Blue Orchid

Disappointed. Pork fried rice was dry and bland. Chicken with garlic sauce was described as having celery — there was none. It did have green and red peppers however which was not in the description which is why I ordered it — was specifically looking for something without. Much more expensive than any other Chinese food place and not worth the cost. I would avoid and personally will not order again from here.

The food is fantastic! Would recommend to anyone for takeout! However it’s a little pricey so if you’re like me and like to have a little of everything the bill can get up there sometimes.

Some of the best Chinese food in the area. I am lucky to live so close. They are always consistently great. Recommend the Blue Orchid fried rice and the Crab rangoons. You won’t be disappointed!

Just OK at best. My husband and I went here unexpectedly on a Wednesday evening, quite early (5pm … yes, insane). The place was empty of diners, but take-​out business seemed good. The hostess was very friendly. However, our table was sticky in places, which is an incredible turn-​off. The waitress seemed to lack a personality, although a language barrier may have been the reason for that. My husband had the General Gau’s chicken and was underwhelmed. I had the Hunan Chicken. My biggest problem was with the rice — I ordered brown rice, and it was poorly cooked. The sauce was mediocre. We won’t be going back.

Check your bill!, these people will charge you higher prices for items than the menu prices!!! The appetizer sampler is on the menu for $ 16.95, and they charge you $ 17.95 on your bill. After asking why, the girl said «the owner raised the price». I refused to pay and she changed it back. That’s not how we do business in this country!

Eh. Just OK. I have no idea why people swear by this place because every time I order from here I am underwhelmed. The food is OK, just OK.

We’ve ordered here twice once for pick up and once for delivery. Food was excellent both time and the delivery was in 30 minutes which was great because we’re all the way in Dover. Full liqueur license but no bar to sit at.

Excellent Pad Thai, fabulous Mongolian Beef, quick delivery service, basically everything here is tasty! Never had a bad dish!

Absolutely delicious Chinese food. I usually eat in or get delivery and have never been disappointed. Crab rangoons are amazing and I love that they will do their fried rice with brown rice. So good!!!

I’ve been here so many times I can’t even count, but the other day put me over the top. I generally have a pretty good experience here, it’s gone down a bit since my first ever review. I remember ordering here when I had just given birth and them delivering in knee-​deep snowbanks.
The other day when calling for delivery I was told 35 – 45 minutes. Perfect, sounds good. I gave her my address, then she says, oh no, more like an hour. That’s fine, whatever (I am in their delivery area, obviously). Once she looked up my address, she then says the driver didn’t want to drive to my house! WHAT??? This is how you treat a repeat customer that is fully within your delivery range? Pathetic. Time to go back to customer service 101! I tried a NEW place, being forced to, and was WAY MORE happy, anyway. They just lost a loyal customer, and anyone else asking me for a recommendation.

I don’t know… I just don’t even know about this place. As previously mentioned the crab rangoons are VERY GOOD. That’s about it though. You can tell there is pretty much nothing fresh about the food. I’ve tried a few different things here all of which were really gross like I couldn’t even eat them gross with such a weird flavor. The lo mein is not bad though. The crab rangoons and lo mein is all i’d reccomend but please dont go out of your way for this place.

Love everything I get here
Crab Rangoon, boneless spare ribs, house fried rice are a must!

A good place if you need an emergency chinese food fix. other than that, the food is not fresh, like most chinese places but the thing with this one is that they use the same sauce for half their dishes.

Very good and very reasonable price

Best Chinese food I’ve ever had. And lemme tell you, I like to dabble in Chinese food. I usually get take-​out, and it is always amazing. I’ve also eaten at the restaurant a couple times, and the service is great. You won’t be disappointed.

Stopped in for an early dinner on Friday night while I was in the area. Crab Rangoons were very good, and I got like 10 of them in the order.
Crispy Beef in chef’s special sauce was somewhat disappointing. It was your standard lotus floured thin pieces of beef, but it came out smelling burned. Not being one to complain, I ate it anyway. And it wasn’t bad. A decidedly average Chinese food experience.
They charge extra for steamed rice at dinner, which is a pet peeve of mine. The lunch specials looked good, and $ 8 looks better.
Giving it 3 stars instead of 2 because the service was very good.

EASILY the best Chinese food in the area, and possibly better than even some of the better places in Boston. Blue Orchid is one of my favorite places to eat.
Ever since I first tried Blue Orchid several years ago, I just can’t order Chinese food from any other restaurant.
The lo mein is outstanding and doesn’t come in that gross soy-​based brown sauce that a lot of places seem to be peddling. It’s garlicky, light, and fresh — and even better as leftovers the next day.
The crab rangoons are another must-​try, as are the peking ravioli, garlic chicken, and mongolian beef.
One of the things that sets Blue Orchid apart is the obvious freshness and quality of the ingredients. The veggies are cooked, but retain a little crispiness and are not overdone. The meat is also great, especially the chicken, which is all-​white meat and very juicy. The sauces are light but flavorful and not greasy at all.
The staff is incredibly friendly and attentive, and if you opt for delivery or takeout, it’s pretty quick.
I really just can’t say enough good things about Blue Orchid. It has been a staple of my dining out experience for years and will definitely stay that way.

Decent Chinese food. Didn’t love it, but didn’t dislike it. We had the special basil fried rice which was very good. The other two dishes (General Gau and Happy Family) were fine, but nothing to distinguish them from any other restaurant. We didn’t try the crab rangoons (I know — they’re good, but I can’t get my husband to eat imitation crab and cream cheese). Instead we tried the Peking Ravioli, which were huge and pretty tasty.
We decided that we’d go back, but we’d probably try a few other places first. The staff was very friendly. A-​OK in our book.

We stopped here for a Christmas night dinner. The place was fine overall. The staff was very pleasant but the food left a little to be desired for my taste. We got a bunch of things so we could share. But, for my money, it wasn’t quite what I was hoping for. I tried their special (a cranberry chicken dish). It was nice but it didn’t curl my toes or cross my eyes. The crab rangoons were good. The steamed dumplings were fine and there was this cocktail that was so big, you could have bathed in it.
I wouldn’t balk at going back but, I wouldn’t go out of my way either.

After the fall of Mandarin Cuisine in Walpole, I was forced to seek out a new haunt for Chinese. A year or 2 passed and I went away to my first year of college in Rhode Island. I came back home to do the usual laundry and get some home cooked meals but I was missing something. Providence offered nothing special in the way of good Chinese and I felt there was a gap that needed to be filled.
Then one trip home, my parents had mentioned there were some leftovers in the fridge from this new restaurant that had opened a few weeks ago. So, expecting disappointment, I rummaged through the fridge and pulled out some hefty plastic containers. Immediately, I knew there was something special in my hands as no Chinese restaurant had taken such precautions in packaging their leftovers. I mean, these weren’t the usual paper take-​out boxes that fall apart after absorbing too much garlic sauce.
So my mom had recently decided to call it quits on deep fried foods… I know, I know, she’s nuts. But she’s my mom so lay off. Anyways, I crack open a container of Chicken and Garlic Sauce and add a serving of pineapple fried rice and nuke it for a minute. *DING!* ‘Ok’,’ I think to myself, ‘At least this is a free meal” I go for the rice first, the pineapple had started to sweat a little into the rice and was mixing with the garlic sauce.
POW! It was magic! I fell in love with the sweet and garlic flavors all melding together, the fresh taste of the fried rice, the very subtle but very pleasant spiciness of the sauce. The chicken was still tender and the medley of mushrooms, bamboo shoots, celery and water chestnuts added a nice combo of crisp, crunch and meatiness. In a frenzy, i devoured the plate and poked back into the fridge to see what else was in there. To my surprise, there were chicken fingers (thanks to my old man and his undying love of fried foodstuffs), one of the major tests of a restaurant. They were still tender, even after being in the fridge for a few hours, and were just right. The batter was crisp and not too thick. It wasn’t trying to hide the chicken inside, it added substance to it.
So I’ve been back in numerous times since for both takeout and dine-​in, trying everything from the General Gau’s to the Crispy Beef, from the Double Cooked Pork to the Hot and Sour Soup and Salt & Pepper Shrimp; and I can say that nothing has yet to disappoint me. The appetizers are fantastic, freshly fried and done just enough where they’re not sopping in oil. The fried rice is fried when you order it; you can taste it hasn’t been sitting under a heat lamp all afternoon. The veggies are fresh and crisp and never taste like they’ve been frozen, and between you and me, the scallion pancakes may wind up on my list of my last meal.
Service inside or for pick up is always fast and courteous and there always seems to be seating available.
They also have another location in Downtown Walpole, which also serves sushi, which I will try soon!
The Wrap-​up: The BEST moderately-​priced suburban Chinese restaurant south of Boston. The menu is nothing groundbreaking but the dishes are done perfectly. If you are in the area at all, or even kind of close, you need to check this place out.
**UPDATE** The Walpole location is undergoing some renovations and the word on the street is that they bought out the UPS store next to it and are expanding it into a Japanese teppanyaki restaurant.