The BEST Chinese food in Sarasota! We've been coming to Sarasota and ordering from here for many years, and it has never disappointed. This time we ordered: - sweet & sour chicken lunch - tofu lo mein (we actually ordered chicken and they gave us tofu but it was just as good - chicken mei fun - egg drop/wonton soup - egg rolls The sweet and sour chicken was good, much like anywhere. The fried rice that came with it also basic level good. The tofu lo mein was really good! It's one of our favorite lo meins anywhere, and the surprise tofu instead of chicken was actually a great substitute, especially since we probably would never order that ourselves. The chicken mei fun was absolutely hands down the best we've ever had. It tasted like a thin version of linguine with clam sauce and our 2 year old was obsessed! The egg drop and wonton soup was also some of the best we've had. We ordered a large and it came with no fewer than 6 wontons! My 4 year old ate it for 3 meals. The egg rolls were also very tasty and easily some of the best I've had too. The ambiance is exactly what you'd expect, very little searing, no one else in the restaurant, and specifically set up for takeout. The lady answering the phones and fulfilling orders was helpful and the food was ready in the 15-20 minutes promised. I'm genuinely shocked that this place doesn't have better reviews with how good everything was and I hope people see my review so they don't miss out on a great and reliable Chinese food place! read more

It's some pretty good Chinese food. I got the sweet & sour chicken and enjoyed it. Like other reviews have mentioned, it's definitely set up more for to-go orders. I thought it was a bit pricey so not sure if it's somewhere I'll go often. read more

I ordered via Uber Eats the General Tso's combination platter. Everything was delivered correctly, on time and hot. The chicken was good, could've been crispier, but the sauce made up for it. The rice was bland and tasted undercooked. The egg roll was like any other you get at a takeout Chinese restaurant. After eating I became very ill. Disclaimer: I ordered via Uber Eats, because I was visiting the area, it was late (one hour before restaurant closing), and needed something delivered to my hotel. I felt better in the morning, but when I am back in town I will not be ordering from here again. read more

China Wok - Chinese Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Started out a little shaky with my order, I hit pick-up instead of delivery but it was worth the drive. Excellent and I believe they have gotten better since my last order. Beef Chop Suey and Chicken fried rice, roast pork egg roll was good as well... read more

Decent. Not great. Typical of Chinese restaurants in Sarasota. Not New York, Chicago, San Francisco

My wife and I loved what we got! Well the reason for the 4 stars is because mine came with some orange pieces which it doesn't make it better.. I got the orange chicken, and if you take away the orange pieces then it would be awesome!!! Sesame chicken was awesome! And the crab Rangoons tasted really good so definitely try it out if your looking for a quick delicious meal read more

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Pork fried rice was excellent. - food was served hot and quick. Nice atmosphere and staff was pleasant

Bad quality meat, stale rice, flavorless, and soggy greasy egg rolls. The best thing was the prepackaged duck and soy sauce. Already feel sick. Cheap for a reason read more

This place is extremely unassuming and located in a back corner of a strip mall, but it's easily one of the best Chinese take-out places I've been to in Florida. The food is flavorful with quality meat and veggies and the portion size is just right. The crab rangoons and egg rolls were even crispy the next day after sitting in the fridge and being heated up in the microwave! The prices were good too. Two combination platters and an order of crab Rangoon was about $23. A lot of the poor reviews of this place are about the service, but I could care less, especially when it comes to Chinese take-out...it's take out. You're literally there for a few minutes to get your food and leave. read more

China Wok - Orange Chicken, Crab Rangoon, egg roll, chicken and broccoli, beef fried rice - Chinese Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Wow just wow I'm from the northeast and this is by far the closest thing to New York style Chinese takeout in manatee country and best quality and best tasting Chinese food I've pretty much had in Florida. Love this place. Everyone should try this place great prices and lunch specials! read more

This is a great go-to Chinese take-out place. They deserve extra credit for always friendly, super-fast service. Crab Rangoon is well above average. Nicely fried with lots of filling. Generous portions for most everything. Among three people, we split two orders of Crab Rangoon and an order of pork Mei Fun. That was more than enough for dinner. They do the barbecue roast pork especially well here -- so you can't go wrong with ordering pork anything. No delivery service of their own, so that's a bummer. If you can't run to pick it up yourself, you'll have to use doordash or ubereats and deal with their attendant nonsense. read more

Great food and no frills. Although there is some seating there, it should be treated as take out only. Very fast service, even if you order on the spot. And since Yelp is asking, no, there is no ambiance at all. read more

Worst Chinese food in Sarasota. Absolute garbage, frozen food is better. Spent $90 getting a wide array of dishes - not a single one was good. They use an overseas call center; they do not answer the phone - so don't even try to leave feedback. All of it going right into the garbage, will never order from them again. Complete waste of money and they should be ashamed of themselves. -Sweet & Sour Chicken - complete mush/soggy, cold and sauce flavorless. This is a dish almost impossible to screw up. -Mongolian Beef - completely tasteless, low-quality meat - tendons everywhere -Pepper Steak - also tasteless, meat was tough and full of tendons/connective tissue -Rice - on all meals, old and greasy... Never had rice like this, ever. -Hot & Sour Soup - Overly spicy (no balance) with zero flavor, fried wontons were beyond stale -Eggrolls - undercooked and mushy - no flavor at all -Spring rolls - see eggrolls -Crab Rangoon - all smashed and filling tasted off/spoiled like old milk Of the little food we tried, we all got sick overnight, just like some of the other reviews. Not sure what is going on with this restaurant, but I strongly suggest avoiding it after this experience. A county inspection is desperately needed. read more

Horrible flavor! I had the cashew chicken combo and it was short on veggies. Rice was extremely dry.

First of all, even though the sign says "Eat In or Take Out", it is set up for mostly take-out. It is not your usual sit down restaurant. We ate here for the first time yesterday for dinner. Even if you eat in, your food will be put into plastic carry-out containers and you only have thin, dinky utensils to eat it with. Which is kinda awkward. And drinks are cans and bottles only. All that having been said, the food was pretty good. I had egg rolls, hot and sour soup and Szchewan chicken with fried rice. Everything tasted excellent. Prices were fair. Large portions and we wound up taking a lot home. read more

We ordered sweet and sour chicken, spicy chicken and mixed vegetables, egg fried rice, an egg roll, and hot and sour soup. All were hot, exactly what we ordered, and delicious. The chicken in both dishes was excellent with very little breading on the sweet and sour and the spicy chicken was better than we've had anywhere. We were so full that the hot and sour soup will be a lunch special for tomorrow. Simple excellent! Gary read more

The best Chinese restaurant in Sarasota. I'm shocked it's not a five star review. What I will say is it's not the typical Americanized Chinese food but an authentic blend of food that is seriously lacking in Sarasota. I take everyone who visits here and it is one of the most consistent places I frequent. It feels welcoming and I can tell it's family run as the son is often doing his homework when I've come in to pick up my order. Give this place a chance and you will not regret it. The highlight for me is not only the taste but the $9.25 lunch special that goes until 3pm. The portions are excellent and it's just an all around awesome place to be. read more

Love this place very good food very good Lomain and the beef with the Lomain amazing and the soups are yummy and egg roll

This is my go to for Chinese food! I love egg fu young & it's not all made the same! China Woks is delicious, with the perfect gravy! My family always orders different things except me, they loved all their entrees! I'm read more

This place has become our go-to for take out Chinese food. Mostly because of it's proximity to the homestead but also because of the food. The food is consistently good. Not spectacular but very good, every time. Good portions, good flavor. Which is why we continue to use them. I can't say the same for the service. Very spotty and inconsistent. Sometimes its fine. Other times nobody seems to know whats going on. They have a decent looking online ordering page. But it wont accept payment and they seem to not have the ability to sort orders by customer name even though its clearly printed on the generated order ticket. When you arrive for pickup, and give your name they act confused and ask what you ordered. Apparently they arrange the orders by dish? Recently they've taken to having the little girl, who looks 9 at the most, running the front counter. She looks overwhelmed and has to go ask questions frequently which prolongs the transaction. And yes, sometimes it may seem like they are speaking rudely to you, but honestly its just the way they speak. They speak to each other the same way. Don't take it personal. None of what I've mentioned is a deal breaker for us, it's just annoying at times. But then I take a spoonful of their delectable egg drop soup and all is forgiven LOL read more

China Wok - Egg drop soup.. my bowl though :) - Chinese Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Looks like a family run business with the young daughter doing very well at the register. Casual takeout place located next to Detweilers. The food along with the pork fried rice was just okay. It was definitely a step up from the last place where I dumped the food out after two bites. I will give them another try, since most places I have gone to have one or two dishes that are decent. This time around I don't see what the hype is about. read more

Staying on Siesta Key by South bridge they were so fast delivering. Great tofu options for vegetarians and vegans. Highly recommend overall the fam was family. read more

Since this is a carry out place there is no ambiance. Service was very prompt. Orange chicken was good but the steak in another dish was tough. Three people could easily split one entre and be satisfied. There was plenty of food. Egg roll didn't have enough filling in it. read more

Fresh, fresh, fresh. Everything I ordered was delicious. House fried rice, beef w/broccoli, sweet & sour pork, wonton soup and pork egg rolls. The rice is full of yummy bites: barbecued pork, peas, fresh carrots and onions. Beef w/broccoli: nice big pieces of beef with lots and lots of fresh broccoli. The sweet & sour pork was a revelation: crispy batter and very well-seasoned pieces of pork. No fat, no gristle. Just delicious. You gotta try it. It Doesn't look like much but the food is outstanding. read more

New in the Sarasota area and wanted some Chinese food. Figured I'd give this one a shot. Gave the place a call said it would take 15 mins but only took about 5. That could be a good or a bad thing I guess...if ya know what I mean. Anyways inside looked alittle sketchy but doesn't all local Chinese places haha. Got home and my first bite of some fried rice, definitely lacked flavor, wasn't good but wasn't bad just okay. Now, I got the sesame chicken. Apon first bite I thought it was below average but as I kept eating it actually got better. Now I'm not saying it was great but it went terrible either. Will I go back? Probably not but when and or if the day comes where I crave some local Chinese food cause I don't feel like making my own then it's definitely a place to consider. 2 stars - pretty okay, nothing special but definitely edible. Thanks for reading! Have a great day :) read more

China Wok - Sesame Chicken with Fried Rice - Chinese Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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Ordered at 3:15pm to have it ready at 4:30pm. Got there at 4:30pm and knew nothing about my order. Showed them my email from them saying I requested my order be ready at 4:30pm ( because their website asks when you want it ready). Cashier said nothing to me, turned around to walk back to the cook, pointed to tab, then came back to me and yelled and waved me away and said "5 minutes", (which ended up being 10 to 15 minutes. ) When the food was complete all the cook did was come slam it on the counter. The cashier was playing with her children and not even paying attention. I had to ask her if that was my food. She walked over and shoved it at me. When I get to my husband's hospital room to eat it with him there were no utensils and no napkins. I had to go find a fork from the nurse. Very frustrating but thankfully the food was good. Just may never go there again. read more

Wonderful hot and fresh Tso's chicken and Crab Rangoons were the tits. Rice cooked perfectly. Egg roll is one of the best ever. The brocolli is tender and the flavors. Wow!Wonderful service and awesome delivery man. Thank you. Definitely will be getting food again from here. read more

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This is mostly a takeout place. They do have some tables inside. We ate inside, our server was the owner...he was pleasant. The food was ok. We will probably never go back because we were overcharged on every item we ordered. Very bizarre since the menu is the placemat. I did question our bill and the owner/server just smiled and said prices go up. Who does that ? ! We paid but were stunned by his response. Why didn't he tell us while we were ordering that all the prices of the items you are ordering are not the actual prices, they will be a mystery until I give you your bill at the end of your meal. We will not return...verrrry strange. read more

The crab rangoons are excellent. Possibly the best I've ever had. The shrimp egg roll, however, tasted like something was wrong with it. Looking forward to my next order of rangoons. Will skip the egg roll next time. read more

My only Chinese place! Been ordering here consistently once every week or two for the past year. I would not order Chinese anywhere else because China Wok is superior. I get the Wonton Soup and a side of crab Rangoon and it is *chefs kiss*. We recently took a visit out of state and ordered Chinese as it was the only place open. It was literally a nightmare compared to this place! I said to my husband "imagine if this was our go-to place" and he said no way I'd move back read more

Excellent choices delivered promptly and they don't skimp on portions....a great value for sure and we will definitely order from here again. Seafood medley had plenty of plump juicy shrimp, big scallops, even a lobster tail and all the veggies were fresh and hot. General Tso's was tangy, sweet and gooey. Shrimp lo-mein was also yummy. Noodles were not too soft perfectly in between al dente, in well coated brown sauce. Never been a fan of crab ragoon as every time I've tried it I would usually say ugh, "why bother, Chinese food isn't with cream cheese" but there was only a little which enhanced the crispy hot fried wonton and I ate more than my usual bite. I ate a bunch, they're like a hot candy dessert when you dip into the sweet sauce. Yeah, overall was a great reasonably priced tasty meal and no I didn't get anything in exchange for writing this review. read more

What a delightful find. Right next to Detweiler's Market so easy to find. My experience for excellent Chinese food comes from living in San Francisco and NYC, so I am very picky about Chinese food quality. This is my Go-To place. Extensive selection of dishes, all better than delicious. And they offer inexpensive lunch menus, too. Fairly priced. read more

The food and service was Amazing. I came down to a mini fishing vacation. Look online for the reviews and ordered my food. Thank yu guys

This place is good for Chinese food. I've ordered from here several times and it never has disappointed me. So far so good.

Bad, so bad. Wonton Soup tasted horrible. Chicken fried rice had tiny pieces of chicken that sat on top of the container. The chicken had an artificial taste to it. The sweet and sour chicken lacked flavor. Oh my everything was just terrible. It went in the trash. So disappointed. The place looks dirty. The staff is unfriendly. IT'S THE WORST I'VE EVER HAD. Sorry but it was. read more

I ordered sesame chicken. The outer flavor was good, but the chicken was rock hard and bone dry. I had to throw it all away. I'll never order from them again. read more

Portion sizes have been reduced, no duck sauce in bag. I had sweet and sour chicken, very very salty. The sweet and sour sauce was not the quality I expected. Also had vegetable rice was good, packed with veggies, some fresh, some frozen. The egg roll was visibly small than last time I ate there, ordered "shrimp" but really didn't''t taste any. Will most likely not go back. read more

Wow!!! This place may not have much curb appeal since it's located in a strip mall, but they definitely makeup for it in the taste of their food. I only wish they offered more meat in their dishes. We had Mongolian Beef, Curry Chicken, Singapore Chow Me Fun, Hot & Sour Soup and Pork Egg Rolls. I have to say, they make the best Hot & Sour soup that we have ever had in our 30+ years in Sarasota. Will definitely stop back in for more soon. read more

Went for a Florida change of pace. We've been coming down from NY for decades and never had had Chinese. Awesome; my Sesame chicken as good as anywhere and Nancy had Garlic Chicken. Got the extra mixed vegetable order. Go here! read more

Second try. Ordered on line and it was waiting for me when I arrived. Bourbon chicken was great and the egg rolls actually have meat in them! read more