To say I love this place is an understatement. I went here a few nights ago and it was amazing. I got the connection dinner and it was superb. When I was there they only had one waitress and she kicked butt. We got our soup and main corse faster then I have ever seen anywhere else. I also love the ambiance and just the building its self, its a very cozy place. The brick walls are pretty cool too. I also forgot to mention how friendly and welcoming the staff was. read more

The Alley Connection - The soup and egg rolls. The main corse was so good I forgot to take a picture! - Chinese Near Me - Kalispell, Montana

My friend and I went to Alley Connection the other day and her lunch was Asian beef it was not good cooked way to long and it was tough The waitress was hesitant to accommodate her for the bad meal but she did take some money off the bill read more

I stopped here for lunch during the week. I haven't found much good Asian food in Montana since I moved here in 2000. I have to say this spot is great. I have been here in the past and had good experiences, but it had been like 7 years since my last visit. I got the spicy kung pao chicken and egg rolls. The egg rolls were great and came out hot. The kung pao chicken came out soon after and was great too. The service was good as well. They came and checked on me regularly. Worth a check for sure. read more

The Alley Connection - a plate of chinese food - Chinese Near Me - Kalispell, Montana

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Can't say anything good about this place. Used to like it years ago, certainly went down hill. For one the place is so dirty and unsanitary, smells like rotten fish and the floors and tables are sticky. The food was bland, kung pow chicken which I generally love had an off taste and had little chicken and veggies, mostly rice... sad. Same with the Alley Delight, had two pieces of broccoli and way too much ginger! Shame. The service wasn't great either, had to wait 20 minutes for a flat beer. Not going back again. read more

Massive disappointment. I ordered broccoli, chicken and egg foo young to go. They did not have egg foo young so I ordered cashew chicken. Got home And discovered a fried loaf of chicken with almonds all over it. Broccoli chicken has about 10 anemic looking pieces of broccoli in it. The chicken is seriously dry. Mind you I picked this up at noon today when it should be the freshest. Very salty throughout and the fried rice has absolutely nothing in it other than rice. I called to let them know orders were switched. They said no I ordered almond chicken. I've never ordered it in my life. I don't like almonds. I would skip this restaurant. It's a shame it used to be the best. Chinese in town. This wasn't an off day. This was completely different. read more

The Alley Connection - Left was supposed to be cashew chicken. R is broccoli chicken - Chinese Near Me - Kalispell, Montana

No Fried Rice @7:00pm on Saturday night? S&S chicken was obviously cooked in advance and held in the steam table. Tempura was mushy/soggy. Not sure how they got best of the Flathead? read more

Service was pleasant and timely Food was a disappointment. It used to be a very good restaurant but not now. Vegetables were way undercooked and chicken and shrimp overcooked. Shrimp were almost inedible. Ambiance is ok . read more

We haven't been here for awhile and I'm so sorry we haven't, I had forgotten just how good it is. I do have to mention this and I'm sorry we didn't get her name, their is 3 rooms to sit in and she was the only waitress and we never waited a minute to long for our food and our drinks never went dry. Our visit was 7/30/21 about 1:00pm read more

The Alley Connection - My charming wife Kathy Paul. - Chinese Near Me - Kalispell, Montana

Great service and food! The staff is friendly and the restaurant is clean. Its one of my favorite places to eat.

The portion size for the price is outrageous. I have never seen one small/medium carton of an entree with a very small rice cost $16. Also the meat to veggie ratio was way off, it was so overloaded with vegetables and there was hardly enough meat, and very small pieces. I spent $22 on egg rolls and a dinner meal to split with my boyfriend and we weren't even full. No leftovers! The food tasted decent, didn't have a ton of flavor or spice but was ok. the egg rolls were pretty good but unfortunately were smaller than the typical egg roll size. read more

The Alley Connection - Very small portion sizes unfortunately - Chinese Near Me - Kalispell, Montana

We had the kung pao chicken and sesame chicken. Both came with lots of veggies and tasted great. Service was super friendly. Definitely a great spot if you are tired of the burger scene. read more

This is what giving up taste like... I don't know how else to say it. The beef chow mien literally had ramen noodles in place chow mine noodles... The pork fried rice was literally just rice and some chunks of pork... 2 ingredients, nothing else... The Mongolian beef was... just there... eatable but bland and kind of a mess... The fortune cookies was the best part for me because it meant I was done with this meal. Possibly this is because of the economic pressures of Covid-19..? I don't know because I am from out of town so I am trying to give the benefit of the doubt that this isn't that I didn't receive a typical meal. Simply because, it is impossible for a restaurant to be this established and serve a meal this bad... read more

Not to Terribly impressed with their food. It didn't have much flavor. They do keep busy. read more

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Not from the area, went there with a friend. Turned out to be a very good choice. The appetizers were hot and good. The amount of food was ample and very flavorful. I had a ginger dish - fresh ginger! Vegetables were done just right. The staff were accommodating of special food requests. Will definitely come back when in the area. read more

Well , the water was really good! We walked by the establishment and decided to try it for dinner. My wife ordered pot stickers and egg rolls and they were terrible. They were freezer burned as well as burned on the outside and tasteless. The egg rolls my wife said were okay but just had cabbage inside. I decided to try the kung pao chicken with fried shirimp rice. Well I have today I have had a lot of kung pao at many establishments and this is by far the worst ever. It was inedible. It had no chilies in it the wrong vegetables as well as sauce. If the owner or chef happens to read this review there is a great recipe online that tells you how to make this. The rice was well presented and looked tasty but was tasteless. If you like Chinese food that taste bad this is the place for you. I really feel ripped off!! The service was prompt but a little to prompt as the waitress would be gone in a instant. My soup was forgotten but to my advantage it was tomato crab, that doesn't even sound good. So in closing I just want you to be ware upon trying this restaurant. read more

After having a lot of burgers and hot dogs and pizzas in the GNP area, I was looking forward to a Chinese meal, especially after reading such great reviews! But meh! The food fell pretty flat. We could hardly finish half our meal and didn't even feel like taking the leftovers. read more

The restaurant was very clean, the service was outstanding, and the chicken chow mein was very good. I'll definitely be returning.

Alley Connection has amazing food, amazing service and was super quick! Very clean! Was looking for some authentic food in the flathead valley and i was so impressed! Will be going often! read more

The Alley Connection - a person dipping dipping sauce onto fried food - Chinese Near Me - Kalispell, Montana

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I am not sure where to begin, one I trusted you yelpers and can't believe so many people gave them an above 2 star. They got a two star because they are so damn nice to you in Montana, even when they are serving you a plateful of some flat flavored food. The town of Kalispell closes up shop at 6pm, so a handful of restaurants are still open. We had their menu from the hotel, checked yelp to see what we were getting ourselves into, and then walked the few blocks to get there. They had people in there, good sign. The soup of the night was hot and sour soup. My meal was $11.95 and included it, my husband got the family style kung pao chicken, for $8.95, they charged him an extra $2.00 for soup and another $1.00 for what they called fried rice, which had nadda on the flavor. I was starving to death, so I thought going over there, no matter how bad it might be, it won't be that bad due to imminent death if I don't eat in the next five minutes. However, if it was as good as the reviewers said, then Chinese heaven was waiting for me on the other side of that glass door. The wait staff is friendly and service was good, as I said. The hot and sour soup, she warns us is WAAAAAYYY spicy.. That's fine we tell her we can take it. The soup was obviously microwaved or it was sitting a long time, it was gelatinous and room temp at best. It reminded me of that Chung King you used to get in the can in the 1970s, mixed with something. It was completely flat, no spice at all, not even the standard vinegar bite you get with hot and sour. I could not finish it, that right there told me it was bad, I can tell you for a fact, I have choked down some mediocre food. Okay, still in a good mood, the egg rolls look pretty and promising. They had those little rice noodles in them that you see in the Thai wraps, interesting. It would have been really good had there been some kind of flavoring to it. I do not eat hot mustard sauce, and I ended up dipping it in that for flavor. I don't like bringing the bad mojo to the table, so I was not going to say anything to my husband yet, I didn't want to influence his dinner. I gave him the other egg roll and he asked me if mine had the flavor since his didn't. While we were waiting for the main dishes, they seated a table of three older guys next to us and I heard of the guys tell one of them there was no way he could finish that soup it was so bad, so they brought them the same sad soup. Our food comes out pretty quickly and I was happy to see some big pieces of chicken for the sweet and sour. The chicken chow mein had big pieces of white meat in it, which might have been good, but they were so dry I got the hiccups. I had two bites of it and it was so soy sauced that I couldn't finish it. Then the sweet and sour chicken was going to be my saving grace so I didn't die from starvation right there and then, no it was the same dry chicken, only in a ball form with that same flat sauce I had for dipping the egg roll. I have never left so much food ever, There was no saving it with anything, the chicken was just so dang dry. Now, my husband is always going to be more diplomatic about bad food than me, and he took a couple of bites off his kung pao and I said, why is it sitting in the dark sauce? He said it was like they poured soy sauce all over it. We were done. That I can tell all you yelpers is a FIRST, we are food junkies and both of us have choked down bad food analyzing it with every bite where they cook went wrong, but we could not get this down for further analysis, sorry. He immediately started looking for another place on yelp to go eat, but I was not up for dropping another dime on dinner out, which is tough when you are holed up in a hotel with no kitchen to go home and raid. So, here I sit low blood sugar and experiencing one of the first times of leaving plates of food. Then it did strike us on the walk back to the room, they had sat us practically on top of this lone guy eating. He asked for his check as they were seating us and he left almost as much food as we did. I can't get my head around the four and five stars, except maybe there is nothing else around to blow them out of the water. I don't know. There is a Chinese buffet up the street but we didn't want that experience tonight, and then there is a chain Mongolian grill up the street about 5 miles or so and we didn't want chain. I am glad I got to try something new. I can eat authentic Chinese, complete with sea urchin, which we do at home in Oregon, or I can eat the complete-candy-apple red- Americanized sweet and sour chicken. I've had it all and I am open minded, but to have no flavor and flat soup that is room temp and reminding me of canned 1970s Chinese food, is where I guess I draw the line? Now I know where the line is, I have do have standards for food, who knew? read more

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Sichuan shrimp and vegetables didn't have much heat. Tails left on the shrimp made for a messy affair. It was mostly chopped onions. Combination rice is not good at all. Steamed white rice was dry but a tad bit better. Curry chicken with vegetables was decently spicy, but it hardly had any chicken. We won't be going back. read more

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"The Connection" as many like to call it, is the place I hear spoken of the most by the locals as the favorite Chinese restaurant in Kali, particularly by the older crowd. Alley Connection is in a neat old building downtown, which I think is one reason it attracts so many. Parking is difficult when it is busy, but there is always a seat to be found inside. It's appreciated for its cheap lunch and fast, efficient service. Truly, the waitresses here during the lunch hour are on top of their game. Alley Connection is a pretty good take on Chinese food, a similar profile as Saigon Garden and Charlie Wong, but compared to the other two, it's a little pricier and seems to offer less portion-wise and flavorwise. They've also been under seasoning their fried rice lately, but rice is never the highlight of my meal anyhow. They are uber fast for take-out (10 minutes), have a terrifically seasoned Won-Ton Soup, and their wontons, both fried and dumpling are the best in town. (You know how the dumpling won-tons get mushy at some places? Well, this doesn't happen here. And they must change the oil often, because when they fry won-tons, they are perfection!!) I have to say I'm in love with with their Vegetable Stir Fry Tofu with crunchy noodles too. OMG, it's so good! My favorite Chinese in town is Charlie Wong, but when I can't get on the other side of town and I want quick takeout, I'll hit "The Connection." read more

Very nice people and very well located. I would no sooner call this a Chinese or Asian restaurant then I would call it a McDonald's. The food is very moderately very reasonably priced and presented in a very clean dining room with very pleasant employees. The food is delicious but it's not typical Asian food. It is what you would expect from homemade midwestern food with an Asian influence. It's a good bang for a buck and the dumpling soup is spectacular and the best thing on the menu. read more

My boyfriend and I had a dinner date here and had a great experience. Warning: the dinners on the back page come with a lot of food, so come hungry! It's a great deal. My favorite dishes were the sweet and sour wontons and the wonton soup. We will be back! read more

While staying in the area, a friend of ours from AZ, who summers here, took us here for dinner. Greeted promptly and led us to our table. Service was great. I had the Kung Pau Beef. It was delicious, well prepared veg & beef. I had enough to bring home some for dinner the next night. When I'm back in the area, I'll be back! read more

OK food at a low price. Solid college student fare. AMBIANCE: 2.5. SERVICE: 3.0. FOOD: 3.0. OK, and cheap. read more

The restaurant has a nice atmosphere and the owners and staff are warm and friendly. It has been a Kalispell staple and favorite of many I know, but for me, the food is lackluster. It is just too bland for my liking, but I'm guessing they have catered to the locals who prefer it that way and have kept a solid fan base of folks. As for me, I'll skip it. read more

My husband and I were very very disappointed today. We've been going to Alley Connection for 28 years, mainly for lunch. We do take-out most of the time and we know exaclty what to expect...great service and great food. Today we ordered 2 orders of the pork & noodle soup and an order of wontons. We opened the styrofoam container the soup comes in and they were both half full, containing mainly noodles and onions and hardly any broth. One didn't have any pork, and neither of them had any greens to speak of. He called to complain and he was told, "we can give you more soup." Well it wasn't worth the drive back. Our thoughts are that maybe it's under new management/ownership?? $26.00... really? We'll never go back! read more

This was the best Chinese restaurant in which I've ever eaten. The service was tremendous with a smile.

Absolutely my favorite Chinese food. I've been eating here since they opened years and years ago and I can say there is nothing that compares. The egg rolls, tomato crab bisque soup, and low mein are the best. I drive eight hours to get here and it's always the best food I can find in the Flathead Valley. The signage said they were short staffed but we had great service and the food came quickly. I look forward to enjoying their food until the doors close and it will forever be my favorite Chinese food. Every time I come to Kalispell I will make a point to stop here. read more

Please don't make the same mistake I did by going to this restaurant and spending 20 bucks for what they call "Chinese food." I ordered a combination fried rice...I could count the few tiny pieces of pork, chicken and scallions mixed in with 2 cups of white rice. Why call it crispy lemon chicken if you're gonna drench it in lots of lemon sauce-soggy lemon chicken to me. Portion so small. You are better off at a Pandas Express for both cost, taste and presentation! read more

Great meals today. Everything was PERFECT, like it's been for 30 years. Best Barbeque pork ever, so tender. Coming next week. read more

I can't tell if some reviewers are being cruel, or are just too 'foodie' for their own good. My wife and i are from a major city in Canada where we have a huge Chinese population, so we eat a lot of Chinese food. Every year were in eat we visit Kalispell we always eat here and always leave satisfied. The ginger chicken and potstickers are fantastic. It's not fine dining, but its not pretending to be. Just great food and friendly service. read more

The food is NOT the same under new owners. Mine was cold and tasteless. Please think again if you plan on a meal from Alley Connection.

A lovely woman named Carol served me a delicious chinese dish: Long island scallops with vegetables. I ordered the combination rice and asked for it to be extra spicy. I got the veggie roll appetizer which included a sesame hot mustard sauce. The price was reasonable and the service excellent. I will be back soon read more

The Alley Connection - Long Island Scallops with combo rice and veggies. - Chinese Near Me - Kalispell, Montana

fried rice was average at best. after a good deal of searching i actually found a piece of chicken in my Szechuan chicken dinner. Egg rolls were slightly warm! Blah! read more

Ketchup mixed into orange chicken concoction.... Waitress confirmed Enough said . read more

I have been to the connection a few times, mostly take out as the atmosphere leaves something to be desired, IMO. It's always good and most items are reasonably priced. Be sure to get the egg rolls and pot stickers if you have room for extras! read more

The Alley Connection - Combinations and dinners - Chinese Near Me - Kalispell, Montana

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Staying at the hotel next door and it was snowing, so we went next door. The name sounds generic. When we sat down and opened the menu it was Chinese cuisine. We thought let's try it. My order a steak with salad and steamed vegetables, while I ordered Sesame Chicken. Wait was short and the food came and it was delicious. The steak was well seasoned and the veggies were cooked yet crisp. The Sesame Chicken was excellent, good flavor and lightly bread chicken cooked in a Wok. It is fresh cooked and very good, the price was fair. The only issue is the time on the door said they closed at 5 and we're open even after we left at 7:30. read more

I just moved here from LA and this is the best Chinese food I've had in a long time. And the service is on the same level.

Delicious food! The shrimp curry, sweet sour chicken, steam rice, with two orders of egg rolls! That's what we always get. Best spot to eat affordable Asian plates! read more