Happy to say this place offers halal meat options, which makes it one of the very very few Chinese restaurants in town where people who eat halal can go to! Just make sure to talk to them beforehand and they have a separate area in the back to avoid cross contamination! I've always enjoyed the food here, and the flavors have treated my palette pretty well! I like my food spicy so either request it when ordering or add hot oil and spices after it comes out lol. If you dine in they have tables with lazy susans -revolving food stands - for your convenience! Personally love them and feel like it's a nice touch to the restaurant. This place is definitely affordable and comes with a lot! They have specials and deals which include so much for one low price. Kind of confused why people are giving low stars, so my best recommendation is to go visit them in-house for the best experience! read more

Phoenix Chinese Cafe - Chinese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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We frequently visited @phoenix_chinese_cafe prior to the pandemic. This is our first time to visit since it changed management. My husband and I both had unsweet tea. We were looking forward to having the Peking Duck 3 ways and was hoping it was as good as before. The 3 ways includes (1) primarily the skin with some meat into the bun with hoisin sauce and scallions, (2) soup with some duck meat, and (3) stir fried duck. Everything was very flavorful. Unfortunately, the hoisin sauce was a bit salty rather than sweet. We ordered the Shrimp with Walnuts, which was good. The Congee with Fish was for Dad but I think he enjoyed most of the other food and didn't have room for the congee. It's a very large bowl! My husband tried some and said it was tasty. We took lots of leftovers home. Sue made sure our drinks were constantly full. Please note that the menus handed out at the restaurant doesn't reflect new prices. They need to update their printed menus. read more

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Food: subpar quality, missing ingredients and spices in traditional dishes Service: server was overwhelmed and the owner is argumentative when advised a dish is not what was ordered Ambience: clean and updated but I'd rather have good food than the fake roses on the table Trying to get the order correct or giving feedback didn't go over well with the owner sadly read more

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Here is my decent review with a poorly taken picture attached. I meant to take another but after tasting my sweet and sour chicken I got a bit eager and just kept eating. This, along with the rice was quite good. I ordered off uber eats so I didn't get to see the ambiance of the restaurant and I can't judge the service, but I have ordered many times and my order has always been yummy and correct. Would reccommend! read more

Phoenix Chinese Cafe - Sweet and Sour Chicken - Chinese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

I went today and order pork fried rice to go, and it was a complete fiasco. The rice was over cooked, lacked veggies, I counted 5 bean sprouts, 5 green pees, no green onion slices, just a disaster, very disappointing! Beside paying $9.95 for the rice, I was charged $0.75 for sweet & sour sauce, which is free if you dine in, and they also charge 3% for paying with a credit card. Not Happy! read more

We always order from the authentic Chinese food menu and it never disappoints. We've been coming for years and though different owners the authentic Chinese meals are always delicious! read more

Phoenix Chinese Cafe - Beef Flat Noodles, Shrimp candied Walnuts, Salt Toasted Tofu, Vegetable Flat Noodle, Chinese Broccoli and Chrysanthemum Hot Tea. - Chinese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

NEW OWNERS NOW.... N O T the same FOOD that it WAS! This restaurant is not MY "go to, Chinese Restaurant any longer. We ordered delivery, I called after I received my order.because my order was INCOMPLETE. I paid $10.00 delivery charge, paid .75 for a side of Hot Mustard that we didn't receive. We ordered a dinner which is suppose to come with an egg roll but didn't receive. I called the restaurant to let them know of my incomplete order and spoke to "TAZ" He said, The next time I order delivery, he would "put in an extra egg roll". GREAT...WIN WIN! THEN we started eating our "food"....... We ordered Chicken Chow Mein, which has always been beansprouts, onions, celery, cabbage, green onions, water chestnuts and chicken served with Crispy, Wonton Strips for the past 40 years. I received chicken, water chestnuts, broccoli, mushrooms on top of dry! long egg noodles that became hydrated in some places and mushy other places AND LIKE chewing Rubber bands where there was no sauce! I tossed the noodles OUT, which left a small portion for dinner. VERY DISAPPOINTING! If you want soup, it is EXTRA! Our other order was Vegetable Lo Mein which was a small portion with very few pieces of vegetables, ONLY broccoli and mushrooms? I GUESS THOSE ARE THE ONLY VEGETABLES THEY had bought since they were in BOTH dishes. I will never go back. read more

First time going back under new management. Downgrading from a 4 star review. The food isn't the same anymore. Yang Zhou fried rice was surprisingly bland and didn't have any bbq pork in it. The House Special Beef was lacking the glossy finish that you'd expect from a good stir fry and the beef was also missing the velveting on the meat so the texture was also not what was expected. Pretty disappointed since this was one of my go to places for a long time. read more

New owners the food does not taste the same. Meat tasted re-heated , fried rice was really Mexican rice, and rangoon was hard.

Amazing Peking Duck, and extremely friendly and helpful staff. Will definitely return!

The food was very good. The prices were very reasonable. Very nice people and very prompt service. Lots of parking. The inside was very nice and clean. Nice jazz music playing. Sorry I didn't take a picture of the food. Oh well next time. read more

Buddy and I decided to re-visit after a long hiatus. Our recollection was that it had very good authentic Chinese food. What a disappointment! Food was bland, soggy, and generally forgettable! Apathetuc staff. Would presently not recommend until they get some better cooks! ! . read more

Don't judge a book by its cover. This is indeed one of the most authentic Hong Kong style Chinese restaurant in town. It's better than many restaurants in la area based on its taste (not its presentation) Must order it's dim sum items. Saves the drive to Austin read more

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I came here for the Peking duck and the menu says 3 course. Which was duck soup, sautéed duck meat, Peking duck skin with a little meat . I have tasted the Kim wah restaurant Peking duck ( closed) .And for all I know this restaurant is the same owner of latter restaurant. There is a big difference with the way it was cooked . I think the Peking duck was frozen , and of course the soup didn't taste good the way it should be. When we went there around 11:30 on a Friday. There was one couple dining and then the 4 of us. There were only 2 people and probably the cook. The restaurant was clean , because there were just 4 of us inside . All I saw was take out orders. The chicken in bean sauce was acceptable and the chicken wrap.We ordered the famous phoenix fried chicken but the cashier/ waitress said it's not available at 12 noon? read more

Ordered chicken fried rice to go. It was so bland, flavorless, hardly any veggies or egg, sent away with no utensils that I had to stop and buy to eat this junk. I literally just paid $13 for just rice My first and last time going there! read more

Phoenix Chinese Cafe - Pretty much just rice - Chinese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

I've been in here a few times now. You can expect friendly customer service, clean waiting area, phenomenal food and fast turnaround times. They are also very knowledgeable on all their menu items regarding allergies. Their portion sizes are very generous. Have to try out the "phoenix Style Crispy Chicken (half)" , you will not be disappointed. read more

I'm shocked to see how some folks have put any positive review for this restaurant. Scammers of the highest order. Please have them print you bill, which obviously they will never do. You will be shocked to see that nothing will match the menu price. Crab Rangoon listed on menu for 6.95 but will be on the bill for 10.95 and same for most other food. It may seem biased but they use pre packaged snacks, just re-fried again and extremely greasy and tastes garbage Well I need to report these folks. read more

Sat down as the only guests there at 11:30 am on a weekday. People are staying away in droves! Then the food came and we figured out why. Bland semi warm Chinese food. Really? read more

The food was tasty and authentic. Portion size was big and the price was reasonable. It's also halal. Menu was big and it had traditional items too. The dinner entree also came with soup, egg roll and cream cheese wantons. read more

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Updated for new owners. They dropped the Chinese menu . Fresh and bland food. Not the same.

DO NOT EAT HERE!!! Extremely rude staff! From the moment we walked in, the lady had a huge attitude with us. Language barriers are manageable but this lady was difficult to work with, seemed like she was really annoyed when you asked questions about their plates, and then told me they didn't have what I wanted. I ended up trying to order the pork chow mein and she seemed to not be sure of what I wanted so I pointed to the exact item on my menu and she ended up saying "that plate is for men, the lo mein is for the young girls." I wasn't too sure what that meant but I ended up not ordering anything and picking from my boyfriends plate. At the end we had some issues with payment as the prices on the menu were the not prices she was charging us. When we tried to correct it she began to yell at us and told us she doesn't care if we ever go back. Safe to say that we will never go back!!! 0 STARS read more

Ordered the house special chow mein. What joke. There was hardly anything in it. It's basically just a couple pieces of meat and no sauce. read more

Phoenix Chinese Cafe - chicken and vegetables in a styrofoam container - Chinese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Hot and sour soup and fried rice. Taste good and affordable price! Will come back here. Love the place old Chinese food but so good read more

Phoenix Chinese Cafe - Hot and sour soup and fried rice. Taste good and affordable price! Will come back - Chinese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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My favorite dish here is the duck three ways. Super fresh and hard to find anywhere else in town.

The food here is amazing. I havent ordered anything I havent enjoyed. The have two menus. An American and an authentic Chinese menu, both offer some really delicious food. I really like it...the reason for the 3 stars? The staff is extremely rude. If you're hungry for some good and don't mind not interacting with your waiter/ waitress this is your place. read more

Phoenix Chinese Cafe - Orange chicken - Chinese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

ROACH IN OUR FOOD!!! Picked up a to-go order and had ordered an additional side of fried rice which they forgot to add but kept insisting it was in the bag. After the cashier verified it wasn't in there, they added it. The rice was cooked differently from what we remembered but wasn't any better. It was really bland. My husband ordered the orange chicken and he was almost done with his plate which tasted subpar I might add, then he sees a roach in the sauce. Horrible experience and, needless to say, we will NEVER be going back! If I could give -5 stars I would. read more

Phoenix Chinese Cafe - Roach in L14. Orange Chicken Dinner Special - Chinese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Didn't realize they were under new management till we arrived and realized the change of staff/ slightly different look of restaurant. Tea tasted bad. When we ordered jalapeño beef the server asked if that was in the menu. Obviously, it was. Crab Rangoon was literally cold. Staff was not friendly. Sad we used to love this place. read more

The food was not fresh and over cooked. The hot and sour soup was like egg drop water totally lacking any flavor. I won't be getting lunch here again. read more

Improve the service and quality of the food. We had ordered the whole steamed fish and was served with steamed fish fillets. The problem was that we had asked if the whole fish was available and the server went into the kitchen and returned assuring that the whole fish was available. When we complained nothing was done to correct the situation. read more

This Chinese restaurant is a whole typical culinary experience. Make sure to ask for the Chinese menu you won't regret it. They have an Americanize menu and a typical Chinese menu. We had crispy duck, the skin was crispy and the meat tender, mapu tofu was well seasoned, the congee chicken mushroom was on point, it's a soup with rice, chicken and mushroom, this what they serve as breakfast in China. The steam flounder was a flop because the fish was previously frozen it was not flaky like it suppose to be. I will definitely coming back. read more

Just awful - I ordered Twice Cooked Pork and got some dried out slices of cooked hard pork. Certainly not pork belly. Must have been a utility meat for other dishes. Hard pieces of cabbage no sauce to speak of. Soggy old egg roll. Steamed rice was fine. My dinner companion had shrimp with broccoli. He said it was fine, but the broccoli was harder than al dente. BTW, there is a sign on the door if one lives a 5 star review a credit of $5 will be awarded! That rubs me the wrong way. I won't be going back and you should avoid the joint. read more

Great food at an exceptional price! Generous portions and great service! My go to for Chinese food! Lunch specials are always great! read more

"Authentic" is relative. That's when the San Antonio standards come into play. I wouldn't say Phoenix's Chinese offerings are very authentic but I was certainly very satisfied on my second visit today. I first came to Phoenix at the beginning of 2013 before I relocated to SA. I ordered a noodle soup off the Chinese menu. It was OK, more like a 3 star. The portion was small for the price I paid. Also Phoenix is Cantonese style Chinese which is very different from what I am accustomed to eating growing up aka Beijing or northern style Chinese. Since I moved to SA, I have been reluctant to return to Phoenix. However because of a recent disappointing visit to Tang St, I decided to give Phoenix a second chance. I recommended this place to our Chinese professors' lunch club get together at work. Yea it is called the Joy Luck lunch club, J/K. Upon arrival, we got two pot of complimentary hot tea which is a plus. The owner/server only speaks Cantonese so I basically communicated with her in English. But I think she can understand mandarin. Three of us ordered the beef stew on rice and the other two ppl ordered beef stew noodle soup, all from the Chinese menu. My expectations were low but when I got my plate I was deff pleasantly surprised. First of all, the portion was big! I didn't even finish. Secondly, it was actually quite tasty! The beef was flavorful and very tender. They used Chinese broccoli instead of the American kind for this dish which is awesome in my book. I will take Chinese broccoli over the American one any day! The rice was decent too. Three of our group are originally from northern China and two are from southern China. Everyone all said their dishes were decent. Since the professors all liked my recommendation, I am now responsible for making suggestions for our future Joy Luck lunch club meetings, lol! read more

Phoenix Chinese Cafe - Beef stew on rice was very good! - Chinese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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Haven't been here in a few years. Food was always pretty decent, especially their authentic Chinese. I remember their salt and pepper shrimp being great. It's clear the new owners cut cost in many ways. What a shame. Will never go back. read more

Best Chinese food in San Antonio. Make sure to ask for the Chinese and dim sum menus. If you don't you'll just get the Americanized. The Peking duck is a piece of heaven. Nice selection of dim sum, all very good. read more

Phoenix Chinese Cafe - Chinese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Ordered the orange chicken for takeout yesterday and there was a roach in it sitting on my broccoli. I was so disappointed, because I was really looking forward to this meal. read more

Phoenix Chinese Cafe - Roach on broccoli - Chinese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

We went here today for lunch. There was only one other table for 2 there already eating. The young man waiting on us seemed very annoyed, but not rude so that was ok. My family and I all ordered different lunch specials. Mine, was the #2 or #3 Happy Family. The soup was ok. When my food came, it was a mix of chicken and shrimp with vegetables. My husband had the spicy Chicken, shrimp and pork. His had smaller shrimp, different from mine. My son had Sesame chicken. When I went to try mine....I noticed it had a funny, rank smell. It was the shrimp. It was spoiled and expired. My husbands did not smell the same. (Smaller shrimp) I smelled the chicken and in my dish and it didn't have the same smell, but I was then apprehensive to consume the dish as it was all cooked together. I ate none of it. The server brought our bill. We had notified him of the issue as my husband had taken all the shrimp out and put it in a different bowl. The server left and told the owner or manager and they just offered me more shrimp. My husband finished his meal. He went to pay and asked were they going to discount or remove the meal. He told them we didn't come in here to get free food, I didn't even eat it . The owner said no as it's already in the system. He said she didn't ask for anything else. (They didn't offer anything else just replacement shrimp & never returned to our table) My husband explained I didn't eat it and this is someone's food. The shrimp was spoiled. They did not care. We were peaceful, paid the bill and left. His office likes to come here but no more. This is not how you treat customers. Nor serve spoiled food on a slow day or any day. read more

Phoenix Chinese Cafe - L34. Happy Family Lunch Special w/Spoiled Shrimp - Chinese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

We ordered Orange Beef and Lemon Chicken and started off with the steamed dumplings. All our food came cold and instead of serving us Orange Beef we got served Orange Chicken. Fried rice was bland and could've used more flavor. The waitress wasn't very attentive. They sell you on Decent prices but not worth it. Will not be coming back. read more

I must be perfectly honest... We were going to Godai, but when we got there, people were waiting outside to get in. So I consulted my trusty mobile Yelp app to find other places in the area. Phoenix came up as pretty close. The fact that Sunay liked it (read his review) was good enough for me. We were seated immediately. The server was pleasant enough, not gushing, but OK. We ordered steamed dumplings, house lomein and four treasures (medium spicy). All were quite tasty. The lomein had all the meats in it. The four treasures had chicken, shrimp, beef and scallops. They do not scrimp on the seafood. Very good. Most of the clientele was Asian. I like to see that. I want to there, too it was yum. read more

Phoenix Chinese Cafe - Four treasures and the house lo mein. - Chinese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Great neighborhood place for good, authentic Cantonese Chinese style meals. They also have dimsum you can order a la carte from the menu. I enjoy trying the classic bok choy with mushrooms, snow pea leaves, Corn Fried Fish, small clay pot items, walnut shrimp, HK style sweet and sour pork and many other items on the menu. Try the seafood crispy noodles! That's one of my favorites. Everything usually tastes fresh and good. You won't easily get the same level of food from other places in town. As for prices, regular entrees family style are about $8-13 depending on if you order seafood. I know they have regular lunch specials during the weekday, but it's definitely a better treat on weekends or evenings with their authentic chinese menu. Service is usually pretty good, with staff coming to provide drinks and take your order pretty quickly. You can pay at the front cashier desk when you are done, or at your table. It's nice to have both options. They also have a a few large tables in the back, which is good for family gatherings. The reason I gave four instead of five stars is because although I've eaten here for over 10 years, the quality of the food varies slightly. Personally, I think the customer service is fine, but I could see it being seen as rude or inattentive. It's typical for Chinese restaurants to not hang on your shoulder when you eat and ask many times if your food is good, etc. There may be times that you are forgotten, but a wave usually sends a waiter/waitress over - the gain is that you get some space with your colleagues and are't constantly harassed with a bunch of questions between food bites. Recall that this restaurant should be treated like a basic eating establishment, not a Michelin Five Star Restaurant. Otherwise, you will be very disappointed. read more