Cute little restaurant in downtown Columbia! We didn't expect much going in since the decor was…read moresimple and there wasn't much of a crowd but the food was amazing!! This has been the best Chinese I've had while living in Columbia. I got the Curry Crab Rangoon and the Szechwan Chicken both exceeded my expectations.

This is one of the better family owned restaurants in town, everything I have tried from the menu…read moreis delicious. I am also a bit of a spice fan so I always add some and the cook gets it just how I like. There is a great spread of different dishes you can choose from as well! With this place being tucked away in busy downtown they stay very on top of getting refills and food done quickly!

We were recommended this spot and weren't disappointed! The portions were large and affordable!…read more The shrimp fried rice seemed a bit plain, but had a fair amount of shrimp! Hubby loved the bourbon chicken dish!

China Star is a small Chinese takeaway restaurant in Columbia and it is 100% the place to go if you…read moreare looking for cheap, fast, but tasty Chinese takeout! Their lunch specials are $8-9 and come with big portions and a side dish! The service was alright, typical of a fast to go restaurant. There are 4 tables inside to eat as well. The food itself is ok. You don't expect gourmet food for $8. I did not enjoy the fried rice though it was quite dry and not very tasty. Overall I had a good experience and would come back here!

Friday night, my kids asked me to take them to Taste Place, so they could watch their friends at…read moreopen Mic. I thought it sounded fun so why not, we headed there to get a table and have some food. However, when we arrived, their friend's parents already had a table and invited us to sit with them. The menu is extensive and has a lot of options, yet the hot pot definitely caught my eye! Nobody else was getting it though, so I decided to save that for the next time. Instead, I ordered Poached Beef in Chili O il because it was as close to hot pot as I could get. I also ordered Garlic Bok Choy, and Roasted Pork Chow Mein. They must've heard me wrong because they brought me out Chow Mei Fun. It did end up being a happy accident because it was really good, and I've never tried it before. My son ordered orange chicken and his friend ordered General Tso chicken. The Poached Beef was amazing! And I really enjoyed the Mei Fun. The Bok Choy was just ok. It was missing some umami. I also really enjoyed open mic and truly hope they continue that in the future...though they do need to work on the sound system and figure it out a bit more because the highest pitch screaming from the speakers almost made my ears bleed LOL. No, but in all seriousness, it was a lot of fun and we will definitely be visiting Taste Place again!!!

Great hot and sour soup, loaded with tofu, mushrooms and vegetables. Their wonton and egg drop…read moresoup is good as well. Their noodles are the wide crispy ones (not the thin ones). We have had their moo shu, a number of times and have always enjoyed it. The food is fresh and good quality. Have brought friends and they have been happy with their dinners as well. Will definitely be back.

Good, solid, moderately priced, Chinese food…read more My wife and I ordered pork fried rice, steamed pork dumplings, egg rolls, crab rangoon, and hot and sour soup--pretty standard, fast food Chinese fare. Following are my comments on each. The pork fried rice was fine. Rice was properly cooked, neither mushy or hard. Oily, but not greasy. Decent flavor, without being overly salty. Fair amount of vegetables and meat. Not great, but certainly good. Hot and sour soup was both hot and sour. Slightly thinner texture than is commonly served in this part of the world. Not a bad thing, as it means a little less corn starch. Less tofu and meat bits than I normally see, but still adequate. Only thing off putting was a slight, "odd" taste. Didn't seem spoiled, just odd. Can't place the flavor, but it's the first time I've experienced it in hot and sour soup. Egg rolls were excellent. Steaming on the inside and crisp on the outside. Quite large, well seasoned, and obviously hand made. These were the high point of the meal. Steamed pork dumplings were good. Wrappers nicely steamed and not too thick. The filling was rather strange. It reminded me much more of a meatball in an Italian restaurant, than the filling of a Chinese dumpling. Not bad, just not what I expected. The crab rangoon was the least tasty item. More accurately, it would have been described as "Cream cheese wrapped in a thick tortilla and deep fried". Absolutely no trace of anything crablike in the mix Decor was basic, fast food Chinese, complete with the obligatory fish tank. Service was fast and friendly. Prices right in line with the area. Overall, China Chef is solid, middle of the pack Chinese restaurant. Not bad, but not great.

Rude staff took forever got my order wrong and the Spring Fried Cashew Chicken was inedible…read more I can't believe spend their hard earned money here. Just horrible.

I ordered here for takeout and the food is overall quite good! The servers were nice and patient…read moreand gave recommendations. The inside was super clean and there was a big waiting area. The food itself was a bit pricy for what it was but was very tasty and authentic Chinese food. I got the broccoli beef lunch special and calamari. The sauce for the calamari was good and the portion sizes were decent. I would come back to try other dishes!

2 of us had lunch today well within posted lunch menu hours. Took eons to get service. Ordered off…read morethe lunch menu, water to drink. Got one meal after a reasonable time, meal seemed odd. 2nd meal nowhere to be seen. About 10 minutes later, no 2nd meal, but they came and told us the one we got was someone else's. Took it away. Eventually got 2 meals. No water to drink. Food was bland, not great, but might just be the way those dishes are normally. No water. Bill came, got charged supper meal prices, when asked, heard some nonsense that since we didn't order soup or salad (best we could understand) we paid dinner price. $75 for lunch - no, we won't be back.

No kidding best Chinese food I've ever had! Homemade dumplings were beautiful! We had beef we…read morebroccoli and general tso's chicken. So fresh and delish. Service was friendly and attentive.

What a find in Columbia for Chinese food. This place has all the right flavors to their dishes…read more The entrees we got here On our visit, our easily up with the stuff you'd expect out of a big city China Town. Yup - this place is that good. The place was all very clean. The staff were nice and attentive. What a great place to have in Columbia.

TLDR: Horrible experience. Do NOT go here unless you want to be treated extremely rudely, spoken to…read morelike you are dumb, be charged for to go boxes, and be forced a 15% tip that is NOT disclosed anywhere on the receipt, menu, or inside the restaurant. Hotpot was the most expensive thing on the menu being $60 which is already a very high price as is. The menu was confusing because it said you got 4 meats and 4 other toppings and then the section under had two types of soups for $6 extra. My friend and I were confused because we figured the steep $60 cost would include a soup and the two soups that were an upcharge were special. The server came to take our order we think is also the owner or the manager because she was giving instructions to the other workers. When the server came to take our order we asked the server about what the broth would be if we didn't want the upcharge broths and she immediately already had an attitude and talked to us like we were dumb. She said that we HAD to pick from the upcharge broths and basically insinuated that if we just paid $60 we'd be getting raw meat and no broth which doesn't make sense to me because why not just include the cost in the price ?? Before we could even place our order she just huffed and stormed away and left us confused. We tried waving her over several times and she'd just make eye contact and walk the other direction. Eventually she came back and we just sucked it up and ordered w the upcharge broths. When she took the menus from us she slammed them down on the pile of menus in the front which was off putting. She brought us our food but gave us a plate and chopsticks. We had to attempt to wave her over several times before she finally came over so we can ask for bowls and spoons. She brought over bowls and no spoons. And we had to attempt several more times before we could get spoons. Every time we called her over she had an attitude like we were bothering her and she borderline rolled her eyes at us every time we asked for something. She also never brought a ladle for the soup either but we didn't wanna deal with her attitude again so we sucked it up and used our small soup spoons to grab soup into our bowls. Our server never checked on us while we were eating and eventually dropped off the check. We asked for to go boxes and she again seemed annoyed. She originally brought one large soup cup and one box for the meats and toppings when did NOT fit at all. We asked for a second soup cup so we can separate the broths and a second box so we can separate the meat and veggies. she again had an attitude and sighed. Then grabbed our original large soup cup and brought back two tiny ones that barely held half the soup on either side of the hotpot. We had to call her over again to ask for a bigger soup cup or a larger one and she brought over another tiny one. When we asked for a bigger one she said "if you want more boxes it's an upcharge" which is crazy to me bc we already paid a steep price for the food and now you wanna charge us for to go when you purposefully gave us smaller boxes so our food won't fit?? My friend went up to the counter to pay and the lady auto charged him a $10 tip. He was confused because no where on the receipt, menu, or in the store did it say tip was auto gratuity. On the reciept it self it also only said "suggest tips" with the price of 15%, 20%, and 25% tips. He tried to ask her why there was an auto tip and she completely ignored him and started talking to another customer. When she was done with that customer he asked her about it and she was SUPER rude and said "if you wanna eat here you have to tip." He was not planning on not tipping he wanted to change the tip lower due to the horrible service and get clarification on where the tip was an auto tip. We would've been fine paying the tip if it was disclosed beforehand but nowhere did it say that. He again asked if he can change it and she had a major attitude so we decided to just leave. In terms of the food itself. It was not worth the $66 price. The meat was not even the right type of meat for hotpot. It was thick slices like you would use for chow fun which does not go well with hotpot at all. The broth itself was fine and standard hotpot broth. The food was not worth the price and you can make it much cheaper at home with bigger portions. Overall, horrible experience and I would never go back here and never recommend anyone to eat there due to the extremely rude service and condescending tone of the server/owner.

I'll be honest the service can be abrupt but moving here from NYC I'm used to restaurants where the…read morefood is fantastic and service is not. BUT the FOOD!! The food is so incredible! Everything I've had has always been perfectly seasoned. I don't really mind the service and I just hope they never move away. This is not a fancy restaurant but the location is convenient and the food is phenomenal. I've personally been to this restaurant over 10 times and I try to order 1-2 new dishes I haven't tried each visit. I haven't tried the more Chinese American style dishes. I don't read Chinese and just try the authentic dishes with sometimes confusing English names. So hopefully these recommendations can help someone who wants to try really high quality, authentic Chinese food. Top two dishes for me: The spicy and crispy chicken are bits of golden crisp fried goodness sautéed with fermented black beans (dou si), chili peppers and Szechuan peppercorns. Tongue numbing and very pleasant spice level (I don't eat super spicy foods). Umami is through the roof. Sliced fish with salted mustard cabbage (generous chunks of boneless fish in a savory and tangy broth with pickled mustard greens, pickled garlic and pickled peppers -perfect for cold day but I can eat this all year round). Additional favorites: Fish slices and tofu in spicy sauce (deep fried fish chunks and silken tofu in mildly spicy Szechuan peppercorn 'mala' -numbing spicy sauce). Fatty beef in pickled sauce (it's actually a soup with thinly sliced tender beef, pickled mustard greens lightly tomato flavored broth) Cumin lamb/beef -both are super tender and flavorful Sliced Pork in garlic sauce (thin strips of stir fried pork w wood ear mushrooms in a very tasty and fragrant sauce) Sichuan style cucumbers (refreshing pickled cucumbers) Spicy green beans -perfectly cooked

I've eaten here before but it has been a few years. I was craving Chinese food recently and wanted…read moresomething I knew would be good every time but I didnt want a full service restaurant. Yelp reviews suggested China Moon. It wasn't even close to where I was at the time but I didn't want to be disappointed so I drove probably 10 miles to get there. I had driven by other options but they all looked deserted at 3:30 p.m. which isn't a good sign. China Moon had a couple of cars out front so I went in and ordered. Delicious! While I enjoyed my food inside i observed the constant flow of customers coming in and picking up orders. Obviously this place has quite the following. I enjoyed my food, had plenty to take home for later and shared my experience with you. Well worth the few extra miles it may be to reach.

Ready, hot and delicious. Go here for a great take out experience. I got the lomein. Was delicious.read more