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    Arnold Chinese Restaurant

    4.3 (243 reviews)
    ModerateChinese
    Open • 11:00 am - 8:30 pm

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    Soup with lunch special
    Pranathi B.

    ***USP: A quintessential Chinese American restaurant in the charming remote mountain town of Arnold. The usual Chinese favorites like kumpao chicken, orange chicken, fried rice and chowmein all find a place on the menu. ***AMBIANCE: Typical 90s style Chinese restaurant ambiance. They used the large tables in the end of the restaurant for meal prepping as well so it was a very non formal relaxed home style setting. ***SERVICE: Can come across as rude but that's the typical on your face Chinese mom style attitude:) ***FOOD: It was umami heaven without going overboard! I mean this is what we come to Chinese restaurants for! Ooey gooey slurp worthy noodles, delicious chicken, delectable and crunchy veggies. Prices are low atleast when compared to the formidable bayarea prices. They have lunch specials as well which is what we went for. They come with soup, entree, carb: half and half noodles +rice or just noodles/rice. They had a hot and sour soup and I downed almost two bowls of it as the kids refused to have theirs. I enjoyed the bits of tofu in it. For my lunch entree I picked the house special chicken. And man was I in for a treat. It was thinly cut strips of chicken in an addictive sauce with jalapeños in it. I savored every bit of my meal. I sampled my family's string bean chicken and garlic chicken as well. The beans were crisp yet cooked through, just amazing!! The garlic chicken was delicious as well but came with a lot of large zucchini pieces.

    Beef chow fun with extra vegetable portion
    Candace Y.

    In the tiny mountain town of Arnold, I didn't expect much. A friend and I were heading home after a long weekend of sun, kayaking, camping, and inclement weather(such fun!). We debated our options for food before continuing our drive back home and d cided to find a Chinese food place. The Arnold Chinese Restaurant fit our requirements well. My litmus test for a new place is to order beef chow fun. I was pleasantly surprised when they had it on the menu. It's something that you have to have a constant fresh source for it to have a chance of being good. Secondly, even though I forgot to stipulate "dry-cooked", that's how they prepared it. (Proper chow fun is not served with goopy sauce). The seasoning of fermented black beans was perfect! Not something from a jar, but whole, fermented blacks beans full of taste. It was pretty good, overall. The server brought our food out very quickly, hot and fresh off the wok. I had to wait some minutes while it cooled down enough to eat. When I took my first bite, I was very pleased. The taste was spot-on. Their chef knows how to cook. Fortunately, the portion was fairly generous, too, as I realized how hungry I was. My friend had ordered a few different things stir fried, like garlic eggplant and tofu. It looked well-prepared, as well. It was quite a nice surprise that we found such a good Chinese restaurant in Little old Arnold.

    Love this place very clean, the service was amazing very nice and kind. The food come out fast. We had the sweet and sour prawns and the broccoli beef if I could I would give this place a 10 out of 10!

    Potsticker, broccoli beef and chicken chow main was
    Mary K.

    Called to order to pickup, the person was nice and helpful. Ordered broccoli beef it was really good and chicken chow main was good didn't need soy sauce the flavour was on point. The potstickers were perfect. Will definitely be ordering again soon.

    Wonton soup
    Jennifer N.

    FOOD - Szechuan Dinner for 2 -- Wonton Soup or Hot & Sour Soup: I chose wonton soup. Pork wontons with carrots, mushrooms, bamboo, Chinese broccoli and green onions. I liked that they added veggies to the soup. Though the soup was a little on the bland side. 3/5 -- Cream Cheese Fried Wontons (2) and Fried Shrimp (2): both were good. 4.5/5 -- Pork Fried Rice: fried rice with pork, eggs, peas, carrots, and green onions. This was pretty good. My kids enjoyed it. 4/5 -- Mongolian Beef: beef with bell peppers, red onions, and green onions. This had good flavor and the meat was tender. 3.75/5 -- Sesame Chicken: battered chicken topped with sesame seeds. This was way better after I popped it in the oven and made the crunchier. 3.5/5 SERVICE: Fast and friendly. 5/5 FINAL THOUGHTS: I would come back to try other items. Their menu is pretty extensive.

    Sesame tofu lunch special with no chow mein.  Super good!!!!

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    Whether it's takeout or dine in, food is always delicious. Staff is super nice and even when busy dining in, food didn't take too long.

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    Some of the best Orange chicken I have ever had !! Sharp quick service! Very affordable food !

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    6 months ago

    Great food, great service! Highly recommend. We were on vacation in Bear Valley and went here on Yelp recommendation.

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    Great service and delicious food! We eat here once a week and the food is very consistent. The sizzling rice soup is my favorite!

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    Good food and nice atmosphere. I love how the family gets involved. Our helper was maybe 7 lol

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    Great food and great pricing. Received a referral and on a stormy weekend, gave it a try. Highly recommend!

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    Excellent food and reasonably priced. Very friendly owner. Vey extensive menu for such a small place.

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    The Asian Cafe - Vegetarian Kung Pao Tofu Vegetable Chow Mein

    The Asian Cafe

    4.4(214 reviews)
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    Staying in Angels Camp and we were looking for Asian Food for lunch, and spotted this place on…read moreYelp! A 15 minute drive up the hill and we were seated on the back patio! We ordered Egg Rolls, Combination Chow Mein, Mongolian Beef, rice and, Jasmine hot tea! The service was good and the food came out hot and fast! Good vegetables and proteins, tasty sauce! Chopsticks were hard plastic and not cheap break-apart bamboo or wood! We Definitely recommend this place and we'll be back!

    We've been here twice while visiting Murphys CA, and appreciate it's one of the few restaurants…read morewith multiple vegetarian options. We've done both take out as will as dine in and have good experiences both times, although they definitely seem to do a larger volume of takeout orders. The inside dining has not been busy either time we were there, even on a holiday weekend. It could have to do with the fact it's not directly on the mainstreet, but it is a quick drive. The inside space would be good for groups as well and also kids. The menu is a mix of chinese and vietnamese cuisine, with some added outlier beverages like boba tea and smoothies. There are vegetarian appetizers as well as entrees. The prices are reasonable for the portion size. We tried the tofu spring rolls to start, and for our entrees we had the Tofu Pho and Szechuan Vegetables. The spring roles were tasty and came with a delicious peanut sauce. The entrees came out piping hot, and they gave us the standard add ons for Pho and had sriracha, hoisin, soy sauce and chili oil to add as well. The Szechuan vegetables had a good portion and came with white rice. Lots of broccoli, snow peas, zucchini and onions. The staff is very friendly and also funny, definitely one of the things we like about coming here. A great option in Murphys and we'd happily come back in the future.

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    Good Friends Chinese Restaurant - Sushi selection.

    Good Friends Chinese Restaurant

    4.2(182 reviews)
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    I don't know how many times over the years we've driven past Good Friend Chinese Restaurant while…read moreen route to the foothills and high country, and nearly every time we'll make a comment. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's pithy, sometimes it's out of curiosity, but usually it's in the context of "who would come to Valley Springs to find good Chinese food?" Well, recently we were returning from yet another trip in the Sierras and were kind of hangry, so we decided to settle it once and for all, and give Good Friend a try. We arrived relatively late - it was only 7:30pm, but they close at 8:30pm, so their dinner rush was well past and they were winding down. This is important. Throughout our meal, the staff could not have been friendlier or more efficient. They were not annoyingly so, but they didn't miss a beat. The food in the buffet stations was starting to run out. The sushi selection had dwindled down from what was probably a much larger offering, although what remained still looked pretty fresh, not old and tired, and in fact, the few pieces we had were much better than typical Chinese buffet sushi. (I know that sounds like faint praise, but the sushi was actually decent.) The green mussels that were next to the sushi did look a little dry around the edges so we gave those a pass, but in fairness, mussels start to look that way pretty quickly, so they may not have been out very long. The hot and sour soup was much better than expected. If I hadn't crammed so much food into my pie hole already, I would have had another bowl of it. It does seem kind of weird to eat a Chinese soup with a Western soup spoon, but when in Rome, I guess. Also surprisingly good was the beef & broccoli, jalapeno pork, and the ribs, keeping in mind again that it was close to closing time and most of the ribs in the tray didn't look that great, but I managed to find enough that were meaty and moist to satisfy my jones for them. Next time - and there will probably be a next time - I'll pass on the stuff that is battered and fried: chicken, frog legs, tempura-style veggies. The battering was soft, not crisp. I don't know if that's because they'd been sitting and cooling in the steam table or if it's the batter mix. They weren't bad, just not how I like my fried stuff. The fried chicken actually tasted pretty good other than the soft coating, but I was reminded after eating the frog leg that frog's legs don't excite me to eat as much as the idea of eating frog's legs. Too much work for too little payback, and frog's legs can sometimes taste a little fishy. That's ok if you're eating fish, but when the meat is more like chicken, fishy taste is just odd. There were a few items that, earlier in dinner service, were probably much better. The dry fried string beans (labelled as "sauteed string beans") were really in need of replacing although we managed to pluck half a dozen of them out that looked ok, and there were a couple of other mixed veg trays that were past their prime as well. We also gave a pass to the crab legs, but not on account of their appearance. We just didn't feel like working that hard to get at the meat. All in all, we were pleasantly surprised. It was not the best Chinese food we've ever had. OTOH, it was FAR from the worst. Even more important, we agreed that we would have no problem going back. Is it a destination place? Absolutely not. But we definitely added it to our list of places to eat while we're on the road and want something we know will be good enough. Again, that sounds like it could be faint praise, but there's a ton of places out there for which we would not say the same. I'll add for context that the 4-star rating is relative to what I'd expect in Valley Springs. If Good Friend Chinese Restaurant were in, say, Richmond or San Francisco or San Gabriel, for instance, there's no way I'd rate them at 4 stars. More likely it'd be in the 2-3 star range in those areas. But considering the location and expectation, Good Friend is not a bad option. All the cars lined up in the Taco Bell drive-through should have gone across the highway to Good Friend! It also gave the "divorced dads with kids for the weekend" vibe.

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