Yummy Box Cafe

Reviews

• Janelle W.

  star star star star star_border 16 July 2026

  Coming from a place where there's no Taiwanese restaurant, we were craving for some authentic Taiwanese food/snack. If you are homesick like me, Yummy Box Cafe was a great choice in Las Vegas. The restaurant was opened by a Taiwanese owner and the food was prepared by a Taiwanese chef. The waitress was very attentive and friendly. You have to try the Salt and pepper popcorn chicken! It was lightly crusted, the hot crunch was satisfying and the meat was juicy, tender and very scrumptious. What really hit home was the fried basil leaves, it goes perfectly with the five-spiced flavored chicken.
  The only reason I gave it a four star was the price, slightly high for me, but I can understand. I mean, authentic Taiwanese food in Chinatown, in Las Vegas. What can you do?
  I'd totally come back again when I have cravings for authentic Taiwanese food!

• Priscilla Y.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 16 July 2026

  Located inside the "mall" part of the 99 Ranch plaza. I always wondered how the places in here stay in business. There's never anyone in here! My mom saw a sign out front of stinky tofu hot pot, and being from LA she's had a few places out there and she loved it. So we go for dinner. It's not a traditional hot pot place. There aren't burners in the tables. They bring out personal burners and bowls for each person.
  
  The small size is a big bowl but not much in it. The soup isn't hot when it comes out and it has the bunsen burner thing under, so it takes a while to get boiling. I guess it's just for show. It burner doesn't actually stay on long enough to cook the food. It's already cooked in the back.
  
  There are two choices of the small size, sesame ginger chicken and stinky tofu. The chicken is ok but there's only a drumstick cut up and cabbage. For $13 that's pretty steep. The stinky tofu isn't stinky. It's just regular tofu! There's also blood cake with rice and chitterlings. I like both of those but not nearly enough to be substantial. The stinky tofu is also spicy. I mean really spicy! I get that some people can eat spicier than others, but when it's even a little more than mild I think it should be mentioned. The waitress didn't tell us it was spicy. We couldn't eat it at all and had to ask her to pour out the broth and add in plain broth for us. It was still too spicy even after that.  The waitress also didn't check up on us after we asked for the broth to be changed out. I know service at Chinese places is minimal, and I'm used to that, but she knew we couldn't eat it and still didn't ask if we were ok or wanted water.
  
  The bowls didn't come with rice or noodles. I could have really used some rice with that spicy broth. But it did come with either a hot fruit tea or a beer. My mom got a beer (Tsingtao) and she was happy about that. But for $30 not including tip I didn't feel it was worth it at all. Even though they have a pretty big menu (and lots of Taiwanese breakfast favorites) I doubt I will try this place again.

• Mike L.

  star star star star_border star_border 13 July 2026

  I really wanted to love this place because it's Taiwanese comfort food and I love my comfort food. Sadly it was a bit disappointing--the pork chop was dry and chewy, the rice roll didn't have much flavor (or enough shredded pork sung in it), and the rice was just a bit dry--I mean, how can you mess up white rice?
  
  We ended up getting a variety of items so we could have a bunch of things to share, and it just seemed unimpressive (see photos).  Maybe it was just not their day but everything was just OK.  The stinky tofu was as expected but definitely needed the pickled cabbage and the sauce.
  
  ________TL;DR________
  
  PROS: A good selection of different Taiwanese comfort foods, easy parking and was not too busy when we went in (easy to get a table for lunch).
  
  CONS: flavors were unimpressive and some of the items were too dry (pork chop and even the rice).  service was slow.
  
  BOTTOM LINE: It's worth another try but I'm not setting my hopes up too high.

• Derek T.

  star star star star star 13 July 2026

  Yummy Box is a much needed Taiwanese spot in Chinatown. Finding Taiwanese breakfast is always a challenge for me, and finding a good one at that especially. While I'm not gonna say this is the best one ever, it's pretty good. What's nicer is that it's not all too busy either so you can go in, eat, and get out quick. For now.
  
  Taiwanese breakfast is my favorite and ultimate comfort food so don't try to change my mind on that. So for the staples, I always get soy milk, fan tuan, and egg pancake. Everything else is extra but highly welcomed. The quality of food was great and the promptness of it all was even greater. Not much more to say really, come here for a yummy breakfast, a yummy lunch, or a yummy box (to go).

• KJ E.

  star star star star_border star_border 12 July 2026

  Located in the Chinatown Plaza, this Yummy Box Cafe was alright. We were looking for a place with popcorn chicken but not quite sure if it lived up to the same LA expectations of popcorn chicken. The version they serve is this salt and pepper version that isn't super crunchy as what was expected (or at least what I'm used to). I mean, it was still okay and it was cool that it came in a bento box looking container for $9.99 with rice, soup, cabbage, and soy sauce egg, but I'm not sure the chicken lived up the hype. If I'm around, sure, I'll come again.