Toa Yuen Restaurant

If you're looking for a low-key, family owned, Chinese restaurant, this is the place to go. The food is always fresh and delicious. They have a small dine in area, but the food speaks for itself. Exceptional service when you dine in, but we also order take out and delivery often. I guess that the local family owned business vibe kicks it up a notch. Great food at reasonable prices. Most Chinese food restaurants around here are $$$. This place is definitely worth a try.

i randomly found this restaurant because it's on the way home from the gym for me and i'm so glad i did! solid 4.5 but rounding up because i've already been here like 3 times since i discovered it! it's a super cute restaurant that offers lunch specials and so many entree options! they have the steam table options to choose from, or you can order other entrees off the menu for lunch as well!i tried the beef chow fun, sizzling rice soup, and spicy shrimp lunch plate! all 3 of these dishes were good! i like that the shrimp they use is big and plump! the sizzling rice soup was a bit bland but honestly still liked it. the menu has SO many options (and looks like they just raised some prices) but i will definitely be back to try more things. they also have large meal options for family dinners/catering! i also love that they have chili sauce ready to go for you to take yourself on the way out!tl;dr this place is super solid and straightforward and offers so many items on their menu for a pretty reasonable price!

Whenever we arrive home from vacation, we like to have dinner with our family. I asked them to choose the restaurant as I knew that we would be extremely tired after an 11-hour flight and would not want to make important decisions such as where to eat. After they picked us up a the airport, we went to Toa Yuen. A small family operated restaurant. I think that there are ten or eleven tables in the restaurant and two tables were pushed together to accommodate our group of nine.We ordered a variety of dishes. I wasn't in the mood to take pictures, so I didn't. Tired makes me grumpy and grumpy makes me lazy!What'd we have? Lol. What didn't we have? This list is in order of the receipt and not the order of service. Shrimp with Lobster Sauce - 3 - Nice plump shrimp, well cooked. Eggy.Sweet & Sour Pork - 4 - Lightly fried Pork. Plenty of Bell Peppers, Onions and Pineapple. Chinese Chicken Salad - 3 - Overly dressed. Lettuce, Chicken, missing a secondary crunch such as sesame seeds or deep fried bean threads. Salted Pepper Chicken - 4 - On the cusp of being over salted. What saved the dish were the fried onions that were simply delicious.Tomato Beef - 4 - Chunky Tomatoes with well tenderized Beef. I wish that I had be conscious enough to order a couple eggs cooked into the dish. Asparagus with Black Mushrooms - 4 - Plenty of nice Asparagus and some nice fat Shitaki Mushrooms. Beef Fried Rice - 3 - Nothing spectacular. Not a dish that I would order. Chicken Chow Mein - No Score - I barely got a taste. Pot Stickers - 3 - Skin too thick. Not sure if they were Vegetarian or Chicken.Sauteed Eggplant - 4 - Simple and delicious. Braised Tofu with Black Mushrooms - 3 - Salty.Fish Fillet with Mixed Vegetables - 5 - Nice fish with real vegetables not frozen mixed. My favorite dish of the evening. Chicken with Creamed Corn Soup - 4 - It was good because it was warm and filling. When I make this dish, it's a bit thinner. We still liked it enough to get a double order to start and then another bowl at the end of the meal. All in all, a decent restaurant run by hard working people. If we were to return, I would request less salt. I felt that the dark sauces were generally too salty. 3.5 Stars is an appropriate score but since we can't do that, 3 will have to do.

"Toa Yuen" is a small Chinese restaurant located in the Laurelwood Shopping Center in San Mateo, near Hwy 92 & West Hillsdale. This was my first time ordering food here! It was near 7pm, and the place was empty. This is one of those small restaurants with a menu of 100's of dishes and items. A little overwhelming for a first time customer. A nice lady came out to take my order, and she offered me several combo meals. I ordered: Kung Pao Prawns over White Rice, and Fried Chicken Wings (6). Guess what? I like the food here! - Kung Pao Prawns Over Rice was delicious! Seven plump and juicy prawns, with zucchini, onions, and red chili peppers. Stir-fried with gravy and poured over white rice. Not too salty, just good food for $10.95. - Salt & Pepper Fried Chicken Wings (6): Hot, fresh and juicy chicken wings! Crispy batter! $9.50Good food at affordable prices! Located in the Laurelwood Shopping Center, West side of Campus Dr behind the Shell gas station.

Food here SMACKED Affordable and delicious + friendly staff and the place felt like a kitchen than restaurant. 10/10 secret little gem in the wall in suburban San Mateo.

I pick up food here before going to work,Soo good and everything made fresh to order from soups to main dishes ,all good. Everything on menu is delicious, I highly recommend you check this place out .

I like their fried shrimp(battered) spring rolls and BBQ pork. The mu shu pork is good. It's clean and fast , and they are usually very friendly.

Small space but great food. I stop by for the fresh bbq pork and fried rice. Is fresh every time and you can taste the difference. Service is fast and personable.

This place always serves great Chinese food, and the staff is super friendly! We love coming here for their lunch special and dinner!

I've been coming here with work colleagues for years. The quality is what stands out and at reasonable prices.