It's been a few years since eating at this establishment. I saw mixed reviews and decided it was worth a shot. I went with a friend and we both had the Chow Mein & Chop Suey sandwich, a locathat was served with French fries. The serving was generous, very filling, and tasty. The side of fries seemed to be from from frozen and although appreciated as a side really didn't add anything. Would I go back ? 100% my companion said that they never had a bad meal here. Hard to find a menu on line ... I have included their takeout menu. read more

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The food is great they have the best chow mein and duck sauce and chicken tenders! Fried rice, egg rolls, crab rangoons are great as well. I just wish they would update their website (without an AI description) to clearly see their menu because it's a hassle to find their menu. It's listed on some third party website but it's hard to find. I also wish they would open up an online ordering system with curbside pickup. It's more convenient to order something through a website with clear pictures and descriptions especially when wanting to try something different and new. But this place is great to dine in or take out. Just don't forget to ask for fortune cookies bc they don't add them to the bag unless you ask! read more

Great food and service. Drinks around $9, full dinners with rice, chow mein and wonton soup for only $18. Perfect size portions, The lemon chicken is a winner read more

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Good was what I expected. Everything was very tasty and prepared as I always expect and never disappointed.

We went today. The food was good. The waitress was absolutely horrible. We went in. There was only two other people there we wanted to sit at a table, not a booth because I'm short and she gave me and my husband an attitude. I don't wanna walk all the way back there is what she told us. Gave us attitude thru out the whole meal. Will not be back read more

We have been going there for years and the food is consistently great. So nice to have them right down the street!

great food friendly and fast service lovely atmostpher i recomend this place too all who love great food and housepotality

I was out visiting Summers/Fall River Chinese is different (and better) then the rest of the country so I had to stop here. I had the #1 Chow Mein was great but maybe a little small. I recommend less rice and more Mein Egg Roll is miles above anything on the west coast. Large and full and exceptionally crispy. Our waitress was friendly and very enthusiastic. read more

Delicious food!!!!!!! Love the chow mein and fried rice. Front desk worker is always friendly and kind

Listen, If this place stays open somethings wrong? I haven't ordered in quite a while, Now I know why, thought it was bad before? They have now gotten even worse! Every Freaken thing I ordered was not Bad, it was AWFUL! I couldn't enjoy any of it! TRASH THATS WHERE IT WENT, and that's were it BELONGS! I read some reviews and that's why I tried Again, to be Honest? I think people Feel sorry for them, Sorry but they don't deserve to be SELLING FOOD TO THE PUBLIC. Period! You were warned! Let's face it, if your hungry, Somerset doesn't offer much to satisfy that Hunger, Sorry but I Wish this wasn't True! read more

Hot and Sour soup. Inedible. The yellowed presentation was bad enough in itself. You gotta get a pro chef in to help.

First time here after a not so impressive visit years ago..our area seriously lacks decent American-ized Chinese food. And this is one of the better choices in the area.. Good size parking lot, many choices on the menu Dining area could use some updating, but it's the food we're really interested in, isn't it? Decent serving sizes, food was pretty good..poor waitress was all alone..the management needs to rectify this..this older woman needs assistance! Worth a try I'd you're in the area. Prices are a bit high, but isn't everything these days? read more

used to love China Lake, stopped in for lunch the other day and prices doubled on 9/2/24 and the food was terrible. The fried rice was mush, like it was reheated from the day before, read more

Best eggrolls around. We hadn't had Chinese food and years and I can't tell you the last time we've been to China Lake. Ordering over the phone is easy and they text you to let you know when your order is ready for pickup. Covid restrictions means I want comfort food so I went with all of the "bad" food I loved as a kid - chow mein, fried rice, chicken fingers and egg rolls. I really enjoyed it all and my husband was happy with his chicken with garlic sauce. We've been back a few times since. We have been more likely to order Thai food these days, but the next time I want Chinese, I am heading to China Lake. read more

This really is a 2 star restaurant but the server was so extraordinary, she received 1star just for how great she was. It was like a visit to a Chinese restaurant in 1980. The dishes were proportioned and that cafeteria kind of glass. Now the food... the restaurant is unusually expensive for pretty basic Chinese food. I did want to give it a fair try, so I purchased a combination plate which was chicken fingers, pork, fried rice, and chow mein. My extraordinary waitress made sure I had all the accompaniments, including chili oil, duck sauce, mustard and soy sauce. The combo was $13. There was a good amount of hot and well-made chicken fingers. No complaint really good. With it was a pork fried rice that was prepared a long time before my serving. It was barely warm. Had the usual stuff, but I only had two or three nuggets of pork. The chow mein was pretty bad, he conglomeration of noodles, and some other stuff, pretty unrecognizable, and not tell me as I've always had it. Expensive for entrées and appetizers and unsure if anything else is much better. Drove 10 miles to try it, my mistake. read more

Bare minimum presentation, food over cooked nothing special PuPu platter was very disappointing! Cost of food was more expensive then anywhere I've gone . Ambiance was lacking thought I was getting breakfast seats (booths) are uncomfortable . Wait staff was surprisingly Delightful seeing the work environment was so dreadful . read more

Sometimes up and down, but we've been going here for years. Their chicken tenders are good most of the time, but the service is always great. I've had better Chinese food, but this is one of the better ones for the area. read more

Wow I am so glad I came here! I was on the fence because of the reviews but I went with my gut and was not disappointed! Sara our server was friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. Nice hot pot of tea for the table, one of my favorite things, fresh and flavorful food and the prices were right. This place looks a little old school but if you can find the nostalgia in that then you'll love it! I recommend the wonton soup, the appetizer comb (choose three w/ fried rice) chicken lo mein and try the chow mein. read more

Great service, great food, great family business. Best chow mein and teriyaki steak in the area for sure!

Service was great! Food on other hand was terrible not worth it! Got the poo poo platter and pork fried rice! Rice tasted days old and platter was over fried and greasy gross, no flavor, not impressed! That is why it was the last time we go there! read more

Came out to China Lake for the gluten free menu. Had the pu pu platter for 4, came with plenty of chicken wings, spare ribs, shrimp and egg rolls for the 8 of us. We had an order of the pork fried rice to share and we each ordered an entree. I had the pork with lobster sauce and it was a little weird. I didn't really enjoy it. I don't blame the restaurant I wanted to try something different and it just wasn't my cup of tea. Everyone else really enjoyed their meals, from chow mein to sweet and sour chicken. The fried rice was excellent and I would definitely go back read more

Apps are passable but entrees are not good. We have tried many entrees to find a good one and after a half dozen take out orders we have given up. Meats are overcooked, broccoli and other veg is cooked to oblivion, sauces are too heavy or too goopy. Rice is OK. A takeout order with 2 entrees and a few large apps rings up to around 90 dollars, not worth the cost. They have a good crowd in the restaurant some days, maybe they make good drinks, not sure. read more

I've had a lot better but nothing much worse than this was. If I had to sum everything up in a few nice words they would be bland, bland, bland. read more

Not quite sure why the quality at China Lake is steadily declining, they used to be great. I can only imagine if the U.S. started trying to master Chinese food, this is what a standard government issue Crab Rangoon would look like. Sorry looking little sucker. read more

China Lake Restaurant - Crab Rangoon or Fried cardboard? - Chinese Near Me - Somerset, Massachusetts

this review is how u treat emoloyees you hired my brother gave him just one day a week then tell him come payday u dont write checks for less than 10 hours i own my own restaraunt i dont care if they work 1 hour they get paid u now we have such thing as a labor board here in this countryall though my brother is easy going and wont call labor board u should be ashamed of urself read more

Tremendous menu for Gluten free customers. Service was good, take out orders quick and ready to go. They do a great job of separating your flute free food from non gluten free. read more

This isn't chinese food. This is a disgrace to Chinese cuisine. --Unless of course you're uncultured and have never had decent chinese food in your whole life. Not only that this place has awful service, and the booths are so uncomfortable it's not even funny. You never have to wait for a seat here, because the food isn't good. read more

Love it. Best Chow mein gravy there is now that China Royal is gone. They also have great boneless spare ribs, chicken wings and eggrolls. Im ordering right now... read more

It's the only Chinese restaurant in the area so they charge ridiculous prices for there just all right food. Good Chinese is hard to come by these days, but usually reasonably priced. The price you pay for living in a small town. read more

Good food, good service, large portions. Only complaint is pricing and how food is dispersed when you takeout. I've learned how to order to get the best value. Unless you're serving a big crowd, ordering any appetizers is costly and you'll end up with leftovers for days. Best bet our their combo dinners. If you takeout, know that food items are kind of tossed together. Chow mein is actually mixed not the way many places seperate noodles and gravy. This can make other items soggy if you have to make a trek home with takeout. Definitely tasty! They accept cash and credit with the SQUARE card scanner. read more

For a break from the same ol' same ol' in Chinese food give this one a try. They're very friendly that's for sure. I was almost entertained. Food was not the typically sweet glazed chunks of batter dipped ya. But was something new. Pleasant. Recommend read more

Dine in and you will be charged $2.50 per fill up. Honestly what place doesn't do free refills? I would be OK, not thrilled, but OK with that if they had bigger glasses. Their glasses are tiny and filled with ice so you really get about 5-6 good gulps of soda before its gone. Not cool. Sesame chicken was terrible, and that's my favorite dish. It came with sauce on the side, no sesame seeds to be found, looked and tasted just like sweet and sour sauce and huge cutlets of chicken. Not what im used to and wasn't good. The only thing this place has going for it are their chicken fingers aren't battered to death like every other Chinese place and the only reason why this is a 2 star and not a 1 star restaurant. And their wonton soup is one of the best I've had. THATS IT. Beef teriyaki is awful, boneless spareribs awful, lo mein is very greasy. read more

One of the worst Chinese restaurants I've ever had in my life. Take out without chopsticks, even no forks! I ordered Hon Sue Yoke according to the dish name wrote in Chinese on the menu, it came out completely not the dish called Hon Sue Yoke. It's just like, you ordered hot dog and were very excited about it, but they actually served you sandwich or even french fries that they called " hot dog"! read more

China Lake Restaurant - This is absolutely, completely, not Hon Sue Yoke. Or please change the Chinese name on the menu, just call it fried pork!!! - Chinese Near Me - Somerset, Massachusetts

Great food fast service very helpful when ording new stuff sure do they open dining room cocktails are the best and prices are great.

Great food Great service!! Audra was on top of everything. We ere a bit roudy and full of jokes it didn't seem to phase her. She was great!!

We order from China Lake twice a year and every time the order is wrong. Even after the order is read back. They are horrible. Food is not that good, they are just close. read more

Every time we are in town (we drive 600 miles to get there) we make it point to stop in for chow mein, as it is chow mein like no other. There is nowhere else in world that I have been able to find food like this. Not only is it very nostalgic for me it is very very yummy too. read more

Homegirl needed me a new chinese restaurant.-A place to surrender my woes and drown my sorrows in some sweet and sour soup. So i popped into China Lake. Sounds typical, but HEY, im not gonna judge. Walked into the restaurant- nothing special. But none-the-less, i stayed optimistic, in hopes that I would one day, I'd be on a first name basis with the staff and have a plater named after me when i died. So here i am browsing the menu-when i ask "ma'm, whats the best thing on the menu?" and I wish i could have shoved the words back into her mouth before my ears could hear the blasphemy she was about to udder. She replied, "the chicken fingers". CHICKEN FINGERS?? i don't think so. Homegirl was recommended chicken fingers at a chinese restaurant. read more

China Lake take-out is a must every time I come into town to visit family. I love the chow mein sandwich (cheapest around), wonton soup, white meat lemon chicken or sweet & sour chicken, yumm. I only order the entrees with white meat chicken. I also love the cream cheese wontons. My mom's fav is the lo Mein and fried wontons. They are open late which is nice! read more

As a new Somerset resident I have ordered from China Lake a total of 3 times and I will probably not be buying from China Lake again. For the me the prices are pretty high for the quality of food. I don't mind paying a premium price for great food, and unfortunately China Lake does not meet my standards. The food is very greasy, and doesn't seem fresh. The taste of the food isn't great either, not terrible, but in comparison to other oriental restaurants it doesn't stack up. I have only placed pick up orders and the staff was always friendly and attentive when picking up but I can't comment on the dining experience. Overall I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone, in my opinion there are much better options to consider. read more