I had a GrubHub delivery from this restaurant yesterday, and 100 per cent pleased. I'm gonna say it's the best Chinese food I've found in my 15 years in the area. Crab Rangoon, excellent. Sweet & Sour chicken, excellent - succulent tender white meat and very flavor pleasing breading. And the Chicken fried rice! Definitely THE best fried rice anywear. One serving fed me 3 meals! Loaded with more nice big pieces of tender white meat chicken. Will come inside to sit soon and try the other dishes. Chef kiss!! read more

I use loved this place so much. I was so disappointed last night. The food looked off. I ordered egg foo with beef. Fried rice and noodles Well the dish came out and I knew this was not going to be good. The egg foo had chopped meat thrown on top of the egg foo covered in gravy. The fried rice (not fried rice) its bad no flavor It's basically steamed rice with a little egg a little veg with a prob soy sauce to color BUT IT WAS NOT FRIED RICE. The rice was like steamed gross. The noodles were nasty tasting flavorless .. I am not being ugly or rude but I make better to Roman noodles (flavorless and watery) the egg roll was good and so was the hot tea. $12 down the drain! I guess I will drive further into PS and go to my little Chinese hole in the wall... however, the staff at china 8 are really nice but I won't be going back. Glad I didn't wake up with food poisoning read more

Great quality to price ratio. Invariably delicious. Our go-to for Chinese to go in Palm Springs.

Always good food at china 8. Better than panda who wont put meat in the orange chicken anymore all yoi get is breading. Fast and hot and plenty of it on your plate at china 8. Big plate with Kung pao beef and rice served with a egg roll and crispy noodles. Shitty fortune cookie read more

China 8 - Chinese Near Me - Cathedral City, California

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Best chinese food around the palm springs area, portion is huge, price is low. Service is good. Food comes out really fast, and not salty. Perfect in every way! Love it... read more

WOW! My family and I live in Arizona, and we're used to sub-par, cheap Chinese food in our area. It's truly a family comfort, and affordable.... This is by far the cheapest and most delicious place we've been! 10.95 daily specials, INCLUDES A DRINK (75 cents for a refill, though, but still a huge bargain)! It came out piping hot in 10 minutes despite it being slightly busy. It's also nice and cool in here despite being in the middle of summer. Service was pretty good but not outstanding; they were friendly with every interaction so far. Portions were very large and food delicious! Tables are set pretty close together; I could imagine it being a bit overstimulating if each table was full. Overall amazing, best Chinese I have had and the cheapest. We'll be adding this to our vacation stops next time we're in the area. read more

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First time visitor. Ordered cashew chicken and it was served hot and remarkable fast for a carryout order. The portion size was huge with plenty of chicken and cashews. However, it lacked the needed flavor for 5 stars. The restaurant was jammed at 6pm on a Monday night ... a good sign. I'll visit again this week. read more

China 8 is a real good Chinese restaurant. I go there once a week easily but I'll tell you although they have great specials and it's a lot of food at a good price. I go there for their war wonton soup. It's fantastic. It's probably the best in all of the city war wonton soup. It's got shrimp pork chicken vegetables. It is great. It's about $11 or so. It's enough for two, but you should just be one person enjoying it. It'll fill you up. It's a great dinner. It's a great lunch. I would buy an extra one to take home if I were you it is really good. read more

We ordered take-out. Food was well prepared, good portion size and hot. Best Chineses I've had since moved to the Valley 6 years ago.

Food tasted like chemicals, the main male server just stares at you the whole time and not pleasantly. Orange chicken was mushy and flavorless, white rice had a plastic taste. Won't be back. read more

Last time I've been here had to be decades ago when I lived here as a kid. Glad to see it's still kicking. Of course I don't remember those experiences. Either way came here for lunch with my aunt who has been coming here for decades. Got there around lunch time, half full inside, service was quick and good, attentive for the most part. Place of course was clean and kept up. But the lunch deal that they have for the food is definitely worth it and the portion sizes are very generous to where someone like me can eat until I'm full and yet still have enough leftovers to take home and have another good sized meal later that night. Of course on top of the that, the most important thing was the food tasted great! If you dine in for lunch I think you get tea and an egg roll I think compared to not getting those if you get take out. Just the meal for the same price. Either way, my aunt got a bunch more food to go to take home to the family and I was happy with my meal and the amount I still had to take home with me. Of course if you look at the ratings from everyone, it's not as high as I'm giving it. But until they disappoint, which I hope it doesn't. I'm going to be frequenting this place more often. read more

China 8 - 404. Chicken in Garlic Sauce - Chinese Near Me - Cathedral City, California

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Best Chinese in the Valley!!! LOVE the quality of their food Great service & a lot of menu selections. Definitely generous amount of food for the price. (we often get enough to eat 2 meals) .. :) and every time it is meticulously packed. AND... FAST grubhub delivery (thats what we use) We only do delivery its so much easier for us. the restaurant itself while spotless with great service is in an OLD building & last time we went it was a bit frayed around the edges - dont let the looks put you off tho. its a Great restaurant..and they were smart enough to go to delivery during 2020 & the quality they offered even then never faultered. highly recommend - my fave is the lemon chicken & the beef broccoli read more

Depends on who is in the kitchen! First dinner visit I got my favorite, Singapore Chow Mei Fun. Not spicy at all, disappointing, Noodles were a plenty, but other usual ingredients were missing or in short supply, like chicken,pork or shrimp, Onions, bean sprouts were also in short supply. Visit 3 days ago, I had lunch special. Shrimp Mei Fun dinner on inside cover page for $11.99. Tiny egg roll, 6 pieces of shrimp, noodles with a brownish sauce, again disappointing. Flies in dining room. But there is NO EXCUSE for FLIES in dining room! This is a mark of cleaning shortcuts. What else is wrong in food prep/storage areas? I'll pass on other visits. Staff very attentive and polite. read more

The food was delicious and hot. The service was attentive and prompt, as well as polite. The restaurant was very clean and decorative in some regards. I will gladly come again--when I visit again to Palm Springs. read more

Great prices for lunch. Probably my favorite Chinese restaurant in the area. Big portions. Great take out. Service always fast and friendly. Pretty plain atmosphere but I come for the food read more

Allergies were attacking me badly so I do what I do best and that's order my favorite Hot n Sour soup, large size, from China 8. Couldn't resist, got the 6 fried (tempura) shrimp too. The gal at the front was so sweet and courteous with a smile. Thank you China 8 for making me feel better read more

China 8 - Fried tempura w/sweet n sour sauce - Chinese Near Me - Cathedral City, California

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The food was horrible no flavor no spice and soggy don't do it kept asking is every 10 minutes everything ok over here

The steamed dumplings were cold, hard, and had no flavor. Besides tasting old that is. They said 10 minutes but it took longer. Very disappointed in the dumplings. I was looking forward to them. I tried the walnut shrimp. It was ok. Seemed old. Too much broccoli. For the price they give you very little. But it was shared between my grandparents. I tried some of the rice also. It was yummy and so was the war wonton soup. read more

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I've been going to this place for a very, very long time, the food is good, even during the pandemic they opened for takeout order, which make it very easy for people who need to grab something and go. I do recommend this restaurant. read more

Best Chinese food that we have found especially for take-out. Excellent food and service too!

Nice solid Americanized Chinese food. We picked up take out. Potstickers, hot and sour soup and Kung Pao chicken. Everything was hot and delicious. Prices are good, portions are good, we will get a few meals out of our leftovers. Plenty of parking, busy lot. Looking forward to trying other dishes. read more

Fantastic authentic Chinese cuisine. One of very few chinese restaurants that still offer Egg Foo Young. Even though egg prices are currently out of this world, our 2 dinners were less than $25! Included drink! Can't beat at other Chinese restaurants or most restaurants for that fact. See take home box- unbelievably FANTASTIC! read more

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We have gone by this restaurant for years seeing people with carry out bags. We decided to stop there a couple weeks ago around dinner time. They have a big menu including a "special" with about 10 dishes that include steamed rice, fried rice, or lo mein, an egg roll, and a drink, all for $10.95!! I had the shrimp egg foo young and my wife had the pork chop suey. Both delicious, fresh, and hot! We went again tonight and I had to get the shrimp egg foo yung again because of my first experience. It was amazing!! My wife's kung pao chicken was delicious too! Fast service, clean interior, and friendly staff! This will be our go-to from now on! read more

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Best Chinese in the Valley! Great service & a lot of menu selections. Definitely reasonable for the amount of food you receive. We usually do carry out and every time it is meticulously packed. AND... the to-go containers make great Tupperware! read more

Food was fresh and delicious. Even my woman liked it and she is definitely the opposite of Mikey

I was highly recommended to dine here by a friend who said the food here is some of the best Chinese food he's had in the Palm Springs/Cathedral City area. Unfortunately, my first-generation Chinese palate said "No." I am embarrassed that the Chinese who work here are serving up mediocre food where some of the flavor profiles are off. While the Combination Fried Rice (aka Yang Chow Fried Rice) and the Mu Shu Pork were good, some of the other dishes we ordered were bad. Hot & Sour Soup was neither hot nor sour. It was Sweet and Salty. My friends asked for vinegar and ground white pepper in order to correct the flavor of the soup. Kung Pao Three Ways (beef, chicken and shrimp) had the wrong flavor profile as well. It tasted as if someone mistakenly put in hoisin sauce into the mixture. The Stir Fried Green Beans weren't properly seasoned. It had an off flavor to them, which was the reason why 1/3 of the plate was left untouched. While they state that they are best Chinese food in Cathedral City, that bar for the best Chinese food must be very low to the ground. This place is a pass for this Chinese foodie. read more

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Service was very prompt. Very decent food and the portion was very generous, the place was packed for a Thursday night. read more

China 8 - Sautéed string beans and Kung Pao Chicken... great start for a cold night in the desert. - Chinese Near Me - Cathedral City, California

This restaurant serves very fresh and large portions. I recently tried something I had never tried before and it was their chicken fried rice. It was a large portion with plenty of chicken. I was disappointed that the dish didn't have much flavor and did not have scrambled eggs which is usually a must for flavoring. Maybe just a cooks bad day :(. read more

I work in Cathedral City down the road from this place but live in San Jacinto. I was so hungry after work and my client suggested China 8. He raved about the portions of food and how delicious each entree was. The special dinner at $10.95 is amazing to say the least. I decided to take-home but if you eat inside your drink is included! I ordered shrimp egg foo young, teriyaki chicken with fried rice. I received my takeout w/in 10 minutes with a full house of diners in the place. I waited to get home after an hour drive to open my containers of food. WOW I WAS SO SURPRISED!! Each container was spilling over with Fried rice to perfection. The Shrimp foo young was beyond my expectations. The egg "cakes "were so thick and delicious, the gravy was seasoned so flavorfully, and was given in a separate container to pour over as you wish. The egg rolls are kinda small but very delicate & packed with flavor. The other entree was chicken teriyaki and loaded with onions and a slightly sweet sauce. The chicken was cooked so tender and very delicious. Upon my arrival home the food was still warm and ready to eat. The menu selection is amazing with entrees ranging in price. The special $10.95 has also great choices but limited to about 8 entrees at that price. The staff was very attentive and kind. The amount of food coukd last for another meal. I give China Eighht 7 out of 10!! Highly recommend read more

I have been eating here for almost 20 years. we stopped by recently and I ordered fried rice to try something new. Second big bite I felt something weird. I pulled out a foot long gray hair out of my mouth. I told the waitress and she asked if I wanted another one. I politely said no. About 2 minutes later a person in the back with long grey hair was looking towards our table. We were so disgusted we could not eat the other dishes, so we paid and left. Sorry but I will never be back. read more

Food Service I And they seat you in quickly. You try different dishes and they are all good. I'd give it a 10 out of ten read more

How is this place not getting 5 stars all day long?? Holy yumminess! We are visiting from SD and we would drive back here 2 hours just for this! Talk about huge portions, steaming hot and sooo fresh! The restaurant has about 20 tables the AC was going so nice - since it was like 100° outside! We brought ours back to our room and didn't even put a dent into it! Please support this small, local family favorite- meals came with egg rolls, side with main choice and fortune cookie - we on Yelp in a 10 mile radius even comes close and the staff girls were so helpful and kind - thank you young ladies my daughter and I loved our dinner read more

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Was searching for Chinese food places and came across China 8. Walked in at lunchtime and found the place full and busy. Ordered take out and 10 minutes later it was ready. Lunch specials run about $11. We opted for egg foo young dish with fried rice. Found the egg foo young very plain tasting and fried rice was overcooked. I opted for Szechuan Beef which was ok but really lacking flavor. With both meals, we did not finish and tossed the leftovers. In addition I ordered boneless ribs which came with bone. Tried them and very little meat and a lot of bone. In Summary, The food was subpar, lacking flavor and not worth returning. read more

Great food, portions, price, staff.... Best in the desert. Definitely will be back. Egg foo young is the best!!! read more

The food has a lot of taste to it. Portions are large and the "specials" are enough for left overs later.

Hot and Sour soup which I add some Chinese mustard is excellent in taste and for clearance of any sinus/throat immune response. Crab Rangoon appetizer has hint of crab taste. read more

China 8 - Hot and Sour soup - Chinese Near Me - Cathedral City, California

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I only get takeout. It's quality is not very good. But being from Chicago I may be spoiled. Will I order again...maybe. It's not like there's a lot of Chinese restaurants that are good. read more

We dined here every time we visit Palm Springs and the food is GOOD and the food server (He's a man) is very polite and quiet. (We like that)! Anyway, we just don't want to be bothered when we are eating. It's very annoying when the waitress interrupt us while we are conversing/eating and be asked 'How's the food' ?..... Also, if we need something we will just 'Waive'. Maybe next time when come dine at your restaurant...We'll reply to your waitress and say we are not coming back here if the food is NO GOOD..... Hello....! read more

In the past, I have eaten in China 8 a hundred times easy, BUT yesterday I ordered Mongolian beef and an order of shrimp fried rice. The shrimp dish was good as usual BUT the beef dish was 100% ROTTEN. THE SMELL WAS RANK. I will call the restaurant to complain but knowing them they will do nothing. I think I will stop eating at China 8 for the time being and try another Chinese restaurant. UPDATE 1 I called the restaurant and the very rude man hung up on me twice. He refused to give me his name. I told him I was holding the receipt and he said he could not find a copy of my receipt. He said they don't sell bad beef I told him I disagree. I told him the shrimp dish was fine. But the beef dish was rotten. I advised him I could send him the receipt and even return the uneaten food. Personally, I don't like paying for food that makes me SICK! BEWARE EATING AT CHINA 8 ON DATE PALM. UPDATE 2 I called my credit card company to dispute that portion of my bill only to be advised that CHINA 8 did not charge my card ONCE but CHINA 8 charged my credit card TWICE!!!!!! For the same amount on the same day. SO not only is the food poor quality at CHINA 8 on Date Palm in Cathedral City but they are crooks also. BEWARE. read more

The food is wonderful. The restaurant is very clean and service is fast and the servers are quick. The dining room is not too big. The bathroom is very clean but it one person only. The ambiance is quite there is no music. so is easy to hear the other person that comes with you. No TV No added noise. Since the is food was so good i recommend this China 8 restaurant Go and enjoy. They are open Monday through Sunday from 11am to 9pm THEY ARE CLOSED ON TUESDAY. read more