Great Service & Great Food! It was a little busy with three large tables, but service was still fast and friendly. Food tastes fresh and isn't too oily. Flavor of the Mango Shrimp is light and refreshing. Not too sweet. The Hunan Beef has a great crunch to it without ruining the flavor of the filet. Rice is cooked to perfection. Not dry, not wet. Plenty for your table. Fortune cookies are "compliment" cookies, easy to read. Light and tasty. I asked for hot tea, but they didn't bring any out. A bit disappointing, but it's okay. Interiors are mismatched, but tastefully done. Red stimulates your appetite. Water quality is good, no tinny taste, glasses are clean. Restroom is also very nice. It is bright, clean, and has good finishes. Would recommend to a friend. Cozy and cute inside. A bit claustrophobic when full but it's a great place to eat overall. read more

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Many legs up from Panda Express, and next to forever-a-fun-time Zodo's is China King. Hailed by many as the best semi-Americanized Chinese food in the south county area, this is the place to go for inexpensive and delicious lunch specials. We came in around noon on a Saturday and it was empty. The sweet woman at the register let us sit wherever we chose, bringing water and a requested Coke in a jiffy. When a few others came in, it became clear that she was the only one running the front-of-the-room operations, leading to a little bit of slow service. This was preferable to feeling rushed to order, though, giving us time to decide on what we wanted. I ordered a $8.95 orange peel chicken lunch special, complete with hot and sour soup, an iceberg salad with citrus-y sesame dressing, cream cheese wonton, vegetarian egg roll, and a side of fried rice. Someone at our table subbed in white rice at no cost. They have a myriad of other lunch specials, including seafood, beef, pork, and soy meats for the vegetarians. Specials come in a bento box-like layout, compartmentalized with a dipping sauce in the center for your fried appetizers. Everything arrived at our table at the same time, meaning no awkward hedging or insistence that "no, you can eat without me." Although it may not look large, we were stuffed to the point of requesting takeout boxes. With our checks came four fortune cookies. In case you were wondering, they are indeed open for Christmas. read more

This is my favorite place to go for (Americanized) Chinese lunch specials! For under $10, you get soup, salad, a wonton, an egg roll + an entree with a side of fried rice. My order of vegetarian orange chicken was super tasty and filling. Located by Zodo's, it's a small shop which somehow doesn't feel crowded despite its size. The service here is pretty quick and friendly. Great place for a decent lunch! read more

I raved about China King to my relatives as the food I got there at lunch was superb, especially the Kung Pao chicken and hot and sour soup. Last night, when 5 of us went, I was so disappointed. Two dishes were cool (in temperature). We ate one, the Mu Shu pork which was tasty but not hot; and sent the Sweet and Sour Pork back to be reheated (not worth it as the pork was extremely chewy). The beef and broccoli was very good, and the chow fun dish was tasty. A friend had ordered take-out chow mein and ended up throwing most of it away. What happened, China King owners? Was there a different cook last night? Did your quality just suddenly go down? Please don't drop in quality like Mandarin Palace did. I want to be able to take friends there and have a great meal. Ours last night was mediocre. Update: I've been there for lunch many more times now and each lunch was hot, fresh and tasty. I highly recommend it for lunch! read more

A special gem! The gentlemen who owns this restaurant is named Patrick. He brings the food answers the phone, cleans the table, etc. He is consistently polite and helpful in every way. I know that Goleta and SB have many Asian restaurants but the chef here is truly talented. We go at least once a week and have never been disappointed. We consider ourselves experienced in all kinds of Asian food. The food here is spectacular and we usually order an extra dish to go home-since we never have any leftovers! Please visit China King we promise you will love it!! read more

Worst chinese restuarant I ever been, on top that the owner try to over charge my meals. I do not recommend coming back or nor suggest anyone to go there. The price for chinese meals should not be that expensive. read more

We were craving some good Chinese food!!! They delivered and it was no contact delivery and called me once it was left on my table outside. Really good and fresh food!! Thank you China King. We will certainly be ordering again! It was a super fast delivery too! From the time I called and the time they delivered was 20 min!! read more

I have been to China King a few times for lunch and dinner, mainly because Goleta does not have many options for Chinese food. The food is on the salty side and the owner (Jennifer's) attitude even saltier! I am going to try others that have opened in IV (Lucky Dragon, Wecook etc) or make the drive to Santa Barbara for good Chinese food. About the owner's attitude - she suddenly forgets English language when asked for something she doesn't want to accomodate. They also provide the bill in Chinese so watch out for discrepancies as you only get to see the total, not the breakdown of the bill. read more

My fiancé' and I have been looking in Goleta for a new Chinese food place to dine at and I think we found it! The experience was great. I haven't left a restaurant feeling this happy in a long time. When we first walked up, the door was held open for us as we were immediately seated at a table in the back. Our order was taken shortly after that. When it arrived our waitress served each one of us a plate and left. ALL OF THE FOOD CAME OUT DELCIOUS! We were excited for leftovers. The service was great. They were very friendly and happy (even though we came in an hour before closing). I will only be coming here for Chinese food from now on. :) read more

Whenever I am craving Chinese food, I always order from here. I usually order the chicken chow mein and amazing ribs. I love how the chicken chow mein has a lot of noodles and chicken. The amazing ribs have so much flavor and meat also. So delicious. However, the only thing I don't like is that I get way too full from the food and it makes me sleepy. Not sure if it's because of the grease in the food or that the portions are just so much, I get too full. The staff are always friendly everytime I go, and they always compliment my dog, snowball. I definitely recommend coming here if you are looking for a good chinese restaurant. read more

China King - Amazing ribs - Chinese Near Me - Goleta, California

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Ordered through Grub Hub. Sautéed spinach was good but very oily. I thought I had ordered the traditional beef noodle soup but it was a clear broth with mixed vegetables and thin sliced beef. It was okay, just wasn't what I had expected. read more

Boring and bland starchy sauces. Terrible service. I waited 30 minutes trying to flag down the server so I could get a take out box. The food was so wrong I decided to take it home and re-cook it entirely. A total waste of 90 minutes! read more

In strip mall dominated by Zodos bowling alley, and I really mean dominated as in you'll have a heck of a time finding a parking spot due to the presence of Zodos' patrons. Gotta love em though because that's good clean fun, bowling and brews! Back to China King! Well, it's a solid local neighborhood joint that offers good value and very good flavor. It's quite popular for takeout although it also offers seating for about thirty diners in a small but pleasant dining room. The other night we enjoyed takeout spicy General Taos Chicken, String Beans, spicy Country Style Tofu, Combo Chow Mein, Broccoli Beef, and perfectly steamed rice which was included with the entrees. While the food did not blow me away, it really hit the spot on a cool autumn night, and the kitchen really delivered when I asked for extra spicy on the General Taos and the tofu. Furthermore my to-go order was ready within the promised twenty minutes, and the owner also included a free order of egg rolls just because! I really appreciated that, and will certainly return based on that small nicety. Aside from the parking hassle, China King is a good source of homey Chinese favorites when you want something a little more authentic than Panda Express. The caring service will keep you coming back for more. read more

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Good food and friendly service. Every time I'm in Goleta I have to visit for dinner. Extensive menu with choices for every one. Hot and sour soup is excellent. Duck dishes are very good too. read more

Very good food ;) I highly recommend this Montecito hidden gem , orange chicken is my favorite!

After Ming Dynasty closed, it was time to search for another Chinese restaurant in the area. I was pleasantly surprised by China King. I honestly don't get out to that part of Goleta as much, but I'm glad I gave it a shot. The standout dish here was the orange peel beef. I especially love when restaurants include the burnt orange peel with the beef itself, and China King's had plenty of that (as well as roasted spicy peppers). This is frankly better than the one that was at Ming Dynasty in my opinion. The chow mein was less impressive, but I'll probably just end up trying something else next time as there are plenty of options from which to choose. Overall, nice to know that there's another game in town. read more

Got this dessert dish like a sweet soup balls, the soup is so sweet that I just eat a little and can't eat anymore. The restaurant is pretty popular and full of white people. The waitress is very nice to those customers who is not Chinese but seems like no facials when we try to order. Definitely won't come again. read more

China King - Chinese Near Me - Goleta, California

My husband and I found this little gem after a long day of touring around the area. We wanted to get take out and go back to our travel trailer to enjoy a relaxing evening. We pulled into the parking lot and saw China King. My husband walked up to the door and ordered 3 ingredient fried rice and wor wonton soup. The guy that took our order even walked it out to our truck. We took it home and boy were we surprised! The best wor wonton soup we have had in quite a while. The fried rice was also excellent. Do yourself a favor and order from China King, you won't be disappointed. When we are back in the area we will definitely be stopping by China King again! read more

We ordered through Grub Hub. Normally we have a positive experience except for the fact that China King consistently refuses to include condiments even when you literally beg for them. Grub hub folks don't check orders and don't care what they deliver. Tonight we ordered online and didn't receive any rice. It came with our order. And it's Chinese's food, sooooo we expect that rice would be included. If there was any question about the type of rice I would expect the restaurant to ask. After spending $56 for soup and a main dish, seeing that no rice was delivered, I called the restaurant. They said I had to call Grub Hub. I called my driver who was a total jerk and told me that it wasn't his problem, he wasn't going back and hung up on me. So I called the restaurant again. The person on the phone said that They pay 30% to GH for delivery and if I wanted my rice I would need to come get it. Sigh.... it's not my problem that they are taking such a large cut. He was beyond rude and did nothing to rectify the issue. He also tried to argue with me stating that I never asked for hot mustard. I said it was a minor issue but I could send him a screen shot of our order to clarify. He didn't want that. I know that he could see this. I do also blame the GH guy for not reminding them. So basically I was denied a full order and called a liar. I called Grub Hub again and after review, was refunded for everything. I am happy to pay for good food and proper service. I refuse to pay for abuse and missing product. Shame on you China King. You could have handled it but chose to confront me instead. read more

I love their food here! Their service is always great and I love supporting small businesses especially right now because of COVID. It's my favorite Chinese food spot place in Goleta and they always give huge portions too. The perfect comfort food! I always get the Sizzling beef and the pork fried rice. My friend who is vegan also ordered food here and he was happy to see the variety of options he could chose from. He was very happy with his meal :) Please support this business! read more

Wished this place opened on Mondays. The food here is great. I always go with my favorite which is the Chow Ma Seafood Noodle Soup with extra dried/roasted chili. So good. Goes nice with a bottle of Heineken:) There was only 1 time where I was disappointed. It was sometime last year, I ordered Fried Rice and it was way too oily. As an Oriental myself it was a huge let down on the Fried Rice. I mean, dont get me wring the food here is great. Kind of wonder who made the FR. It was flavorless, oily and mostly rice and less meat and veggies. Theres this short ass asian lady with glasses, and shes been nothing but a douche bag since we got here. She has been giving us nothing but an attitude. When we finished eating she slammed our bill on the table. And we felt like she was rushing us out. read more

If you like Szechuan beef with no heat that taste like fish this is your place I will never go back there again there's food is really is bad read more

Disappointed in delivery. I placed an order online and after an hour I called to get an update on my order. I was told "It's Spring break and will take longer." That was fine. Then they called me back and told me they cannot deliver my order because their driver is in Hope Ranch (which is like 10 minutes from my house). They just kept saying , "your driver is in Hope Ranch, you can come pick up your order in restaurant." Needless to say, I cancelled my order. read more

Five stars for vegetarian dishes! When I saw "tofu chicken" on the menu, that sealed the deal. We loved our kung pao vegetarian chicken, real beef and broccoli, veggie egg rolls, and cream cheese fried won tons. Pretty basic American Chinese comfort food and definitely hit the spot. Delivery was on-time, hot, covid-safe, and super friendly. A lot of restaurants in this area have few to zero vegetarian options, so I was very impressed and grateful. Will order again for sure! read more

Meh. An average offering of American Chinese food. Nothing to complain about in the food itself. Nothing that stood out terribly much. Worth trying if in the neighborhood but not worth going out of your way. Eggplant was cooked fine but not really living up to the Szechuan eggplant I've had in other communities. The noodles were average for this type of restaurant. Muddled flavors and the noodles themselves were uninspiring. But they were cooked properly which is itself a rarity. I did notice some patrons had a separate Chinese menu. No English translation and given the main menu already had Chinese on it I was left with the impression that it had items not present on the other menu. With no translation that makes those dishes inaccessible. Not cool if true. read more

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I was in the area during lunch time and decided to get a bowl of noodle at China King. I am giving it an extra star for their superb spicy beef noodle soup. The soup was robust and concentrated. I can only finish half of it, took it home, and it solidified into gelatin in the fridge. They don't serve the noodles with any cilantro and scallions and I really like these condiments to make the flavors come together, so make sure you ask for them on the side. The only complaint is that the beef could use more cooking time. I like them tender, although some people prefer them to be chewy. read more

China King - Spicy beef noodle soup was so good, better than the other dishes I had here. - Chinese Near Me - Goleta, California

With the chilly fall weather rolling in I was in the mood for some wonton soup & steamed dumplings. Knowing I didn't have time to drive into Santa Barbara from Goleta for my usual place I decided to give China King restaurant a try. I phoned my order in and was told it would be ready in 20 minutes, I drove over and my dinner was ready for pickup. They have a table set up right at the door to block the entrance, seeing as it's take out only. To protect their customers a mask is required when ordering and paying. And the woman taking my payment was wearing gloves as well as a mask. The exchange took no more than 2 minutes and I was off to enjoy my food. I decided on a small wor wonton soup, steamed dumplings (8 pieces), vegetarian egg roll (4) and the chicken chow mein because why not? The soup had a generous amount of dumplings, chicken and veggies. The broth was flavorful and they gave me a bag of wontons on the side. The steam dumplings were paired with a dipping sauce that had a nice little spice to it. And the egg rolls were hot (fresh) and they gave me two dipping sauces! I ended up eating only a small bowl of my chicken chow mein after my soup because I had filled up on everything else. The soup and dumplings definitely satisfied my craving and I'll keep China King in mind next time my craving returns. read more

Had China King for the first time. Got bad food poisoning from something. Due to getting multiple dishes can't pin point what exactly it was. Had to throw all my left overs away. read more

Takes too long to order food on the phone. Was told to wait while he assist other customer. When the food was ready, there were a few people in line to pickup food, but took forever to get to my turn. Took sometime to find my order. It does not come with any rice. You have to purchase rice on the side. He did not told me that, I found out when I got home. He did not told me over the phone or when I pickup the food. Does not have the same service or food quality as the previous owner. read more

Food looks ok. They sure skimp on the condiments. Spent $80 and got one sweet n sour packet. Really? read more

China King - Chinese Near Me - Goleta, California

This restaurant was actually pretty good. You can tell the flavors were good and authentic. I've been craving Chinese food for the longest and this definitely satisfied that craving. I got the shrimp chow mein, orange chicken, and beef with broccoli and everything was so good. The orange chicken had a very nice citrusy flavor and thin crispy batter that allowed for a lot of thick chicken in the middle. The beef and broccoli is a staple and was perfect. Although I will say that I'm not the biggest fan of the beef in there but that's just a general thing for me. The shrimp chow mein was good and had a good amount of veggies but there was no soy sauce or sriracha on the sides just in case you want a kick. Otherwise very good food and nice staff. Would definitely come back! read more

China King - Left to right: 70. Orange Peel Chicken, 57. Beef with Broccoli, and 99. Shrimp Chow Mein - Chinese Near Me - Goleta, California

Awesome Chinese food in Goleta. Everything we tried was really tasty, and they have a pretty solid menu with lots of options. The prices were a bit more expensive than we normally look for for dinner, but the portions are pretty large so it's not too big of a deal. read more

Grabbed some Thai Basil, I had it with chicken. I typically have it with duck, but that wasn't an option. It was still good, I'll be going back this week to try something else. read more

I think it is the best Chinese food option in Goleta. They serve really large portions which was nice because one meal lasted 3 days for me. Really good beef and broccoli. Clay pot chicken is also dank. read more

Would have been a 3.5 but I guess I'll round up... I've ordered take out + dine in. They are new & don't have much competition in SB area... The service has been great & they don't take too long making your food... But I have had better Asian food for cheaper prices in the area but am sure some (non Asian ppl) would find this place "authentic" .. Let's just say I won't be coming back unless I'm desperate & have cravings to fill. Things I've Ordered - Beef Chow Mien 9/10 -- good portion but a bit pricey - Walnut Shrimp 8/10 -- better than Panda but small portion + 'spensive $17 - Orange Beef 6.5/10 -- dry, batter to beef ratio off read more

China King - Orange peel beef $13.50 + Mandarin Walnut Shrimp $16.50 - Chinese Near Me - Goleta, California

We ordered online and the order was confirmed by email at 5pm to be ready at 5:30pm. My wife arrived at 5:40pm only to be told they did not make our order because they never checked to see if they had online orders! She had to wait another 25 minutes! How can the order be confirmed if they never even checked to see if they had any online orders?!? read more

First time going to this place. Order the shrimp chow mein and ask if they can make it a little spicy. Received my order. OMG it was freaking delicious. It remind me of my favorite place of all time "Shanghai Eatery" in Camarillo. I am going back to this place and try out the other dishes they have. read more

My husband and I love China King. We have had many delicious dishes. We especially enjoy the ginger beef, the hot and sour soup, any fish dish and the scrambled eggs and shrimp. The service is done by the owner so sometimes there's a bit of a wait but that just gives us more time for conversation. The food is fresh and flavorful. read more

The best! Good portions. Great quality. Sweet and kind owners/staff. Can't wait to try everything on the menu.

I'm really posting this to get noticed by the China King owner. She's a nice lady, and we've ALWAYS had 5 quality and quantity! Not true over the last 6 months or so. Back 6 months, we started getting less shrimp in the Wor Wonton soup. The second time, we also got Kung Pao Three Delight. I don't know WHAT it was, but it wasn't Kung Pao. Then last night, we ordered again after not ordering for about 2 months. It was to salty, and the cabbage was MUSH. At least there was 4 shrimp. Lol Seriously China King, what going on?? The 3 rating is because of the GREAT CHINESE FOOD I used to receive. Please nice lady owner, get your quality back to what it used to be! read more