We had not been to this restaurant in several years and were happy with the changes. Adrian and Julian (who look like twins but are cousins) provided excellent service. Adrian came to check on us several times. He had great communication skills and manners. I enjoyed the egg drop soup. Prices are very reasonable. Huge dishes. read more

Had company from out of town. They wanted Chinese so we had it delivered. Holy cow it was good. Moo Goo, Kung Pow and Cashew Chicken were heavenly. So much food that we had left overs for 2 extra meals. I love China Isle. (Mmm service inside is not stellar) read more

Only okay. The ambiance was .... Interesting. The food was only okay. Veggie noodle dish was incredibly plain. read more

China Isle - Try have a complaints sign on the door if that tells you anything lol - Chinese Near Me - American Fork, Utah

Came here for the first time about two years ago and I was not impressed. Came here again for the second time and still wasn't impressed. The front entrance has no curb appeal at all. Looks really outdated and uninviting. Upon entering, we weren't welcomed warmly, but to only be asked, "for how many?" After sitting down, was asked several times after just minutes if we were ready to order. Appreciate the enthusiasm of taking our order and all, but we weren't asked with enthusiasm, we were asked more like, "are you ready to order, or not" tone. The server was lacking people skills. We ordered: honey walnut prawns, chicken and shrimp lo mein, green beans, sweet and sour chicken, Szechuan scallops, and house fried rice. The honey walnut prawns were drowning in sauce and looked like a glob of mayonnaise sauce under it, around it, and over it. On top of that, it was decorated with broccoli encircling the dish - the weirdest thing I ever saw! No one in their right mind, who knows how to serve (and cook)honey walnut prawns correctly in a restaurant would ever do such a ridiculous thing. I almost gawked at the sight. The lo mein was probably the worst lo mein I ever tasted - soggy, and flavorless. The string beans were decent along with sweet and sour chicken. If I HAD to ever come back to this place it's either one of 2 things: 1. Someone was paying for it. 2. It would only be for sweet and sour chicken and the string beans. That would be it! I've had better Chinese food in Utah county than this place. read more

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I've been looking for a good Chinese place in Utah county and saw this recommended in a Facebook group I'm in. I came here and read reviews and thought I'd give it a try. My guy got the orange chicken and I got the sesame chicken. The orange chicken was ok, it could use less soy sauce and more orange flavor. I think we both agreed the sesame chicken was better. We both also got the combination dinner so it came with ham fried rice, egg roll (or paper chicken), a large breaded shrimp (that was SO delicious), a little chip, and your choice of egg drop (we both got this and agreed it was very different than other Chinese restaurants but good!)or hot and sour. Our waitress was efficient and we were probably in and out of there in less than an hour. My only complaint is that it was probably 80 degrees in there! I look forward to going back to try other dishes! read more

China Isle - Orange chicken combination dinner - Chinese Near Me - American Fork, Utah

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We had a very nice meal, everyone was stuffed. Very reasonably priced and fair to large portions. We had Cream cheese wontons (so fresh!), egg rolls had a beautiful crust, (not heavy chewy!) we also had the chicken lettuce wraps, (was not expecting such a large portion). Our mains included General Tsaos (MIL was raving over it), house special lo mein and salt and pepper shrimp (wow!). Service was prompt and courteous. We would come back (we are not locals). read more

China Isle - General Tao's Chicken, Salt and Pepper Shrimp, house special Lo mein, Chicken Lettuce Wrap, Egg Roll - Chinese Near Me - American Fork, Utah

I haven't been to this restaurant in quite a while. I believe it used to be China Light Cafe. I actually did door dash on this visit and was actually quite disappointed in a few things. I'll break it down for you. The biggest disappointment was how long it took to get my food. It took almost an hour and a half from order to my door. Three dashers came and went before the food was ready to be picked up. I attempted to call the restaurant to see what was going on and it went to voicemail. This was about 7 PM. They closed at 8. To me, an avid fan of Chinese food, I assume it shouldn't be too difficult to get out a dinner order of lemon chicken and cashew chicken. It was the lemon chicken, it had been over cooked until it was hard to chew. The flavor was your basic lemon chicken, so that was good. I do recommend the cashew chicken if you do go here. The egg rolls are great, but the prawns were pulled out of the freezer and fried up for you and unfortunately over cooked again. The person on the fryer must have been having an off night I guess. There was a large helping of ham fried rice with each meal. There wasn't anything special about the rice which is just fine. The soup was fantastic. I got egg flour soup and it came with two big crisps to crunch up. The soup was actually what kept this at three stars for me. All in all, pretty disappointed in this restaurant, but it was the only one open on a Sunday. I will probably not recommend this restaurant given there are a couple others that really hit the mark and are located in the same city. See my other reviews for those. Cheers, Mike your favorite food critic. read more

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I haven't been here in over 5 years. I got the walnut shrimp and crab cheese wontons, it was honestly even better than I remember!! I'm so glad I live near it again read more

use to love this place for the food. my recent visit was very disappointing. The male server was very disrespectful when asking about a dish. He rolled his eyes and looked to be very annoyed that I asked. I asked what the Lemon chicken was, his replay was "its lemon chicken". I asked how its made, he then said he didn't know. very disappointed, will not be coming back. read more

We've enjoyed coming here over the years. A fun tidbit about China Isle is that on the first day of Chinese New Year, they gave each of us a brand new $1 bill! So fun. I don't know if they do this every year but it was fun to be a part of this year. I feel like they need more staff on hand, especially since we were there in the evening on a holiday. There was only one waitress running around like a mad woman and one busboy. Watching them was exhausting and not at all relaxing for the customers. The food was good. We always get the dinner combo meals. They come with your choice of a main entree (limited), fried rice, egg roll, and soup. We always get general tsos chicken-- CLASSIC, and the egg drop soup. So yummy! read more

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Everything we ordered was delicious and seemed to be made fresh! We tried the orange chicken, beef and green beans, and fried wontons. Service was also great and speedy (it wasn't busy at all though). Great vibes. Would come again. read more

If you like bland, flavorless food, this is the place for you! We ordered Mongolian beef, pork fried rice, orange chicken, and egg drop soup. The fried rice was ok, but not fried. Just had some soy sauce added to the rice with vegetables and diced pork. Decent portion of pork, though. Mongolian beef would better be called boiled onions with beef accents. The British should do a better job boiling the beef, as it was cooked clean of flavor. There were 18 small pieces of beef in the entire dish. There were at least 2 medium onions in with it, making it almost completely an onion dish! But there was literally NO FLAVOR! I almost suspect they ran out of seasonings. Egg drop soup was ok. Lots of msg. I added soy sauce and it was acceptable. The orange chicken was really not worth eating. I think Smiths could provide something better from their frozen food section. Seriously! The orange sauce had orange coloring but not flavor, and literally looked like high fructose corn syrup with coloring. It was very runny. The deli food at Wal-Mart would be better! My wife said "It was terrible! Overcooked. Chewy." And the price was "meh". Overall, it was almost edible. Beyond that, I recommend you look for something better. Panda Express is much better, and I list them at 4 out of 10 stars. Seriously, this restaurant will not get more of my business. I'm bummed! read more

The sesame chicken is always crispy, and the sauce is light and flavorful. Service was quick.

In reality I would give this a 2.5* if possible. The place is small, ambience mediocre at best, server totally unhelpful as to ingredients in any of the dishes we were interested in. We ordered Mongolian beef-basically an onion dish with scattered pieces of beef, shrimp kung pao, unremarkable and the sauce was the same as the beef dish, Yeah! The ham fried rice was fine but SALTY. The orange chicken was by far the best choice, plenty of meat although a bit too much breading. read more

Our experience yesterday was a little different than we've had here in the past. It may be because we accidentally came on Chinese New Year, but they were understaffed and the service was extremely slow. The food was still very good, and is one of the better options in the area for full service Chinese food. Be warned, though, they did not honor their 10% off coupon for checking in on yelp. That was very disappointing. read more

China Isle - Moo Goo Gai Pan (not a picture of the full entree) - Chinese Near Me - American Fork, Utah

Great quality and delicious food!! Can't go wrong with walnut shrimp, fried rice all versions, orange chicken and all types of pan fried noodles!! Everything is so good!! Would definitely give 5 stars, but the new cashier is just rude. Hopefully the chef gets all of the tips for to go orders. read more

A lot of food for a good price. The food was great and the service was fantastic. The ambiance was nice.

This is one of the best Chinese food places in Utah county that I have found. The food is consistently good, even though the service isn't. Hence the 3-star rating. But I keep going back. That says it all. Lunch special is definitely the best. Comes with soup, entree, fried rice, spring roll, and a fried wonton. Mostly for under $7 (there are a few with shrimp that are a little more). Although if you get it to go, they won't give you the soup. But the chicken is good, the flavors are good, the portions are huge. I also love the soup. Favorites have been Kung pao chicken, general tso's chicken, and cashew chicken. read more

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Daughter and I both ended up with food poisoning. Ordered for Christmas dinner. Never again.

Ventured out for family birthday celebration. Initially, restaurant was fairly empty but that changed as the evening progressed. Did notice continuous pick up orders throughout our time dining. As has been the tradition, we ordered family style with a few additional dishes. Lo-mein and sweet and sour pork are always a favorite. Daughter loved the Kung Pao chicken. Found the broccoli beef to be overly sauced. Vegetable Egg rolls were delicious. Typically, we enjoy top notch service and an engaging staff. Not the case this time. In fact, they seem understaffed. The cook actually brought our food to the table as the waitress was multitasking several duties. Otherwise, our experience was what we expected. Prices are reasonable and the food cooked to order. read more

Quite good! Better than most Chinese places, in my opinion. And I absolutely love the atmosphere. The staff is always nice, too. I would recommend. read more

China Isle went in one night from being my go-to worth driving half an hour faithful to being perhaps the worst Chinese food I have ever tasted. It was like everything we loved about China Isle when we first discovered it -- fresh ingredients, well prepared, and the areas best dumplings to flavorless, poorly prepared and truly lifeless food I was embarrassed to serve. General Tso's chicken should be crisp and tangy. Not. Fried rice that was truly awful. Lo Mein that was truly the worst I have ever had. And beef and broccoli that was worthy of a Heath department letter. It was obviously someone's left over from the day before if that. I have never seen nearly 100 dollars of food so disappointing. I will never return you should never go there in the first place. Truly awful. read more

The perfect Chinese place not only for takeout but for the dining experience alone, the exterior design does not seem appealing but when you walk inside; it's like entering a China-Town. My personal favorite menu items are the fried rice, the sweet and sour chicken, and the pot stickers. This is simple takeout done right for once, compared to other chains like Panda Express or Rice Wok, it is incredibly superb and I would absolutely say this is a must-have. read more

Food was good, service was below average. It could have been because of chinese new year. We had a group of 4 and they sat us decently fast. That was the last fast thing of the night. We had multiple different servers who were uncoordinated with each other. Fried shrimp was not good, sweet and sour pork was good and so was the fried rice. We had to find our own boxes for leftovers and be careful because they did not honor the check in discount on yelp. Will try again after Chinese new year. read more

China Isle - Sweet and sour chicken. - Chinese Near Me - American Fork, Utah

Awful service. Server misunderstood what I ordered and then blamed me for the mistake. The portions were small, the food was very average, and it was overpriced. Weird music that didn't fit the vibe was being played. Everything from the plates to the silverware was very cheap. And to rub salt in the wound, we were overcharged. The server was not service oriented in the least. I absolutely DO NOT recommend. Steer clear of this disaster of a restaurant!!!! read more

I WILL NOT order from this restaurant again. They did not send what I ordered. I DO NOT eat rice and ordered Lo Mien. Not what I got!!! I called them and they said they would take care of it. I paid for delivery and tipped my grub hub driver also. They never once said I was supposed to come and pick it up. I called again and they expected ME to pick it up after paying all the fees. I use this service because I am in a senior living care. I can tell you I am COMPLETELY UNHAPPY, and I will Never order from Chins Isle AGAIN. Thanks for ruining my day. Cindy Cornelius read more

Food is okay, but service is absolutely horrible. Placed an order on their site and was told it would be ready at 5:45, but didn't get my food until 8:15. And that was only after checking on them multiple times. Their order tracking is pathetic and their in store crowd control is non-existent. It's impossible to tell who is waiting to pay, who's waiting to be seated, and who is waiting for their food delivery. I'm done with this place! read more

I give this restaurant in One star best son The staff doesn't talk much she hardly says hi and she definitely never says thank you I've eaten in the restaurant before and the food is good outside of this read more

We had a group of 15 for Saturday lunch. They were accommodating for our group. There were a few other large groups and it didn't seem to be problem. We weren't rushed at all. The food was hot and tasted good. They offer lunch specials every day for under $7. The portions were as expected for Chinese food. I liked the fried rice and sweet and sour pork. Not a fan of the egg rolls. The won ton soup didn't have much flavor. Maybe that's because I love Phó. They server kept our water glasses filled. There was a vegetarian in our group and she was able to order off the menu and tweak a few ingredients. They were happy to modify her dish. The egg drop soup came with crunchy noodles on top. At first I pushed them out of the way. Then I tried it and liked it. The place is clean. They even let us split the check. read more

Price plus food equals five stars!! Such a great value you can't hate it! For under $10 you get so much great Chinese food, table service, soup, spring roll, and fried rice!! Killer! I love their orange chicken! Great place for small or large groups. Great and fast service! read more

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I eat at China Isle in American Fork probably twice a month. The service is never great but today I took $100 bill that had been taped back together and you would've thought that I was the worst criminal in the world. First of all they have your phone number and your name when you order to go. The girl was so rude and she wrote my phone number on the hundred dollar bill. I told her I did not want it on the hundred dollar bill. That I did not want my phone number floating around the United States on $100 bill. She got all huffy and scratched it off. I told her if the bill came back counterfeit (haha) call me and I would come in and take care of it. This is the last time I will ever eat there. It's really sad. I've been going there for at least 10 years. But the service today was the tip of the iceberg and that is it. I'm done with them!!! It's really sad because they do have good food. But their service sucks. When I started to leave, she started speaking her native language to a coworker. I can only imagine what she said. I said go ahead say anything you want I don't really care anymore. The saddest part is they won't even miss me, they won't even care. That's unfortunate because if it happened to me you know it's happening to other people too. That's how businesses go out of business. There was only one family there eating so they can't claim that they were too busy. Absolutely NO EXCUSE to treat your customers that way!! read more

Three stars for the food - one and a half stars for the service. The other reviewers are spot-on about the service here. It rode the line between inattentive and shoddy. I met a friend at China Isle for a late afternoon lunch, and spent a couple of hours after our food experience just chatting and catching up. Service-wise, our lunch visit wasn't terrible, but anything beyond utilitarian order taking and basic food delivery simply did not exist here. A female waitress took our orders, then disappeared for good. My friend ordered hot tea to drink. It was delivered by a male server. Although I ordered nothing but water, no water was delivered until we specifically hailed the only guy who seemed to be working, and asked for it again. A different male server delivered our food a few minutes later, then brought the check out within 10 minutes and sat it on our table with no dialogue at all. In fact, during our entire stay (two and a half hours), the only words spoken to us at all by any restaurant staff was, "What would you like?" when our order was initially taken. Thankfully, there was no direct attitude or rudeness, either. The food was okay, but pretty poorly executed. The hot and sour soup was passable - nothing special - a very standard hot and sour. The garlic chicken that I specified I'd like "very spicy" had decent flavor, but no heat whatsoever. My friend's Kung Pao Chicken that she ordered "mild" was filled with at least a dozen tien tsin peppers, and she said it was very spicy. It was as if they switched our dishes at birth. The fried rice was seriously lacking in flavor, and appeared to be plain white rice with six or seven peas, and a couple of carrot cubes in it. Never were there any attempts to refill our water glasses. No "How is your food?" nor "Can I get you anything else?" Nope. They left us alone...which was good and bad. The guy I suspect was the owner or manager kept staring us down like, "Are you two STILL here?" (The place was empty except for us, mind you.) I'm not sure how, or to whom this qualfies as great Chinese food. In my book, it was a totally forgettable lunch - except the conversation with my friend. That part was very nice. read more

China Isle - Hot & Sour Soup - standard. - Chinese Near Me - American Fork, Utah

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Fried rice tasted old and stale and noodle didn't have much flavor neither did a lot of the other dishes we ordered. Definitely not worth the money. read more

We come here about twice a month, for good reason. The food is fantastic and the service is phenomenal. I recommend it to every friend I have. The portions and quality is what stands out to me. Worth the dollar read more

China Isle - Orange Chicken and General Tao's chicken - Chinese Near Me - American Fork, Utah

Don't let the pictures fool you, the food is better than the picture gives it justice. Great place, the food was fresh and very flavorful. I have been looking for this type of food in the utah county area and most places are sushi only. I am happy to have found it and will definitely be back read more

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Usually love this place but they messed up my to go order big time and charged me twice but for slightly different amounts. By the time I realized it, I can't dispute it. They were very rude too. Disappointed. read more

China isle is a gem in Utah. The are consistently good. I have tried many things on their menu and they all have very distinctive tastes. The general Taos chicken is one of my favorites. read more

This restaurant does not plan well. They told multiple people to come and pick up their orders at the same time and were still taking new orders as the line to pickup was out the door! To get our order scheduled for 5:30 we waited an hour to get cold food. read more

So me and my wife were driving past China Isle last week and she's all "we should eat there sometime". So I flipped a U at the next light and we ate here. It was VERY authentic. I know that because there was Chinese music playing and a few posters on the wall with chinese writing. Also, they had paper placemats with animals on them that tell you what animal you are based on your birth year. Also, my sister's ex boyfriend looked into travelling to China to teach English, but decided not to because he found a job at Maverick. He REALLY loves this place. I ordered the Peppered Beef which had onions and pepper and beef. Very good balance of spice and sweet. I also had the hot and sour soup which was just grand. Nice balance of sweet and heat. Wife (let's call her Erin), ordered Chicken Lo Mein which was cooked perfect al dente, which means: when you throw it at the wall it should stick to it. They also have a fair assortment of sodas and/or tea (if you're british). So go here if you like authentic Chinese food. Some of my other favorites are Asian Gourmet and Chinese Buffet. Those also serve authentic food like Orange Chicken and Fried Rice. Side note: If you don't know how to use chopsticks they will let you use a fork. Or you can just eat with your hands like they do in most of Asia read more

I have to admit that I didn't go into the restaurant because I was lucky enough to have someone deliver the food to me (not the restaurant because they don't deliver. Boo.). So I have no idea about the service, the decor, the ambiance, or any of those other things you might be curious about. Except that they forgot my egg rolls, which were supposedly part of the combo meal, so that's probably not a great sign for service. BUT... The food I had was pretty solid. I got the sesame chicken, which was exactly what I wanted out of it. It was the perfect blend of sweet, spicy, salty, and crispy. The Mongolian beef, not so much, so I would probably not try those. The cream cheese wontons also had the perfect texture and filling to wonton ratio, so also pretty delicious. Right now, they're right about a 3 for me, though if I hadn't gotten the Mongolian beef, they'd have been higher. I'll try them again definitely and likely update my rating at that point. So far, though, they're my favorite take-out place in AF/PG area. read more