We love this place for our Asian fix. Our two kids and two adults can eat 3 dinner combos and feel satisfied. Staff is always friendly but not over the top. Just happy to help. Normally just do take out. read more

9PM tonight I hear my screen door bang and my dog barking. I go to the door to see what it is and some woman is walking though my yard with a flashlight, looking in my house and smiling at me. I open the front door and see a Bamboo Cafe flyer taped there and see her go to my neighbors house to do the same thing. Barking dog and slamming door woke up my 1 year old. Thanks creepy flyer lady. 0 chance I ever eat here. Don't be creepy and wake up my kids. read more

Rude takeout cashier. I will no longer tip for rudeness. Food has improved somewhat and thankfully restaurant doesn't look as junky.

I stopped as a last resort and fell in love with the food and the owner Jane . Amazing food and environment. A definite stop for us now.

The kindest and most over-the-top service I have ever received! I believe it was the owner who contacted me after my late-night Grubhub order was not assigned a delivery driver, and he so kindly offered to deliver the order directly when no one else would! I was already impressed with the food quality I've gotten here in the last few months, but now, I will be a loyal customer for life. This place deserves 5 stars for their food alone, and 10 for their dedication to customer service! Thank you for a wonderful experience! read more

Bamboo Cafe is under new management. When we went to eat there the week before last, we found out they've added four new dishes to the menu. The first picture is our old favorite, the sizzling tofu, and the second and third pictures are from the new dish menu. All taste delicous! read more

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Tasty Chinese food, with both authentic and Westernized dishes and several vegan/vegetarian options. We were seated by the owner and I confirmed with him that they do not use fish sauce, oyster sauce, or animal based broths in their vegetarian dishes, so they should all be completely vegan. I had the sizzling tofu which was extremely delicious, and a favorite even for my omnivore parents. The inside is very welcoming and clean, and the bathroom is surprisingly spacious and also very clean. They have a tv where they play Chinese movies and television with no sound which I found pretty entertaining. The owner was very friendly and talkative. read more

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When my husband went to pick up our order tonight there a couple of employees asleep on benches, not a good sign. We have ordered food from them before and it was good but tonights order of cashew chicken was awful. There were probably 7-8 small pieces of chicken maybe 3-4 cashews some carrots water chestnuts and bamboo shoots and it was piled high with onions probably more onions then I would put in a large pot of marinara sauce. There was no flavor whatsoever in the sauce. The worst cashew chicken I have ever had. My husband's beef chow main was very good. This was such a disappointment as I was so looking forward to this meal. Probably won't see us back there again. read more

Excellent and consistently EXCELLENT! They are great specials all day for dinner and for lunch. Service has always been on top of things and fast. It's still a very brand new looking restaurant that's been open, for I guess, a couple of years now. I quite often order the Sezechuan chicken, last time it was the Shrimp. But everything else looks and has tasted extremely good too. The only small improvement I would recommend for them to do is adding some mushroom to the hot and sour ssop, maybe a few little shrimp, but that's it. read more

We haven't been here in a few years. I remember thinking I really liked it last time I was there. The only good thing was the speedy delivery. We ordered cashew chicken, Mongolian beef, and potstickers. There was absolutely no sauce or flavor on the chicken. The Mongolian beef was nearly all onions. The chicken was also filled with onions and barely veggies or cashews. The potstickers were ok. I don't think we will try this place again. read more

Bamboo Cafe - Mongolian Beef - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

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I would've given this place 5 stars because we LOVE coming here. But after our visit tonight we witnessed Fong (I believe is his name, main server guy) yelling across the restaurant at a young employee who was doing everything in there: taking to go orders, packaging the food, ringing people up, etc. The phone rang and Fong stared at it and when the young kid came back from packaging an order was yelled at loudly in front of all of us eating there about not answering the phone before it rang 3 times. The young kid was doing way more work than anyone and it made me lose my interest in coming here. Took at lot of power for me not to say something rude to him and next time we come here will be a to go order. read more

Picked up some take-out the other day and was happy with the results. We ordered the walnut shrimp, beef chow fun, and sizzling tofu. All were good options. I will say, their white rice is not great, a bit on the dry side for my liking but it's no Michelin star restaurant so I digress. Service was fast and easy. This is our go-to spot for Chinese in the area so we have ordered take-out many times. I will say, stay away from their battered meat options like orange or sesame chicken. Had the sesame chicken one time and was all batter, very little chicken. We will be back, xin chao! read more

Took over an hour for pickup when estimated time was 20 minutes. No phone call or email communication or app update to let us know that by arriving, we'd have to wait an extra 45 minutes. There were other angry people waiting for their food, too. At this point, we could have all just eaten in and been served. Not a great experience. read more

Honestly I was looking for an underrated resistant and I found it. So I got the Lunch special, it comes with an egg drop soup, 2 crab puffs, white rice and your choice of entrees. I got the shrimp chow mein and most of the time when I order something with shrimp in a Chinese restaurant, they always give me a few but this place would give you enough so you can enjoy the whole meal without finishing the protein first. The service was kind and quick in the same time. Highly recommend if want to just enjoy your lunch plus it's super budget friendly compared to other places. read more

The guy at the reception is a complete total dick. I'm a pretty frequent customer, love the food here, but for some reason the guy at the front treats me like shit every time I walk in. I'm always polite and say thank you and etc.. he always gives me a dirty look and doesn't say anything back. This last time I came in for a to-go order, it wasn't ready yet, so I sat on the side and just waited. Another gentleman walked in for pick up order as well. I got up because I thought maybe my order was done, and the guy at front broke down and made a scene about "THIS IS NOT YOURS GO BACK". Literally sat there in shock like "wtf?" My last time coming to this spot because of this idiot. Don't know what I ever did to the guy but he should get laid off. Absolutely rude af read more

The only thing that was decent was the won ton soup although they put huge stalks of broccoli in it..needed a fork & knife to cut it in my soup!.. ALSO NO NOODLES given with soup!..The Mongolian chicken was tasteless and the fried rice was just rice with soy sauce and one piece of egg..Egg rolls were mushy and creamy inside couldn't detect any cabbage..no duck sauce for the egg rolls?..Do yourself a favor and go to New Chen Wok ..a bit of a drive..just take out but SO much better..it's on 75 ave & Cactus..will never order from here again! read more

My husband and I have been ordering from Bamboo Cafe for about 7 years now and we love it so much. Great service, good food, and always consistent. We were so sad when we had to move away from Phoenix this past summer because there is no place quite like Bamboo Cafe anywhere else. For anyone wanting to try this place out, highly recommend the sesame chicken with white rice! read more

9 out of 10 times your delivery order will arrive like this with spilled sauce out of container. Use better containers. read more

Bamboo Cafe - Nine out of 10 times your delivery order will arrive like this with the sauce spilling out. The restaurant should use better containers - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

Don't waste your time or money here. It's hot (temperature) the moment you walk in to the point of being uncomfortable especially if you like kung pow (hot) dishes. Service is mediocre and most importantly the taste and quality of the food is not good. To cap it off the lone male employee working out front got upset at another employee, began shouting in a language I do not speak therefore understand which was offensive to all the customers, throwing a napkin and capped the drama off by kicking the glass door leading to the patio. When I say kick, I do not mean with his toe or ball of his foot, but the heel kinda like the police do in movies. The door was not locked or even latched, so it just flew open. If it was he'd have damaged the frame. I am sure he knew that and it was all drama, but completely uncalled for with respect to all their patrons. The glass did not break or crack that I could tell, but I really just kinda finished my meal without looking before paying my bill and leaving. The dining room is not very big and all the patrons just kinda looked around at each other like "what the . . .". One of the female employees looked at me, shrugged her shoulders with a look of "this is not the first time". It's just not a very friendly, obviously, place. Our first time, we won't be back. read more

Great food! The house chow mein was a favorite! My family also go enjoyed the potstickers, bbq pork roll, ramen, and blackened ribeye. We left with lots of leftovers and full bellies! read more

Great portions and prices. We have been enjoyed almost everything we have ordered from here, and have ordered multiple times over 2 years. Some entrees and etc are more flavorful than others but I think that's true of any place. read more

Had lunch today and was great. Sweet and sour Chicken and the soup awesome. Great lunch, great price and quick service read more

Dumpy place, in appearance attitude and "service." Walked in at 5pm on a Monday. Empty except for 4 lazy and loud employees. Didn't want to move to talk to me. Actually scowled when I said I wanted to eat in. Nasty woman wanted to direct me to a tiny table. I asked for a slightly bigger one not in the middle of the clutter. She started rambling about room for other people. Again EMPTY RESTAURANT. I said never mind. I'm going to go. She said great and cussed at me. I returned the favor. Disgusting. I guess they are inflation proof. read more

Bamboo Cafe - Junk was piled all in center, hard to see here. Employees committed to babbling amongst themselves and running off customers. - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

After recommendation to try bamboo café, I decided to take my wife and my daughter, as usual to go with me to try out the restaurant Before we went there, I checked the reviews and I saw a lot of bad reviews about bamboo cafe, I've decided to go check the place out myself. The place was kind of small the left side of the restaurant was ladder and boxes. Seems like they're using it for storage. We ordered orange chicken, chicken fried rice and sweet-and-sour chicken and crab Rangoon Crab Rangoon just tasted like cream cheese Chicken fried rice was not good at all. The chicken was very slimy. I have to spit it out. orange chicken the sauce was ok but the chicken had rough texture . Sweet and sour chicken the breading was ok. Service, don't know what to say, the guy came twice, once to gives us the menu and second time to take the order. They need to bring new staff and new cook, Best wishes and I hope you can feed The Hungry Bear in the near future read more

Eat at Panda Express. Way better than the over priced meal at this place for mediocre food

Bamboo has typically been great but it's been hit or miss lately. Ordered thru uber eats and it arrived fast but egg rolls were literally frozen and the food had no flavor and barely any meat. It was pretty rough. Back to lucky house we go! read more

The absolute worst food. Unable to eat it. The sesame chicken was this weird, dry, rubbery chicken strips with no sauce. The fried rice was mushy and no flavor. I ordered crab puffs/Rangoons...no sweet and sour sauce. Very disappointed. Went to bed hungry and dissatisfied. read more

Bamboo Cafe is located in a strip mall anchored by a Fry's Grocery that on the Upper West Side in Glendale. This restaurant serves mostly Chinese Take Out Foods and other foods and they do local delivery. When you walk in you see a clustered hostess desk that doubles as a storage area and take out station. A voice inside the dining room told us to seat ourselves. We started with the cucumber salad ($3.00). We received a very large portion of de-seeded cucumbers with crisp carrots in a sweetened vinaigrette. The carrots were crisp but the cucumbers have seen better days and had a senior citizens card. (maybe the cucumbers were purchased from Fry's ((lol)). For my main I was going to order the green curry but my waiter said that they were out of green but the yellow or red were the same and just a different color. I ordered the yellow curry ($9.50). I received a HUMUNGOUS platter of food. There was lots of very tender chicken and LOTS of bamboo, LOTS of onions, potatoes that were falling apart and SOGGY FRENCH FRIES in a well made sauce. It was odd to me but the sauce was very good and contained fresh lemongrass and fresh Thai Basil. My husband tried the blackened shrimp and chicken ($12.50). He also received a very large platter of food. Everything here was prepared well and his plate contained fresh green beans, carrots and onions. It was good but didn't taste Asian at all. They also served us a very large bowl of fresh fluffy steamy rice. I used to come here years ago and stopped because many of the dishes I tried were ok but didn't have an Asian Taste at all or much flavor like the chicken with asparagus and I know I used to order one of the fish dishes. Portions are very large here and prices are low and they often offer various coupons for discounts. It's ok but not the best. read more

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The one thing that is good about this place is their lunch specials which cost $7 from 11:00am-3:00pm. When my cronies and I came in, we were greeted to a depressing atmosphere. We dealt with a server who clearly didn't want to service us even though we were the only patrons there. He didn't even give us the full menu. And even when I got the full menu, it didn't even have all the items listed on it (the boba drink selection were on a poster). Even the tables we were on had literal screws loose. There was no music playing in the background at all. It was a sad state of affairs. The food's quality matched the melancholy of the whole place; it was hard to eat since it didn't taste that good. read more

Bamboo Cafe - Table with screws loose - Chinese Near Me - Glendale, Arizona

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Mediocrity at its best. I've ordered from Bamboo cafe several times in hopes of getting decent Asian food, but sadly I am disappointed each time. I get coupons in the mailer frequently and always want to support local neighborhood restaurants, so I keep trying and keep getting let down. Seems like I have ordered every type of dish on the menu (king pao, orange, Thai, appetizers etc) and it either lacks flavor or the meats are dry and over cooked. The staff are accommodating and the inside is nice enough to sit down, but it's not exactly inviting and the food is not worth the price. Sad to say Bamboo cafe lacks quality and taste, if you want some good Asian food I suggest trying elsewhere. read more

They people suck! The food was mid and the waiter was yelling at us for tips and said "when you go to cafe parent no give to waiter" she proceeded to ask how old i am. Im 14 btw and she was just angry that the total was $9.78 and i only gave her a $10 bill. Most awkward conversation of my life after we made it took 10 minutes before she stopped asked for tips and let us go read more

Where's the Shrimp ?? Ordered the Kung Pao Shrimp , it was good and had the pao , but there was hardly any Shrimp !!!! Kinda pricey for stingy shrimp serving Disappointing and Probably won't order again due to price vs portion read more

The only "good" thing I can say is that it seemed fresh. I'm sorry but the food was't seasoned well, everything tasted the same and we got 7 plates. I tried to order another plate to see if it will taste different, but nop. The service was not friendly at all, the men and the women that were "helping" were looking at me as if why am I in there. I asked a question about the pricing, because I miss calculated the total, and they gave me free "cookies." My manners didn't allow me to tell them that I don't want their dry cookies, so I just said thank you and then through it out when I left. Overall, will not come back nor for the food or the service. read more

Trash food. Shrimp shumai- one of the worst things I have put in my mouth, tasted of cleaning supplies. Pork Shumai- Very gristly, seem to be frozen and steamed. House Chow Mein- Chicken had a dissolved texture, noodles were bland and cheap. Pork ribs- Nearly impossible to eat with membrane still attached, cooked in an oven. As dry as could be. Flavor of the sauce was good tho... Mongolian beef- Questionable how fresh the beef was , as it looked to be gray. Weird flavor. War wonton soup- too scared to try, smelled of a dead carcass. Crazy that this place is still open, the interior was incredibly hot with clutter everywhere. Called in to inquire about a refund, the only option was to return the food to be re-made. It was already in the trash. read more

Dishes were below average as far as taste goes. That beef and broccoli looked more like a soup then a main course dish would recommend you try any other Chinese Restaurant and then compare. read more

So this is still one of my favorite places to go the food is still my favorite. I will always recommend this to my friends whenever they're interested in trying a new restaurant they haven't had since I've gone here for ever. read more

The food and the portion sizes are always amazing and do not disappoint! The customer service however, is VERY poor each and everytime i've been in this restaurant. you will sit for a while ungreeted as you watch the employees have conversations with eachother in the back. When picking up my takeout two of the employees argued and came at me kind of aggressively for the way I need to be showing proof of my order. One was asking for a phone number the other was yelling no and that I need to show my order number. which is fine that I need to do but that situation gave me a lot of anxiety, super unprofessional. read more

GREAT prices! Lunch & dinner combos can easily fill two people! We only get the Orange Chicken! We've probably been 40 times, we got the sweet and sour chicken once & it was not great but the other 39 times when we've gotten the orange chicken combos it's been amazing! read more

Best Cantonese-style noodles EVER!!! The people were SOOO nice. Can't even believe how solid this service was. Very nice atmosphere, would recommend 100% read more

Upon returning to the West side after 10 years elsewhere, I was excited to visit my old favorite Chinese spot. We dined at 4:30p on Father's Day and it was really bad. The dining room is filthy, there were dead flies in the glass table and everything is sticky. We moved three times to find a decent (still kinda gross) table. I persevered for the opportunity to relive my happy food memories but that was a mistake. The sampler, Cantonese noodles and pineapple fried rice were as bland as could be and the orange beef left a disgusting aftertaste and feel of pure cornstarch. Service was non-existent but they were really busy with take out orders so that made sense. We definitely won't be back. read more