Awesome customer service. The owner remembers my order everytime. The food is made fresh to order. My go to is house fried rice and Mongolian beef. My husband gets bbq fried rice and orange chicken. Food cart looks well kept and clean. read more

We ordered delivery so I cannot speak to the cleanliness of the food truck or friendliness of the staff. We ordered the Beef Chow Fun, 3 Piece Steamed BBQ Pork Bun Dim Sum, 4 Piece Steamed Shumai Dim Sum , 6 Piece Pot Sticker Dim Sum, BBQ Pork Fried Rice and Singapore Rice Noodles. The food was ready and delivered on time. The noodles, beef chow fun and fried rice are BIG! We'll have leftovers for days. Beef chow fun - tender beef and great noodles, Singapore noodles - great spices and nice mix of proteins, pork fried rice - ample pork and great flavors, bbq pork buns - fluffy chewy goodness with great pork inside, pot stickers - pretty hefty and tasty and the Steamed Shumai - great taste and texture. We all really enjoyed our meal and will return. read more

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Best won ton soup so far! Look, my elder mom is Chinese. We've tried at least 7 restaurants, and they all don't meet her standards. This soup though? She really enjoyed it. If you want more veggies like she does, ask for double the bok choy. It's substantial. I had orange chicken, and you can ask for sauce on the side for take home. It keeps the fried chicken crispy. I know, it's not "authentic" but it was still tasty. read more

Their Singapore Rice Noodles are sooo good. I have yet to branch out to other things but I just wanted to get that out there. 10/10 recommend. I usually do carry out & from the time I place it to picking it up is usually 20-25mins. Owners (I think) are kind too read more

Bamboo Cafe - Singapore Rice Noodles - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Solid Chinese food especially from a food truck. Be prepared for a little wait but they work hard to get some good food out.

So I decided to try this place for lunch. I picked my typical favorite: Sesame Chicken, and decided to pair it with a Green Apple Bubble Tea. Unfortunately, my first impressions were not that great. The green apple Bubble tea was very watery, and the bubbles were a bit too soft. (It may be my fault that I went at 2 pm instead of the regular lunch time). There was a LOT more spring rolls than I anticipated. I thought it came with one, but I ended up with five! (They were a bit on the over-crispy end, but were decent). For me, the sesame chicken had a bit too much breading, and the sweet and sour sauce was significantly more on the sour end. (The portion size was significantly large though, so, props on that end.) Total Meal Cost: $19. read more

Bamboo Cafe - Sesame Chicken - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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Yes it takes time, about 20 mins for 2 entrees and one customer ahead of us and who knows if phone rang with To Go's also, but after trying we would wait again! Curry Chow Fun...yeah what is that exactly...I had to ask too! BBQ Cha Sui Pork and plenty of shrimp, 8-9 at least, are main proteins along with wafer thin ribbons of egg omelet. Green peppers also not normally in the beef variety round out the veggies. Cha Sui was cut thin and small, and would of preferred slightly larger pcs with less throughout so you could taste it more prominently but the shrimp was on overload for $9!! Looking for a spicy Chinese yellow sauce curry at the carts today, but with just one Thai and Indian cart open that had curry, this came the closest and I was thrilled with my pick! So it's not as spicy as either of the aforementioned, but still pleased greatly with a great spice blend and the level of medium heat, that I had no need for the sides of chili flake oil nor sriracha provided to burn it out. Made for 2 very satisfying tucks to my tummy cries and ditto for hubby's Kung Pao which he raved about and definitely wants to return to, and at 82nd Cartlandia, the Burrito cart that always seems to be open in the middle of the pod has reigned supreme for our repeat visits on value, flavor and satisfaction. Bamboo Cafe is the new contender :) read more

Bamboo Cafe - Curry Chow Fun...yeah, I had to ask too! It has BBQ Cha Sui Pork and plenty of shrimp, I quickly eyeballed 8-9! - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

We ordered food, and our food was mistakenly given to the wrong customer who took the food to her car and opened the food... the cashier tried to give us the same order that the customer initially received and returned. This is not acceptable nor a restaurant I will be returning to. read more

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I saw the price and figured it's hard to go wrong with orange chicken. Long wait time which was whatever, but the orange chicken was submerged in the most viscous and thick sauce, it's like I was eating straight corn syrup. My friend got the mongolian beef and it was fine. Others seemed to have good experiences with other dishes as well, but I recommend straying from the orange chicken. read more

Bamboo Cafe - Orange Chicken - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

My partner chose his place, and order the Singapore noodles. My partner would give this a four out of five. I gave this a three out of five simply for the fact that it was not my favorite dish, but the flavors were extremely fresh. There was an abundance of fresh vegetables, curry flavor, and yummy juicy shrimp. Don't take my word for it, give it a try! read more

Bamboo Cafe - Singapore Noodles - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

A lot of food choices. The Singapore noodles are worth the trip. Call ahead the line is usually long around dinner time. Great service! read more

Literally the BEST FOOD EVER! My husband and I crave this place all the time! Its got a little spendy over the yrs but still so worth it!

So I totally underestimated this place by the wait time. Typically in the world of instant gratification you don't expect a restaurant wait time at a food truck. It was about 20-25 minutes. We drove from around Reed to here after a long day of fasting. My Bf got his gyro and finished it before I got my food. But apparently people like it so much that they order a ton of it for to go and dinner at home. I got the sesame beef meal with crab wontons. My food came out in a nice to go container with a hole cut. I appreciated this so that it wouldn't have a lot of condensation in there. The rice was nice and soft. The beef was super crispy and saucy. I could taste the moderate spice from it. My egg roll that came with it was crispy but the dipping sauce it too syrupy and sweet. I probably should stop ordering crab wontons at places. They really end up over charging you for just some cream cheese. But eh that's okay. For the price of this meal I have no complaints about anything other than the wait. The portions were big and for my entree and app it was only $9. No wonder this place is so popular! read more

Bamboo Cafe - Large menu of items - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

I'm hooked on this cart! What I love about their preparations is that the ingredients are super fresh. The food is not overly sauced so you can still taste the veggies themselves and they are a bit Al dente. I have enjoyed everything we have ordered which has included cashew chicken, veggie fried rice, Szechuan shrimp, Broccoli beef...one stand out is their yakisoba noodle dishes. They are unlike others I have had in the past, the noodles almost seem homemade. Really super yummy! Give them a try, you won't be disappointed:) read more

I'll keep this short and sweet. The food is delicious and consistent. My favorite is the tofu with mixed veggies. 12/10. read more

The "dim Sum" sticky rice is freaking HUGE and delicious. I also ordered the pepper salted shrimp ( no shell) . The shrimp was hot tasty and fresh and tossed nicely with wok fried onions that being said i prefer a less battered ( batter coated) shrimp for " pepper salted," but i still ate every shrimp happily. It was a long wait, but that's what you have to do for fresh hot food ~ I think this was the case. I will return! I want to order a big take out meal for the family next time. read more

Reasonable wait time and courteous front window lady. I ordered V6. Sauted Eggplant with Hot Garlic Sauce. Tastes good, however no where on the menu does it say BREADED & DEEP FRIED. :( It serioufly looks like chicken! I would not have ordered it, or at least requested no breading and deep frying. I have a health condition where fried foods are not good for me. I also ordered the Singapore rice noodles and those were pretty good but skimpy on the vegetables. The picture showed more veggies. Decent food. Just know about the eggplant bring breaded and deep fried. read more

Bamboo Cafe - Singapore Rice Noodles & V6 "Sautéed Eggplant" with Hot Garlic Sauce. Obviously Eggplant is not just sauteed, but battered and deep fried. - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Their food is good and they allowed me to practice mandarin with them. I had their BBQ pork dumplings and chow main. I would like to go back there again. read more

Friendly service, perfect wait time (long enough to know food was being made from scratch; short enough to get in and out quickly). I ordered Singapore noodles and taro bubble tea and both are delicious! Boba are so fresh and soft! Taro smoothie isn't too sweet (I'm very sensitive to that). I love that my takeaway was packaged in a plastic container instead of styrofoam. (Plastic isn't much better, but maybe I can recycle it somewhere?) This one dish is enough for 3-4 meals. I will be back to try the rest of the menu, which looks insanely good! read more

I had a mango and pineapple boba smoothie. Sweet, fruity, and refreshing. Nice staff. Next time, I will try a dish off the menu as well. Delicious! read more

Bamboo Cafe - Mango boba - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Excellent. Owner is really nice. Dim Sum is Delicious! Yummy yummy yummy! Nice price nice serving size, nice service, great dim sum Yum. read more

Excellent fried rice! And great pork sticky buns as well! What a treat! The service is great.

Great Chinese food, maybe some of the best I've had, and pretty large portions for the price. We had the curry chow fun, General Tso's, pork buns, and crab puffs, and all of it was excellent. We will definitely be back. read more

These guys are awesome I've tried all there food and it was all delicious great service and specially there smoothies are bomb read more

Bamboo Cafe - These guys are awesome I've tried all there food and it was delicious specialty there smoothies are bomb - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Unfortunately, this place was a flop for me. I normally LOVE me some Chinese food, but... this was a disappointment. You get a LOT of food for not too much money, which was great! But my sweet and sour chicken was yuck. And I'm a HUGE fan of sweet and sour chicken, so that was a big deal for me. It had the sour tang, but none of the sweet! I ate maybe two pieces, then threw the rest away. I was actually really, really sad about it. I shared my husband's food instead (he went to a different truck). The veggie spring rolls were just decent, but the sauces included were not. I wouldn't go back. Cheap food, but you get what you pay for. I'd rather have Panda Express. read more

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I ordered the $17 seafood fried rice. There were two burnt/dry/overcooked pieces of shrimp and no other seafood. The eggs were all black and half of the rice was too. It was inedible. I feed the shrimp to my dog and threw it away. I'm shocked to the fact that they still serve this to other people. DO NOT EAT HERE. You will immediately regret it. Unless you want food poisoning and a horrific taste in your mouth then stay away. read more

Food allergy and hygiene warning. This Chinese cart has terrible cross-contamination problems and doesn't seem to wash cookware (or, according to other reviewers) hands well enough to prevent problems. I went here with a friend with food allergies and despite having a long conversation about ingredients before ordering, and not seemingly having any peanuts or anything in it, the meal caused a major reaction necessitating an afternoon of puking and an EpiPen. If you have any kind of allergies or just like your food hygienic, I'd stay away. Apart from that, well, it was pretty mediocre chow fun. Not really worth it when there's so much really good food to choose from at Cartlandia. read more

Terrible place and terrible customer service. Asked for the restroom key, the owner sent me to the bar with my baby and my little kid, she won't give me the restroom key and had two of her family member get involved with a getto low class attitude. read more

Fuuuccck this Chinese place goooood! That honey walnut shrimp gotz a good amount and they're not stingy when it comes to portions. Everything fresh off the wok - hot & steamy GOD DAMN~! Can't cook a good chow fun at home cos I ain't got a rocket burner to heat that wok. Come here to get my fix and only cost me a few bucks minus the god damn cleaning I have to do w/ wok splatter if I cooked myself at home. read more

Very good. Fresh. Made to order. My wife likes her food less salty, so they will make adjustments upon request.

Food and service was excellent with large 1portions. I had the General Tso's Chicken that was delicious along with an egg roll. Be sure to ask for owner Qiuzhen and her recommendations. Dewey read more

Bamboo Cafe - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

They are now in Cartlandia. For $6 I got a large portion of BBQ pork, veggies and rice, with a bland little egg roll thrown it! I added 4 fat little pork shumai for $2 that were quite tasty. A cute kid was helping at the cart, and did a very good job. My BBQ pork veggie dish was huge, and had a good deep flavor, not too greasy and definitely a good deal. I ate it, feeling full and probably healthier than it actually was, but lots of veggies always helps. They were fast, thorough, and sharp like a tack...but unlike the cake song there was not a short skirt. Probably because no one wants to see that with how much cart food I eat :) read more

1. They had a young boy (like 12 years old?) running the front, which is probably part of the problem overall. 2. Took a very long time for them to give us our food. 3. Ordered my green been chicken spicy. Have never tasted a less spicy dish. 4. Boyfriend ordered a General Tso's beef. They handed the order to us and said "kung pao beef". Boyfriend said he ordered General Tso's. They said "uhhhh yeah. General Tso's." Got home, was kung pao beef, too far to go back. Shame on us for not checking :( 5. Overall food is on the bland side. Just not a great experience, and there are too many excellent options at Cartlandia to not get a great experience. read more

I don't get it. Perhaps it's an acquired taste....but I just don't see myself acquiring a taste for cured dried beef coated in mostly breading and doused in sour black bean sauce......they call it sesame beef....I call it a stomach ache that's already happened before you eat it....At least the portions are large, and the prices are more than reasonable. The best part of my meal was the vege spring roll that comes with almost every entree. I love cabbage, and it was stuffed with plenty of it.....I have no gripe in regards to the rock bottom 7 bucks I paid for a meal that could feed two ppl....but the sauce was so sour and just made it inedible. I managed to finish about one third of it before having to toss it. Maybe I'll give them another try sometime in the future, but I'll be sure to order something else. They seem to draw in a decent crowd of returning customers who know what to order without even looking at the menu..... And they're also popular for their bubble tea/fruit smoothies...If you're on a budget and have a huge appetite then this place is great...but so far it doesn't impress me...I see ppl raving about their honey walnut shrimp so I'll try that next time and update this review once I do.... read more

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Our go to spot for hot and sour soup, a quick inexpensive meal when we don't feel like cooking or a big meal

Yay 1st review! Ok full disclosure I only had the bubble tea... It was good, 4 stars. What I like about this cart is that it offers alternative drink options to the typical canned soda other kartlandia carts are offering. So if you are feeling like bubble tea or just simply want something refreshing other than soda, water or beer then give this a shot. Cheers! read more

Are you looking for a delicious alternative to Panda Express?! omg I am trying to write a clever positive review worthy of my 5 stars, but, I am so full and my stomach is distended with yummy, reasonably priced, Chinese food. I have ordered the: crab won tons (crispy and filled with crab) honey walnut shrimp:crispy on the outside and soft and delicious with a delectable and balanced sauce on top kung pao chicken: fresh mushrooms and other veggies steamed bbq pork bun: sweet bbq pork and soft and fluffy steamed bun hot and sour soup: for $3 it came in the biggest container! seriously, just go here...im too full to write anymore. Go. to. bamboo. cafe. read more

I had pot stickers and won ton soup. It was my first time. The won ton soup was gigantic, and the won tons were packed separately, as I got it to go. For $6 the value was really incredible. The broth was perfectly good, the bbq pork and bok choy were plentiful, and the tender won tons probably numbered a dozen. The pot stickers were tender, caramelized on bottom, and filled generously with fragrant meat. I was so delighted that I walked back and thanked them. read more

For a food cart and the price the food is pretty damn good! Their shumai is delish..the Singapore noodles..orange chicken..fried rice is excellent. Better than some restaurants that I've been to And I've been to many. read more

We were looking forward to experiencing and enoying food trucks here in Portland. Found this place on Yelp. Bamboo Cafe can be found at Cartlandia and was one of the last trucks still open when we got there. Bamboo Cafe has a large menu Thai and Chinese food. We ordered, Orange Chicken, Beef and Greenbeans, Fried Rice, Beef Pan Fried Noodles and Chicken Chow Fun. They were helpful, friendly and open :). Everything we ordered was delicious and fresh and enough to share amongst our group. When in town will definitely come back here again. read more