My husband and I get takeout from here often and the food is always great. The service is always speedy and the staff is great at accommodating food allergies. We've eaten in a few times and it's cozy and has decorations that appear to be authentic. This is the best Chinese restaurant in the south end! read more

It's been around for a long time. The food is consistently very good. I have had food from there either inside or take out or most recently now delivered. Have not been disappointed. read more

Loved this place! Came here for a late dinner and it was just what we needed on a cold night. Their food was delicious and the service was excellent and FAST. Everything was hot and flavorful and the portions are big enough for left overs which we've enjoyed the next day and it's just as good. Most dishes come with rice and a soup. The soups are hot and delicious as well. My absolute favorite was their salt baked shrimp with chili. Not too spicy but it does have a kick. It's garlicky, salty, and just so flavorful and you get a big portion of shrimp. Their sesame chicken was also really good. Crispy, sweet and filling. Definitely coming back soon. read more

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I've passed by and pondered on Flower Drum many many times. Finally, I've decided to give them a try. I ordered the food to be delivered but I was still satisfied. The portions are HUGE. I definitely did not have to order two meals but I wanted to try both, so no regrets ofcourse. I ordered the shrimp fried rice with extra egg. They took the extra egg request verrryyy seriously as you can see from my photo. I'm not mad about it but I won't request that again LOL. I also ordered the Almond Boneless Chicken. I've never tried ABC before but saw many positive comments about this dish of theirs. Overall, I enjoyed all the food I ordered. It was so hot when it was delivered, so I ate both (as much as my stomach could handle) right away. The fried rice was well seasoned, I did add some soy sauce to elevate the flavor a little bit. The chicken for the ABC was fresh, juicy, but bland. However, over the white rice and smothered with gravy it was pretty good. I enjoyed the full combination of the meal a lot. Oh yeah, the egg roll was bomb! I look forward to trying different dishes the next time I visit. read more

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Portions were large. Food was tasty. Service was good. Prices were reasonable. A great place that reminds me of my old favorite Chinese restaurant. We will become a regular customer. read more

The Flower Drum Restaurant - Almond boneless chicken and seafood fried noodle - Chinese Near Me - Toledo, Ohio

The best Almond Boneless Chicken ever! Wonton soup and egg roll are delicious as well.

I have been a customer for 60 years. It was the best. The last time we were disappointed. We decided everyone can have an off night so we ordered take out and ended up throwing most of it out. Tasteless and no ingredients. Even the crispy noodles were bad. It's so sad, the flower drum has been a place my family had many get meals. That is over read more

Local spot, love this place one of my mom's favorites. They treat her well. She's a returning customer. She has her own table. Her favorite section. The food is great. The service is great. Would love to know more about the family history of the place absolute hands-down flower drum on byrne Road can't miss it. The lunch specials are great portion size amazing almond boneless chicken, hands-down love this place will continue to support it. The ambience is very like calm, chill peaceful just very like laid-back 70s Chinese style film from back in the day. read more

I forgot how awesome this place is! ai haven't been there in over 20 years. Took my new husband there and it was GREAT!! Friendly service and AWESOME FOOD!!! read more

Delicious food! I have been coming to Flower Drum for 30+ years. I'm so happy the dining room is open again.

The best almond boneless chicken in Toledo. The Flower Drum chicken is also wonderful, as are the szechuan chicken, Singapore noodles, princess chicken, fried rice, hot and sour soup, and eggrolls. Huge portions, great service, and great prices. read more

The Flower Drum Restaurant - Princess chicken. Loads of chicken, fresh veggies, and peanuts in a spicy sauce. - Chinese Near Me - Toledo, Ohio

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Every now and then when I eat Chinese, I'll order some spicy Szechuan, just because I like semi-hot and hot food. Usually, however, I'll order ABC, A.K.A., almond boneless chicken. Unlike much of the Chinese and American Chinese menu, ABC really seems to stick to your ribs. Flower Drum makes some of the best almond boneless chicken in town; even one of the the 1-star reviews makes an exception for the ABC! Order it and you'll get an ample portion of chicken, coated perfectly with a smooth and crunchy cornstarch based breading. It's served on a bed of lettuce with, maybe some Chinese cabbage, and it's topped with a creamy, thick brown sauce and plenty of almond slivers. You also get rice and a fortune cookie. (My fortune said "Never eat at a wet market in a city that is home to a national virology laboratory." I have no idea how Interpret that, but it sounds ominous). To be honest, I may have gotten a batch over the years that wasn't quite up to standards, and I have had better almond boneless chicken in town (Yang's, Golden City), but flower drum makes a great product. Although Chinese food travels well, and although the logistics of Flower Drum's "take out only" system seem pretty efficient, and although Flower Drum was never much on atmosphere, I'll give FD a fifth star if they reopen their dining room...sometimes I just hate eating in the car. read more

The Flower Drum Restaurant - On Byrne, north of the hill, but south of Hill. - Chinese Near Me - Toledo, Ohio

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Last time we did a pickup we both got soooo sick. Why are there no windows or eat inside anymore???? I hate to think. This used to be our favorite place. read more

I'm a long time customer since I was 12 years old and now I'm 50. Never had any bad food. I'm very fond of almond boneless chicken, shrimp Hunan, fried chicken wings and shrimp fried rice! You can't go wrong with Flower Drum!! read more

Good food. Good service. Not a very big establishment, but you can tell they work hard to please their patrons. It's not gourmet, but it is wholesome. read more

Been going there for years and each visit is as exciting as the time I was there. Have taken many friends and family there,who also agree that the food is delicious.. Very clean and friendly atmosphere and servers don't hound you while you're enjoying your order. Absolutely will be a favorite of yours if you've yet to give it a shot,so make a date with your friends or alone and you won't be disappointed. So drop the cell phones and make a plan to have yourself a great meal soon and you will thank yourself with many returns I'm sure. Give the Almond chicken dinner a try and you won't be disappointed. read more

My first initial visit, I had the shrimp fried rice and I guess you can't go wrong with that simple Chinese dish right, but now we move onto the sweet-and-sour chicken, which is a heap of fried tasteless mess with bleached out sticky rice... this dish was completely flavorless right on down to the pathetic pieces of green peppers, pineapples and rotten carrots that they attempted to add into the dish for freshness, but to no prevail, it took every ounce of dignity not to spew my meal onto the floor. Would I recommend this place for basic dishes such as shrimp fried rice that in which a five-year-old could cook at home in a a magic wok? YES? , but for the big boys like the hibachi and stirfry, I would not recommend this place. Looks a little rundown and shabby, located in the low end of town, and if you go there after dark, you might get more than a bad meal if you know what I mean read more

After seeing a ton of praises for The Flower Drum on social media we decided to try it tonight. This is my family's new favorite Chinese restaurant in town!!! We ordered egg rolls, almond boneless chicken, shrimp egg foo young, chicken fried rice, egg drop soup, shrimp balls with noodle soup, shrimp lo mein, and crispy beef. Everything was hot and full of flavor. Plus, they made their own hot mustard and sweet and sour sauce! BONUS! The prices are super reasonable. Everyone there was so helpful and nice. Can't wait to go back! read more

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I'm in Toledo for work & this is by far the Best Chinese I've had, hands down! I generally order the egg foo young with fried rice & egg rolls. The food taste is always consistent. The food is always hot & fresh. You will NOT be disappointed. read more

Sesame beef was grayish in color with what looked like chicken or undercooked breading in it. It was mushy and tasted sweet. The egg foo young was not too bad but the gravy was very thin and watery. Sorely disappointed as the parking lot was full and reviews were good. read more

Doesn't looks like a great place to eat... but looks are deceiving... I've been eating here for over 30 years...

We ordered thru door dash for a friday evening meal. The order arrived and I had paid online but reminded the driver that I had added a 20% tip. Her reply was the restaurant told her there was no tip. Egg Fu Yung paties had the shrimp floating on top instead of inside the patties. I dont know what was in the patties but it was not bean sprout and egg. The rice it came with was in a half pint container which isn't enough for 3 patties. Once we began eating we all knew the shrimp was "off" by that I mean it was on the verge of spoiled and you could taste it in the first bite. All of the food went into the garbage can. Besides scamming the delivery drivers of their tips and selling spoiled food they won't get our business ever again. read more

This has continually been one of the best Chinese restaurants in town. I have watched the quality at other Asian restaurants rise and fall over the years, but Flowed Drum has excelled with consistency. To experience this you must order off the special Chinese menu if you want to sample their skill. The hot and sour soup is legendary, robust and loaded with pork and tofu. It is a meal by itself. Their seafood soup is bursting with more subtlety. Ginger and other spices combine with delicate tiny mushrooms and assorted seafood and delicately overwhelm your mouth with flavor. The hot poached fish in a steaming bowl of broth, noodles and cabbage is tender and spicy, a perfect dish. Be adventurous and you will be rewarded. read more

My first time eating take out from here although I've always lived less than a five minute drive away from this establishment...and it was pretty good. No big complaints. Food was prepared timely, price was reasonable, and everything was tasty with plenty of flavor. Situated in an OK location. Building seemed old but clean. Dining area was full of people during lunch hour, which I appreciated seeing as it was my first time in the restaurant. Menu seemed extensive, they have so many dishes to choose from that it was hard for me to decide! Anyway, I'm sure I'll check out other items on their menu as time goes on. read more

The Flower Drum Restaurant - Almond chicken with gravy and fried rice/the egg roll omitted. - Chinese Near Me - Toledo, Ohio

Egg foo young was overdone but it was still good and portions were bigger than expected

Some of the best hot and sour soup I've ever had. The beef hot pot is delicious. A new favorite of mine is the salt baked shrimp and squid. These dishes are found on the Chinese menu, not the American Chinese menu. The fortune cookies are the best I've had. read more

I used to love going to Flower Drum. I've gone a couple of times this year and it's exactly the same...EXACTLY the same. No updates probably hasn't been cleaned since the summer of '97. But the food was good. WAS good. I always get Almond Boneless Chicken and some of the chicken was so hard that I couldn't even eat it. I hope I just had a bad batch. I'd hate to delete this off my list. read more

I was really excited to try a place that actually had some authentic chinese dishes on the menu, I bought some of my friends and encountered something really odd. My wife and I had the tea smoked duck which was pretty good, my friends went for the more traditional chinese fare, got Almond Chicken and Chop suey, even for an Americanized dish this was the worst tasting crap I have ever seen assembled at a chinese restaurant. I have heard of catering to Americans, but brown gravy in your almond chicken and chop suey is outlandish. Both were horrible and the brown gravy on both tasted the same which means they propably use a common stock. Never going back there!!! read more

I have been going to Flower Drum since I was 10 years old. It is by far the best Chinese restaurant I've ever been to, and every time I am in town I have to go there. I like the lo mein a lot, either beef or chicken. They use fine noodles and crisp vegetables. Delicious!! The fried rice is very flavorful. When I met my husband, he did not like Chinese food at all. When I got him to try Flower Drum, he loved it! He likes the general tso chicken, they make it a different way than I've seen at any other restaurant. Their egg drop soup is fantastic, and we always order fried wonton as an appetizer. It tastes great dipped in the soup. The staff is great, and the waitress recognizes us every time we come in. I highly recommend this place, and wish there was one up in Auburn Hills. read more

This is the best chinese for a reasonable price. the women taking orders aren't the most friendly but professional and pleasant enough. but that's how you know it's good chinese food. they are so busy for the random little building they work from on Byrne. read more

This place hidden on Byrne Rd is one of the best local spots in town. I love the family business model. Always fresh. Our favorite is the crispy beef with broccoli. We will be back and recommend you to everyone We know. Keep up the good work. Thank You! From our firm to yours! read more

My boyfriend and I went here for lunch and almost turned around because it looked run down and we weren't sure. We ended up walking in, and it looked pretty nice on the inside. Amazing food, I got the Szechuan chicken and my boyfriend got the general tsos. Both were very good with very large portions. Egg rolls were delicious as well. read more

Love, love, love Flower Drum. This has been my favorite for a long, long time. Everything is always great. Great service, great food.

I normally love this place, I always order the same thing because it's delicious but, I always order my meal with cashews and peapods. They charged me a $1 for each extra item (reasonable) but I get maybe 8 peapods which are extremely overcooked and I get about 5 cashews if they remember to even put them on. This last time, when I called to complain, she blamed me for the peapods being mushy. I eat Chinese food twice a week, usually do I know that peapods can cook a little more but not like THIS. Her solution was to give me 10% off my next meal. I didn't want any type of monetary discount, I just wanted them to apologize and offer to just give me extra cashews and not overly cooked peapods on my next order. This establishment should not blame me for their overcooked food. I travel about 15 miles to get to this place which proves how much I like it. read more

Great food I love their Sweet and sour chicken, Egg Rolls and their Pepper steak! Fast service! I only gave a 4 star instead of 5 star because every time I ask for no onions in my Fried rice they say it's already made up with onion but once I get it their is no onion in it but overall great place read more

The food is good! The service is always satisfying no matter how busy they are! One of the nicest Chinese restaurants in Toledo!

Monday nites are Dinner take out! And my family rotates between Flower Drum and one other place. We love the General Tso Chicken, Chicken Fried rice and Egg rolls so much so my "soon to be mother in law" got us gift certificates for christmas! If you haven't had Flower Drum it is certainly a Must Try!! read more

Very large portions, quick service, AMAZING flavor! Plus the employees are funny, to boot. read more

This place is soooo good! They have very friendly employees that greet you right as you walk into the door and give great service. The food is delicious and filling. The energy is nice in there also. read more

Authentic Chinese food? Yes. Low quality dishes? Yes. Ample portion sizes, broad menu, but like I just previously mentioned, poor quality of food. The salt pepper pork chops were heavily breaded, and I quickly discovered that the breading was so they could cover up all the animal fat due to the low-grade meat. I also learned that more than 70% of the dish consisted of bones, which was very disappointing. Fat or bone... such a toss-up. The crispy shrimp balls were quite savory, but sadly, the accompanying shrimp chips simply lacked a certain zing. And lastly, the beef brisket with bean curd hotpot. The tofu was clearly prepared days before as it reeked of stale bean curd. The beef brisket was good, but the smell and taste of everything else made the dish itself quite unappetizing. One server was taking care of about 6-7 tables, so we had to flag her down to place our orders, never mind the refills (which never came, by the way.) In conclusion, go elsewhere for authentic, regional Chinese cooking. read more