Blue Bamboo Canton Bistro

Name: Blue Bamboo Canton Bistro
Address: 10110 San Jose Blvd, Jacksonville, Florida, 32257, US
Telephone: (904) 646-1478
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.40

Chinese restaurant, Bar, Chinese takeaway, Cocktail bar, Cooking class, Dessert restaurant, Dim sum restaurant, Event venue, Restaurant, Wedding venue

Location: 10110 San Jose Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32257, United States
Phone: (904) 646-1478
Price: $$

Opening hours

Sunday: Closed
Monday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Tuesday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Wednesday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Thursday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Friday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Saturday: 5-9 pm

Lunch

Sunday: Closed
Monday: 11 am-2 pm
Tuesday: 11 am-2 pm
Wednesday: 11 am-2 pm
Thursday: 11 am-2 pm
Friday: 11 am-2 pm
Saturday: Closed

Dinner

Sunday: Closed
Monday: 5-9 pm
Tuesday: 5-9 pm
Wednesday: 5-9 pm
Thursday: 5-9 pm
Friday: 5-9 pm
Saturday: 5-9 pm

Takeout

Sunday: Closed
Monday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Tuesday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Wednesday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Thursday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Friday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Saturday: 5-9 pm

Online service hours

Sunday: Closed
Monday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Tuesday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Wednesday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Thursday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Friday: 11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm
Saturday: 5-9 pm

Food & drink

Vibe

Fried noodles

Chicken katsu

Noodle

Mongolian beef

Hot and sour soup

Lo mein

Coconut cake

Crab Rangoon

Spring roll

By owner

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Reviews

Our experience at Blue Bamboo's Vietnamese dinner experience that we paid $60 per ticket left much to be desired.
From start to finish, our taste buds were bombarded with an onslaught of fried foods.
Fried pork, fried onions, fried rice cakes, and yes, even the dumplings were fried – a perplexing departure from traditional Vietnamese culinary practices. To compound matters, each dish seemed to be only flavored with ginger, devoid of any unique taste or balance.
It felt as though the kitchen had run out of ideas and resorted to dousing everything in ginger.
Furthermore, one dish with rice was devoid of any seasoning or salt, leaving us with a bland and uninspired dish to the already lackluster dinner. Despite our evident dissatisfaction, the manager never intervened or addressed our concerns.
It was a missed opportunity for Blue Bamboo to rectify the situation and salvage the dining experience.
In conclusion, our visit to Blue Bamboo for the Vietnamese dinner was a regrettable waste of time and money, marked by a lack of creativity, authenticity, and basic culinary competence.

Owner response

Thank you for your google review, and thanks for spending part of your week with us at Blue Bamboo.
In the ticketed event that you came for, Chef Dennis planned for the four-course menu plus specialty cocktail to feature traditional recipes which cannot be found at average Vietnamese restaurants, and we are sorry that did not meet your expectations.
We hope that you will give our regular menu a chance and dine with us in the future.

Food was so-so, average tasting.
The Sichuan chicken was mostly onion and it was cold.
The only tasty dish was the award winning dessert, of orange cake.
Atmosphere was very loud and you can hear from all the other tables.
The robot server was cool.
Chef Dennis was there and he seems very nice.
Still looking for tasty Chinese food in Jax.

Owner response

Hi S Jose.
Thank you for your feedback and for giving Blue Bamboo a try.
We hope that you will try us again and thanks for taking the time to write a review.

My boyfriend and I are foodies and came here for a date night, but we were left disappointed overall in the food. We ordered the crab rangoons appetizer, and they were pretty decent.
For the entrees we had the chicken fried rice, and two chefs special items: Sichuan eggplant and beef rib noodles.
The rice was the best part of the dinner.
It had a nice flavor, but a lot of onions.
The beef noodles were NOT what I was expecting, and a bit greasy.
They came balanced on a styrofoam noodle cup with a rib on top, which although eye catching, did not look so appealing.
Neither of us liked the eggplant.
The sauce was overwhelming and it didn’t have a good balance of flavor that I am used to with traditional Chinese eggplant dishes.
It didn’t look that appetizing either and we could only eat a couple bites and did not take it home. Apart from the food, the restaurant itself was beautiful and had a nice elegant atmosphere.
There was some event happening when we arrived as well. The service was also nice, and the waitress was attentive.
We were honest about the food, but they were very understanding. Something else I noted was that we had to ask for chopsticks and it took a several minutes for them to hunt some down for us.
Didn’t expect that in a Chinese restaurant. In the end we were not very impressed and could have gotten similar food for cheaper at a regular takeout place.
Maybe we got the wrong things, and maybe we will come back here if things change, but if you seek more authentic Chinese food like we do, I recommend looking elsewhere.

Owner response

Hi Alexi.
Thanks for dining with us and thanks for your review.
We have taken your feedback to heart, and we appreciate your time.