Taiwan Cafe

Serving up the best, most authentic Taiwanese dishes in Chinatown.

8 / 10
284
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  • Phone

    (617) 426-8181

  • Website

    ordertaiwancafe.com

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  • Type

    Chinese Restaurant

Address

34 Oxford St Boston , MA 02111 United States

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes (incl. Visa & MasterCard)
Outdoor Seating No
Dining Options Take-out, Delivery
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner

Comments / 87


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casual pork lively spicy food beef soup good for groups great value eggplant liver eggs stir fry good for a quick meal scallion pancakes big portions rice chicken pickles spinach peppers
Xavier

Very tasty authentic taiwan food. One of my best places in china town . (In pic. Taiwan noddles style, braised egg plant w/ basil & spicy schezuan beef )

Jeff Woo

I've been here 10+ times & have tried 11 dishes. LOVED: 1) House Special Fried Pork Chop On Rice Platter 2) Sautéed Julienne Beef . FAILED: Beef Stew Noodle Soup . See Top 10 dishes on Foodmento: Read more

Steph Sipe

Really great xaio long Bao . They're larger in size than Din Tai Fung which make them even more challenging to eat, but totally worth it. Hot and Sour Soup was great too! I'd come back for sure.

Al S

Great dumplings . Big menu with lots of tasty spicy options. I’m a big fan of the julienne chicken with shredded potato and green pepper . $20 credit card minimum charge.

Peter Salem

Tried pork intestine (tender/chewy) and jellyfish (chilled, strong snap on biting through) for the first time. Normal menu items are all great, extremely fast service

Tim Luo

I always get the pork chop on rice because it's a big portion with veggies , a braised egg , and pickles and it's only 6.95! Steamed pork buns are very good, and the scallion pancakes otherworldly!

Greg Tan

Agree with the other tip - xiao long bao (soup dumplings ) are comparable with Din Tai Dung. Less delicate, but larger and heartier. Great authentic and cheap Chinese food ! 🥟

Naiara

Soup dumplings were great but try the eggplant with basil ! Great food and very cheap . Absolutely recommend it

Brea Simpson

Soup dumplings , noodles with beef , greens and shacha sauce, and scallion pancake roll . The perfect lunch .

Eater

The soup dumplings rival other options in the neighborhood , and the Szechuan fish is another must-try. [Eater 38 Member]

Enrico Manalo

Scallion pancake with beef , beef with longhorn pepper , the fried pork chop , and the bitter melon soup are all incredible here. Best value in Chinatown.

Danny

pork chop rice is 👌. always pick some up for my ride back to NY. I personally don't like the soup dumplings here, but the regular entrees are well done.

CITY GRIT

We loved the Pork Chop Rice Plate & the Scallion Pancakes ! We're also a sucker for any Soup Dumpling !

Phil Toronto

These were some of the best pork soup dumplings I've ever had AND they come in orders of 7 🙌🐷

Xavier

Pork tripe soup with fried tofu . Delicious!

Vinaya Vishwanath

Must try the vegetable steamed ravioli ! Best veggie dumplings i've ever had. Skip the seaweed salad , too much garlic .

Yu-Mei

Braised tofu , duck tongue , pig ears , oyster omelet , sautéed eggplants and any of the sautéed green leafy vegetables .

Xavier

A picture tells more than thousand words. Delicious!!!!

Emily

Try the steamed Chilean Seabass with soy sauce . Delicious! (But watch out for the small bits if bone that sometimes make their way into the dish.)

Holly S

Out of all the dumpling houses in the area, this is definitely my favorite. The pork and seafood dumplings are incredible-

Lane Rettig

The xiaolongbao soup dumplings are massive. More like dalongbao!

Timothy Hong

Xiaolongbao (soup dumplings ) are amazing. Sea bass with tofu sauce, and julienned beef with long horned peppers !

Graham Siegel

Big menu, but the kitchen can pull it off. Try the soup dumplings , oxtail soup and anything spicy .

Emily

The Fried Porkchop Over Rice is a good deal . Comes with white rice , vegetables and a whole tea egg .

Ajit Verghese

Hot and sour soup is the best I've ever had. Soup dumplings (aks mini steamed pork buns ) are amazing. Salt &pepper chix and eggplant w/ basil are standout. Careful - soup is more thn enough 4 2ppl

Christi Kim

#2 House special fried pork chop on rice , #5 Thick bacon-cut braised pork , Entree #44 Spicy Salt&Pepper chicken w/basil.

Joseph Abrahamson

I'd been missing good beef noodle soup for so long. Try #35 under noodles : beef noodle soup with spinach !

Annie Wang

My top menu picks: Oyster pancake , house special pork chop over rice , tomato & egg w/ beef , "hollow heart" veggies (cong xin cai), soup dumplings .

Kathleen

Beef scallion pancake is a must! You're welcome.

Tim Rothfuss

An acquired taste, but I love their pork kidney and pork liver soups . Tender and tasty!

Ben Bearnot

Crab and pork soup dumplings are crazy delicious. Extremely (temperature) hot so beware yo mouth

Jeffrey Zhao

Salt and pepper chicken is great. Make sure to get a bubble tea from here too!

Anand Jagannath

The braised eggplant with basil is one of my favorite dishes at any restaurant . Give it a try! Much much better than the PF Changs knock-off

Bootham Deyyam

I went with popular recommendations eggplant with basil , fish fry and got some shrimp fried rice . The shrimp were not cleaned , eggplant was sweet and the fish fry had no flavor.

Ellie S.

Whoever recommended the Stinky Tofu is a troll. Maybe this is an acquired taste, but it literally tasted like a diaper. They wouldn't take it off my check either. Everything else was great.

Art Vandelay

Get the Sauteed Pork with Long Horn Pepper in Scallion Pancake Roll

Max

Fried pork chop rice 招牌排骨饭 is classic and a great meal for one.

Terence Chan

Beef with longhorn peppers , scallion pancakes and xiao long bao . 4/5

Sofia Uz

Fresh food , pork dumplings are amazing. Be prepared to wait

Ashley B

Best Chinese food in Chinatown. Can't go wrong!

Jenny S

As a Taiwanese I can say the food is not Taiwanese enough. Veggies were cold & pork chop was quite hard to chew. The only thing done right was the xiaolongbao (dumplings ) or more like *da*longbao...

Sumit Bansal

Really good food.. you have got competition gourmet dumpling house...

Betty Wang

Oyster omelette was waaaay too greasy! And the sauce was distributed very unevenly.

Stephanie H

Spicy beef noodle soup is top!

Nadeesha Cabral

Ask for Tsingtao if you're looking for beer . Also, they give free refills on tea .

Marty Hergert

Scallion pancakes are fluffy, crispy , and downright amazing here. The waitresses are very friendly .

Jessica Ferron

The oyster omelette with gravy is savory and authentic .

Campbell Bird

Tasty gua baos (Taiwanese pork buns ), but sometimes inconsistent.

K Wash

Delicious soup dumplings . They're a good size and the soup is bangin

Sophie Cao

This was probably the worst Chinese restaurant food I've ever had. Just terribly cooked food, with cheap pieces of meat and no flavor at all. The oyster pancake was so disgusting I had to spit it out.

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