Haoway Chinese Cafe

We were looking on Unilocal for Chinese food so picked this one. We didn’t know it was a small take out place. We had been looking for a regular restaurant setting but the food was very very good. We’d go back. I had a pork dish and the orange chicken. It was a very busy place, people coming in and out all the time!

I cannot tell you how much I love this place! I have been coming here for about 10 years and have never once been disappointed. Owner is fantastic and charming!
My husband and I can split a full lunch for $ 12 here. Great fried rice, sesame chicken, orange chicken, egg rolls and some of the best egg drop soup I’ve ever had. Stop by Mon — Fri for the on of the best lunch deal you’ve ever had.

Really really disappointing food. Foods have no flavor, chicken were way over cook. Peanut in my king pao chicken was burnt. Not recommend!

Absolutely, positively the VERY best Chinese food Boulder – or dare I say, the world – has to offer. To put things in perspective, even if you found yourself adventuring in China (China!!) and came across the original Chinese restaurant which crafted its food from 2000-​year-​old family recipes, you’d still long for the heavenly joy that is Boulder’s own Haoway Chinese Café. Of course, you must also consider the service. It is (no questions about it) definitively the best, friendliest place ever to grace the Earth (or the entire cosmos, for that matter). The cook, while he speaks little English, is the friendliest and most energetic person in history; the cashier has grace and poise too rarely seen in the human species; and the teenager in the back? Well, he’s one studly fellow. Some may complain about their «Americanized» version of Chinese food (All I can say is, what did you expect?), or the small size (Yoda was small, yet one of the most powerful Jedi to ever live – think on that!), but in reality there’s really no other option if you want to capitalize on your lottery-​level good fortune to experience the highest-​quality Chinese dining ever to exist.

If you’re looking for standard «Americanized» Chinese fare in Boulder, this is your place. There is a small seating area, but I usually order takeout as there is no delivery. Affordable, fast and friendly enough service.

I ordered takeout and it was nothing special, but it hit the spot since I was craving greasy, fast Chinese food. Their egg drop soup has corn kernels in it, which I found odd – not good, and not necessarily bad, but just odd. The shrimp fried rice was okay, but I’ve had a lot better.

Not a sit-​down servicing restaurant. You order at the counter and they bring it to you. Only about 10 tables the food is tasty generous and inexpensive. Probably best for takeout. It appears to be a husband and wife operation. As I say nothing fancy but good food

Menu pricing provided online are 15−20% less than those charged. Various webpages contain their menu however none I could find are anywhere near up to date with the prices charged. When asked they claim I must have been looking at the lunch prices and that the menu prices I was looking at online were 10 years old. Thus, they are aware of this issue yet are not fixing it.
Hao Way Chinese Café Delivery Menu

I walked past this place and thought I’d stop in after seeing such good google reviews. I ordered the orange chicken. Tasted great. Got really nauseas after eating and called them and sure enough they use MSG.
If you don’t like MSG, AVOID!!! There’s no place for MSG in boulder. I feel awful after eating their food.

Haoway is the best place for Chinese food in town. We’ve tried other restaurants but none were quite as good as this place. The food is delicious, plentiful and extremely reasonably priced. No matter what we order, we always get crab cheese wontons to go with it. So. Good. If you’re not going to Haoway, you’re missing out big time.

Just so good. Everything (even from the counter during the week) is fresh and delicious. Nothing to look at inside, but the food is worth double what they charge. Easily up there with the best Chinese in the area, if not the best.

Some good chinese food!

I have tried a few different Chinese restaurants in Boulder, and this was by far the worst.
I order sweet and sour pork, and it was burnt and dry. It was the same with the fries crab cheese wontons.
I would not recommend this to anyone.

I went here after a 7 month break and the wonderful woman who works there/​owns it still knew my order of dumplings and soup. Love it.

InsanIty!!! I called and the woman I spoke with told me to call back in an hour because they were busy! Then handed the phone to a poor worker employee and proceeded to tell me they didn’t have a manager! And apparently there online menu is inaccurate my order came out to about 35 $ for what the online told me was about 20 $! Do not order here! Trust me the first experience is excellent, after that your just another costumer.

Sesame chicken and crab wontons were on point. Just what you’d expect from a cheap plaza Chinese joint. They also have huge portions… we only ate half our order between the two of us.

We love to get a good bite of Chinese here. There’s not a great place to eat with your dog but there are a few benches outside for when the weather is lovely. We enjoy eating here after a good day skiing and snowboarding or after a long hike or after a long hard days of work

This is definitely a strip mall kind of Chinese joint. It’s super cheap, albeit not too quick on the service side.
I ordered the sesame chicken and it’s about what you’d expect if you were walking around a suburban mall and looking for cheap but decent food. What’s surprised me the most about reading other Unilocal reviews is the fact that no one mentioned they serve everything in styrofoam, which is kind of a downer and seems like it would be more expensive that just washing plates… but what do I know… I just help people start small businesses. C’mon, Boulderites! I expected more from you! Care more about Mother Earth! :)

I’m sort of a vagabond, traveling from one place to the next, spending a couple months, then moving on. One thing I look for in each spot is an old fashioned Chinese café. Serving the classics, made fresh, at I-don’t-feel-gouged prices. In Boulder, this is the place.
Beef and broccoli was perfect: crispy-​sweet broccoli and tender beef, not a piece of which was non-​chewable. Tasty gravy-​type sauce was not watery. I will be back to try Vegetable Tofu with Garlic Sauce, Kung Pao Chicken, Lo Mein and Firecracker Shrimp.
Authentic American Chinese food. Right on.

This is just about exactly what I expected– a fast American Chinese food restaurant. That isn’t a bad thing– the food was tasty, service was fast and polite and the price was right. I had firecracker chicken, my portion was huge and it was mostly meat with a few veggies in there.
If you’re looking for a good strip mall Chinese place that is fast and cheap, look no further than Haoway.