The Clever Koi

★★★★☆ 4.2 (2031) • $$

"My family and I went to this location last week Thursday after 6 PM. Our daughter found this location via TikTok and Her. The food was very good. This location is very small, but they do have parking behind the restaurant and have a partner restaurant next-door for sushi and drinks as well. We had to wait about an hour or so for our table to be available because they were very busy . After we were seated, our server was amazing and the manager kept checking on our table as well and thanking us for the patience while we were waiting for our table of seven. We start order with chicken Ramen with scrambled egg instead of a soft egg to pork Ramen, the fried rice dish, the calamari fries and a catfish dish as well. All of our food had large portions very filling and delicious. Only complaint is the fried rice lack seasoning and needed more flavor. Also, the sodas come in cans with the glass at the table with ice so no free refills, unfortunately. We will definitely be back again and Her they have certain specials throughout the week which we would love to enjoy ."

Bei

★★★★☆ 4.3 (1075) • $$

"I came here for happy hour and I was not disappointed. They had so many options on happy hour, and it goes until 7pm. It was very busy when we went, but our server did a great job of making sure we got everything we needed. We enjoyed some delicious appetizers and sushi rolls. They even have a robot bring you out your food. I would definitely come back!"

Malee's Thai Bistro

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1256) • $$

"Pros:Ample dining rooms with beautiful decorWalkable to restaurant from Old Town centerCons:Drunken Dragon lettuce wrap was only average for me; nothing special about the flavorsSiamese Kiss dumpling had good texture, but I've had better at other dim sum places; again nothing that wowed meBasil chicken - good flavors, but tasted like Panda Express chickenPro tip:Glad to see this Asian restaurant that has been a mainstay in the area for over a decade. I'd go out and support this place just on this alone."

George & Son's Asian Cuisine

★★★★☆ 4.2 (786) • $$

"For some reason, the duo of Yelp and Google Maps tag teamed us to the opposite side of the freeway, into a school parking lot, maybe?I may have gone into this experience with too high of hopes, because looking back on the experience, it was just ok. Not disappointing, but not stunning.The Miona's Special Chicken for $14.99 was vibrant, I'll give it that... but I was told there was going to be some spice. It was good, sweet and crisp, but no spice.The $14.99 egg foo young with pork was fluffy and satisfying. I enjoyed the pork potstickers.I'd come back again."

Wong's Chinese Cuisine

★★★★☆ 4.4 (713) • $$

"This review is for take out only The orange chicken is a MUST ORDER anytime you go to Wongs! The crab puffs & fried rice are also both delicious! The staff is always very friendly and attentive! If you're ordering takeout on a Friday or Saturday night you may not be able to get through because they're always extremely busy!"

Hawaiian BBQ Nishikawa Ramen

★★★★☆ 3.9 (788) • $$

"Update: Menu has been updated!We haven't been here in some time but my daughter wanted to go for her birthday. We were seated promptly and missed the dinner rush that arrived shortly after us. Our waitress came with water while we browsed through the menu. We noticed that it said Hawaiian bbq and ramen. We asked our waitress and she had explained that it was only about a week that they had started the bbq. My husband and I were equally happy because we had thought it was a little warm out for ramen. He ended up ordering kalbi (short ribs), I ordered bbq chicken and fried shrimp. My daughters ordered ramen and spam musubi's. We all enjoyed our food and the girls even ordered a 2nd kids ramen to share because they loved it and still a little hungry. Everything came out quickly and hot. We'll be back if and when we're in the area. The Hawaiian bbq was a great addition!! If you haven't been yet, you need to stop by."

Clever Koi

★★★★☆ 4.1 (649) • $$

"Hubs and I visited back on a weeknight in January. It was a chilly night and we were craving some warmth and ramen. We've heard great things about Clever Koi so we decided to give them a try.We arrived close to 8 pm and though there were other diners there, the place was not at all busy. We were greeted and seated right away. The space has a nice romantic vibe.We ordered the following:Korean fried mushroomsCalamari friesVegan ramen + soft egg x2The Korean fried mushrooms came with maitake mushrooms, daikon sprouts, red sriracha vinaigrette, and sesame seeds. They were very crunchy and tasty, especially with the vinaigrette! The calamari fries came with tempura calamari, mint, furikake, and yuzu aioli. Another tasty app. Hubs and I both ordered the same entree, vegan ramen with a soft egg. Though I appreciated the generous portion and amount of veggies (it was loaded!), I unfortunately did not love the flavor. I would have also preferred a creamier broth. I've heard their ramen is really good, so maybe I just ordered the wrong one.Nonetheless, we had a great experience and would definitely return. There's so much to try!"

Veggie Village

★★★★★ 4.7 (460) • $$

"My goodness! Now... I saw the photos and said this looks just like the food I used to eat when I ate meat... let me see how good it is. First of all, everything on the menu sounds delicious. I got the General Tso Chicken and that first bite... oh my. It had a good crunch on it and then went tender and the flavor... ON POINT! If I was staying in AZ longer, I would have gone back and tried all the things. The drinks are also delicious. I grabbed a pink passion. Since I dined in, I had to control my food dancing but trust me when I say you need to visit this spot. Seems like they do a lot of to-go orders but sitting inside is peaceful. When I came in I was greeted and seated instantly. The staff was very attentive. I also appreciated the level of care around cleanliness. This will be a stop every time I'm in town. Any wait to bring a travel buddy with me."

Flo's - New Asian Cuisine

★★★★☆ 3.7 (629) • $$

"Delicious food and fast service! We went in on Sunday lunch. There are lots of people but their service is so fast and efficient. The hot and sour soup is so delicious. I like that the soup is heavy on sour and less on spicy and salty. The crab puff is tasty with my favorite red sauce. There are an option to choose lunch side or normal dinner side. We chose normal side and got some leftovers. The kang pao chicken is not spicy and they put black bean sauce in it. This is new for me but tasty. The cinnamon shrimp has interesting name. I can taste cinnamon in this sweet sauce. These two dishes go together very well, one is salty and one is sweet. The black hot tea is strong but comforting."

Wild Ginger Asian Bistro

★★★★☆ 4.3 (460) • $$

"My husband and I tried this place tonight for the very first time. The food was hot, fresh and tasty. The portions are a good size and the prices are fantastic. We highly recommend this place for your next Asian cuisine outing. Higley and Guadalupe."

Rock Lobster

★★★★☆ 3.7 (599) • $$

"Fresh sashimi....yes, please! I've driven past this place a few dozen times and never made it in until this weekend. It was super clean and decent parking (I went right when they opened on Saturday). Our server was really nice, attentive, and on top of our lunch service. Sashimi sampler plate was really fresh and decent cuts, except for the octopus. Unfortunately, it was very chewy. Even my mom was saying she might choke because it's not breaking down as we're chewing. Music was a little too loud when we walked in, but perhaps it was just on at the level from the night before, Friday night club scene. Otherwise, between 1 lunch special, sashimi sampler, and vegetable tempura with 2 waters tab was $170, not including tip. It was slightly overpriced, in my opinion. We had the option to sit anywhere and it was very nice to get to sit inside and still get some outdoor fresh air and sun....the magic table that gets the best of both worlds is in the corner table, bench seating right on the edge of inside and outside. You'll thank me later, you're welcome, ha. Would still come back based on our service and freshness with their sashimi."

Orient Sushi Grill

★★★★☆ 4 (454)

"We dropped in to satisfy a craving for sushi and we were NOT disappointed. The rolls were fresh and made to order. The rolls were displayed nicely on the plates. Service was interesting, but attentive. The restaurant was very busy and that's always a good sign. They are pricey but worth it if you enjoy an all you can eat sushi experience. The place has a family vibe and looked clean."

George & Son's Asian Cuisine

★★★★☆ 3.9 (471) • $$

"I found this restaurant on Yelp a while ago and finally stopped by for the weekend lunch. They are not busy and the food comes out super fast.I like that they offer many different type of soup in an individual cup, not a big bowl. We got hot & sour soup and Tom yum soup. They are tasty.All of the food we ordered are delicious. The portion is huge so we got leftovers to go. Their gramma's salad is unique and delicious. I like the taste of dried chili on every bite. The rangoon chicken has delicious curry-like sauce. The shrimp miona is crunchy with sweet red sauce."

Udon Thai

★★★★☆ 4.2 (308) • $$

"It has been almost 15 years since my last review of LTC, and it is still going strong! This location is close to the Phoenix Rising Youth Stadium where my son practices soccer multiple nights a week, so it's easy to dine in or take out. My daughter and I recently dined in... We shared salted edamame, fresh rolls with shrimp, and the mixed veggies with chicken (and added eggplant). It was all delicious and we had some leftovers to share with my husband and son as well.Service is always friendly and I love supporting this family owned business whenever I get a chance! I hope you will too. Enjoy!"

Bangkok Thai

★★★★☆ 4.1 (319) • $$

"This is one of the best hole in the wall restaurants I love coming to, such a quiet, peaceful, delicious food!!! My go to's are always "Tom kha" soup with chicken as a protein, you can always choose your spice level, Pad thai (YUMMY) & All their curry's are the best!! Service is very nice and fast, it is a family owned restaurant and super homey vibes! Everyone is so sweet, specially the owners! This is my go to place! Come check it out for yourself, you WILL come back!"

Sun Asian Kitchen

★★★★☆ 3.6 (379) • $$

"Had dinner last night, and everything was excellent. Started with chicken dumplings and hot &sour soup. Yummy! Entrees: lemon chicken - lightly breaded, lots of white meat, delicious sauce. Lemon pepper chicken - very flavorful, ample chicken. To go containers are both microwavable and recyclable. Place was getting pretty busy when we left. Glad to see the support for local, small businesses."

Yucca Tap Room

★★★★☆ 4 (306) • $$

"Love love love this place! Amazing place to see up-and-coming, bands, or even open mic night, DJ night is always fabulous and hilarious. The bar staff is amazing, especially Dan the bartender who is so super friendly! And don't get me started on the food! All the tacos are delicious, my friend loves the cheesy mac & cheese balls, i've had the pulled pork sandwich, and that is super delicious.. so barbecuyy and yummy! Menu prices are great and very affordable. Today I'm excited to have the fry bread which is described as crispy, Golden, and topped with honey, cinnamon and powdered sugar. What heaven am I in?? I sooo love it here!"

Yoko's

★★★★☆ 4.4 (251) • $$

"I've past by here quite a bit during my college days and didn't really know about this place. Well back in the area for a while and wanted to see what kind of places people were recommending in the area.Ive been to Japan lived there, been all over asian. I'll tell you this, it is NOT japanese food at all. They may have 1 or 2 items (yakisoba) that you may find in Japan or Japanese restaurants but these are more American style "asian" fast food more toward Chinese style.Got a combo C to try a few things at this sitting. House chicken is basically chopped up grilled chicken in a "chop suey" style stir fry with cabbage slivers of cabbage mushroom and broccoli. Tossed in a heavy soy type sauce. Imo was very salty and didn't finish it. I do not like wasting food and try to take things home etc but actually left the rest behind.2nd item in the combo is Kaum Poong Kee. I've never heard of this dish before so really wanted to try this. Thick heavy tempura style batter chicken tossed in a sweet slightly spicy soy sauce. It was very heavy and the sauce was too much for me. I left a few pieces behind as well. Was super crunchy and freshly fried however. Overall was just too much salt for me. Maybe a simple teri chicken bowl would be better options here.If this is what you been going to for years more power to you and thank you for supporting small businesses but not for me sorry."

Sushi Crush

★★★★☆ 4.3 (238) • $$

"After an appointment in the area and wanting to try a new place for sushi for lunch, found this place on Yelp. We were greeted right away and our server was very kind and attentive the entire time. They have a great lunch menu. Hubby and I both chose the Lunch Sushi Crush $13.75 which consists of miso soup, salad, 4 pieces of nigiri, 8 pieces of California roll and 8 pieces of spicy tuna roll. It was a ton of food and what a great value! My favorite was the tuna nigiri with a bit of real wasabi on top. It was so buttery and melted in my mouth. We were both very full and still had 11 pieces of California roll and 7 pieces of spicy tuna roll left over! I loved their decor, atmosphere, and how friendly everyone is. Will definitely be back when I'm in the area again."

Da Valley Grill

★★★★☆ 4 (263) • $

"Love this place. I have driven by many times. This time I stopped to check it out. Hawaiian/Asian fusion. Sign me up. Prices are good, portions were nice. The Jalapeño Roll is my favorite! The short beef ribs were delicious. Also Cream cheese ragoons bomb! It does get busy at certain times but the owners are so nice. They are working hard. Thank you for all you do. Glad to have found you. I have only ordered- my food to go, as it is a tad bit small inside. Casual setting. Food is fabulous!"

Fusion Tea Lounge

★★★★★ 4.7 (190) • $

"This place is great quality compared to other places around town.. everything I've tried was good"

Fu Belly

★★★★★ 4.5 (197) • $$

"Took my dad here for some lunch. The place was clean and only a couple more groups in there. We were greeted right away and it is seat yourself.We ordered the spring rolls with pork and shrimp, wonton noodle soup and vermicelli bowl. The spring rolls were nice and fresh, and the peanut sauce was on point. I have noticed some places have maybe overproduced peanut sauce and it is really watery but not Fu Belly!My dad loved his wonton noodle soup and finished every drop. He already wants to come back here.Overall friendly service, good prices and portions. Definitely recommend!"

Hon Machi Sushi and cocktails

★★★★☆ 3.8 (251) • $$

"Super goodService was great. Sushi bento was 19.99 and I love their green tea. Restaurant is small but late lunch it was empty and quiet."

Uncle Qwik Chinese & Dumpling

★★★★☆ 3.6 (226) • $

"Food is always fresh made and still hot after delivery! Employees, (owners?), are always super nice and helpful!We substituted the Steamed White Rice in our Sweet & Sour Chicken meal, for vegetable fried rice, with an upcharge,..and ordered a small side of the Steamed White Rice. Chicken is always freshly fried, packaged separately from the sauce, and it's very good!Everything is always packaged very good, and always comes with everything we need, such as forks, napkins, Soy Sauce and yummy Fortune Cookies!"

Blazin' Mongolian BBQ

★★★★☆ 4.3 (156) • $$

"The meat are unexpectedly good. The meat are lean and fresh. The veggies are good. The noodles are surprisingly the best. I put two types of egg noodles in my bowl and they came out perfect, not too soft not too soaked. The soup and rice are ok. The chocolate soft serve is delicious.We came right before they got busy. They are quick to check you in, charge for the food, and cook your food."

Mifan claypot kitchen

★★★★☆ 4.3 (121) • $$

"So, so tasty! Everything that I tasted was so yummy. I decided that I had to eat a Claypot of something (after all it's in the name), but there's a lot of good option on the menu if you want a soup too or something else. My HK claypot of chicken seemed to kick up in spicy as I ate to the bottom! Very good flavor. I also enjoyed the cauliflower dish. I could also totally get hooked on the blueberry cider (I love blueberries) and this was so tasty!! Waitstaff members were wonderful!"

Pho Vn Vietnamese Cuisine

★★★★☆ 3.9 (146)

"First time eating here and the food was surprisingly very delicious! It was just one lady working and she cooked everything herself. I went on a Wednesday night around 5pm and there was only 2 people eating there in the whole place. I think this is definitely a hidden gem. The ambiance inside is not great and it felt a little warm and it was dead silent (they need some music playing). I got the order to go and when I got home the food was still hot and all the flavors were very balanced and tasted like this woman knew what she was doing! It felt like it was a home cooked meal- very authentic! Prices weren't bad at all- very reasonably priced. Overall would eat here again but feedback to the owners is to fix inside to modernize a bit :) but support your local Pho locations!"

Blossom Kitchen

★★★★☆ 4.2 (121) • $$

"Food was amazing and presented so beautifully. We had great service while dining in a lovely restaurant."

Teazona Dumpling & Noodle Asian Kitchen

★★★★☆ 4.2 (120)

"Cool little boba shop that also sells dumplings and some other Asian foods. Went there for the soup dumplings and the shumai. Both were good. Nothing exceptional. Wish they served the food, not in to-go containers with plastic utensils. Sometimes it's difficult to use that cutlery on this style of food. All in all a good spot. Come by and check them out."

Mr Rice Asian Cuisine

★★★★☆ 4.3 (112) • $$

"Mr. Rice Asian Cuisine is one of our go-to takeout spots! Lucky for us, they are available on Ubereats in our area. Whenever the Chinese food craving hits, we just turn to Ubereats for delivery or order directly from the restaurant for takeout. We've tried a handful of different items, but our favorites are the hot and sour soup, shrimp fried rice, and Mongolian beef. The prices are very reasonable, the flavors are on point, and the portions are generous. We always, always have leftovers, and we love Chinese food leftovers.Mr. Rice has not let us down!"

The Spice Sea

★★★★☆ 4.2 (114)

"Hot, spicy, messy... Everything that I like in a meal, lol...Service was friendly and they were not busy for early dinner.I'll try to remember to skip the crawfish next time, lol... They were OK but not worth the trouble.Everything else was great."

Wok Up

★★★★☆ 3.6 (129) • $

"I decided I'm going to start doing hot and sour soup reviews lol. I stopped in here while I was waiting for my meal at Dave's Hot Chicken which is right next door. The restaurant was not overly busy but it was clean and the service was friendly. I ordered the hot and sour soup and it came out quickly. It was moderately priced but it was a nice size portion so I didn't have any problems with the price at all.I brought the soup all the way back to my house and split it with my wife it was enough for two bowls. The soup was still steaming hot when we got to the dinner table. Which is amazing.They serve the soup with a side of the fried wontons which is really impressive. I think the wontons add such a layer of complexity to the soup and flavor.I would say with the wontons this soup is one of my favorites in the east valley.The soup definitely warrants giving the food a try one of these days too. I would highly recommend stopping here and seeing what you think."

Hot Bamboo

★★★★☆ 3.7 (118)

"I thoroughly enjoyed the interaction with the staff. They were amiable and accommodating Witty any questions or recommendations. This is one of a few food trucks this business has. After finding a seating area, I tried both the dumplings and "bear" breaded with teriyaki chicken inside. The meat was far for my liking in meats. It needed to have a complimentary sauce, whether that's bbq or pineapple or teriyaki sauce, it lacked there. The dumplings were nice and hot. I ate my first one and was surprised it was the usual dumpling. That may have been my own expectation, but aside from that, it was delicious."

Chick-A-Dee

★★★★★ 4.8 (70)

"This pace has been on my list to try, finally on a Tuesday night I might to get there. I met my big sis there. It was very quiet for awhile, then they pick up later. Offering authentic and freshly prepared Thai cuisine. It is a cozy, clean, and friendly atmosphere. Their About Us is on their wall showing the best rice from Thailand, soup, chicken, etc. We ordered a bunch a food and shared everything:1. Half & Half - Steamed skinless dark and white meat chicken served with ginger garlic rice2. Clucket - Thai seasoned bite size fried chicken3. Chicken pot stickers - Fried dumplings filled with chicken4. Steamed purple rice - As known as forbidden rice ( fiber content makes it more nutritious than many varieties of white rice)The staff member told us a little about the menu. I think she was the only person working, or maybe someone was in the back? Either way, the food was good and tasty with all the right seasonings plus cooked well. I need to come back to try the other items."

Happy Jade

★★★★☆ 4.1 (78)

"When you see a mountain-sized pile of cardboard boxes used for takeaway and delivery orders, you know you're a-bao to get some good eats. ;DWe popped in for some Chinese takeout one evening, and what a delight! We ordered the Beijing beef, chicken ho fun, crab puffs, and small hot & sour soup. The car ride home was pretty torturous as the smells had me instantly salivating. The food held up well during the transport, and everything was exactly what was needed: salt, fat, acid, and heat (and I don't mean the Netflix documentary). Come by and support this local business. This sits inside a sleepy plaza, but this place is nothing to sleep on."