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    China Inn

    4.4 (540 reviews)
    ModerateChinese
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:30 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Sesame chicken and general Taos chicken with fried rice
    Jordan O.

    The good - it was warm and the chicken is certainly white meat. The sesame balls were solid. The ribs had meat on them! The not good - everything else The chicken is tasteless (both of them)...there's a bit of heat...but almost no flavor. In either one - it just tastes like oily chicken with a bit of red pepper (both of them)...even though the sauce is totally different. The one I think is sesame chicken said no veggies, but it had a few veggies in it and that was the best part of it. The fried rice tastes like rice - absolutely nothing in it (maybe it looked at an egg once...but no onion, no carrot, no pork, nothing...and it's also oily). The ribs are decently meaty but they have this weird gelatin style sauce and not that normal red sauce on every other Chinese rib since the beginning of time. If I HAD to eat here again the ribs are the only thing I would get again. The wonton soup has 1 wonton in it each...and the wonton is 99% dough and a few scallions and nothing else in it either...it tastes like watered down broth. It's like they blew their whole budget on white meat chicken and had nothing left over for anything else.

    Hot sour soup with my lunch special.
    Ms. Wong ..

    Service is fast and nice. They are customer friendly. Nice atmosphere. If you need to get back to work, but want a nice lunch they have good hustle so that you aren't late getting back. Wonton soup has good flavor. They have a little room in the side for bigger groups. Parking is available in the lot in front. Good portion size for the food and it's tasty.

    Egg drop soup
    Laurie O.

    The service was extremely fast! The restaurant was clean and welcoming. The food was delicious my son and I had lemon chicken and chicken with a side of lo mein. The dinner dishes, come with soup, eggroll or crab Rangoon and steamed rice or lo mein. The food was delicious and the service was great. Will come again.

    Egg Drop Soup
    Camela S.

    The service was quick and the portion size for the price and quality was well worth it. The lunch specials are served with rice or lo mein, an appetizer & soup. I had the #12- general tso's chicken, lo mein, an egg roll and egg drop soup for $13. I highly recommend trying it.

    Hot and sour soup
    Brian B.

    Had lunch here with my mom recently. I had been here on a few occasions but never took the time to review it. Even though it was quite busy, we were seated right away. The dining area is a decent size and there is another room towards the back with seating as well. A waiter quickly arrived to bring us menus and take our drink orders. The menu offers a lot of variety, but I opted for the Almond Chicken lunch special. Started off with the hot and sour soup. There were wonton strips provided with the soup to add texture. Our entrees were brought out soon after. The serving was a good size, and was tasty. The fried rice and egg roll were a nice accompaniment. I will definitely return in the future as this is one of the better Chinese restaurants in the city.

    Hot and sour soup
    Christina T R.

    My son and I tried this place. Wasn't long wait for a table but it was busy. Parking lot is limited but we were able to find a spot. We were seated and provide with menus. The portion size was good for their lunch special. Very good service and it was clean, meaning the utensils were spotty and neither were the glasses. Definitely going back to try other items.

    Egg rolls
    Carolina E.

    Great service, restaurant is always clean. Huge portions especially at dinner. Love the chicken corn soup I ask for chives in it.. ordered Lemon Chicken portion is 2 chicken breasts sticker on top of each other with sauce on the side. Everything is fresh and hot. During month of December, you get a wall scroll calendar as a bonus thank you from them. Service is fast and efficient. Definitely a regular go to for me

    Lunch special
    Sam O.

    China Inn continues to be on our regular rotation, but I wanted to tell y'all- don't sleep on that Peppery Pork!! There's no description on the menu so it's hard to figure out what it is, so I am going to tell you! It's not "peppery" as in the vegetable, but it's delicious strips of pork that are breaded and fried in a coating that's reminiscent of KFC, plated atop stir fried onions and dried chili pieces. No sauce. Ohhhh myyy! Crispy, tender, delicious, and one of our new favorites! I think it's underrated and lesser reviewed because people might be afraid to order it by its somewhat vague name, but I am here to happily clear the confusion! Get it, get it, get it!

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    Ruthie W.

    We met my sister-in-love and brother-in-love for lunch today at China Inn. Lunch specials are available every day of the week. Almost everyone had lunch specials except for me. Lunch specials include soup and egg roll or crab rangoon. My sister-in-love had the Spicy Shrimp and Vegetables, my brother-in-love had the Chicken and Broccoli, hubby had the Triple Delight, Dad had the Lemon Chicken, and I had Orange Beef. Dad's chicken was a bit dry so we swapped it for Tofu and Veggies instead. Overall, the food was good.

    Spicy soup
    Owen C.

    I keep getting shocked in San Antonio as I continue to use the Yelp app. This place on the outside look ok but the second I walked in it was already super nice vibe and layout. Then the very first server that saw me was super super nice and enjoyable. Then my server was one of my favorite kinds. He was super nice and friendly and he helped me make my choice for my lunch. He gave such a great recommendation and very many cool details. Then when I got it I was super happy bc it was delicious. Then the side server continued to come and fill my water cup and drop off napkins and anything else. The service here is 100% perfect. The food was delicious too.

    black bean sauce fried fish

    I was so impressed with my 1st meal here I wrote a glowing review and went back today, ordering 3 dishes... Black bean fried fish, asparagus beef & a shrimp dish... mediocre... sigh... made me regret my previous glowing review

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    1 month ago

    Great food and wonderful service. Have been coming here for year and can't recommend it more. Love it!

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    Great place to eat lunch or dinner. Food and service always awesome. Enjoy Their portions are very generous...

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    Quick service. Delicious food. We both got the chicken mushroom noodles and subbed ramen noodles in…read moreboth. No problem subbing the noodles and it was a huge portion. The broth was so good and rich. Had leftovers and can't wait to dig into them.

    I came in for lunch this afternoon. It was quiet, and there was only myself and another guest in…read morethe restaurant. I ordered the crispy dumplings (pork) and spring rolls as appetizers, and the spicy noodle soup as my entree. My server came to take my order, and brought me the items as they were ready. The entree came out before the appetizers. The spicy noodle soup was spicy (as named) and it was good, but it was incredibly oily and the noodles were overcooked, so I didn't eat much of it. I would definitely recommend ordering this with rice, or taking it home and making your own. The dumplings and spring rolls were crispy, but nothing special. I did like the duck sauce they had -- I would have asked my server for more of it, but she was busy in the back or something, not sure. I wish she would've checked in on me a bit more during the visit so I could have gotten more napkins and sauce. The service was alright. I wish I would've gotten checked on a little bit more, but she was nice and helped me pack my noodles to go. Overall, this spot wasn't terrible, but if I had to choose, I'd probably try another place.

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    For lunch today, I thought to try Wahkee Chinese Cuisine. I ordered through GrubHub and picked up…read moreour order. Their lunch specials were good value and great quality. Each of the lunch specials come with crab rangoon, egg roll and soup (I chose egg drop soup). We had the Shrimp and Vegetables, Sesame Chicken, and Triple Delight. For the most part, all the food was good. The chicken was slightly dry. I still recommend trying their lunch specials.

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    I've been looking for a solid Chinese and dim sum place and just so happened to stumble on Golden…read moreWok after a kiddos baseball game Sunday afternoon. It was the in between time of late lunch 2:30-3pm so we thought we would miss the Sunday afternoon church rush. The parking lot and restaurant was full but didn't let it scare us. Only had to wait 5 mins. Don't let the full restaurant fool you. The wait staff checks in often and moves tables very fast. Pro tip- you can hang outside and check out the koi fish in the pond to kill some time Sat down and drinks came out fast ordered dim sum which came out in the cute steam baskets first. Shrimp Shumai and pork bao buns were so good. My kids asked for seconds We also ordered the sweet and sour chicken, spicy eggplant/tofu, shrimp& broccoli and the combination fried rice. Everything was perfectly seasoned with the exception of the sweet and sour chicken. It was very bland. Next time I want to order the orange peel chicken instead. Looked good and now we know! So much food we'll have leftovers for a few days. Score!

    Looking for a weekday lunch special. There's a special for everyone! Including if you can't figure…read moreout what you want you can do a combo special. I came in a Monday and wanted the moo goo gai pan but also wanted the lemon chicken. So I had both. It was a lot of food. I liked the lemon chicken best. Comes with fried rice and a crispy egg roll, soup and a drink. They do charge an extra $1.50 if change the soup. Get here early, they get very busy. Food comes out pretty quickly. Restrooms were smelly and didn't look clean. Kid friendly and staff were very nice. Plenty of parking.

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    I am afraid that I must change my review of Pho Kim Long. I am sad to do so because this was one of…read moremy favorite local restaurants for over a decade. However, my most recent encounter has soured me completely, and I think I will never return. My favorite dish here was something that did not appear on the menu, Bo Tai Chanh salad. Even though it was not listed, they would whip it up at my request. It consists of beef cappaccio on an iceberg lettuce salad with Vietnamese vegetables and a fish sauce based dressing. Tonight they refused my order. What makes this refusal all the more frustrating is that Pho Bo Tai Chanh (the soup version) is listed on the menu and promoted as one of the favorite dishes. All that was needed, to meet my request, was to cut up half a head of lettuce and throw the non-liquid ingredients of the soup on top. Every restaurant should remember the customer is always right. Their only purpose is to meet their customers' requests to the best of their ability. I understand when a kitchen cannot meet requests with the ingredients or equipment they have. For example, I always call 24 hours ahead to order Peking Duck because the traditional methods require that amount of time to prepare the dish. Or I remember being refused a request to have my meat served rare when the restaurant had already cooked all its meat to medium rare using sous vide. I don't expect the kitchen to do the impossible. But every kitchen must be ready to meet special request whether health related like peanuts, shrimp, gluten, salt, carbohydrates, etc. or relate to tastes or ethics like vegetarian, vegans, seafood, etc. To fail one's customers is the first step to being one of the numerous restaurants to fail and become irrelevant. Any restaurant that refuses to meet reasonable requests fails the fundamental test for good service and does not deserve to be patronized. P.S. I end up going down the road to Yaya's Thai Restaurant (another local restaurant) to get something that met my tastes and preferences.

    Finally got around to trying this place out and regret not going sooner! It's a small(ish) place…read moreso there was a small wait on a cold day but well well worth the wait! Once we got sat we placed our orders and had food in front of us in 15ish minutes? It was great. The wings were delicious, you could throw the sauce on a tire and I'd eat it. The bowls were so refreshing and delicious and the pho was perfect. I can't wait to go back! Give this place a try, be aware the parkings tight, don't get overwhelmed or thrown off find the parking get inside and be ready for some amazing food from amazing people! Side note: everytime the older Vietnamese women came to clear our plates as we finished she told us good job for fishing our food and tbh it felt so warming and homey without thought

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