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    China First

    2.5 (23 reviews)
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    Closed 11:00 am - 9:30 pm

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    Always happy with our order from China First! We frequently order through DoorDash and our food comes hot and fresh.

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    11 years ago

    When you walk in and look at the decor the place needs a good scrubbing and painting if the front is dirty what about the kitchen????

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    10 years ago

    Best chinese in inverness. And fresh. Try this place before any other and youll see the difference..

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    10 years ago

    Good NYC style Chinese food. Solid and family owned. Consistent and fast. What more can I say?

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    Bangkok Thai - Shrimp tempura

    Bangkok Thai

    4.4(230 reviews)
    6.5 mi
    $$

    I tend to be picky about Thai places. I visited the restaurant twice and had very positive…read moreexperiences both times. The service is very good and friendly. The restaurant is very clean and nicely decorated. Definitely a nice place to enjoy a good meal. I tried both a curry dish and the fancy chicken with cashews. Both were excellent. If you go during lunch, your entree comes with a soup and a spring roll. All in all great experience and I'd come again.

    What a shame! We used to love going to this place. We now know why the place was empty at 6pm on…read morea Saturday. There is little to no service. The look of the restaurant has changed. They've removed all the blinds that gave it that nice cozy dark appearance. No welcome, hello, no will be right with you nothing. Roughly 10 minutes after we sat down a 12ish year old child came to get our beverage orders. Thinking it was just their kid bringing our beverages we waited for our server which never came. All four of us were looking around, trying to figure out if somebody was gonna come to the table as this lady kept going by busing tables and not paying any attention to us whatsoever. After roughly 10 more minutes this very nice but very illegal young kid that's roughly 12 maybe 13 years old comes back and says hey do you want some appetizers? Well, we were ready to order by that point so we went ahead and placed our orders. Food wise, some stuff was lukewarm. Some stuff was piping hot and some items were cold and hot Both. My personal dish was off. I don't know exactly what made it off, but it just didn't taste like it used to. I usually always order the same thing. No heat no yummy taste just blah. All the dishes on the table were never taken so we had to shift them to the end of the table as like a hint hey hey, come and get these dirty dishes. Then when it came to the point of paying nobody ever came back I swear we could have walked out of that restaurant and nobody would've cared or even noticed. We asked this very, not friendly female, as she was ignoring us and walking by the table if we could get our check and she says "K" In a snippy tone, but yet still didn't bring our check and went on her way to wait on another table. Behind the counter were kids, but finally one of us got up, went to the counter and very firmly said hey we want our check which finally prompted the nice but very illegal young kid to come back to the table and give us a check. I am not the type to leave negative reviews like this, but what the hell has happened to this place? Being mistreated is an understatement. It's been many many years since I waited tables, but I most certainly could handle more than two tables at one time. The old owners used to bust ass and that place was packed. Now I know why it's so empty. No door dashers. No takeout customers all at 6pm on a Saturday That restaurant may had five different tables in the restaurant. There's no way that even one person could have not handled that but here we are. I'm leaving a review to save somebody else from going through the same thing we went through. So so sad for a place I used to look forward to going to.

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    Interior

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    Viet Deli - Other side of my fresh rolls - look how big and look at that peanut sauce! The best!

    Viet Deli

    4.7(68 reviews)
    3.1 mi

    Inverness has a sleeper here…read more I came in for lunch, and was one of only 3 different people. The service was nice, but lets talk about that Pho! So good. I asked for extra lime, and it was perfect. I even brought my husband home a healthy lunch and the moat delicious pork and shrimp spring rolls. When i am over that way, you can bet ill be stopping in!

    Fantastic PHO place. We moved to Florida a few years ago from a place that had fantastic Pho…read morerestaurants. When I moved here, I was so bummed. Up until now, I found one we really love in Ocala (AK Pho), which is 35-40 minutes from my house depending on traffic. Today, we went to try Viet Deli based on reviews. Oh my gosh - this place is delicious and legit. My daughter got the Beef Combo Pho. It was her first time trying a combo with tripe in it. It was excellent. They give large portions and there was a lot of meat. We did take out and they give you all the side sauces and toppings you would expect. We live about 25 minutes away, but it was still warm when we got home. Their broth is really rich and flavorful. We also tried the Grilled Pork Vermicelli noodles with egg roll. I loved the grilled flavor in the pork. The meat was tender and the portions were generous. They also do boba here. My daughter had the strawberry fruit tea with black boba. She loved it but said their black boba was a bit hard (not as chewy as we're use to). I think this is either my new #1 or tied for #1. We'll have to go try it a few more times so we can check out more of the menu and boba offerings. Definitely worth the drive!

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    Yummy House - The restaurant

    Yummy House

    3.9(318 reviews)
    24.2 mi
    $$

    Yummy House in Ocala is our favorite Chinese restaurant without having to drive to Orlando. We live…read morein The Villages, unfortunately there just aren't any authentic ethnic restaurants in The Villages. There are wanna be Chinese restaurants in The Villages but the food is Chinese-American and I would not even eat there or recommend them. Yummy House in Ocala was actually referred to us by the owner of Square 1 Burgers in The Villages, another fantastic restaurant but that's another review. Yummy House offers a variety of authentic Chinese dishes, and they also offer Dim Sum on weekends. The first time my spouse and I went there, we couldn't believe the choices. We used to always drive to Peter's Kitchen in Orlando but it was over an hour to drive there for us. Ocala was much closer and to be quite honest just as good as the restaurant in Orlando. Every dish I've ordered there has been out of this world. Which makes it so hard for me to choose my entrée. I do have a favorite server at Yummy House. His name is Ming. So, when I dine at Yummy House, I always ask to be seated at Ming's area. I also golf in Ocala which friends, about 8 to 12 of us. After golf, we normally have lunch together too. So, Yummy House is at the top of the list for us. When we do, I call the restaurant ahead to make a reservation and ask them to assign Ming to us. Ming always provides excellent service and especially with me being Asian, he kind of knows what type of dish I like and when I order a dish he will normally make suggestions to add to the dish or cook a certain way that knows I would like. He also makes suggestions to each person in our group and sometimes he'll tell them to try a dish that he's sure they've never had before. He tries to take them out of their comfort zone. They've always been happy with his suggestion. The restaurant itself reminds me of some of the Chinese restaurants I've been to that is not a fast-food restaurant. Very authentic inside. They also offer a beer called Lucky Buddha. I think everyone likes to order the beef because the bottle is in the shape of Buddha. Yesterday, we met friends at Yummy House who are visiting from Boston. Unfortunately, Ming was off and another server took care of us. He was a good server but just not like Ming who really goes out of his way to talk to you, joke and laugh. However, he was not a bad server but he was just there to provide server and do his job. So, I cannot fault him for that. So overall the entire experience yesterday was good. I highly recommend Yummy House if you are near the Ocala area and are craving for authentic Chinese food.

    New to the area and tried a few Chinese restaurants around town. Yummy House was highly recommended…read moreas the other places was a "1 and done" situation. Con's- Didn't like the fact that when placing an order online you're forced to tip. (I don't mind tipping but prefer to tip when I pick up my order) Upon walking in it didn't smell too good. I had to ask for condiments and utensils. (In my opinion if I've already tipped before picking up my togo order utensils should've definitely been packed. I understand that condiments shouldn't be in bag as some don't want/need them.) Pros - Food was good and flavorful. Portion size was mediocre and average. Maybe later we will go and try the dim sum but if the smell is there when we walk in we will walk right back out.

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