Sam Woo BBQ Restaurant

Probably the best cantonese restaurant in San Diego: great bbq quality and taste: roast duck and chicken has been consistently good! What's more: I can order wonton/beed noodle soups and they are great too; not all cantonese restaurants here have them for some reason!

It has been a while since I've been here. But I was nearby and really needed to eat, and remembered there was a pretty cool Chinese takeout at Ranch 99, or is it 99 Ranch. I got half rice, half noodles, sweet and sour pork, and beef broccoli. This all hit the spot!!! Service was great! The woman who helped me was very patient! What I really wanted was a whole duck! LOL!Definitely worth checking out!

4/27/24. Dine in here during breakfast and lunch for cheaper eats. 4/15/24:Honey Walnut Shrimp lunch special ($15.95): light crispy batter and the honey mayo sauce was just right. They give a good amount of shrimp but wished it came with fried rice instead of steamed white rice, 4/5 stars.Soy Sauce Chicken Lo Mein ($8.50): plain Jane and more of a province dish. There is nothing wrong with simple home cooking and this is a deal nonetheless, 3/5 stars.The service was adequate, as our server was amiable and our orders came out in no time.

We came around 3'ish and a few tables were occupied. The restaurant is spacious for a small or big group. A typical Chinese restaurant with no decorations, it looks like a fish tank style with cool white light. The dishes came out fast, and the wonton noodles soup was tasty and tender. The meat in the wonton soup was firm. A few minutes later, the salted chicken was out along with a small container filled with green onion sauce. The golden color on the skin of the chicken was appealing and the taste in general was fine. The price is cheap compared to other restaurants. Good eating place if you are out of ideas about where to go and just want to fill yourself up.Payments: cash, Venmo or Zelle.

I ordered delivery from Hungry Panda, and this is my first time to try this restaurant out. It was beyond my expectations. The roasted duck is so delicious and flavorful!! Highly recommend this dish. I also loved a daikon beef tendon dish it was super larger portion, with a reasonable price. The fried rice is very large optioned and yummy too, I loved the sweet sausage inside. The red bean & mung bean drink is tasty as well.

Went here for the scoops later in the evening after 8 PM (they close at 9:30 PM). Fortunately they had a decent selection, but things were definitely not very fresh since it was near closing time. Still, it was the only game in town since the scoops at 99 Ranch closed at 7:30 PM. Overall solid quality food, plentiful proteins, and massive portions as they seem to want to try to get rid of things at the end of the day. Couple tables you can sit at too. Three scoops for $12.50 plus noodles and rice is hard to beat. Note they take cash, Venmo or Zelle only.

I got here before 11:00 due to nearby Kaiser medical appointment at 9:00. I saw they had a separate breakfast menu so I ordered the roast stuff that they are famous for noodle soup. For $8.50. Everything on the breakfast menu is $8.50. The taste was very mediocre I did ask for the duck sauce on the side but it didn't make things much better. I'd rather pay double for the beef chow fun with extra gravy they bring it in a huge casserole dish makes me so happy. This did not.

This bowl of soup was like a warm hug. I took note of when placed my order and within the same minute my noodles came out! They were piping hot! Just as I told myself I didn't want to fill up on the noodles, my duck over rice arrived. I think the duck, its sauce/juices, and the rice combined were perfect. Flavorful, tender, and slightly sweet. The lady who helped me was kind and definitely helped make my day.

Always a pleasure here. Enclosed is the catering menu as of Feb 2024. See photos. I go here very often and order catering and pay a few days in advance. I've never had an issue. Don't lose your receipts!

Bring CASH! They also accept Zelle and Venmo but cash is easiest.I came to Sam Woo's which is located inside the 99 Ranch Market to have lunch before grocery shopping. My mother and I were greeted by a nice lady that sat us right away. We were given hot tea and waters to start. We both ordered soup; I got the shrimp dumpling and mom got the fishball soup. We also ordered seafood fried rice. The soup was tasty but both our orders tasted pretty much the same. The fried rice was very flavorful. I would come back to try some of their other dishes.