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Bill J. on:
3/19/2013 7:51:00 AM
Nothing pretentious here, just good family style food and atmosphere. Enjoyed the General Tso's Prawns (you have to ask), Singapore noodles, and Orange Chicken. Friendly service and we will be back.
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Tobi B. on:
3/17/2013 9:51:00 AM
Very different but good won ton, and exceptional chow fun!! We've been back twice since the first time and it's always very good. Much much better than Snappy Dragon in our humble opinion!
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Lea A. on:
2/19/2013 9:42:00 PM
We were regulars here when we lived down the street but our visits have become less frequent now that we live in the oh-so far away neighborhood of Greenlake. It's unfortunate :(Our faves have generally been the general tso's chicken, the won-ton noodle soup, moo shu chicken/pork, salt and pepper squid and lastly, hot and soup soup - and tended not to deviate much. Admittedly, the food can be pricey and some things I've ordered when I've deviated from my regulars have been less that average BUT we keep coming anyway. One of the biggest reasons is that service is great! We love these folks! And fast delivery.
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Mimi N. on:
1/25/2013 8:12:00 AM
It's with a smirk and great hilarity I write this review as I just ordered delivery from here an hour ago. I didn't want to read any reviews before ordering because I wanted to make the judgment for myself. Hungry, tired and lazy from a 10 hour work day caused me to look up Chinese food near U village/Sand Point...after deciding on what to order, called, hung up, sat on couch, 20 mins later knock knock at my door. My husband and I were confused as I have ordered from other places in the past and it always takes 60 mins on a Friday night.Ordered fried rice, beef broccoli, wonton noodle soup, and potstickers, $35 or so.First the food was totally just made because it was nice and hot!Second the portions were HUGE!The competitor down the street charges a dollar more per dish and is only a quarter of the serving.Third and READ THIS CAREFULLY: NO MSG. All those reviewers complaining about blandness, etc, yes folks- it is the result of NO MSG and I love it. My whole life we have celebrated family functions, events, holidays, with Chinese food, seeing that we are Asian, and you would think I would've have gotten use to it. But I actually have had to stop going to family functions at certain restaurants due to falling so ill after eating excessive amounts of MSG.You know that shaky, excessive thirst, heart beating slightly fast, woozy feeling? MSG.But I do know a good population of folks out there who happen to eat Chinese food because they love MSG. More power to you.Love the food, love the non MSG, love fast delivery and huge portions
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S H. on:
12/26/2012 11:19:00 AM
Some of these reviews are astounding to me. As someone who has moved all over the US, I can say that this place most closely matches (and surpasses many of) the Chinese restaurants I miss so much on the east coast. I've found that typically Chinese restaurants on the east coast are better (especially in NYC and the northeast US), and Thai food is better in the Pac NW.I am a diehard egg foo young fan, and this place has the best that I've had out of all the places I've been to in the midwest and the Pac NW by a landslide; and it even rivals many of my favorite places back east! I just had the Singapore Noodles entree tonight, and it was so good that I was tempted to go back and get another order of it! The Salt & Pepper Tofu appetizer & the vegetable fried rice is also pretty incredible (according to my fiance).The restaurant is clean, and the staff/owners are very nice. Great, friendly atmosphere, with plenty of parking.Don't listen to the bad reviews, I urge you to try it for yourself. This place is a gem! I get take out from this place 1-2 times each week. If I moved back to Bellevue, I would still make the drive to come back here often.
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Yooli H. on:
12/15/2012 5:32:00 AM
We've been at least 8-9 times. Kids and I love the Won Ton Noodle Soup, orange chicken, and fried rice. The hong kong style chow mein and moo shoo are great. Chinese broccoli in garlic sauce is good too. It's Taiwanese style which is good because it's not so salty. We will be back again!
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Samantha K. on:
11/11/2012 12:50:00 AM
Good food & fast delivery
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Marcin P. on:
10/13/2012 3:42:00 PM
Under-spiced and over-priced.Somewhat of a disappointment. The place makes no pretense about serving anything other than americanized chinese food, and there's a time and a place for that, but this isn't the place.I had their hot and sour soup, which left a lot to be desired in both the hot and the sour departments. Next was their General Tso's chicken. While fried nice and crispy, the sauce was nowhere near spicy enough. For the $17 that the meal cost, I could have done much better.
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mizz g. on:
10/13/2012 11:27:00 AM
After skimming through the reviews, I gave Yummy Cafe the benefit of the doubt! Boy was I wrong. I ordered the ginger beef, green beans with spice, and house fried rice. None of them were good! If you are a Chinese restaurant you are suppose to get at least FRIED RICE right. There was nothing "fried" about this rice. It was white rice with meat and peas and carrots! The ginger beef and green beans with spice are BLAND! Seattle has a huge Asian community so moving here from Florida, I expected AMAZING Chinese food! Boy was I wrong! The take-out Chinese in Florida is 100x better than Yummy Cafe there's more flavor and more sass in the ingredients. The food from Yummy Cafe is bland and boring, no substance at all, it's like they are not even trying to get you to order from them again! I bet there are a lot of one time customers for this place! 35 bucks down the drain! This place is horrible!If you all know where to get good Chinese food around the University District, let me know!
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Greg D. on:
7/13/2012 9:27:00 PM
Service was excellent, staff was very nice. Food was very bland, very blah. Would not visit again.
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Virginia C. on:
7/3/2012 2:43:00 AM
5best chinese that i've had in seattlefreshdelicious vegetablesgreat servicegreat chinese yay!
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Eric C. on:
6/26/2012 9:40:00 PM
I'm a big fan of this place. While it's small and I generally wait a little longer than I normally do at other places, the food is excellent. I've tried at least 5 entrees from the menu and liked all of them which is rare for me.If you look below the counter at the register they have some award for a higher standard of healthiness to the food. I think it has something to do with the salt or fat content because it doesn't taste as salty or greasy as most Chinese cuisine.If you like lemongrass chicken, this place has the best I've ever had.
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Peequi P. on:
5/22/2012 12:14:00 PM
Yum yum. Pretty authentic also. Probably one of the better Chinese place outside of china town.
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Heather D. on:
3/16/2012 2:34:00 PM
I usually have such a difficult time digesting Chinese food, however, the food here was different. It was edible and it was good. I'm glad I discovered it because I had been looking for a place that served 1. Americanizedish chinese food and 2. didn't make me feel sick. It also wasn't too spendy either. This is the perfect neighborhood Chinese food place.
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Rodney L. on:
3/7/2012 4:00:00 PM
This place has beckoned from a distance a number of times over the past couple years as I passed on the Burke-Gilman Trail. The conspicuous display of Chinese orthography made its usual mysterious promises about sweet sauces, tender meats and exotic vegetables prepared in exotic ways that in this case the Yummy Cafe couldn't keep.First of all, getting into the place was treacherous. The wheelchair ramp seems like a perfunctory afterthought. It lets out right next to some landscaping that I would surely fall into if my tire slipped. This is a lawsuit waiting to happen not only for Yummy Cafe but perhaps for the neighboring fire station as well.Right out of the gate the tea was excellent. Among subtle flavors I think I could discern hints of lavender and jasmine. It had just the right level of bitter. The food was pretty bland, however. We had the Dinner for Two which came with orange beef and General Tso's chicken. The beef itself was sub par, the orange sauce was too sweet and not enough orange. The chicken was dry and flavorless and the sauce didn't taste anything like what I was used to. My friend says the bathroom was cleanI give this place two stars because of the very gracious and accommodating staff and because I am curious enough to come back and try some other items.
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A M. on:
2/9/2012 10:25:00 AM
Great little Chinese place. Nothing too fancy, but if you're looking for reasonably priced tasty Americanized Chinese food, this is the place to go.My wife and I ordered the dinner for two and we substituted the string bean chicken in. It's not on the menu, but we wanted a very flavorful chicken dish and they decided to make something off-menu for us. Sweet and sour soup was great, egg rolls were good, but the BBQ pork was very disappointing. That is the only reason they get 4/5 stars. It was basically little pieces of pork chop served with ketchup, mustard and sesame seeds.For entrees we got the string bean chicken and the orange beef. Both were delicious and very flavorful. And to top it off, even the fortune cookies tasted above average. We'll definitely be coming back here at least for take-out and delivery.
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Eric P. on:
1/30/2012 1:38:00 AM
Well, Another try, another disappointment. Damn, can't anybody get anything right ?We wanted to try this because of positive reviews posted but, we ordered the lunch specials, nice portions, orders were completely wrong, wrong entrees, wrong soups ?Really ? food is oily and pretty bland. I guess that's the world we live in, " I'll take your money and not deliver what I promise" ???
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Dave on:
2009-07-07
A lovely little chinese restaurant located, not in the U-district as urbanspoon would have you believe, but in Sandpoint, right across the street from the Met Market. Tasty Mooshu pork (they wrap the pancakes for you), good mongolian beef, ...?
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monkey68 on:
2008-07-05
This is definitely my favorite Chinese restaurant. The food is great! Light and tasty, not heavy and greasy. But almost as important to me is the feeling of a restaurant. They are a wonderful family and always make me feel as though they are ...?
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alex4278 on:
2005-11-07
I live just a few blocks away and order about twice a month. I have had a hard time finding good Chinese food I like and I love the Honey Dragon. Regarding a previous review, I have had one mess up order and Andy took care of the mistake by ...?
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alephx01 on:
2005-10-27
I'll have to disagree with the negative review here. I order delivery from them at least once a week, and they have never messed up an order. The service and food have been consistent and timely (many times within 20-45 minutes from ...?
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troutonfly on:
2005-03-23
Too often now we've walked down the hill to pick up a dinner order and found what's in the bag is half our order, half someone else's. The beef fried rice in a vegetarian order was at once a nice touch and the final straw. ...?
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Anonymous on:
2008-09-24
Best chinese food ever....Salt and Pepper Chicken ..currys are so good...chief did a great job....Iam loving it.
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magnus100 on:
2008-07-02
The staff is friendly and nice. Excellent chinese food that makes my chinese in-laws happy.
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chrisrw68 on:
2008-05-29
I love Yummy Cafe. Vivian and her family are wonderful hosts and always make me feel at home. There food is always great and fresh. Not greasy and over spiced like many others. Always a bright and cheerful place to get away from dreary Seattle weather. :-)
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duke on:
2008-05-14
food is fresh and just so goooood!!! my husband and I just love the food there. the seafood is fresh; the beef is very tender. my favoite is the Singapore Rice Noodle and the Vegetarin Fried Rice.
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din_huang on:
2008-05-10
The food taste are excellent. Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings are yummy. After my first visit being there, I would love to go dine out there again and again.
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kanth7 on:
2008-05-07
Vivien and her family continue to provide the tastiest food around. Everything is fresh, authentic, and wonderful. The service is excellent, and they always remember our favorite dishes. This is the only restaurant I have ever allowed to pick my dishes when I feel adventurous and want to try something new. I've found many wonderful favorites that way and have never been dissappointed.
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winniehuang on:
2008-05-06
They always knows what we want excellent food and exellent staff.
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pinaibaby on:
2008-05-06
The new owners are wonderful! It is a welcome change from the last management. We have tried just about everything on the menu, and have not found anything that wasn't perfect -- just like being in China! Recommend it to ANYONE!!!
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aaron4748100 on:
2008-05-02
Humph...i dont agree...last time i went there food was terrible...some of the rice was hard like an rock.... don't know whut u guys talking bout....-.-
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marksullivanlaw on:
2008-05-01
One of the best Chinese Restaurants I've eatin in. The owners are very friendly, the food is the best I've found, the service and cleanliness are excellent. I'd recommend this restaurant to anyone.
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debleevaughn on:
2008-04-29
My son loves it there because of their noodles and they are always very kind to kids there making it a great family restaurant.
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