Canton House

Well, I was gonna get my dinner here tonight, but seeing as they were supposed to be open almost 2 hours ago and the gates are still down, I won’t be. If they can’t open on time on a Tuesday then they won’t get my business any day of the week. Just for this, if it were possible, I would give them ZERO stars!!!

They ask for my apartment number but they never ring the doorbell my phone died and I’m sitting here wondering where is my food. I called them back off my phone once it was charged. They said they called what is the point of asking for an address and not going to the door??? I order delivery

I think this is a front for organized crime. Open random hours, frequently closed during normal restaurant hours.

I ordered food tonight from here because in the past 12 yrs since I have lived in Dorchester when I wanted take out chinese food on my way home I would stop here. It was always very good and always really hot when you got it home. This is the second time I have had it delivered and it has been awful and when I called back right after if was dropped off the reply I got was that is that way we do it. There is nothing I can do about it. Well, so much for the customer is always right.
I ordered a combo rice dish with 3 apps. I had shrimp fried rice which was over cooked and way too much soy sauce. In the past the reason I always got rice from here was because it was white and not brown. I also asked for it to have NO MSG. which it tasted like it did. I had chicken and beef teriyaki. I asked ahead of time if they could please not over cook them. Both arrived hard and dry. Which i called and told them about they didn’t even offer to replace them or give a credit for my next visit.
I ordered house Egg Foo Yong which was the only thing of the order that was good. That has always been the best in the city and BBQ spare ribs which were also over cooked but arrived barely warm. I have been going here on and off for 12 years and tonight was the last night. This place has gone way down hill. and I don’t recommend that anyone order and have it delivered. I would swear they are giving you old food that was cook many hours ago. Avoid this place unless you are there to see them cook it and it is fresh. No customer service at all. I have ordered many big orders from Canton House and that is the last 35.00 dollars they will ever see from me. I run a restaurant and I would have never let a customer be unhappy with our food.
Pissed off Customer

I ordered general gaos chicken with pork fried rice and crab ragoon, you can say this combo can tell if the business is pagoda or a flop! I mean to my amazement if you look at this joint, you would think it would be a flop but surprisingly its pretty good and the crab ragoon and the rice was awesome! general gao’s chicken needed a little work but by far some good eats in the hood late!

I moved here from NYC and have been trying to find Chinese food similar to the one back home. I tried this place since it is pretty close to my house and the food was extremely disappointing. I got the chicken with broccoli and both the chicken and broccoli tasted spoiled. I will never go back. You are better off going down to Chinatown or having a different type of cuisine. Do not go to this place! The food is horrible.

I have ate here a few times but only ordered the house rice which is the best i had yet. The other evening after a celtics game with family we decided to order house rice and side chicken wings. The wings were ok but really no flavor.
What I’m starting to notice is a lack of respect for customers coming in to order. I just think its rude to have to wait until you have a break from playing video games or playing around online for you to notice me to order my food. We actually ordered ahead but they didnt start cooking my food until I came thru the door.
Their saving grace??? They are open really late and there arent many choices for hot food on dorchester ave. If there was something else good open I would go there but I would only go here if i wanted house rice

The food here is decent, but their attitude and delivery are horrid. I ordered food one time and after an hour, it did not reach my home yet. I called in to ask about it and he said it is on the way. Half an hour later I called in again and said «Hey, I was wondering about my order. It has been an hour and a half already.» He proceeds to say «I highly doubt that it has been an hour and a half!» and told me to wait. Needless to say I cancelled the order and went to get subway.

Tried this place for the first time on New Years Eve. Called in a take-​out order. I didn’t have a menu but that didn’t matter. Ordered the (Americanized) mainstays… chickenfingers, peking raviolis, pork and chicken fried rice, beef lo mein and vegetable lo mein.
I usually don’t like Chinese food unless I’ve had at least 6 beers already, but no beers into New Years Eve (I drank the night before and kept it low key on NYE) and I loved this Chinese food. It was really good. I waited about a half hour to go and pick it up and when I got there waited about another 7 – 10 mins. I read reviews elsewhere that warned of a long wait, but I don’t think 30 – 45 mins for a take-​out/​delivery place is that bad. Anything longer and I would’ve gotten fidgety.
Back to the food. I have to say that it was well executed. Not too greasy, not too msg-​y (actually I don’t know if they use msg in their food at all but that is usually the norm with Chinese food so I’m just guessing), it was hot after the 5min ride and 10min stop on the way home, the ingredients were fresh and cooked very well. Even more impressive was that it all reheated well over the next couple of days.
Only tried the place once but you know what they say about first impressions. I’ll definitely try it again and have recommended it to friends.

Looking for cheap, greasy, but delicious Chinese food? Don’t mind dodging stray bullets to get it? Then Canton House is your place. Not sure if this place merits the full five stars, but without it I’d be lost. For some reason there are a LOT of terrible Chinese places in Dorchester. This isn’t one of them. Sure, sometimes they don’t open on time and they have that irritating (illegal?) credit card minimum, but the fried rice is the best in town, the chicken wings are terrific, and the BBQ spare ribs are certainly better than average.
One thing I don’t like about this place is their stubbornness with substitutions. But still, the food is good enough to overcome such things.

Very average Chinese food.
Slow delivery, oddly expensive prices and crappy dark meat in the General Gau chicken cost this place two stars.