I have traveled to Canada several times and so far this is one of the best Chinese food restaurants…read moreI've ever had. The portions were large,the staff very friendly and the prices reasonable. I will be making this a staple of my restaurant repitiore when visiting the area.

Very nice overall experience. The food is traditional Canadian Cantonese which I love so I enjoyed…read moreit. Delivery was prompt and courteous. I hade only tried their take out so far.

My family and I started eating here around 1960 when the Wong's owned it. it was then and is still…read morethe best Chinese food ever. Whenever we get the chance, we still order from them. Never disappoint.

I dunno why I don't come more often. I had the same sherpherd's purse and pork wontons in soup and…read morealso had the pork wonton in peanut sauce. So fresh and tasty. You order at the counter and they bring you the food at the table. The wontons are piping hot. Vinegar, sriracha, soy sauce and hot oil is on each table for self serve. The decor is the same minimalist one as when it opened. They seem to have opened up the back room. If this keeps the price down, it's fine with me.

The restaurant is pretty popular and busy especially around the lunch hour (when I went). There are…read moresome sitting in front and farther back. I had the pork mushroom wontons with peanut sauce and tried some noodles from a family memeber. The wontons, peanut sauce and the noodles were delicious and flavorful. For the wontons, the portions were great. For the noodles, the portions seems slightly larger a bit (in general).

probs the best HK food you can find in town. I like their…read moreboiled chicken with dipping sauce, roasted duck, wonton noodles, crispy rice bowls and the Chung Fun. I feel like it it no longer the best I had there due to change of chef or etc but this place is still very good. Glad they moved closer to town.

Out here for a lunar new year dinner . Quickly getting into the pros and cons my usual style…read more Pros 1. Service : prompt , only one out of 9 dishes was misplaced 2. Variety : the menu in font 6 calibri for 4 pages : front and back ....like ross says 3. Presentation : lack of greens but yes 4. Flavor : spring rolls ace but the duck died for no reason Cons Parking : busy street , busy place , bang on the intersection Space: a little bit constrained , constant fear that a bowl of soup might land on you Overall my ranking of dishes Spring roll : fresh crispy and batter had adequate sweetness , Chicken in black bean sauce : fresh veggies and chicken in very flavorful sauce Prawn dumplings : steamed , tasty Noodle : crisp fried , crispy even in broth Fish in lemon sauce : battered fish was good , lemon sauce gave me cough syrup vibes but maybe that's only me Duck soup

If I could give zero stars I would. I ordered $70 worth of…read morefood, don't be fooled by the price the portions are garbage compared to any other Chinese restaurant around. They have a buffet also and pretty sure they use some of those items in the orders. Just to say the order I received did not reflect what I ordered. When I asked for the noodles that where missing I asked for in the first time they gave me noodle chips. After calling for the 3rd time (I know I normally don't but that's all I wanted, noodles) they mentioned it would cost me more $$ and obviously waaaay later from now. Could have handled it better as for management, the lady on the phone tried. Would never recommend and again I don't really do this but it was time.

Great mom and pop buffet style, only has basic chinese food, rice, wings, pork, rolls, but for 10…read morebucks a person that likes the deep fried stuff, this place is perfect. Will visit again.

If anyone's reading this and hasn't tried cafe orient before, what are you doing? I'll try to be as…read moreunbiased as possible since this has been my og go-to place with my family + the previous owner has basically watched me grow up at this point. But truly, the food here tastes as authentic as it can get in Ottawa and very comparable to the AMAZING food you'd find in Toronto/markham. It brings memories back from HK cha cha tengs (ifykyk). We usually come for lunch, but the photo attached is from their set dinner menu. If you come for lunch our go-to is usually the baked porkchop rice (classic), wonton soup, satay beef noodles, hot and sour soup, pad thai, and ofc their milk tea. The previous owner still works here from time-to-time helping out and the new owner that took over is also just as great. Just make sure to plan your trip here accordingly, as during rush hours, you may need to wait for an open table - but so worth it.

Round 2. Another quick meal at Cafe Orient. This time for breakfast!…read more Preserved duck egg and shredded pork congee - Congee was flavoured well and had a watery thick consistency. Lots of duck eggs in the congee, but lacked shredded pork. Decent size, can get to share for 2 people. Would get the congee again, but with other toppings. Steamed sticky rice in lotus leaf - Undercooked, rice was not soft. filling was bland and lacked texture. Would not recommend. Seems like this place is a hit or miss with their items.

I was a bit surprised at the size of their open ended egg rolls(a bit on the smaller side), but…read morethey tasted awesome. Overall I would give this a A++

I can't find decent Chinese anywhere out near Kemptville, so I've taken to driving to the nearest…read morebest-rated out-of-town places in a concentric ring. I may have found my go-to, 25km away. Four and a half stars is just about right here. Great value, good to great food, delightful service. The food was almost perfect, save for the blandness of the Singapore noodles. I'm guessing they cater to unadventurous suburban tastes, given their location. I'm going to ask that they kick it up a notch next order.

Food was great except for the fried rice with shrimp. The crispy beef was the best. The chicken…read morecashew was tasty hoping there was snow peas. The crispy noodle was fresh . The eggplant with garlic sauce was good. It was a long walk from our hotel but worthy and we got to exercise. Winnie our server was great including the young man giving us water. Ambiance is ok .

Grabbed this for takeout after work one day and really wanted to love it, but unfortunately wasn't…read moretoo impressed. The hot n sour soup was very good with a dark soy flavor and subtle warmth. The potstickers were fantastic and you could tell were made in house. The only thing I wasn't crazy about was the price for just 4. I should've stopped my order there, but I made the mistake of adding some General Chicken. It was made using dark meat which is fine, but the meat itself was very fatty and grisly. The sauce had good flavor, but I couldn't get past the texture of the chicken. I ended up only eat 3-4 pieces and throwing out the rest. I wonder if there's an option for white meat chicken instead.

Closed Aug. 27/23 after 41 years. Was great food We miss…read morethem Good prices Dumplings were schmooze

I had the buffet lunch ($14.50) at Golden Bowl with a couple of girlfriends and I can sum up my…read morefeelings in two words, or one emoticon: sad face :( The buffet was incredibly small, only about 10 items, and the food in my opinion was on par with the likes of Manchu Wok and other such food court Westernized Chinese food vendors. Actually, the best of the food was Manchu Wok caliber, some items did not even meet this low standard, at least not in my opinion. The place has been around for decades and it would appear to me that no renovations have been made for decades. On the buffet was: wonton soup, egg rolls, chicken balls, salt and pepper fried chicken pieces, garlic spare ribs, vegetarian fried noodles, chicken fried rice, beef and vegetables stir-fry, fried chicken wings, and chow mein. So only 10 "real items" then they had stuff like pineapple sauce, sweet and sour sauce, almond cookies, and some sort of deep-fried dough pieces. No ice cream! :( Let's start with the good: the chicken balls were filled with lean white breast meat and the meat to batter ratio was pretty good. They weren't all dough. They were crispy, and if one were to like sweet and sour chicken balls in general, I think that one would enjoy these. The egg rolls were also pretty good. They were very crispy and the wrapper was thinner and crunchier than I've had at other places. The filling was ground pork and vegetables and had a strong five-spice fragrance to it. The wonton soup was also not bad. I liked that the soup had some leafy greens in it and wasn't overly oily/greasy. The actual wontons were a bit mushy, but the filling to wrapper ratio was good. The flavour was good. The unremarkable: chicken fried rice, vegetarian noodles, beef and vegetables stir-fry, and garlic spare ribs. The bad: the salt and pepper fried chicken pieces I found very weird. The meat was dark meat and had a strange texture. It was too salty and not that peppery to me. The "I did not try it because it did not look appetizing to me": fried chicken wings (looked really dry and greyish), the chow mein (I hate bean sprouts), the almond cookies (looked store bought) and the crunchy fried dough things. Service was nice and efficient. We were greeted right away and led to our seats. We were given water shortly after and our waters were refilled often and without having to ask. When we first arrived a bit before noon, there were only a few patrons, but after 12pm the place got really busy, so it looks like there's definitely a market for this kind of food, it's just not my jam. There's free parking in their private parking lot beside the restaurant.