Cafe Ambrosia

I was craving a pupu platter — the kind I grew up with that isn’t remotely authentic, but is still tasty. This place hit the spot. The menu features all of the Americanized Chinese food favorites and they execute them well.
The only downside is that they seemed to be rushing us out for the employee meal, even though it was a half-​hour before closing. I’ll go back, but most likely for takeaway.

I am not sure how this restaurant gets such gets good reviews. I found nothing enjoyable about the place. Will not be back.

The only Chinese restaurant that delivers to my area, and it is delicious! If you are looking for the «stand by’s», i.e. Sesame chicken, crab cheese wontons, etc. you can’t go wrong. After a long day and not wanting to leave the house, Café Ambrosia saved my life! On top of that they added egg rolls for free:-)

Used their website to place an order 15 minutes before they opened for the day… got an email confirmation saying it would be submitted at 11. At noon, still didn’t have food, so called in and they said because the order was submitted before they opened that they could not receive the order. Don’t allow an ordering system that allows you to order when you’re not open if you can’t receive those orders when you do open! She told me it would take 45 minutes for a new order and they couldn’t give me any sort of discount for their mistake, so I hung up and called East Dynasty.

This place is a hit or miss depending on what you get! I have lived on both east and the west coast and have had terrible small town Chinese and authentic (entire menu in Chinese)
Café Ambrosia is a generic pan-​asian style eatery.
I am still trying to figure out how they make their food. For instance their chow mein is a thick soup, where I was expecting fried noodles with very minimal sauce. Maybe their pan fried noodles are actually what I’m looking for? Their egg rolls are very greasy as well, not such a big fan. The wonton soup is pretty questionable, so is the fried rice. The noodle bowls are cold, and the noodles are plain, sauceless noodles — just an FYI
Ive ordered from here a few times and some good options are general tso, orange chx/​beef, their plain wings are bomb.
I really think they should lower their prices. For what’s in the area, its similar to everything else in the sense that you will never get authentic Chinese food in this area.

Huge fan of East Café. Since finding Café Ambrosia I no longer find it necessary to drive all the way to East Café for good Chinese food.

I had sesame chicken and fried dumplings. Food was great and delivery was fast. Definitely recommend.

For Colorado, I have never been disappointed here. Mu Shu is delicious and love the Po Ho Pork. Portions are generous and prices are average. Always friendly staff. Great lunch specials

Finally!!! Best Asian food I’ve had in years! Delivery took a long time but when it got here I found out it was worth the wait!!!

Tasty food, fresh vegetables, always friendly service. My faves are Pineapple curry with chicken and sesame chicken, but just had the jalapeño beef = yum

I ordered delivery tonight and I guess I may have liked their food at some point but I’m done. I had to reheat my crab cheese wontons and egg rolls when they arrived and the wonton soup needed salt. Seriously what kind of self respecting chinese food needs extra salt? I won’t be ordering from here again. The lo mein was decent but not good enough to come back.

Great curries and they deliver! Love this place. The wife and I order from here often. Give them a shot, I doubt you’ll be disappointed.

Best Hot and Sour soup! We had Basil beef, green curry, red curry, happy family, and jalapeño beef. All entrées were amazing! Amazing customer service! Definitely will come back and refer friends

I have had the last straw with this place.
For starters, their food is wildly inconsistent, and not just quality-​wise. Depending on who made your food, one dish can seem like a totally different dish between orders. For example, I have had Kung Pao chicken from this place include completely different vegetable combinations and sometimes none at all, with peanuts, no peanuts, in a red sauce and in a brown sauce, diced chicken and big slices, completely devoid of spice and so hot it burned my face off. This can happen with any dish you order.
Second, some of their items are complete ripoffs. See my pictures for visuals on what I mean. Their egg rolls are fried spring rolls. The first time I ordered them, I called to explain they had given us spring rolls by mistake. «No, those are egg rolls. They are our version of egg rolls.» was their excuse. I let it slide that time.
However…
This evening my daughter ordered chicken chow mein. She likes the crispy noodles much better than the soft lo mein. Imagine my surprise when we received sliced chicken drowning in soupy, bland white sauce and a bag of FRIED WONTON STRIPS. I call them about the mistake and am told «No, that is chow mein. You meant to order lo mein.» I explain to the woman at the restaurant that no Chinese place on EARTH would say that the fried wonton strips — you know, the ones you usually get for free in a little paper bag — are chow mein noodles, and that I know what the hell lo mein noodles are. I am from Chicago, for eff’s sake. I ate noodles in Chinatown there and a million other places. Guess what she says?
«Well, that is our version of chow mein.»
No offer for a refund. No makeup order. Nothing. Just a snippety, argumentative jerk who talks down to me. I told her I would never order from them again and hung up.
Done. So very done with this joke of a Chinese American restaurant. I will take my business to Bangkok Tokyo or P.F. Chang’s.

Just moved to the side of town. And wanted to try a good Chinese food place and thanks to all the people on Unilocal I found it there’s sesame chicken is just right.

Would definitely recommend, probably the best straight-​up Chinese around for when you’ve got a craving. Quick service, no matter when you go in (lunch specials, delivery, all yes).
My fav is the Mongolian beef – if you love onions, DEFINITELY go that route.

This is a quaint, family run business. They have a great location with ample parking. I’ve been coming here for years and there’s always this friendly older woman who gives me a hard time about my food orders (I like it spicy) and is always timely and sweet. The bathrooms are usually clean, there was one time that the ladies room was in serious neglect but other times have been good! The food is fresh and piping hot and they always get my order right. I usually order volcano chicken, but this time I ordered the jalapeño shrimp and they were quite generous with the shrimp! Their hot and sour soup is good here too. I love the wontons and everything on the menu is generously portioned and very affordable!
The reasons I take away a star are because of two minor things. One of them is that the restaurant isn’t really updated, and the décor is lacking. I completely understand saving money on table coverings and dining accessories but the atmosphere feels cheap with the paper covering the tables and open wall space. My second reason for taking away a star is that when we dined here tonight, the lobby was slow. Wednesday night brought maybe 4 tables, and our server was a young Asian woman (high school or college age who I’ve never seen before) and was SLOW. I’m not sure if they cut the staff down on Wednesday nights or what, but service was unusually slow. What would have been a 30 minute meal turned into an hour. These reasons are minor so they wouldn’t stop be from returning here. I’ve been a patron for several years and I’ll definitely keep coming back. :)

Like that we can order plain noodles. No veggies please. Love the sesame tofu. Nice and crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
Usually deliver within 30 — 45 mins., that’s good by me.

I have heard some good things about Café Ambrosia as well, I have ordered from here on a couple different occasions. This last time, I ordered delivery and it was just as I expected. The food order was prompt, it was still hot and fresh, and the quality of the food was to my expectations.
I had the combination lo mien and the egg drop soup, with an order over a certain amount they give you free egg rolls (I don’t know if this is true or not, nonetheless it was good).
There is something that I LOVE about egg drop soup, especially if it is good — they definitely won in this category. The combination lo mien was good to, my kids literally drool over this stuff (another win).
All that being said, I will stick to the local, Colorado businesses like this before I waste my money on salty overcooked BS they make up the street at PF’s… it has consistently been a quality experience with quality food.

One of my favorite Chinese restaurants in south east Aurora. Let’s talk about why:
— The prices are reasonable for the large portion you get.
— Crab cheese wontons’ have… wait for it… green onion in them! Mmm…
— The orange chicken and the sesame chicken rock!
— They don’t charge you extra for plain straight up lo mein!
They also have these great place mats that have the Chinese zodiac and compatibility on them. Kinda typical at a Chinese restaurant, but I love little things like that. Overall the service is good. Nothing spectacular, but they keep your glasses full and help pack your leftovers to take home. I’ll continue to go back!