I like this place they have great fried rice. Not quite as good as Chicago Chinese, but compared to New Kahala it much better if thats what you prefer. I only go to New Kahala for their egg foo young and sweet and sour sauce(china wok serves sides of duck sauce). Do NOT get it from here. As much as I love China Wok and the people up there, the egg foo young is not what I recommend. Make sure that you order the correctly! If you're from Chicago and want brown fried rice you will have to specify. My normal order is extra spicy, Chicago style brown fried rice with onions. The sesame chicken is also good, and the egg rolls are delicious! read more

Best place in town for Chinese takeout. The food is very good, the service is very fast. However, there's not much to say about the decor/ambiance. read more

Extremely high quality Chinese food. Sesame chicken, broccoli, fried rice. All top tier. I order here often and they have extreme quality control read more

Great takeout place. Has a few seats and tables, mostly set up for takeout. Great food, friendly staff. read more

China Wok - Takeout counter. - Chinese Near Me - Carbondale, Illinois

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Always great service, super fast and large portions of good food. Great vegetarian selection too! They are always super friendly. Pretty small dine-in area so I usually get it to go, but for a take-out place it's really good. read more

Food isn't bad. The general tso chicken is good because it's sweet but not super sweet like most other restaurants. Owners are very nice and friendly read more

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This is a really convenient place anyone especially college students. If you get a combo meal you get your meat, rice and a side as well as a drink for around 15 dollars. The portions are also pretty big, one meal lasts me around two days. I love their sweet and sour pork. Beyond that everyone is really nice there too. The food also gets to you pretty quickly as well. My favorite thing to order there is definitely the crab rangoon. read more

Cheap large eats, most bang for your buck for the broke college student. They're super quick and from what I've experienced don't skimp out on portions. Sure they're a lil greasy but I think that's part of their charm and if you're not super picky and want a full belly China Wok is for you :) read more

China Wok - [Pt] Vegetable Lo Mein - Chinese Near Me - Carbondale, Illinois

I love the lo mein here. Thicker noodles than the regular egg noodles you get everywhere else. The consistency and texture of the noodles are always perfect. I can scarf down a whole large container by myself. I've tried the fried rice, hot and sour soup, and chicken with black bean sauce. Everything was good, not overly fantastic, but it will get the job done. This place is the best alternative for cheap Chinese food if you are not willing to spend too much on food at Hunan. They deliver and most of the time, it's pretty quick except they do charge a small fee for it, but it's good on cold nights when you don't want to leave the house. Price are so reasonable. About $20 will give you about two meals for a couple. read more

China Wok - Chinese Near Me - Carbondale, Illinois

Cheap food, fast delivery and friendly service. What more could a poor student ask for? Would I eat here if it wasn't for the situation...naaaah. Does it beat making Ramen noodles? You betcha! The food is descent, nothing spectacular. The pork balls are amazing when smeared with the glowing radioactive goop they give you (see pictures). The only thing I wouldn't ever order again is the egg drop soup. Pepper-overload! Other than that if you want cheap and descent order now! read more

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Yeah sure it isn't the best Chinese style restaurant in the world, but it is very quick and cheap. You can get a really good amount of food for no more than $10. They seem like a really small family owned business so I hope people continue to order from here and enjoy the food. I'll give this place a 7.6/10 but for the price and efficiency, it's some of the best you can get around here. read more

Staff are so friendly and kind! Food is really good for the price I'm not a huge fan of the wonton soup, but their dumplings and eggrolls wre fire. The steak lo mein is delicious and has good quality meat. read more

We ordered 2 dinner plates, and as long as I've been eating Chinese food I've never been asked if I wanted yellow or brown rice. Well we picked brown and it was terrible!!!! The egg roll was not good the pepper steak was nothing but peppers and onions it might have had 4 pieces of steak which was thought a s chewy, the crab Rangoon was the only thing that was edible. Needless to say everything when to the trash and so did my money read more

I ordered the General Tsos chicken with fried rice, with Crab Rangoon. The chicken was not too spicy, everything tasted amazing! Service was great! Ordered carry out. read more

Usually on Friday afternoons after work I put in a takeout order for their General Tso's platter. Overall they give good portions, as well as are kind to me when I pick up my food. The chicken is delicious and spicy, rice is tasty as well, but the crab rangoons could be a bit bigger. Overall, I enjoy their food. read more

China Wok is exactly what you want when it's late o'clock and you need something cheap, fast, and fried. Like all Chinese take-out places, it starts out cheap if you order simple, but the more and more things that you pile on, the more you spend. It's dangerous to order when starving. Most recently, they ended up at the wrong address. Instead of the dorm address that I gave, they ended up somehow at a house across town. It was definitely slower going than usual, but the driver was super nice about the whole thing, and even poked fun at himself by saying "Yeah, I'm here. I mean it this time, I have food and everything" and that made me smile. Their crab rangoon ($4.50) is pretty good. They come eight to an order, and are smaller pieces. There's not very much crab flavor (imitation crab or otherwise), but nonetheless they're pretty tasty. The egg rolls ($1.30 a piece) are also pretty good but a bit small for the price. For an entree, I usually get the Sweet and Sour Delight ($9.50). It's only available in one size, and is a combination of pork, chicken, and shrimp. This is pretty good too, but the sweet and sour sauce is terrible. I appreciate that they bag it separate. There's absolutely no chunks in the sauce- no pineapple, no pepper, nothing. It looks like red syrup. And it doesn't really taste like anything. It's like sprinkling magic red sauce on your meat to placebo the taste of sweet and sour. The chicken and pork is always well cooked, but the shrimps are so small. I expected bigger shrimp when getting them in an entree like this. The House Special fried rice ($7.95- Qt.) is okay too. It was under done. The pork still had cold fat on it, and the shrimp were a bit mush. Plus, the rice itself was anemic looking. The egg drop soup ($1.50) has always been great in the past, but most recently it just tasted like egg water. This place is inconsistent, and therein lies the problem. Sometimes, this food is the best late night decision ever. Sometimes, stuff is over or undercooked and slow. It's a mixed bag. All in all, it's a pretty decent place fit for a college budget. I'm sure I'll order again at some point. read more

China Wok - Menu - Chinese Near Me - Carbondale, Illinois

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Unbelievably bland food. Like paper taste. No salt, no heat no nada. You can't call something hot when its bland as all get out. Peanut chicken was not hot, General Tso's wasn't even close to hot and neither had any taste. Our first and probably last time here. Salt and heat and then more salt please. Flavor people..... read more

Favorite Chinese place in town!! Portions are big and food is always great tasting. I recommend there peanut chicken it's amazing, also give there lo mein a try. Overall great place. read more

This was the first time I had ordered from China Wok. I ordered Mongolian Beef and Sweet and Sour Chicken and Crab Rangoon. CRAB RANGOON: pretty good, 3 out of 5 stars but hardly any crab only cream cheese SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN: 3 out of 5 . Chicken was good although it looks like lightly fried golden mice. The sauce was separate from chicken but the whole thing tasted like a sweet funnel cake with red sauce neither sweet or sour MONGOLIAN BEEF: 1 of out 5, if you want to order lots of fried onions and next to no pieces beef this is your dish! VERY UNSATISFIED!! I will not come back and prefer to not spend $23 on sub par food. read more

Ahhh China Wok. There are so many things I could say about you. I could tell everyone about how your food is pretty hit or miss. Sometimes its right on the money, and other times; it tastes like dog food covered in motor oil. I could mention how the decor is...unique. And by unique, I mean everything is covered in grease and about 2 inches of dust. But even then, I'm barely scratching the surface of this decaying turd you call a "restaurant. I'll just come out and say it... You guys are assholes. I can understand someone having a bad day every once in awhile, that last customer rubbed you the wrong way, or some other matter. But screaming Jesus on a Ferris wheel, you guys are freaking rude. There's no other way to put. I'd rather slam my member in a sliding glass door than subject myself to another minute of your "customer service,". If the manager/owner/slave driver of this establishment is reading this; either ease up on the whip cracking or fire the imbecile who answers your phone for take out orders. *Mic drop* read more

I order Lunch special chicken broccoli and crab rangoon today.The crab rangoon is best in carbondale,I try so many different restaurant crab rangoon before. read more

China Wok - Chinese Near Me - Carbondale, Illinois

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Always delicious and fast! Most of the time you'll get something for free added onto your order

Love going here my food is always fresh and authentic, friendly staff and it's cost friendly too. It's so good I've been going here almost 2 a week since the summer of 2020 started. I've been in Carbondale since 2014, I have been eating here consistently since 2015 to recent. 10/10 would recommend. Chicken sesame is THE BEST IN TOWN. Beef n broccoli delicious. General Tso delicious as well. If you want a lil bit of everything n in the brown sauce try the happy family. read more

The Carbondale China Wok and Marion China Wok 2 are the 2 best Chinese take out restaurants in Southern Illinois. Their Lunch Specials are the best. read more

My roommate and I order form here a lot. The delivery takes a while, so order ahead of time. The orange chicken is my roommates favorite. It is a bit spicy but super good. It's hard to go wrong with sweet and sour chicken, and their fried rice has great flavor and is cooked to a good texture. Overall, the food is good and not too pricey. read more

Order at lunchtime to get a ton of food for around $5. I recommend the lo mein (the best lo mein I've even tried) or the general tso chicken! read more

Soooo dissapointed in my food order tonight. So bland and overpriced. The fried rice was as plain as the white rice, and the general Tso's chicken was boring and overcooked. read more

Don't waste your money. Food is bland and is nothing like typical Chinese takeout. I am very disappointed in my meal. The shrimp fried rice was very Bland and was not fried at all it looked like a yellow rice with a few shrimp thrown on top there was no seasoning whatsoever. read more

They have a great menu and they are always polite. Delivery does not take as long as everyone says. The longest I've ever Waited was 45 minutes which is standard for delivery. Great food! read more

China Wok - Chinese Near Me - Carbondale, Illinois

Best Chinese in town. Always hot and fresh and best crab Rangoon ever! Quick delivery and if you spend a certain amount you get a free liter of soda read more

I'm not sure how to feel right now... I made the mistake of using the bathroom. I saw three live cockroaches and two dead ones on the floor, and when I shut the door to leave, a huge one came out of nowhere and crawled across the now shut door in plain sight of all of grand ave. Been eating here for a while - lots of veggie options. But now I wonder at the conditions in the back... read more

I am from the East Coast, which goes to show my obsession with Chinese food. I've lived in Illinois for almost 7 years now and out of all the Chinese food places I have tried this one is the absolute BEST!!! Every time I go down to carbondale I have to grab myself a bite because I don't eat Chinese food anywhere because for some reason Illinois does not know how to make some good Chinese!! China wok is the way to go. read more

Probably a better alternative than New Kahala. Delivery took about twenty minutes which is less than half the time of the other place. I had lo mein, potstickers, and fried rice. The lo mein and potstickers were good enough but the fried rice was absolutely terrible. It was also slightly more expensive. But, since you can't even get potstickers after 8pm at New Kahala, I have to call it an improvement. read more

I ordered the pepper steak with onions & an order of crab Rangoon for delivery. My meal was here within 20 minutes hot. Delivery guy was very nice! Food was GREAT! More than I could eat in 1 sitting for sure. The crab Rangoon is some of the best I have ever had!!! I will definitely be ordering from here more often! read more

I have lived in C-Dale for over 10 years. China Wok is the best (other than Hunan) Chinese food in the area. Great portions and consistent. Highly recommend. read more

China Wok is my go-to Chinese take-out in Carbondale. My order is usually the same (small beef & broccoli with white rice) and it is consistent. I order so much that the girl always recognizes me when I come in and knows more order. The customer service has always been great! read more

I don't even write reviews but I specifically created an account just to say how EXPENSIVE and DISAPPOINTING this place was... I ordered sweet and sour chicken and crab rangoon.First of all they did not properly seal the containers of sweat & sour sauce. The sloppy sauce spilled everywhere. The food was bland. They did not put the sweet & sauce ON my chicken. The chicken looked like strange nuggets and they were also bland. Not to mention the rice was dry. The food was ridiculously expensive to be this nasty. I should've followed my first mind & gone to Primo's. I basically just paid $15 for a bag of crab rangoon bc that's the only edible food in my bag. read more

China Wok - Strange dry tasteless nuggets that were supposed to be sweet & sour chicken. - Chinese Near Me - Carbondale, Illinois

China Wok is a good college town take-out resturaunt. The food is decent/good and the service is exceptionally quick.

Best Chinese Take-Out in Carbondale. The General Tso's is great as are the egg rolls and fried rice. The service is very fast, and the workers are nice. read more

Quick pick up and cheap food is all a college student needs. Definitely my favorite Chinese food in Carbondale. Shrimp Lo mein keeps me going read more