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Yen's Chinese Restaurant

3.3 (205 reviews)
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Closed • 11:00 am - 8:30 pm

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Moderate noise
Outdoor seating
Good for kids
Happy hour specials

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Combo Dinner 6

Delicious food! Hot and tasted fresh. Warm, inviting restaurant. Will definitely be back. Service was friendly.

This is sesame chicken? I don't think so.
Brad F.

Oh Yens. What has become of you. Used to be our go to place, but wow has it slipped! Tonight was the final straw. My dad liked his shrimp fried rice, but the pork fried rice was....not good, to say the least. The pork was SUPER dry and had a weird, sickly-sweet taste to it. We ate about 1/4 of it and threw the rest out. The kicker, though, was the "sesame chicken" that was anything but. Instead of what most people would expect (brown, sticky, sweet sauce with sesame seeds, we got plain breaded fried chicken pieces (like you would get if you ordered sweet and sour) with.....3 plastic containers of ketchup on the side. Not a sesame seed in sight. I thought they might have made a mistake and sent us sweet and sour sauce by accident, but no. It's ketchup. When I called, they tried to tell me that this was normal and that it was "homemade" ketchup, and that they include it with soy sauce and sesame seeds (which weren't there) so we can make our own sauce to put on the chicken. Yeah right, pull the other leg, it plays jingle bells. The upside is that they refunded the cost of the sesame chicken, which is nice becasue I tried a piece of the chicken and it was GREASY as it could be. If I had tried the rice before calling, I would have asked for a refund for it as well. Pretty terrible, and it pains me to say that because I used to love this place. Do better.

Yesenia B.

This place has horrible food and service. The food was greasy and the flavors were off. The large portions did not make up for the low food quality. Also, $6 for a mediocre cup of egg soup is ridiculous. Never going back again.

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Elizabeth G.

One of my friends from Ohio loves Chinese American food, including Lemon Chicken, Honey Walnut Shrimp, Egg Foo Young, Broccoli Chicken and Egg Drop Soup. Yen's is his favorite Chinese restaurant in the Portland Metro Area. I, on the other hand like Shiitake Black Mushroom Beef, War Wonton, Shrimp with Lobster Sauce and Moo Goo Gai Pan. As a Chinese American, I also love their Tomato Beef Curry Chow Mein. Chinese American food is it's own authentic cuisine. It's down home country comfort food for some of us. Yen's is our favorite Chinese restaurant to meet half way since the menu is quite diverse, and the portions are large. If you don't see what you want on the menu, you can ask them if they can make it for you, especially if you know the Chinese name. For diversity, they have an American Food section on their menu, which includes hamburgers, fries, mashed potatoes, grilled cheese sandwiches, fish & chips, and chicken nuggets. This works when your dinner date only eats American food. I must admit, Yen's food is really good. Yen's is open for indoor dining. They have 4 rows of booths, which helps with social distancing and privacy. Yen's also has a large private dining room perfect for meetings or parties. Diagonal street parking makes it easy to park.

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Great food as always Moved to AZ 11 years ago and nothing compares to this fresh Chinese food file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/fe/14/3046F76E-AD1A-44FC-8824-02BB4D8CA979/IMG_5344.heic

General tso lunch special. Lots of food. (My bowl from takeout)

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If I could give a 0 I would. Not nice at the counter and quality just isn't there. Your better off at panda or a better ran spot.

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Decided to give this place a try but Food was bland, dry and poorly packaged. Definitely won't be coming back.

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1 year ago

The chicken chow mein is the best. The veggies are crisp and crunching and the flavor is excellent.

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Great food. Quick service. Worth a trip for the orange chicken alone. Tea is tasty too.

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got cut off after one beer because I was too red. I m a welder/fabricator. ruined the whole dinner night... just got up and left.

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One of my favorite Portland area restaurants for Chinese cuisine. Large portions, excellent service.

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I love this place so much, the food portions are awesome and so is the food, i have never had a bad meal there !!!

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Very bland tasteless food. I will look elsewhere for some flavor. There is no seasoning that I could taste at all.

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