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    Chins Gourmet

    4.2 (163 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed

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    Egg drop soup
    Audrey P.

    Found this Chins while I was out shopping with a friend. There was plenty of parking. The food was just okay for lunch. The egg roll was my favorite thing on the plate. The fried rice was just fried rice with nothing in it and it had no flavor. I wish the food was better because the service was amazing. The staff was very attentive and quick.

    Egg Foo Young - Excellent
    Kathy T.

    OMGosh! We haven't had Chinese food this good in years. This restaurant put out sooo much flavor, quantity and quality in their food! We've tried several places since our go-to, 'House of 9 Dragons' in Bonita closed, but we haven't been too impressed with the others. Our meals came to us by Door Dash and all the dishes were extremely tasty and everything was expertly packed and delivered with polite courtesy and a smile. EGG ROLLS (no pic): There are 4 vegetable egg rolls to an order. They are wrapped in rice paper, and are filled with delicious vegetables. Deep fried and accompanied by small containers of both hot mustard (which is nasally hot with horseradish and very good), as well as plum sauce that is both tart and somewhat sweet, but not too sweet. EGG FOO YOUNG: This dish surprised me in a good way. A dish I regularly order in Chinese food, Chin's presented theirs a bit differently; in a quantity that knocked my socks off! I enjoyed very much that the egg patty and sauce were completely separate from each other so you could customize it the way you like it. Each element of the dish was so spectacular that when they were put together, the dish combined to guarantee an unforgettable combination. The elements inside the brown sauce made this dish sing: a quart container of tender white meat chicken pieces, plump mushrooms, carrots, snow peas, water chestnuts, and bamboo shoots rounded out the sauce. The only thing that would've made this dish better is if more than just one patty was offered. The patty was fairly large, so I was able to make two servings of it. Then was able to finish the sauce over the fried rice. Delicious! LEMON CHICKEN (no pic): This was not my dish so I didn't take a pic, but I had a taste and it was very good. The breast meat was crispy and yummy. The lemon sauce provided was perfect! SHRIMP FRIED RICE: Your usual Chinese shrimp fried rice was perfectly accentuated with large tender, plump and tasty shrimp. The bits of egg that finished it off were good. Also accompanying our meals was a container of white rice plus four fortune cookies. Go here. Highly recommend! *****FIVE FABULOUS STARS*****

    Special instructions get ignored regularly!
    Vern C.

    The food was good but I didn't get the correct food. It's unfortunate because they weren't busy at all.

    Braised Eggplant with Basil
    Grace S.

    I enjoyed a nice meal here. Great nostalgic food. It's really pretty and classy inside too. All our food was delicious, on the sweet side of course but it had great wok hei. And for how nice it was inside, I was impressed by the price and serving size. Lunch specials are an average of 15$ and easily make two meals. The dishes aren't skimpy on meat either. The service was excellent too. I would definitely return!

    Mark C.

    Tears on my pillow here. This was to be my favorite spot but after this one encounter with dirty dishes I'm out.

    Szechwan Shrimp Dinner Combo Plate
    Monica F.

    Great food great service totally recommend going here. It's a very nice restaurant. All employees were super helpful. Recommended some really great dishes. I also did order the green beans for appetizer, but it's not in any of the pictures, but I totally recommend them.

    Disgusting soup of the day. Inedible.
    Elizabeth M.

    UPDATE: I felt compelled to update this review and downgrade to 1 star after the manager/head waitress came to confront me twice about the situation while we were eating and celebrating my mom's birthday. It was completely unprofessional and out of line. Also, the combination kung pao dish was poorly seasoned and did not taste good. The tangerine chicken (the free entre) was good. Each time we've come, one dish is tasty and the other isn't. It would benefit them to be consistent, but even if they were, with the horrible service it's hardly a remedy. The only reason this place gets two stars is because the first time we came we actually liked it. The second time I brought my mom for her birthday. They have a promotion of a free birthday feast that includes a cup of soup or egg roll with it. My mom wanted a cup of soup and we decided we would PAY for a single egg roll and fried shrimp. We asked for this for the waitress and she was adamant we could not add this in "because birthday feast is free!" We said yes we are going to pay for the extra egg roll and fried shrimp. She brought the other waitress whom we explained it again to. She said ok. You'd think the saga ends there but NO. I ordered my dinner with the $5.95 add on of soup, egg roll and fried shrimp. Then the waitress starts saying oh I take your egg roll and give to her. No, I want my own meal. "No no we take your egg roll and give her two egg roll." No, she wants ONE egg roll and one fried shrimp and I am paying for MY MEAL. We went back and forth several minutes. The soup they brought was so sour it was disgusting to eat!! We won't be returning

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    Classic Chinese food, timely and excellent service. Will be back again. Also recommend lunch

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    Fantastic Chinese food best in El Cajon! Always friendly always fresh always delicious

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    Not as good as it used to be. I'll forever be chasing that old china gourmet taste food has no flavor and they changed their chow mien

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    7 months ago

    We just went here for the first time. We really enjoyed the food. This is the best Chinese restaurant we have had in a while. Thank you

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    This is my go to for Szechwan chicken! Super fresh ingredients and full of flavor. The service is top notch as well.

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    Went on Christmas Eve, delicious food and fast attentive service. They didn't have a license to serve alcohol at the time.

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    Great customer service and great food for celebrating an event. The ambiance was cool and calm for a dinner night.

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    Chins Gourmet - chinese - Updated May 2026

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