Solid 3.5 stars in the food. Service 5 stars - specifically for Madonna! She really made our visit worth every single penny! Nothing too crazy to write home about for the food. Basic Chinese food. For the quality and the price, you get what you pay for. I wish the Honey walnut prawns were a little more crunchy, they were soggy. I wish the Tomato/Beef chow mein had more flavor. I think the only thing that was, "oh my god" good was the salt and pepper chicken wings! Wow these were good! Customer service was SO good! Madonna provided exceptional customer service to our party of 20 people. We came in to celebrate my cousin's 45th birthday and Madonna was able to handle our party with genuine patience. read more

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Dined here on a Friday night. The place was packed by 100% Chinese people. That alone should be validation for anyone looking for a good Cantonese restaurant. We had 3 dishes. The beef chow fun (dry style) was pretty good - generous portion, beef not too tough, and good "wok marks" on the noodles. The roast duck (1/2) was also nice - good sized roast duck, well cut, and not too salty. The pea sprouts in garlic, however, I would not recommend - there were too many stalks that were virtually inedible, even though the seasoning was ok. Maybe it was a bad batch of pea sprouts, or the preparation was off, but it was pretty bad. We got a whole sliced orange for dessert which was generous and tasty. The service was normal for a Cantonese restaurant. They were a little understaffed (3 waitpersons), but they were efficient (once you could track one down). The orders were entered on the server's iPad, and we paid by credit card (which they scanned at their terminal). I would come back if I wanted to good Cantonese food, and hope to try other things on the menu in the future. read more

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My mother in law ordered for Thanksgiving pickup a large family style Peking Duck, BBQ pork, Roast Pig, Beef and Bitter melon, Fried flounder. It was pre-paid, and the pickup was horrible, and restaurant folks were rude. We were told to double check the order by the mother in law and the restaurant folks did not like that gesture. To top off the rudeness, we asked for minced garlic and ginger sauce and fortune cookies, and to our laughter of the rudeness, she said "you didn't order chopped steam chicken" in Chinese. The fortune cookies was for my Chinese mother in law, were thrown across the counter as to really piss us off, no bag, no kindness, just subtle rudeness in her actions. I am certainly glad I don't live on that side of the peninsula, and have regrets for those customers who came after us, after all the restaurant was not busy with dining customers...regretfully, the restaurant lady said to us as we were leaving a "Happy Holiday" farewell...go figure? read more

I don't understand why this place isn't rated with more stars. I recently went there for someone's birthday. Practically the whole restaurant was set up for my friend's birthday. Nice place, food was really good, I think we had 8-9 courses. There wasn't any dish that was bad. Service was pretty good too. I plan on bringing my family here soon. It's been a long time since we had really good Chinese food and to think this place was just under our noses! read more

BEWARE! Ordered the Roast Duck. Came to the table cold. We told our waitress the duck was cold. She picked it up and walked away. My wife followed her. The waitress stuck it in a microwave! My wife told her that we did not want microwaved duck. We wanted fresh duck. The waitress then told us that they do not cook the duck there. They bring it in from their Milbrae location! If you want microwaved duck, this is your place. I also agree with other patrons about the rude service but I can deal with that. Not fresh food I cannot. Go to Silver house. Far superior in every way. read more

Salt & Pepper Fish, and garlic spinach are the best here. Can't go wrong with anything on the menu!!

Ordered to go and then after I paid the lady told me there was a $22 minimum. :( I didn't get a chance to order more since the transaction went through already. She then walked away after writing on the receipt, $22. Changing my review from 1 star to 5 stars, because another lady gave me the food when it was ready and asked if I was tipping $11 (which was more than my food!) for my $10 item and I told her I was told I needed to pay for a minimum and she changed it for me. read more

11/19/23 Ono for Chinese food... Roast duck/roast pork combo and black bean chow fun with spareribs. Eat half, take the rest home touch next week. Think their portions are generous and prices are reasonable. read more

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Their roast duck is very good. The service can be slow. The ambiance is fair. Prices are good.

Great Chinese food and price. Will go again. Good service. Very experienced staff. Lots of space.

Great roast duck and chicken ! Our go to place for take out for festivals. Order ahead to make sure they have the ducks ( they run out - pun intended ;) ) read more

Horrible horrible!!! You arrive to eat there, always busy, they never give you a time frame, hostess is rude. If you decide to order take out or doordash, be prepared to wait for HOURS! HOURS for your order to be ready. Host won't give you an eta, just either ignore you, or say, we are busy! read more

Service is absolutely ridiculously slow. We ordered through uber eats. Our order was confirmed and the restaurant LOST OUR ORDER. So we showed them the order. Now I'm sitting here waiting for food that should have been ready an hour ago. The staff shows no urgency. I wasn't even offered a glass of water. Never again will we order take out or come to eat here. We will tell our friends and family not to come here. read more

Top tier hk style food, dine in or take out, Cheung Hing always hits the spot. Good prices, authentic, very yummy. If you're in the area or want take out give it a shot. I love the 3 meat bbq combo. read more

We love this place! This location has been our go to Cantonese takeout spot all throughout the pandemic. I will say Chinese food is very personal and we do like to add a little extra garlic and oyster sauce to the seafood noodles when we heat it up. As well as extra chili peppers to the chow fun. But in general, from their roast deli meats to stir-fries and noodle dishes, everything is as expectedly delicious! I've never eaten in house so I but service for takeout has always been consistently fast and efficient. As most takeout places, I recommend knowing what you want to order ahead of time instead of asking for suggestions. I also noticed ordering and pickup work better in Chinese rather than English. However I don't think the language barrier is a big issue. read more

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We went to Cheung Hing for takeout and really enjoyed our meal. We ordered the beef chow fun, chicken with salted fish and tofu clay pot, and a vegetable dish. Everything was very tasty, not too oily, had great flavor, and came in large portions. Our meal ended up being $50 for two people and we had leftovers for the next day. Service was prompt and our food was ready quickly. Recommend for a great Cantonese meal. read more

Worse service ever! Just standing there and the servers said stop rushing me, we are too busy for you. Wow first time where just standing there without saying a single word is rushing. Plus throwing the menus on the table. Just go to the Millbrae franchise. This place is not worth the attitude!! read more

Ordered through Grub Hub and mostly seeking comfort food to get me through a rough patch and a terrible head cold. I loved the chicken porridge and it nourished me so well on day one of my illness. My 20 year old, who is not picky was less than impressed with the " gluey orange chicken and doughy pot stickers". Day two of my "soup fast" was disappointing. I realized that although I ordered and paid for the combo( Hing to) wonton soup - $19.15 versus $12, I received the latter. .. so no chicken, pork, shrimp, snow peas. The soup was packed expertly with the broth ( which contained yummy gelatinous chicken fat and the doughy won tons and egg white. Grub Hub has refunded the mistake. read more

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The lady works there are really rude. The cup is dirty and I asked her to replace it, she brings me another dirty one, and I asked her to replace it again because I still can see the dirty yellow dust in the cup. She ask me what the dirty dust in an Inpatient and rude way. Never come back again. read more

Cheung Hing - The lady works there are really rude. - Barbeque Near Me - San Mateo, California

Honestly, don't waste your time coming to this restaurant. The service is terrible, and the people who work here have no manners. I waited an hour for my order, wasting an hour of my life in this place. It doesn't even deserve a star. read more

I was surprised to see the rating here is so low because I think the food is (still) delicious, and I figured it's likely because the service can be terrible. The place is still packed with Chinese people pretty consistently, and bad service is a hallmark of an authentic Chinese restaurant. However, I perused some reviews and it seems that more than one person had the same experience that I had, where their bill was not the right amount and the restaurant seemed to try to overcharge them (one person even mentioned a tip being written into the receipt). So frankly, I would say the food is usually great, albeit slightly inconsistent, as it seems about 1/3 times it doesn't quite hit the mark for me, but be wary of getting overcharged, might be best just to pay in cash. To go is pretty nice and quick here too read more

I am surprised this averaged only 3 stars in the reviews. We found this restaurant to be rather good for Chinese food at least the dishes we tried. The staff was very welcoming and attentive with 2-3 helping us. Our go to is always Mongolian Beef and they had a very tender and delicious Mongolian Beef with the velevty tender beef I like and good spiciness. 4.0 stars. Next was a golden tofu and mushrooms with seafood claypot. The tofu was very tender. This was a 3.5 stars (as I am not into seafood as my other family members are). As was the fried fish. Honey walnut shrimp was decent like other restaurants. 3.5 stars. Now with an order of a certain amount you get a discounted (forgot -think it was like half the price or like only 9.00 or so)dish (think a choice between two?) and so we got a lobster noodle dish! Now THIS was good! I don't like seafood normally but I do like lobster and crab and this really made the meal special! I probably would have not ordered this normally, so for the price this was a great deal and made it more special! 5.0 stars for the flavor and deal! Sesame chicken with golden soft tofu rounds which was good, The tofu was light and pillowy which I liked and never tried this one before. 4.0 stars. We also had greens which was nothing special just regular greens which I like, so I won't even rate that one. The complimentary red bean soup dessert hit the spot and was a nice touch at the end-4 stars. This is an acquired taste, so I am not sure how Americans would like this, It is sweet but I think maybe because it is a sweet bean type of soup and not like an American style dessert, that it may not be appreciated as much and seem strange to others who are not used to it. I personally love it, but I grew up eating this so comfort food for me! My kids look at it and pass-lol! Overall, I liked this place even better than the other Cheung Hing and I gave it a 3.92 rating so rounded it to 4. Think the lobster noodle special deal really boosted this rating-so get it, you will like it! Oh and I like that they have tzung ( leaf wrapped sticky rice) on the counter to buy and take home! read more

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Booths setup along the walls with round tables in the middle. Great place for catching up with family and friends. This place seems to be the spot the locals. Solid 2.5 due to availability in the area with this type of foods. For the normal customers / locals coming in to grab take out foods there seems to be regulars. There is a lunch/dinner menu as well. No official surgeons in front but for this area I do recommend the duck that came from the back. The duck served today for sure on the fattier side 2/5 . Marinate was 4/5 read more

We have always been ordering takeouts from Cheung Hing and enjoyed it. But our latest experience has been very poor :( I found a human hair in my chow fun. The roast pork only has skin, fat, and bone. Not much edible parts. The veggies were not washed and I could still see dirt at the root. This makes me really sad because our family loved this restaurant, but I don't think I'll ever order from it again. read more

Every time the food is great for what I order. The duck while greasy always has so much flavor, and I really enjoy eating the vegetables on the plate under the meat. The salt and pepper squid is crispy, and I love the chili and green onions bc they add a fresh crunch to the dish. Lastly, the string beans are great and you can never go wrong with them. I feel like Cheung Hung imo is generally more consistent in my experience than some other similar Chinese restaurants. As for the service, of course it didn't really meet expectations, but it's alright if you temper your expectations. Will come back for sure read more

Cheung Hing - 7. Salt and Pepper Squids - Barbeque Near Me - San Mateo, California

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Food 3.25*, Ambiance 3*, service 2.75* Eight of us came for dinner last Friday; it was the first time for most of us. Restaurant was quite busy around 6:30, it was hard to get the attention from any of the waitresses to even let them know that we had reservation. After we were seated, waited again for quite a while to order. Couldn't even make eye contact until finally someone came and she did apologize for keeping us waiting. We shared the following: Seafood tofu soup (3*)- good/OK, portion size was good for 3-4 people. Steamed fish(4*) - The best dish of our dinner. For $40 fixed price we were promised a two pounder; although the fish was maybe 1.5 lb at best everyone did enjoyed the very fresh flaking fish. Pork belly with preserved vegetable (2.5*) - pork was not flavorful, sauce was kind of watery, even the color was pale, perhaps the worst dish of the night. A whole roasted duck (3*) - a good size duck, tasted good/ok but we expected crispier skin for a place known for it's Chinese BBQ. Roasted pork (3.5*) - a little on the fatty side, skin was crispy. Bitter melon with spareribs (4*) - very tasty and good portion; didn't realize many of us actually enjoyed bitter melon. Eggplant with garlic sauce (3*) - average Beef chow fun with black bean sauce (3.5*) - some of us liked it a lot. Lobster noodles (4*) - A special deal when total order exceeds $88; pay $10 for the noodles and get the lobster for free. This dish was well received, the lobster was probably 1.25 lb but very fresh, noodles were tasty and in generous portion. We also received complimentary red bean soup for dessert and a $10 coupon good for a month to be used in any of the 6 Cheung Hing's in the area. The waitresses were all quite friendly once the dinner rush was over. All of us did enjoy our meal, we had a lot to eat and price was reasonable (after $20% tip @$28pp). A good neighborhood eatery, decent food if ordered right. Avoid peak hours if possible. read more

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We scored a whole roast duck for $38, a big bowl of won ton soup and a plate of chow mein, pan fried dry noodle style, two bowls of white rice; about $80 with tax. 3 people were full and we had to take food home. The roast duck was a bit skimpy. The won ton soup was very good and nourishing. Chow mein was on spot too. Solid grub here. read more

a mini chain with a few different locations from peninsula to the south bay. i have only tried this location though. i only know about the others because they gave us a calendar that showed all the locations. ive been here a few times and the service is good for a chinese restaurant. they are very attentive and accommodate big parties. the food is pretty good where i keep returning. nothing is overly salty or oily. they have a big selection of chinese plates, very traditionally prepared. my one gripe was the lazy susan was so wobbly. we had to be careful not to knock over our foods when we spun it. its located in a strip mall so plenty of parking. read more

Best Chinese bbq food I've had in the Bay Area. The roasted duck, bbq pork, garlic pea shoots, chicken fried rice, and pan fried chow mein are incredible! read more

The problem isn't the food. The food has always been good. Sadly, it takes a very long time for you to get your food. Called in an order for Pork Fried Rice. It took them 35 minutes to cook the order. If you have plenty of time in your day to eat here, I say go for it. But they don't seem to have any hustle to preparing the meals. The attitude seems to be, we will cook it when we want to and you'll wait. No thank you! I'll take my business somewhere else. Some place that will actually cook the food when it's ordered and not make someone wait 35 minutes for pork fried rice. read more

Is this the best Chinese food ever? No. Does it hit the spot when you're craving Chinese food? Absolutely. They have a location in Millbrae where I've been to order roast pork. But this location is restaurant only, no deli. We've only ordered takeout and have never had a bad experience. They usually give fairly accurate wait times for the food, which I always appreciate. We definitely have some dishes that we order every time, and some that we wouldn't get again. And their complimentary fried rice (for orders over $40) is so good too!! - Walnut prawns: Pretty decent for the area! My SO and I tend to judge Chinese restaurants based on this dish. - Eggplant and fish in clay pot: We order this every time. Love it. - Fish and tofu: We ordered this recently and I would order it again. - Roast pork: Ordered this to eat with Vietnamese food and it was good! We'd order it again since we don't really know where else we can get food roast pork. - Cumin lamb: We ordered this to try something new and we would not order again - Mongolian beef: We would probably skip this too - We've also ordered a variety of their vegetable dishes and they were all satisfactory. I also love the aunties working the cash register and food ordering/pickup. They're probably overworked but are still very friendly. read more

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Great place for Cantonese food. Made me feel at home. The owners are Cantonese. Great authentic find.

Everything here was delicious! Servers were patient and friendly. The chicken wings were massive and super delicious! We came with a party of 7 and had some extra. After finishing everything. For the value, the food was amazing! read more

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Hoping the dinning experience we had yesterday at this restaurant was not a fluke! Wait staff were friendly and attentive. They were able to communicate with us in English. Perhaps, there's been a change in management? There was no sign of the mean and rude lady that everyone writes about. We've had bad experiences with her too! If you do eat here between M-F, ask about the $9.99 lobster noodle special. read more

Was looking for a restaurant that serves peking duck to go with buns in San Mateo, Redwood City or Belmont area and we selected this restaurant because it had it on its menu. It's my daughter's favorite dish who was visiting from Southern California and she doesn't get to eat it too often. So many restaurants serve peking duck with thin pancake (like mushu pork) and that is not the style I wanted. As mentioned by many reviews - their peking duck is actually roast duck with the sauce, buns and slivers of green onion. Do not expect the crispy skin type duck (thus one of the reasons I only gave 4 stars). Basically you're served roast duck and paying $10 more for 12 buns, the oyter sauce and thin slivers of green onion. We opted for the Family Dinner Menu B which includes whole peking duck and soup and 6 dishes from the list. The Family Dinner serve 4 -8 people - and there were 6 adults and 2 kids (toddler and baby) so it was enough food for lunch and dinner. We were able to do take out which in addition to the whole peking duck, choice of soup, we then selected the following 6 dishes (after asking the family to select their favorite dish: 1) mongolian beef - normally spicy but I requested not too spicy and it was good, only wished there was more beef 2) walnut shrimp - good 3) Hong Kong style spare ribs - which is actually sweet and sour spare ribs and if I had known it was sweet and sour, I would have selected peking spare ribs instead (thus the 4 stars) 4) braised tofu with mushroom - good (enjoyed by kids) 5) beef with enoki mushrooms in clay pot - good but not enough beef 6) substituted chicken chow mein instead of selecting another dish from the list (I requested bbq chow mein but got chicken chow mein thus the 4 stars), it was good but had a little too much bean sprouts Soup - seawood with tofu - was good and enjoyed by all. It's soothing. We had this for both lunch and dinner and a good sign with my family is if I don't hear any complaints and it's mostly gone by the end of the day, then it satisfied my family. read more

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I ordered a whole roast duck on the phone and went to pick it up in person. Because it's a whole duck , I asked for an extra plum sauce and some napkins in mandarin. This Asian lady server with short hair pretended she didn't hear me, so I witched to English. And she continued to pretend she didn't understand me. Then she literally walked away from me to the back of the restaurant and didn't come out, after a minute of waiting, I gave up and left . Her behavior is totally unacceptable, PS: the one star is for their duck, not for their service :-( read more

Have gotten take out twice and found the dishes excellent. Will be back for sure. A friend found it by accident. Good luck for all of us.

I have a pretty high tolerance for bad service at restaurants. Over the years, I've put up with it at the San Mateo Cheung Hing (both sit-in and take-out) because the food is mostly good (depending on what you order), and they seem understaffed, but this last experience was horrible. I patiently waited a long time for a pickup after placing an online order, only to get incredibly rude attitude about ordering online instead of over the phone because they get charged a fee (so did I). I only did it because they often don't pick up the phone, when they do, they are rude, and the link to order online is directly from their website (https://www.cheunghingsanmateoca.com/). To add insult to injury, the fried pork chop in our last take out order (over $90) was undercooked. read more

Cheung Hing - Barbeque Near Me - San Mateo, California

Super rude staff- placed the order for 45 mins Still not ready to pick up. Also is false advertising, it saids except holiday. Today is not holiday and they don't honor the food. read more

Cheung Hing - Barbeque Near Me - San Mateo, California

overall: 3/5 came on a tuesday night, pretty calm and lots of parking around the area honey walnut prawns: 3/5, shrimp was too soft not crispy enough, taste was okay black bean clams: 5/5, flavor was great, lots of clams! salt and pepper squid: 1/5, this was sooooo soft not crispy & some were too salty while others aren't salted enough pan fried green beans: 4/5, it's fine kinda what you expect service isn't great but isn't bad, they forgot our water, one of our dishes we ordered and didn't bring the rice with our entree (had to ask) read more

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