. Decor is nice with a bright red and yellow colour scheme. Street parking only. I highly recommend Mr. Maocai for instant hot pot. Review #61 (2026)

Had a delicious dinner here. There are a few value sets and combo for one. I got the dry pot while…read moremy friend got the soup one. Spice level was great and tasty.

I have traveled to Canada several times and so far this is one of the best Chinese food restaurants…read moreI've ever had. The portions were large,the staff very friendly and the prices reasonable. I will be making this a staple of my restaurant repitiore when visiting the area.

First time ordering from Charlie Chans and I was impressed. Their menu is on the smaller side, but…read morethey have a little bit of everything. I do wish they had more vegetarian dishes, like some deep fried tofu or cheese wontons (yuuuummm..my fave)But they don't, so this is what we got: -egg rolls -spring rolls. They were good, thick, and crispy -szechuan chicken (the hubby gave it two thumbs up) -chicken almond guy ding -veggie chow mein (I guess this was more of the traditional way of making it? bean sprout base, and dried chow mein noodles on top. It was really good.) -fried rice The food was so good that there was no leftovers! We ate it all. Food was also ready within 20 minutes on a Friday night. Everything tasted fresh. I'll definitely be ordering here more when I have my Chinese food cravings.

During the pandemic we have not been to a ton of restaurants but this place is so close ot our…read morehouse I figured that I should give it its day in court through Skip the Dishes. The food was good and delivery was extremely fast. That said, the portion sizes to cost were a little light in my opinion and while the wonton soup was amazing, there wasn't much of it in my bowl. Overall, good option - yummy food but perhaps not the greatest value for money. I'll be back if my regular place is closed. It's still a good go.

Closed Aug. 27/23 after 41 years. Was great food We miss…read morethem Good prices Dumplings were schmooze

I had the buffet lunch ($14.50) at Golden Bowl with a couple of girlfriends and I can sum up my…read morefeelings in two words, or one emoticon: sad face :( The buffet was incredibly small, only about 10 items, and the food in my opinion was on par with the likes of Manchu Wok and other such food court Westernized Chinese food vendors. Actually, the best of the food was Manchu Wok caliber, some items did not even meet this low standard, at least not in my opinion. The place has been around for decades and it would appear to me that no renovations have been made for decades. On the buffet was: wonton soup, egg rolls, chicken balls, salt and pepper fried chicken pieces, garlic spare ribs, vegetarian fried noodles, chicken fried rice, beef and vegetables stir-fry, fried chicken wings, and chow mein. So only 10 "real items" then they had stuff like pineapple sauce, sweet and sour sauce, almond cookies, and some sort of deep-fried dough pieces. No ice cream! :( Let's start with the good: the chicken balls were filled with lean white breast meat and the meat to batter ratio was pretty good. They weren't all dough. They were crispy, and if one were to like sweet and sour chicken balls in general, I think that one would enjoy these. The egg rolls were also pretty good. They were very crispy and the wrapper was thinner and crunchier than I've had at other places. The filling was ground pork and vegetables and had a strong five-spice fragrance to it. The wonton soup was also not bad. I liked that the soup had some leafy greens in it and wasn't overly oily/greasy. The actual wontons were a bit mushy, but the filling to wrapper ratio was good. The flavour was good. The unremarkable: chicken fried rice, vegetarian noodles, beef and vegetables stir-fry, and garlic spare ribs. The bad: the salt and pepper fried chicken pieces I found very weird. The meat was dark meat and had a strange texture. It was too salty and not that peppery to me. The "I did not try it because it did not look appetizing to me": fried chicken wings (looked really dry and greyish), the chow mein (I hate bean sprouts), the almond cookies (looked store bought) and the crunchy fried dough things. Service was nice and efficient. We were greeted right away and led to our seats. We were given water shortly after and our waters were refilled often and without having to ask. When we first arrived a bit before noon, there were only a few patrons, but after 12pm the place got really busy, so it looks like there's definitely a market for this kind of food, it's just not my jam. There's free parking in their private parking lot beside the restaurant.