I stopped here for lunch & ordered Beef & Broccoli with wonton soup & hot tea. The meal was perfect & the price was only $15! The lunch menu is huge & I will step here again! read more

We stopped by this location to get some takeout. Upon entering we were greeted by the gentleman at the front/host stand. He had a very welcoming attitude and was very helpful in answering all of the questions we had regarding the food. Plenty of seating in this establishment and they also had a bar area were they were showing the football game. We decided to go with the lomein and the veggie fried rice. Both were good and we had a good amount left over and we were 3 people eating. read more

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Dumplings were doughy and the meat inside was old and brown. Beef Lo mien also greasy meat was old. read more

Been eating there for 30 years !!! Tonight awful !! Salty Never again so sorry to say $130. thrown out so dissipointed OH well!

It is so hard finding a sit-down Chinese restaurant these days, so we ventured out to Orange. It's too bad the meal started off with stale noodles. The rest of the meal was unremarkable. The search continues... read more

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Recently came here on Christmas Day so my soon to be mother in law didn't need to cook or clean. The place was jamming as most other places not open Christmas Day. Our server momo was very pleasant! We waited a bit (but understood it was Christmas and packed) but got our crab Rangoon appetizer. It was good and my soon to be FIL loved them. I opted for the crispy chicken Szechuan. It was unlike anything at other establishments. Great level of heat, fried chicken crisp veggies. So tasty! The rest of my dining party loved their meals as well! read more

China Pavilion - Spicy crispy Szechuan chicken - Chinese Near Me - Orange, Connecticut

China Pavilion is our go to take out for Chinese food. Consistently delicious. Spring rolls, chicken prawn hunan style always a winner! read more

I' e been to this restaurant many times for lunch and the food is always consistently good. The wait staff was polite. We didn't feel rushed. read more

The Chinese food at China Pavilion is high quality. The service was prompt, and the server explained various dishes. I ordered the lunch special and didn't notice that the size was any different from the dinner specials that the other people in my party ordered. China Pavilion uses white meat chicken for the General Tso's, which is not always the case. Also, the flavor isn't simply one of sugar, but some other aromatic spices which give it an authentic quality. My moo goo gai pan was unusually flavorful. The sauce was thick and the fried rice complemented the dish perfectly. My lunch special started off with the wonton soup which had two nice big dumplings. It was not overly salty and once again, the flavor was subtle and the quality good. We also ordered dumplings as appetizers, and they were especially juicy and large. Everyone enjoyed their meal, the dining room is spacious, clean, and nicely decorated in a Chinese restaurant theme. I can see why this place was voted the best in Connecticut. I had never eaten here before and I'm happy I had the chance to do so. I will definitely be back soon. I feel like this is a good place to bring visitors to the area so they can sample genuine, authentic Chinese food in a spacious, pleasant setting. I should add that the mixed drinks are a great complement to the food. I've never had a Dirty Shirley Temple before, and it was, sweet and fizzy with a cherry flavor; this is and fizzy definitely a drink I would order again. read more

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I went here for the first time tonight. It was much more spacious than I thought. Tons of seating. There's a separate bar area. We sat in a booth. Our server was attentive. Decor needs to be updated but not a big deal, just something I noticed. I started with wonton soup and I thought it was really good. The broth and wontons itself were full of flavor. I then had the beef broccoli which was a generous portion and I thought had good flavor. Not too salty! It came with rice as well it's just not pictured. I was pleasantly surprised and I would go back again! read more

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This restaurant has excellent food. The portions are large also. Have been going there for years. The service is excellent and they check many times to make sure everything is good. Very friendly atmosphere. My favorite Chinese restaurant!!! Nancy' J read more

Best Hunan chicken I've ever had. Been a family favorite since before I was born. Insanely good Chinese food.

Looks like special orders do upset them! Ordered the Chicken and Broccoli combo, and requested they make the broccoli soft. What I actually got a burnt mess that was inedible. $20 totally wasted. One time this was the Chinese restaurant everyone else was compared to. Not anymore! read more

The food was horrible! The quality was nasty! I ordered spring roll (vegetable), They gave me a shrimp roll's! Also ordered general chicken, The texture was mush! I also ordered Teriyaki stick! these were so thin there was NOT much flavor atall.! So I spent over $92.00 for the crappyest food! I will never ever go their! When I called to let them know my experience was They try to say I orered shrimp rolls! Big difference! ******NOTE: dO YOUR SELF A FAVOR DO NOT GO TO THIS PLACE******* read more

Always been the best Chinese food in Connecticut! Will always recommend the pavilion! read more

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China Pavilion is currently offering meal kits to go with curb side pickup. Inside dining is not open. Bottled cocktails are offered for purchase with your orders. We decided on Chinese for our Monday night dinner and picked up the Dynasty appetizer and vegetable dumplings. Our meal was packaged for pickup when we arrived. The dumplings were delicious and came with the usual dip. They were gently placed over cabbage leaves in the container and looked like leaves themselves. A very nice presentation. They were hot and delightful. The Dynasty platter for two contained six different treats each packaged in their own sleeves and tucked into a thermal bag so that they were still hot when we got them home. It was fun to pick out one package at a time to see what they were. The food was delicious. The tempura shrimp was crispy as were the chicken, shrimp toast and spring rolls. Everything was cooked to perfection in fresh oil and not greasy. read more

I've been a customer of China Pavilion for years. I do a lot of take out and dine at the restaurant. I ordered $75 dollars of take out last night. They are much more expensive they most of the spot but I am ok paying for quality. Unfortunately that's not what I got last night. The 3 star review is super generous because I've had many good meals here. It really should be a zero because everything was inedible it all tasted off. The general tsos tasted expired and rubbery the dumplings also gross. The biggest offender was the disgusting lo mein. Not cool all of it got thrown away. I get it restaurants are holding on to food that should be thrown out because of the high costs of everything. Not ok to serve garbage to people changing my 3 star to a 1. Shame on them! read more

China pavilion is the best Chinese restaurant in this area of CT by far. Their food is consistently phenomenal, it is fresh and high quality. They always make accommodations to your order with pleasure and they are extremely professional. The staff is very efficient, they always have orders ready on time, they remember your name and they are family owned and operated! I cannot say enough about this restaurant! read more

Great Tofu and vegan options. Love the lo mein and homemade mustard. Everything is great here

Read a few reviews and had to write on. All these people saying eh, and meh, and other silly things. This is the best Chinese food I have had in the area. I have been here twice now. The first time was with my wife, and she loved her tangerine vegan chicken. First time I got the vegan General Tso's, or something that was good, but not the best I Chinese I have ever had. Last time I got the Tangerine Chicken, with vegan chicken, and both times got the fried rice. The vegan Tangerine Chicken is AMAZING! It has me wanting to drive back right now to order another dish. I think I will this weekend. The fried rice, AMAZING! I got mine with egg, but vegetarian beside that. So good. I have tried about 5 or 6 other Chinese restaurants in the area and none can compare, in my view. I think this is a very good Chinese restaurant. It ranks up there with other cities best Chinese restaurant's that I have tried. And nice staff! The girl at the front desk who took my order! read more

The Very Best Chinese around. Super friendly owners. Great service. Never disappoints!

Ordered take out from here and they seemed very solid in terms of prep time. They have a separate vegan menu which is cool as it gives me confidence that vegan items are recognized by staff as vegan (avoids cross contamination). I got the general tso's chik'n and for my meat eating partner, crab rangoon, chicken wings and pork fried rice. It came out to about $50, so not cheap. The sauces are supposedly made in-house, so I asked for mine on the side. They were good about following directions and have brown rice for $1 more so that was nice. The portions are pretty fair and they gave us quite a bit of food and dessert treats. The rice was fresh and basically a blank canvas for their entree which was still pipping hot after a 20 minute drive. The sauce was scant and tasted more like a lightly salted sweet and sour sauce than a spicy one, no ma la here. I actually wish it were spicer. The mock meat seems to be from Lily's Vegan Pantry (formerly May Wah), which brought back fond memories of home and went okay with the sauce, but the sauce gave me some serious indigestion so that wasn't pleasant. My stomach is weird and can handle spice, but not acid. If it had been spicy it would have been worth it, but it was too acidic. The meat eater liked the wings, thought the rice was mediocre and the crab rangoon was fine. He thought rice from House of Chao was better. I may come back here again, depends on if I am in the area, but I would not go out of my way to come here. read more

Outstanding food, with delicate sauces and lovely flavors. Vegan options on the menu. I had the vegan pepper steak and it was great!

Their food is of a superb quality and above average. From the outside, their menu looks like the standard American-Chinese selection; however they do have a few authentic dishes suited for Asian pallettes. The only negative thing they have going for them is the prices of their entrees. Most, if not all, of their entrees are at least $20. Although the portions are generous, they aren't large enough to justify their prices. read more

Ben there number of times. Food is fantastic, services is great, place is very clean. Staff friendly, prices reasonable. If you like Chinese food this is a great sit-down restaurant or take out. I've tried a number of dishes never disappointed. read more

Excellent food. Good service. They split a strawberry daquiri for two to share. Definitely will go again.

Went there for lunch. Very good and reasonably priced. Large selection of different items for lunch. Service was very good. Easy to park.

Really great food and friendly service. We've been going here for a few years now and in the past year or so they really stepped up their game. We actually drive a few towns over just to get their food because it's so much better than our local options. Sure it's a little pricier than your average Chinese take out spot but it's also quality. White meat chicken, fresh veggies etc. read more

After months away, I decided to try them again, it's hard to give up a Restaurant I have been going to all my life and they've fixed the issues, everything is back to the way it should be, A+ quality and taste, glad all is well once again! read more

The service at China Pavilion is superb. The man answering the phone for take out orders is polite, friendly and very professional. He asks if you require utensils and sauces. When it comes to the food, I'm on the fence. Recently we ordered the General Tso's Chicken, the Tangerine Beef and the Boneless BBQ Spareribs. First, the spice/heat level on the General Tso's Chicken is spot on. Rarely do you get General Tso's chicken that actually has any spice. This has a nice spice/heat level without being overpowering. The biggest complaint is the chicken is not crispy at all. It gets very soggy from the sauce. The Tangerine Beef may be a matter of taste but I found it way too Sweet. The spare ribs are odd, they are not the typical boneless ribs you get from Chinese restaurants. These are big hunks of meat. I think we prefer the more traditional version. Overall, I'd say the food is just average here but the service is way above average. read more

China Pavilion - General Tso 's Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Orange, Connecticut

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Best Chinese food you'll ever eat! They can be pricey but it is well worth it. We have been going 30 years.

I don't like writing bad reviews but I have been a steady customer for over 20 years and have always experienced great service for both dining in and take out. The day before Thanksgiving I made a purchase for take out of food almost costing $200. The General TSOS chicken was so spicy that nobody could consume it. The day after Thanksgiving I made a respectful call to China Pavilion to express my concern. To my amazement, the representative stated to me that they changed the recipe and we just need to deal with it. I attempted once again to explain that I spent over $50 just in General so' chicken that can't be eaten and again the representative responded that they changed the recipe and nothing can be done to rectify the situation. The phone call lasted approximately 3 minutes until the representative hung up on me. I'm assuming that China Pavilion must be under new management because they have always put customers first. I and my family will no longer patronize this unprofessional business. I hope that others review this post so that they will be aware of rude and disrespectful representatives of China Pavilion. Consumer beware! read more

The service/workers were very friendly and the place was clean...The food was blah. The Egg Drop Soup had no flavor, watered down. My shrimp/veggies tasted like I went to a BBQ place, like charcoal kebob taste It didn't taste like chinese food & the rice tasted the same but more like a burnt oil taste :-( ....no tea or drinks were asked...we had water but weren't given tea or asked what we wanted to drink. I'll stick to my local take out for chinese...more for the money and has flavor! read more

All-time favorite go-to. For me, it proved to be unequivocally reliably great food. Every time.great service, great ambiance.

Used to be exceptional - and I totally get that the COVID thing is impacting businesses like these, but I just paid $93 for takeout dinner for 3 that I could have gotten bigger portions and better food quality from just about any local hole-in-the-wall chinese takeout. I ordered Prawns - which I expect to see large shrimp in, and got about 10 little tiny 3/4 inch shrimp that were overcooked and stale. The takeout container was half full and the dish cost $19 but was worse than the local takeout. The egg rolls have shrunk to 4 inches in length where I can get 6 inches for half the price elsewhere. Really very disappointing. read more

We don't usually sit down for Chinese food, but my wife and I both wanted to get a Scorpion bowl (more on that later). The menu is extensive, with a few dishes that were unfamiliar to me but looked very interesting. We got the Teriyaki skewers for an appetizer, and they were delicious, tender with just enough sauce. My wife got the sliced Pork with brown sauce. It was on a bed of onions and scallions with a side of perfectly sticky white rice. I got the Beef Mei Fun (Angel hair noodles). It was outstanding, the noodles were thin and delicate but they went great with the super tender beef. Everything was well seasoned but not overpowering. Now, the Scorpion Bowl for 2...delicious! It is served flaming (just a little cup built in) and goes down smooth! Better get only one! We will definitely be back. read more

China Pavilion - Scorpion Bowl for 2 - Chinese Near Me - Orange, Connecticut

A nice place to eat dinner but very casual. Traditional Chinese food made for Americans.

One of my favorite Chinese places when I lived in the area! Their fried rice is really good! Brown and fried and not yellow. Though one time I got it there was a metal twist tie in it... Luckily I bit it and knew it wasn't food. If I swallowed it, I probably wouldn't be here to type this. You'd think that would deter me from going back or giving them a lower score. Well, you'd be wrong. It was that good. Plus I've had that happen at another Chinese place once out of the fifty times I went. I also like sitting inside with a Shirley Temple and chowing down on cripsy noodles and duck sauce. read more

Great chinese food. Got the Sa Cha chicken. Was delicious. Not overly spicy, perfectly cooked and not overly greasy. One of the better Chinese joints in West Haven. Highly recommend! read more

Closed due to virus concerns. See letter on Website. We miss their great cooking. Waiting for a grand reopening soon. Take care, stay healthy. read more