Chinese Restaurants: Bo Happy
Address: 3550 Stanley Blvd. #3, Pleasanton, CA 94566
Tele: (925) 931-0083
Restaurant Reservations: No
Food Delivery: Yes
Food Take-out: Yes
Hours:
Mon-Sat. 10:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Sun. 3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Attire: Casual
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Parking: Private Lot
Review:
I really can’t say enough bad things about this place. I’m really hoping maybe I just had a terrible, out-of-the-ordinary experience, on a bad day because our food was inedible. It looked (although I’m sure tasted better) than dog food. We ordered I guess what you would call from the menu orange chicken and cashew chicken…so don’t get those two items. We took it home to eat, opened it up, and my boyfriend who can just eat about anything wouldn’t even finish it let alone eat more bites of the meal. I was so upset since this place is right down the street from our house and would be so nice to have a tasty Chinese place so close. From the other reviews I’m wondering what happened to our meal, but I’m not going to take the chance and go back. Suggestion…don’t go….or try and support and try for yourself…its your stomach.
Finally a close by Chinese restaurant that serves up real Chinese food. Thank you to the other reviewers who point out the Chef’s Specialty section of the menu. I would have otherwise NEVER set foot at Bo’s. We had the napa cabbage rice cake (sort of like a chewy rice based flat noodle), and the boiled beef. I agree the menu items are western China/Sichuan. Yes, you can definitely get better in the south bay, but I think Bo’s does a fine job at the specialty dishes and I commend them on having the guts to put some authentic items on their menu.
I went back and had the gringo “Lunch special” fare again. I had the lunch special stuff months back and found it forgettable enough not to write a review, but loved the authentic Chinese dishes. HO HO!, They’ve turned a corner! I had the typical Mongolian Beef, and my Samoan attorney had Kung Pao Chicken. You can’t get more Americanized mainstream than that…and they were both very good! Egg roll still tasted thick and frozen food like. Egg drop soup however was up a step! Both meal’s meats were high quality and seasoned/cooked to perfection. Bottom line…I really like this place for their truly chinese dishes on the “chinese specialty menu” (see link to my earlier review below) and now also for the “regular american menu”, and the people and service really can’t be beat. I’m still looking for a Chinese five star, but I’m not sure if it exists on this side of the hill.