Mabo Chinese Food

Review №1

Rating: 5

The noodles and sweet and sour pork are super delicious. Very authentic

Date: a month ago

Review №2

Rating: 1

The people here very nice but the food here make me really sick. When I walked into restaurants the smells really really bad.

Date: 3 months ago

Review №3

Rating: 5

Date: 3 months ago

Review №4

Rating: 1

It was originally a restaurant that I thought was the most delicious in Dallas. It looks like you changed the noodles you use for Jjajangmyeon. They really seem to use the same romaine noodles that Chinese restaurants use, but the texture is not very good. It really feels like Im eating undercooked noodles. At first, I thought it was undercooked, but the owners reaction was that she checked it several times and said it wasnt undercooked... I told her as someone who works in the food business with me, but she kept saying no. Its okay if I dont go, but its too bad that I can see the customers leaving.

Date: 4 months ago

Review №5

Rating: 5

Date: 5 months ago

Review №6

Rating: 5

Food tends to come out slow, but man it tastes good.

Date: 6 months ago

Review №7

Rating: 5

Best Jjajangmyun in town

Date: 7 months ago

Review №8

Rating: 5

It was an excellent experience. The owner was very welcoming, attentive and even suggested a plate that he thought I would enjoy better, after I requested to abstain from using a spicy confident.

Date: 8 months ago

Review №9

Rating: 5

Go-to spot for Korean-style Chinese food. Really can t be beat, very good service and quality.

Date: 8 months ago

Review №10

Rating: 5

Date: 9 months ago

Review №11

Rating: 5

I always like eating here. Its made on order pretty much. Its a small business. It is what it is. No idea the other comments. You get what you pay for. Small place in a strip mall. For the money, its perfect. Give the guy a break. This isnt PF Changs. Its a guy cooking when you order, what you order.

Date: 10 months ago

Review №12

Rating: 5

Great Chinese food

Date: 10 months ago

Review №13

Rating: 1

Horrible meat....no rice with the order (asked for steamed rice)...Egg roll was so greasy that grease was literally dripping out of the bottom...will never eat here again....Way to expensive for food you cant even eat

Date: 10 months ago

Review №14

Rating: 5

It looks like the bad reviews are from those who had American-Chinese food. Try their Korean- Chinese food like jajangmyeon (black bean noodle) $13, tangsuyuk (Kor-Chi version of sweet and sour pork) $20 for small, kanpoong saewoo (chilli shrimp) $41, and etc. Unfortunately, these menus are only written in Korean and its expensive. But if youre not on a tight budget, try them. The service is slow since the male owner is the only chef and the female owner serves the food.

Date: 10 months ago

Review №15

Rating: 5

Very good black bean noodle. Probably the best in town. Owner couple is really friendly too.

Date: 11 months ago

Review №16

Rating: 4

The tangsuyuk and jajangmyeon were pretty good. Would definitely come back for those, even though the interior could use some work.

Date: 11 months ago

Review №17

Rating: 4

Surprised to find they have a Chinese-Korean food menu. This is not just a Chinese takeout restaurant but it offers Chinese-Korean style food like jjampong and jajangmyeon and Chinese-Korean style sweet and sour pork. We order the 3 most popular Chinese-Korean dishes and the food was good. Glad there is a good Chinese Korean style restaurant in Allen.

Date: a year ago

Review №18

Rating: 4

Date: a year ago

Review №19

Rating: 2

The food tasted like old fried oils. You walk in and it smells like the same oil used to fry. The food wasn t tasty. I ordered orange chicken and it was a very dark brown and didn t taste like orange chicken. I will never return I know this for a fact. I still have that old fried oil taste in my mouth. Nasty

Date: a year ago

Review №20

Rating: 5

Ask for their Chinese & Korean menu. Their noodle soups are so good.

Date: a year ago

Review №21

Rating: 1

Food has no flavor and tasted like it was few days old. It definitely wasnt freshly made. Worst chinese restaurant Ive ever been to.

Date: a year ago

Review №22

Rating: 5

Best sweet and sour pork in Dallas! Must try!

Date: a year ago

Review №23

Rating: 5

Very nice place if you crave for authentic Chinese and Korean food! The sweet and sour pork and fried noodles are amazing!

Date: a year ago

Review №24

Rating: 5

Super authentic! I love all the foods here and the owners are super nice and sweet! My family s favorite Korean / Chinese restaurant

Date: a year ago

Review №25

Rating: 4

Ask for the Korean menu! And then order a Tang Soo Yook and Gan Jjja Jang Food

Date: a year ago

Review №26

Rating: 1

Everything was terrible

Date: a year ago

Review №27

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №28

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №29

Rating: 1

Worst fried rice ever, very little meat very little rice no egg really bad, 1st and last visit

Date: a year ago

Review №30

Rating: 5

Good noodles and well service

Date: a year ago

Review №31

Rating: 4

The food definitely tastes different here but not in a bad way. I enjoyed my general tso chicken and will be back. Service was very nice and polite. Took about 15 mins for my order

Date: a year ago

Review №32

Rating: 1

My co-worker and I came here for the first time for lunch. The staff were friendly were when we arrived. My co-worker paid for our food, however, my co-worker never got the food they paid for, and the woman who was working behind the counter refused to acknowledge the order that my co-worker made, and refused to issue a refund. The gentleman apparently never rang up my co-workers order, and then he left shortly after bringing my food. Food was delicious, service was deplorable. There are plenty of better Chinese food options.

Date: a year ago

Review №33

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №34

Rating: 5

Sweet and sour pork is so delicious^^ Crispy I really liked the jjamppong because it wasnt too salty^^ I think of it every time I come to Dollars^^ I recommend Tangshyuk!!

Date: a year ago

Review №35

Rating: 5

Korean-Chinese food is absolutely best. This restaurant looks better than most of Kor-Chn restaurants in South Korea. But do not recommend America-chinese food like orange chicken or mongolian beef..etc

Date: a year ago

Review №36

Rating: 4

Date: a year ago

Review №37

Rating: 2

I had Vegetable Lo mein and Orange Chicken. Its so salty. It s too salty so I use it If you have a strong liver, you will get used to it, but I cant get over this order. The zucchini and cabbage in the lo mein looked fresh on the outside, but I couldnt eat them because they were so bitter. Still, the fried orange chicken was very good because it was crispy, probably because it was fried with glutinous rice. It was nice because it was neither soggy nor hard, just crunchy. Its just that I couldnt eat it because it was too salty... I failed the last time I had sweet and sour pork, but today the fried food was really good. There were a lot of good reviews so we tried it again, but Im not sure if we were just unlucky. May you prosper.

Date: a year ago

Review №38

Rating: 4

If you are looking for Guobaorou , the sweet and sour pork is not really what you are looking for because the sauce is not the same, but Id like to say that the pork itself has the wonderful texture with crispy outside and tender inside! Its definitely one of the best you can find in DFW area. Id come back to get the pork and make my own sauce on it, and it can be the most authentic Guobaorou

Date: a year ago

Review №39

Rating: 4

Noodle is the best, will try something else in the future. It is a bit noisy inside

Date: a year ago

Review №40

Rating: 1

Whoever said best Chinese food is legit on crack. The wok was so charred everything has a burnt taste. Sauce stunk, and I m not about that stinky sauce. Overall, this was the worst Chinese food I ve ever had, bar none. Not trying to be rude just want to protect peoples internal organs.

Date: a year ago

Review №41

Rating: 5

The Lo Mein is seriously so good. It s more authentic than most Chinese food places in the area for the same price. I love the focus on quality rather than getting it out super fast. This is definitely one of my choice spots in town.

Date: a year ago

Review №42

Rating: 2

The service was fine, however the food was far below what I and my friend payed for it, I ordered the Mongolian chicken and while it wasnt terrible there was almost no chicken and was almost 100% sautéed onions and my friend got orange chicken which consisted of mostly the fried bread with little to no chicken inside.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №43

Rating: 5

The food is delicious and the soup mmmm is delicious, everything is very good and the gentlemen are very friendly

Date: 2 years ago

Review №44

Rating: 1

First of all waiting time was VERY LONG. The inside was very dirty. In the water there is small pieces of food. DISGUSTING! Food was not even that good! All that waiting was for NOTHING. I wish I could give a 0 STAR. THIS PLACE IS SO BAD DO NOT COME HERE.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №45

Rating: 3

Decent sweet sour pork. Okay black bean noodle. Wish I can find a better Chinese place nearby - I go in lunch hour

Date: 2 years ago

Review №46

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №47

Rating: 5

No.1 Korean- Chinese restaurant in Dallas

Date: 2 years ago

Review №48

Rating: 5

Always friendly and delicious!!! Sweet and sour pork with glutinous rice is really delicious~~~

Date: 2 years ago

Review №49

Rating: 1

Bad food, the shrimp are served raw and everything is very expensive.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №50

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №51

Rating: 5

Sweet and sour pork. Jjajangmyeon. Jjamppong is so delicious

Date: 2 years ago

Review №52

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №53

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №54

Rating: 5

Real Korean Jjajangmyeon Jjambbong sweet and sour pork flavor

Date: 2 years ago

Review №55

Rating: 4

For the Korean Chinese food, I would give it 5/5. I got the jjajangmyeon, which is black bean noodles. For the non-Korean Chinese food, we got chicken chow mein, which we assumed would come with noodles... it didnt. It was chicken with vegetables, no noodles. My husband didnt care for it so I gave him some of my noodles, which made it taste ok. I will definitely be back for the Korean Chinese food, but I dont think my husband will be.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №56

Rating: 1

Just picked up lunch from there, and literally the worst food I ve ever had in my life. Everything tasted burnt, and completely inedible. Awful!!!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №57

Rating: 5

Highly recommend this place. Always fresh food and delicious. Great customer service too! Thank you

Date: 2 years ago

Review №58

Rating: 1

Food was really bad,the chicken doesn t taste like chicken and the rice is too oily don t try it

Date: 2 years ago

Review №59

Rating: 1

This was the first time to order from here. I will never order anything from here ever again. Sesame chicken was burnt along with the egg. And the egg rolls tasted old. The rice was mushy with no flavor.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №60

Rating: 5

Couldnt be any better. Awesome tangsuyuk and jjajangmyun!!! So glad to have found this place.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №61

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №62

Rating: 5

My favorite hole in the wall!

Date: 3 years ago

Review №63

Rating: 5

Taste good.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №64

Rating: 1

Very bad place, the food is disgusting, I bought Chinese rice and the shrimp completely raw and there was no flavor to the food, apart from the high prices and the long waiting time.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №65

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №66

Rating: 5

Its delicious

Date: 4 years ago

Review №67

Rating: 1

The rice was super oily with a pool of oil at the bottom of the container

Date: 4 years ago

Review №68

Rating: 5

Great food!!!!

Date: 4 years ago

Review №69

Rating: 3

Our food was good but the overall experience was meh. Even for a hole in the wall, it was pretty gross inside. I d recommend sticking with delivery and eating it in peaceful ignorance of where it actually came from.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №70

Rating: 5

I used to go here way back n 2006 and 2007 before I moved and I have yet to find a chinese restaurant that meets MABOs standards. I miss this place and I hope they are doing well. Ill never forget the little old lady and man that worked there on their own all day sweet people.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №71

Rating: 4

Friendly service and decent food.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №72

Rating: 3

We had chicken chow mein, mongolian beef and bbq ribs. Pros: the ribs were tasty, the portions were very big (so big we couldnt eat it all). The staff were very friendly and the food was cooked on time for collection. Cons: not much choice on the menu. Both dishes were mainly fried onion and hardly any meat (probably why the portions are so big). The fried rice that came with the beef was just a block of stodge. The egg rolls that came with the chow mein had nothing in them. Personally I would rather have a smaller portion of food with more meat.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №73

Rating: 5

I love korean chinese food from here

Date: 4 years ago

Review №74

Rating: 5

Its a small place but clean and cozy the food is Soo good I strongly recommend it.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №75

Rating: 5

Beef n broccoli was good

Date: 4 years ago

Review №76

Rating: 1

Worst food ever! No flavor to the fried rice I got. The soup was so horrible like seriously I wasted 35 bucks for nothing. Never again

Date: 5 years ago

Review №77

Rating: 4

Good general tsos chicken! Crunchy and flavorful

Date: 5 years ago

Review №78

Rating: 4

Date: 5 years ago

Review №79

Rating: 1

Date: 5 years ago

Review №80

Rating: 4

Date: 5 years ago

Review №81

Rating: 1

Ate there about a yr ago. Was pretty good. Just sat down to some sweet and sour chicken and spring rolls. Spring rolls were good. The s and s chicken was just awful. Hard tasteless chicken that had to be from this morning. Maybe yesterday. Never again.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №82

Rating: 3

Date: 5 years ago

Review №83

Rating: 1

Found a piece of their metal pot scrubber in my mushroom pork and the tea had freezer burnt ice that made the tea taste sickening. Threw our food away. Will never come here again. Be safe, eat anywhere but here.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №84

Rating: 1

Date: 5 years ago

Review №85

Rating: 2

Ordered the lo-mein, fried rice and sesame chicken. Everything tasted the same like it was all cooked in the same pan. Very poor in flavor. Will not return. Only reason for the second star is because they were very pleasant.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №86

Rating: 5

The best Jjambbong that you have in DFW. Havent tried other menu yet though.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №87

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №88

Rating: 4

The taste I had in Korea

Date: 5 years ago

Review №89

Rating: 1

She was friendly could hardly speak english to communicate with me cheesecake didnt taste right hard and frozen peppersteak was like trying to chew fat. Disappointed. Too expensive to not enjoy the food.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №90

Rating: 5

I m sick of Jjamppong, Jjajang, Sweet and Sour Pork.. The best Chinese food I ve had in the US..

Date: 5 years ago

Review №91

Rating: 5

Delicious!!!

Date: 5 years ago

Review №92

Rating: 4

Date: 5 years ago

Review №93

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №94

Rating: 3

They have several really good dishes, others are just meh. Their plain Jane fried rice (soy sauce and egg) is 100% the worst fried rice I have ever eaten in my life. Stick with the steamed white rice or just order their pork fried rice or combination fried rice which has flavor since they add seasoning, veggies, and protein. Seriously, their plain Jane fried rice make me sad.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №95

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №96

Rating: 4

Date: 6 years ago

Review №97

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №98

Rating: 5

This is my favorite Chinese food restaurant. They give a huge amount for a great price! The food isnt the absolute best but it is absolutely tasty! The owners are very friendly too! I highly recommend.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №99

Rating: 5

So happy we stumbled upon this little hidden gem. Everything was amazing. This instantly became my new favorite Chinese restaurant in DFW.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №100

Rating: 5

Their Korean-Chinese is legit

Date: 6 years ago

Review №101

Rating: 5

Dont judge a book by its cover I always say. The place is not much to look at, but the food is really good. They also have a hidden Korean Chinese menu that you can order from that has the best Jajang meun (black bean noodles) in town. The staff is super friendly also.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №102

Rating: 1

This place is dangerous cause my daughter and I got a bad rash all over are bodys. My daughter is pregnant too. The food was terrible but we were starving. Big mistake. I wouldnt send no one here.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №103

Rating: 5

Try Pork fry ( ), the best ever!!

Date: 6 years ago

Review №104

Rating: 1

sesame chicken-Awful, 2 different soups we could not eat. Even the egg rolls are not edible, Broccoli and beef not eaten. The fried rice with egg was ok. Three in the house are not satisfied and feel this is the norm for this place. First and last order.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №105

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №106

Rating: 1

Absolutely horrible. As being a small business owner I dont like to give bad reviews to any kinda small business. This place used to have the absolute best orange chicken. I dont know if its new owners or what but the normally orange chicken was like re fried ten day old kung pao. The egg rolls were all breading no cabbage and we had 6 of them so it wasnt just one. The fried rice tasted like boil in the bag brown rice. The wife got broccoli beef and needless to say the beef didnt taste like beef the sauce tasted like beef bullion from a can. To finish off the meal the fortune cookies were stale. Ive had Chinese food from all kinds of places but I can actually say this is the first time Ive actually gotten disgusting food from a Chinese restaurant. I do not recommended anyone eat there unless drastic changes are made. If I could give less then one star I would.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №107

Rating: 1

I never give reviews but this place was horrible, and I just want everyone to know dont waste your time or money. The beef I had tasted sour the orange chicken was over cook and the egg rolls were nothing but dough.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №108

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №109

Rating: 3

Its ok...it is a local Chinese hash house that slings the noodles and pork at you quick like for a low low price. Dont get all huffy like you are some important big shot. Just get your vittles and beat it. They ARE honest too!

Date: 7 years ago

Review №110

Rating: 2

Date: 7 years ago

Review №111

Rating: 5

Dont try to compare other Chinese restaurants to this one. They will always fall short From food to frindly service. Best lil restaurant Ive ever been to

Date: 7 years ago

Review №112

Rating: 3

Nice and fresh and hot.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №113

Rating: 5

The noodles are made fresh and tasty. The food overall has been tasty. Its a small mom and pop shop, so if the orders flood in, they can be slow to serve. They also deliver in a small radius, so thats a perk. I like to go here because they deliver chinese and also korean food. Who else delivers Korean food????

Date: 7 years ago

Review №114

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №115

Rating: 2

Service was fast. Food was meh. The facility looks as if the owner is on a 9 month trip to China and left the out of work brother-in-law in charge. Colored bubble wrap covering the front window to block the setting sun. 10 foot aluminum ladder and industrial box of soup bowls that should be in storage conveniently kept in the open. Entrance floor mats look like rodents have been snacking on the edges. Fast and friendly. Needs work. Too many good restaurants around to be so subpar.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №116

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №117

Rating: 1

The original MaBo was wonderful with the best Egg Rolls around, but each new owner runs it further into the ground. I just had the lunch Broccoli Chicken and it was quite bad. The fried rice is a sludgy mess, the gravy ruins the vegetables (which looked to be decent, but destroyed by the gravy), and the Egg Roll was a meatless tiny spring roll. They have Spring Rolls and Egg Rolls on the menu, but the lunch special is listed as Egg Roll. This was the last visit for me. Too bad...

Date: 7 years ago

Review №118

Rating: 5

Ive been going there for 3 years. My favorite dish is the Sesame Chicken. I always order to pickup and my food is always ready within 10 minutes. Staff is always friendly and smiling whenever I walk in.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №119

Rating: 5

the food is absolutely good!!!

Date: 8 years ago

Review №120

Rating: 5

Ive been coming here for about 2 years now. And everytime, the food is great and I love the people that work there. Always something interesting going on. Thanks guys.

Date: 8 years ago

Review №121

Rating: 1

bad service. they took everybody else order but not mine. Slow to serve and the food taste nasty. I ordered a chicken fried rice and the chicken looked pale I didnt even try it, the rice was not cooked right also. My friend and I had a really bad experience here we even wanted to throw up after we ate here.

Date: 8 years ago

Review №122

Rating: 1

Nastiest, ugliest, worst taste I have ever had in my life!!!!!!

Date: 8 years ago

Review №123

Rating: 1

Junk food

Date: 8 years ago

Review №124

Rating: 1

Date: 8 years ago

Review №125

Rating: 1

Mediocre, The crab rangoons were a joke, there was barely any thing in them. The sesame chicken was not good quality, so much so that I am not going to continue eating it. I am so disappointed that I am now going out to get lunch, since this isnt going to suffice.

Date: 9 years ago

Review №126

Rating: 5

Knew Alice Ma for 20 years- loved it when she was running it. It changed hands a few years ago and I didnt have a great experience. Gave them another shot a few months or so ago and discovered it changed hands again and that time it was really good. Fast forward to today and it was again excellent.

Date: 9 years ago

Review №127

Rating: 4

Small strip mall Chinese takeout. Clean. Good food and great price. Had the hot and sour soup which was very good, you can ask to have it a little spicier than normal. Had the kung pao chicken which I also enjoyed; will ask to go easy on the peanuts next time which there will definitely be many next times in this little gem!

Date: 10 years ago

Review №128

Rating: 4

Best priced food in allen. $4 will get you a hugr serving of a main dish, rice, noodles, soup, and egg roll. The decore is awfulll, but the price of the average chinese food makes up for it. Place has been around for a good 15+ years. And for a good reason. Its family owned. The employees are friendly, and personal, as well as fast. The delivery is great as well.

Date: 10 years ago

Review №129

Rating: 5

I have been here several times and each time is better than the last. It is a very clean facility and nicely decorated. The food is absolutely astounding! The owners are welcoming and polite. The prices are reasonable. I think this is one of the better Chinese places in Allen. You wont be disappointed!

Date: 10 years ago

Review №130

Rating: 3

Ma Bo is just a special part of Allen. Its good old, classic Americanized Chinese food and its done better than most of their local competitors. If Its Chinese food, its gonna be Ma Bo.

Date: 11 years ago

Review №131

Rating: 5

Typical hole-in-the-wall décor, but absolutely delicious food. Weve tried other Chinese food around town, but we always go back to Ma Bos. Very reasonable prices too.

Date: 13 years ago