This place has gone down hill over the years. Crab rangoons have a weird flavor, it's a cheese mixture but not the typical Rangoon. Might be saving $ by not adding crab or salt. Lo mein was bland. They should raise prices and make the quality better. Food is generally cheap and underpriced. read more

Rare that we walk out of an established. The dining area is small and no customers eating dinner, the first table was being used as an office space, I just left work and don't need to see your to do junk. Asked for hot tea, told no we don't have. Asked for tap water, told no bottled water. I know you have tap water! She then said we do not have a soda machine, fine we don't want soda. The tone was off-putting and away we went as fast as we could to never return. Tip: next door in a gem we love and here is rare spot we will never ever return to and will often recall the place..."as remember that place where we just left?" read more

I am familiar with authentic Chinese food, and I realize most westernized Chinese food is what it is, just like so-called Tex-Mex is not what you're going to get in Chihuahua. That said, there are ways for establishments to still serve up decent fare even if it isn't all that close to the Homeland. China Cafe, on a recent visit, did not even accomplish the task of approximating decent, watered down food. I don't know what the names of the items were that we ordered for pickup exactly but it doesn't really matter, none of the four of us, including my two teenagers, enjoyed our dinner. Mainland China has roughly seven different flavor profiles, ranging from pungent to Sweet to spicy. None of those flavor profiles were present in anything we ate, and in order for our meal to fit into a Chinese flavor profile you would have to add "Greasy" because that's how everything tasted. Yes I realize that most of us Hoosiers are probably going to have to plan on a trip across the river to neighboring Louisville and be willing to part with quite a bit of $$$_ if we want more authentic tasting Chinese food, but there's no reason to serve up Chinese food that has less credentials in terms of flavor that something out of the supermarket Frozen foods section. All of my food was sort of crammed together into a to-go box and even after it was warmed up a little bit it was stiff and bland---other than the taste of Grease of course. The vegetables were hard and unremarkable. The white rice was, I suppose, passable but certainly not particularly enjoyable. The egg roll was basically a chunk of salt lick. I wish I could say something positive about this dinner but it was really an insult to anything either Chinese or American, which is quite an accomplishment I suppose. I think we'll pass next time, and head down to The Onion which is light years advanced by comparison. read more

Good for what it is. They have added a few tables for indoor seating though I don't see us ever using it. For a quick Chinese dish when you don't want to wait too long and would rather just eat at home, it's perfect. read more

Good. I've gotten takeout many times. Chicken and veggie dishes are all good. However, I got beef and snow peas once - the beef was horrible! (I tried to tell the proprietor, she was not interested!) Service is fast. Ambience inside is simple. The buffet is ok, good value, but to go or getting single orders inside is better. Avoid the beef and you'll be in good shape! read more

Every time I call them at 8:30-8:40 they dont pick up or complain that they have to cook food, but its a restaurant. they close @ 9 and have horrible service. I guess they have made enough money for the day and dont need anymore. food is basic, nothing amazing. I live close by but I wont go back. read more

I honestly hate to complain about restaurants and especially small businesses, but I felt that I had to. I remember a day when the customer was king and if you paid a decent price for something, it should be quality. We picked up a good amount of China Cafe food for our New Year's Eve dinner. One online menu stated we could get an order of Crab Rangoon with a $40+ purchase. I ordered $48 .... but when my husband picked up the order and asked about that promo, he was faced with a snarly person who gruffly said, ' that offer expired!!'. Well, if it were my business, I would have honored a promo that was still visible online --- with a SMILE. Not only that, we didn't even get ONE DANG FORTUNE COOKIE, lol. I mean, usually they throw in a bunch of those! Not an egg roll.....nothing for ordering that much food, which wasn't that good on top of the disappointment. On the positive side, they used lots of veggies in the dishes. Veggie fried rice was very good. Zucchini in a few dishes was a nice surprise, tho I didn't see any bok choy. General Tso was the worst I ever had. Shredded dry chicken and fat balls in a bland sauce. We will never go again. read more

I went there at 12:30 in the afternoon and ordered Szechuan beef from the lunch menu for $7.75. When the food came out they charged me $15. I said I thought it was a lunch special and she said that I had to specify that I wanted the lunch special. Szechuan beef was not anywhere on their menu other than under the lunch special so that's the only way I could've ordered it. Regardless to say, I will never be back there again. Total rip off! read more

First time to order takeout. Friday afternoon. I had to throw everything away. Generals tsp chicken, special fried rice, egg rolls and miso soup. I did eat 3crab ran-goons. Everything tasted like a bottle of vegetable oil. The egg roll tasted strange. Chicken was not good... undercooked. Miso soup had gobs of tofu but zero seasoning. Again not fully cooked. It was pretty gross. read more

Small simple place. The buffet is whatever, but the takeout is decent and standard stuff that you'd see anywhere. I like it and their hours are good, don't need much more of a reason to eat there. read more

They charged us $4.05 for 3 waters. We ordered water and they brought us 3 bottled waters. It's sad that I have to ask if the they are charging for the waters, but I didn't, my bad. The food was ok, we got there at 2:05 she charged us dinner prices. I won't be back. I can get a case of water at sam's for the price they charged us, actually for less. So for a 30.00 lunch it was $42, hmmm, uh no, so no more business from me. Don't steal the government doesn't like the competition, and don't rob people. read more

I'm pretty sure they gave me a frozen meal that they microwaved. Worst Chinese food ever.

Stopped in and placed a take out order on Friday evening. The woman at the counter taking phone and walk in orders was busy. She definitely wasn't rude but she wasn't overly friendly either. I got the impression maybe she's overworked and tired? We've all been there. I placed a fairly large order, it took about 25 minutes to prepare, which I thought was pretty good timing. When I arrived home, my order was complete and correct. It had plenty of sauces ect. We ordered a smorgasbord of different items to include egg rolls 4/5, crab rangoon 4/5, fried dumplings 2.5/5 (probably would have been better boiled), shrimp fried rice 2.5/5 (rice was an odd yellow color and the peas/carrots were previously frozen veggies) but the shrimp was cooked perfectly, Kung Po Chicken 2.5/5 veggies were excellent but the chicken was questionable, Mongolonian Beef 2.5/5 green peppers were fresh and beef closely resembled the chicken quality, General Chicken 4/5 broccoli was fresh and cooked perfectly however chicken with sauce was borderline average. This place reminds me of mall Chinese food. It's average at best but I will give credit where credit is due. Most of their dishes with the exception of the shrimp fried rice had freshly chopped prepared steamed veggies. That's why I'm giving 3 stars. I think if they started using a higher quality beef and chicken, it would make a significant difference. Also the woman at the counter threw in a bag of sweet rolls complimentary, which was very nice of her. They reminded me of a fried biscuit with sugar sprinkled on top. ~Mrs. J read more

Came in about 8 on a Friday night. Ordered Mongolian Beef for takeout. It was ready in about five minutes! Food seemed fresh and had good flavor. I paid about $11w/ tax b/c this was one of their "special" dishes. The portion size was on the large size. With rice, I had a large portion for dinner and had the same size left over for another meal. Not the best Chinese food I've ever had, but better than most. I'll definitely go back and recommend them to others. Unlike another reviewer here on Yelp, I'd say the food here was better than the Chinese restaurant in Georgetown. It's a bit of a further drive for me, but I'd come back here first. read more

Decent and fresh food. I don't go to the buffet, I just order at the counter for take-out. The hot & sour soup is pretty good as is the chicken and broccoli. I go here often because it's close. read more

China Cafe - the counter and menus of a chinese restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Floyds Knobs, Indiana

If I could give no stars, I would. If you like to be treated rudely and told "no" to everything you try to order, then this is the place for you. The only reason they are open is because we have such few food choices in the Knobs. I urge you to take your business elsewhere, even if it means driving to Georgetown or New Albany, both of which have tasty and friendly Chinese take out options. Avoid. read more

Great Chinese food! I've been ordering take out for years and China Cafe has never let me down.

Our favorite Chinese restaurant and from the people coming and going all the time I'd say lots of others feel the same way. We've moved but still make the drive back for our favorites. Speedy and accommodating service. read more

The food here is pretty good but the service is just rude. I tipped but shouldn't have.. I told the lady I didn't want a Coke (my husband accidentally ordered me one before I got there) and instead of being cool about it got irritated and threw it away. I didn't expect to drink it or anything and yes it was my husbands error for ordering it but come on. Most people would say no problem, would you like water? Nope. Didn't get water, didn't get waited on after. My husband tried to make conversation as we were leaving and she was curt and rude. Such a shame because there is so little to eat in highlander point. Buffet selection is also below average for a Chinese restaurant. read more

Not good - was there at lunch - most of the time I was the only customer in the place - there wasn't much to choose from on the buffet and what there was wasn't all that great. Service was decent read more

Buyer beware. DO NOT EAT AT CHINA CAFE IN FLOYDS KNOBS. We purchased lunch there today and Mom's egg foo young was so burnt it smelled like it was still on fire. Vegie lo Mein was devoid of all flavor. So I called them, woman answered the phone, I told her about the food..... her response "How I know you not eat it" So I proceeded to tell her that I would dig it out of the trash and bring it back to get my money back. Took it in there, I asked her "would you eat this" she shrugged her shoulders like whatever, I said smell it, it is burnt. Her response "I don't care" if she said that once she said it six times! Obliviously they don't care about their food or their customers.. So I guess I don't care to ever go back!!! read more

Chicken with broccoli is a favorite but when I got an order of this recently there was a black hair in it. Sadly, we will not go back.

The takeout here is great, but the buffet is pretty bad. I have been eating here for years and never had an order go wrong.