Hours
| Friday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Monday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | 11 AM–9 PM |
Address and Contact Information
Address: 9 El Camino Real B, Millbrae, CA 94030
Phone: (650) 697-3988
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Reviews
S Chin
Wanted to try this location since we drive by it everyday. This is a Hong Kong style restaurant food. We ordered: Baked oxtail with rice, the fish with egg corn over rice, the beef tendon over lo mein, beef tendon wonton noodle soup, and baked pork chop over rice. The baked oxtail was not bad. But for the price it’s not bad. For drinks: we ordered the Hong Kong style milk and coffee tea. Not as good as the one I had in Hong Kong, but ok. I would definitely come back, but try something different especially since there is parking in the back.
… moreWEI GE
I love this site! The food is authentic and the service is warm. You can not go to the wrong place if you see so many HongKong people dining inside. And the portion is good that an adult man can easily be fed up and the price is quite reasonable.
… moreJeff Ho
6/26/2025 update: Posted new menu photos. No kitten roaming in the dining area today. We had the baked pork tenderloin spaghetti $15.25, wonton soup $13.25 and a stir fry beef satay rice noodles $14.50. Everything tasted great. This was more of a revenge meal as the wonton soup I had on the day before was terrible. Food taste even better when you had something bad. The older waitress is back. She is pretty awesome. The kitchen was really slow today. It took over 30 minutes for my baked pork tenderloin spaghetti to come out.
3/27/2025 update: Weird lunch today. While we were eating, a kitten rubbed up against my friend’s leg under the table. It surprised us. I didn’t know this was a cat cafe. Apparently, it ran out from the kitchen. The waitress quickly captured the kitten. The other weird thing was, we ordered the ‘curry pizza’ (spring onion bread) appetizer, but it never arrived. Either the rookie waitress never put it in or the chef was too busy to make it. Finally, when my friend went to pay, the rookie waitress short changed us by $50 as my friend paid with a $100 bill. Luckily he paid at the cashier as he counted the change in front of her. Hopefully, the older waitress and the skinny one will come back soon. Today’s peanut butter french toast $7.50, baked pork tenderloin spaghetti $15.25 and black pepper beef spaghetti $14.50 were fine.
7/31/2022 update: Cafe Orchid is still awesome and my go-to place for Hong Kong style meals. Off the menu, I got their Hong Kong style tomato beef crispy noodles. This was my first time eating this here. There weren’t any photos on Yelp for this dish. Amazing flavor with plenty of pieces of beef and tomatoes. As for the beef and vegetables chow fun with gravy, this was great as well. The chef did a good job with the wok flavor. Excellent service. Good job my friends at Cafe Orchid.
9/24/2021 update:
Cafe Orchid is still an excellent Hong Kong style cafe. There was a constant flow of to-go order pickups and a short line waiting for a table at 7pm on a Friday. It gets busier during brunch time on the weekends. I started my meal with an order of curry fish balls. They are a favorite street food among Hong Kongers. The only thing missing is the bamboo stick used on the streets. The curry sauce here is thick and smelled wonderful. The fish balls were firm with a soft snap. The beef brisket braised noodles are still good. It came with mostly overcooked tendons that were easy to chew. There’s an option to get the thicker egg noodles, but I prefer the thin noodles. It was all washed down with a lemon tea with real lemon. Great job staff at Cafe Orchid. We are lucky they are in Millbrae. I like how the bigger waitress knows all the regular customers.
4/22/2021 update. Indoor dining. Tonight I had the beef brisket wonton noodle soup $10.50 and a HK milk tea $3. The beef briskets were more tendons than I would have liked. There were only two small pieces of meat and two big pieces of tendons. It was slowed cook and pretty flavorful. The three wontons were satisfying. It contains shrimp and a hint of sesame oil. Their milk tea tasted almost as good as the ones found in tea cafes in Hong Kong. My bill came to $18 with tax and tip.
****Original review below****
Indoor dining tonight 3/12/2021. Cafe Orchid 蘭苑 is a Hong Kong style tea cafe 港式茶餐廳. They do a very good job of offering the same style of food found in Hong Kong lunch cafes. We are talking about baked rice/spaghetti, little sandwiches, milk teas, rice dishes and soup based instant noodles/macaroni bowls. We had the cold HK style milk tea $3.60, HK Style milk tea and coffee $3.00, afternoon tea chicken wings $10, curry pork chops spaghetti $10 and baked pork chops over rice $10.50. The restaurant was spaced out for Covid and I felt safe eating indoors. The menu was under a plexiglass or can be scanned via QR code. The food came out fairly quickly and I had no complaints about the chef, food quality, wait staff. Great job Cafe Orchid. My bill was about $43 with tax and tip for two people.
… more3/27/2025 update: Weird lunch today. While we were eating, a kitten rubbed up against my friend’s leg under the table. It surprised us. I didn’t know this was a cat cafe. Apparently, it ran out from the kitchen. The waitress quickly captured the kitten. The other weird thing was, we ordered the ‘curry pizza’ (spring onion bread) appetizer, but it never arrived. Either the rookie waitress never put it in or the chef was too busy to make it. Finally, when my friend went to pay, the rookie waitress short changed us by $50 as my friend paid with a $100 bill. Luckily he paid at the cashier as he counted the change in front of her. Hopefully, the older waitress and the skinny one will come back soon. Today’s peanut butter french toast $7.50, baked pork tenderloin spaghetti $15.25 and black pepper beef spaghetti $14.50 were fine.
7/31/2022 update: Cafe Orchid is still awesome and my go-to place for Hong Kong style meals. Off the menu, I got their Hong Kong style tomato beef crispy noodles. This was my first time eating this here. There weren’t any photos on Yelp for this dish. Amazing flavor with plenty of pieces of beef and tomatoes. As for the beef and vegetables chow fun with gravy, this was great as well. The chef did a good job with the wok flavor. Excellent service. Good job my friends at Cafe Orchid.
9/24/2021 update:
Cafe Orchid is still an excellent Hong Kong style cafe. There was a constant flow of to-go order pickups and a short line waiting for a table at 7pm on a Friday. It gets busier during brunch time on the weekends. I started my meal with an order of curry fish balls. They are a favorite street food among Hong Kongers. The only thing missing is the bamboo stick used on the streets. The curry sauce here is thick and smelled wonderful. The fish balls were firm with a soft snap. The beef brisket braised noodles are still good. It came with mostly overcooked tendons that were easy to chew. There’s an option to get the thicker egg noodles, but I prefer the thin noodles. It was all washed down with a lemon tea with real lemon. Great job staff at Cafe Orchid. We are lucky they are in Millbrae. I like how the bigger waitress knows all the regular customers.
4/22/2021 update. Indoor dining. Tonight I had the beef brisket wonton noodle soup $10.50 and a HK milk tea $3. The beef briskets were more tendons than I would have liked. There were only two small pieces of meat and two big pieces of tendons. It was slowed cook and pretty flavorful. The three wontons were satisfying. It contains shrimp and a hint of sesame oil. Their milk tea tasted almost as good as the ones found in tea cafes in Hong Kong. My bill came to $18 with tax and tip.
****Original review below****
Indoor dining tonight 3/12/2021. Cafe Orchid 蘭苑 is a Hong Kong style tea cafe 港式茶餐廳. They do a very good job of offering the same style of food found in Hong Kong lunch cafes. We are talking about baked rice/spaghetti, little sandwiches, milk teas, rice dishes and soup based instant noodles/macaroni bowls. We had the cold HK style milk tea $3.60, HK Style milk tea and coffee $3.00, afternoon tea chicken wings $10, curry pork chops spaghetti $10 and baked pork chops over rice $10.50. The restaurant was spaced out for Covid and I felt safe eating indoors. The menu was under a plexiglass or can be scanned via QR code. The food came out fairly quickly and I had no complaints about the chef, food quality, wait staff. Great job Cafe Orchid. My bill was about $43 with tax and tip for two people.
Daniel
#2
This is one of my favorite restaurants.
It’s not fancy or particularly special, but it’s a place where you can enjoy a delicious, simple meal at a reasonable price with milk tea.
I personally love the pork katsu and spaghetti combo, and I also enjoy the sausage macaroni!
And now they even accept credit cards, including Amex!
#1
Simple and delicious Hong Kong-style café!!
Cash Payment ONLY!!
… moreThis is one of my favorite restaurants.
It’s not fancy or particularly special, but it’s a place where you can enjoy a delicious, simple meal at a reasonable price with milk tea.
I personally love the pork katsu and spaghetti combo, and I also enjoy the sausage macaroni!
And now they even accept credit cards, including Amex!
#1
Simple and delicious Hong Kong-style café!!
Cash Payment ONLY!!
Clarice C
Baked dishes and deep fried wings are good. Drinks are great (Hong Kong style lemon tea and milk tea).
Pan fried noodles and French toast are burnt without “wok hey,” so they must have used high heat to cook anything too quickly. Taking shortcut did not really work here.
Not very impressed, but okay overall.
… morePan fried noodles and French toast are burnt without “wok hey,” so they must have used high heat to cook anything too quickly. Taking shortcut did not really work here.
Not very impressed, but okay overall.
Wilson Tsang
The price is pretty fair for the portions but mostly just rice. The curry beef had no curry flavor, it was very bland. The tomato sauce pork chop rice had two thin pork chops and this one was much more flavorful. The HK milk tea is very good and I actually enjoyed it the most of the whole meal. Cheaper Asian canto-American style of food in Millbrae but flavor could be improved
… moreKate Chan
This is our go-to spot anytime we want some Hong Kong style cha chaan teng good. Delicious and reasonable price.
… moreChris Hu
2nd time here, order turn around time is fast, food quality was great, original Hong kong style cafe, parking is limited at this location but you can park Comerica parking lot just next to the building. Interior set up is warm and daily go to cafe recommended to all.
… moreSteve L
Got lunch special 14.95 including a drink. Excellent cost and performance.
… moreKabirr
Service can be slow and atmosphere can be noisy at times but the Veg Chowmein and HK Style Milk Tea are worth trying. My go-to spot near SFO airport where you can wait and enjoy your tea when waiting for picking up someone from airport.
… more