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Born in China's Taishan Province in 1905, Mr. Charles Foon Wong, founder of The Canton Resturant, moved to the United States at a young age seeking better prospects. After serving in the Army in World War II, Charles opened the Eastern Star Cafe, with his nephew, Gene Guen, in Northwest, Washington DC. Family-run business with a sizeable menu of classic Chinese cuisine, some American eats and a lunch buffet.
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Bryon D. Grable
May 08, 2022
I've had Chinese food from many places around the globe. This food was bland, no flavor at all. When the owner explained they'd owned these location for over 60 years I was shocked. Need some old fashioned cooking lessons from those ancestors again.
Pahel Brunis
May 07, 2022
Tasty, Friendly and fast. Any time again. Was a good experience
Laura Collins
Apr 08, 2022
Great service, delicious food. Every time my husband Henry and I call for pick up we are promptly meet with courteous service.
Katie G.-W.
Mar 14, 2022
I am so impressed with the food here! It tastes AMAZING, each meal could easily serve two, which I love so I can take some home and enjoy. Very fast, clean kind service. Best Chinese food I've eaten in America
Anthony S.
Feb 22, 2022
The bbq Chinese style pork appetizer was really good. Everything else was pretty underwhelming. Portions are good. Food is ok. Not worth my drive from severna park. The blonde woman who took my phone order and handled the transaction when I came to pick up, was great. Super friendly and hospitable. She gets 5 stars.
Jeff W.
Jan 28, 2022
First time and last time. Slow service, cold food, an undrinkable mia tia and a piece of broken plastic fork in my wife's dinner. Not a good first experience. Carry out customers seemed to get good service but the few dine in customers sufffered from lack of service.
Mava Scott
Nov 11, 2021
I order dinner from here every Friday. The food is always delivered hot and fresh. They have their own delivery people and it's been the same two for over a year.
Tyler C.
Sep 24, 2021
AMAZING steamed dumplings great almond cookies. Staff is friendly and super super kind. Thank you for the extra wonton soup.
Erin Eberle
Aug 04, 2021
Hands down the best Chinese food in Annapolis! The portions are extremely generous and the food is incredible. The restaurant has a classic Chinese restaurant vibe that is so welcoming and nostalgic. The staff is extremely friendly and go out of their way to make sure you're enjoying your meal.
Eranga Wettewa
Jul 24, 2021
The house fried rice we ordered was just a regular one with no specialty whatsoever! It was just cooked rice mixed with some veggies and meat. I can make better one myself at home. Can't complain about the portion though!
A. ACe Ce
Jul 19, 2021
Read a few reviews and someone said that this was a schezwan restaurant. And so we went. We were driving through Annapolis. Interesting setup for the restaurant. It's not in a strip mall but in a little building of its own. The parking is in the back and there's a sloping driveway that puts you in the front of the establishment and a small little garden in the front.

They have about three tables for seating outside and we chose to eat outside although they were allowing people to dine in. Well Szechuan restaurant it's not. But we were hungry and didn't have the time to go looking around so we decided to eat there. We ordered the Szechuan shrimp, orange beef, and another beef dish whose name I don't remember. This is your standard Chinese fair that you get in thousands of Chinese eateries across the country.

And in that regard they didn't disappoint. The taste of all the dishes was on point. The Schezwan shrimp was not Schezwan shrimp as you might find it in a schezwan Chinese food restaurant but it was the Schezwan food that you get in a regular Chinese restaurant. The shrimp was plentiful in the dish and they were a good size and they tasted fresh. The beef dishes although similar did taste subtly different.

Service was friendly and communication was easy. We got sturdy plastic plates as we were dining out. A generous supply of the red chili flakes oil-based sauce because we like our food spicy. And when we were done eating we cleared up plates and took them inside to dispose them off and the friendly lady who took our order gave us an extra box of rice just because she realized we needed some more - on the house. Very reasonably priced restaurant, large portions, friendly service, fresh food, and an interesting location. Five stars from me.
T. None
Jul 12, 2021
Recently rediscovered the New Canton. Better than ever. 1/2 order Peking duck was excellent, hot and sour was so good, I'll make it my main meal next time I order Shrimp egg foo young was very good also. Our new/old go to again! Thank you!
Joshua C.
Jul 12, 2021
Great food, I can not believe this place wasn't packed on a Sunday afternoon. I had the hunann lamb, it was amazing.
Jessica Nicholson
Jun 19, 2021
Sad to write this because we really wanted to love this place since it's close to our house. Ordered for takeout, ready at the right time. Upon walking in the restaurant it smelled kind of odd- almost stale. Chicken and veggie lomein was pretty bland, the veggie dumplings were bad (weird filling and super thick dough). The egg roll and shrimp in garlic sauce were pretty good, but the shrimp in garlic sauce was full of interesting vegetables. Idk. just didn't hit the mark. We won't be ordering again.
Stephanie McCown
Mar 21, 2021
Food was excellent, portions were huge. Prices were reasonable. Restaraunt was clean and service was friendly.