A very nice little Chinese restaurant in the tradition of the great, family Chinese restaurants of old. Their menu is huge and has all the favorites. Everything from egg foo young to kung Pao to moo shu to orange chicken. And they are all excellent versions of these classic dishes. The service is good and its family run. Good egg rolls and good fried rice. It's like all the Chinese pl ea you remember from wherever you grew up. A good little place to satisfy those Chinese cravings. Take out or eat in; same good food. read more

I'll have to amend my first review. I'm going to pass this off as possibly this restaraunt does not know how to do carry out. I ordered in bold print for a pick up. NO BROCOLLI and when I opened it up at home, all I had was BROCCOLI. Plus, we ordered lemon chicken and my husband became ill after consuming the dish. I cannot speak to ambiance but service also contributes to poor food. I'm so sorry I have to only give 3 stars. They need to really examine quality and someone to check expediting. read more

I am a long time fan of this Abacus Inn (59th Ave Location)... lately it seems the food is going the wrong direction and attention to detail is suffering. Tonight we ordered take-out... The hot & Sour Soup was cold and very skimpy on the protein. The Egg Food Young is horrible now... I don't know why I keep ordering it, thinking it will change.... Remember when these joints would make it fresh with the ingredients cooked into the patty?? Now the over cook something and top it with a couple pieces of protein and charge $20, calling it Egg Food Young... What happened?? Lastly, the restaurant completely forgot our Orange Chicken. I felt terrible for my wife... UGH!! They check stuff off on the kitchen receipt and it wasn't even checked off!!! Come on people, do better!!! For as much as you are charging, mistakes like these are unacceptable... If anyone knows of a decent Chinese joint, message me!!! Bonus if they make real Egg Food Young Young... read more

Abacus Inn - Everything... except my wife's Orange Chicken... - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

We really enjoyed the food. Great service and huge portions. I had lettuce wraps. It took me 3 days to finish my left overs. We HIGHLY recommend ABACUS. read more

New to town. Ordered takeout last night, it was our first time eating there. We ordered the special fried rice, egg rolls and wonton soup. The soup had zero wontons and was nothing but vegetables. The rice was old and the egg rolls were ok. Needless to say we will never eat here again. Yuk! read more

Under new ownership, the food does not compare to what it was, I was very disappointed. Heavy sauce on everything and not tasty. The service was good with only one waitress, place not busy. It just did not have the ambiance and vibe it once had with previous owner. read more

BRING BACK THE GOOD EGG ROLLS!! i am so disappointed with this remodel and "revamp". as soon as i walked in and it had weird art and modern style decor i know it was going to be a trip. we have been coming here for at least 15 years... the hot and sour soup was goopy and not very hot or sour. all of our plates were mostly onions. the only positive i have is that the fried rice is an improvement in my opinion. now the egg rolls... my family and i would come here and just get the eggs rolls and soup. the eggs rolls were half the size and complete mush in the middle. honestly it looked like weird chicken salad in the middle. won't be coming back here again. and it hurts my soul to say that. read more

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First off, their website is janky as their menu page is a poorly taken picture of their actual menu instead of it being actually listed out like every other restaurant menu. They really need to change that. Note that despite its small nature, it's a sit down restaurant. So we sat down and never got service. So instead, I just went to the front desk to order to-go. They have lunch specials from 11:00am-4:00pm. I got the orange beef with no onions; lunch specials come with two fried wontons, a small cup of fried rice, and an egg roll. This cost me $13.17. The fortune cookie, fried wontons, and egg roll all tasted stale. The orange beef (which somehow still tasted like chicken) was the best part of the meal and the fried rice was average. Just like the workers forgot that we were customers when we sat down, I too feel like the food here is forgettable. read more

Abacus Inn - Orange beef lunch special - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

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Food was fresh and tasted great! We have been going here for years and never had a single problem. Service is always top tier! read more

Absolutely love this place. As a family, we only go here for our Chinese food. Everyone there is so kind and we have never had a bad time there. We love the orange chicken and egg rolls and it's a common place for us to go for either lunch or dinner. Will always choose this place! read more

I had the Singapore Rice Noodle dish and it was spot on. So, so good. I only wish they had the banana crisp like the other location but I can't get the Singapore Mei Fun at the 35th Ave location. Hard to decide which one is better! Service was flawless. I will forever alternate between their 2 locations. read more

Abacus Inn - a plate of noodles and vegetables - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

Friendly service. Chef in kitchen was certainly not Chinese which might account for lack of any amount of Chinese flavor. Sweet and sour sauce was overly sweet Orange out of the can sauce. Fried rice was flavorless. Egg roll filling was unrecognizable. Way over priced. Certainly will not return. read more

food was great, portions are good and service was great! kind and we didn't wait too long. hot busy fast, it's currently 6pm. the prices aren't too bad especially in this economy. me and my gf loved it dr pepper was spicy (love it) read more

Abacus Inn - beef broccoli, chicken chow mein and large side of rice we had crab puffs too but we ate that - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

Food and service are always amazing! Very friendly and personable. Fresh ingredients and fast service

horrible service and food. After eating here, I felt sick. Was treated poorly by staff

Came here for an in person dinner - not take out - ordered the orange chicken - kung pao beef - chicken egg rolls and egg drop soup The egg drop soup didn't need the chicken in it bc it was delicious The egg rolls were delish too not the frozen weird mush inside The orange chicken was wonderful and the kung pao beef was great just a little salty but the steamed rice cut into that Fast friendly service Clean restaurant area Well lit Family owned Definitely would come back with my homegirls read more

It has been a very long time since we have been here. Restraunt is now open and newer booths! The artwork is bright and somewhat refreshing, despite the installer obviously not using a level in its hanging. The service was very good. For the small restaurant it appears they do a very large takeout business. There were three waitresses that made sure patrons that were dining were well taken care of and still took care of the revolving front door. The food.... I wanted to really like the shrimp and Chinese Vegetables and the Chicken and Chinese Vegetables. Each was served in a nice platter that could have easily served two or more each, with a bowl of white rice on the side. The sauce was abundant, actually more than enough. Each dish looks exactly the same with delicate little mushrooms and cut mini corn with broccoli that could have used another few minutes in the steamer. I hate to say it but maybe my COVID affected palate just was overwhelmed.... I just did not care for the main attraction ;(. If I find myself dining here again, I will try a different dish. read more

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Love this place for dine in and take out. Everything here is delicious. Shrimp, chicken and beef are equally good. Neighborhood staple and it's always busy for lunch. read more

I've had many meals at this restaurant but Spicy Sautéed Beef has become my favorite. The meal's spiciness was perfect, the peppers, onions and other veggies were wonderful, and the leftovers were excellent. Service was very good In addition the property was recently renovated and very clean. read more

The food is great at this restaurant and the staff is very friendly. I love the chicken fried rice, the soup is so tasty, and the orange chicken is excellent. I'd recommend this restaurant to anybody looking for some good food and you won't be leaving hungry. read more

Always good, whole family enjoys. Quick and friendly service for take out. Staple to the dinner rotation.

Food is fantastic and the service is amazing! Egg drop soup was delicious and the egg fried rice you need to order!

Will not be back. New owners. Have gone to Abacus Inn for two decades, knew the owner, and restaurant was always packed. Now, food was sub-par and restaurant mostly empty. Ordered Pepper Steak and it was mostly onions, with very little beef. Won ton soup had no flavor. Sweet and sour shrimp also had no flavor. read more

Placed a take-out order. The food was very good, fresh and hot. The location is easy to get in and out of with plenty of parking

Awful service. Do not expect them to care if they get an order wrong and charge an exorbitant ammount. You will not get what you ask for. The wontons have nothing in them. The general tso is terrible, tough, chewy. I do not suggest spending your money here. Terrible experience and waste of money. read more

Abacus Inn - chicken and rice in a styrofoam container - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

Did the restaurant change hands? I've loved this restaurant for many years. We had 4 people in our party, 4 different dinners. Too much sauce, too sweet, not even close to Chinese. Egg rolls disappointing. Sorely disappointing. Prices & portions reasonable. Good service. No atmosphere. Plants are gone. Redecorating? read more

NOPE NOPE NOPE. We had not been here in a awhile nee owners and food is now low brow. The big egg rolls that were wonderful are now gone and replaced with smaller mush filled rolls - NOPE. read more

***This is a Diamond in the ROUGH NO LIE *** I have been searching for all the best food since I moved here and this place right here hands down some of the finest Chinese food in all of Arizona and that's no joke everything on the menu is freaking amazing it reminds me of home l I'm so glad I found it everyone should definitely eat here it's affordable the portions are massive and the food is just out of this world amazing try it you will not be disappointed if you are ill refund your money ( NO NO JUST KIDDING) read more

We were craving Chinese food and hadn't tried this place yet. We were sat immediately and very impressed with how fast everything came out. They had plenty of people inside too! All of our food was good and we can't wait to go back. The service was also great and pricing was decent as well. Didn't manage to get a picture of all our food but it was good! read more

Abacus Inn - Orange chicken - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

They have brought back the bigger egg rolls, but sadly there's a new ingredient that makes them taste a** or dirty socks. At least that's the smell I tried to associate with the taste! After two bites it went in the trash! read more

Tremendous. Absolutely amazing. Like when Trump was president and we had 24 hour Walmarts. Abacus inn is the leading valley Chinese food. Service is great and it's just a wonderful place. 10/10 recommendation. read more

So someone recommended me this place & also to my mom. Had high hopes. Came to try out their lunch special. Just not that great. Everything tasted different and greasy & oily. I got the egg drop soup and it was sweet. So weird. Never had egg drop that was sweet. My mom had the hot & sour soup & it was sweet too. Like how can that be! I got the chicken chow mein. It was okay. The noodles were good. The egg roll was so cooked and greasy, eww. Also there was like wontons or something and it was just fried, no cheese or anything in it. The rice tasted different too. They give you complementary tea. read more

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I just think it's a shame that when a place that's been there for years, just does not care about service to their customers. I decided to order some pick up for the first time and what I saw on their website looked like a good deal on the site under special luncheon combinations that says in their pick up section, "comes with fried rice, wontons, egg roll and soup of your choice, egg drop or hot and sour soup. After placing my order, I arrived to pick up the order and noticed that I didn't have the soup. When I asked a lady working there, I was told that the soup was for dine in only. It clearly says this is "included" in the pick up menu. No where does it says "dine in only" I don't like this kind of practice and will not spend any of my money at this establishment ever again. read more

The atmosphere right when walking in is so cozy~ The staff is absolutely incredible..very friendly. The food is amazing as well. Very hot and fresh and a lot of food for what you pay for! read more

Abacus Inn - Egg Drop Soup - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

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Not the quality of food we were use to. So lights to Bright no atmosphere. Fried rice has no taste. NEW OWNERS!!!!

The worst order experience of my life. First of all, I did order through GrubHub via yelp, so GrubHub is in fact partially responsible. That being said, I was given a 15 to 35 minute window to pick up my order. At 7:14, I was notified that my order was ready. I arrived at 7:22. At this point, there was a line out the door and the restaurant was swarmed with people who then informed me they had been waiting for almost 2 hours. After talking to restaurant staff, we were told that there was an issue with the GrubHub ticketing system. I understand a busy holiday and so I chatted with GrubHub support to try to get an accurate wait time and inform them that their ticketing system was broken. GrubHub then called the restaurant to check on my order and the restaurant informed myself and GrubHub that they never received the order. At this point, it has been an hour. 30 minutes later after getting nowhere with GrubHub about the miscommunication of service, I approached the restaurant staff again. At this time, they realize that they hadn't even put in the ticket correctly the first time and that they still didn't have my order. During this time, I also watched them tell an (albeit rude) customer that they were out of beef and replaced it with another random item. As I also ordered a dish with beef, this was a concern for me. Then once they verified my order over an hour later and eventually brought my food out they did in fact have beef. So at this point it took me over two hours from when I was supposed to receive my food and I witnessed them lie to another customer about what they had available. Its a Holiday and I understand that, I understand high volume circumstances, but I also work in customer service and to be this entirely unprepared is not acceptable. You have a surplus of customers being mistreated and led to wait, at the very least have decent customer service if things go sideways. Not to mention they told everyone that refunds and cancellations were not an option. I wouldn't doubt if half the customers there never return based on tonight alone. Adding to this review now that we're home. If you have a nut allergy do not order from this restaurant. Nowhere on their menu online does it list that there are cashews in their fried rice and yet now half of my food is inedible. read more

My friend recommended this place and my first time here wasn't a good experience. I ordered the spicy chicken and orange chicken with egg fried rice for pick up. I picked it up only to come home and the orange chicken isn't in the bag!!! Super upset because that's really the only reason we even tried this place and we live 25 min away. The spicy chicken was just okay and had absolutely no spice to it at all. The egg fried rice was good. We called and they said we can either go get it or have a credit for next time. Chances are we probably may not try it again. read more

Abacus Inn - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

So started out with fried shrimp and the amount of shrimp was very generous for an appetizer. However, the shrimp was somewhat rubbery some of the portions were a whole lot more breaded than shrimp. The main course was shrimp cashew with garlic sauce and peas and carrots. I'm definitely not a fan of peas or carrots and what show does inquired about what vegetables came with it and skipped over this but the shrimp was really good as well as the white garlic sauce so no complaints on that port and there was a generous amount of cashews as well okay. Overall, it was nice to get back out I have a decent meal overall read more

Abacus Inn - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

D O N T WASTE your money this is nasty and you can get better Chinese at Panda Express seriously read more

Abacus Inn - Soggy Orange chicken & egg roll - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

Stop here for lunch. Seated immediately. Comfortable seating. Ordered off lunch menu. I had the orange chicken- very tasty, medium heat, chicken was nice and crispy. It came with fried rice. The fried was just ok- not a lot of flavor but ok with the orange sauce. My spouse had sweet and sour shrimp. Also hot and crispy shrimp. Nice vary of veggies. Didn't care for the spring rolls. Not enough filling for me. The wonton were a little overcooked for my taste Would recommend. Lunch platters served til 4:00 pm read more