Po's Chinese Restaurant

Po's does a lot right.  For starters, they have a wonderful, user-friendly website that makes online ordering a snap.  The prices are great (most of their soups are $3.50/qt?!), the food is solid, the interior is clean and comfortable with plenty of booths should you prefer to eat in rather than take out, and the people are super sweet (especially the little girl who is the unofficial greeter - she's precious).

Everything that we've had from Po's has been good, my one complaint being that even when you ask for extra spicy, the dishes tend to be on the bland-ish side.  Not a deal-breaker by any means, because I'll take fresh and simple over funky and gamey any day; just be ready to spike things to your liking if you prefer some heat.

I can vouch for the following:  hot & sour soup, tofu vegetable soup, wonton soup, house special soup, seafood soup, chicken wings, fried meat dumplings, egg rolls, kung pao chicken, beef with garlic sauce, chicken with garlic sauce, shrimp with mixed vegetables (they use jumbo shrimp and they've never been overcooked), and they are very accommodating about making things by request that don't appear on the menu...last time we ordered, we asked if they could do a beef with bean sprouts, and that dish wound up being our favorite of the night (lovely fresh gingery sauce).  And they also give you various free things if your order reaches various dollar thresholds, but I think you have to ask?

Anyhow, solid...reliable...friendly...affordable...with the added bonus of online ordering should you want to bypass the language challenges...and delivery should you want to bypass the whole getting-out-of-pajamas thing.  Everything a local Chinese takeout joint should be.