AB Chinese Restaurant

10/10!!!!!! They…read morehave VERY nice food it's always fresh and hot I'd recommend the potstickers. The people who run the shop are very nice and kind people The ambiance is like a nice calm atmosphere and I love the decorations 10/10

These people are very nice and the service is good, but the lunch special we had was just…read more"serviceable". There was no difference between our two dishes except for the sauce. The only veggies in our meal were in the spring rolls. Fried chicken pot stickers were very good. I don't know why I keep getting disappointed with Chinese restaurants, but it could be having had so much good Chinese food in Seattle's China Town..,

Front of store; dine in and to-go options available

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Simply Ramen

4.3(314 reviews)

0.7 mi

Food is amazing, love all the options. Prices are really great as well! Small-ish building so…read moresomewhat limited seating, however really charming & welcoming

Surprisingly crowded for lunch on a Thursday! We ordered spice ramen with wontons and extra…read moreveggies. We also, ordered spicy chicken broccoli (note rice is an extra $1.50.....). All in all both our meals were good but both were a bit too salty. I will come back and order more ramens to test them out. Side note: The air conditioning was on and it was COLD inside!

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Ma's Dairy Farm Tavern

3.7(36 reviews)

2.0 mi

Omg! The worst Chinese I've ever had! I had heard that this was a hidden gem and the best food, but…read morethat couldn't be further from the truth!! The fried shrimp was old, the chicken chow mein was awful. Only had bean sprouts and a little bit of chicken. The chow mein noodles were stale, the mar far chicken was tough. I threw it all up within 5 minutes of eating it and threw the rest away. Will not be back.

The food we got tonight was good, I wish I could say the same about the service. Not friendly,…read morebarely even acknowledged our presence when we wanted to order. We had to ask him to take our order and he seems to have a problem with doing it. We got our food and left. We were going to stay and eat but he killed the vibe of hanging out and enjoying our meal there.

Their specials are great you get alot for your money

Street sign

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Front of place

Ding How Buffet & Grill

2.9(27 reviews)

0.9 mi

The food is delicious and the service is very nice. Also very clean and you could tell the food is…read morefresh. Highly recommend.

The food wasn't very good. The chicken was so tough to eat, I saw three nats in the bowl containing…read morepineapple and the sushi was room temp. The customer service was absolutely terrible. I saw them going to each table and asking if everyone was having a good time and checking on them and not once did anyone come up to us and ask anything? The one time she came up to us was to collect our plates and left. And I could see her staring me and my friends down every-time she passed our table. And charging us almost 80 dollars for 3 people is pretty insane for bad food.

Sushi

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Ping's Garden

2.6(137 reviews)

0.1 mi

Have been coming here on our visits to Oregon for the last 18 years....i must say this is the best…read moreand most craveable Chinese food I have ever had! Almond chow Mein with pan fried noodles and their egg drop soup are my faves. Service is great!!!

The service was good. The food was bland and tastes like the vegetables were frozen prior to…read morecooking. Edible but not tasty or particularly satisfying. My daughter says I'm being generous.

This was my chow main dish that absolutely cold. The rice was barely warm and shrimp was cold, one was raw with veins.

Sesame chicken with steamed white rice

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Rainbow House

3.5(35 reviews)

1.6 mi

Excited all week to try, unfortunately only 3 out of the 8 items were decent. Very small portions…read moreof the meat, gave us old barbecue pork that was hard and cold. Pretty much a bean-sprout container with hard crunchy noodles that they called chow main. Sweet-and-sour chicken was pretty good and despite the sesame chicken not actually having sesame on it, was decent with sweet-and-sour sauce. Overall had higher expectations, hopefully it gets better in the future.

We got food to go from Rainbow House and it was fresh and delicious. The beef was tender and…read moreflavorful in the beef with snow peas and the peas were great with that little crunch of snap peas. Pork egg foo Yung is my guilty pleasure and it was outstanding with plenty of gravy. We also really enjoyed the fried shrimp and almost chicken. I had never been served by the lady who packed up our food but everything was there, including the extra red sauce I asked for for the fried shrimp. Delicious fresh food, accurate and polite service and reasonable and worth the price for sure!

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Sam City

3.6(259 reviews)

0.6 mi

Food is good, service is good the inside could use some…read moreupgrades, but looks like they may be working on some issues. The bummer part is they have raised prices and the portions have seemed to get smaller. This combination drives me crazy.

Short: casual ambiance, great beef pho!!! Impressed and fresh, MANY MANY options. Did come with a…read morewait (about 30-45mins) I had a classic beef pho ($16) the beef broth was fresh and very flavorful. They also have SPICY PHO which is an interesting option inspired by Korean spices. It looks very intimidating but not as spicy as you might think. Lots of grilled rice plates and Chinese food available too. Service was good and nice, prices are decent

Kimchi pho. Spicy!

Summer Roll with yummy peanut sauce

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Spicy chicken fried rice

Panda Express

2.6(64 reviews)

0.4 mi

Had a great experience with Alex who prepared my order. He is an outstanding young man who treated…read moreme as if I was the only customer in the restaurant. He was genuinely excited to serve me and would not accept a tip in return. He has a bright future in whatever field he chooses.

Ordered honey walnut shrimp with the mushroom chicken. Everything looks fine besides the missing…read moremushroom chicken. This goes to show that they dont even check to make sure they are serving or not serving the correct thing. I have a photo as well but I dont see where it will allow me to add a photo.

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Jinda Thai Restaurant

4.3(112 reviews)

0.9 mi

This was an amazing restaurant that we found while visiting Albany. It is always a great sign of…read moregood food when they have so many take out orders being placed/picked up on a Thursday night. We ate in and had fast service with great food. Their menu has a wide variety and it was hard to choose. We went with Drunken Noodles and Panang which were rich, savory and it was hard to put our forks down!

So I'll start with what everyone already knows. Very small parking lot and a very small facility as…read morewell but you can park in the wheeler dealer parking lot . Ok I have to say. It's been a while actually years since I've been here cause the food went down hill and I have to say that I've been back another time as well. The first time back and I was totally shocked on how good the food is. The second time back wasn't a fluke. It was actually very good as well. I'm thinking a different cook but I'd eat both. The food was bright in color and to me meaning fresh vegetables. The second time the broccoli was a little overcooked. The lighting is good cause all the windows and good overhead lighting as well. As for service, I'm saying very good. They are hoping. One thing I'm thinking is that when a bunch of people order the same food may cause food to come out at different times. Just saying that my rice came out 15 minutes before the rest of food. Not to bad from year's ago. I'll be back again.

Interior busy Friday lunch crowd

Salad Rolls with tofu

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Natasha L.

8 years ago

Best Chinese restaurant ! !Fast and friendly service. Great food. Our favorite Chinese food in the area for sure. Thumbs up!

Pbone B.

3 years ago

This is the best place to get Chinese food in Albany. Also good deals and big portions only place I'll go

Scott C.

10 years ago

It's all about the food! Never mind the decor. Great prices, great food. I recommend the Mongolian beef.

Tom J.

2 years ago

Great Chinese food ! Fresh and delicious , we will be back to try more dish and the price is fair

Thomas D.

3 years ago

My favorite place in town for Chinese food , great food and great service, always tasty and fresh

Cameron G.

13 years ago

Only went once, but the food and environment weren't very pleasing.

Sandy G.

17 years ago

In my book this is the best Chinese in Albany !

Amy B.

14 years ago

Excellent and fast service, fantastic food!

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