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

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

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

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

Ventured here during the week and it was very good. The chow mein was delicious. Service was great. Probably gonna become our weekly spot. I want to try other stuff as well. read more

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

I have been coming here for years.. This is what I found in my Sizzling Rice Soup last night.. I was eating, felt the need to turn look into my bowl and saw this. I am disgusted. I can't believe this place is still in business. I will never be ordering from Abacus Inn again. read more

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Ordered Kung Pau beef and it was horrible. I told my waitress and she did not offer anything else and did not take if off the bill. I will never eat or recommend anyone to eat there. read more

Had our monthly car club lunch at Abacus Inn today, about 10 of us, all Seniors. Nice little place with the typical Chinese Restaurant decor. Staff was friendly and attentive. The menu is quite extensive and most of the group tended toward the Lunch Specials, I chose the Vegetable Chow Mein, that way I could add hot mustard mixed with shoyu for some spice. Our meals did not take long to appear, almost all being served at the same time. The Lunch Specials came with a main course dish, a fried vegetable roll and either egg drop or hot/sour soup. Mine, for some reason came with a bowl of rice in addition to the noodles. Everyone seemed happy with their dishes, but the portions were so large that most took some home. My dish: the vegetables were all good, seemed fresh, however the noodles were more like regular spaghetti noodles, not the thin, flat Chinese noodles I was hoping for. Also, the dish was quite moist, a pool of watery liquid at the bottom. It was good, about what I have come to expect with Chinese food in the Phoenix, but certainly not up to standard for this type of food in Hawaii. Many in my group believe this is the best Chinese food in the valley. Abacus Inn is a good value restaurant, you get a lot for your dollar. My large plate of food and rice was about $13, most of the lunch Specials were about the same. I guess I am just tainted by living with so many excellent Chinese places for so many years, but a Good rating is about all I can go for. read more

Really good American Chinese food. Orange chicken/beef is exactly what you'd want or expect, in my experience. The real standout here is the lunch special with soup, amazing house-made and chonky egg roll, with fried wontons. It's so hard to find a real egg roll these days other than a frozen Panda Express stick of mush--look no further. read more

Pros: Nice women up front Spice level awesome on hot and sour soup Quick pick up time In the hot and sour soup, they actually had pieces of shrimp and pork, which was fantastic. Cons: I'm pretty sure they use frozen peas and carrots, I also got lettuce wraps, and I feel like that definitely could've use some more spice or flavor, and definitely a first time having frozen peas and carrots in the lettuce wraps. read more

Ugh, food is....pretty bad. Nothing advertised as spicy is actually spicy at all, everything is too sweet, food is over fried. We ordered one of the family meals. We did like the beef on the pupu platter. Otherwise, even the fried rice was just not good. Their cocktails were poor as well. I'm not coming back. Service was good, and the restaurant itself was cute and classic, but I can't imagine being able to overcome the food. Oh, and the fortune cookies are lame NAU advertisements. So weird. read more

Does anyone else notice it's very hard to find good Chinese food not only in Glendale but in AZ? Like I'm talking food Chinese food east coast/NYC/NJ style. Well look no further bc Abacus Inn has done that. Being granted I only right now get the bbq pork lo mien and egg rolls. But I will be getting other items next visit. I have to say the egg rolls are my fav fav. They taste even better the next day. Go try it and thank me bc this is delish. read more

Thai tea is delicious, and the orange chicken is also delicious. The shower stopper is the "Happy Family" and we always leave as a happy family! read more

Very friendly staff, big portions. I went for lunch and the value is good. However, I got the Mongolian Beef and the meat was pretty bad. Soggy, greasy, and I felt zero flavor. Overall, I would go again, but just out of convenience. read more

Love the food here! Friendly owners and always fast! Stripped down restaurant but clean and comfortable read more

I was excited to try this place. Little hole in the walls are my jam and tend to be the most magical places. NOT THIS PLACE. Ordered pot stickers for an appetizer, almost no taster. For main I ordered szechuan chicken, spicy, NO FLAVOR, at all and they tried to give me beef. Rice was over cooked. The egg drop soup has chicken in it, which caught me and my fiancé off hard. This is probably the only thing worth eating here. Also food comes out on rounds, not all at once. Which is fine it's just weird to have your plate see two other tables get their plates and your group finally gets their plate again. Just FYI. read more

This business was sold & the food now is barely eatable! I tossed out the calamari .. the egg rolls .. im not sure what was inside but filled with weird mush! Egg drop soup with chicken and i think the chicken was one of Bill Gates Cloned ones ugg .. very suspicious to say the least! There was only a few tables inside which gave a very creepy feel! I wont be back EVER! Sad because it used to be great! I dont trust their ingredients ! .. but nice enough owners! read more

In 1999 the Arizona Republic voted Abacus Inn Best Chinese in the Valley. That is sad because most Chinese food is better. This is a small neighborhood restaurant located in an Arrowhead Strip Mall. One thing I used to like about this restaurant was the hot tea and fried noodle service that was served to us like the same as from ALL the American/Chinese Restaurants used to do back east. The complimentary noodles are no more but they do still serve you a complimentary pot of hot tea. I thought I had a fond memory of the Sizzling Rice with Chicken Dish so I tried it again. The best part of this dish was the rice. Only an expert cook can get the pan at the just right heat and pop the rice and pass it so someone to serve it sizzling. I do have to say the rice was very good and had texture and more flavor than rice normally has. Most of the vegetables on my plate were fresh and crisp and some were from frozen like the peas and tiny square cuts of carrot. I don't know what quality the chicken was and some of the white meat was tender and some of the white meat was like chewing a tire. It was just like that LAST chicken I purchased from WinCo. Some of it good and some of it weird and gross like rigor mortis already set in. I do like sweets...I am a sweet eater but the sauce was too sweet for me and lacked flavors The sauce tasted mostly just sweet and soy sauce. My husband had the Spicy Sliced Beef. All the beef was tender in his dish and the vegetables were fresh and tender crisp but that sauce was the same as mine very sweet but with a little more flavor. I've had better than this from Take Out Chinese Restaurants. read more

Abacus Inn - Dining Room - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

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This place is close by, and haven't gone since the change in ownership. Don't bother. Two entrees, Mongolian Beef and Shrimp with Lobster sauce. Now I've seen Mongolian Beef with brown sauce and consisting of 2/3 onions. I've never seen Shrimp with Lobster Sauce in a brown sauce and loaded up with 2/3 onions before. Might as well have been labeled Beef in Onion Sauce and Shrimp in Onion Sauce. Won't be back until the next change in ownership. read more

Food is very good. I understand ownership has changed. Some people mentioned the egg rolls are smaller and they are, but they are better! Love the pupu platter, shrimp fried rice and bbq ribs. read more

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

Went for lunch The good. Egg Drop soup plain Rice The Bad General Tsao chicken flat and flavorless UGLY. Egg roll inedible distasteful probably not fresh. Owner answer probably not your style. PS this restaurant is not my style read more

We've given them multiple chances but every time they mess up the order. When we call in an order, it is always missing something. When we order online, twice they "lost" the order and when we've dined in, the food is always out slow. Worse, management has never once apologized for the many, MANY mistakes. They are so close to our house that we just wish they were not as bad at service as they are because the food is decent. read more

Try the Kung pao shrimp, ITS DELICIOUS!!!!! Lunch special is worth it. Service is fast and friendly. Affordable

Mediocre at best. Just picked up the lunch special. Disgusting wontons, greasy egg roll, almost no rice in the combo and a very bland sauce on both dishes to boot. I will never eat here again. My husband tried to call the order in first and the woman told him he couldn't order pizza. I am guessing she misunderstood him and he he hung up. We shouldn't have called back. 20$ down the drain and I'm making my own lunch. Oh well... read more

This place has been around for years did not like it at all way to much corn starch in everything food was bland service was good not to much to say nothing to remember that was good read more

Abacus Inn - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

Very good food and nice people. Easy to order and pick up. Well packed for transport.

2 stars just because we have been eating here for years (over 20). Over the last year the quality of this place has gone down, down and even worst tonight. Thank you for the years of great food but due to amount of disappointing meals we have received over the past year we quit!!! read more

Not the BEST Chinese food but they're pretty consistent and the prices are decent. Definitely scratches that itch

Never again will go to this place. Teriyaki chicken was plain no seasoning sliced plain chicken with a little sauce with no taste. Never had chicken Teriyaki like this. Plus I got sick. They seriously, need an inspection. read more

Staff very professional from the instant they answered the phone to opening door for me when I was carrying out my food. I really got a kick out of how nicely they packed my to go order. Tried a couple things- orange chicken, walnut shrimp and Szechuan beef. Liked the first two, third was just kinda odd. I'd like to return and try the lunch specials. read more

We ordered the War Won Tom soup last week and it was horrible. The wontons were not cooked and there was no meat in them. There was no pork, shrimp or bok choy but only celery and chicken and again the won tons were Thick and doughy. Horrible! read more

Food is delicious and reasonably priced. Service is very good, the staff is very attentive. The ambiance is usual for a Chinese restaurant. I am only awarding 4 stars as the tea that they serve could use more than one teabag for two people, and the water could be hotter. Still, I recommend dining there. read more

Ordered from Uber Eats and I was so impressed with the packaging for to-go orders. Everything was stacked so neatly. We ordered the house fried rice, crab rangoon, honey walnut shrimp, and general tsos chicken. Everything was so good. They do the breading a little differently, so you don't get a mouthful of breading covered in sauce. The meat was good. I particularly liked having less breading. Just one $10 entree could've fed both my husband and me, so I felt like it was reasonably priced. This is classic Americanized Chinese food if you need a takeout meal, but it is done so much better than the chains and other takeout Chinese restaurants I've been to. I never really write reviews but damn, this place was good. read more

A small Chinese restaurant with good service and good food. Decent prices. Definitely worth it.

Had 50% off an entree so decided to try it. Friendly ladies that were working, seemed popular due to many to go orders at the table. Ordered chicken chow main- delicious and plenty for 2 meals. Also ordered sweet n sour chicken and egg fried rice. Enjoyed the many vegetables in the rice and soft white meat chicken. A definite return place for food. read more

We got our food to go. The workers were very polite. Our total was about $44. Hot & Sour Soup-It was not good. It tasted almost sweet, like they used a sweet chili sauce to make it spicy. I'm sure the carrots & peas could also have contributed to the sweetness. It didn't taste sour at all. I miss the spicy sour flavor I was expecting. I will not get this again. Crispy calamari-it was still kind of crisp when we got home, so it must be really great when you get it in the restaurant. It came with some sweet & sour sauce that was separated. That was mildly off putting. However, I enjoyed the calamari. The strips were well cooked, not over cooked. I would get that again. Beef & broccoli-Basic yes, but my kids like it. It was pretty average but had more beef than broccoli, which normally I don't see. Shrimp & scallops in garlic sauce-this was a mild sauce. There wasn't a whole lot of flavor, but it wasn't bad. It did allow for the flavors of the shrimp & scallop to show through. It was only shrimps & scallops. I enjoyed it and would probably get it again. 3 stars were because I liked the calamari and the shrimp/scallop dish, but the soup was probably one of the worst hot & sour soups I've ever had. read more

Great Chinese food for a reasonable price! The restaurant itself isn't anything fancy, but their lunch specials are great!

Amazing orange chicken! Service and fast and prompt. Great for take out food is always fresh