I've wanted to try the Hainan House for years. I've read their good reviews and made it a must try. I will say that these reviews led me to believe that the Hainan House provided a premium-gourmet product like Han Dynasty and Wu's Chinese. Hainan isn't in that top tier where the product WOWS you. But rather, Hainan is in that next tier down where some things are better than others. I ordered take out versus dinning in. The two elderly employees I interfaced with were very kind and helpful. The facility is easy to find as it is in the same complex as The Clyde. The building is older, in good repair and nicely decorated with Chinese decor (see pictures). Parking surrounds the building in an awkward manner - you will figure it out. The menu is very large (see pictures) as it is at most Chinese restaurants. Prices were fairly reasonable. My order was prepared quickly..so no waiting! The fried pot stickers were fairly standard compared with other Chinese restaurants. Not over cooked. Slightly oily. Tender wrapper and pork insides. It came with a dip that added flavor and moisture. The General Tso's sauce was very tasty. It was moderately thick, slightly sweet, a little spicy and stuck to the breading nicely. Nice taste without being sappy sweet or spicy hot! The chicken pieces were larger than bite size. This made it difficult to eat as I had to cut each piece into small enough pieces to eat with the rice. I found the chicken to be somewhat over cooked and slightly tough. The breading was thick and absorbed the seasoned sauce taste perfectly. The Happy Family sauce was very bland. It coated the meat and vegetables nicely keeping them moist. However it really didn't do much to accent these items. The vegetables were nicely cooked with a slight crisp. I was disappointed in the amount of meat placed in this dish. It felt like I was lucky to get more than one piece of each seafood item. These meats were cooked to expectation - moist and tender. Overall this dish was bland and didn't impress. The white rice was cooked to expectation. Slightly moist. It was easy to pick up with the entree bites. Overall, make sure you understand the product you are getting. I expected a premium product which disappointed me. I might have a different rating if I dined in and selected items that fit the "next tier" level of taste. read more

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We arrived at 5:30 on Christmas Eve, we left at almost 9pm... they were totally unprepared for the holiday. There was one older woman at the cash register who was to seat guests, take money, get the to orders taken care of and answer the phone. The latter due to the volume of takeout orders took precedence over seating people standing in line who were ignored and there were empty tables. After almost 40 minutes of standing and a group of 8 who had reservations that the restaurant wasn't set up for-it was a mess and a bad experience for them...we were seated. We weren't waited on for awhile as there were only two people waiting tables bringing out one dish at a time to the tables. They put out a bowl of rice that sat before their food came. Customers were angry and two stood and complained loudly at the service...a woman waiting for carry out was there for two hours! We received our bland food, cold appetizers after 8pm. Some customers waited and then got up and left before their meals arrived. They ended up setting the party of 8 by the entrance door and bathroom...I'm not sure if my family would be returning or not when they are empty of customers. Our waiter kept complaining that the customers were complaining to us... read more

The service here is really good! The ambiance is 1970 Chinese retro! The bathroom, the floor and the tables are clean and very suitable! The food that we had was questionable!! We sat down and the pretty looking crab Rangoon was bland and tasteless. My wife's garlic chicken was not exciting at all! I ordered the "crispy duck" which was dry and tasted like it was fried in rancid oil. It had the texture of duck that had been frozen or left in the fridge for a week and was reheated. It gets worse! When we got our little condiment jars I removed the lid of the sweet sauce and a dead fly appeared! It had been dead for a while! It gets worse! My wife found a little curly hair in her perfectly cooked rice! Most of the 64 reviews are years old.... They replaced the sauce promptly and apologized about the curly hair....nuff said! read more

Hainan House is an "old school Chinese" restaurant. The food is always very good. I love their egg rolls and crab rangoon. Their main dishes are good and I always have enough for lunch the next day (especially if I order egg rolls, soup, and crab rangoon). Service is always very good. This place is a quiet, old school restaurant with solid food. read more

Hainan House is about the only 1st-generation (1980s) Vietnamese immigrants' restaurant that I actually respect lol. Yes. The owners are Vietnamese. Doesn't mean they don't make very authentic Chinese food though, and the place itself is very much a Chinese restaurant. I'm not going to discuss Vietnamese-Chinese history or demographics right now. Anyway, back to what matters. Hainan House is a VERY traditional place doing your classic Chinese-takeout dishes, but it takes pride in its cuisine and tastes nothing like, say, Bamboo Garden. This is original Chinese-American cuisine in its best form, untarnished by runaway capitalism and the ever-growing desire for cheap ingredients. All of their takeout dishes are what I would call "reliable": Nothing too special and basically what you expect, but always better than most, and a safe bet for when you just want to eat something without worrying about it too much. And of course, no discussion of Hainan House would be complete without mentioning their soups. You have your takeout favorites like egg drop, wonton and hot-and-sour, but also their house special the "tomato beef". These are basically exactly what they sound like, but in a way that makes you realize the usual kinds should be the weird one: The hot-and-sour soup is much tangier and has a far deeper crunch of woodear mushrooms, while the egg drop soup, my favorite, is thick and clear with pieces of chicken, vegetables, and skin. It's a purely chicken-based soup with drops of egg, as the name entails, not... whatever the neon-orange stuff at Double Dragon and co. is supposed to be. Egg doesn't look like that, yo. Another forte of Hainan House is their classic appetizers, in particular the "beef strings". Ultimately, it's just barbecue beef in a fancier form, but it's better than any beef skewer I've seen. The shrimp toasts are worth trying too, and they have the best crab rangoons in town. Not that it's a high bar to clear. Hainan House's strongest point though, has to be their dinner combos. So they are the only place I've seen in the USA that engage in what would be called "cơm phần" in Vietnam: A shared dinner whose amount of food would scale with the number of people joining, but each person still gets their own dish while free to have what everybody else is getting. Of course, in classic Asian fashion, this has to be done with lots and lots of rice. They call it "Dinner A" which, eh, could've come up with a better name. What this all means is that they are the perfect choice for gatherings between close friends, though. Everyone sits on a round table. Regarding their Vietnamese cuisine, one of their signature dishes is mì xào giòn or deep-fried lo mein noodles (yes, we Vietnameses deep-fry stuff too). They are the only ones offering this in Fort Wayne and I must say, their rendition is pretty good. Their Vietnamese coffee is also nice, but like every other Vietnamese place in America unless otherwise stated, don't order the phở here lol. TL;DR Best Chinese place in the Fort, especially for families. read more

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Really good Chinese food... The restaurant is a bit dated, but it's very clean, the service is excellent, and the food is good (plus inexpensive). I personally like China Palace a bit more overall, but Hainan House is a close second for Chinese food in SW Fort Wayne. read more

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Service was great, seemed to have lots of regulars. Food was nothing special, typical americanized asian food. Ambiance is quaint.

My mom & I would visit for lunch or dinner at Hainan House. Chicken is SO DELICIOUS!!

The lunch special before tip was $10.21. It comes with a pot of hot tea that was very good, choice of soup (I got hot and sour - the best I've had), very good fried rice, entree (I got the velvet shrimp - six huge shrimp cooked perfectly and lots of fresh crispy vegetables. All very good), butter/sugar cookie for dessert, and the fortune cookie. The owners are very friendly, and the restaurant is very clean. You can tell they take pride in their work. read more

The best sit down Chinese restaurant in town! Hot food good prices and very nice service. read more

Hainan House - Hainan Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

This is what I consider a traditional, "American Chinese" restaurant. The service was excellent, and the food while not super innovative and exciting, is just what one expects at an American-Chinese restaurant, and it's well prepared, served hot and very tasty. Service is prompt and polite and the restaurant is welcoming and clean. Our waiter was friendly and prices are reasonable. There good reasons that Hainan House has been around for has been around for as long as it has, and one of those reasons is that it's dependably good. Hainan House is probably my favorite lunch spot on this side of Fort Wayne. read more

Great egg rolls, general Tao's chicken great, hot and sour soup yum, great for take out or sit down

Hands down the best Chinese food in Fort Wayne, and the staff are very pleasant and helpful. The Crab Rangoon are delicious! read more

Hainan House - The dining room - Hainan Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

The tomato beef soup is too sweet :( *Don't get it if you're diabetic.* The egg drop soup is very good - more substance and personality- had pieces of chicken- not run of the mill egg drop found elsewhere. Crab rangoon best I've had in a while- onion/garlic flavor makes them stand out among competitors. Anyway, I recommend! Try them! read more

Always excellent food and customer service; I have been a customer for 20 years and Hainan House never disappoints.

Some of the best Chinese food in Fort Wayne me and my family love it they have great customer service the hot and sour soup is just amazing

There was a nice atmosphere inside the service was prompt and friendly. The pho was really good and the pot sticker sauce had a great flavor. read more

I really enjoyed my experience at Hainan House! This was a date night stop on a Friday evening after having a craving for some good Chinese food. You can find the restaurant in the Foster Park Plaza off Bluffton Road. The outside is nothing to look at, but the interior is nicely decorated with traditional decorations. The staff is always super attentive and happy to have you dining there. If you don't want to dine in, you can also order takeout! The menu is not lacking options. We decided to order a special for two. It included plum wine, soup, an appetizer platter and two entrees with rice; tons of food for a great price! For our entrees we chose cashew chicken and Mongolian beef. The Mongolian beer was great, but I was not a huge fan of the cashew chicken. Overall, it was a good meal for a great price. Stop into Hainan House if you are having a hankering for Chinese food! read more

Hainan House - Interior of the restaurant - Hainan Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

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The best Chinese food in Fort Wayne. The pot stickers are hands down the best I've ever had ANYWHERE. Every time I'm in Fort Wayne I try to visit. The decor is typical 60s Chinese restaurant with red lanterns and murals,but it does have a great fish tank in the center. The staff are all super friendly. You will find the typical menu items but prepared better than you've had before. All the meals come with soup, both the egg drop and tomato beef choices are very good. I'm always here with my family and we finally learned to order a few entree's and a few appetizers because we usually ended up with far too much food. Some menu highlights are the General Tsao chicken, the pineapple chicken, the crispy rice soup for two is excellent. They also offer Vietnamese selections, several varieties of Pho, and pan fried noodles. If you're ever in Fort Wayne I highly recommend you stop in. read more

Only ate there 2 times but both times have been good. I've only had carry out so I haven't had the dine in experience but I'm sure it's excellent because they're always busy. I ordered pepper steak and fried rice with a side of pot stickers. The pepper steak was tasty and they give you a lot(14$). The potstickers were a little cold but also tasty. I also added a full menu photo because the yelp app menu is just a portion of what they have to offer. read more

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I have tried this place twice now. Both times, I have been severely disappointed! The first time I thought everything was Soupy and just swimming in poor tasting sauce. Most recently I have sesame chicken and crab rangoon. The chicken was fried so hard it was unpleasant to eat, and the sauce was plentiful and overpowering again. Th eCrab rangoons were simply cheese rangoon, and the cheese was very greasy and runny. I just can not recommend this place! read more

Hainan House - Hainan Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

This is an amazing authentic restaurant. The service was amazing. The food was great. This place deserves a lot of credit.

Hmm... Don't really understand all the rave reviews here. The food we got was just... basic. Nothing stood out.

Our favorite Chinese food restaurant. The place is clean and simply decorated, the service is quick and friendly. And the food is perfect every time. As I said it is our favorite go to place when Chinese food is on our radar read more

This was my first time eating at Hainan House and it was amazing! My dad and I got the dinner combo and it came with soup, wine, 4 appetizers and a main entree. The food was absolutely delicious and the service was so fast! read more

Went for lunch w my mom. Mushu pork & shrimp w vegetables off the luncheon menu came with hot & sour soup. We also shared an order of crab rangoon. Food was good, decent portions & reasonable prices. Nothing special here but the service. Outstanding waiter worked the whole dining room with impeccable timing. Service was 5 stars & food was 2 1/2. Stereotypical Chinese restaurant decor & clean. I would eat here again but definitely not a first choice in town. read more

Hainan House had the typical Chinese decor with lots of red and black and Asian pictures and had Asian music playing softly in the background. Service was prompt and friendly. Tea was excellent and complimentary. Food was good. Not blow-you-away good but...Good. I ordered chicken with vegetables which was around $9-11. I wanted chicken and broccoli but after hearing it was a $2 up charge too add mushrooms I thought chicken and veggies a better way to go. Food was served hot and quick. I wouldn't make a special trip but if I wanted Chinese and was in the area, this would be a safe bet. read more

Hainan House - Chicken with vegetables - Hainan Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

I so badly wanted this restaurant to be great. Our family lives in walking distance, And has tried it three times. All three times were very disappointing. I'm sorry, but I cannot recommend Hainan House. read more

Old school Chinese restaurant. Everything is red, fish tank in the middle of the room. Your meal comes with all the trimmings, soup and an almond cookie. The food is great traditional "American" Chinese. It reminds me of when I was a child, in the 70's and my parents took me out for Chinese. Definitely give it a try. Right in front of the newly renovated Clyde theater. read more

This was a surprise find for us. During a recent trip home, we wanted to take my mom out to lunch, and she (out of the absolute blue for her) decided she wanted Chinese food. Having grown up in the area, I held out little hope there would be a restaurant that met my high standards for Chinese, but I consulted The Yelp, and based on ratings, we decided to come here. Like most places, they offered the standard list of Chinese dishes, but we noticed that they offered family style dinners as well for a fixed price. The entree list is a bit shorter there, but included in the price is plum wine, appetizers and soup. After exchanging pleasantries with the waitress (and being impressed with their patience with mom, who was pretty much out of her element!), we ordered the Snow White chicken, Princess Beef, and Sweet and Sour chicken. Mom was both amused and delighted with not only the amount of food (which was generous) but also the flavors (which were quite good). We had plenty leftover for her to take home. We also enjoyed that the owners seem to cultivate relationships with their regulars. While we were dining, another group came in (four ladies roughly my mom's age) and sat near us. While we were there, we noticed they had taken time to make little craft gifts for the owners, which appeared to surprise and delight them. Very fun to watch. Long story short, this will be one place that we return to whenever we're back home visiting Mom. read more

This place has been open since my childhood, and for good reason. Their food is delicious, and has flavors that take it a step above your average Chinese take out. My biggest love is their crab Rangoon are savory, not sweet, which makes them probably the only place in town I like them. And their spicy stir fried green beans are a must-order. read more

My husband and I love Hainan house. Their food is always consistent and super delicious. The service is always spot on. The owners are kind and take pride in their establishment. One thing that I really admire about this place is the the food is not super salty. It very clean inside and they are taking proper steps to keep it up to par during the pandemic. We will continue to support Hainan House! We recommend the Egg Foo Yung, any soup they have, egg rolls, fried rice... basically everything is amazing!! read more

We popped in for lunch today and it was really good! Our sever was very friendly and nice. The beef strings and crab Rangoon were perfect! We noticed they were taking care to space out seating to fit social distancing guidelines, which is comforting and smart. Everything was spotlessly clean, including the giant fish tank in the middle of the dining room. We look forward to dining here again and trying more of the very comprehensive menu. Thank you for a terrific Valentine's Day lunch! We appreciate you! read more

How have I not reviewed this place yet? Hainan House has been a mainstay in our takeout routine for the past 5 years! We love Hainan House because it is consistently great, Chinese takeout food. Some of our favorites are the sweet and sour chicken, orange chicken, beef and broccoli, egg rolls and the wonton soup! The portion sizes are always perfect, and the food is always fresh. We've never dined in the establishment, but walking in to pick up our order is always a treat. The staff are very pleasant, and the interior is decorated very festively. read more

My family went on a mission to try all the Chinese restaurants in town and find the best and this place won. It is fabulous - we thought it was better than way more expensive places like Wu's and Han Dynasty. And the service was top notch. It may not look like much from the outside but the food inside will amaze you. read more

Awesome service and food as always. They even box up your leftover food for you. Very well run establishment and quick too.

Came here on the recommendation of a local foodie. I was looking to have to be good enough to replace a restaurant that I used to go to in Georgia. This place is not better than the place I wanted to replace but it is still better than buffet or carry out only places. Their hot and sour soup is the same as what your can get at a buffet. The place I was looking to replace had the best hot and sour that I have ever had. The Crab Rangoon, which was $2 for four days huge ones, is hand made and the best I have ever had. The entrees were good. We went during lunch. The prices were $8 and you get soup and fried rice with your entree. The lunch prices for egg rolls were $0.60. Dinner price was $1 I saw people ordering Pho and it looked good. I will return and I want to try their Pho. read more

I love this place! The people are wonderful. I get carryout more than dine-in, which is sad because the dine-in experience is great. Everything is yummy, but if you are a noodle fan like me, get the beef fried noodles. So delicious. read more

This is our go-to neighborhood Asian restaurant -- it's an older location, but always very clean. Service is top-notch, and the food is always hot and tasty. While there are days that the food is better than others, overall, it's worth the stop. If you haven't been, try the eggrolls, some of the best in town! read more

They are friendly here (usually) and the food is good but they have no vegan options and are not vegan accommodating. A Chinese restaurant should be able to make at least a few meat and dairy free options. read more