I got delivery and it arrived hot and the food tasted good. I ordered sesame chicken with pork fried rice. I will be ordering again.

Customer service is terrible. No hello, no thank you. Worker went in the back even before I left. I wanted a receipt and rang the bell, but no one came out. Food is skimpy and egg roll was overdone and hard. read more

Gentleman at counter very friendly. Food quality poor. My carryout order, chicken fried rice, no flavor two quarter size pieces of egg, one quarter size piece of broccoli, generous with chicken pieces but basic rice with no flavor for $10.95 I felt cheated. Generous chicken pieces in sesame chicken, again no flavor, one piece broccoli, and egg rolls doughy inside and could not taste filling, everything just mushy. Sadly disappointed, would not recommend and unfortunately will not be back. Also, chicken fried rice pictured on website was misrepresentation, my rice was not white, it was soaked in some flavorless brown sauce my guess during cooking because rice was dry. Location old and outdated looking not very inviting to guests. read more

I purchase off of the traditional menu and I am very pleased with the food. The location is not the most elegant but the staff is friendly.

Having lived close to this place for years without trying it, I thought I'd give it a shot. I ordered combination fried rice; no way to screw that up, right? Wrong! First, I got chicken fried rice, no pork or shrimp (this after the owner kept shouting "combo fried rice" back into the kitchen). Other than a couple of shreds of onion, there were no vegetables either. Plus they charge an extra $1.25 to put an egg in it, and somehow managed to only get a tiny bit of it in the dish. How do you get less than a full egg? Finally, the portion was much smaller than all of the other places I frequent. First and last time for me. read more

Great food always consistent friendly delivery people but a small eat in dining area.

Pretty bad Chinese cuisine. We tried about 6 different items to take home and share. Incredibly, none of them were good. Noodles were way overcooked, the rice was old and the rest was just tasteless. Never again. read more

China island is your standard mom and pop shop for Chinese food. The building is small and cozy, the food is decent, and the workers are very very friendly! I've had better Chinese food, but I have a soft spot for the friendly staff which is what keeps me coming back! read more

Best Chinese Restaurant in Cincinnati. The food is delicious, well made with fresh ingredients. I love chicken fried rice, sweet and sour chicken, and general Tso chicken. The best vegetable chop suey! Great dinner choice for New Year's Eve! read more

Ordered 4 dinners and 4 egg rolls for Saturday carry out $50 order. Dinners were fine. 4 egg rolls are much smaller and not as good as before. Asked for soy, duck and hot mustard packs. Got lots of duck but only 3 hot mustard-4 egg rolls? - Cheaping out. Asked for extra fortune cookies. Old guy at front desk dumped in a handful. Good thing I asked, otherwise I would have had none. The place used to be good but now they are just cheaping out. SAD! read more

This place has been my go to Chinese takeout for years. I recommend the General Tso's. Order is usually ready in 10 min from when you call. Food tastes great and they include everything you would need in the takeout bag. Lunch specials are very reasonably priced. read more

China Island is a true hidden gem. This is my favorite Chinese place in the entire Cincinnati area. I was worried when it went under new management a few years ago, but there was no noticeable change in the quality, quantity, and value of the food. They now have delivery. My family and I have been going to China Island for years, and we don't stray from that loyalty often. In my opinion, no other Chinese place compares. read more

China Island - Lunch Special - Szechuan Chicken with Fried Rice and Crab Rangoon $5.45 - Chinese Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

Ordered the shrimp lo mein and it was made with spaghetti but despite this short cut they charged full price. I will not be back.

DO NOT ORDER DELIVERY. I've been going here for years. The food is delicious, but customer service is AWFUL. I decided to order delivery because it was a cold night and I didn't want to leave my house. The initial order was placed at 5:45pm. 7pm rolled around and it still hadn't arrived, so I called to check in and they said they were busy and will get to it when they can. I understood because it was a Friday night. 8pm rolled around and the food still hadn't arrived so I called back, the individual I spoke to said "stop calling. Your food will arrive when it arrives" and hung up. I called back just to hopefully get a chance to ask my question and he said the exact same thing: "stop calling. Your food will arrive when it arrives." Our food ended up arriving at 8:45 - 3 hours after we placed an ASAP order. read more

Worst Chinese Food I have ever had! Was tasteless but to make matters worse, gave me food poisoning! Chicken Lo Mein advertised with bean sprouts and onions. 1 piece of onion and no sprouts at all. Won tons in soup were rubbery! Smallest spring rolls I have ever seen. Awful and will never go back! read more

Coming from a Chinese family and eating a lot of traditional Chinese food, I am not disappointed in their food at all. There's very few authentic Chinese restaurants in the area, so this is definitely my choice for Chinese food. Their Fried Rice is totally up to par with the ones I've had in China and maybe even better. Lo Mein is another one of my favorites. They also have very healthy options with the Moo Goo Gai Pan, which is a chicken and vegetables, and brown rice!!!! So excited to see another option besides traditional white rice. read more

This review is strictly on lunch carryout. The food is fresh with nice size portions. Very reliable on timing and packaging. No frills, just good food for lunch. read more

It's a little tricky finding this place, if you were to think that this was easily visible from Montgomery Road, as I did. Tucked in behind the Fabulous Frames and Art store in the Hosbrook Center, in the very back of the strip mall, is China Island. I will say from the outset, and being a regular at the Chinese take-outs in the area, that this stands on par with the other local Chinese fare. In other words, about average. About average (to a little high, relatively) in price, in quality, in appearance, in service, and in flavor. But that's not said in any derogatory way. Some highs, some lows, some average. My order was to go, and it had been called in ahead of time, at lunch hour, during a weekday. I was told "10 to 15 minutes", and true to their word, at the 15 minute mark, my order was ready. The gentleman working the counter was polite and efficient, and worked not only the to-go orders and the counter, but also the small(ish) dining room. I didn't really pay that much attention to the dining area, but I would say it holds maybe 24 or 25. The entry and waiting area is a bit small, but there are a couple of chairs, or you can sit at a table three feet away in the dining room. Upon arrival at home (maybe six to eight minutes), I unpacked my well stocked (three days' worth of meals) bag. I had ordered the Combo Lo Mein, a large Hot and Sour Soup - they make it meatless, (H&S Soup is my benchmark), an order of Chicken in Garlic Sauce, and an order of Fried Won Tons. There were sufficient condiments (4 soy, 2 duck, 2 small Sweet & Sour cups, and a hot mustard), as well as napkins, forks and a spoon. And to my delight, there was an order of Crab Rangoon slid in there, too. I don't know, perhaps they have a "Free order of Crab Rangoon" if you order above a certain amount. The Won Tons were cooked well, but the filling was really pretty flavorless. Typical frozen style dropped in the fryer type, or so it seemed to me. The Crab Rangoon was pretty good. Nice cream cheese flavor. Again, the typical fast food Chinese offering. I was disappointed that the Hot and Sour Soup did not fill the container, but was instead only maybe 75-80% full. I'm used to it touching the lid at the other local places I frequent. The soup itself was OK. Not really spicy, rather mild. I would order it again, but I wouldn't go out of my way for it. It's meatless, tofu only. Not how I ordered it, just how it comes. A few red pepper flakes in there, plenty of tofu, bamboo shoots, and mushrooms. The Lo Mein was also just OK. It was a little dry for my taste though, and could have used a little more sauce.. There were plenty of "little goodies" in there, however. Chicken, shrimp, pork, beef, onions. All in all acceptable, especially with the sauce from my garlic chicken on top. The chicken in Garlic Sauce, mmmm. I ordered it with extra garlic, and they complied. Quite possibly the best dish I ordered. Chicken, mushrooms, snow peas, carrots, and broccoli, all bathed in a delicious, garlicky brown sauce. Mine was accompanied by steamed rice, which was, well, steamed. I would expect it to be OK, all things considered. So - Overall - OK. Nothing outstandingly great, or outstandingly poor. Not far from the Kenwood Mall, they are conveniently located to the freeway. They cater for larger groups, and best of all? They deliver. $10.00 minimum and a three mile radius. I'll have to try that one of these days when I can't make it out. They are the only one in the area that delivers, and at 2.5 miles from my house, I think I'm in luck. read more

I've been on a search for good Wor Shu Gai/ War Su Gai/ Almond Boneless Chicken etc in Cincinnati and was happy to find a variation here. To my surprise, the chicken which was fried decently was served over steamed vegetables which made it soggy ruining the prospects for a front runner in this category. I was able to salvage a considerable amount but cant say I will order again. read more

China Island - Hong Kong Chicken. Interesting to say the least. - Chinese Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

Decent Chinese restaurant in the Kenwood area. Most suitable for carry out with just a few tables. Nothing fancy. Had a good bowl of chicken teriyaki with crab Rangoon and spring rolls. Teriyaki was souplike. Pretty salty but just fine for a quick lunch. Others were fried kind of standard stuff. Help was good. Parking was somewhat competitive. read more

I'd eaten in here for the lunch special a couple times and thought everything was very good. I was disappointed in a recent take-out order, though. The egg roll was about half the size as at other similar restaurants. No one really expects crab in crab rangoon anymore, but these had a skimpy filling of a sugary sludge. The sesame chicken was heavily breaded, and the broccoli almost too tough to chew. The sesame beef was most disappointing of all, largish clumps of breading with small pieces of chopped beef mixed in. The sesame sauce was okay, and the rice was fine. The real kicker is that the cost of two entrees and two appetizers was $28. Pretty much a ripoff, I won't order from here again. read more

Super fast (10 min for pickup) and huge portions. Perfect in a pinch. Recommend the general tsos dinner combo with Lo mein as the side.

My girlfriend LOVES this place so I wanted to love it too but I just don't. Serviceable Chinese food. Bland compared to the places I like. It feels like one of those places that is a victim of catering to limited palates. It's a shame when an ethnic restaurant mutes flavor to make it palatable to suburban America. I think that's what happened here. read more

I ordered orange chicken and crab Rangoon. The orange chicken did not taste like orange chicken and they give you a small portion for almost $12. The crab Rangoon had just cream cheese and no type of crab in it. So yeah, I don't recommend this place. read more

So easy to order online! Loved it! Everything I had was really good, but their crab Rangoon was exceptional! I love it!!! Their classic egg drop soup was delicious and the hit and sour soup was addicting. Some things were standard like the shrimp fried rice, egg roll, and dumplings, but nothing was at all bad! read more

Very good food and reasonably priced. The people were also friendly when I went to pick up the order.

Food was delicious. Staff are friendly. Best part you can opt for Lo Mein vs rice. Definitely will be back.

Delicious food. We love the pad thai and chicken stir fry. My kids are addicted to the chicken fingers and chicken dumplings!

We had a really tasty beef curry carryout tonight. Your take out service is fantastic. Love your food and so glad you are in my neighborhood. read more

Best egg foo young! As a real Chinese I don't really care for this type of Americanized Chinese restaurants. My friend brought me to China island one night and I ordered a shrimp egg foo young expecting the same ghetto dish I get from every other similar Chinese place. But I was surprised by the quality and flavor. We dined in. So my food was served hot and fresh out of the wok. The eggs were crispy outside and tender and juicy inside. Gravy was not too thick or too salty. And there was a lot of shrimp! It was definitely the best egg foo young I've had in Cincinnati. My friend had Mongolian beef and it was good too. The service is also worth a five star. The owner was very friendly and attentive. Food was served fast. Glass always got refilled. read more

Good prices wonderful an friendly staff been to a million Chinese restaurants but this one is the best

Absolutely great. I haven't had Chinese food so good since I left N. Y. 30 years ago.

I have been going here for years. The new owner really bumped this place up. Really like the food, I do tend to over order for the leftovers. I eat it cold the next day and is still good stuff. Service is friendly and fast all the times I have been there, especially since new management. I recommend it to all. read more

Consistently good food! I usually order human chicken, won ton soup or something similar. Friendly staff.

the worst food ever, chicken chop suey, gross, and unknown to me it was chicken pot stickers that were the worst. After eating just a few bits I was so sick I had to leave work for the day. the company as a whole will never go back read more

We have lived in Madeira for 10+ years and were big fans of China Island for a long time. We have been making our own delicious food for the past few years and do not order out much these days. That being said when we crave a certain food and have had a busy day, we might order out and China Island was a trusted friend for great quick delivery (15-20mins max). We ordered Cashew Chicken and Chicken Pad Thai tonight and it took 50 mins (not a deal breaker on a Friday night) but the food was terrible... flavorless, dry. The Pad Thai was not a traditional noodle, more like an angle hair pasta and void of sauce, flavor and other than a bit of chicken, not much else, just a bowl of pasta for almost $10. My wife had her previously ordered cashew chicken and it was also lacking sauce and flavor. I have traveled the world and know American Chinese is not authentic, this might be (barely) all I can figure is they have a new chef and cooking traditional recipes, please advertise this as you may get some clientele, just don't disappoint your long time neighbors with whatever you have going on with your management. That being said service is always polite and delivers, not sure about the kitchen this time. I would not recommend them as of this date in any way. read more

They have the best lo mein I've ever had in Cincinnati. Not too greasy, full of flavor, and the service is so fast! Oh, and they're also very nice people. I always buy party trays from here and they never disappoint. read more

After reading some glowing reviews, I must give it 2 stars. The tastes were bland and the General Tso had awful breading and LOTS of it. The service was good but it just isn't all that good read more

I love this Chinese restaurant! They are so friendly and so fast! The food overall is maybe a 7/10 but they're so great to deal with I give the restaurant 10/10! My favorite are their spring rolls, egg rolls, and their chow mein! Their crab rangoon is not the best (not much filling), but their beef and broccoli as well as their sweet and sour chicken are very solid! A great value and great service! read more

This has been our favorite Chinese take-out restaurant for many years! Always great food, service and prompt delivery for times when you don't feel like going out. ...Enjoy!! read more