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    Chef China

    4.1 (402 reviews)
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    Updated 3 months ago

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Buddha's Delight - all veggies and delicious!
    Melissa S.

    Ist time ordering take-out from Chef China note: they only take cash payments. There isn't really much seating inside the restaurant, so we chose to order take-out. We ordered the salt and pepper wings since they came highly recommend by other reviewers, as well as an order of Buddha's delight, and the lemon chicken. The wings had a light crunchy batter, seasoned nicely with garlic, salt and chile flakes. The wings were tender and moist on the inside - just delicious! Note that we had ordered the large order of wings which comes with 12 pieces, you can also order a regular size of 8. We scored the wings a 5 out of 5. The generous portion of Buddha's delight was chalked full of vegies and delicious! We scored it a 5 out of 5. The lemon chicken was small strips of battered & fried white meat chicken, which you will toss in the lemon sauce which comes in a separate container. This also was a very large portion. I thought the lemon sauce was delicious, however, I found the chicken to be tough, even after soaking it in the sauce I found it to be too chewy. I scored this a 3 out of 5. Our meal came with lots of white fluffy rice. Overall, we enjoyed our meal and will be going back again to try other dishes. I will update after our next visit.

    Orange Chicken

    Second time this week I had order again!! Best Chinese food ever!!! Portion are amazing I recommend my family and they want to go as they should!

    Beef chow fun

    You know it's bad when you have to leave a bad review for a Chinese place. First off the food was really expensive for a Chinese take out place that you can't even sit inside of. I paid 43 dollars for only two entrées and wontons. The food looked and tasted terrible and what made it worse is how much I paid for it. When I opened my plate of lo mein there was a hair in it and the sweet and sour sauce had a fly in it. You only paid cash there and they gave me no receipt at all so something is fishy or they know their food is bad. Even after what we ate our stomachs are hurting now and paid way too much for some food we refuse to eat the rest off. Don't eat here if you like Chinese food it'll ruin it for you for a good while. Because now I'm upset that I'm still hungry but too disgusting to eat something else so take that information as you will. After this review I'm calling a health inspector to look into this place because I don't think other people should have to deal with this if they just want some Chinese. Honestly I would rather eat Panda Express over this slop ever again and I mean that so much!!

    Orange Chicken Combo Plate
    peter n.

    Affordable Chinese takeout only restaurant. The orange chicken combo plate was great, came with a huge portion of fried rice and an egg roll. The salt and pepper wings are a fan favorite here and I agree. They were crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside and the cream cheese wontons was another great appetizer. Friendly staff and they are cash only but ordering on a mobile app will let you use credit cards.

    Salt pepper wings
    Nang L.

    The only thing I ordered from this place was the salt and pepper wing. Boy was it worth it! The wings were steaming hot, deliciously seasoned and so crispy! I always get my wings South of the 54, but needed to get something closer to El cajon. I was lucky to fall upon this place. There are wings just as good if not better than my usual spot. I'll definitely have to come back and try their other food!

    Menu 10/2025

    Rice rice was amazing (no protein) and the salt and pepper wings was good too, the toppings were okay

    Mushroom chicken, shrimp chow mein, and snack pack.
    Lucy D.

    First time ordering from Chef China and it won't be our last!! We ordered mushroom chicken, shrimp chow mein, egg foo young with gravy, and the snack pack. Everything was delicious!! BONUS:: during the current sriracha shortage, we have yet to come across an actual bottle of Sriracha. Our order came with 3 packs!!!!

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    The wings overloaded with garlic. Drove far to get these. Thought portion was good but just over done with spices.

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    3 years ago

    Very nasty!! Chicken was slimy and cooked hard. I should have known from their customer service their food was not going to be good.

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    Excellent food highly recommended to friends and family salt and pepper. Chicken wings are off the hook.

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    2 years ago

    It's carry out only but they pack that to-go container with enough to feed 2 very hungry people or 3 hungry people. It's amazing!!

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    2 years ago

    Great food & nice people! We enjoy getting to go food. Calling it ahead of time is the best way to order.

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    The food is absolutely great!! The service is kind and makes you feel at home. The Salt n Pepper wings are a must.

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    4 years ago

    Best salt and pepper chicken wings!!!! We have them for dinner at least once a week.

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    The mushrooms were clearly from a can, and my Mushroom Delight was just a bunch of stir fried vegetables.

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    3 years ago

    They are friendly although last time I attempted to order take out they were cash only.

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    2 years ago

    This is as close as east coast Chinese restaurant you'll get here! I absolutely love their wings and rice wish I discovered them sooner!

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    4 years ago

    Great food from a very unassuming location. The do Togo right. Check out their menu on line

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    3 years ago

    Great customer service and loving staff. Excellent food my favorite is the house egg foo young DELICIOUS. I do recommend this restaurant.

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    Ask the Community - Chef China

    Does the chef use MSG? I get migraines from it..

    Yes, unless you ask for them not to use it

    I have religiously followed this yelp page and have called over and over again to see you guys are opened yet. Please update with more information and if you guys will even be reopening or not? I've been craving this for over 2 months now!

    Hi Taylor! Thank you for reaching out. We are trying our hardest to get back and running, we’ve had a few hiccups, and right now we’re fixing a gas leak and waiting for the inspector to give us the final inspection to get our gas turned back on.… Read more

    Is this restaurant still in business? Phone number numbers been disconnected and I tried for two Sundays and the place is closed, does anyone know what's up?

    I'm friends with One of the girls that works there and she said something about building and landlord issues. Fixing it and it should be re opened soon! I'm craving chef china so I can't wait for it to open back up

    Are you open yet? Still no answer, says phone is disconnected now. We miss you guys!!

    Hi Kara! Bear with us as we’re trying to get our window and exhaust system installed. Hopefully everything will be finished by Friday. We are sorry for the inconvenience and we appreciate you. Thank you.… Read more

    They're still not open as of 6/12! Does anyone know anything about them reopening?

    I drove by and it looks like they are remodeling the outside of the building. A few stores look blocked off since that 711 is being built. So maybe they are closed while it's being done.

    What's the deal with chef China? I've called for a week and no answer.

    It's now 06/04/19 and they're still not open why ?

    Is this place still open?

    It was as of last week

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