Sampan Chinese Cuisine
Salt Lake City, UT 84106-1897
Phone: (801) 467-3663
- Price:
- $
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri 11am-11pm, Sat 12pm-11pm, Sun 12pm-9:30pm
Editorial Review for Sampan Chinese Cuisine – by Bob King
The Scene
From the logo to the menu fonts to the black ceiling and blond wood tables, a sense of style makes Sampan a cut above most mall restaurants. In fact, the place has expanded twice, with each room now offering a different type of seating. Couples may prefer the booths in the west room, away from the bustle of the high-tech kitchen, though the tall wooden chairs in the east room make it easy to lean in closer for serious conversation.
The Food
It's popular with good reason--the kitchen does a stellar job, despite the steady stream of call-in orders and deliveries. For appetizers, try tangerine chicken or vegetable pot stickers for a change of pace; the hot and sour soup is superior. Curries, barbecue duck and strawberry chicken offer other diversions, and everything arrives fresh from the wok.
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Insider Tips
Bargain HuntingFor lunch, Sampan has the same fresh food, soup and an egg roll, all for about $5.
Get it to GoSampan's delivery area extends from West Temple to Foothill Drive, and from 11th Avenue to 3900 South.
User Reviews for Sampan Chinese Cuisine
05/19/2008 Posted by foodobsessedmom
So far we've only eaten Sampan's Chinese food twice- one dining in and the other, more recent time, had it delivered. The first time I got the Triple Seafood Delight with scallops, shrimp and calamari. I was really impressed with the size of the dish- I felt it matched well its price. Well, the calamari wasn't what I was expecting : it was white and rubbery. But I got past it and it was a very good meal. My husband got the General Tao's chicken which was also hugely portioned. It had the right amount of spice to make it hot but it wasn't overwhelming. The lemon shrimp purses (an appetizer) are delicious as well. This past Saturday night we ordered 2 General Tao's dinners to be delivered. They said it would be here within the hour but mad it here in like 30 or so minutes. The food was good and there were more options on what kind of appetizer and side you wanted than other Chinese take outs I've eaten from. The only problem I had with the delivery service was that we paid with our credit card over the phone but the lady didn't tell us how much she was charging to it- only that it had gone through. Kinda weird and sketchy at first but when we looked at the receipt everything was ok and in the right amount. I like how they have the option to not have MSG in your food. The restaurant is cute but the tables are a little close together- but maybe I'm just overly conscious of that since we have a sometimes fidgety 1 yr old.
03/22/2008 Posted by ShirtDirk
I just came in from the big city and was staying at a sugarhouse hotel. My girlfriend had just broke up with me over email and I needed to drown my troubles in booze and Chinese food. I paid $5 to use the hotel's internest and I got to work looking online for some place close. Sampan came up and I found their menu. The food was expensive, but hey I was on the verge of committing suicide so I figured I should splurge. Well I called three times and got hung up on twice. The third time this really hot sounding girl got on the phone and finally took my order, I got the mushoo pork with fried lice and BBQ spare ribs. The girl said that it would be an hour to an hour ten minutes for delivery. I wondered to myself why it would take so long and if I would ever get over loosing the love of my life. I found out she was cheating on me and when I confronted her she broke up with me. What an awful person! When the food finally got delivered it was awful, too. The fried rice was just regular white rice with some ham in it. The mushoo pork was very bland. At first I just though all the alcohol had dulled my senses, but I had some the next day and it was definitely bland. The ribs were nothing special and at eight dollars for four ribs it was over priced. I passed out from all the drinking and aparently I called an escort service during the night because there was a three hundred and seventy four dollar charge on my credit card. Needless to say it was a very dissapointing experience. I write an advice column for a Jamacian paper so take my advice when I tell you to avoid Sampan.
Pros: It didn't kil l me
Cons: It tasted like it couldn't know what food was
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