Tam's - Santa Cruz

A very good local Chinese restaurant. My son loves the pot stickers. So, we go each time we are in Santa Cruz.

Food is mediocre- not the best, but good for the price in Santa cruz. Biggest issue was their deceptive sales and packaging practices for their more expensive items: ordered a container of honey shrimp for 20$ and chicken for 13$... they came in the same size container, but half of the shrimp container was filled with tasteless, styrofoam- textured dry noodles while the chicken container was full- I paid twice the price and got half the amount of shrimp with no prior indication that the serving size would be so dramatically different. The shrimp wasn't that good either- skip their seafood, but their noodles and chicken are ok.

War wonton had 2 small pieces of meat. A picture shows! Could not upload a pic. Broth had no flavor, I asked if I could change the soup for anything else. No! I was told to add salt.Maybe the fact that the place was empty should have been a clue.WILL NEVER RETURN!

Excellent, local family owned restaurant. Great food.

I recently ordered from Tam's for delivery and overall, it was a satisfying experience. The food arrived promptly, and the packaging was secure. While the portions were decent. I'd give it four stars because there is definitely room for improvement.