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    Flower Lounge

    4.2 (334 reviews)
    ModerateCantonese
    Open 11:00 am - 8:30 pm

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Fried  rice, honey walnut shrimp, xo sauce over dried spare rib, and beef with black pepper sauce.
    JC N.

    This is an excellent spot for authentic Chinese cuisine, especially for family-style dinners. I've visited several times over the years and have consistently had positive experiences. The owner, May, provides attentive and friendly service anything we needed was handled promptly and thoughtfully. The round wedding-style table comfortably accommodates up to ten guests, making it ideal for group dining. Parking can be a bit challenging due to street parking, but I was able to find a spot across the street without much trouble. Overall, I highly recommend this restaurant for quality food and reliable service.

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    Barry S.

    We don't come here often enough! The food is always delicious, and the staff are uniformly pleasant and cheerful. A Christmas Day favorite.

    Mushu shrimp!! Yes for shrimp!!
    Derek F.

    Came in after the last Oakland As game. We were as emotional as we were famished!! Heard good things so we had high expectations. First impression was great. Good and happy greeting from hostess and the owner. She is very personable The combo fried rice and chow making very ver good. Mushu shrimp was really good!! Gotta try it! The salt and pepper pot chop came recommended by the owner and the flavor was the bomb. The meat was a bit chewy but good overall all. Lastly we had the Mongolian beef. All was above average and the service was enough to put it all over the top! Very nice and clean restaurant on MacArthur Blvd. definitely worth coming back again!! Also they have nice bathrooms!

    Fried prawns
    Nicole C.

    These were ok, more like red lobster fried prawns or the type you'd get at a fried fish spot, not the usual type Chinese restaurants serve. For $15.95 then tax skip them, the sweet and sour had an odd taste too. The lady was so sweet so didn't want to complain. I probably should have just ordered one item the rice, not the prawns, just being honest.

    Dining area with Specials on the wall in Chinese.
    Lionel C.

    I had been wanting to visit Flower Lounge for a while. I was incurably curious to try it after stumbling upon its yelp page and noting it was a 4.2 star establishment with a name akin to the legendary Hong Kong Flower Lounge (closed as of 12/2022) in Millbrae. The latter Lounge in it's 80s and 90s heyday was the epitome of Chinese fine dining in the Bay Area. Unfortunately, it had been on a long decline since it's peak in the glory days of yuppiedom and unsurprisingly shuttered. Could Flower Lounge mirror some of the panache of its Peninsula near-namesake? I had wanted to find out for a couple years but was thwarted by its pandemic closure of the dining room. (I knew a take home experience wouldn't do it justice.) I was happy to find out that they've re-opened recently for dine in. As I entered and looked around, a hint that it wasn't just catering to suburbanized "American" clientele were the written in Chinese-only specials pasted as flyers on the wall. I have no idea what they said or if they were any good since I'm an ABC (American Born Chinese) and wasn't able to read and order. So my Americanized eyeballs stuck to the standard English menu. I ended up choosing the Peking Style Spare Ribs, Salted Fish with Chicken and Bean Curd clay pot and, indulging in my irresistible ABC inclinations, the Tomato Beef Chow Mein. The Salted Fish with Chicken clay pot arrived first. It was still hot and percolating and remained bubbling for a full two minutes! After waiting for it to cool a bit, I took a taste. It was incredulously good. I hadn't expected this at all. The salted fish flavor permeated its whole contents--the chicken, tofu and sauce. It's un-ABC of me to love salted fish and its profound pungence, but I am unapologetically still Chinese. The pot was so hot and heat retentive, the dish stayed that way until the end of the meal on a cold winter's night. The Peking Spare Ribs were also a revelation. Lightly fried and surprisingly soft, the biggest surprise was that it was slightly more sour than sweet. Most places, the ribs are basked in an over-powering, sweet red glaze sauce. Not here. Its subtlety made the dish perpetually inviting. Unlike other Peking Rib experiences, I kept on eating, never succumbing to taste fatigue. Alas, the letdown was the Tomato Beef Chow Mein. Thanks to years of said indulgence, I am probably a connoisseur, albeit reluctantly. First, it was clearly lukewarm. Definitely, a poor first impression on the taste buds. But the main transgression were the thick Udon noodles. Huh?? Why huge Japanese soup noodles in a Chinese-Am wok dish?? The massive strands simply overwhelmed everything with their mouth-monopolizing gobs of dough. The delicately sweet tomato sauce and the tender texture of the beef were left in the dust. Where was the ole classic spaghetti-sized pasta or the trendy, pan-fried noodles? Just a strange culinary choice. But otherwise Flower Lounge would be worthy of a Michelin mention in my book. Definitely Bib Gourmand level (or even a one star albeit without one star service. More below). It was as if one of the Millbrae HK Flower Lounge chefs from its heydays quit to open his or her own. (This was exactly the rumored dynamic of Silver House in San Mateo.) Now about that service. The food was plunked down, and we were left alone. Not asked if we needed anything after that. It hearkened back to the typical mom and pop Chinese kitchens of yesterday: "The food is good, so get in and get out. You want to be friends and be nice? Go to your Family MahJong place. Here is to eat!" And so I did. Shortfalls aside, the place overall was still quite pleasing to both the Chinese and American sides of my palate.

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    We been going there since I was 12 yrs old the staff knows our order by heart. Food is amazing , it has good taste.

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    Good fried rice, better than average I've had in Coachella Valley. I'll go back when i'm in the area again.

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    Good food, generous portions, owner is a character who shows her love. Feels comfortable and friendly

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    Everything is solid here! The owners are super cool and service is fast. My favs are the egg foo young and pork fried rice.

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    Is there a catering menu? I'd like to order for a group of 20 kids/teens. Like, chow mein, potstickers, fried rice.

    I believe no on the catering menu but this place is very accommodating. Plus, it's a Chinese food, they can make that in bulk. I don't see why they would not take care of you.

    Mei, the menu prices on your website is out-of-date. Perhaps you should update? Lisa L.: I was…

    Unless you ate there and paid a different price. Their menu shows 2024

    Do they deliver?

    Not that I know of. They do have a lot of take out.

    Does the Flower Lounge use MSG in there food?

    I believe in some of the food dishes yes they do

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