One of the places that opens early and serves traditional Chinese dishes. They gave us hot tea to start with and we also ordered the coffee milk iced drink which was strong and very good! We got the chicken eggrolls to share and they were very crispy and good as well! I love noodle soup so we got the wonton combination and the shrimp dumpling combination and both were very good! The broth was perfect and had all the fixings for the soup. We enjoyed our time here and would definitely come back! read more

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*Chicken salad arrived dressed with thick, sweet brown sauce. *Pepper and salt ribs, too salty, tough and dry. It had a 100% rating on Uber Eats *Shrimp with walnts, whatever the shrimp was coated in didn't taste cooked and very few walnuts. *Seafood rice, came red with very little seafood *Pork Chow Fun noodles were very gummy! Good in the past, so I don't know what happened! read more

IMHO You can't get a bad meal here. Excellent and delicious food every single time! Last night, our party of four chose a big round table with Lazy Susan, which allowed us to order more than normal, had we been seated at a smaller rectangular table. We ordered salt & pepper rock cod fillet, Beef Stew clay pot, Chinese broccoli in white wine sauce, and steamed chicken with ginger/onion, and a small bowl of rice. Suffice it to say, we thoroughly enjoyed our meal and even brought home some leftovers! Customer service was friendly and helpful. Yes, we'll definitely be back soon! read more

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My relatives have been ordering from here for years. Make sure to call in advance for pick up on the large orders, such as party trays. I tried the salt and pepper chicken wings, beef chow fun, and honey walnut shrimp. I would order the beef chow fun and honey walnut shrimp again. So yummy! Family said that this place is cheap, fast, and good. Lol. I would recommend if you're looking for a place that does party trays. read more

New Sam Kee Restaurant - Chicken wings, beef chow fun, and honey walnut shrimp - Chinese Near Me - San Jose, California

Quite upsetting. Everywhere says they close at 9. I came in at 8:30 to place a to-go order. I repeat. I DID NOT WANT TO SIT DOWN. And Tom, the owner, said sorry about my luck. First and last time coming here. Sorry about your luck too, Tom read more

Still the OG spot for Chinese/Viet food. Came here on Friday for my mom's birthday. We ordered the 10 person banquet menu and everything was so good. The food came out fast and the service was great. read more

There have been some serious changes to New Sam Kee Restaurant, and I ain't mad!! The last time I actually came here to dine @ New Sam Kee Restaurant was YEARS ago, prior to the pandemic. My guy's family has deep ties/memories to this particular restaurant so when we were announcing our baby news to his side, we couldn't think of a better place to do so. The make this short, the entire dinner was a disaster- staff was rude, our cake that we purchased for the dinner was never brought out, and when we went to make payment and request for our cake (that never came out) they literally gave me someone else's cake!!! very unorganized to say the least. I was certain in writing off this restaurant for good until my nephew made the request to come here... many many years later. Dinner on a Saturday was poppin'. Excessively loud if you ask me, but definitely poppin'. There was a smaller scaled party off to our left and other larger event located on the far far right of the restaurant. Luckily for us, our party of 5 didn't have to wait too long for seating. Our family meal consented of: Seafood chow fun, clams in basil sauce, walnut shrimp, fried rice, & salt n pepper pork, salt n pepper calamari. Food was really good. No substantial complaint that made the visit or meal unpleasant. The long hiatus did both myself and the restaurant some good. The entire family left happy and full. 4 stars. I could definitely do family style meals at New Sam Kee again. read more

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I got egg rolls and beef chown fun with gravy which was a new option I had not seen at other places. Both items were good. I appreciate that the chow fun had a lot of veggies and was very well packed, so it would not leak. read more

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Our first time here and I have to say it is the best Chinese food in town. We had the fried rice, lobster noodles, honey walnut shrimp, and clams. Food was fresh and well seasoned. Good portion and reasonable price. A must try. Definitely coming back. read more

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If you are looking for a solid Chinese restaurant in the Evergreen San Jose area, check out Sam Kee Restaurant. We have been coming here for more than twenty years and remain satisfied with the taste and quality of the food. It's not a fancy place, but the service is very good. The servers and owners are very friendly and accommodating. Their beef chow fun and combination lo mein are favorites of my husband. While my go to dishes are the roast duck rice plate and the beef stew noodle. My son enjoys the roast chicken noodle soup. Five stars!! read more

I was coming to New Sam Kee Restaurant frequently, then Covid hit, and I haven't been back since. I am glad to see that they are still around and doing well. Good sized restaurant that can accommodate a small wedding banquet, etc. I picked up take out of some Beef Chow Fun (dry fried). Great taste, a tad bit oily, but fresh soft noodles. Overall, it is a solid 3.5 stars. Good place for Cantonese food. read more

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Great place for a small or large party. We were there on Thanksgiving with a party of 15. The only bad thing is they didn't have our reservations. But the table was available in the corner and we had to split in 2. The food is very fresh and tasty here. My favorite is the steam sea bass fish. It is sooo good. The rest is just as tasty. Service is great and fast. It's a bit high priced. But we ordered some pretty expensive dishes. Love this solace and love to come back again and again read more

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Date: Thursday, January 4th, 2024 Time: around 4:45pm Meal: Dinner Takeout / Pickup The hubby's bro was grabbing dinner from here and asked me if I wanted anything. I decided to get this menu item - 6. Japanese Surf Clams with Garlic. I have no idea how much the dish was since I didn't pay, but their online ordering system lists it as $17.99. You get both halves of the surf clam. (I know some places only serve one of the shells, but for this price, it should be two.) The clam was nice and chewy as were the noodles. Lots of garlicky flavor too. I did wish this came with a soy jalapeño sauce of sorts, but I had hot chili oil at home, so that added the needed kick. I believe the bro in law got 94. Suon Rang Muoi - Salt & Pepper Ribs ($14.99) and 102. Bo Mong Co - Mongolian Beef, Hot ($14.99). Not sure if he got a combo since they were both in the same box, but I started dinner later than him, so he could have combined them into one box after he finished eating. I did try a piece of the pork and it was nicely fried. A tad dry and underseasoned for me, but still pretty good. (I like lots of jalapeños.) I've always wanted to try their Caviar King Crab, Lobster Garlic Noodles, and Kingdom Seafood Fried Rice. Maybe one day when I have a larger group, I'll come back and try all three! read more

New Sam Kee Restaurant - 94. Suon Rang Muoi - Salt & Pepper Ribs ($14.99) & 102. Bo Mong Co - Mongolian Beef, Hot ($14.99) - after being eaten - Chinese Near Me - San Jose, California

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One of my family member's favorite places to eat. It's a great family-style restaurant. I'm not the biggest fan of their service but the restaurant has amazing food and it's pretty cheap so you should try it if you want authentic Chinese food. The atmosphere and vibe just weren't it for me. Service was what you expected at a Chinese restaurant but this was a bit more awkward. They didn't talk the whole time even when they came to take our order and just let my dad talk. It's not a big deal for my parents and the food was delicious and filling so I gave them 4 stars. I just wouldn't come here alone haha! We got kidney soup, Basil clams, and imperial fried rice (the English names kill me haha!!!). All of the dishes were so flavorful and delicious and super filling. The kidney soup sounds weird but it's so good and the soup is so flavorful, it has a similar taste to duck soup. The basil clams are so soft and the noodles are bouncy. They have a soy sauce flavor so they go good with the tea. The imperial fried rice has shrimp and I think roe on top, it's not salty at all, have to try!. 10/10 for the food! Probably doing a to-go order next time though :p read more

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Came here to celebrate grandma's birthday! Kinda felt like a wedding with all the food we ordered. I've only come here for the lobster noodles in the past, and was excited to try a variety of dishes this time. It was mostly empty on a Sunday evening. There was another big party, but I mostly saw takeout orders. The service was attentive. Here's what we got: -peking duck buns: The skin was super crispy and some meat parts were dry. Loved the fluffiness of the buns, no sogginess here. I'd recommend asking for more buns, green onions, and possibly more sauce because there's a lot of meat. -fried rice with fish roe: This came with shrimp (and possibly scallop?). It was mild enough to accompany the flavorful proteins on our table, although you can eat it alone too. My grandma was a fan! -honey walnut shrimp: Battered and thinly-coated shrimp tossed in a mayo sauce that wasn't too thick although every part of the shrimps were coated. The shrimp meat was soft and chewy. -lobster garlic noodles: A classic lobster dish that had flavorful garlicky egg noodles tossed with garlicky-seasoned lobster. Had to use a fork to pull out the lobster meat. -ginger lobster: Tasty sauce with ginger and spiced coating the lobster meat. Really enjoyed this one! -fried lobster: Always love this dish; it's better to pull the meat out and then taste some of the breading outside of the lobster shell. -sweet and sour fried pork: Good balance of sweet and tartness coating the breaded pork. The thinness of the pork worked well, and we ate it with fried rice. -crispy fried pork: Tasted garlicky and I liked the jalapeños that came with it. Too salty to eat on its own so we ate this with fried rice too. Same thinness as the sweet and sour pork. -stir fried greens and shiitake mushrooms: This was the last thing I ate because I needed vegetables in me. I love bitter mustard greens. The mushrooms, however, packed such a flavorful punch that it stayed in my mouth, even after dessert. Just be aware of the strong mushroom flavor if you eat this! The meal ended with slices of oranges on ice! The oranges were quite sour but it's a decent palate cleanser. They also gave us plates and utensils for a cake we brought in. All in all a lovely dining experience for my family! read more

I came here with a friend on a Friday morning for some classic chinese porridge with black egg and chinese donut. The restaurant looks like your typical chinese restaurant, nothing too special and the service was quick. The porridge came out in a huge bowl, I wasn't able to finish the entire thing. The taste was good and what I was expecting. The chinese donut paired with the porridge was great, I really liked it! The donut was very crispy and chewy. Overall, this restaurant hit the spot when I needed some comfort food and to get over a cold. I would come again if I was in the area. read more

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Had our food togo. There was hair in their lobster noodle. Stir fried seafood was bland. read more

New Sam Kee Restaurant - Lobster noodle - Chinese Near Me - San Jose, California

Had a last-minute family event and needed to come up with some interesting party trays past. I often order from New Sam Kee for party trays for work. But today, I wanted to get their popular items that isnt exactly on their Party Tray menu. I ordered from the Clover App for pick up. The order was ready on time. I got 3 orders of the lobster garlic noodles and seafood kingdom fried rice, then consolidated into a medium party tray for display. For your typical Chinese food, the lobster noodle is pretty good here. Nice and garlicky with a little heat from the jalapeños. The only minus is that it is pretty oily. The fried rice was new to my family; they've never seen such a simple, looking fried rice. Although simple, the mix of roe makes this more flavor than your typical fried rice. Instead of a few large pieces of scallop, I wished there would be small scallops in a bigger quantity so that more people can enjoy a little bit of it. Overall, these items have been a favorite and still are. read more

New Sam Kee Restaurant - 3 x Lobster Garlic Noodles - Chinese Near Me - San Jose, California

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Reasonable prices with food portions. Food comes out very quickly. Employees are also rlly friendly

ZERO STARS if I could! I honestly don't even know where to begin. I've been coming to this location since I was a kid, so I've always trusted their food and service -- but after what happened recently, I'll never set foot here again. I ordered the lobster noodles, something I've enjoyed countless times before. Halfway through, I noticed something that made my stomach turn -- a strand of hair tangled in the noodles. Completely disgusting. I tried to be understanding and calm about it, figuring mistakes happen. I didn't even demand a refund -- I simply asked them to remake the dish. But when I went back to pick up the replacement (and yes, I returned the box with the hair in it), the worker had the audacity to tell me that "the lobster must have eaten hair," and that's why it was in the food. Excuse me??? What kind of explanation is that? It's beyond ridiculous and insulting to my intelligence. Still, I stayed polite and took the replacement meal. But when I got to my car and opened the second box -- you guessed it -- another hair. At that point, I was completely disgusted and furious. Not only did they serve me contaminated food twice, but the staff was also rude and dismissive about it. This is absolutely unacceptable. Hygiene clearly isn't a priority here, and neither is basic respect for loyal customers. I used to recommend this place to friends and family, but now I'll be warning everyone to stay far away. If you care about cleanliness, professionalism, or just not finding hair in your food, do yourself a favor and go somewhere else. read more

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This place reminds me of a lot childhood places I've been too. The food is alright and the service was quite good when we went. The Chow Fun okay. My friend's order was quite salty and an tasted mainly like bell pepper. The dry one was alright and the one I order with curry was also okay. The fried rice was also rather salty. The seafood noodles were good. The fried tofu we also order had pretty good texture to it, crispy on the outside and soft in the inside. Then again it was rather salty. We also order this orange chicken now that was probably the best thing I've had there. I would get that again. It's worth a try read more

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Came here for dinner and the place has pretty good amount of seating. The service was good. The food was plenty and delicious. We tried the shark fin soup, Peking spare ribs, salt & pepper spare ribs, honey walnut prawns, kingdom seafood fried rice, veggies with black mushrooms, roasted chicken, a fish dish, and some lobster dish. Pretty good portions. Tasty and fulfilling. My only thing is that a couple of the womens restroom stalls were out of toiletries. And the one that had any had less than half a roll left. So if not needing to use the women's restroom, definitely a place with good food and affordable prices. read more

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My parents LOVE this place but I don't haha. I will admit the food is good and cheap - so definitely worth a try! 2.5 stars for me. The place isn't very clean - tables, bowls, utensils, plates, can be quite sticky. We asked for extra bowls and the bus boy ended up getting it and his hands were quite dirty...I could see an abundance of dirt under his nails. My parents are just used to cleaning stuff by rinsing stuff with hot tea! I love 意麵 or E-Fu or Yi Mian noodles. It's not on the menu but you can ask for it with your lobster noodles instead of getting the thin noodles they usually come with. It's chewy and bouncier than the regular noodles they serve it with. My parents also got a seafood noodle dish, salted egg fried rice, and garlic pea shoots. All delicious and cheap. Definitely recommend if you don't mind some sanitary issues lol read more

New Sam Kee Restaurant - Lobster noodles - Chinese Near Me - San Jose, California

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Had lobster noodle and a few other dishes. Seafood not fresh. Other dishes (veggies) were also not fresh. Avg chinese place. Friend's stomach didnt feel well after as well. read more

Food was very delicious. I would definitely come back again as well as I would recommend the seafood fried rice. read more

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I don't know how this place only has 3.5 stars! It's soooo good! The lobster garlic noodles are my favorite and for $25 you can't beat that! Service 10/10! The sweet older lady who took my order even switched my plate mid meal because she saw it was filled with lobster shells! I live in the east bay but will definitely try to come back every time I'm on this side of town! read more

New Sam Kee Restaurant - Lobster Garlic Noodles - Chinese Near Me - San Jose, California

Love this family business-- they are always so nice. When they spoke in Cantonese to me, I suddenly missed my Grandma. The food is really good. The garlic lobster noodles are a must get! The kingdom seafood fried rice is good too with the fish roe. They also have noodle soups. I splurged and got the lobster pho and that was yummy! read more

This place gave me food poisoning. The scallops from their fried rice were mushy and probably not kept under proper sanitation conditions. I was sick after about 5 hours and had to throw up the food. An awful experience, and the cashier had the audacity to say "oh, did you say keep the change?" when I gave him a $100 bill to pay for my meal. Absolutely disgusting and would never EVER return. read more

Wonton mi was good!!!! I also had the chao quay and they were warm and crispy. Old school place, so you choose food, they give food, and you eat food. The end. read more

New Sam Kee Restaurant - Wonton mi dac biet - Chinese Near Me - San Jose, California

I haven't returned to this restaurant since Covid start, but the foods was amazing. Beef chow fun have the burnt aroma from the wok. Noodle was soft and flavor is right to the point. 10/10 read more

My favorite to go places for egg noodles with lobster, deep fried large intestines, salt fish fried rice, kingdom fried rice, Hu tieu Trieu Chau, pork ribs. The service can be better , yet, it's a traditional Chinese/Asian restaurant, can't expect much. Otherwise, the staffs can be very friendly. Still love their foods read more

We had a family dinner on a Tuesday night. The restaurant was empty and like any other Chinese restaurant we seated ourselves. We ordered the following dishes: Salt and pepper crab. Dry and over cooked to the point the meat has shriveled up into the shell. Salt and pepper tofu was dry and had no crunch to it Ong choi with garlic was so so oily Salt and pepper spare ribs was dry and had no crunch to them. The garlic lobster with noodles was dry and tasteless. The rest of the dishes was just as bad. This was one of the worst Chinese food I have ever ate at. The son/manager reminds me of Shrek and wasn't very friendly. Struts around the restaurant like he doesn't want to be there. The r read more

Got food from here twice within a week recently. Our takeout order: shrimp fried rice, seafood chow fun w/ gravy, and veg & shrimp chow mein. * The chow mein was pretty basic. Just tasted like soy sauce mainly. * The seafood chow fun w/ gravy was actually not bad! It had that yummy aromatic char flavor that it should have from a well used/seasoned wok. * The shrimp fried rice was a huge no. They used those super cheap tiny minuscule shrimps for this and they were dyed a pinkish fuschia color and the bbq was pork bits were dry. There was no char flavor. It was so bad. We came back to dine in and ordered: crispy tofu, garlic stir fried pea tips, shrimp chow fun w/ gravy. * The garlic pea tips were good. Nothing great or bad to say about it. * The shrimp chow fun was alright. Not as good char aroma/flavor as the previous seafood one we had a few days earlier. They brought it to the table with only veggies and we mentioned that we ordered shrimp chow fun. We were told that they must have forgotten and he came back promptly with our dish and they put a few pieces of shrimp on it. The overall portion size seemed smaller than when we got takeout. * The crispy tofu had a very strange chlorine taste and not enough seasoning. I don't know maybe they transfer the tofu from packaging to a tub of tap water and maybe the tofu just soaks up all the chlorine from the tap water? I have no idea but they didn't taste right at all. If we were stuck in the area and wanted something close by - yeah possibly we'd come back if we were really craving Chinese food. If we had time though, I'd likely go to milpitas instead. read more

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Tried the DOUBLE lobster and garlic noodles today .... 5 stars Best part of the ambiance is the glowing red dragon's eyes , otherwise it is pretty much a no frills restaurant. Service was quick ... not what I'd call a date worthy restaurant, but they have really good food. read more

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Lowkey disappointed. Please don't assume everyone can speak Chinese or Vietnamese. I come here all the time but when I bought a big party, we had a list of what we wanted to order but the older lady suggested that we order from the family size menu and we agree because she said the portion was big but when the food came to our table, it was a bunch of vegetables dishes and the portion was small, where the protein dishes? Automatic gratuity was charged when we weren't even full and satisfied. Never bring a large party here. Not worth the price. read more

My mom catered the food for Christmas. She ordered my favorite which was garlic lobster noodles, walnut shrimp, and seafood fried rice, etc. What I love about this place is the open early at 8am every day. The staff are very nice and professional. If you order takeout the food is usually ready in 20-30 minutes. read more

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Hmm these dishes in particular did not hit and I do not recommend but I did order other stuff which was delicious that I didn't take pic of it lol The food was so spectacular that I forgot to take a picture. Buuuuuut for these two dishes... not good. The sauce to the mandarin chicken was sooooo sweet and icky tasting and the beef was tough to eat! It wasn't succulent lol it was like beef jerky texture Will continue ordering other items because they have been so good. Like the beef chow fun is AMAZING! Highly recommend that. Sweet and sour pork is godly! I have that other photo of veggies, the roasted duck, and veggie egg drop soup. All three were delicious. That was on a different day lol I recommend the roasted duck. It's so tender and juicy and flavorful read more

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Had a family style family dinner last night with my parents, cousin, and my cousin's kids. We were immediately seated on a Saturday night, which was nice! Guess COVID is still taking a toll on service for restaurants, but hopefully conditions will improve more for restaurants to not suffer so much. We decided to ordered a large selection of seafood dishes (lol, refer to the pictures). While the food came out really quick, our order of iced water never came... haha.. We literally waited for them to bring us water, only for my dad to flag down the waiter and inform him we still had not received any water and our dinner was coming to an end. My parents have been more conscientious about their seasoning preferences and I really appreciated the staff's willingness to adjust their level of sodium to each dish. I never thought that a Chinese restaurant would be accommodating to my parents request, but wow! Appreciate the staff's willingness to do so! Overall, the food was okay in taste. Some dishes needed more sauce (i.e the mushrooms with Chinese leafy greens and steamed fish with celery). The lobster dishes also were really oily too (lol), but it's expected since one dish was fried noodles and the other one was cooked in a thick starchy sauce. The walnut prawns and black bean sauce clams were the highlight of the night and disappeared as soon as the plate hit the table The fish roe with shrimp and scallop was okay--just dry tasting in certain areas. read more

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We recently door dashed from this place. I LOVED their Yang Chow fried rice!!! They use bay shrimp which I LOVE and I am always looking for that option on menus. Its a little less of a shrimp commitment I am already craving it again. We also got Won Ton Soup, Veggie Egg Drop Soup, Mongolian Beef & Kung Pao Shrimp. Yum! Sadly, their veggie egg drop soup had no flavor and was just bland. I am a huge egg drop soup fan and always order that from Chinese restaurants. I was pretty bummed about that but I loved the veggies in it. They also package their to-go items very nicely and that's always a huge plus! Nothing worse than exploded food and sauce all over the place. I will continue to eat here because most of the food we had was good and I really love that yang chow fried rice! Will look elsewhere for my egg drop soup. read more

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We ordered the big lobster garlic noodles with extra noodles but they bring out this small plate for $40.99 plus tax , unpredictable . I confronted with the supervisor and the waitress they both said this is the right order without checking with the chef cook in the back . I was so frustrated and called the lady that took our order to ask her again about our order. She said that she will check with the chef cook but did not said nothing . We ate here before we know the size of big lobster with extra noodles. They cannot lie on us . Not even said this is the wrong order or anything until we check it out . I asked the supervisor again and he said oh the Chef cook just told them that they run out of big lobster and he only charge me with small size . If I know it early I won't order the small size like this . And if you don't know anything or question they still charge you for the price of the big lobster , very dishonest .... read more

New Sam Kee Restaurant - Big Lobster with extra noodle $40.99 + tax - Chinese Near Me - San Jose, California