Location: San Mateo
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Best Chinese restaurants nearby. Discover the best Chinese food in San Mateo. View Menus, Photos and Reviews for Chinese restaurants near you.. San Mateo (/ˌsæn məˈteɪ.oʊ/ SAN mə-TAY-oh; Spanish for "Saint Matthew") is a city in San Mateo County, California, located in the high-tech enclave of Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of 97,207 as of the 2010 census, it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City and San Francisco Bay to the east, Belmont to the south, and Highlands-Baywood Park and Hillsborough to the west. The 2015 population was estimated to be 103,536. San Mateo was incorporated in 1894.
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1. Hot Wok Bistro
Overall Ratings
4 based on 64 reviews
Reviewed By arbrebleu
I have been eating lunch at Hot Wok Bistro for over 10 years. Their sister restaurant, Hot Wok Bistro Too in San Carlos is also excellent. The family that owns these restaurants is extremely friendly and service oriented, but most importantly, their food is delicious, healthy, and inexpensive! Lunch specials come with delicious hot and sour soup and steamed or fried rice. I usually get black bean shrimp or fish, vegetable stir-fry, or kung pao chicken. Highly recommended!
2. Little Shanghai Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 39 reviews
Reviewed By MikeandSarah
All the good things in these reviews were there when our family of four went. None of the bad things - "mediocre", and the like - were visible to any of us. Three of us have eaten Chinese food all over the country for a couple decades, and two of us have traveled extensively in China., Hong Kong, Taiwan, and all major US cities with good Chinese restaurants.Yes, it is small, and yes, the parking like all of the area is not very good. But a very strong positive is that we were the only non-Asians in the place which was packed to the gills.We had 7 dishes, four drinks, service by a real Chinese who, while his English was not perfect, was smily, helpful, and knew what it was all about.The food was, simply put, delicious. The prawns in lobster sauce were the like best of the NYC Chinese and Hong Kong restaurants - exqusite. The house special fried rice was so much better than the Americanized brown stuff that we see in so many places. All the dishes had the tasty, fragrant spices we are accustomed to in good Chinese establishments. The food came out VERY quickly, all piping hot and we dived into it all. The whole tab for seven dishes and four drinks was $66 - a real bargain. Can't wait to go back here again when the craving hits. But don't think I will try on a weekend night. For sure I can see this would be a long wait. But on a nice quiet Thursday evening, it was superb.
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3. Seapot
Overall Ratings
4 based on 16 reviews
Using only the freshest veggies, meats, and seafood, weâre serving a variety of delicious food on our restaurantâs very own conveyor belt, so guests can preview a selection of delicious food before making their final decisions. We also offer six different
Reviewed By shirley465
the restaurant is new, decoration is pretty, varieties of food for hot pot and the price is reasonable for lunch, they have big banquet rooms for party gathering though it will be charged by whatever you ordered, but, if you have 20 person and you don't know what to order, it's a good place to go.
4. Silver House
Overall Ratings
4 based on 27 reviews
Reviewed By charliespal2
A plain, unpretentious chinese restaurant. Not very large, so you might call ahead for reservations of you have more than four. All the dishes are great, but we like the Peking duck, sweet and sour fish, Chinese pork chops and the winter melon soup. Specials are written on the wall in Chinese. If you like Chinese food, you will not be disappointed.
