bamboo palace

i decided to try this place after a subpar experience at a chineeserestauranta few blocks away. looked at the menu provided on here and at the restaurant, the prices increased from on here to their in house menu. ok cost of inflation. i ordered the #2 combo dinner and the husband ordered the #5 combo dinner. so the dinners came with wonton soup. it was very yummy, very flavourful and probably the best i have had. so my dinner came with sweet and sour pork, chicken chow mein and deep fried prawns. the chicken in the chow mein was deli chicken meat sliced from a slicer vs sm. chicken chunks (pls see my picture). the sweet and sour sauce was too ketchup heavy, it needs more balance/zen. the ‘prawns’ looked like they were starved to death or anorexic. they were way to small/thin for prawns. the husband had sweet and sour pork, pork fried rice and almond chicken. the chicken was not dry at all. the pork in the rice had an aluminum flavour to it. sweet and sour pork was good and not dry, the only downer for it was what i mentioned above. would try them again to see if they can redeem themselves.

therestaurantmay not be super authentic one but tastes really good. i don't go with their lunch/dinner deals because most of them has sweet & sour pork included, but single menu items are really good such as yangzhou fried rice (shrimp and pork i believe)

i have given this place a try a few times and every time they have messed up first i ate in rather emptyrestauranttook forever to get food n service was spotty at best second time delivery got thier dried garlic pork tasted like they cooked it in burnt oil had thier fryers to high i called complained they were nice enough to comp me for something of equal or lesser value for next time but wouldn't bring a replacement so there goes half my meal finally i give them one last chance delivery again got dry garlic pork and spicy ginger beef was told it would be hour and a half hour n 45 pass n i call to see where it's at they tell me it's just left i say ok so i wait another 30 min pass and i only live like mby 5 min drive away n he arrives finally i get my food and why driver is there even getting him to feel it as it's barely even luke warm i call in and manger refuses to do anything about it saying it supposed to be that way thou the person on phone wanted to comp me for both items at least just wow ridiculous idk how these people are keeping afloat with service like this never go here n if there is a mess up don't expect them to do anything bout it

the best chinese food we have had and we order quite often from various places. nicerestaurantfor dining in as well. i would highly recommend this place

very poor service & cold food. ordered for delivery. took two hours to get the food to the door. when they arrived after the 1.5 hours (we live 10 minutes away), they had forgotten the drinks that we ordered with the food. the food was cold and oily. he then took another 40 minutes to return with the ordered drinks. upon calling therestaurantthey had the typical attitude of a bad service restaurant. too bad so sad attitude.

steer clear of this place.


-----11 feb, 2014-----

very poor service & cold food. ordered for delivery. took two hours to get the food to the door. when they arrived after the 2 hours (we live 10 minutes away), they had forgotten the drinks that we ordered with the food. the food was cold and oily. he then took another 40 minutes to return with the ordered drinks. upon calling therestaurantthey had the typical attitude of a bad service restaurant. too bad so sad attitude.

steer clear of this place.

love this restaurant. good food, good service. some favourites are crispy ginger beef, egg rolls, wonton soup and the house special chow mein, very yummy!


-----27 jan, 2014-----

i am new to abbotsford and go to the university here. i needed something affordable, quick and delicious so i googled abbotsfords top restaurants and found this place. therestaurantis laid out beautifully with wonderful waitresses. the service is quick and the food portions are huge (trust me, you will definitely have some takeout). the prices are cheap and the crispy ginger beef is definitely my favourite!! it is a must try... when you order a combination meal you also get a wonton soup, they are delicious aswell... the price of the food is totally worth trying it out, for food this cheap you can never go wrong!!!

one thing i don't understand is why thisrestaurantdidn't win the "best in town" award. the atmosphere is great, service is great, and the food is fantastic! big portions for a reasonable price. i'm so glad that they are open for lunch now. their lunch specials are yummy!! and i can't believe you can get a combo plate for under $6!!