We were n the mood for Chinese food and decided to try this place since we've never been there. I kinda wondered when we arrived to the front door and it was so dirty. I don't think the glass doors (which are easily cleaned with windex) have been cleaned in a long time. The interior has zero ambiance and seemed musty. Service was good but that was about it. The food left much to be desired. The best thing we had were the honey walnut prawns. They were not bad but I wouldn't say they were great. The lemon chicken was awful. No lemon taste and an overly thick crust. The fried rice was blah. We did have the crab cheese puffs as an appetizer which was not good. I tasted zero crab and couldn't see any either. Plenty of cheese though and I swear they put sugar in the crust. It was way too sweet and not good. I hate to leave such a bad review but that's how I experienced this visit. read more

Family 4J friendly Asian Restaurant. Foster Freeze (next door) delayed to manana+ & craved Chinese Food all of a sidden. Had a Singaporean Curry Prawn & BBQ Pork Noodles instead & simply lemon water with fortune cookie.. Looked plenty but gone in a flash..my kidsy ate so much of it! Service was great, thanks. read more

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This place is decent! We ordered the king pao chicken, veggie chow mein, veggie fried rice, and dry sautéd green beans for take out. Service was friendly. The flavors were good, tasted like basic Chinese food. The quality of the food was high, all the ingredients tasted very fresh. The chicken was nice and tender, the chow mein noodles were nice and thick. My family LOVED this meal so we will definitely be back. read more

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Nanking Bistro in Danville is such a gem! The food is consistently delicious; fresh, flavorful, and made with so much care. You can really tell it's family owned and operated by the level of warmth and attention they give every guest! The service is always friendly, welcoming, and attentive. It's the kind of place that makes you feel at home while serving high-quality dishes. Definitely one of our go-to spots when we're craving great Chinese food. Highly recommend supporting this local favorite! 10/10 would be back! read more

**Takeout Order Only** So last night I wasn't feeling my best and I was craving wor wanton soup. So, as I usually do I was looking on Yelp, and saw that this place in downville had good reviews. So I'm not sure if it was an off night or with the case. Was, but I was very disappointed. We ordered general chicken combo, Fried Rice and wor wonton soup. Those 3 items came out to $55. First of all, I feel like that was a bit much for what we actually received. The wonton soup tasted as though the wontons were not fresh or made in-house. I am being completely honest. They taste like the cilantro wontons that are frozen that you can buy from Costco. For example, I could literally taste cilantro in those little wontons. They were all uniform and perfect. Just didnot seem like the average wanton I get at any other place. I definitely would not order this again. We also got combo Fried Rice. What was interesting about the rice was that it was all the same color. A dark Grey. Usually, when I order combo Fried Rice. You see the coloring of the egg or the peas and the carrots. And the shrimp or even in the pork. No, not in this one. Everything was literally gray. I would never order this again either. The general chicken that we ordered gave off Bare nuggets vibes from Costco. They also were each uniform. When we opened the box, they actually all looked the same size and appeared perfect. There was sauce all over them. Somethin' else to note, but when I took a piece of chicken and ran it under water, it had those little fake grill marks that you see on some frozen or pre cooked meat. All in all for us, the quality did not match the pricing. Not one bit. I'm not even sure what all the high marks are for on Yelp. But after looking and reading certain reviews, I see that they were from years previous. Based on this experience, I probably would not go back. It's nothing personal. It's just really hard to find good American Chinese food that's worth what I'm paying. I truly believe I would have been better off at panda. And I'm so sorry that I have to say that, that has been my recent experience. read more

We are vegetarian and found that the restaurant had several options. The food itself was great - not too greasy - and the stir fry was done just right. Same with the ma-po tofu. Service was very friendly and prompt. I would not rate it high in terms of ambiance, but this is not claiming to be a high-end place - I see it as a neighborhood Chinese restaurant with very good food. We will definitely be back. read more

Located on the outskirts of Danville Downtown, in the same parking lot as Fosters Freeze and a Mountain Mike's, you will find Nanking Bistro. Parking will definitely not be an issue here, as it's got a ton of parking in the front and also to the side towards the left of the parking lot when you get in. It's definitely in an older building, and you can tell that from the outside and the interior. There are a few tables right out in the front patio area, and when you enter there's a small bar at the front entrance, and the inside has the front of house area and then a slightly more sectioned off area in the back perhaps for larger parties when needed. This seems like a family run establishment as the front of house was run by younger adults, and the people in the back such as the chefs were older. Does seem like this establishment had been here for awhile, so it's nice to see a place like this still around. What they offer at Nanking Bistro is your typical Chinese food spots, and they do have lunch specials that are pretty affordable (for this area at least since right down the street in the downtown area it's significantly more expensive for the same type of cuisine), and a decent variety of choices to choose from. Again, not that will be out of the ordinary to expectations. The regular none lunch specials stuff was also decently priced, so definitely an interesting option for those who want more bang for your buck. Service here was nice. The girl at the counter was certainly approachable, and willing to answer questions about the food, or other things. No issues. We did takeout on this day and ordered quite a few things to try out since it was the first time here. This is where things start to get a bit trickier; the food. Everything was mostly just mediocre to not appetizing. We'll start with the soup, which sounded appetizing when we ordered it, but once we actually saw what we got from the soup, it was definitely not your normal kind of soup from this type of cuisine, and the ingredients used in there just did not blend with the soup at all. There was also supposedly seafood in there, but you could've fooled me with the few measly pieces of it. The fried rice was just not at all what I had hoped for, and even when you look right at the color you can tell they didn't flavor it correctly, and just dumped soy sauce into it in hopes it would taste good. When rice is this dark, and it doesn't taste flavorful, that just means it wasn't cooked properly. Also, shrimp fried rice, but it came with 4 pieces of shrimp. The chow mein was also a bit odd. The ingredients in there are definitely not your typical or authentic ingredients, and overall, the sauce was just really watery and did not have much flavor to it, which was disappointing because I actually had high hopes for it since I do love me some crispy noodle, but this one was just a complete miss on the noodle front. The only thing that was somewhat enjoyable here was the mushu, which wasn't knock my socks off good or anything, but it's exactly what I expected from a typical Chinese spot. No complaints from me with this delicious wrap since the ingredients and the overall taste with this one was actually good enough. There's a lot of things that are good with Nanking Bistro. The price of everything is great for those who want a reasonably priced spot basically in Downtown Danville. The menu will have plenty of options for a wide variety of eaters and portions are even decent. The service here was good as the staff was nice. Parking is not an issue, so there's that. However, when it comes down to the food, it was just a miss for me. While nothing was terrible, there really weren't many bright spots outside of that one shining moment with the mushu, but that was it. Everything else just tasted bleh at best, but I wasn't really expecting too much to begin with in this area, so beggars can't be choosers. Not the worst, but don't have too high hopes for what you're going to get here. read more

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Always good food and service even on Christmas! The hot and sour soup is so delicious! Love the mu shu chicken. Tried something new, spicy prawns which were terrific read more

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YIKES!!!!...4 1/2 stars?... I don't think so. Let me tell you the good...The staff was nice and the food came out in a timely fashion and would've been good value if it was good. Now for the bad... The Kung pow chicken...there was nothing about it that was Kung pow (a bit tasteless which is strange for that dish)... The walnut honey shrimp looked beautiful but completely bland! and the wonton soup didn't even have wontons in it. It was some other type of dumplings. I truly think we got the B. team today along with a lack of fresh and complete ingredients for the kitchen. Mid week lunchtime issues? probably! read more

We came here with family. Service was fine. The hot and sour soup was delicious. We enjoyed our meal. I was hoping the ginger shrimp and scallops would have more portion. We substituted pork instead of beef for the lunch special string beans with pork and was charged $2 extra. Overall, I think I would come back only for the pork chops and lunch specials that had descent portion. read more

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Great location. Nice menu. Tasty food. Prompt and courteous service. Spacious ambiance. Affordable pricing.

Still the best in Danville/Dublin/San Ramon/Pleasanton... Appetizer: * Crispy Crab Cheese Puffs 5/5 * Hot and Sour Soup (the best hot & sour soup) 5/5 Entree: * Hong Kong Style Crispy Noodle with Prawn, Chicken, Beef & Vegetables with Garlic Sauce On Top. Hands down the best HK style crispy noodle. A generous serving of prawns, chicken, beef and veggies. 5/5 * Spicy Green Bean Chicken 5/5 * Honey Walnut Prawns 5/5 The best honey walnut prawns i've ever had. Large prawns, perfectly deveined & crispy. The sauce is perfect and not overly drenched on the prawn. The candied walnuts was sweetened nicely. This dish made me happy. i'll be reordering often :) * bowl of white rice. Food is consistent. Quality is impeccable. And the service is always friendly and just right. See you soon Nanking Bistro & thank you for being so delicious... read more

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Food is consistent hot and delicious. Souse always gets the mapo tofu on noodles. Owner/ hostess is always cordial and welcoming. read more

Our Go-To Chinese Spot in Danville! This review is so overdue! Nanking Bistro is hands-down my husband's and my favorite Chinese restaurant in Danville. Every single time we go, the food is hot, fresh, flavorful, and consistently delicious. We always start with the hot and sour soup -- it's perfectly balanced, spicy, and comforting. Then we usually share a chow mein and a meat dish, and we're never disappointed. Everything comes out hot, fresh, and full of flavor. A quick tip: plan ahead if you want to dine in, because they're always busy -- and for good reason! This place is a gem, and easily a 5/5 for us every time. Highly recommend! read more

I freaking love this place. The food is so yummy! The people are so sweet. I recommend the walnut shrimp, general sals chicken, orange chicken, crab wonton things ( I don't fully know what it's called). I just can't get over how much I love this place! 10/10 read more

A pleasant surprise in downtown Danville. The town has several Chinese restaurants but Nanking stands out a little higher than the rest. I have a friend who eats primarily Chinese food only so we have been trying out the various local Chinese restaurants in town and Nanking was next up. I tried the Pork Chop with Green Beans lunch special and upgraded to fried rice for the starch option. My friend had the House Hong Kong Style Choy Mein with gray with chicken, beef and prawns (you get three prawns with the beef and chicken). The lunch special comes with hot and sour soup and strips of fried wonton ton. The pork chops had a very nice flavor with about 6 pieces and a dozen string beans. The chow mein was good, probably from the seasoning on the pork chops that was on top of the noodles. Soup was good. I had the rice option with my lunch plate on a different visit and the flavor was good. The gravy on the chow mein had good flavor too and a good variety of vegetables and meat. The lunch menu is not very long. Nanking is a family run business so staffing is limited. You'll need to be patient, nice people but at times it might be hard to find someone to flag down. I've been back a couple of times and plan to try some of the other dishes. Good solid Chinese restaurant and reasonably priced. read more

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The food here is always so fresh and so good! Excellent family run business. The best Hot & Sour soup I have ever had. My favorite dish is the Mongolian Beef Chow Fun; although when I meet my girlfriends for lunch we all order a dish and share. I have enjoyed everything we have tried. The service is always top notch. Our group tries to reserve the round table and are served family style. I highly recommend this restaurant. read more

When we walked in for lunch, it was empty and no one was there to greet us. We almost walked away as the inside was so dark and gloomy. We were starving so we decided to stay. The lady took awhile to come to our table to take our orders. Food serving was on the small size compared to other Chinese restaurants. We ordered the lemon fish which hardly had any lemon flavor. The beef was served sizzling and very tasty. Food overall is good but the inside decor is very uninspiring and the hallway to their very small restroom looks untidy. read more

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Very good food. Exceptional Szechuan green beans, chow mein with excellent service. We plan to be back.

Super good sweet and sour chicken, and a good and delicious kind of Mongolian beef, the best I could ever have tasted.

Best Chinese food in our area! Easy parking and nice staff. Dine in or order take out - we do both. read more

Ordered more take out... Szechuan Beef (3 Stars) The beef was tender and lightly deep fried, but the sauce was too sweet with no spiciness. Spicy Cucumber Salad (3 Stars) The cucumber was fresh and the sauce was spicy. It's was ok but not my favorite House dumpling still awesome. Mongolian beef still great, but could use more green onion. Until next time read more

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Best Chinese food I've ever had. Friendly staff, clean, easy parking. Only downer is that the Interior is a bit dark and depressing. Pot stickers are off-the-hook good. Sweet and sour pork is awesome. Honey walnut prawns are truly epic. Dumplings are amazing. Price is a bit high but you are paying for the good stuff. This will be our go-to for Chinese. read more

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Service was terrible. Served food never returned to check on us. Never offered water. We had tea never came back to ask if we needed more. I split some tea on table and she brought napkins fo me to wipe up. read more

Stopped by for a quick weeknight dinner and it did not disappoint! Food: Hot & Sour Soup- came with lots of veggies great flavor, would have preferred a bit more broth 9/10 Dry Fried Honey Wings- 10/10 Tasted way better when we dined in than when we had order take out. They were perfectly crispy and tossed well in the sticky sauce. Literally was finger lickining good! Black Pepper Beef Sizzling Plate- 10/10, it definitely smoked up the place but it was the best dish of the night! Szechuan Lohan - All veggie option, my mom being a vegetarian loved this dish. 10/10 It had tofu and lots of fresh veggies. Veggie Chow Mein 10/10- Great balance of noodles and veggies Combo Chow Mein- 9/10 would like to see more veggies being incorporated This was our first dine experience and 3rd overall experience from this restaurant. It is safe to say this is our go to chinese spot. read more

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Food is really good and reasonable prices. Everything we have tried. We like the Mongolian beef, hot and sour soup, general's chicken, orange chicken, chow main and fried rice read more

Stopped in for lunch with Our Brotherhood, there were 12 of us. Not an issue, table set up right away. Very friendly Server. Food came out pretty quickly, hot and delicious. I had the House Dumplings (WoW) lunch menu is pretty reasonable for a Danville meal. Great selection. Will definitely recommend and return. ‍ read more

My boyfriend and I love the flavor. Not over seasoning nor under. Service good too. Will be back I recommend read more

Nanking Bistro - Chinese Near Me - Danville, California

Food is excellent and the items we ordered were delicious! Food is fresh. We ordered the chicken with eggplant, chow mein, pork with string beans and chicken w black bean sauce. Service is great! Food came out really quick. Definitely will be back! read more

Had takeout tonight. BBQ fried rice, honey walnut prawns, spicy green beans and chicken and chow fun with Mongolian black bean beef. Ordering online was easy, it was done on time and parking is easy. Nice staff. All 4 items were delicious! Prawns fresh and not over mayo'd. Chow fun perfect amount of spice as were the really tasty green beans and chicken. Finally, great fried rice. Our evolving "go to" for Chinese food. read more

The building lacks curb appeal, at the back of a parking lot. The inside is nice, attractive wood and quiet. The food is really good! That's what sold us. read more

Nanking Bistro is my favorite Chinese restaurant in the area. There are a lot of Chinese restaurants, but if I had to pick, this would be my top spot. They are open from Tuesday to Sunday, 11:30-2:30pm and reopen from 4:30-9:00pm. For delivery, they accept orders from 5-8pm. Ambiance: 7/10 Medium size dining area. Nothing much to say here. Food: 9/10 I love coming here for their salt and pepper chicken wings and dry fried honey chicken wings. My son likes their fried rice and broccoli beef. Parking: 9/10 A lot of parking! If you want dessert, foster freeze is next door. Service: 10/10 I usually call for takeout and have never had a problem Overall, I love coming here for their chicken wings. It's really good. Don't believe me, try it for yourself. Enjoy! read more

Unassuming and down the block from where it's all at in Downtown Danville, it sits up the boardwalk with it's own parking lot (and next to Fosters Freeze -- booyah!). Inside, an ancient Chinese mural caught my eyes first, then abstract art, hanging baskets, and pendants. It's fairly small, about 12-15 tables, but I liked. I ordered more than I should have, but I wanted some leftovers, so I went for it! * Nanking Dumplings ~ housemade and so fresh, it's was ground shrimp, pork, and chicken. I loved'em. [$10.25, 5.0 stars] * Basil Chicken Eggplant ~ generous portion, lots of white chicken, delicious sauce. So good. [$12.95, 4.5 stars] * Prawns in Lobster sauce ~ again, generous portion, delicious sauce but shrimp was a little overcooked. [$14.95, 4.0 stars] The service is warm and friendly, I felt like I was dining in someone's home. The food super fresh and generous portions. Frankly, it's the best Chinese food I've had, so far, in 2.5 years in the greater SF area. read more

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I heard through a friend that the original owners of Little Namking in San Leandro moved to Danville. I've never had the chance to visit their new location, but I happened to have business in San Ramon. I decided to go to Nanking Bistro in Danville for lunch. I ordered the general's chicken with fried rice. OMG, absolutely perfect. Let's just say, I don't ever eat my broccoli, but I ate it that day! Next time I'll have to try the salt and pepper wings or prawns, but I can guarantee everything here will be AMAZING! Definitely going to be my new lunch spot when I go to the Bay Area for business! read more

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OMG!! The San Leandro Location fell off. I found this one! I'm so happy the food is great. Ladies and men this is the same as San Leandro location minus the bugs. I'm so glad the food is great and the atmosphere is also. read more

Delicious food, great service, good location, clean place, and good parking Hongkong crispy noodle, general tso chicken, mongolian beef chowfun r our favs!! read more

I finally got to try Nanking Bistro for lunch. Its located in downtown Danville and has its own parking lot, right next to Fosters Freeze and Mountain Mike's. They don't do Doordash unfortunately. The restaurant is pretty small, with some limited outdoor dining. The menu and flavors of the food however, are very big. Combined that with reasonable prices and its a 5-stars for me. I highly recommend the pot stickers. Just under $7 for six large plump ones. Pan-fried so its crispy outside and still juicy inside with that pork and cabbage filling. Just like how my mom used to make them. The dipping sauce is good too. I was dining alone and I think this dish can easily serve 2-3. For my main course, I went with the Beijing Spicy Noodles, which turned out to be a variation of Zha Jiang Mein. A huge plate of round, chewy noodles topped by the perfect ratio of diced tofu, scallions, ground pork, and a spicy chili oil sauce. I must have been hungry as I managed to finish the entire dish! Service was friendly, though it seemed they only had one server. In did get a refill on my lemon-infused ice water to soothe the palate after the spicy noodle dish. Will definitely come back! Along with Sunrise Chinese/China Gourmet (a few blocks away next to Smart and Final), Nanking Bistro is probably my new favorite local place for Chinese food. read more

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After reading the reviews, I knew I couldn't expect authentic Chinese food but since it's still rated very high, we decided to give it a try. I must say, we were pleasantly surprised. It's not exactly authentic in the sense of traditional dishes, but they made tasty food that obviously caters to their clientele here in the broader Danville area. We had a variety of dishes and every one of them were pretty good. 1. The hot and house soup was very good. I could come back just for this. 2. Szechuan beef. It says spicy but it wasn't really spicy at all. A little on the sweet side but was very yummy with rice. 3. Fried tofu in honey. Pretty good here too. Very saucy but again, with rice, it was pretty good. 4. Mu shu chicken. This was my least favorite but acceptable. It came with flour tortillas... a little different than the Chinese wraps you usually get with a mu shu dish. All and all, I was happy. Food was hot and tasty. Service was slow but friendly. We will be back. read more

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My buddy & I decided to check out Nanking Bistro, which is just north of and across the parking lot from Foster's Freeze. We're both Chinese, and have been to lots of Chinese restaurants in our lives. The restaurant was busy, though not overly crowded. We chose seats in the corner of the cozy dining room. My buddy ordered Singapore Curry Rice Noodles with prawns; I ordered Spicy Beijing Noodles (chopped veggies, fried tofu, with chili sauce) without the usual ground pork. Both were very tasty and pretty spicy! My Spicy Beijing Noodles were in a thin, reddish (chilies?!), spicy sauce which reminded of spaghetti sauce; the noodles were thicker than spaghetti, and it was inevitable that I'd get a little of the sauce on my shirt! ;) It was so good that I brought the sauce home to enjoy over rice tomorrow! Next time, I'll bring a bib or tuck a napkin in my shirt. The nice lady who seated and served us was nice, efficient & attentive. We look forward to enjoying more of Nanking Bistro's food soon! read more

Nanking Bistro - Spicy Beijing Noodles - Chinese Near Me - Danville, California

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One of the best Chinese restaurants I've been to in the East Bay! Such a hidden gem! The food was extremely fresh and flavorful!! The meat was so tender and good quality and they did not skimp on the quantity of the meat either. I loved the spiciness of the hot and sour soup and the flavors of the Mongolian beef and broccoli beef. The service was very quick and our waitress was kind, it was a quiet peaceful dinner during the week. Not too loud or busy. read more

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