Canton Cafe

The mandarin chicken with all white meat and fried rice is my go to. Always delicious.read more

Absolutely the worst Chinese food I've ever encountered. To much cornstarch in the Chow Mein and…read morevery little flavor, the fried shrimp was most tempura batter with a microscope piece of shrimp. Service was just ok and decor was very old.

Supposedly beef chow mein and chicken and rice soup.

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What chow mean should look like. *disclaimer* you will not find this here

Ming Hao

3.2(102 reviews)

9.4 mi

I have lived in Nampa since 1998 and had never been to this place. You don't really notice it…read moredriving by because the trees hide the sign both way. I was surprised when I searched online for Chow Mien near me and it suggested this place. I went online and ordered the Chicken Chow Mien and Teriyaki chicken. I then put the address on Ways to take me there. It's next to the Airport Bar and Grill. It's very plain inside but when talking to the employee, she said 90% order for pickup which is what I would recommend. The Chicken Chow Mien was good but plain. I would like to see some scallions and egg in it. Portions were good. The Teriyaki Chicken was very good. I would recommend this place and will order again. A good hole in the wall find for Nampa.

Wow! What a horrible experience. I ordered at 518pm, food came via door dash at 730. Terrible. No…read morecommunication. I am new ro doordash, so it was a hard lesson learned. I wouldve saved 45$. I had no idea i could cancel. Well, what came was cold soggy mandarin chix, hard pork fried rice, chow mein noodles ( no veggie or meat pan fried) that had so much greese in the bottom they all just slid out of the box. A store bought mini egg roll for $6. One can honestly tell that this food had been sitting there for at least a good 1 hr or 1 1/2 hours. How could they send this out? This was awful... ended up.disposing it and had fried eggs and toast. I am suprised cause even when going inside, they are NEVER busy... their food was always so so.. bagged already made sweet and sour sauce... food that sits on buffet for at least 45 min. Not being touched so who knows how long it has been under the heat lights in total. What an embarrassment for this place! Is this what we are now calling ok at a restaurant? Please save your money!

Hibachi bar

Fried Shrimp

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Messy register

Jade Garden Restaurant

2.7(74 reviews)

6.1 mi

Unfortunately I need to update my review ... I got food poisoning last time we went. It was later…read moreafternoon around 3pm. I still think it's a great place to try but stick to when the food is fresh (so when it opens). Service was great as always! Family friendly place and lots of variety.

The driver was courteous and arrived when scheduled. The food was hot and packaged well, food was…read morevery good and plenty of condiments for the pork and rice. The sauce for the mandarin chicken and egg foo yung were excellent, they did however forget to substitute white rice for pork fried rice.

Sushi

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Asian Wok Chinese Restaurant

3.3(91 reviews)

10.9 mi

I'm not even sure how many times we have been here but every time it's been stupendous. There were…read morefour in our group. We got general chicken, Mongolian beef and sesame chicken. All served with fried rice and chow mien. We also added pot stickers. Everything was absolutely delicious. And a special shout out to the pot stickers. They were beyond amazing. And the staff here is always very friendly. Already trying to talk my wife into coming back next week.

Opened in 2008, this is family owned and the young wife of the husband wife duo who has been…read moreworking at the order counter on our couple of trips in is always so sweet and cheerful with all customers, greeting what seems to be regulars for take out as if old friends. She also speaks Chinese to whomever is doing the cooking in the kitchen behind her that diners can't see into through the high open widow space into it but one can hear the sounds of cooking and Chinese being spoken. In that exchange it is also friendly and maybe even familial. In my book it is the delightful attitude that adds the extra star to rating. And as much as local people are boo-hooing about the closure in this calendar year (2025) of a number of long time Chinese food restaurants in the greater Treasure Valley, from Middleton to Nampa to Garden City and Boise, it seems they want to be super critical of the true little mom-n-pop places like this. Just saying. THE FOOD: This Cantonese - Mandarin menu is structured to appeal to American palates for diners who think Orange Chicken or General Tsao's are real things. That isn't my husband and me given we have been able to enjoy some extraordinary Chinese cuisine via Chinatowns in NYC and SF when we lived there and in Portland (OR) too when there was briefly a restaurant with Xinjiang dishes. But even for us there are things here to appreciate (although, as with all Chinese food places where we do not know the owners personally, we focus on vegetarian options) and if one is looking for Chinese food to take away, one can do a lot worse than this. Dishes (rice included) are generously sized and are in the $12 - 14 range. Noodle dishes maybe around $12. THE SPACE & SEATING: If you are planning to go for the first time, you need to know the space is very small, a handful of booths split between both sides of the room, and a round table in the middle. Also, because it is small, they are going to occasionally have things like bags of rice and other supplies stacked on the floor outside the kitchen. For that reason I am unable to report if the loo is unisex or not because I couldn't get to it on the only eat-in visit because of the supplies that had just been delivered and stacked in the way. And on that note, in the vein of everything being connected to everything else, the owner and delivery driver had a delightful conversation as if they were old friends through this connection of supplier and owner. Our preference here is take-out and we note there seems to be a brisk business for them in that. PARKING: This is a sort of old time Western town themed strip mall in Star (which at one time may have been thought of as that kind of town but which has been gentrified of late by out of state - read California homebuyers) and it has a parking lot. ACCESSIBILITY: ADA parking in the lot. The round table seating might work for a wheelchair user but I didn't look at it closely. Other than that, booth seating. WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?: Right next door you will find Sea Salt Creamery + Bakeshop where the owner crafts outrageously good small batch ice cream and also does baking of delicious things from cookies to handpies to cakes to... See reviews for this biz too and do not miss it to pick up dessert to take home with your to-go Chinese food dinner.

Friendly young owner

Hot and sour soup

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Mongolian Fire Grill

4.1(87 reviews)

9.7 mi

Wow. So impressed with the service and food. This place is truly fantastic. All the staff (pretty…read moresure they are all family) were soo kind and wonderful. The food was amazing and everyone friendly and welcoming. They walked around asking how our experience was...what? we even left and forgot our take home boxes and they came running out to our truck. Definitely going back and try it if you haven't already Eating leftovers in bed

Mongolian BBQ joint behind the Mister Car Wash on Garrity in Nampa. Very clean, lots of tables and…read morebooths. The staff is very friendly and helpful. They bring your drinks and a half bowl of rice when you are seated. There were plenty of choices for veggies, and they had beef, chicken and pork for the meats. There are suggested sauces on the board over the food. These are just suggestions, but you need to make sure you have enough oil and liquid to fry the food up. I used several of the "spicy" flavors, including red hot oil and pepper flake oil. There's a good amount of other flavors as well. I got the meduim bowl and filled it up. Tried the hotter oils, but didn't feel the heat that much. I ended up drizzling some Sriracha sauce on it. Everything on the food bar looked fresh. The small bowl would have been sufficient. but the medium was just a buck more, $12.95. The food was ready in just a few minutes. The only drawback for me was putting the hot food on a cool plate. Overall, a very satisfying meal. Make sure you take some dollar bills to tip the cooks.

Sauce selection

My meal.

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Food area and grill.

Hong Kong Restaurant

2.4(186 reviews)

8.7 mi

The Hong Kong restaurant has been a family favorite for 30+ years…read more Great service, an excellent suggestion from my server to get the two item combo so I could have the Hong Kong Special Salad And a hot entree. Win win! Delicious on both counts.

Jeremiah was great and served in our family wonderfully! I…read morelove the Egg rolls there with sauce and mustard seeds! We have been there for years. Highly recommend! Great quality food for a big family like us!

Mandarin chicken

Special chow mein "lo mein" with chicken.

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Partial menu

Panda Express

2.0(71 reviews)

3.1 mi

i just love their food, but sometimes when there's more than 1 person , gets a bad meal…read more Unfortunately it happens . My husband ordered Rice and Walnut Shrimp , and mushroom & beef juice ran into his Shrimp at an Extra $1.50 , and his rice was saturated in its juice. The shrimp didn't taste the same nor the rice. It was extremely busy, lines at both ends, but maybe put shrimp in the side container and buy different containers that don't leak the juice the other photo of his soggy food that they don't post the photo

Unreal ordered k line and got completely gibbed on food. Stay away, will never come back to this…read morestore... wasn't even busy just lazy work

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Shanghai Restaurant

2.7(27 reviews)

7.4 mi

We tried this through Uber Eats delivery. Nothing wrong with that or packaging. The order was…read moreprepared quickly, but other than that I can't comment on the actual restaurant or service. The food though was awful and I would never recommend this restaurant for Chinese food. Everything tasted of old grease. Even the sweet & sour sauce didn't cover it up. We got a family combo meal and an order of Mongolian beef. The beef was tender, but there was definitely not enough for a dish. It did however have an over abundance of onions and bamboo shoots. We usually look forward to making a couple of leftover meals when we order Chinese food. But in this case, we threw it all away.

This place was pretty decent. No instore dining. The people I talked to were pretty cool, their…read moreprices were reasonable and the food was tasty. We go the curry, generals chicken, and sweet and sour chicken. All were food

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Tsai's Kitchen

3.3(62 reviews)

4.4 mi

If you want to enjoy the food at Tsai's Kitchen one more time, fyi that the owners announced today…read morethat next week is their last week and after 30 years in the restaurant business they will be closing this storefront and retiring. Such nice people. Wishing them all the best in retirement years. "Next week (11/4- 11/8) will be our final week... We are retiring from the restaurant business after 30 years. 10 of those in this amazing community, we appreciate your support all these years."

Per the owners, this restaurant grew from a food truck seven years ago. The building is small but…read moreimmaculate and comfortable. Service was pleasant, you order from the table but can pay at the counter. I ordered the Hunan Chicken and it was mildly spicy and flavorful but not what I would call excellent. However what really surprised me was the hand blended milkshakes, which were top shelf. They use a hand dipped vanilla base and add the syrup. I ordered a blackberry and it was fantastic. Prices are very reasonable. It's a good place to eat in Middleton but don't expect top quality Chinese food.

BBQ pork and seeds

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April G.

5 years ago

VERY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE!! I called to order Pick up, I needed to order an extra egg roll, they refused to sell me one extra egg roll, they told me I had to buy a lunch special in order to get a third eggroll. I have ordered there for several years, always ordered an additional egg roll, no problems. The gal on the phone was rude, and she hung up on me when I told her it was ridiculous they would not sell me one egg roll I will not order from there ever again. read more

Heidi D.

8 months ago

I had a amazing experience with Circa being my server tonight. She had such good vibes and I wouldn't definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone. Keep up the good work Circa read more

Suzanne C.

2 years ago

Side note: I watched first hand as this family owned business gave back to their community. Truly showed their support to the College of Idaho football program. read more

Mimsy W.

2 years ago

The owner is unkind at best and racist against white folks at worst. I experienced this first hand and wont go back to the Canton for any reason. read more

Daniel T.

13 years ago

good food, great service, really good beer

Mia A.

4 years ago

i love there q it's so amazing

V M.

16 years ago

Real good, fast service

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