I recently "rediscovered" this place and it is by far the best chinese takeout in the area. Lunch combo C13 is the perfect amount of food and is the exact combination of the things i like. The kung pow and egg rolls get high marks too. read more

Eighty Eight Cafe - Lunch combo C13 - S&S chicken, beef teri, boneless ribs - Chinese Near Me - Winchester, Massachusetts

Moved from Boston to Winchester so I wasn't sure what was open around 8pm. Found this spot on google & gave it a try. Honestly, I was expecting stale left over food since they were near closing but it was the opposite. Food was fresh, probably the best Chinese food I've had in years. The portion sizes were huge, the price is great (compared to Boston) & it was nice and clean inside. The app platter, fried rice and crab Rangoon could easily feed 4. They don't take Apple Pay which was the only downfall but other than that I'm so happy I found a great takeout place close by! read more

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I've been ordering takeout here for more than five years, as this has been my go-to Chinese takeout spot (this restaurant is takeout only). Unfortunately the quality of food has gone down and the prices have gone up considerably. Time to look for another Chinese takeout spot, as Eighty Eight Cafe is too expensive, and no longer a good value. read more

Solid take-out Chinese food spot. Ordered here because it was down the block from my sister's place in Winchester where we were staying for the week. The portion sizes were great, although their online menu in Yelp has stale prices. Items are all a little pricier now with inflation. Only thing that didn't taste great was their roast pork, a little dry and overcooked. Otherwise I enjoyed every other dish we ordered. Pupu Platter, moo goo gai pan, General gaus, sesame chicken and chicken and mixed veggies. Good old fashioned Chinese take out, got exactly what I was expecting, which doesn't always happen with Chinese take out. read more

Great food , great staff. Easy and Fast. Just the way we Americans like it. The perfect quick stop no hassle Chinese take-out restauraunt. Grab some for your family on the way home from work. Only five minutes from the Montvale Avenue exit....just past Leonard field on Washington Street. Only drawback is parking, but you can park around the corner on Harvard Street....or one of the side streeets across the street up on the hill. There's a couple of spots up front. (Can be a bit tricky to back in and out of during rush hour). - Other than that. Its an awesome place. If you order for new years be prepared, they require pre ordering and they cut it off at a particular time when they get too many orders. You have to order a day or so in advance, for new years, and pick it up on new years. read more

Horrible food, it was all brown! When I say it wasn't worth that cheap price, it wasn't.

I got a dinner plate with sesame chicken, pork fried rice, and egg roll. The chicken was tender, the batter had a crunch, and the sauce was balanced and not too thick. The egg roll was very good with a lightly fried wrap and fresh ingredients inside. The fried rice was decent. Overall I was very happy with the food and it was prepared quickly and ready for pick up when I arrived. I would recommend others try the cafe. read more

Takeout only. Very fresh and nicely prepared mostly American-style Chinese food. The portions are pretty generous. The Sichuan and Garlic Chicken dishes are favorites and the pan-fried raviolis are also recommended. This is a regular go-to for me. read more

Do you know why I'm giving 5 stars? Consistency. So many places around here are not consistent with the quality of what you order and are bound to mess up at least one thing every time. Not eighty- eight. When we decide to do take out, this place is always a no-brainer. I don't know HOW they get their egg rolls and crab Rangoons so crispy but damn. Best I've had in a long time. You might be thrown off by the price of the rangoons but they are worth it because you get SO MANY and they're delicious. As a pescatarian, I typically get the vegetable fried rice which is *chefs kiss* and any one of their tofu dishes which are great. The shrimp and broccoli is super flavorful too. On top of it all, you really can't beat the price. Most affordable in the area I'd have to say. Thank you Eighty- eight! read more

Eighty Eight Cafe - Shrimp and broccoli - Chinese Near Me - Winchester, Massachusetts

Wow! First time, very impressed with quality and portion size. Had some disappointing experiences and started to go to the next town for Chinese food. We found a winner just up the street. Had a few apps, a couple of main dishes, and the house special lo mein. All were exceptional. I always look for specifics, but I need to sample more of the menu items to give a comprehensive review. I definitely suggest you give this place a try. Take out or delivery only. read more

Food: This place does simple fried food better than any other Chinese restaurant I've encountered. However their more complicated or spicier dishes are only ok. They use dried pepper flakes that are large, papery, and get stuck in my teeth. If looking for anything spicy I'd try a new place but if looking for old reliable favorites like crab Rangoon, dumplings, or sweet and sour chicken then this is definitely the best option. Delivery was fairly quick. Crab Rangoon -probably the best I've had but I would have preferred a sweet chili sauce as opposed to the apple? Sauce it came with Sweet and sour chicken - cooked perfectly and the chicken was nice and moist read more

Used to be so good and have pretty good prices! Now they nickle and dime you to death and no more delivery! For example, there's a $1. difference in ordering rice, but if you want beef instead of pork with a dinner, they charge you $3. read more

Love this cafe! They have the best old style egg rolls, not the small spring rolls that are what most restaurants serve today. My husband and I ordered lunch specials and enjoyed a picnic lunch at Horn pond. Can't wait to go back and bring my brother- in -law who is obsessed with egg rolls. read more

This is my family's favorite takeout chinese food. We have tried other places and this place is tasty, good portions and reasonably priced. Great egg rolls. read more

This is hands-down the best Chinese food anywhere nearby. And I've tried them all. Way better than China Sky in the center of town. Go for the Sesame chicken or Lo Mein. Always good. read more

For me, this is the best place around for reasonably priced Chinese food. The food always arrives hot and fresh. The Beef Teriyaki on a stick is real beef, not that dried out overly sweet crap you would find elsewhere. The Chicken Fingers were the best I ever had. Love the Chicken Wings! This will be my go to place for this type of food for now on. read more

I am exceeding the five-star-max YELP rating by giving eighty-eight stars to Eighty-Eight Café. I have been here a couple times and received HOT and FRESHLY cooked phood. I wanna say that I finally had my first-and-only enjoyable eggroll of my entire life here in all of my 55 years as an eater. It was light and delicately flavored with a wonderfully thin and krispy shell. In my vast eggroll-eating experience I have found all other eggrolls to be nothing more than day(s) old petrified AF janky reheated fossilized phood cylinders of random/leftover ingredients. My Kung Pao Chicken here was hot and fresh and delish/scrump. Mind you this place is not the Kowloon -it is strictly take-out and has a beauty/decor that is on par with a subway station booth. But do a grab n' go and sow down immediately in your whip. If you want hot and fresh and are desirous of the exceedingly rare outstanding eggroll, grab some Chinese at Eighty-Eight, YELPers. read more

They got the order wrong, when questioned they insisted it was our fault. After trying to talk for a while one member of staff tried to push me in an attempt to get rid of us so they didn't have to fix their mistake. After a long discussion they corrected our order but it still came wrong (without BBQ sauce in the wrap). On top of all that they also threatened to call the police... Not a very nice experience. read more

Ordered take out here. The facade of the restaurants sets expectations really low. Sometimes you might be surprised that an unassuming front hides a culinary gem but alas that is not the case here. None of the dishes were distinguishable and there was an undeniable sameness between fried rice, sweet and sour soup, lo mein and even the Szechuan style vegetables. There was a reason I had never set foot in here despite living In the neighborhood for 8 years. Perfectly happy to wait another ten before my next visit, if they are still around that is. read more

Place is spotty at best. Orders are ready super quick which is scary because it feels like they have been pre- made. Prices are food and eggrolls rock. read more

Definitely some of the best Chinese food around. Fast, friendly, and reasonably priced.

We ordered delivery from here. They were good about delivering to the hotel, and the food was just fine. I wish I had more to say, but it was standard fair for a Chinese restaurant, so good, but nothing outstandingly memorable. read more

Take out /delivery only (no dine in) but, Fresh, great tasting food. Not heavy at all. Decent portions on lunch specials. Prompt, friendly delivery. Peking dumplings are phenomenal. This is our go to take out for Chinese. read more

There are good things with the new owners: The Barbecued Spare Ribs, San Shien Pan Fried Noodle and the Triple Delight with garlic sauce instead of the normal sauce. However, The Singapore Mei Fun lacks sophistication and is too spicy. And there is now a delivery charge where before there was not. read more

Just ordered from here recently, the food was delivered to my house 20 minutes after I called, it was good and hot. I loved the crab rangoon and the peking ravioli. The chicken fingers were good too, but I'm not a huge finger fan. The sesame chicken was delicious and they even snuck some broccoli in there too! The chicken teriyaki wasn't the best I've ever had, but it was edible. The prices are reasonable and I'd definitely recommend this place to a friend. read more

Searched all of woburn for a good chinese place and found nothing but somewhat expensive bad tasting food.I askded a friend who they would recommend they said the only place we ever tell anyone the 88 Cafe. We will not order from anywhere but this restaurant from now on....mmmmmmm so good. read more

Seems like all the bad reviews are for delivery, so we decided to go pick it up ourselves. I got a small order of crab rangoons (which actually was about 6 of them), a small order or beef fried rice, and an order of orange chicken. I give it 5 stars for the value, six rangoons and my fried rice cost me about $10 and I ate about half the rice and saved the rest. There was a hefty serving of orange chicken for $12 or whatever it was, only thing is it doesn't come with white rice--but I'm sure a side order of white rice would cost less than $2. FYI the fried rice is exactly that, fried rice and meat. There's no vegetables or egg, I was kinda disappointed when I opened the box and saw the size of the small but it turned out they really packed it in so it was pretty much double the amount of what the box looks like. Small would be good for two people. Flavor wise it was very good. Crab rangoons were light and crispy. I'd say orange chicken was almost on par with China Sky, but for the price of Eighty Eight, I will probably order take out from there and save China Sky for when I want a nice atmosphere. Nothing against China Sky but $15-20 per person for takeout is steep. All in all I was happily surprised with the quality and value. read more

Your standard local Chinese restaurant. Solid pork fried rice and General Gau's chicken. If you are in the area this is a safe bet for some decent take out. read more

This place is awesome. Szechuan chicken is delicious. Pork moo shi w/ pancakes are the bomb. Soups are good. Delivery is fast and the people are very nice. read more

came in for a late breakfast on a monday morning got there right before they were opening they were still setting up the tables good menu selection place was clean staff was friendly and courteous read more

I will NEVER go back there. First of all you cannot understand them, second the delivery guy could not find our place I had to run him down as he was going to the wrong place, then the ORDER WAS WRONG! They said they would redo it so we waited and it CAME BACK WRONG AGAIN! At this point, we just were too hungry to do anything so called to let them know again it was wrong in which both times the woman wanted to argue with us, so we thought it would only be right to get a credit! TO OUR SURPRISE SOMEONE ELSE THEN CAME BACK TO TAKE OUR FOOD! WE HAD A CUSTOMER AND ONE OF THE OFFICE girls noticed him picking up our food to take back! Okay, you know what happened then! We threw it out as he had his hands all over it. Still hungry CAN'T wait for dinner. I can guarantee you it won't be from the Eighty-Eight! read more

I never had a problem with this place until I bit into a piece of sesame chicken only to bite into a 'staple.' Yes, that is correct, a staple. Well my family's meal of $35 became suspiciously inedible because we were concerned for the safety of the food. Were there more staples? So I called them to let them know, hey, you are serving staples in your chicken. There was a reply that they were very careful and they only use staples to close their delivered bags. I let them know that we could not in good faith continue eating the food. They never returned my call that evening, so upon calling them the next day, the woman who remembered me, said she spoke with the chef, and that they would give me a credit for the meal on file. I informed her that I just didn't feel comfortable eating there after this, especially because supposedly the food was prepped very carefully. Now this staple was under the breading. This was not just a staple from the bag. They refunded just the one meal. Usually the food is good, the service is good, I never had a problem before. I was under the impression the whole meal would be refunded, but the main reason I am posting was because the staple, if eaten or chewed by anyone, including children could have caused so much more damage then it did. Instead I bit down hard on it, which concluded the beginning of our supper. read more

Place is down the street from me. Descent Chinese food and convenient. Hot and sour soup here is amazing.

Not best Chinese food in the world but considering their right down the street and they make their food fast its pretty good. They have no MSG which nice and they are nice enough. I would recommend it. read more

Today was the first time i tried this cafe. The food was excellent. I am very sure that every time i want Chinese food I will call Eighty-Eight cafe for my meals. Delivery was timely and polite. Prices were fair. Cookie in Winchester, Ma read more

I didn't know this place exist until i had their food once at a friend's place. It was amazing. Love their General Gaus Chicken and Fried Rice. I will definitely order them again. read more

I ordered online and when I got home it was not what I ordered. The hot and sour soup was the best part, but there were chunks of meat in it. The staff was pleasant, but the food fell short. read more

Mushroom and chicken is fantastic. Some things better than others but solid all around

I agree with Florence. I used to go to 88 Cafe all the time. I tried it twice since the new owners took over and haven't been back since. The food is not as good and not as good quality. Does anyone know where the owners went and if they are still close by? read more

88 Cafe definitely has the best chinese food in the Winchester area. I went there last week to find out that they now have new owners who are changing the menu?? Nooooo! The food that I bought wasn't as good so now I have to find a new place. Does anyone know where the owners went and if they are still close by? read more