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    China Palace Restaurant

    3.7 (437 reviews)
    ModerateChinese
    Closed 11:30 am - 8:30 pm

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    Good for kids
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    Silvana and Silvio birthday. We are twins
    Silvana D.

    I have no word how to describe how wonderful this restaurant is. I've been going there for the last 30 years the food it has been in the same quality and fantastic service. Thanks China Palace for the amazing food and great service.

    Kung-Pao Two Flavors (Shrimp and Chicken)
    Sophia C.

    When I was a child growing up in OC the only Chinese restaurants I went to were Yang Ming and if my memory serves me correctly... this restaurant! But I think Tustin was their second location after moving from Anaheim. I just remember whenever the Mid-Autumn Festival rolled around, my folks would order Moon Cake from them. Hands down the pork one is my favorite, but the red bean with egg Yolk and black Sesame are good seconds! Now back to the Yelp review... My boyfriend and I had an unofficial Chinese Heritage Day and had lunch at China Palace. We ordered: * Stir-Fried Green Beans * Kung-Pao Two Flavors (Shrimp and Chicken) I was craving Kung-Pao all thanks to the Bon Appetit Your Majesty episode that showed Ming (China) chefs cooking the dish for a competition lol. Thus the Kung-Pao Shrimp and Chicken totally satisfied! I don't recall the last time I ordered this. I forgot how delicious this dish is, especially with the slight heat. Green Beans are always my favorite vegetable to have when I order Chinese food. I ordered this one with no meat, so it was the vegetarian option. The minced garlic and green onions in this dish was so good! The parking is super easy. The restaurant has a very large parking lot. The exterior of the building looks Asian style, so you won't miss it! As for the interiors... it is like any other Chinese restaurant. Just the norm, which I hate to say it... it lacks any interior design. On a random... I watched a video on Instagram and it said true Chinese restaurants do not get 5-stars. I hate to say it, but I think they are right! The reason I gave a 4-star is due to the -1 from ambiance. Everything else like food and servers is great!

    Lunch special, sweet n sour pork, Mongolian beef, and chicken with mixed vegetables.
    Nor C.

    For starters, I was impressed with the cleanliness and friendliness of this restaurant. They have a great lunch menu that's come with soup and appetizers. The food is actually delicious here. So I'm impressed with this restaurant. I will come back again.

    Hot tea
    Frank P.

    I've been wanting to come here for a long time. This place has been here forever. I endedup getting the Po Po plate. It comes with Egg drop soup, ribs, egg rolls, wonton, fried shrimp, and paper wrapped chicken. They also bring you fried noodles with dipping sauces. I really enjoyed everything I ate. The ribs had a really good flavor. Egg drop soup is always good. I really liked the hot mustard that came with the fried noodles. They have a large lunch special menu that i plants on trying. I'd also like to come with a group and try the dinner combos to sample a bit of everything.

    Beef Pan Fried Noodles
    Patty M.

    Delicious. Will be back again. Must try. Good portions. Great service. All the traditional foods you crave.

    Fried Wontons with cream cheese ~ 5/5
    Kim D.

    Ambiance ~4/5 server packed up our leftover food items Food ~ 4/5 delicious and satiated my desire to eat Chinese food Parking ~ 4/5. The spaces are vast but small.

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    Alejandra F.

    We love this place, everyone in my family comes here, but today we had a bad experience, we were eating and the restaurant just had open, they have literally 2 more tables with just 2 people each and my table with 4 people when suddenly I hear 2 ladies ate the entrance kind of fitting, I couldn't understand 1 bc she was softly speaking a different language and the other lady that understood was the sister of the owner she was answering in English with such a strong and upsetting voice, we all saw between each others at the tables and honestly I hope that doesn't happen often or they should go in the back to solve their problems with disturbing their costumers.

    Menu Dec. 2024
    Jenesa B.

    Coming in, you are greeted by the host. There were 4 in my party. We got seated right away, but it got filled soon as we had arrived. The server asked what we would like to drink and then came about 8 min later to take our orders. In between that time, they gave us these fried crispy wonton strips served with this horseradish dish, and another dip was sweet and sour sauce. When I tell you both those dips were sooo appetizing, we couldn't resist ourselves eating almost the entire plate. We also were greeted at our table by a gentleman named Devin (sorry if I had misspelled that), possibly one of the supervisors or managers. He was there to let us know that we were in for a good treat when they had their bar opened and were serving up a nice selection of wines and alcoholic beverages of that nature. None in my party, myself included, did not get an alcoholic beverage this time, but I might just try it out for the next time. Everything on their menu sounded good, but I had set my heart on the Lo Mein Noodles with Beef. It was so delicious; it hit my craving of some good noodles. It was like a plate to share with others, however I shared a little and took leftovers home. Others in my party had ordered beef and broccoli (2) & another friend ordered the Chicken Chop Suey. Each dish came with a cup of rice. The entire dining was a great first experience and satisfying. Also, GMO is found in none of their dishes. My friends are sensitive to that. We did call ahead and ask if any of their items had msg, and to our surprise they don't have it in any of their dishes. Only maybe found in the soy sauce packets and hoisin sauce. Other that that, our tummies were full but didn't feel sluggish. Definitely coming back. Also, just to add, the server didn't come back to refill our water, but it was understandable as the entire establishment was full of customers. Still a great experience.

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    Everything we had was terrific. Lemon chicken and honey shrimp were great! Would recommend.

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    Food felt like it was not fresh. Staff was okay. Not too happy that they could not swell a cup of wonton soup.

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