Not the most exciting place, the menu sign inside was 1/3 burnt out, but the staff is very friendly and the food is pretty good at a fair price. They didn't have soy sauce, salt, pepper, duck sauce or anything like that out, but when asked they were super nice and brought us different sauces we asked for didnt skimp either. We got the fried Egg Rolls and Chefs Mia Fun I believe it was. I asked for spicy and wasn't disappointed. It was quite good. If it wasn't for the interior I'd give a solid 4 for sure. With that being said, I believe 90 percent of thier business is carry out. Due to location and the customers coming and going plus how long they have been in the same location. Over 20 years. That should say something.. I will return for sure. read more

China King - Chinese Near Me - Independence, Kentucky

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SKIP THIS PLACE! THIS IS THE WORSE Chinese takeout I've ever had. I love Chinese. My husband doesn't like it as much so I don't get it very often. When I do order it I get a couple meals worth. I ordered 4 dinners, 2 egg rolls, and a crab Rangoon. They charged me $76.00. This was way more than what the menu said. Ok fine I thought that's kind of high but I'll just watch what I order next time and I'll go home and check prices and then call them. I called them and asked why I didn't get the egg rolls I was supposed to get with my meal. They say you don't get the egg rolls anymore. Ok? I let it go. I sat down to eat. It was horrible! The chicken was dry and hard. You couldn't chew it period. My husband got sweet and sour shrimp and it was the same. They gave us fried rice when we ordered steamed. The crab Rangoon was the biggest disappointment. It didn't taste anything like what you expect it to taste like and half of them were burned. Don't waste your money or time. Now my husband is out $76.00 and I have to still make dinner. I feel like I got robbed. By the way we got 2 pieces of broccoli with 4 dinners. That's all the veggies we got. read more

China King - They couldn't screw up the prepackaged fortune cookies. Actions speak louder than talks . - Chinese Near Me - Independence, Kentucky

awful, Sesame Chicken was so over cooked it was more like chicken jerky if it even had chicken in it. The rice has no flavor, no onions, no eggs, no vegetables. Total waste of money. read more

So I didn't actually go in - my friend picked up food for us, but I was so pleased I decided to write a review! (Especially since all reviews are so old and negative) I got the vegetables and white rice. Seems simple but you can tell a lot about a restaurant by their veggies. They were obviously fresh, big portions, and idk what sauce they used in the veggies but it was GOOD! Decent portion of white rice as well. Will review again when I go back with my husband! read more

I've tried this place about 3x in the last 9yrs I've lived here. Every time a huge disappointment & complete confusion as to how they are still open to the public?! Today's fluke : I was one bite away from putting a piece of sharp metal into my mouth. Also we paid $23!!!! For a lg chicken fried rice, S&s chicken, & rangoon- felt like about 7-9$ more than it should have been, before tasting. My husband can eat about anything if he's hungry enough & he took 3bites before giving up. Freeze dried peas & carrots in my rice, maybe the rice too? No egg. No flavor. Maybe it's premade? Idk but it was awful & a total waste of money & effort to going to get it. read more

China King - $23!! You could taste the old oil used to fry the Rangoon. - Chinese Near Me - Independence, Kentucky

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Good food and nice people, portions are big, really like this place. Would recommend to everyone!

READ UPDATE down below:: This place is decent. The inside may seem a bit run down, but majority of local Chinese places are this way. The lady and man is always friendly, sometimes I can't understand her, but she is polite and is very patient. They overload our boxes every time. The young man who works sometimes is exceptional. We have been eating here for over a year and have no real big complaints. Once they forgot our sweet and sour sauce but let me come back and get it. Not sure why this place has such a low rating. UPDATE January 2019: I finally had my first bad experience. I get the take out home and I go to eat my general tso chicken, out of the box, with their plastic silverware. The first few bites were delicious and then I realize I am chewing on a piece of metal??!? I spit it out and I realize it was a piece of utensil used for cooking, like a stringy metal. (I don't have any hardware in my mouth and never had a cavity lol- per what the owner said to me). I call the owners up on the phone and told them about it. I wasn't looking for a refund or free anything. I just wanted to make sure they were AWARE and someone else like a CHILD go through this and happen to swallow a piece! Who knows if there were more pieces of metal...Well the owners gets rude with me and tell me "YOU IS A LIAR" "ITS YOU TEETH NOT MY FOOD" "YOU IS RUDE NEVA CALL AGAIN". Now I see why they had bad reviews. read more

Awful food! I have almost never thrown away the new untouched except for one bite, but I did with the food we took out from here. In addition to the food being inedible, there was a teenage boy who works behind the counter who screamed at another employee, presumably his mother, the entire time we waited for our food. Despite living only 2 miles from this place, I will drive to Chopstix in Florence to get my Chinese Take Out read more

I really, really wanted to like China King. Having a quick, cheap Chinese joint within walking distance of my house is a rare thing in Independence, so I was excited about trying out this local option. I went with the rather pedestrian option of sweet and sour pork and crab rangoon for my carryout order. While I generally think it's pretty hard to mess up fried food, my dinner was hard and tasteless. The sweet and sour pork lacked the usual components of carrots, pineapple, onions, etc and the crab rangoon had an odd taste about it. Sadly, I think I'm going to have bypass this local place for something a bit tastier. read more

Been going here since they opened. Personally I am not a big fan of Chinese food, but my hubby loves the food here. I don't think he has had one bit of nasty in the several years he's been eating here. Portions are a good size and typical of other Chinese places I have been to. I am the food picker-upper and the owners have always been friendly and smiling. There is a language barrier that you have to get used to, but the owners and their kids do greet me and talk to me. read more

Gross!! Stay away from this place. Plastic silverware for dining in...seriously??? Hot tea is in a Styrofoam cup with a Lipton tea bag. I was scared to eat my food as you can see just hardly picked at it. Save your money and go down the street. Yuck!!!!! read more

China King - a plate of food with broccoli - Chinese Near Me - Independence, Kentucky

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Cheap but not one that I personally can recommend. When I first moved to the area, I thought it was okay until I tasted other Chinese restaurants. read more

I made a stop along the way back to Lexington from Indiana and I'm glad I came here! I ordered the beef with broccoli and it was amazing. Fresh broccoli, steamed rice, tender beef and delicious black sauce hit the spot after a few hours on the road. I would recommend anyone coming here to come with your appetite because the serving sizes are well proportioned and balanced! read more

I have been eating here since it opened and I have never gotten a bad meal, I Love Their Sesame Chicken & They serve a lot of food for the price!! read more

Grew up eating from this place. One of my favorite Chinese food places. Always super friendly, reasonably priced, and fast.

I've tried this place several times. It's much improved from a year ago. The portions are better and there is really some meat inside all that dough now. That's the good. The bad is the chicken still has a stale refrigerator taste. The dough or coatings on all of the fried chicken recipes are heavy and chewy. I much prefer the lighter crispier recipes. My egg rolls were very greasy and the grease tasted old. The "General's" chicken was unrecognizable from any other recipes I've ever had. It wasn't that bad it just wasn't the "General's" and the chicken had that refrigerator taste. The sweet and sour sauce tasted of too much vinegar. I'm not sure if they know what Bourbon Chicken is and that it's actually made with real bourbon. I could go on but I think I've given a good overview. I'd really like to "like" this place. I hope they will continue to improve. I know it can be done. My favorite place is "Dynasty" in Florence, KY. I love their food but they're too far away. read more

Was really good when it opened a few years ago. Not the same now. It seems they have lost their pride in serving good food. I may try it again one day. read more

No stars. Worst Chinese meal. Egg roll and crab Rangoon tasted like rancid grease was used. Fried rice and lo mein tasted like same grease. General Tso chicken not good. Very chewy. Very disappointed. read more

Really bad. Fried rice included nothing (just rice). Ordered Hot and Spicy Beef which was neither Hot or Spicy. Maybe taking advantage of non informed americans. Anything for a buck. ?? I won't order there again. read more

Horrible food. The General Tzo's Chicken is more like BBQ chicken, however I'm not sure the meat is even chicken. The Mongolian Beef is mushy and rubbery, not edible. We had to throw both meals away. The egg rolls are extremely small and barely have anything inside them. This place is awful. Don't waste your money. read more

Avoid this place at all cost... Haven't eaten there in 5 years.. Now I know why.. Ordered sweet and sour chicken burnt, egg rolls burnt, vegetable fried rice maybe one carrot and a mushroom. Called to get a refund or an exchange and talked to the 10 year old that tendered my order who told me it was fine and no refunds or exchanges.. I don't understand how they stay in business. Or how they stay out of jail with letting a ten year old work there read more

Placed an order to go. It was ready and took food, got in car and started to drive away. The daughter chased us in the parking lot to tell us they accidentally put an extra egg roll in the bag. We said oh and she said she needed it back. We gave it back to her and she went in and gave it to the customer waiting in line. That was the nastiest thing I have ever seen! I am so shocked that this place is still around!!!!! read more

I have gone to china king in independence 2 times previously, the last time about 2 years ago. Both times the food was terrible. Yesterday I gave them one more shot hoping in two years things turned around. I was seriously mistaken. I really have no idea how they stay in business it really is that bad. Go next door to Kroger buy a frozen chinese meal, take it home and cook it up in about 10 minutes. Believe me it will be 100 times better than eating anything from China King in Independence! read more

Bad hygiene and the owner was untrustworthy. I started to investigate. I found the restaurant to be unsanitary. I found the food unfit for eating.I got on the horn with the state. There were numerous violations for unsafe food handling and high levels of bacteria. I went around the rear where there was sanitation and maggots. It stunk and I noted a rat. Anyway, this restaurant stinks, and so does the food. No way, baby boy. read more

ordering from here sucks , they are very rude & delivery takes forever to got to the destination. i would not recommend !