Always good, quick, and easy... the lady who runs it is always on point. Great take out. Best lo…read moremien around

I moved to the Lexington/Gilbert area of SC over a year ago from NY. You may not know this, but NY…read moreis the home of the absolute best pizza and Chinese food ANYWHERE. That said, since I have been on my new hometown, here in SC, I have been in search of both. I'll leave the pizza discussion for my review of the best pizza place and I'll focus here on the BEST CHINESE FOOD in the Lexington/Gilbert/Leesville-Batesburg areas. That place, THE BEST CHINESE FOOD is China 1 at 245 W. Columbia Ave. The food is made fresh as you wait, the food is nuclear hot temperature, so it's hot when you get home with your take-out. The meats like the pork in the fried rice is perfectly flavored and perfectly trimmed. No fat in mine whatsoever. This is my new go to place for Chinese food and it's a 15-20 minute drive each way, but so worth it. Great food, great prices and it is a 16 or so year old, family owned business. One of the best parts of my experience there was the owner brought my food out and a lady named "Sunshine" who was working the counter cashed me out. I think her name is Kiaun, but I'll stick with "Sunshine". She is as much a part of the family there as anyone in the kitchen. Those are my words based on my observations and from talking to Sunshine and a long time customer who was there that same time I was. Just her sunny disposition and incredible vibe is a reason to try the place, and you'll keep coming back for the food and to see Sunshine. She has been working there for almost as long as the restaurant has been open. They have an incredible selection of chicken wing flavors. A pic of the wing menu is in the photos attached. As far as ambiance or atmosphere, the place is a Chinese restaurant, the majority of whose business is take-out. That said, it was clean, it was busy and had tables to sit at in the event you can't wait to get home to eat the best Chinese food in SC. Sit down, chill out, enjoy your food and chances are you're gonna see your neighbors come and pick-up and you might even meet a friend who you haven't met yet. I've included a menu shot and some food pics!!! See you there!!!

they changed the sauce on triple delight, sweet syurp pools in the bottom of take out container. i…read moredon't eat any sweet sauce not ever barbecue. yuck! and this is the worst fried rice i've ever seen from here! rice slightly beige with no veggies meats nothing. again yuck! never eating here again!!! ever; period.

First, this was my first trip here and so I give it a 3. I would never dine in. Seats ripped and it…read moreis loud. Not a comfortable place. BUT as the first time here, I noticed that there were a lot of take out orders. A LOT. People must like this place. They had a buffet area that while not set up, could be used as a buffet area. Not for me based on the appearance of the entire restaurant. Now why did I order and not just leave? Because of the people taking take out orders! I thought I would try it once. So I ordered a Beef and Broccoli combo.. $11.55. Headed home to try. For the price, this is worth it!! More than a couple of meals for me. LOTS of beef, huge pieces of broccoli AND a lot of healthy rice. Spring roll was hot and crispy. YES I now know why the to go orders! I grabbed a menu and will order before hand and pick up. I did notice a couple of people ordered the orange chicken combo.....May have to try that. So recommend this as a pick up only NOT dine or delivery. If you live within ten minutes, it will be done when you get there. I will tell you the pictures on yelp are not what I saw. There are a lot prettier.

Pretty standard Chinese buffet. Plenty of options. Everything I tried tasted good. Everything…read morelooked fresh and the staff was checking on the food frequently and bringing new food as needed. The wontons for the soup were a little dried out but softened up after a few minutes in the broth. The broth was bad but was a little lack luster compared to the tastiness of the other food.

One of the best Chinese Buffets I have been to in many years …read more The food was surprisingly good and always fresh . Many different chicken dishes , 2 fried rice , seafood , few soups , egg rolls , fresh fruit and even Frog Legs all very well prepared and again always fresh I only found 1 item that I didn't not like . One thing I really liked was the Lo Mein - best I have ever had to date . Staff were quick to grab used plates , clean plates and bowls were readily available . Will definitely be going back

Their Teriyaki Chicken on a Stick is easily a 9.5/10. Grew up eating here, great quality and large…read moreportions. Most of their entrees are very solid for a small town Chinese place but the Teriyaki Chicken is unbelievable. I moved to Charlotte 10 years ago and still have yet to find a restaurant there that can duplicate it. Great place.

For fast Chinese food, it's decent. One of my favorites is…read moretheir Roast Pork with Chinese Vegetables even though I always have to come home and add a little sesame seed oil, salt and pepper for my taste even after being charged an extra 50 cents for extra spicy. Watch their prices!! Nothing on their updated menu will be what you're charged!! They even have a sign inside which states this- just be extra careful, especially when you're calling in an order.

Don't judge a book by its cover, or an outside of a restaurant. Walk on in, and place your order…read more Quick service with lots of love. I usually pick up my food, but it's always hot, fresh, and delicious.

When I called to place my order someone answered by saying "yes" followed by a long pause as I…read moretried to figure out if I called the right place.l, said I wanted to place an order and got another "yes". I ordered chicken and beef with veggies. No price was given, no time it would be ready, didn't ask for my name, just hung up the phone. The place is strange, random things being sold but the lady running the register was nice. My food on the other hand.. kinda gross. The veggies consisted of large chunks of half steamed broccoli, carrots and stems of some sort with thick uncooked onions and the beef and chicken was still frozen in some spots. The only thing that was actually tasteful and cooked was the rice. I probably wouldn't eat here again.

The best chinese resturant in the Chapin-ish area, but I will say that the egg drop soup, eggrolls…read moreand wings are the real heroes here. They have an awesome appetizer lunch combo option that I would focus on next time. I got chicken lo mein, and my husband got chicken fried rice, which was pretty good. My dad's General Tso's was more sweet than spicy, so disappointing. My mom got the shrimp chow mein, which she said was different than what she was used to, but she liked it. The Pu Pu platter was the real hit of our lunch and I would do that again. That said, the restaurant is super clean, the staff is kind and service is great. You can't beat Sun Ming for a sit down Chinese treat.

St Andrew's Rd above shopping center where Kroger is on Irmo…read more Dine-in or take-out we have only had take-out. The food is the real superstar here, my wife raves for the shrimp fried rice and she is a very picky eater so big compliment right there. I choose General Tao chicken comes with generous portion chicken enough for two little broccoli and two portion white rice for $29 two entrees. Open till 10pm weekdays. Staff friendly, patient.

Food is very consistent each time. Always taste the same and is ready with in 10 minutes. Totally…read morerecommended.

The takeout food from Golden China was by far the worst takeout Chinese we have ever had. We…read moreordered orange chicken and it was. Overcooked, dry, hard not crunchy and appeared to be sitting around for quite some time. While there was sufficient sauce. The dish itself was so hard and dried out that the sauce could not soften it up. We also had vegetable fried rice, which didn't resemble any vegetable fried rice we've ever had before and had very few vegetables in it. The only recognizable vegetable in the vegetable fried rice was onions.

Food is incredible! Ordered to go- General Tso's combo, chicken fried rice, and extra white sauce!!…read moreFresh, hot, and fast!! Will definitely be the new go to spot.

Ordered Mongolian beef and Egg rolls. The Mongolian beef was good just had way too many onions…read morethough easily removed. The beef had some pieces that were very tough and chewy. The egg rolls were awful had better from grocery store freezer. The taste was bad the texture was like they were heated in microwave. Very hard and chewy could not eat. Gave to dog who couldn't even chew it and left on floor. Ordered at 9:00pm to-go and the lady kept telling me they close at 9:30. After the second time I asked will my food not be ready before you close? Still don't understand what that was about. They have a couple tables to eat in. Nothing special here.

I got shrimp egg fu young and the sauce wasn't good as it was just a teriyaki sauce and not the…read morebrown gravy, which is what I am used to with egg fu young. Their fried rice is yellow and doesn't resemble fried rice either in looks or tastes. I won't be eating there again.

In a nutshell, they have basically raised their prices but lowered their quality. I used to like…read moreit here but it's not good anymore. The chicken tastes like cardboard and chalk. The house special fried rice is flavorless. The steamed dumplings are like the bag you buy from the Walmart freezer. More like soggy wontons than steamed dumplings.