I ordered here the other night after many years of purposely not ordering here. I was shocked at how fresh the food was. The ordering process sucks because nobody ever picks up. You can order pickup through DoorDash but there is an extra cost to that. I decided since i only live a 1/4 mile I'd just walk in and place my order. I was promptly helped and my order was up about 15 minutes later. The food although fresh, was extremely bland. I was only given 3 packs os soy sauce and orange sauce for two entrees. I had to add quite a bit of seasonings to make it taste good. For the low price of $22 I got a large house lo menu and a small shrimp and broccoli. And also to my surprise the shrimp were plump and they gave me a healthy portion in my house lo main as well. There is no ambience to speak of really. The walls are covered in picture menus and daily specials. All in all I would say the amount of food we got was fairly justified for the price. Just be aware to ask for more sauces. read more

One of the best OG spots for some chinese take out. Affordable, local, quick, and food is fantastic. You can never go wrong with China one, and their service as well. Great location with street parking and a parking lot my ultimate favorite things to get here is their lunch/dinner combos. I always get Pork fried rice and some other side dish read more

Had a simple combo of fried chicken and shrimp fried rice. The rice was under cooked, not that good brown color I look for and the whole plate deemed as if there was absolutely no seasoning. 3 packs of soy couldn't assist. The reviews gave me high hopes. Place was clean, service was prompt And the Chilli oil was tasteless and not spicy rather burned/smoky flavor read more

I have been a regular here for about a year and a half. Today I ordered the same thing I order 2-3 times a week on my way to work. I had a brief window but it was doable. Especially because I figured at this point they would recognize me. Upon walking in someone else was paying for their food. I attempted to go to the man who usually helps me a couple times a week and leave him my money with a tip so I could grab my food and leave. Not only did him and the woman who works the front not recognize me, they had no idea what I order and my food hadn't even been started but they knew I ordered it. Extremely disappointed. The prices are amazing and all that, but if you're looking for a high vibration restaurant, this is not it. read more

this company does not even deserve a review. All the food was owed. It didn't taste like nothing. I'm so disappointed because I love Chinese and this is the worst Chinese I ever had in my life that wasn't Chinese that was slop. I'm very upset about it. Don't order from them ever again. read more

China One - Nasty as hell the food doesn't taste like nothing. The food tastes old and bland. I had a very bad experience. I paid 35 for the food. - Chinese Near Me - Saint Paul, Minnesota

I been craving Chinese food after watching Caseoh Egg Fried Rice gameplay... so I ordered the general tso spicy chicken dish with a small side of lo mein, and 2 pork egg rolls on DoorDash... And I kid you not! This was so good! The flavors are immaculate, everything fits my craving so perfectly. If you're craving something that's not Panda Express which in fact they do lack flavors... get your authentic Chinese food here. Must recommend! read more

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Classic takeout: you call and within 20 minutes have a ten pound plastic bag of food for $20. The entryway/register does not give one confidence in the safety of the area but I try to be in and out so what can you do. For sure wouldn't recommend eating at the few plastic tables along the wall although I have seen people taking the risk. Cream cheese wontons are a must along with that mystical addictive red dipping sauce. Every city needs a reliable Chinese takeout establishment--China One is mine! read more

I ordered from this place through door dash. Probably won't happen again. I ordered General Tso Chicken, Chicken Pad Thai, cream cheese wontons, and buttery garlic stir fried Potatoes. Based on what showed up at my door this is not freshly made food. The General Tso Chicken was very sticky and didn't have much sauce, more like a saucy batter. The chicken was mostly the breading. I have had better frozen from the freezer section at Costco. Chicken fried rice was blah. Really not flavor. Chicken was such small pieces it could have been ground. But even with the SMALL pieces it was still very dry, The Pad Thai was so sticky and dry I couldn't even eat it. Wontons were ok but clearly cooked in dirty (too hot) grease. Pretty sure they use the same grease for everything, and the char marks show it hasn't been cleaned in some time. The price was extremely high for what I received. Had this been the quality of food I received in a mega mall food court by a large chain, and I only paid $8 for everything it may have been worth it. This certainly is not a go to Asian Place in St Paul. So many other choices. On a good note I feel if I called back and complained, they would most likely compensate me for my troubles. However, I am not sure I could stomach this place again even if it was free. Food was similar to one of these Asian Buffets that do not have enough traffic to keep the food fresh, but they let the pan sit in the warmer all day anyway. read more

Affordable food, comes out quickly. Sesame chicken always taste the same and it's not expensive like other Chinese places, lunch special is cheap as well read more

Family owed and ran. Nice people great take out. Easy Affordable and filling without a heavy feeling.

They have really stepped up their game. We have been there x3 in the past couple weeks because we're both far too lazy to cook. #6 Fried rice an egg roll and egg foo young. Lots of food. Super reasonable price. Egg rolls Egg Foo Young- both great and not overly greasy. Won Ton Soup- quickly becoming a favorite. Combos come with a lot of food and very reasonably priced! J's sesame chicken was good, too. They do deliver! Pick up is about a 10 min wait. read more

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Had fried rice and sesame chicken got horrible food poisoning. Food is expensive for takeout anyways.

Great price, generous portions, quick and friendly service. Our go to Chinese spot for take out whenever we are in the area. Recommend our regular order of the General TSO chicken. They add broccoli which is a nice touch so it's not all chicken. Also house lo mein. Their mix and match is also a great meal deal. read more

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Ordered the Mongolian beef and pork ribs. Fried rice that came with the beef was plain and lack any sort of seasoning. The beef was tender but overly sauced. The onions and green peppers dominated the beef. The pork ribs were alright. Sweet bbq sauce but nothing to golt about. The vegetable egg roll that came with the dish was also plain. Only good thing about it was the crispy wrapper. read more

There are sooo many Chinese take out places to choose from - it's hard to decide which one to order from and then even harder to find one you like! Well I'll make it easy for you- try China One. They unfortunately didn't deliver in our area but I am so glad I went and picked it up anyways. We ordered lunch special sesame chicken and crab Rangoon's and both were awesome. The sesame chicken is crunchy, delightfully sweet, and not overly loaded with brown sauce. The portions were good, for a lunch special. I have leftovers for tomorrow. The lunch special includes rice, the entree, and either soda or a side for $6. The crab rangoons were awesome. Crunchy, and filled with crab that was surprisingly tasty! (Not just a buncha cream cheese) The order was easy over the phone, was ready in 15 minutes. The shop is a little hard to find on University. But there is a little parking lot on the side. Once you're in the lot you have to walk on University to the front of the building to find China One. (If you enter through the door on the side you'll end up in the kitchen of another establishment like I did... oops!). All in all a great experience, and I'm not feeling sluggish and gross all day after eating it which is a huge plus! read more

Love this place, or I should say their food. My friends and I have just recently started ordering take out from here. The portions are amazing and the food is awesome. I have had several shrimp dishes, all were excellent. The egg rolls are great. Go for pickup and don't worry about delivery. Yummy! read more

This is my family's favorite place to go to for ordering take out along with catering for parties. Affordable prices, large quantity, and the food taste good. The reason why I did not give them a 5 star is because I've been eating there for years and the taste along with the quality of the food Is not as good as a used to be. This year, I noticed the quality of the food along with the taste is not as good as it used to be compared to the years before. That's the only reason why I'm rating them a 4 star. My family go here once a month for take out. We usually order ahead and then pick up our food on the way home. It's always 20 minutes. The food is always fresh and they provide fast service. The couple who works there are friendly and have been there since they opened. Unfortunately they're not the owners. It's small restrauant with small eat in area. There located in the center of ipho, sugar rush, and the new ramen shop. Parking is located in front of the restrauant in the street or on the right here's a shared parking lot next to them. read more

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Portions are big (for me anyways) I usually get 2-3 meals out of what I order. Ever since my husband ordered general Taos chicken, that's the one thing I'll always order. Ive never had anyone else's general Taos so I was told it's normally more spicy but this one isn't at all for me. Ive also tried their cream cheese puffs/wontons, sweet and sour chicken (sauce isn't the best but I love how their chicken tastes/breaded-not hard), beef fried rice, beef and broccoli, egg rolls. Overall I love it. They deliver to me which is great when I'm lazy. Highly recommend. Sometimes I have a hard time getting through when calling but I just keep trying. Or drive there. Waiting time isn't long at all. read more

We tried China One on a whim, after they left a delivery menu in the mailbox. I have to say I'm pleased with the delivery experience. The menu is wide ranging. We kept to the basics. Our shrimp egg rolls were big and crispy. The kung pao chicken wasn't overly hot, but did have plenty of fresh veggies and tender chicken breast. The tofu in the garlic tofu was fried up properly, and there were plenty of broccoli, green beans and peppers in the mix, though the overall presentation had a bit too much sauce. Shrimp fried rice did not stint the shrimp, and was properly savory. Food arrived 30 minutes after ordering, just as promised. We had enough to gorge ourselves for dinner, and still have two generous lunches left over for tomorrow. I'd order from these guys again, for sure. read more

Terrible food. Pad Thai clumped together and sour in a bad way. Pork meat in fried rice was disgusting, had to spit most chunks out.

Great prices for their combos. The shrimp fried rice is the best. Their Hunan shrimp, Hunan Beef, and Hunan Chicken are all great dishes. I love their Happy Family. I love their chicken chow fun when they don't burn it. The rations are very hearty. The lunch combos can probably feed at least 2 people. We always order their party trays. They have the best prices for large party trays. The prices on them keep going up, but it's still the best price in town. For around $35 you can get a large party tray of most of their non-sea food stuff. I catered a birthday party once for $100 and still had plenty of left overs. There are 2 things I don't like. Their egg rolls. It's more like fried spring rolls and the wrap is too thick. Some people may like that. Their fried fish doesn't taste that good. It's soaked with oil and the breading on them doesn't taste good. This is strictly a take out place, but they do have a couple tables inside. They have free delivery as well. The ambiance isn't too pleasing, but I'm able to get in and out quickly. The workers speak broken engrish which can sometime be hard to understand. Parking sucks. I just park in the street whenever I can find a spot or in the Life Track parking lot where I risk my car being towed. There is a parking lot dedicated to the complex, but it's always full. I highly recommend this place. It's 100 times better than Saigon, which is just a few doors down. read more

Not your typical Chinese fare, nor is it foo foo fusion this or that. This is an honest take on Asian cuisine with a focus on fresh ingredients without a lot of MSG or overly sugary sauces. You'll see your favorite numbers like General Tso and Orange Chicken, Kung Pao but there's a definite healthy edge at China One. Even when I overindulge in their shrimp with vegetables or Hunan chicken, I don't feel as bloated or food coma'd as I normally would at any other random Chinese place. If you crave the hard stuff, go to another place. If you want to ride the edge of healthy and indulgent, go China One. read more

Chicken lo mein is some of the best I've had in the Twin Cities! Affordable prices and 25-35 minute delivery on the busy nights! Friendly service is a nice surprise with any company and China One is one of the best! read more

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Awful and waste of money - go somewhere else! Walked in the door and it was dirty and smelled funny, I should've walked out the door but decided to try it. Egg drop soup has no flavor. Hated my meal and I always love Chinese food. I'm never going back! read more

If you would like Chinese delivery and you would like to eat it within your lifetime do not order from China One. I work at a hospital and ordered food for my coworker and I at 5:20, I was told it would take an hour but I said that's fine. Two hours later I had to call to see where my food was, he said on it's way. I finally got my food and the chow menu had leaked all over, my orange chicken was cold and gelatinous and the rice somehow smelled like cigarettes. I was appalled and unfortunately threw the whole thing away which was a big bummer! read more

Last night we ordered 41 bucks worth of food from China One and had it delivered. It literally took 2 hours for the food to arrive. When the delivery boy showed up, no apology but he did say 'it only took me 8 minutes to get here' and 'they were short 1 cook'. After the initial 45 minutes I called and they told me 'he was on his way'. 25 minutes went by and we called again only to be told it should be there in 10-20 minutes. Finally right at the 2 hour mark the food showed up. When the did did show up the food was cold! I called them and the lady I spoke with was arguing with someone in the background for about 2-3 minutes. Asked her what she was talking about and she explained the chow mein to me. Zero apology! Unfortunately China One has lost me and several others as a customer. Making the food is only one part of it, customer service is the other part. read more

Refused to place my order for delivery stating that I live too far away. If 2 miles is too far away what's the point of offering a delivery service? Their customer service sucks and quite frankly I can find more authentic Chinese food someplace else! read more

You have to fall in a certain demographic, but if you're a young, single person living in Saint Paul, China One is where it's at. Great variety of food, tasty, they deliver, they're consistent, and you get a ton of food for not that much. I really can't justify going anywhere else. read more

Generous portions on pick-up, a bit hard to find, but a solid North American Chinese food place. I will look forward to trying their dishes beyond the basics which they only list in store. My guess is you could find good bets if you go in to order rather than ordering over the phone. They take credit card under $10 which is a big plus. read more

I used to order from them fairly regular, the food quality varied. Cheap food and cheap quality. Sometimes I got the feeling that the food may be slightly undercooked in order for timely deliveries. Stopped going to them for food when one of the delivery men acted very inappropriately towards me. read more

I was hopeful when I read a handful of the reviews for China One. Alas, I can't contribute to the fanfare. While they took over an hour to deliver the food, I was prepared to withhold judgment if the food was good. It had substance, flavor, some nutritious value. But other than that, it was forgettable. Having tried the steamed dumplings, wonton eggdrop soup, and the shrimp and broccoli, I was hoping for something to tickle my tastebuds, but instead found partially deveined shrimp, oily soup, and doughy dumplings. I'm sad to write a negative review, and sad to see the difference in my bank account on a meal that was wasted on me. read more

We have ordered from them for years. Always fast and good. Consistently good food. My sons love the sesame chicken.

My personal favorite spot for Chinese in St.Paul. Good variety and taste with an exceptional price,especially at the lunch hour. The only recommendation is to class up the interior but if you're getting delivery I highly suggest it! read more

The upside: Very large menu, wide variety of combos and make-your-own combo is an option (though you need to know ahead of time how this works, and this info is not printed on their take-away menu). Large portions are the norm, and the prices are low. Some of the dishes are quite good - I can specifically recommend the Singapore Chow Mai and the Beef Chow Fun. The service is reasonably fast, and I've only once had them make an error on an order (which they promptly fixed). The downside: Quality tends to be very middle-of-the-road on most items, and freshness can be a problem. Dishes like Orange Chicken, Sesame Beef and so forth are assembled from heavily breaded chunks of meat that are obviously cooked long in advance and tend to be tough, dry and occasionally turn out to be nothing but lumps of fried batter. The White Sauce (or as I call it, "What Sauce??") as found on Shrimp Chow Mein or Moo Goo Gai Pan seems to be nothing more than thickened salt water with perhaps some garlic added; it is very salty but otherwise bland. They tend to go heavy on the cheapest vegetables (bok choy, onions) and light on the portions of meat. Overall, you pretty much get what you pay for (...) and there are definitely some tasty, satisfying items on the menu. Find a dish or two that you like, and stick with them. They do have a couple of tables, but the dining-in experience is very sparse - and in the winter, you'll freeze to death every time the door is opened. Oddly enough, last two times I was in the place, it seemed that they weren't running any heat - during wintertime - relying only on the waste heat from the kitchen to keep warm. I'm not sure what that says.. read more

I live like a block and a half away from them, and I love me some Chinese food. So them being this close comes in handy, my sisters lives above me and and I turned her onto this place too! They only deliver sometimes when the total is over 15 and if it ain't they want to to pay 15 still. Which is some what okay but not if your only getting chicken lo mien, or the sweet and sour meal. They make some great food and i love here it!! Would it eat everyday if I could afford it... read more

Delivery was surprisingly fast. The house Mai fun and egg rolls were fabulous. However the steamed dumplings were a huge let down the wrapper was way too thick and chewy. read more

The food from this place is Excellent! I called in my order and it was ready within 10 minutes. This was my first time trying the food and now this will be the only place my family will order from. Definitely worth it. Cheap prices too! read more

I went here with a friend a few weeks ago and the food was OK. Nothing special but not bad. Today I went in a ordered the orange chicken. Very standard dish. It was the worst orange chicken I've ever had in my life. The chicken was extremely crunchy and didn't even taste like chicken. Writing this a few hours later I still feel sick from the meal. I never write bad reviews (or reviews in general) for restaurants but this was a terrible dining experience. I will not be returning. read more

This food is so good I'd drive 50 miles to get it. General Tsao's Chicken with Pork Fried Rice combo (comes with an eggroll and 4 or 5 stalks of Brocoli to separate the two entrees) is only about 7.00 and will definitely fill a big guy up. So good with medium red hot sauce. Nice people, and you can grab yourself a copy of the Chinese Zodiac. read more

their general tao's chicken is superb and the prices are great