Wong’s Cafe

Sometimes ya just gotta have Chinese food, well… at least the Americanized version of Chinese food. I was hesitant on coming here since the reviews were both good and bad.
Either way, I’m glad I went and tried it for myself. It was pretty good. The owner was super nice. A little hard to understand, but a little finger pointing did it’s job. Clean cute place.
You can see the ocean in the distance. Sit anywhere you like.
When the owner came to take our order, I asked about the MSG. We figured out that if you don’t want MSG in your food, they will NOT put it in. Well hey, that works for me.
I ordered the Lo mien chicken dish, my daughter ordered the General Tso’s chicken and my hubby ordered the Kung Po chicken. Average waiting time. The dishes came out HOT and fresh. I think my order was a mistake however. I actually ended up getting a Lo Mien soup instead of what I thought I was getting. Oh well, time to try something new.
Everyone else got what they ordered. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed my noodle soup.
Not spicy. Pretty mild. Chicken tasted like chicken and the veggies tasted fresh, not frozen.
I did take a few small samples from everyone’s dish just to see how they also tasted. Nom… Nom. Nom…
The General Tso’s chicken was really good. Fresh, sweet and hot, spicy hot. I do remember the owner asking if we wanted it really hot or just a little hot. I thought I said little hot, but if this was little hot… it made me cry. Wonder what the HOT was like?
The Kung Po chicken was also very good. Fresh, hot and spicy. Again, the chicken looked like chicken and tasted like chicken. Veggies were cut small and tasted fresh. Med spiced.
I’d come back again. It’s definitely worth a stop if your getting tired of fish.

I don’t care what others think or say I absolutely LOVE their stir fry’s! AWESOME CUSTOMER SERVICE! I love their Beef and Chicken Lo Mein! We always ask them to add curry! Yummie!!! Now we are waiting for the curry tofu, can’t wait to try it!

Not bad for Chinese in Gold Beach
One of the better dining options when you’ve had enough fish and chips. Nice clean and friendly place with great cooked to order options. A step above the Panda Express and served with passable Asian veggies where they can.

Not good, frozen vegetables and too much MSG. Fried rice was white WTH. Nice people but they need to step up there game

Being Asian, sometimes you need your comfort foods. That being said, was not expecting 5-​star, gourmet Chinese food based upon reviews but how hard can it be to cook decent Chinese food, right?
The place wasn’t busy when I got there. The owners spoke Cantonese, and my hopes were raised. Maybe this will turn out to be a good experience! Foolish me…
Settled on the ‘Mar Poo’ (or Mapo) tofu as it was chilly, and a warm, flavorful and spicy dish sounded appealing. The basic ingredients of this dish HAVE to include a spicy chili/​bean based sauce, meat, fermented black beans and usually appears dark in color. 30mins later, I picked up my order and once the package was opened in my room, I found instead a pale looking concoction of tofu, meat, corn, carrots and other veggies. WTF? See pictures for a visual aid.
For $ 8.50, I should have stuck with the more ‘typical’ dishes like ‘Sweet & sour chicken with chow mein or pork fried rice’, ‘General Tao’s chicken’, and the like. At least I was more likely to get what I had in mind
*pictures of their take-​out menu are provided below*

We love this place. Old school Oregon Chinese. The egg rolls are sooooo good. handmade, batter dipped and deep fried. No joke. Legit and delicious. The owner cooks, takes orders, busses and rocks a meal you won’t regret. We love: egg rolls, BBQ pork, chow mein, CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP, beef with broccoli. We visit Gold Beach every year and wait a whole year to eat at Wong’s Café. It’s worth the wait.

The lady is very sweet who served and cooked our meal, but the food was inedible. We had the dinner for 2 letter C. It was all battered and fried and the chicken almond chow main tasted like it was out of a can and it was served with fried crunchy noodles. The fried rice was steamed rice with a few slices of mystery meat on top. Even with a bad hangover I still say no.

The 4 star review left by locals seems a bit much. The owners are incredibly nice but their food is far from impressive. Our soup for lunch was a Asian bland chicken noodle but I didn’t expect much. Our main dishes were equally bland. The only thing I could taste was the msg added to the food. It’s highly frowned upon where I’m from to add MSG so the fact that this place added it was a disappointment. :(Do not waste your money.

Disappointing fried rice. It was sticky and had cold pork appetizer chopped and put on top. The owner was nice but the food was below our expectations.

We are vegetarians and were very pleased with our meal. In fact, it was fantastic.
I highly recommend this restaurant if you are in Gold Beach!
You can request no msg too. And the lovely tea was free.

Amazing little dinner. The Oolong tea is complimentary if you dine in and the owners are super hospitable. And of course the food is delicious.

Unassuming looking on the outside, yet very clean and nice little Chinese-​American café! The owner, Amy, is so very kind and gracious. Even asked if we were ok with MSG, to which we asked for a little but not too much. Ordered a tofu dish but asked if we could have something added — and it came out wonderfully delicious. If you’re in Gold Beach, this is a very nice little Chinese-​American restaurant. I lived in the Bay Area for decades and have had all kinds of great Chinese food. This is Gold Beach and it was a very nice meal. Would happily return next time. :)