Ambassador Restaurant
(503) 280-0330
4744 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland,
OR
97213
45.5383
-122.6143
Neighborhoods: Rose City Park, Central northeast Neighbors Incorporated
Reviews & Ratings for Ambassador Restaurant
15 reviews
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Rockin good times!
by katie45
February 14, 2009
Staff was great! Good food and alot of it for the money. They have two karaoke places inside so the wait is not too bad. I love the DJ's and love to hear them sing. Mostly I love listening to good singers as I am not a singer myself. Really great atmosphere and probably the best karaoke bar I have been to.
- Pros: food and atmosphere and the karaoke DJ's sing great!
- Cons: can get very busy at any moment and you might get tired of waiting to sing...
Love the Karaoke! by Ashley K. at InsiderPages
Contributor
January 06, 2009
This place is fun, they have good food an lots of Karaoke. It is nice people have to smoke outside, makes for an easier time on the lungs! I think if you want a good time singing or watching karaoke go here!
Good service but really bad food
by timothywwc
June 27, 2008
For a chinese restaurant, the place is nice and clean.
We went there on Friday around 6-7pm, there was not a single soul in the dining area, except the bar. That tells you something isn't right.
Anyhow, we ordered our food. The food is god awful. How could a Chinese restuarant messed up with stirred fried. It is like Mexicans make really bad taco!
We barely finished our food and left hungry.
Pros: The service was really good. I guess it is because we are the only customer there.
The only reason that this place is still open is because of the bar. The food is really bad!
We won't be going again.
by LeeW274
October 04, 2007
We decided to try the Ambassador one Sunday for lunch. The parking lot was packed (generally a good sign). The restaurant was empty. The bar was full. Our waitress was attentive, but the food (which is what we came for) was spotty. The kung pao chicken was decent, The sweet and sour shrimp were abysmal. The shrimp were tough and tasted like they'd been fried beforehand and warmed up prior to serving. We asked for tea (not an unreasonable request in a Chinese restaurant). We were informed that it hadn't been made yet. "He was supposed to make some last night, but didn't" Huh? Do they make up tea the night before and warm it up for their patrons? We got coffee mugs of hot water with Lipton tea bags. We informed the waitress that the shimp was tough early on but thought maybe it'd improve as we got into it a little more. It got worse and we informed her that it was inedible. She did take it off the check. We tipped her our customary 20% (on the original menu items). She'd served the food like she was supposed to, it wasn't her fault the shimp was bad. Although I'd like some clarification on the tea situation. In short, we won't be back. I'm not a big drinker and not into Karaoke. They should shut down the restaurant and make the whole place a karaoke bar. The management only seems to be serving Chinese food as a sideline.
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by Contributor
September 10, 2007
Hollywood district venue heats up their ktichen to serve tasty Asian dishes and also keeps locals entertained with kareoke fun.
Decent
by conformicide
May 12, 2007
Wanted to find a place to eat near my apartment and decided to give the Ambassador a try. I service was stellar. The waitress Tina, gave us her input on what she thought was good and we took some of her advice. She was attentive and friendly, we enjoyed talking with her. At 6.95 a plate lunch including soup, fried rice, and an eggroll you really can't go wrong, even if the food is lackluster, which is exactly what it was. The barbequed pork was awesome on the other hand and the eggflower soup was very good. The General Tso's was not spicy, the Schezuan chicken was also not spicy, and the flavor was bland. The beef and brocoli was the best thing we ordered this afternoon. All in all an average place to eat. The bar was clean and i can see how Karaoke in the evenings could get out of hand and i think that is what they cater to.
- Pros: Great service, clean.
- Cons: average food
Good Karaoke bad smoke
by dsnichole
November 13, 2006
This place is full of smokers and the smoke even left over smoke, the venelation is very bad. It is a great place however for karaoke and they have great shrimp fried rice.
- Pros: Great Karaoke
- Cons: Very Smoky
Kind of addicted now...
by madjoy
April 21, 2006
We went here for a family party and we were very surprised with how much we liked it! The service has been FANTASTIC every time we've been. Very clean. We love the food too. The veggies all taste fresh. The flavors are great. We have brought 2 other families with us since then and now THEY are regulars. Very vegetarian friendly too! LOVE that. We always DO tip 15% or up.....so we were not at all turned off by the automatic gratuity when we used our Entertainment card. This place a pleasant surprise.
- Pros: friendly, fast service, well priced
- Cons: smoke
good service, bad smells
by csxer
February 06, 2006
The wait staff was friendly and attentive. The food was disappointing, and the overall atmosphere was harmed by the presence of the bar, as a beer and smoker smell wafted through the dining area. You will smell like cigarette smoke when you leave. The experience would be improved by physically separating the bar from the restaurant.
