Mar’s Meadows Chinese Restaurant

Mar’s has been a family favorite for decades! The place is always clean and incredibly consistant. I can’t think of one negative experience. Mar’s has always been my benchmark for Americanized, greasy spoon (intended as a compliment) chinese food.

The lady was really nice so I can go with three. Otherwise definitely a two
I love me some American Chinese. Gimme a big plate of sweet and sour pork with fried rice and an egg roll and I’m a happy man. What. No egg roll or crispy won ton with lunches. Lame
Yikes. What was that sound. Ah just a bug zapper going off every thirty seconds or so. I don’t know what I would rather have. A bunch of bugs or evidence that there were a bunch of bugs.
The food was ok. The sauce was a little heavy but thank god didn’t have that metallic taste that some do. The rice did not have little chunks of bbq pork in it but rather tiny shreds of pork from God knows where and god knows when. Didn’t taste that bad actually.
I ask for a hair better value and maybe spice up the restaurants je nais se quoi and we’re dancin
Oh yeah. I remember why I didn’t give more stars. My stomach literally hurt afterwards. I think my resilient intestinal flora warded off a Chinese offensive. That was a close one.

What an unexpected pleasant surprise… This was one of the best Chinese Restaurants I’ve tried in the Portland area. Our server was charming, attentive & quick. The food is fantastic and the prices reasonable. Running errands today & it was the highlight of the day. I veered away from the usual and ordered the peppered calamari. Wowzers! Excellent! This will become a regular place for us.

Been coming here for 20 years always good food drinks. Now they have new updated menu and it is even better ! Kelly in the bar is so sweet and always greets us. She genuinely is glad to see us. Very good chinese food and the best Spanish coffees in N E Portland !!!

Have you ever bit into a piece of chicken and it tasted almost rotten and dry and you couldn’t eat another thing after? Yah, well that was my lunch here the other day. Plus, they reuse, and do not wash in between customers their tea pots…
This place is horrible.

Very bad food. The whole time I was eating it I was trying to figure out what supplier they got it from because it was just so cheap. Got general sou’s for lunch, the chicken was hard and the sauce was very thick and sat at the bottom of the dish. Even the rice was bad & I’m not trying to complain :(I stopped going to panda express years ago, but this food I wouldn’t even rate on pandas level of quality… surprised this place is still open. It’s probably because they’re the only Chinese restaurant in this area.

My husband and 2 other friends ate at Mars before going to the Roadster Show at the Expo Center. Oh the food was not good. we had some egg flower soup wit our meal it was luke warm I had to ask them to get hot 2 times. they must have a new owner. We came in thru the bar and boy the smell of smoke but I m sure it was the peoples clothes as you cant smoke in there but there were a few seedy looking people look like they were on drugs. we will not go back there. Food was spendy for what you got not worth our time or money.

my «general tso» was frozen breaded chicken breast that had been microwaved, chopped with a canned sauce poured over the top… not mixed in.
I wouldn’t even make something that bad at home if I was extremely stoned and desperate.

Boy, this place has seen better days. When you enter the place there was a bucket on the floor for catching the rain water coming through the ceiling — never a good sign. We ordered take out and really had low expectations for the food. Well, it lived up to our expectations. The mushu pork was OK, but the pancakes were dry and brittle. The General Tsaos chicken tasted like it was prepared about two days ago — very dry.
I would have given them a lower star score, but my expectations were quite low for take out. It was priced right for the quality of the food.

Always slow, always cramping in an hour after eating.
Staff has changed to non English speaking bar staff that is very unhelpful.
Meh, price one pays for cramps and American Chinese food & good Sweet & Sour Soup!

I love this place! My husband and I rave to everyone about this place! I have traveled all over and no one compares to their food! We always make this our first stop when we come to Portland !

We’re local and have attended Mar’s Meadows dining experience about a dozen times or so (over a 2 ½ year period). I enjoy writing a review after multiple visits, because I think it’s a more well rounded and honest review. I wish there was a seven star review, because then I could give this place an even middle four. I was going to give this place three stars, but the definition of three stars is, «A-​OK,» which Mar’s Meadows is not. It’s only OK.
This restaurant is never really busy. As throughout most Portland, there are really almost zero fantastic Chinese restaurants, but as most people look for, this food is reasonably priced for the amount of food you receive. Taste of the food from good to bad varies based on what you order. I advise you to let them specifically know if you want your food more or less spicy. Keep in mind most dishes here begin as bland, much as if you are cooking for an elder care home, so start from there if you like it mild.
Best thing we’ve had, which we would rate as «tasty» is the Mongolian Chicken.
Good luck on this place. It’s not terrible, but it’s not great. It’s somewhere in between.

If I could rate this place with negative stars I would.
I was only about three people in the restaurant for lunch.
I asked for hot and sour soup but the server gave me egg-​flower soup instead. He seemed offended when pointed out the error.
Then, to be just totally obvious of lack of ability to service their customers the server tried to give a plate of food I did not order. It was the order from the table one over from me.
I will not ever go back to that place.

The only reason I didn’t give it 1 star was because the food was decent.
Here’s the rest of my tip — since my 5% tip I left is way below my standard (I tip very well for quality).
1) don’t be a bitch when someone sits at a table in the lounge and asks for a menu.
2) wash your hands when you return from your cigarette breaks.

This is not a Chinese restaurant — it is a restaurant ran by Chinese people! The service was horrible, the tables and condiments were coated in oil soot and the menu was a joke! If you are looking for large plates of greasy, starchy food then eat here — if you are looking for any semblance of Asian food, go to Safeway and get something from the deli instead of this place!

We come here from time to time because they have decent American style Chinese food and it’s reasonably clean, plus the drinks are strong and relatively cheap. Mars Meadow just rolled out a new menu with simpler options and a new focus on locally grown veggies. It tastes good, and looks nice, and there’s a lot of it!
It’s not going to impress your friends, and it only has a touch of authenticity, but it’s tasty and plentiful, and it’s a nice change of pace from the places that are trying too hard.
We had to debate between 3 and 4 stars because of the new menu, before it was a 3 and a half, now it’s taken a step up with the new offerings and the fresher local food being a part of their efforts.
The deep-​fried foods and the soups are still the best dishes they serve, but their stir fry is improving, which is nice for folks who would like to eat a little healthier.
We had Udon soup and one of the combos, and they allowed us to upgrade the pork chow mein in the combo to chicken for a buck; no complaints there. The Udon is thick, square flour noodles in a delicious and savory broth, with a pile of fresh green onion on top. It was positively delicious, and very filling. Even with the add-​ons it was under $ 20, but they do offer more expensive dishes including a new build-​your-​own combo-​for two, for $ 20.
The staff always seems to be running here and there, and they’re sometimes a bit slow getting you started with hot tea and soup, but they do a good job of making you feel appreciated by the time you’re done.
It’s definitely worth the trip to Delta Park every once in awhile, and sometime we’ll have to check out the lounge, it sounded like quite the party in there. I wouldn’t drive out from Beaverton especially to eat here, but it’s worth crossing the bridge for a change of pace.

I wouldn’t say I was a fan of this restaurant because their customers are more towards to non-​Asian population. My family and I were the only Asian customers in the restaurant.
The reason why we stopped by here was because we wanted to eat something before we hit the road back to Seattle. I pulled the Unilocal App, there it was! At first, we were a bit hesitant to go in because the area was kind of ghetto. But, after driving around the hood, we can’t really find another restaurant.
We sat down and required a Chinese menu, of course they don’t have. And, they were honest about who most of their customers are. We appreciated! However, they let us to order what came up in mind and made it special for us in the kitchen. In addition, they stopped by constantly to check on us and made sure we were satisfied with our meals.
My mom, a picky eater, she was happy with the food there actually. She thought the food was actually better than Facing East :-P I guess this is a good compliment.

Lover’s of this place – from Venus. Hataz? Well, hataz turn on Mars!!!
And let’s face it, in all walks of life, haters come in ALL stripes. Haters, blockers, pretendahs, chumps, straight up fools, jitterbugs, ooooh-​weee! The Good Lawd must sho’ love himself some hataz, he sure enabled enough of ‘em to be existin’, hey?
(note: just a little stream of consciousness free-​stylin’. Bear w/​me.)
Now let’s talk about LOVE. and all the terrific things Mars Meadows does right. Mars appeared on the inauspicious lot, next to Baxter Auto parts and Shari’s, back sometime in the late 80s. Is it «authentic» Chinese— as if any would even know it if it hit us right between the eyes. I am confident from what I’ve heard and personally seen that Mars Meadows is significally cleaner, and to all-​around levels of accountability than «real, authentic» eateries…
As i’ve mentioned a time or ten, my all-​time gold-​standard of Asian eateries is their shrimp fried rice… I’m happy to report Mars’ is man-​tastic! Szechuan is mighty spicy as well! Double points!!! So My good friends at Mar’s Meadows, in the immortal words of Stevie Wonder, teacher’s, keep on teachin’… preachers, keep on preachin… and the rest of us, we’ll keep on lovin’ the Meadows…

My mother and I came here last night for dinner. It was one of my last days being able to eat eggs before I begin my egg free diet so I wanted some yummy pan fried noodles! I ordered the chicken chow mein with pan fried noodles and the crab puffs as an appetizer.
The hot tea had a little bit of a funny taste to, but the crab puffs weren’t too bad. They were a little over cooked but they weren’t terrible (however I’ve had better from a food cart).
The meal finally came and was a HUGE portion. As with most Chinese restaurants I expected our meals to be accompanied by smaller plated to eat off of, but no, not here. My plate looked like I had gone through an all you can eat buffet line and took full advantage of the «all you can eat» part!!! I dug to the bottom of the mountain of food in front of me only to find a very small portion of pan fried noodles. The noodles were way too crispy and extremely under cooked; they tasted like they had been sitting out all day waiting for someone to order them! On top of the under cooked noodles was a dump truck portion of vegetable with a few large chunks of white meat chicken. The entire plate of food was completely covered in some sort of sauce that didn’t have much flavor.
All in all the meal was kind of disappointing! The food, with the exception of the crab puffs, was bland and flavorless.
I’ll probably try Mar’s Meadows again, but I won’t be getting the Chicken Chow Mein, that’s for sure!

BEST AMERICANIZED CHINESE IN NORTH PORTLAND/​WEST VANC FOR SURE! Ok, so I have had a little extra time on my hands recently, and I have been dining at some places I’ve wanted to try for a while. I live in North Portland, so while I’m willing to travel, it’s nice when something is close. It is a bit quirky and in Delta park which isn’t a sexy location, but if you live in No. Po. you know what I mean when I say finding good olé after work take home chinese is freaking hard to find, I mean, read the reviews for Lung Fung.
So here are the goods:
–Clean, and while dated in décor, it doesn’t make you feel like the things have actually been there since those designs’ original heydays
–Not romantic, but not a turn off either, (just funny enough to make you sort of pleasantly amused) and there are good snuggly booths, good place to dine with friends or after a few beers.
–Service is super friendly this is definitely an american chinese type place, but that’s what we came here for right, otherwise we’d be somewhere off Powell near 82^nd.
–Quick– never waited more than 10 min to get food obviously fresh out of the pan food.
–Fresh– this is no farmer’s market or anything, but for a place in Delta Park that delivers the goods, you can get normal white meat that didn’t come from the «other» bucket at the butcher. (Can’t speak for the Beef, haven’t had it, but looks just as fresh on other’s plates)
–Dishes have tons of sauce, but just enough to make it pleasant, any more would be too much, but I wasn’t detered, plus a point for not super greasy being as most items are deep fried.
–Overall they deserve a shout out, in another place they might only get 3 starts, and in places where it would be gauche and not funny to have ironic décor, this would probably get a 2.75, but when the food is fresh, quick, doesn’t make you sick, cleanly prepared and served, and while not cheap, also not expensive, in a veritable desert of Chinese food, they get a good 4, (would be 5 if I wasn’t a total snob) for BASIC AMERCICAN Chinese food– in far north portland enjoy.