Embarking on a quest for the ultimate Chinese take-out, I stumbled upon a hidden gem that deserves its own spot on the culinary map - PB Oriental. This place isn't just a restaurant; it's a flavor-packed journey to the East, right in the comfort of your own living room (or wherever you prefer to devour your take-out). First off, let me tell you about their General Tso's Chicken. This dish doesn't just pack a punch; it's more like a roundhouse kick to your taste buds by a chicken lightly seasoned in martial arts and spices. If your mouth had a panic button, this dish would make you hit it - out of sheer delight, of course. It's the perfect combination of sweet, spicy, and "Are you sure this isn't just spicy candy?" Then there's the Kung Pao Chicken, a spicy Szechwan delicacy that comes with a side of "Are my taste buds still there?" courtesy of its fiery red peppers. It's the kind of dish that makes you wonder if the chef is part Szechwan wizard, casting spicy spells with each stir of the pot. If you've ever wanted to test your spice tolerance while enjoying an explosion of flavors, this is your go-to. Just be sure to have a fire extinguisher--or, you know, a glass of milk--handy. But wait, there's more! The orange chicken at PB Oriental deserves a standing ovation. It's so good, it makes Panda Express look like they're just playing in the minor leagues. This dish is a symphony of sweet, tangy, and crispy goodness that'll have you questioning everything you thought you knew about orange chicken. It's like PB Oriental looked at Panda Express and said, "Hold my soy sauce; we got this." In conclusion, if you haven't yet treated yourself to the culinary wonders of PB Oriental, you're missing out on a hilariously delicious experience. It's the only place where the fortune cookies might read, "You will need more rice," and they wouldn't be wrong. So, grab your chopsticks, order up some General Tso's Chicken, Kung Pao Chicken, and the show-stopping Orange Chicken, and get ready for a taste adventure that'll have you laughing all the way to the last bite. read more

PB Oriental - 4. Kung Pao Chicken - Japanese Near Me - San Diego, California

We've enjoyed PB Oriental a few times for takeout and have had mixed experiences. Usually it's on the average-good side of things. Portions are average; prices are average. It's in a great location to grab some food after watching the sunset to take and enjoy at home. Or I guess you could reverse my order of things and take it for a beach picnic, the seagulls may appreciate that. ;-) read more

Been here many times.... Friendly woman at front counter.... delicious food... generous portions....every time. We always have leftovers to take home and that's always appreciated and enjoyed the next day. Pretty big menu. Fresh made to order and always done very quickly. Ordered the crispy chicken, chicken lo mein and Thai food many times. read more

Basic Chinese food. Nothing that stand out as amazing, but nothing that was disgusting either. I always order honey walnut shrimp and potstickers. The service was good, although we ordered to go. read more

Take out -- salt and pepper garlic chicken wings are an absolute deal. Perfectly crispy and the chicken is just extremely tender. Owners are really kind and nice Mom & Pop style restaurant, props to them for maintaining a great quality of food and service. read more

PB Oriental - Crispy Cream Cheese Wonton (6 Pieces) 9. Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings Shrimp fried rice 69. Mongolian Beef - Japanese Near Me - San Diego, California

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This was just okay Chinese food. We tried several dishes including gyozas, pb crispy chicken, chicken lo mein, black pepper beef, and salt and pepper shrimp. The best dishes were the lo mein and s&p shrimp. The lo mein noodles were El dente with a charred flavor from the hot wok. Big white meat chicken chunks. Pretty solid. The shrimp were fried well but had an unusual dry seasoning that was not the usual s&p with fresh chopped chilies. I would not order again the pb crispy chicken or the gyozas. The black pepper beef was just okay. If craving Chinese food in PB, you may want to look beyond PB Oriental. read more

Food is really good and nice portions. Like the family owned biz and very friendly. Easy walking distance from beach down Garnet. read more

Fried rice was good but Very dry chicken on all our meals. Super salty Mongolian beef and the honey walnut shrimp was too sweet. I had to give the rest to a homeless person. read more

I got the chicken teriyaki and it had zero teriyaki sauce. So it's just dry chicken for $15. Would recommend Panda Express.

PB Oriental has been my go-to Chinese restaurant for the past 6 years (consistently 1-3x/mo) -- especially for online delivery. - - - - - - - - - Review on Quality of Business and Product: - QUALITY food at LOW prices comparatively - LATE-NIGHT hours - - - Weekends they're open 3 hours later than any other Chinese restaurant in San Diego - DESIRED READINESS TIME - - - Food is not ready too soon but has never taken too long without communication and extra egg rolls or servings of something delicious - KIND & FAIR customer service - - - I've been on the phone with them before because they called to actually accommodate my order for the 3rd-party app's technical issue for which they have zero responsibility and yet cared enough to refund me for an overpriced and unavailable item - THE FOOD IS DELICIOUS Recommendations: - Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings: 1 serving feeds 1 girl/woman after apps, or 1 child who likes chicken or who is bored of chicken but likes flavors, or 1/2 a man as the best finger food that serves as his "can I have a bite" portion that he asks his family for before his single bite inhales half of their entire dinner. - Beef Yakisoba: If you want flavorful, savory, and cozy food that feels good in your stomach from entry to exit, this dish is for you. If that's not what you want, learn about the dish you're ordering before you pay for it. Your mouth isn't supposed to burn, you're supposed to feel warm on the inside and cozy on the outside and that's exactly what happens while the rest helps your body in every other way. - Egg Flower Soup (Bowl): Delicious and perfectly prepared every time. Simple yet flavorful - no odd or creative additions - Garlic Edamame: Perfectly cooked with real minced garlic and extra sauce - Beef & Broccoli: Tender, juicy, lean beef with large and tender but never too soft broccoli and lots of juice to drizzle read more

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Got take out from this spot last night. It's located right on Garnett Avenue, so decided to go to the restaurant, order there, and wait for the food. The restaurant was empty and we were greeted by someone and able to order right away. The food took about 5 minutes longer than was originally told to us, but they were making a lot of to go orders. The food came to us extremely hot and the first thing we noticed was the value that was given. We spent about $30 on a bowl of Wonton soup and orange chicken entree. The orange chicken also came with a bowl of hot and sour soup, white rice, and an egg roll (not pictured). There was a lot of food that came with our order and we were able to turn it into about four meals. The food itself was less impressive. The only thing I really enjoyed was the wonton soup. It was exactly what I was looking for in taste. The orange chicken was not crispy and had a weird flavor to it. The hot and sour soup was also not impressed and the broth was more of a syrupy texture. The white rice and egg roll were fine, nothing that stood out. Overall I would come back for the value and convenience, but I would more likely try another spot first. read more

PB Oriental - Wonton Soup - Japanese Near Me - San Diego, California

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I am Changing my review to 2 stars Because last week I placed an order through Postmates and 1 Of the items I bought war wonton soup was $14.95 (postmates price) Says it includes 8 wontons, my order only had 6 in my soup. I placed another order this past friday and the same thing happened. I feel you are ripping people off when you specifically say there are 8 wontons but only putting in 6 each time. I let it slide the first time but since this happened two weeks in a row I feel this is being done intentionally and overcharging customers. read more

PB Oriental - Half of my war wonton soup only 6 wontons not 8 like advertised. - Japanese Near Me - San Diego, California

Service was excellent. Very nice staff. We did takeout though. 5 minutes from ordering to getting food. No ambience - it's more of a takeout place in a strip mall type store. However the food is lame, mediocre, bland. Need to get a new chef or at least new recipes. We had house kung pao and shrimp fried rice. Fried rice was ordinary. I guess that's ok. The kung pao had an odd sauce that was distasteful. Yes, I know it is spicy - that part was ok. Compared to, for example, Panda Express or Trader Joe's kung pao sauce flavor, it was disappointing . On previous visits we also got meals with sauces that were ordinary and bland. If you want good Chinese, go elsewhere. Came back because open late and decided to give em another chance. I give one star to counter inaccurate 5 star reviews. read more

Absolutely disgusting! I can't believe the quality of food this lady is serving and getting away with it. The chicken is the lowest quality you can buy and the sweet and sour sauce tasted like watered down sugar with red food coloring. The vegetables in the chicken and broccoli dish were brown! One of the worst meals I've had in San Diego read more

The food was way overcooked and didn't taste very good. We ordered a number of dishes. The sesame chicken was hard to eat. The cheese wontons tasted like the oil was old. read more

Basic Chinese if you're looking for Chinese in the area. You know, sometimes all you want is just a basic comfort food especially late at night when many of the food options were already closed. Last night we ordered Beef teriyaki with miso soup and A chicken fried rice and small size of hot & sour soup. The beef teriyaki was pretty good. But the fried rice was pretty poor, the rice was kinda wet and they use white meat and I didn't get that "wok hei" (smoky wok) flavor in the rice. Pretty bland fried rice but it's an okay restaurant. read more

PB Oriental is terrific Asian restaurant with a yummy variety of food to pick from. Every dish I've had from here has been excellent. The food comes out freshly made to order! I recommend calling in and the timing has always been perfect. Reasonable pricing with different specials makes this a great option for yummy Asian food. Food I've ordered here- Large Mongolian Beef, General Tso's Chicken, Egg Drop Soup, and PB Crispy Chicken. read more

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Lukewarm on the flavors for PB Oriental. Not bad, not remarkable. We had orange chicken and vegetables with tofu, which I actually preferred. The orange chicken was too heavily coated and also unexpectedly spicy. Hot and sour soup, egg roll and cream cheese wontons came with our dinner. All were adequate and tasty, just not special. The hot sour soup seemed artificially thickened, giving it an almost slimy texture I didn't particularly like. We will return in our "excellent Chinese food" quest, but mostly because we haven't found a new favorite locally. 3.5 stars read more

Great Chinese food! Good quality and affordable. Also, there is friendly service. I appreciate the people working here.

Amazing. I'm a snob when it comes to my, growing up, east coast taste for this cuisine. These guys crush it!!!

Fortune cookies not included. Nuff said But, in the spirit of full disclosure, here are more details on my delivery experience. Glad that they offer Sesame and General Tsos options, but neither had a memorable flavor. Rice was exceedingly bland. Age dashe tofu was served in amorphous chunks. In general, appeared to be a lack of care for basic presentation and seasoning of this food. read more

After a nice afternoon hike with the family around Mission Bay, found this place nearby. Walked in and tables were empty but uncleared and the person behind the counter seem flustered. After seating ourselves in an uncleared table, (all like that), the waitress came by and cleared it. The waitress did not bring us menus so we had to up to get our own menu While waiting for the waitress to come by and take our orders we saw police pull up in front and arrest a man so it was like a dinner and show! Not sure what that was all about.. Summary of foods we ordered: Cream Cheese Wonton - Okay Salt and pepper fried chicken wings - Tasty Chicken Ramen soup - A bit Salty Shrimp Lo mein - SUPER Salty Orange chicken - Heavily battered and tough Beef Pad Thai - Delicious Wor wonton soup - Yummy The food was served and we had no plates, utensils and napkins and had to ask. Not sure it that was just an off night for service due to it seem like understaffing. Hope the service gets more attentive and salt levels toned down. Food is flavorful so that is a plus for the restaurant. read more

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I ordered from PB Oriental a couple of weeks ago through one of the delivery services. I tried the shrimp and lobster sauce which was delicious, although it could have used a little more sauce. The mushroom chicken was very good, a bit bland but I enjoyed it. Tonight I thought I would try a couple of other dishes. I ordered the teriyaki chicken and the combination lo mein. I had wondered abou ordering a Japanese type dish but thought I'd give it a try. It was extremely disappointing. It came with a small serving of soup, two cream cheese wontons, a small salad and rice. The wontons were okay not great. The teriyaki chicken was a major disappointment. The chicken was overcooked and tough and the teriyaki sauce was very watery and basically tasteless. I didn't even finish it and decided it just throw the rest away. I certainly would not order the Japanese type dishes from this restaurant again. With the amount of money I spent, I received three free egg rolls. Also a very big disappointment. They were basically tasteless with very mushy vegetables inside. The good news is they were complementary. So all in all I would say some of the dishes at this restaurant are quite enjoyable but that certainly wasn't the case for tonight's meal. I have not tried the lo mein yet so I can't comment on that at this point. read more

PB Oriental - Teriyaki chicken, rice, and egg rolls - Japanese Near Me - San Diego, California

A good find in the heart of PB right along Garnet. Had seen some signs previously that they were opening soon. Passed by recently looking for something quick, and voila! Lights on and everyone's home! It's a family run joint with the younger generation manning the front and the elders in the kitchen. When I walked in, there was a young man watching a video near the counter and another approaching. The second greeted greeted me as I approached the counter. Since it was my first visit here, I wanted to take a quick but thorough look at the menu. As I did, another customer entered and stiff by at the counter. I offered for him to go ahead, as I mentioned I was still looking at the menu. He said, "I can tell you what you want! Mongolian beef, it's the best!" Since I had given up red meat for lent, I graciously declined, but may end up on my next order. He too wanted to look through the menu as his wife wanted something different since they just ordered the Mongolian beef the other night. The menu has an interesting mix of Japanese and Chinese items. I ended up with a combo that offered an entree (shrimp and veggies), steamed rice, choice of soup (hot and sour), egg roll and fried wontons. My food was prepared quicker than you can say "Sunny San Diego"! Ok, not quite that quick, but pretty darn close. The soup came out first, nice and hot. The entree followed soon after along with a bowl of steamed rice. The shrimp were prepared nicely, not over cooked, still plump yet firm. The veggies were still crisp. My only gripe with the dish was that the sauce the food was prepared in was quite salty. Too salty In fact. Not so much that I'd send it back, but enough that it wasn't 5-star quality. The egg roll and wontons soon followed and added a nice extra crunch to the meal. Overall great service and good food. Will definitely stop in again if in the area and try another dish. Keep on Yelp'n! read more

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Customer service is a plus the counter lady is so nice , the food comes in large portions and is always fresh the prices are very reasonable and the food taste great read more

PB Oriental - 69. Mongolian Beef - Japanese Near Me - San Diego, California

Came here for lunch, and was pleasantly surprised! The service was very fast and the staff was so nice. I didn't see a vegetarian option on their lunch menu specials, but they were able to make a veggie and tofu dish for me. The lunch special comes up with an entree, choice of soup and cream cheese wontons. The veggies and tofu were immersed in a flavorful sauce and I was able to adjust my spice level as well. The cream cheese wontons were perfect! I would def rec'd this place for an affordable lunch option ($11)! read more

PB Oriental - Veggies with tofu (lunch special), egg drop soup and cream cheese wontons - Japanese Near Me - San Diego, California

This suite on Garnet Ave has been a failed dessert spot multiple times over so perhaps a Chinese-Japanese restaurant may succeed here? Other than the Panda Express next to Trader Joe's, I don't believe PB has another Chinese take out food place so the need exists for such a business. The dining area can seat 20 customers, but I foresee to-go orders as their bread and butter. It was rather smokey inside from the food being cooked in the kitchen. The owners may want to upgrade the ventilation system as it wasn't necessary for the previous tenants. A 20% discount was currently in effect for the grand opening. I ordered the beef yakisoba and chicken pad thai to take home with me. The portions were large for these noodle dishes. Quality-wise, they were average and what I had expected. The post-tax price of a little over $17 after the discount was applied made the two items a very good deal. Overall, I gave PB Oriental 3.5 stars for my experience. read more

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Delicious food and great service! I've had many salt and pepper wings from different restaurants around San Diego, so I wouldn't say this lightly, but the salt and pepper wings were the absolute best! They added garlic to this dish, which is genius. The flavor combination was amazing. The wings came out fresh and crispy and had a hint of sweetness. The waitress was attentive and friendly. She offered suggestions on what to order and boy, she knows what's good. Overall, the aesthetic of this restaurant is modern and clean. Hands-down, the best Asian restaurant in PB! They have a wide variety of dishes on their menu, so I'll definitely be back to try more! read more

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Well, if I'm not as a lover of Thai food I would have been ok with the mediocre food I got but when you're new to the area you just want close places without having to go far. The Honey Walnut Shrimp was not that flavorful at all. There was enough Mayo but that's about it. The portion was decent. The Pad Thai was not like any pad Thai I've tasted. It doesn't have the flavors of a legit pad Thai dish, and to top it off, it has spicy flavor to it when it never said anything on the menu! I was so confused. The steamed rice that came with the dish was SO dry I thought I was having dried rice. :( The Thai tea was decent I suppose. The people were nice but they never actually notified me that my order was ready so I had to call to make sure. read more

I appreciate the fact that they're open late. Same cashier. Very nice! A friend and I have been there three times last minute - they're pretty good. Fried Chicken wings are good Pad thai noodles (weird color- to our surprise are tasty and fried rice is exactly that fried rice. Will return. See you soon! read more

Great Lunch Special Menu Not too much delicious food for a fair price and always fresh and tasty Try the Pepper Beef and Hot and Sour Soup BOOM great combo Friendly and Fast Service read more

PB Oriental - I'm full and this is how much is left The pepper beef was perfectly spiced and tender - Japanese Near Me - San Diego, California

While the ambiance leaves much to be desired, the food is plentiful and delicious , the service is attentive and quick, and the prices are fair. We went back 4 times during our month-long stay in Pacific Beach read more

Always very nice food is really good Quick service Restaurant is new come out and support! read more