Modern Orchid Southeast Asian Cuisine

Excellent dishes, good service ice I really like this place. Salt & Pepper Squid delicious!

New owners or new cook, or both. If you are expecting the same quality and taste you will be disappointed. This was our favorite Chinese restaurant but won't be back.

Three of us dined in, 2 had the Red Chicken Curry and the other Yellow Chicken Curry. Worst curry I have ever eaten, all 3 of us had a whole bowl of mostly ONIONS. Hay, I don’t mind some onions but our bowls were ridiculously filled with onions. We couldn’t find the chicken, hardly any in our dishes. I was so disappointed.
When the bill came we told the waitress, she said she will mention this to the chef and wanted a mandatory 15% tip because there were 6 at our table. What a nutty place, never go there, not worth the disappointment. Terrible food.

Overall a great, fresh-tasting meal! I ordered through skip the dishes and got the chicken lettuce wraps, a veggie spring roll, and a pork spring roll to try. The lettuce wraps were absolutely delicious and made a perfect lunch, but the filling was really liquidy so they were definitely messy to eat. The spring rolls were great as well- I would recommend the meat spring roll! The veggie spring roll was a little lacking in crunch and flavour but still nice. The sweet and sour sauce is yummy as well. I will definitely eat here again!

Amazing food and great service every time.
Thank you so much for making my experience every time wonderful

Must say again that this is the Absolute Best Chinese place in Nova Scotia. Food is great. Service is great

This is the best restaurant I tried in Dartmouth Crossing! Will also be my first choice whenever I shopping there. The Thai food is so yummy and serving fast! The service is warm hearted and is a kids friendly restaurant. Highly recommend the Sweet and Sour soup and the Singapore Noodles which are my favourite!

Order one thing got another called to see if they would fix it. She told me I order wrong and hung up on me. Went up with receipts and she said oh I got disconnected. Said they remade my food but they just through it back in the pan, came out burnt and dry.used to be the best place in Dartmouth Crossing now they have poor service and worse food

Please be advised I have not eaten pork in over 15yrs, I ordered a spring roll with my meal, ate half if it before I saw meat in it! I was so sick at the sight of it, I was informed by my waitress I had to specify a vegetable spring roll! Like what! Most assume a spring roll is all veg esp when my husband ordered an egg roll which was meat! Will not return

Great food, good variety, the portions are big for the price you pay and it was delivered quick! Yum yum!

Food was tasty. And lots of it. Next time we are in Dartmouth we will definitely be returning here to eat

Mango salad had wonderful ingredients but was drowned in a pinkish dressing and too much sugar. My Ginger Chicken was delicious. My son found his stirfry soaked in reddish pink sugary sauce. We spoke to the wacit staff about Our concerns but she dic not appear to understand. Place was clean and pleadant.

Honest hard-working Chinese family operates this restaurant, their older children help out with the cleaning of tables. Large portions, very reasonably priced and quick service. Would definitely come again.

I could have given 0 star if I could. Extremely rude staff. She became rude for asking the content in the egg rolls. Everything in the menu mentioned the contents except the egg roll and I was allergic to meat. She just started being rude as I mentioned I am allergic and took a bite accidentally. I did not even change the tone of my voice when she started arguing and asking us to stop talking. My friends were dumbstruck as she just kept raising her voice on us. This my first time I am seeing a “Karen” being a server. Now we know the reason why this restaurant is always empty. All the three of us used to work in restaurants and we would never disrespect a customer for no reason. All on the top of the fact that it is complete trashy food. We did not even complained that they forgot one of our orders. So please dont go to this place if you are hungry and looking for a nice place to eat out with your loved ones.

I went to the new Bedford location. I asked about the Daily Specials board which was written in Mandarin and I was told that menu was only for Chinese people. I felt discriminated against and felt I wasn't welcomed. Their menu was very large, to the point where I wasn't sure if it was a Chinese restaurant, & what I ordered tasted terrible, like it came out of a can. I have traveled to China and I know what good food taste like, even if I can't read Mandarin. My search for good Chinese food continues in HRM. I am sure there is one somewhere, bit it's definitely not at the Modern Orchid!

I've eaten at Modern Orchid a good number of times now, service is always quick, and all of the options I have tried have been delicious, well cooked, and very flavorful. Very reasonable prices for the amount of food and quality.

I ordered the "Mu Shu Pork Crepes" as take out. The meat in this dish is so little, one needs a magnifying glass or a microscope to find it. I bet it was maximum 3-5% meat content. (In words: three to five) The rest? Vegetables and water!

(Info as printed on receipt: #123 (TakeOut), 7/18/2022, Time: 15: 13, Server: Sharon, Table#: 123, Total: $ 30.44)

The curry chicken soup with noodles was the best I have ever tasted……. It was spicy enough that my taste buds did a double take. I will be back soon! Thank you

Restaurant is clean quite with good service.

This is another great chinese restaurant in Dartmouth.staff is warm welcoming and friendly.cuisine tastes nicely, dishes are value money. Highly recommend the Singapore fried noodle and beef rice noodle.

Well no restaurant is always good but we tried takeout here yesterday (Sunday) and the 3 meals we left with were so dry and they missed the gravy for 1meal. Not something I could eat and since they knowingly let it be served to us tells me they don't care enough to even own this business. Money is hard earned and when spent on food I expect reasonable value, I was ripped off and still hungry

I was there before and it was lovely food was not hot service was not good maybe because ther were only a few working I was excited to go with 3 friends and was very disapointed

Remember how Chinese food tasted when you were a kid? It tastes like that again when you come here

Edit: was a 5 star. New chef or ownership or something unfortunate. Quality had nosedived. Extremely disappointed that my original review is simply inaccurate now.

I am not sure what changed but food was awful.thry brought me my food it was barley warm.my husbands food came later.instead of together.we were out for dinner together.i have been there lots of times.not sure why this time was so bad

I feel like since the pandemic, this place isnt as good as it used to be. We got food from here a year ago and it wasnt the best. I figured it was a one off. We got it again today and it was the same. Rice is different from a few years ago, used to have this smokey kinda flavour. Now just kinda meh. Rice was a bit under cooked. Chicken balls had batter that was not fully fried and they were very greasy. My wife and I got different egg rolls even though they should have been the same. Still the same curry flavouring, but the filling in mine was kinda like a spring roll and her's was the normal mushy filling. Both were really greasy as well. They have new take out containers that seperate the items. The rice portion is about half of what it used to be. I'm bummed out because this used to be our go-to, but sadly not any more

One of the best Asian restaurants I have eaten at ever! The flavour of the food is amazing, you can taste the quality in each bite. The restaurant is nice inside and very clean. Staff are very friendly. Highly recommend and will definitely be back again!

We have been going to Modern Orchid for years and tonight or food was best ever! Best sweet and sour chicken balls I have ever had. The young folks that helped us are very wonderful. Great job everyone!

Delicious meal, quick service, friendly staff and excellent prices.
Their ginger beef combo was cooked perfectly, the sauce was flavorful without being overwhelming, above-average meat to veggie ratio, very generous portions, and for only a couple extra dollars over the fast food joints nearby. I placed a takeout order in the parking lot and it was ready in 5 minutes. Staff were friendly and quick, and they have tap, which made life very easy.
Nothing to complain about and lots of dishes to enjoy.

Food is amazing here, service is fast and the girl working is attentive filling up water etc. Definitely deserves the five star rating!

Old mushy rice, sauce spilled and leaking from the soggy paper bag, egg roll was not only cold but just tasted old. Probably the worst chinese food I have eaten.

On the plus size the portions were generous. Just a shame it was overcooked and cold.

Best Asian food I've had in the HRM, and they have absolutely wonderful service. Unfortunately only discovered this place during COVID, but I can't wait to dine in and enjoy their atmosphere sometime!

First time trying tonight and have to say i wasnt disappointed. Would go back for sure and try other dishes they have

The food is really bland and flavorless, the rice is super dry, and the sweet and sour sauce or whatever you want to call it doesn't taste right.

Have you ever heard of salt?

Will not eat their food again

First visit great sweet and sour chicken balls and sauce. Good chicken chow mein cooked properly not soggy. Almond guy ding very garlicky but not on each bite not the best I've had. Reduced stars as the chicken fried rice, very dry almost not fresh and it had peas, corn, carrots and green beans, a frozen vegetable mix i believe. No shallots or egg that I could see. The pairing of the curry eggroll does not in my opinion go with the dishes. The taste is not right, however I will give credit it was crispy and cooked proper. Decent amount of food for price point but frozen additions rice takes away authenticity.

Very delicious meal, only negative was due to wait time being inconsistent as to what we were told. The spot still deserves the 5 stars based on the how friendly the staff was despite the wait:) will definitely be back!

Modern Orchid is Amazing! I tried their mango salad and BBQ pork for lunch and it was some of the freshest and tastiest food I have ever had. Highly recommend. Server was very nice and I didn't have to wait long to be served.

It was a short wait for our meal, it was delicious, with kind and friendly service, the Restaurant was very clean.

Arrived and there were only 2 other tables. It took 15 minutes to get water and order. We had ordered wontons to start and our meals. 45 minutes after ordering there was still no sign of the wontons or our food and no communication from the server. There were about 10 tables in the restaurant. We asked the server to cancel our order and decided to leave as did at least 4 other tables at the same time. We used to eat here regularly and were excited to come tonight but left disappointed and went elsewhere. We won't be returning anytime soon.

Highly recommend. Service is efficient and friendly and they’re always willing to make substitutions/ follow any special requests. Experience is consistently awesome. Food tastes great and is well priced! Their curry egg rolls are my favourite!

Modern Orchid has its pros and cons. Prices were good, taste wise was okay, but can definitely improve. Understandable considering the demographic of Dartmouth, but a little disappointing. Still good tasting however.

Authenticity wise, food was subpar. You can tell what curry paste the chef used, many places use it. Growing up south East Asian, I ate curry every other week. Not to compare with homecooked meals, but compared to the food made in Thailand, you can tell the difference right away. Mango salad wasn't close to the real thing, and spring roll was like a spring roll you get at Manchu wok.

Atmosphere was nice, clean, but also feels like it's trying to be too fancy for its prices. It feels less welcoming, despite the great prices.

Service wise was great, Amanda was helping and not pushy. She knew when to approach and when to let you eat.

Food: 4/5
Price: 5/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Authenticity: 3/5

Delicious food, fast service, excellent atmosphere. Perfect for lunch or dinner with conversations.

I have travelled through thailand, japan, and South Korea, not only is the food quality amazing the presentation is traditional as well. I highly recommend this place for authentic southeast Asian cuisine.

A classic Chinese-Canadian restaurant. Not particularly exotic but decent food and nice atmosphere.

Food was piping hot, fresh and awesome tasting. Professional service. Clean restaurant. Had General Taos Chicken with Lo Mein Noodles. Yum!

Lovely servers, always friendly and kind. Food is delicious and consistently prepared. This is a wonderful place and remains one of my favorites.

Service was great. The one server that was on was SWAMPED but was professional, quick and pleasant to talk to.

The food:

My wife ordered a pretty standard Canadian-Chinese dish and when it arrived, it was exactly that.

I ordered a Thai combination plate and will not be ordering it again. The Red curry had very little flavour (however, on the plus side, the beef was very tender!) and the mango salad, which sounded intriguing, was simply mango and carrot match sticks.

Excellent service and lackluster food results in an average review.

Food is amazing. Never really had Chinese before (Dislike trying new food) but I will definitely be coming back here for a date really soon.

Table service is absolutely amazing and our server was a very nice woman.

I had the 2 can dine option A, god we were both stuffed and impressed with how great everything tasted.

All in all, Great date place for a chinese lover and not that expensive either.

My wife and I eat at the Modern Orchid regularly. The service is usually very good. There is a wide variety of Asian foods for all tastes. My wife really likes the Fresh Salad Rolls and I like the Chicken Satay. The peanut and curry sauce is awesome.

The food was tasty but the service was horrible. They were not busy, so we cant blame it on the "lots of clients". We were 5 of us. They brought the food different times: the first 2 was done when the last one got her meal. They missed one of my food. My friend asked no onion, she got onion. 2 of us ordered the same dessert, they brought it with 10 min difference.

Disappointing. Not the moo shoo pork I'm used to. And I'm the one who pushed going here. I let staff know, but they didn't care.

Not bad. The food is decent most of the time but not always consistant. Service varies a lot too some days its fast and friendly
Other days not so much. But it's good enough I keep going back and enjoy the food.

Delicious food, prepared fresh each day.love the wong tong soup.prices are reasonable, servers friendly and prompt. Been many times, it's one of my go to restaurants.

By far the best Chinese food i've ever had in Nova Scotia.so far.
Thier prices are very respectable.

Would highly recommend. Wish I could give it 10 stars but 5 is the max.